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  • Birthday 10/11/1960

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    Ayrshire Scotland
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    all things WW1 and WWII
  • Occupation
    retried
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    http://www.freewebs.com/29thfieldkitchen/

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  1. hi mate if you want to ring i will see what i can do 07981736394 regards mark

  2. I was there last week and i must agree that what they have done upstairs is not good its ( i feel to modern ) but i did like what they have done underground it was a bit do dark but you can see what was going on I feel that they have waisted the upstairs and took away the feel of the battle that you use to get ,but maybe it's just me (there was a sing on the door that said closed on Sunday due to reopening ):rofl:
  3. you are quit correct in that the wartime No 2 did have an external fuel tank. but the one with the internal tank did a peer very late 45 to see it used in wartime i can't say but is basically the same unit apart from the tank being on the inside. the mane thing with them is to keep the jets clean and don't let the washer dry out . and to never fill when hot ( i have seen a few cooks doing this believe me they go up fast they are not known as Tommy cookers for nothing) but on the hole if you look after them they are a grate bit of kit and work well .
  4. Cooker Petrol No.1 Introduced in 1939 the Cooker No.1 or Hydro burner as it was known became standard equipment for the next 40 years until health and safety ruled them unsafe for use. Consisting of a 2 gallon petrol tank pressurised by a foot or built in band pump, it fired a jet of flame along a trench covered by metal plates. These interlocking plates had holes to accommodate camp kettles (left of photo below, or the stainless centres of hay boxes as being used above (Hay box outer extreme right Cooker Petrol No.2 This is a single burner cooker in a folding case, powered by pressurised petrol from a small tank at the front. It has its own windbreak as part of the case. Maintenance tools are attached to the side of the windbreak and a funnel supplied for filling. This cooker was introduced during the Second World War and mainly issued to crews of armoured vehicles. It is issued with a stainless steel cooking vessel whose lid can be used as a frying pan. The cooker and pan are held together with a leather strap and are normally found fastened to the outside of a fighting vehicle as they were part of the CSE (Complete Schedule of Equipment) issued to a vehicle. They remained in use until the 1980's when due the change from petrol powered vehicles they were replaced. Care has to be exercised when using these cookers as the leather gaskets dry out if not used and petrol can leak from the pressure pump and ignite. Cooker petrol No.3 This is a two-burner version introduced during World War Two. This version could be used by a Section or Platoon of soldiers. It could also be used with a standard oven for baking. It folds away to the size of a small suitcase. Field Oven This small portable oven is designed to be used with the No.1 and No.3 Petrol cookers. It has two shelves and sits directly above the No.3 cooker, or on the plates of the No 1. There are two opening vents on the top to control airflow which also can be used to heat pans. Cooker, Field, Triplex, No.4 The Cooker Number 4 is a portable oven (according the Civil Defence manual all parts could be lifted by two WVS ladies) with a cast iron range on the side. The fire is set up in the end of the range and the heat drawn along the range and around the oven. The earliest photo showing one in use is at a camp in 1914 and was still in the 1956 manual as well as the 1960's Civil Defence manual. Our example came from these stocks, although we understand that examples were still held as late as 2005 (RAF mobile catering stores) The Cooker Number 4 is a portable oven (according the Civil Defence manual all parts could be lifted by two WVS ladies) with a cast iron range on the side. The fire is set up in the end of the range and the heat drawn along the range and around the oven. The earliest photo showing one in use is at a camp in 1914 and was still in the 1956 manual as well as the 1960's Civil Defence manual. Our example came from these stocks, although we understand that examples were still held as late as 2005 (RAF mobile catering stores) No 4 Cook set MkII The cooking Outfit Field No4 MkII is designed to provide a mobile kitchen facilty capable of producing meals for up to 150-200 personnel using fresh or composite rations, or emergency meals of stew, soup and tea for up to 300 personnel in the field. Sufficent equipment is provisioned to enable baking, roasting, frying and boilling operations to be undertaken simultaneously. The Outfit is mounted on an in-service 3/4 tonne wide body two-wheeled trailer with a special cookset body and canopy and frame. Fuel supply can be Combat gas / Civgas or LPG (Propane) but on our cooker we can only use LPG. It opens out to a full kitchen with five work tops- three are for food preparation surfaces and two for food service tables- all are made in stainless steel. There are also 2 fire extinguishers and a fire blanket fitted in brackets on the rear of trailer.
  5. for 10 to 15 i would use a No3 cooker (you can make a good old army stew with dumlinings for them ) if you can get hold of one there the good old soyer cooker now that's a cooker you can cook for up to 100 with one but idely youd be better with 3 one to keep hot water and one for the stew and one for veg Soyer Cooker The first cooker adopted by the British Army after demonstrations of the prototypes by Alex Soyer to the British Army in Crimea. They have been used continually until the 1980's when the vast majority of the British Army stock was lost in the sinking of the Atlantic Conveyor during the Falklands War. Capable of boiling 12 gallons of liquid using any available solid fuel they are simple and efficient. The original specification was that two, together with wood for fuel could be carried by a mule. The Soyer was adopted as standard by the Civil Defence organisation during WW2 and examples staffed by the Woman’s Voluntary Service were used to provide emergency food in the bombed areas during the Blitz. After WW2 large numbers were put into storage in the event of a nuclear attack. A slight variation to the soyer was the Ludgate boiler which could be identified by slightly longer feet and a different firebox arrangement.
  6. the truck has to go as it has to be out off the yard last chance or it will have to be cut up havetill end of Oct to get it out
  7. yup thats the answer I'd give any how what type of kitchen is it a field kitchen ! or a camp set up or what. if i can help i will
  8. i have used most ie jeep parts and so on but the best that i have come across is Tony of TS Auto's phone one day and its at the door next also has grate customer service T.S.Auto's tel : 01474 703131 Perryvale Fawkham Kent DA3 8NZ
  9. yes its still has that body and i am looking for £1500
  10. this is still in Scotland and is for sale it now has a flatbed body and there a other engine truck needs rebuilt but its all there
  11. Hello form not so sunny Scotland I live in Ayrshire and have been collecting form the age of 10 mostly unifroms just sold of most of my De acts had over 200 at that age when you think that you have had a enough just got a willy's 1944 jeep wish i had not as i paid £6000 for it and was supposed have had a lot done to it but then had to payout another £3000 to get on the road took it to Arnhem last year and the gearbox blowed :argh:up so had to get other at £800 O GOD WHEN WILL IT STOP :stop:
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