From Jan 42 to Dec 43, they produced 242,462 miscellaneous MT spares, 103,560 ammo boxes, 195,843 trestles, and 179,650 “various items in leather and canvas” - truly a remarkable spread and quantity of items.
4 Base Workshop continued to grow however and in 1944 had 39 officers, 740 ORs and 8040 civilians, and 14 sub-workshops.Ī map of 4 Base Workshop in Abbassia, Egypt from our Archive.Ĥ Base Workshop produced everything from tank parts (both British and American) and gun gauges to cushions and “crates (various)”. The split coincided roughly with the formation of REME and so 4 BOW became 4 Base Workshop, responsible for all manufacturing, whilst repair and maintenance went to 533 Base Workshop. In 1942, 4 BOW comprised 74 officers, 1,599 OR and approximately 13,000 civilians but as this was considered slightly unwieldy, the decision was made to split the workshop into two. Although it started with a single factory, it soon grew alongside demand and took over nearby premises, some of which maintained their original form whilst others had to be converted. Formed June 1940 in Abbassia, it was indeed the very first BOW in the Middle East and became the base camp and mobilising unit of most workshop establishments formed thereafter, including for example the famous 7th Armoured Division Workshop. You might think of course of the new designs, the improvisation (or bodging), or the UORs, but at the start of the war in the desert, REME proved their reliability and support capabilities simply by producing spares.Ĥ Base Workshop was originally an RAOC Base Ordnance Workshop (BOW). The timestamp is only as accurate as the clock in the camera, and it may be completely wrong.REME is perhaps most associated with repair but their role in keeping the punch in the army’s fist often leads to ingenuity on unexpected fronts.
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