COUSINS Ralph

Sapper Ralph COUSINS

No. 14339478, 966 (IWT) Coy, Royal Engineers

(IWT - Inland Water Transport)

Date of Death: 18 November 1945, Age 32 years

Buried at Bishopston (St Teilo) Churchyard

Grave Reference: New ground Row 4, Grave 11

Husband of Florence Mary Cousins of Murton, Bishopston

966 IWT Coy were working with the 267th Company of the Pioneer Corps,

in the second wave of the landing [at Juno] on D-Day

(Cited from: http://www.militarian.com/threads/inland-water-transport.4573/)

JUNO BEACH GROUP

On 6 Jun 44, 102 Beach Sub-Area Group's AOR was Juno.

102 Beach Sub-Area Group was made up of 7 and 8 Beach Groups, which consisted of the following:

102 Beach Sub-Area HQ 7 Signals, R Sigs

242 & 244 Provost Companys

8 King's Regiment

5 Royal Bershire Regiment

22 & 23 Beach Recovery Sections, REME

HQ 7 GHQ Tps Engineers, RE

72, 85, 184 & 240 Field Companys, RE

19 & 20 Stores Sections, RE

59 Mechanical Equipment Section, RE

11 Port Operating Group, RE

1034 Port Operating Company, RE

966 Inland Water Transport Operating Company, RE

58, 115, 144, 170, 190, 225, 243, 293 Pioneer Companys

HQ 30 Transport Column, RASC

199 & 282 General Transport Companys, RASC

139 & 140 Detail Issue Depots, RASC

240 & 242 Petrol Depots, RASC

15 Ordnance Beach Detail, RAOC

45 Ordnance Ammunition Coy, RAOC

32 Casualty Clearing Station, RAMC

1, 2, 33, 34 Field Dressing Stations, RAMC

33, 34, 45, 46, 56 Field Surgical Units, RAMC

13, 14, 36 Field Transfusion Units, RAMC

3 & 4 Field Sanitary Sections, RAMC

21 Port Detail, RAMC

Additionall information from CWGC

CWGC: Find war dead - opens in a new tab

and

http://www.network54.com/Forum/28173/thread/1146261321/Beach+Groups