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249345 Spr. Ronald James Marchant British Army 279th Field Company Royal Engineers from:Penge, Kent Our father Ronald Marchant enlisted on 15th September 1939 for 4 years but wasn’t released until April 1946. During his time he was with 279th Field Company, Royal Engineers in 15th Scottish Division. He served in the BEF January to June 1940 where he worked in a camouflage factory. He was admitted to Alexandra Hospital in June 1940 after being injured by shrapnel after a train was blown up. He was in France between June 1944 and 1946. This is just a tiny bit of our father's Army life and we were so lucky that he survived to eventually remarry and have us four children. We very sadly lost Dad in 2015 aged 96 he was our hero and not a day goes by without him being on our minds and in our hearts. I am starting to look into finding out as much as I can about his Army life, although we did ask him things when he was alive, he was a very private and proud family man who didn’t want to relive the horrors of what he saw so, we didn’t push him. Sadly now it’s too late I will have to find his records instead. Thank you to all the many hundreds & thousands who gave their lives so we could have ours. God bless you all. The Marchant Family. Alison Shoebridge Add to this record.  Related Content: 279th Field Company, Royal Engineers Battle of France and The Low Countries 1940 Can you help us to add to our records? Add a record to our website. The names and stories on this website have been submitted by their relatives and friends. If your relations are not listed please add their names so that others can read about them Did you or your relatives live through the Second World War? Do you have any photos, newspaper clippings, postcards or letters from that period? Have you researched the names on your local or war memorial? Were you or your relative evacuated? Did an air raid affect your area? If so please let us know. Help us to build a database of information on those who served both at home and abroad so that future generations may learn of their sacrifice. Contact us. Celebrate your own Family History Celebrate by honouring members of your family who served in the Secomd World War both in the forces and at home. We love to hear about the soldiers, but also remember the many who served in support roles, nurses, doctors, land army, muntions workers etc. Please use our Family History resources to find out more about your relatives. Then please send in a short article, with a photo if possible, so that they can be remembered on these pages.

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