Back to Normandy - Recently Added Listings - Harbor https://backtonormandy.org/ Thu, 28 Mar 2024 22:01:09 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.3 55 Harbor Survey Detachment stayed at Blandford Dorset on 17 may 1944 https://backtonormandy.org/the-history/support-troops/harbor/support9547/169626-st-53055.html The 55 Harbor Survey Detachment is one of the units on the UK Station List made by Mr. Grinton. This and other records on Back to Normandy was compiled from Headquarters, European Theater of Operations, Kingdom Station List, and dated 7 September 1944.
(-) minus sign behind a unit name indicates that part of the unit was elsewhere.
Counties are mentioned as the so called pre-1974 British counties. The map co-ordinates are automatically made with Google Maps. If you have a more accurate location, photos, stories or links, please sent your information to Back to Normandy. The unit is also know as member of the US Army, Army Air Force. In this period, around this date of 17 mei 1944 the 55 Harbor Survey Detachment were here in Blandford, Dorset.

The original station list was obtained from the National Archives & Records Administration (NARA) at College Park, Maryland. The NARA describe it as HQ/ETO Station List, 4/30/44 and reference Box 15, 270/48/32/2. In the European and Mediterranean theater the US Army had 3.5 million troops there. About 1.7 million were combat troops and around 700.000 were service troops along with 592.000 army air force troops and the rest were replacements, patients, overhead and staff. The correct count of support- and line troops in this context is difficult.]]>
fredvogels Mon, 11 Jan 2016 09:00:00 +0100 https://backtonormandy.org/the-history/support-troops/harbor/support9547/169626-st-53055.html
55 Harbor Survey Detachment stayed at Blandford Dorset on 24 june 1944 https://backtonormandy.org/the-history/support-troops/harbor/support9547/169628-st-53057.html The 55 Harbor Survey Detachment is one of the units on the UK Station List made by Mr. Grinton. This and other records on Back to Normandy was compiled from Headquarters, European Theater of Operations, Kingdom Station List, and dated 7 September 1944.
(-) minus sign behind a unit name indicates that part of the unit was elsewhere.
Counties are mentioned as the so called pre-1974 British counties. The map co-ordinates are automatically made with Google Maps. If you have a more accurate location, photos, stories or links, please sent your information to Back to Normandy. The unit is also know as member of the US Army, Army Air Force. In this period, around this date of 24 juni 1944 the 55 Harbor Survey Detachment were here in Blandford, Dorset.

The original station list was obtained from the National Archives & Records Administration (NARA) at College Park, Maryland. The NARA describe it as HQ/ETO Station List, 4/30/44 and reference Box 15, 270/48/32/2. In the European and Mediterranean theater the US Army had 3.5 million troops there. About 1.7 million were combat troops and around 700.000 were service troops along with 592.000 army air force troops and the rest were replacements, patients, overhead and staff. The correct count of support- and line troops in this context is difficult.]]>
fredvogels Mon, 11 Jan 2016 09:00:00 +0100 https://backtonormandy.org/the-history/support-troops/harbor/support9547/169628-st-53057.html
56 Harbor Survey Detachment stayed at Leek Staffordshire on 11 august 1944 https://backtonormandy.org/the-history/support-troops/harbor/support9548/170185-st-53614.html The 56 Harbor Survey Detachment is one of the units on the UK Station List made by Mr. Grinton. This and other records on Back to Normandy was compiled from Headquarters, European Theater of Operations, Kingdom Station List, and dated 7 September 1944.
(-) minus sign behind a unit name indicates that part of the unit was elsewhere.
Counties are mentioned as the so called pre-1974 British counties. The map co-ordinates are automatically made with Google Maps. If you have a more accurate location, photos, stories or links, please sent your information to Back to Normandy. The unit is also know as member of the US Army, Army Air Force. In this period, around this date of 11 augustus 1944 the 56 Harbor Survey Detachment were here in Leek, Staffordshire.

The original station list was obtained from the National Archives & Records Administration (NARA) at College Park, Maryland. The NARA describe it as HQ/ETO Station List, 4/30/44 and reference Box 15, 270/48/32/2. In the European and Mediterranean theater the US Army had 3.5 million troops there. About 1.7 million were combat troops and around 700.000 were service troops along with 592.000 army air force troops and the rest were replacements, patients, overhead and staff. The correct count of support- and line troops in this context is difficult.]]>
fredvogels Mon, 11 Jan 2016 09:00:00 +0100 https://backtonormandy.org/the-history/support-troops/harbor/support9548/170185-st-53614.html