Hi All I was wondering if someone could help me find out which years my Great Grandad served with 8 Platoon Green Howards EY Regiment?. I would...
There are a number of stories about Bren Carriers sinking into the peat bogs in a few places in Shetland. Does anyone have any information on this...
I have read that various weapons were fitted on to carriers, but when did this start? The following is drawn from TNA WO 166/924 17th Infantry...
A thread for images of WW2* accidents, collapsing bridges etc. etc. Bugger... [ATTACH] Via Sherman Register on Facebook: Sherman Register Beute...
I noticed this one recently on ebay. [ATTACH] Looks like it might be the KOed 3 Troop C Sqd command scout carrier of 2/Lt. Gill. [ATTACH]...
I was wondering if anyone could help identify the vehicle/tank in these photographs and when they were possibly taken? photo 1: my grandfather...
From Imperial War Museum collections.
Does anyone have info as to the last operational use of original spec. Bren and Scout carriers? Secondly, were remaining examples rebuilt as...
https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D7347806 Reference: WO 373/2/70 Name Gordon, George Alfred Lindsay Rank:...
Researching this force, does anyone have any information about it, in particular 8th Punjab Regt involvement as part of 234 Brigade I believe.
I have read somewhere that a few 6 pdr portees( QLs or K5s) were still in use in NW Europe as portees and not converted to GS trucks. I've never...
Can anyone confirm the source of the gearbox used in the Universal Carrier? Was it, for example a Ford or Fordson? Also, am I right to think...
I have posted this under 'General' because I don't know what this was and can find no references to it! Can anyone shed any light on it? I have...
Hi, Does anyone have accurate details about where and what the 4th Bn Black Watch were doing on the 6th of June, 1940? There is not too much...
Hello, Any idea how many Bren Gun Carriers can be seen in the German photograph attached? The photo was posted in 2011 by Rich Payne in Markings...
have recently ran into an image of an universal carrier which intrigued me considerably. It comes from the IWM collections, and depicts a 24th...
I am trying to find out when some items of British equipment were declared a) obsolescent and b) obsolete. The WO lists of changes covering WWII...
Recently I got this photo (and many others) from Musee Percee du Bocage in Saint Martin des Besaces, to use for my website on the 8th Rifle...
I've seen references to every other type of carrier including the Dragon II but not the Carden Loyd. If it was who was it issued to?
I think most folks who are familiar with the Universal carrier will have heard of the Welsh Guard stowage scheme for the vehicle. In the bundle...
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