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Nice AC Tricar marked up as Everards Brewery at the National Motorcycle Museum in Birmingham a few years ago - no idea if it's still there

It'll be a 1917 or 1918 Ford model T you'll be after for it - i've never seen a Crewe tractor on an earlier chassis (when the Model T had a more angular, brass radiator)

Here's some photos of the 1913 Thornycroft

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1915 built Aveling & Porter roller that was built for the Kynoch ammunition firm and spent the war building and repairing roads on their extensive munitions factory site

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1917 built Fowler 'Midnight', built for the Ministry of Munitions

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1912 Aveling & Porter road locomotive that spent the war almost constantly hauling three wagons full of horse poo from the horse lines at Aldershot!

Plenty of the traction engines there had interesting WW1 histories, will try and put up a few more images

When the driver parked it up my girlfriend overheard him say that it's a Thornycroft engine, but not the original

What lovely collections, thanks for sharing the photographs

I did a proper walkaround of the Thornycroft, hopefully get photos up later - in the midst of moving house right now!

Had a great two days there - quite a few traction engines of WW1 interest, a lovely steam roller of 1915 that built roads at munition factory sites for example. Also a cracking 1913 Thornycroft lorry (but in I believe it's later 1920's guise as a shortened tractor). By no means saw everything though, roll on next year

Off to the GDSF for my first time this week - as well as lots of steam vehicles, is anyone aware of anything WW1 related worth keeping an eye out for (ie any ex-WD Holts, traction engines or lorries?), or any interesting pre-WW1 commercial motor vehicles?

Glanced at a book on the story of Beamish's transport whilst visiting last week - apparently the plan is to return it to original condition as, I think, a refuse lorry at some point as part of a recreated council depot, and apparently the lorry has been modified at some point in the past

Sorry to bump this up from the past but felt I had something worthwhile to contribute!

The Daimler is still at Beamish in the garage - last time I was there you couldn't view it too well though, i'm there tomorrow.

It's still on solids - the Daimler CC bus replica they built in the 1980's was on pneumatics up until this year when it was repainted and put back on solids. Now it's on solids it is, at least in my view, a perfect replica - even the pedals are arranged like the originals. I haven't seen it in use since it was re-wheeled but hope to soon

Looking good - the only pre-WW1 motor commercial lorries i'm aware of off the top of my head are the Albion at the National Motor Museum, the Daimler lorry at Beamish and the privately owned 1913 McCurd so will definitely be a sight to see

Would love to see an image of this newly restored A10 Tim, would like to try and see it in person if possible too

The Black Prince was pulled around on the sunday (didn't notice on the saturday as was so busy with the WW1 display) by a recovery vehicle, couldn't tell if the engine was running

Still preserved at their original site on the Gallipoli peninsula is this battery of four French 24cm Modele 1876 coastal guns on their 360 degree traverse GPC mountings. Three had the ends blown off but the charge in the fourth didn't go off. The guns are sited in two seperate fields, two guns per field. Thanks to Landships forum member ALVF for identifying these. What an amazing site! I knew there'd be pieces of artillery still around at Gallipoli but had no idea they'd be this complete... and for a whole battery to be in one place, stunning

Gun 1 - I went into the gun pit, and as I got to the bottom something large could be heard (and seen from the movement in the long grass) running, or slithering, from the bottom of the pit to the top! After that I decided not to go in any more of the pits.....

Gun 2

Gun 3, with the full length barrel, unfortunately it wasn't possible to view it from the other side so this was the best image I could get

Gun 4

Charawacky, good to meet you at Stow Maries, I was the young Royal Flying Corps chap - haven't had the chance to deal with photos yet as been a very busy month with work, then spent a week in Gallipoli, Tankfest etc, but cobbled together this video this evening of the clips I took of your tender at Stow Maries;

I spent the past weekend at the Bovington Tank Museum's 'Tankfest' event. As a living historian with the Great War Society, I was one of several members doing 1917 Tank crew during most of the day, then a quick change into 1917 infantry to match the rest of the group for the battle arena display in the late afternoon. Due to the large volume of public I didn't get a chance to look at much of the other displays, so my photos are confined to our WW1 display and a quick look around the museum. A superb event and I will definitely be back either in uniform or just as a paying member of public next year

