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Hi told you might be able to help. I have a copy of in national service by pat ware and pages 13 to 29 inclusive are missing and 29 to 44 are duplicated(printing error) bought from a trader at a show (unable to contact) tried contacting publisher again but contact info must have changed.
Do you have a pdf or scan of these pages or know how to contact the publisher?
Thanks Glynn:)
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Although I am the 'colleague' John refers to, I have spent some time digging deeper into this and the W/NH seems to be something of a mystery. The Ministry of Supply contract records for the period show that a single 500cc model W/NH was supplied to the War Office under contract C7373 in 1940 amidst a batch of 30 other 500cc machines of unspecified type. The nomenclature 'W/NH' would suggest that this was a War Office version of the NH – known as the 'Red Hunter' in its civilian form – but this was a 350cc machine and the contract record clearly states that the W/NH was 500cc. The 500cc 'Red Hunter' was known as the VH which would suggest that the clerk in charge of recording the contract, or somone transcribing it at a later date confused the 'V' with an 'N'. It would probably be safe to assume then that this was actually a W/VH machine. But... it is always dangerous to be specific in the face of a mystery... does anyone know more. Pat Ware
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In alphabetic order then... Albion Austin Bedford BSA (motorcycles) Citroen (assembled CMP vehicles) Commer Crossley Daimler David Brown Dennis Dodge ERF Foden Ford Fordson Guy Hillman Humber Karrier Leyland Matchless (motorcycles) Maudslay Morris Morris-Commercial Norton (motorcycles) Royal Enfield (motorcycles) Scammell Standard Straussler Thornycroft Tilling-Stevens Triumph (motorcycles) Vauxhall Velocette (motorcycles) Wolseley In fact, the entire British motor industry.
