Lamb John Douglas Cfmn 10571260 - Revision history

70bgadmin at 12:43, 24 March 2021

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	\|Date of birth=Born Stranraer 17/9/1922.		\|Date of birth=Born Stranraer 17/9/1922.
	\|Age=78 at the time of his death.		\|Age=78 at the time of his death.
	\|Unit=Enlisted into the Royal Army Ordnance Corps - Territorial Army - 4/11/1941 in Dumfries. Posted to No. 3 Training Battalion 4/11/1941. Posted to 68th Section 16/2/1942 (presumably after initial Basic Training). Posted to Workshops - Bradford - 18/2/1942. Attached to No.11 Technical Training Centre 28/4/1942. Attachment to No. 11 Technical Training Centre ceased 28/5/1942. Attached to 68th Section 28/6/1942. Posted to 70 Brigade Base Ordnance Depot (it is thought that this should read 70th Brigade . Transferred to the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers 17/3/1943. Posted to 70th Infantry Brigade Workshops 17/3/1943. (REME Tracer Card not found). Served in Normandy and North Western Europe. Posted to No. 3 Light Workshops Company 1/1/1946. Permanently attached to 1/7th Middlesex Regiment 21/9/1946. Returned to the UK 1/11/1946. Relegated to Royal Army Reserve 25/1/1947. Demoobilised - Conduct Exemplary. Discharged from Reserve Liability 30/6/1959 under the Navy, Army and Air Forces Reserve Act 1959.		\|Unit=Enlisted into the Royal Army Ordnance Corps - Territorial Army - 4/11/1941 in Dumfries. Posted to No. 3 Training Battalion 4/11/1941. Posted to 68th Section 16/2/1942 (presumably after initial Basic Training). Posted to Workshops - Bradford - 18/2/1942. Attached to No.11 Technical Training Centre 28/4/1942. Attachment to No. 11 Technical Training Centre ceased 28/5/1942. Attached to 68th Section 28/6/1942. Posted to 70 Brigade Base Ordnance Depot (it is thought that this should read 70th Brigade Ordnance Company) 2/7/1942. Transferred to the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers 17/3/1943. Posted to 70th Infantry Brigade Workshops 17/3/1943. (REME Tracer Card not found). Served in Normandy and North Western Europe. Posted to No. 3 Light Workshops Company 1/1/1946. Permanently attached to 1/7th Middlesex Regiment 21/9/1946. Returned to the UK 1/11/1946. Relegated to Royal Army Reserve 25/1/1947. Demoobilised - Conduct Exemplary. Discharged from Reserve Liability 30/6/1959 under the Navy, Army and Air Forces Reserve Act 1959.
	\|Company/Battery=Brigade R.E.M.E. Workshop.		\|Company/Battery=Brigade Ordnance Company and then R.E.M.E. Workshop.
	\|Task or role=Vehicle recovery and repair.		\|Task or role=Vehicle recovery and repair.
	\|Promotions=Appointed Lance Corporal 4/5/1942. Reverted to Private 28/5/1942. Appointed Lance Corporal 12/8/1942. Passed Standard Trade Test as Vehicle Mechanic Group "A" Class III 21/12/1945. War Substantive Corporal 21/3/1946. Passed Standard Trade Test as Vehicle Mechanic Class II 22/3/1946. Appointed Acting Sergeant 13/6/1946.		\|Promotions=Appointed Lance Corporal 4/5/1942. Reverted to Private 28/5/1942. Appointed Lance Corporal 12/8/1942. Passed Standard Trade Test as Vehicle Mechanic Group "A" Class III 21/12/1945. War Substantive Corporal 21/3/1946. Passed Standard Trade Test as Vehicle Mechanic Class II 22/3/1946. Appointed Acting Sergeant 13/6/1946.
	\|Joined Brigade=17/3/1943 (although ~~may have~~ worked in the Brigade Ordnance Company before his transfer to R.E.M.E.).		\|Joined Brigade=17/3/1943 (although almost certainly worked in the Brigade Ordnance Company from 2/7/1942, before his transfer to R.E.M.E.).
	\|Died/Killed in action=Died 25/12/2000 aged 78.		\|Died/Killed in action=Died 25/12/2000 aged 78.
	\|Home address=Married Agnes Wilson 8/12/1943. The couple had three children.		\|Home address=Married Agnes Wilson 8/12/1943. The couple had three children.
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	We are indeed grateful to Sgt Lamb's son for the information above, which supplemented that extracted from the Manpower Returns.		We are indeed grateful to Sgt Lamb's son for the information above, which supplemented that extracted from the Manpower Returns. Much of the detail came from MoD Records at Hayes.