As part of our display we had the replica Mk IV 'Male' Tank built for Stephen Spielburg's 'War Horse' film. The exterior is extremely accurate, and after inspecting it I could only find about two highly minor and nit-picking inaccuracies. It runs as well, and has been built so it even moves like the real thing when you watch archive footage of them

Captured Maxim MG08/15 and anti-tank rifle

Lewis Gun Cart (man-hauled cart for two Lewis light machine guns, ammunition and accessories)

Matchless 8hp, 1000cc Motorcycle and Vickers machine gun armed sidecar. Ordered in 1916 by the Russian Government, built in 1917 and were never shipped owing to the revolution, so taken up by the Motor Machine Gun Corps of the British Army instead. It's the only Matchless Motorcycle + Vickers combo left (there are two others - both Clyno's, one at the National Motorcycle Museum and one in storage owned by the Imperial War Museum), and of the three motorcycle machine gun combos left, it's the only one running

1917 Lewis gun team

Tank crew in a real WW1 Tank in the museum's collection, illustrating the cramped space between the sides and the engine

Myself as 1917 Tank Corps

1917 Tankies

Interior of the running replica (as mentioned, it was built for a five minute segment of a film and was only meant to be accurate for the exterior)

1924 Rolls Royce armoured-car, developed from the WW1 version

Medium Mark A 'Whippet' Tank

Mark II Heavy Tank 'Flying Scotsman', which served at the Battle of Arras in 1917 and still sports damage received

Ian, that's superb news! I believe the IWM had a Leyland RAF type in storage at their Duxford site

Do you suppose the 2nd photo is of an ammunition lorry?

My best bet would be water tanker

Yes Mark that was rather slack on my part. After counting spokes for around 5+ years in various images I should have picked up on same however I am pleased the content is still of interest. Michael Y, Tim G, Richard P, Roy L and specific key members of the Thornycroft, Talbot, Crossley etc. etc. (all recognized in the publication I would hasten to add) groups from over your way have contributed to the book and I trust it is the basis for much more on the subject by others. Still have a bit of homework or fine tuning to do re getting same to the Northern Hemisphere but in the meantime I will send you the Aussi blurb. Regards Rod

PS....almost forgot....book title is "The Benzine Lancers".

When will it be available? Would definitely like to pick up a copy

Surprised not to see this one yet - 1916 Thornycroft J type 3 ton Lorry at Milestones Museum, Basingstoke, photo taken a couple of weeks ago

They also have a 1902 Thornycroft steam wagon - painted in civilian colours but identical to those ordered by the War Office

Oh, and regarding accurate wheels - the Beamish open air museum has a WONDERFUL replica Daimler double deck bus, spoilt only by the modern wheels - however, when made it was equipped with authentic solids, and these are going to be fitted later this year - when fitted it will look identical to the original, even the pedals have been re-arranged to the correct order (with the accelerator in the middle)

http://beamishtransport.blogspot.com/2012/01/daimler-cc-replica-bus-overhaul.html

Have to admit I did notice the Dennis - can't remember seeing it at the close of the film but wasn't it in the recruitment of men and horses at the start of the war? Also, along with the mock up German trucks, i'm sure in the scene where the German's requisition Joey and the black horse, there's one German light vehicle parked up which looked period. The two German motorcycles were almost certainly 1920's ones though

Very glad to read it will be done as a GS Lorry - i've visited the CTM MANY times from a child onwards and always thought it was a missed opportunity to restore it as a bus rather than a WW1 Lorry

What a beauty, well done!

The 16th Irish Division only served on the Western Front in WW1. The title of Patrol Car is slightly inaccurate - those type of Ford's, as well as being used as patrol cars, were widely used as general light trucks, the IWM has at least one image I came across showing one in Albert and there's several others showing them on the Western Front on various ebay sales etc