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Where does A.T. stands for in 567 A.T. Coy R.E.?
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A T stands for Army Troops.
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cyngast
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My first thought was Auxiliary Transport Coy., but Army Troops Coy. is a better possibility I think. http://www.longlongtrail.co.uk/army/regiments-and-corps/the-corps-of-royal-engineers-in-the-first-world-war/other-miscellaneous-units-of-the-royal-engineers/
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The British Army of 1914-1918 sometimes used very confusing terminology. “Army Troops” was a term given to any unit (which could be infantry, engineers, artillery etc) that was under the direct command of an Army HQ, as opposed to the command of one of its subsidiary levels such as a Corps. Thus a Field Artillery Brigade was called an Army Brigade if it reported to the Commander Royal Artillery of an Army. An Army Troops Company of the Royal Engineers reported to the Commander Royal Engineers.
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The abbreviation for AT is on this Useful abbreviation List of the First World War Link:
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ral104
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I agree with the Army Troops diagnosis. The Auxiliary Transport Coys were ASC units. The only slight confusion here is that the only 567 AT Coy RE I can find was stationed in Egypt and Sinai.
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As a Captain and a 2nd/Lt were posted to the 567 Army Troops Company RE, on the 26th July 1919. I presume they may have gone to Egypt or Sinai to join the Sinai and Palestine Campaign.
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ral104
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Could be, Marie, although that campaign ended in October of the previous year. Possibly the 567th were still out there, or maybe they'd come home by that point.
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