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Miodrag
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Number of posts : 1
Registration date : 2018-10-31
| | Subject: Osnabruck 1949 31/10/2018, 23:19 | |
| Hello.
I Googled Osnabruck and you may be one of the useful links. It is about my grandfather who was in Osnabruck during the WWII. He was a Serbian POW. When the war ended he stayed there for a while. I have his photo album. On the cover of that album there are three symbols. One is a sign of the British 21st Army Group, without swords, another is a red rhombus with letters CMWS inside and third is a faint CMWS shaped as a circle. I can only recognize him in these photos, but without more information, this album is of a little significance to me. It would change if I can put it in some context. At the back of one of the photos he wrote: "Group od wardens, from the course June,4- June,18 1949. 53 C.M.D. Training Wing Cadre Course No 9, Osnabruck". Below that there is a photographer's stamp: "Foto: Vulovie. V. 53 C.M.D." Do you know anything more about this, or maybe you can point me to somewhere else?
Regards,
Miodrag | |
| | | | alan8376
Brig
Number of posts : 682
Age : 75
Localisation : Norfolk, UK
Cap Badge : REME
Places Served : Carlisle AAS, Aden, Hildesheim, Bordon, Fallingbostel, Dover, NI Tours, Osnabruck, Herford, Muenster, UN Nicosia, SBA Dhekellia Cyprus x2, Waterbeach, Civi Street 1988. Retired from VOSA 2007.
Registration date : 2009-07-28
| | Subject: Re: Osnabruck 1949 1/11/2018, 19:10 | |
| Hi,
I have looked back on this site's old records of various questions asked.. It would seem there have been several similar questions.
CMWS is part of the Labour Service.
CMWS = Civil Mixed Watchmans Service.
Regards
Alan
Could you pm me your Grandfather full name please? Thanks | |
| | | | alan8376
Brig
Number of posts : 682
Age : 75
Localisation : Norfolk, UK
Cap Badge : REME
Places Served : Carlisle AAS, Aden, Hildesheim, Bordon, Fallingbostel, Dover, NI Tours, Osnabruck, Herford, Muenster, UN Nicosia, SBA Dhekellia Cyprus x2, Waterbeach, Civi Street 1988. Retired from VOSA 2007.
Registration date : 2009-07-28
| | Subject: Re: Osnabruck 1949 1/11/2018, 21:20 | |
| Posted photos for Miodrag. In Osnabruck 1 A.jpg he is at the bottom, right, in Osnabruck 2.jpg he is second from the left in the company.     | |
| | | | burgess720
WOI
Number of posts : 147
Registration date : 2008-07-09
| | Subject: Osnabruck 1/11/2018, 22:36 | |
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| | | | alan8376
Brig
Number of posts : 682
Age : 75
Localisation : Norfolk, UK
Cap Badge : REME
Places Served : Carlisle AAS, Aden, Hildesheim, Bordon, Fallingbostel, Dover, NI Tours, Osnabruck, Herford, Muenster, UN Nicosia, SBA Dhekellia Cyprus x2, Waterbeach, Civi Street 1988. Retired from VOSA 2007.
Registration date : 2009-07-28
| | Subject: Re: Osnabruck 1949 2/11/2018, 19:50 | |
| The opinion of lots of people who have seen the photos which I have posted on FB, BAOR Photos, insist it is Belfast Bks! The blocks alignment to the square are 90 degree turned. Belfast does have a clock as well. | |
| | | | steve
LE Maj
Number of posts : 956
Age : 73
Localisation : near Cuxhaven
Cap Badge : Royal Signals + Royal Engineers
Places Served : Verden-Aller + Willich + Iserlohn + Hameln
Registration date : 2010-02-14
| | Subject: Re: Osnabruck 1949 3/11/2018, 19:18 | |
| 1949 is slightly ahead of my current research however pretty sure that the photos are not Roberts Barracks! 27 Oct 48 is my last date with Kew documents that show every single unit in Osnabrück and 11th Hussars are the only major unit in Roberts Barracks and sorry no mention of 53 CMD 12 Dec 47 – 11th Hussars (Prince Albert’s Own) RAC RHQ: Roberts Barracks North formally Winkelhausen Kaserne Osnabrück Oct 50 – to Combermere Barracks former RAF Wesendorf 28 Jul 47 – 5th Field Regiment Royal Horse Artillery RHQ: Roberts Barracks South formally Winkelhausen Kaserne Osnabrück 21 Feb 48 – to United Kingdom On a personal note when living in Iserlohn, visited Roberts Barracks a few years ago with a friend who was stationed there in the mid 1960s, the RA unit rear party were very accommodating with our visit (booked in advance) and the Provost Sgt was amazed when my friend pointed out that the “swastikas” were still visible within the roof tiles of the blocks! https://britisharmyingermany.com | |
| | | | alan8376
Brig
Number of posts : 682
Age : 75
Localisation : Norfolk, UK
Cap Badge : REME
Places Served : Carlisle AAS, Aden, Hildesheim, Bordon, Fallingbostel, Dover, NI Tours, Osnabruck, Herford, Muenster, UN Nicosia, SBA Dhekellia Cyprus x2, Waterbeach, Civi Street 1988. Retired from VOSA 2007.
Registration date : 2009-07-28
| | Subject: Re: Osnabruck 1949 3/11/2018, 19:27 | |
| This is the candidate, Belfast Bks. Note the blocks alignment at 90 degrees and clock. Most on FB, BAOR Photos voted for Belfast Bks.  | |
| | | | steve
LE Maj
Number of posts : 956
Age : 73
Localisation : near Cuxhaven
Cap Badge : Royal Signals + Royal Engineers
Places Served : Verden-Aller + Willich + Iserlohn + Hameln
Registration date : 2010-02-14
| | Subject: Re: Osnabruck 1949 3/11/2018, 20:03 | |
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| | | | burgess720
WOI
Number of posts : 147
Registration date : 2008-07-09
| | Subject: Re: Osnabruck 1949 3/11/2018, 23:57 | |
| - steve wrote:
- Nice one
Hi all, Those buildings all same design, but grouping is the identifier; I never visited Belfast Barracks, in those days you only visited other barracks if on duty Keep up sending photos and memories Regards Sapper | |
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