Brewer H. E. Sapper
Personnel Entry
Name Brewer Harold Edwin.
Army number 2006668.
Rank Sapper
Decorations None known beyond Service Awards
Date of birth Born 22/4/1916.
Age 83 at the time of his death.
Unit Enlisted in the Royal Engineers - exact date not yet known. Underwent Basic Training. Posted to 294th Field Company, Royal Engineers. Served Normandy.
Company/Battery
Platoon or other sub-unit Served in No. 3 Platoon.
Task or role Details awaited.
Joined Brigade Not yet known.
Promotions None known.
Wounded Not so far as is known.
Prisoner of War Not so far as is known.
Died/Killed in action Died 29/3/2000 aged 83.
Home address 3, Westminster Road, London N 9.
Source table
Some information on this Page has been extracted from the Commemorative Booklet, prepared by Major Langley, covering the period from D-Day to VE Day in addition to that extracted from the War Diaries. Thanks are also to to Sapper Brewer's family for additional information. There are issues around the possible duplication of names in the Unit which remain to be clarified.