70bgadmin at 12:38, 24 March 2021

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	\|Rank=Private/Craftsman.		\|Rank=Private/Craftsman.
	\|Decorations=Mentioned in Despatches - gazetted 4/4/1946. Belgian Croix de Guerre with Palms 1940 - Gazetted 17/10/1946. 1939/45 Star. France and Germany Star. Defence Medal. War Medal 1939/45.		\|Decorations=Mentioned in Despatches - gazetted 4/4/1946. Belgian Croix de Guerre with Palms 1940 - Gazetted 17/10/1946. 1939/45 Star. France and Germany Star. Defence Medal. War Medal 1939/45.
	\|Date of birth=~~Not yet known~~.		\|Date of birth=Born Stranraer 17/9/1922.
	\|Age= at the time of his death.		\|Age=78 at the time of his death.
	\|Unit=Enlisted into the Royal Army Ordnance Corps - Territorial Army - 4/11/1941 in Dumfries. Posted to No. 3 Training Battalion 4/11/1941. Posted to 68th Section 16/2/1942 (presumably after initial Basic Training). Posted to Workshops - Bradford - 18/2/1942. Attached to No.11 Technical Training Centre 28/4/1942. Attachment to No. 11 Technical Training Centre ceased 28/5/1942. Attached to 68th Section 28/6/1942. Posted to 70 Brigade Base Ordnance Depot. Transferred to the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers 17/3/1943. Posted to 70th Infantry Brigade Workshops 17/3/1943. (REME Tracer Card not found). Served in Normandy and North Western Europe. Posted to No. 3 Light Workshops Company 1/1/1946. Permanently attached to 1/7th Middlesex Regiment 21/9/1946. Returned to the UK 1/11/1946. Relegated to Royal Army Reserve 25/1/1947. Demoobilised - Conduct Exemplary. Discharged from Reserve Liability 30/6/1959 under the Navy, Army and Air Forces Reserve Act 1959.		\|Unit=Enlisted into the Royal Army Ordnance Corps - Territorial Army - 4/11/1941 in Dumfries. Posted to No. 3 Training Battalion 4/11/1941. Posted to 68th Section 16/2/1942 (presumably after initial Basic Training). Posted to Workshops - Bradford - 18/2/1942. Attached to No.11 Technical Training Centre 28/4/1942. Attachment to No. 11 Technical Training Centre ceased 28/5/1942. Attached to 68th Section 28/6/1942. Posted to 70 Brigade Base Ordnance Depot (it is thought that this should read 70th Brigade . Transferred to the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers 17/3/1943. Posted to 70th Infantry Brigade Workshops 17/3/1943. (REME Tracer Card not found). Served in Normandy and North Western Europe. Posted to No. 3 Light Workshops Company 1/1/1946. Permanently attached to 1/7th Middlesex Regiment 21/9/1946. Returned to the UK 1/11/1946. Relegated to Royal Army Reserve 25/1/1947. Demoobilised - Conduct Exemplary. Discharged from Reserve Liability 30/6/1959 under the Navy, Army and Air Forces Reserve Act 1959.
	\|Company/Battery=Brigade R.E.M.E. Workshop.		\|Company/Battery=Brigade R.E.M.E. Workshop.
	\|Task or role=Vehicle recovery and repair.		\|Task or role=Vehicle recovery and repair.
	\|Promotions=Appointed Lance Corporal 4/5/1942. Reverted to Private 28/5/1942. Appointed Lance Corporal 12/8/1942. Passed Standard Trade Test as Vehicle Mechanic Group "A" Class III 21/12/1945. War Substantive Corporal 21/3/1946. Passed Standard Trade Test as Vehicle Mechanic Class II 22/3/1946. Appointed Acting Sergeant 13/6/1946.		\|Promotions=Appointed Lance Corporal 4/5/1942. Reverted to Private 28/5/1942. Appointed Lance Corporal 12/8/1942. Passed Standard Trade Test as Vehicle Mechanic Group "A" Class III 21/12/1945. War Substantive Corporal 21/3/1946. Passed Standard Trade Test as Vehicle Mechanic Class II 22/3/1946. Appointed Acting Sergeant 13/6/1946.
	\|Joined Brigade=17/3/1943 (although may have worked in the Brigade Ordnance Company before his transfer to R.E.M.E.).		\|Joined Brigade=17/3/1943 (although may have worked in the Brigade Ordnance Company before his transfer to R.E.M.E.).
	\|Died/Killed in action=~~Date of death not yet known~~.		\|Died/Killed in action=Died 25/12/2000 aged 78.
	\|Home address=~~No family information as yet~~.		\|Home address=Married Agnes Wilson 8/12/1943. The couple had three children.
	\|Source table=70BG		\|Source table=70BG
	}}		}}

	We are indeed grateful to Sgt Lamb's son for the information above, which supplemented that extracted from the Manpower Returns.		We are indeed grateful to Sgt Lamb's son for the information above, which supplemented that extracted from the Manpower Returns.

