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Sapper Michael Conway 2130701, 74 Field Company died 14/06/1944

Sapper Michael Conway 2130701, 74 Field Company died 14/06/1944

Posted: 18 Oct 2014 9:26PM GMT
Classification: Query
Surnames: Conway
Can anyone help me find more details about the death of my relative? From what I've been able to find out so far he was fighting in Normandy but was wounded and evacuated to England where he died as a result of his wounds. I'd be interested in finding out more details about what his unit was doing. I believe they might have been involved in the push towards Caen in the immediate aftermath of D-Day. Any help would be very much appreciated.

Re: Sapper Michael Conway 2130701, 74 Field Company died 14/06/1944

Posted: 26 Oct 2014 9:53PM GMT
Classification: Query
Edited: 26 Oct 2014 9:54PM GMT
There are several WW2 War Diaries in the National Archives, Kew, covering RE units with 74 Coy title, but none have been digitised so will require a trip to Kew, using a private researcher or getting the NA staff to copy the document.

To see what is available at http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/advanced-search enter 74 Coy Royal Engineers, reference WO, dates 1939 1945

Re: Sapper Michael Conway 2130701, 74 Field Company died 14/06/1944

Posted: 26 Oct 2014 11:01PM GMT
Classification: Query
Thanks for the advice Jeff. I will do some searches and see what turns up. It is frustrating sometimes that not everything is available digitally but when you consider that there are literally millions of documents archived we should be grateful for what we can get.

Re: Sapper Michael Conway 2130701, 74 Field Company died 14/06/1944

Posted: 26 Nov 2014 2:44AM GMT
Classification: Death
Edited: 6 Mar 2015 4:07PM GMT
Surnames: Conway
If you haven't already done so, you can get his service record for £30.

https://www.gov.uk/requests-for-personal-data-and-service-re...

If you haven't already done so, you can get his death certificate for about £10, this is his death registration.

England & Wales deaths 1837-2007

Michael Conway born 1909 age 35 death registered in the April/May/June quarter of 1944
Registration District Surrey South Western County Surrey Volume 2A Page 590
Registers now held by Surrey (Guildford )

http://new.surreycc.gov.uk/people-and-community/birth-death-...

http://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/

The Royal Engineers Museum might be able to give you some help.
http://www.re-museum.co.uk/collections
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