1916 born May 15th, Lodmoor Hill, Weymouth 1926 attending Westham Boys School, Cromwell Road, Weymouth 1930 working as a delivery boy in London (Lipton's?) 1934 with Royal Engineers Territorial Army from 16/2/1934 to 31/1/1937 1937 February 1st, enlisted in Regular Army (Royal Engineers) at Dorchester (or Doncaster?), army no. 2032415, trade on enlistment with army was turner 1937 December 7th, recruits training completed 1937 December 8th, "General Duties and AA work" 1937 May 25th, gained 3rd class General Education Certificate at Chatham 1937 November 11th, "remustered" 1938 "Weapon Training" 1938 June 20th, gained 2nd class General Education Certificate 1939 abroad with British Expeditionary Force from 13/9/1939 to 21/3/1940 1940 April 30th, "General Field Works Instructor" 1940 May 11th, married Marjorie May Duggan (born Hereford 5/1/1919 died Portland 15/1/1981) |
1958 Fishing off White Nothe, Weymouth Bay in 'The Pixie' |
1941 January 17th, confirmed "War Substantive Rank of Corporal" 1941 February 7th, "General Field Corporal Duties" 1943 January 30th, "remustered" 1943 February 27th, appointed Lance Sergeant 1943 living at 32 White Cross Road, Hereford 1944 living at 182 Kingsway, Hereford 1944 January 16th, awarded 1939-43 star 1944 granted 9 days leave from February 9th to 18th 1944 June 3rd, embarked UK 1944 June 6th, disembarked France (D Day invasion), landing on Sword Beach with 3 Platoon 84 Field Company 1944 June, in Hermanville for several weeks, see From the Shores of The Moray Firth The Story of 84 Field Company Royal Engineers 1944-1945 Third Edition 2021, by Marc Dyos 1944 September 27th, reported wounded, Casualty List No. 1562 1944 in N W Europe to 15/12/1945 1945 awarded the 1939-45 star 1945 granted 11 days leave from July 28th to August 8th 1945 December 16th, in UK (bomb disposal?) to 7/3/1946 1946 released from army at Brighton January 4th with Hereford Fire Service to 1953 1946 living at 201 Grandstand Road, Hereford 1946 Fireman No 281425 at Hereford Fire Station 1948 gained Diploma in Practical and Applied Psychology by a correspondence course from Psychology Publishing Ltd 1953 living at 17 Love Lane, Weymouth with Vickers Armstrong as machine tool setter to c1965 1957 living at 61 Chapelhay Heights, Weymouth 1966 Employed as maintenance engineer at Dorset Family Bakers, Lynch Lane, Weymouth. 1966 Feb 17th, filmed by Westward Television for episode of local news programme Westward Diary. The interview dealt with his voluntary work as music librarian for ''Worldwide Tape Talk". 1973 Employed as security staff at AUWE Southwell (also Town Bridge House, Weymouth and Egdon Hall, Lynch Lane) 1982 living at 19(?) Hamilton Close, Littlemoor 1995 died (Dorchester) |
1936 Marjorie May Duggan |
his children Raymond Alan Carole Ann Ann Marie Robert Andrew (me) |
c1960 Ann, Fred, Bob, Carole, Marjorie |
Raymond Alan c1950 |
Carole Ann with Fred in 1959 |
Ann Marie, c1965 |
Robert Andrew (Bob) in 1984 with one-day-old Nicholas |