70bgadmin at 16:59, 21 March 2021

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	\|Surname and forenames=Lamb John Douglas		\|Surname and forenames=Lamb John Douglas
	\|Army number=10571260		\|Army number=10571260
	\|Rank=Craftsman		\|Rank=Private/Craftsman.
	\|Decorations=Belgian Croix de Guerre with ~~Palm~~ 1940 - Gazetted 17/10/1946.		\|Decorations=Mentioned in Despatches - gazetted 4/4/1946. Belgian Croix de Guerre with Palms 1940 - Gazetted 17/10/1946. 1939/45 Star. France and Germany Star. Defence Medal. War Medal 1939/45.
	\|Date of birth=Not yet known.		\|Date of birth=Not yet known.
	\|Age=0		\|Age= at the time of his death.
	\|Unit=R.E.M.E. - ~~no enlistment details~~. Attached 70th Infantry Brigade ~~Workshop~~. REME Tracer Card not found.		\|Unit=Enlisted into the Royal Army Ordnance Corps - Territorial Army - 4/11/1941 in Dumfries. Posted to No. 3 Training Battalion 4/11/1941. Posted to 68th Section 16/2/1942 (presumably after initial Basic Training). Posted to Workshops - Bradford - 18/2/1942. Attached to No.11 Technical Training Centre 28/4/1942. Attachment to No. 11 Technical Training Centre ceased 28/5/1942. Attached to 68th Section 28/6/1942. Posted to 70 Brigade Base Ordnance Depot. Transferred to the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers 17/3/1943. Posted to 70th Infantry Brigade Workshops 17/3/1943. (REME Tracer Card not found). Served in Normandy and North Western Europe. Posted to No. 3 Light Workshops Company 1/1/1946. Permanently attached to 1/7th Middlesex Regiment 21/9/1946. Returned to the UK 1/11/1946. Relegated to Royal Army Reserve 25/1/1947. Demoobilised - Conduct Exemplary. Discharged from Reserve Liability 30/6/1959 under the Navy, Army and Air Forces Reserve Act 1959.
	\|Company/Battery=Brigade Workshop.		\|Company/Battery=Brigade R.E.M.E. Workshop.
	\|Task or role=Vehicle recovery and repair.		\|Task or role=Vehicle recovery and repair.
	\|Promotions=Acting Sergeant.		\|Promotions=Appointed Lance Corporal 4/5/1942. Reverted to Private 28/5/1942. Appointed Lance Corporal 12/8/1942. Passed Standard Trade Test as Vehicle Mechanic Group "A" Class III 21/12/1945. War Substantive Corporal 21/3/1946. Passed Standard Trade Test as Vehicle Mechanic Class II 22/3/1946. Appointed Acting Sergeant 13/6/1946.
	\|Joined Brigade=~~Date not yet known~~.		\|Joined Brigade=17/3/1943 (although may have worked in the Brigade Ordnance Company before his transfer to R.E.M.E.).
	\|Died/Killed in action=Date of death not yet known.		\|Died/Killed in action=Date of death not yet known.
	\|Home address=No family information as yet.		\|Home address=No family information as yet.
	\|Source table=70BG		\|Source table=70BG
	}}		}}

			We are indeed grateful to Sgt Lamb's son for the information above, which supplemented that extracted from the Manpower Returns.

70bgadmin at 13:34, 7 October 2014

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	\|Unit=R.E.M.E. - no enlistment details. Attached 70th Infantry Brigade Workshop. REME Tracer Card not found.		\|Unit=R.E.M.E. - no enlistment details. Attached 70th Infantry Brigade Workshop. REME Tracer Card not found.
	\|Company/Battery=Brigade Workshop.		\|Company/Battery=Brigade Workshop.
			\|Task or role=Vehicle recovery and repair.
	\|Promotions=Acting Sergeant.		\|Promotions=Acting Sergeant.
	\|Joined Brigade=Date not yet known.		\|Joined Brigade=Date not yet known.

70bgadmin at 13:33, 7 October 2014

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	\|Surname and forenames=Lamb John Douglas		\|Surname and forenames=Lamb John Douglas
	\|Army number=10571260		\|Army number=10571260
	\|Rank=~~Cfmn~~		\|Rank=Craftsman
	\|Decorations=Belgian C de G with Palm		\|Decorations=Belgian Croix de Guerre with Palm 1940 - Gazetted 17/10/1946.
			\|Date of birth=Not yet known.
	\|Age=0		\|Age=0
	\|Unit=R.E.M.E.		\|Unit=R.E.M.E. - no enlistment details. Attached 70th Infantry Brigade Workshop. REME Tracer Card not found.
	\|Promotions=~~Bde W'shop~~		\|Company/Battery=Brigade Workshop.
			\|Promotions=Acting Sergeant.
			\|Joined Brigade=Date not yet known.
			\|Died/Killed in action=Date of death not yet known.
			\|Home address=No family information as yet.
	\|Source table=70BG		\|Source table=70BG
	}}		}}

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|Surname and forenames=Lamb John Douglas
|Army number=10571260
|Rank=Cfmn
|Decorations=Belgian C de G with Palm
|Age=0
|Unit=R.E.M.E.
|Promotions=Bde W'shop
|Source table=70BG
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