Some time ago ... Kyt found the following details of postings for two of my priests ... my question is ... how can I go about finding out what was happening at Middle East (HQ) 15 Dec 1942 at that time ? and also what was happening at the Western Desert May 1941 - I thought that was the Desert Rats and Rommel ?... were the RAF involved too ? C J Grugeon Cranwell 11 Dec 1939 Morecambe 29 Jan 1940 Arbroath 18 Jun 1942 Middle East (HQ) 15 Dec 1942 (Arrived? 20 Jan 1943) UK after 8 Apr 1946 embarked 29 Mar 1946 Released 24 Jun 1946 J C Moran Henlow 15 Dec 1939 Western Desert May 1941 Takoradi February 1942 to Lagos, pending relief embarked Takoradi 11 Aug 1943 arrived UK Sep 1943 Bottesford 2 Oct 1943 Padgate 25 Oct 1943 Blackpool 4 Dec 1944 Weeton 10 Dec 1945 Kirkham 30 Jan 1946 Weeton 18 Feb 1946 Released 17 Jun 1946
Just to answer the last part of the question first, yes the RAF were very much involved in North Africa from the earliest days of the fighting. Both fighters and bombers too action against the Italian forces. Is there anything specific you wanted to know? As for what was happening in North Africa, this maybe a start North African Campaign timeline - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Thanks Kyt ! Yes ... I've just been reading that ! ... I've been working on my Honour Roll and thought I'd try again and see what I could find on these men and what they would have been up against at that time ! Annie
