Horse Transport

That plate is not from november the denotes the mk of wagon a very unusual form of plate but its from a limbered wagon mk 11 built in 1915 of that I'm sure

Thats what the Registration plate is off a pair of Fore and hind GS Wagon Limbers ,currently on block and tackles in the workshop .

Ones from my collection

I have asked for some and will wait to be given them regards Nigel

I am going back there today on other business i will ask those questions regards Nigel

Me TOO ! Been invited for dinner a few times around there, many times been stopped by the locals and been shown great kindness !

I was offered a pair of 1917 dated rear Dennis Wheels today one with location for a spocket or something, have small brass date tag (1917) solid rubber tyres etc ! By a chap here in Tonbridge Regards Nigel

Why the Somme ? In 2014 and not 2016 0n the 100th anniversary of that battle and part of the war, Surely Mons is the place to commerate the 100th anniversary of the Great War its also the year the Ypres Salient was formed ! Again that year was dominated by Horse Transport and Equipment Just thinking out loud !

More photos of those Horse Drawn bits can be see here http://thequeensown.com/2012%20galleries/heavy%20horse%20show/index.html Regards Nige

Hi Tim, I know of one other in good state, one earlier one rotting in Surrey and one rotting away in a pub garden in Kent ! they survived as they were used as cattle carts by farmers after the war , Kind regards Nige

Yes the very same !

Yes this was where they were taken , kind regards Nigel

Hi Tony Thats exactly what it is for ,supporting the weight of the horse in transit Regards Nige

Some of the Great War HT including Wagon GS mk X, 18 PDR and Limber,Tank Warter cart Mk V, Ambulance Horse Mk11, at the weekend more pictures when i have them

And so you shall after the 24th /26th of this month !

Been playing about with the draught pole and pole supporting bar( pole supporting stop inserted up side down for photographic reasons) and quick release fittings over the weekend

Sue O'Keeffe - Events Co-ordinator 18 Apr (1 day ago) to depot I have just been reading about your WW1 water Carrier on the BBC website and would be very interested if you would like to bring it to be on show at the weald & Downland open Air Museum in Sussex, We our hosting our ever popular Heavy Horse & Working Animal and this year we are delighted to have a War Horse themed area with contributions from a range of museums and groups: see below War Horse Over the weekend there will be a combination of spectacular World War One (WW1) themed presentations and re-enactment displays to include: Sealed Knot Enterprises, Mounted 16th Lancer display and Andrew Robertshaw, Curator/Manager of The Royal Logistic Corps Museum in Deepcut www.rlcmuseum.co.uk will be sharing his experiences as military consultant on Stephen Spielberg’s award winning film Warhorse. Alongside this there will be a rare opportunity to see a GS wagon and horse drawn horse ambulance in action pulled by the Museums horses. Experience the WW1 encampment and exhibition with displays of artefacts and wartime memorabilia. Also visit The National Army Museum’s trailer exhibition within the encampment area. www.nam.ac.uk/exhibitions/special-displays/war- horse-fact-fiction and a rare opportunity to see a 18 Pounder Gun in action, kindly on loan from Fort Nelson. The event is on Saturday 26th & Sunday 27th May in Sigleton west Sussex. We would be happy to pay contributions towards expences. It would be great if you were able to atend as there are very few oppertunities for collections of these types to be deplayed together.the Tank water cart will be there too !

There is to be a bash in sussex,where there will be put in draught the following with cavalry support 18 Pdr field gun and limber Gs Wagon Veternary Ambulance Tank water cart please see link for some details http://www.wealddown.co.uk/Events-Information/Heavy-Horse-Show

Lewis gun cart, and im working on something much bigger and much much heavier and noisey ! i cant say yet but im "flirting" with a monster of a request !

£1200's worth + postage :cheesy: which about half price for two 200A's , put one in primer already the local news paper the Kent Messanger is running a article on the project in this Fridays edition ! found two engines for it two once it is complete. Regards Nige