Rlangham

Hinckley used to have a Mk IV Female Tank from 7th February 1921 onwards - in my home town (i'm about 2 miles from Hinckley) there was a German field gun in the park, it was buried and the location is now a kiddies sandpit - anyone got a spare shovel? And an article on it - although it says it served in France, just about every presentation tank was claimed to have seen service, whereas the vast majority were only used as training tanks at Bovington - the lack of ditching rails on the top of the tank seems to reinforce this

On one of the plaques can be seen S Bolesworth - more commonly known as 'Togo' Bolesworth, a famous boxer. There's more information on him here http://www.green-tiger.co.uk/id46.html This is his name commemorated at Tyne Cot. He was serving with the 9th Battalion Leicestershire Regiment, 110th Brigade 21st Division when he was killed at Polygon Wood, and his body was never found. An overall shot of Polygon Wood - 'Togo' Bolesworth's body is probably located somewhere in the scope of this photograph, possibly as one of the unknown graves in the Buttes British Cemetery

Here's a set of photos of the Hinckley War Memorial, built on the site of an old castle near the centre of the town. It was built between 1921 and 1922. Good to see that since my last visit several years ago, the barbed wire on the building behind the memorial has been removed The war memorial in 1923 And today This plaque was added after the memorial was built, and isn't seen in the 1923 photo - anyone know why?

Good pictures - didn't know Jeremy Clarkson was a tank fan!

Fantastic - are they due to be at any other shows this year? Fingers crossed i'll see the Matchless at Kelmarsh in a couple of weeks time

Wow, great photos Tim - do you have anymore of the WW1 stuff there? Quite a few guys I know were there, wish I could have made it myself - if I knew there was going to be a Holt there, i'd have walked from Leicestershire!

As for a Peerless in Mespot (great choice by the way, i'll probably be putting together a Mespot infantryman impression which could easily be adapted to ASC in the coming year or so), i've seen photos of a multicoloured Peerless with a 3 inch AA gun on the back - i'll try and dig them out, but I believe at least one of them is shown in Mesopotamia

Here's a page on the M16 http://www.landships.freeservers.com/38cm_m16_walkaround.htm

2nd photo - Pierce Arrow 3rd photo - guessing a Berliet CBA? Portee with French 75mm gun on the back - interesting looking 'thing' on the side 4th photo - Nash Quad portee with French 75mm gun

From the 'Old Glory' magazine http://www.oldglory.co.uk/newswire.htm#june03

Thanks Tim, in that case I may paint one of them as a water tin (probably the green one as it's current paintjob is a bit of a mess) - i'm presuming the letters would have been painted in a white colour? The only date is on the Shell one, and that is VALOR 5 37, which, thanks to a friend, means May 1937

Artillery definitely would have, i've seen photos of artillerymen with the leather bandoliers - no doubt engineers would have too, they were to be worn by mounted men. Another 'mark' of mounted men is the fact they wear their puttees the wrong way round (well, to me anyway), starting under the knee and ending at the ankle, with the lighter coloured tapes above the ankles

It's amazing how often i'm concentrating on packing only the things I need, and then at the last minute realise you've forgotten one of the most obvious, vital things as you're mind's been elsewhere - like my trousers!

"Is this sharp?" As said forty something year old man runs his fingers along the underside of my 07 bayonet..... argh!

Do you have a larger copy of the top photo?

Cheers - I was hoping to use them as civilian cans 'impressed' into WW1 service. At least if I ever get two Vickers guns I have enough steam condenser tins for them!

Could have been this beast? The 'Boarhound', US built, UK ordered 2500 but only 30 built as they had very poor off road performance My photo of one at the Tank museum Wikipedia photo

1914 Triumph model C And to finish off, some Douglas machines 1918 Douglas 2 3/4 350cc, which saw service as a despatch riders motorcycle in WW1 1914 Douglas 2 3/4 TT 350cc - ridden from Lands End to John O' Groats last year with no breakdowns!

Some Sunbeam's from todays Vintage Motorcycle Club Banbury Run The above two photos show a 1916 Sunbeam 8hp 1000cc - only known survivor of a batch of similar machines ordered by the Imperial Russian Army for delivery in 1916, however due to the revolution it was never delivered, so the WD had it instead Another 1916 Sunbeam, this time a 3 1/2hp machine. The tank has three compartments, for petrol, paraffin and oil. When the engine gets hot enough, it switches from petrol to paraffin. The above three photos show a really special machine - a 1915 Sunbeam 3 1/2 hp, originally property of 11 Squadron RFC, as the plaque on the back shows. It's up for auction by Bonhams in September, estimated for £12,000-£15,000 Various Triumphs The above two actually show a 1919 dated Triumph LW Junior Triumph model H Triumph model SD (think this may be a slightly post war model)

Picked up a couple of British petrol tins today for a fiver each (i'd have bought more, but I ran out of hands to carry them!) - anyone know what the correct colour for them would be? Apparently the only difference between the tins used for water and those for petrol was the colour of the cap, be interested in knowing the two colours too. Cheers, Rob

Blast, all these vehicles to ID and I can't remember where i've put my big Bart MV-spotting guide. Looks like one of the K-Flak wagens with the 7.7cm Krupp gun, i'm going to guess an Erhardt vehicle

Oooooh, it's WW2 not WW1. Can't really work out what's going on with the cab roof - maybe it's a White? I usually ID vehicles by the radiator, but that's obscured by the guard, and i've only seen that on Liberty B's. I'd go for Crossley IGL too, as for Rolls, the tyres look chunkier than normal so could be the Rolls body on the Fordson chassis? With the Crossley IGL being a 30's design this seems more likely, to me

US Liberty model B truck?

Saracen!

Blimey, some, er, interesting WW1 re-enactors there!