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Originally Posted by High Wood
Thank you gentlemen. So, if, I understand correctly, the 29 represents the 29th Field Park within a given Corps but there is no indication of which Corps?
However, if the two photographs came from the same source and if, the first photograph is of a 5th (Indian) Division Vehicle then it should have been a component part of the 33rd (Indian) Corps and therefore the 29th Field Park Coy in that Division?
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Hello,
No. The number 29 had nothing to do with the Corps number or the number of fd pk coys in that Corps. The Royal Engineers (RE) consisted of many types of units, including fd pk coys. As each company of RE was raised it was given a number and a role designator. The 29th Corps Fd Pk Coy RE would be the twenty-ninth corps fd park coy raised in the Royal Engineers (assuming that numbering of fd pk coys started at 1). The Corps it was allocated to at any one time was immaterial, and it could have served with multiple corps during its life-time, or even any formation.
Keith