Well its been a long time since I added to this blog and since then I have found out a little more information.
I managed to get my Grandad's service records from Glasgow via the SPVA. According to his records he did his basic training in Catterick as part of the General Service Corps however upon completion joined the Royal Signals.
Rather than being part of the main stream Royal Signals my Grandad was assigned to an Air Formation Signals unit, (16 AFS I believe). These units where newly established and seconded to the RAF to provide ground to air communications which would be vital in calling in and coordinating air support during operations in Europe.
He embarked for Normandy 07/06/1944 (D+1) so, although not in the initial waves, he would have arrived shortly after to see the immediate aftermath of D-Day and would have been very close to ongoing hostilities. I tired to gather as much information as possible, but very little was written about the AFS, and as far as identifying where he embarked from for Normandy, which boat / ship and which beach he landed on has been impossible to find.
He was in France during the initial days of Operation Overlord and moved through France and into Belgium, where he helped set up communications.
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