Canadian Camp

[jeff davis]

HAYMILL CAMP, on the Burnham Road, near the Slough Trading Estate.

Does anyone know the Canadian units posted here during the filming of Colonel Blimp 1942 around the time of the Dieppe raid
Jeff

the link to the Movie group discussion
http://www.britmovie.co.uk/forums/fi...mp-1943-a.html

[servicepub (RIP)]

Dave Hayward would be the best to answer this but isn't this the camp for the Canadian soldiers who were invovled in the assembly of CMPs?

[David_Hayward (RIP)]

We have of course touched on all this before in previous thread[s] aboutn the Haymill Camp that was located nearish to the Canadian Mechanization Depot in the Citroen Cars Ltd works on the Slough Trading Estate.

The Camp was in fact Haymill Camp in Burnham Lane, and it was thought that it might have been the original Royal Engineers camp, dating from the previous war and possibly recently-vacated by British troops. The camp was by then occupied by 2 (Overseas) Detachment R.C.O.C. personnel, amongst others.

[jeff davis]

Sorry did not know about previous threads on who was there. so forgive My ignorance
Who were the Canadians Stationed there and what was the Tasking
during the time of the filming
regards
Jeff

[David_Hayward (RIP)]

As just mentioned, RCOC but others but I don't know yet which regiments. There were also Canadian motorycylists involved in the film..does that suggest which others were there?

[jeff davis]

Found this on the Juno beach center web site listing.Does this make sense or totally unrelated?
2nd Corps Troops Back to QuickLinks
18th Armoured Car Regiment (12th Manitoba Dragoons)
2nd Corps Defence Company (The Prince Edward Island Light Horse)
6th Anti-Tank Regiment, R.C.A.
2nd Survey Regiment, R.C.A.
6th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, R.C.A.

8th Field Park Company, R.C.E.
29th Field Company, R.C.E.
30th Field Company, R.C.E.
31st Field Company, R.C.E.
2nd Corps Signals, R.C.C.S.
No. 2 Headquarters Corps Car Company, R.C.A.S.C.
2nd Corps Transport Company, R.C.A.S.C.
No. 33 Corps Troops Company, R.C.A.S.C.
No. 34 Corps Troops Company, R.C.A.S.C.
No. 2 Corps and Army Troops Sub-Park, R.C.O.C.
2nd Corps Troops Workshop, R.C.E.M.E.

[Mark W. Tonner]

Originally Posted by jeff davis

Found this on the Juno beach center web site listing.Does this make sense or totally unrelated?
2nd Corps Troops Back to QuickLinks
18th Armoured Car Regiment (12th Manitoba Dragoons)
2nd Corps Defence Company (The Prince Edward Island Light Horse)
6th Anti-Tank Regiment, R.C.A.
2nd Survey Regiment, R.C.A.
6th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, R.C.A.

8th Field Park Company, R.C.E.
29th Field Company, R.C.E.
30th Field Company, R.C.E.
31st Field Company, R.C.E.
2nd Corps Signals, R.C.C.S.
No. 2 Headquarters Corps Car Company, R.C.A.S.C.
2nd Corps Transport Company, R.C.A.S.C.
No. 33 Corps Troops Company, R.C.A.S.C.
No. 34 Corps Troops Company, R.C.A.S.C.
No. 2 Corps and Army Troops Sub-Park, R.C.O.C.
2nd Corps Troops Workshop, R.C.E.M.E.

Jeff;

You stated that you’re interested in the time frame of August 1942, for Canadian units at Slough. The list, which you have posted, is totally unrelated. The list you’ve posted, is that of the “Corps Troops” of the II Canadian Corps, which didn’t come into being until approximately 14 January 1943. Although Headquarters, II Canadian Corps was located at Cobham, Surrey, from February to October 1943 (approximately 23.80 miles (38 kilometres) from Slough), many of the units you have listed, did not come into being until the beginning of 1943, itself, and onwards.

Cheers

[jeff davis]

O.k bit of a shot in the dark .I have contacted the R.C.O.C Museum and association to see what they come up with.
thanks again
Jeff