294th Engineer Combat Battalion - 1944.

[Walt's Daughter]

Colin:

 

I have a gentleman who is interested in the photos. I will email you with his email address, so you can correspond directly.

 

Here's his letter to me:

 

Hi Marion,

 

I recently interviewed my Uncle Jay Wingate regarding his WW2 experiences and he mentioned that he was involved in the March 20, 1944 training accident in Sherborne, Dorset, England. He was in Company C and 29 men were killed in the explosion of mines. Luckily, Jay was on the ground on both knees when the explosion occurred and he was not injured. The blast traveled over his head. I saw your photos of the 294th memorial plaque at the Sherborne Abbey that you posted on one of the forums. The plaque lists the names of the 29 who were killed. Unfortunately, the photos are very low resolution. Do you still have the originals of these photos? If so, will you please send them to me via email? I would like to include them in the video that I made of my interview with Jay. Here's the link to the forum where I found the photos.

 

http://www.6thcorpscombatengineers.com/eng...?showtopic=1130

 

I don't think Jay is aware that a memorial exists. I believe that he will be very surprised to see the photos in my video, assuming that you can send the originals to me.

 

I love your website. Nice job!

 

Looks like he would like some larger images to present to his uncle. Thanks. M1