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    Mr Nick Eve

    in British Vehicles

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    18 hours ago, Nick Eve said:

    I am restoring a 1956 Austin Champ and would like to use the vehicle markings/insignia of my fathers Regiment 1st Battalion Royal Scots (the Royal Regiment)

    Can anyone please let me know what they might have included ...The regiment I believe was an infantry battalion

    1st of the foot infantry regiment of the Line. The senior infantry regiment of the British Army, for instance the 20th of foot are/were The Lancashire Fusiliers.

    Bovington stug 3

    in German Vehicles

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    40 minutes ago, paul a said:

    What is going on with Bovington first they ruin there own ex finish Stug 3 then are getting  rid if a super restored privately owned working  stug what on earth are the management thinking about ( delete the word thinking) maybe they are competing with the IWM in a race to the bottom

    Write them a letter/email and ask them.....

    LAST RUN FOR A WW1 TANK?

    in The Tank Museum: News & Events

    Posted

    On 2/13/2014 at 6:19 AM, Tony B said:

    There is a 'Not to scale ' replica about . It's about 4/5 ths. Looks truncated when you see it. This was shown at IMPS Combined Ops last year. That is wood and was originally built to fit on a theatre stage.

    tank copy.JPG

     

    This thing is blinking awful. I saw it at the Yorkshire Show a couple of years ago. I mentioned that it was the wrong shape and shouldn't be seen in public but the characters with it did not want to talk to me. The shame of it.......

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    Post WW 2 Vehicle Names Listing

    in Research Centre

    Posted

    Another for you that is not on the list. At The Tank Museum there is a derelict A11 Matilda 1, it is the one with A/T hits on it, now highlighted in red pint. This is named HIGHBURY, a tank of 8RTR. How do I know? well in the late 1980's we removed a front track adjusting wheel. Being curious I flatted the paintwork where the name was likely to be. It appeared and I noticed it had been painted on twice. So, 100% certain that it as HIGHBURY. Stick it on the list!

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    Saracen info reqd

    in British Vehicles

    Posted

    Thanks BlueBelle that photo that the link shows is one of them. There must have been more as the one, in my photo has the VRN 99 BA 17.

    Richard's suggestion has merit but BlueBelle's one seems to show a gun in the rear turret

    Post WW 2 Vehicle Names Listing

    in Research Centre

    Posted

    On 7/31/2020 at 8:32 AM, KevinT said:

    Hi Bob,

    Thank you for that. This is exactly the sort of detail we are looking for. Do you know when the Churchill was recovered? I don't suppose the census number or any other markings such as div signs were on the AVRE? Normally we would ignore names and census numbers on museum  restored vehicle as there a lot of spurious name / census number matches out there but as this is a recovered tank the name is obviously genuine.  I will drop Dick a line and let him know. Thanks again and sorry for all the questions.

    Cheers

    Kevin

    Kevin

    I have now checked my 1988 Diary. It was recovered by a TA unit on 7 May 1988 from Otterburn. I got it in my yard on 14 May where it remained for 10 years 11 months for restoration. After some years as a 'runner' at The Tank Museum it suffered a catastrophic engine failure and is now sadly not a 'runner'......

    There were no plates or any ID on the very rusty tank, the name FIREFLY was on the armour of the air intake plate which was hanging down on one bolt.

    Cheers

    Bob

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