Belgian Dave

Hello Robin Im in the North of Belgium, so I think not so near the museum, if its the one in Brussels im thinking of (actually, nowhere in Belgium is that far away, its so small!!). Im moving back to the UK anyway in a couple of months, and then I will be just over an hour away from Bovington!

I have a photograph of a Caterpillar D8 Bulldozer that my Grandfather used during WWII. On the side is a number (census number?), and I would like to know what, if any, information can be found from this number? The number is ME W201, as I mentioned, it is on a Catapiller D8 Bulldozer which is being used by the Royal Engineers in Turkey. The date is around 1941-1942. If anyone can provide further information, I would be most grateful.

Hello I have always been interested in military vehicles, along with all the other usual 'boys' interests (trains, aircraft, model making, emergency vehicles, etc). I have lurked around HMVF before, looking for information for model making, but a new project has made me take the step of actually joining the forum. Im researching my Grandfathers military history, and having got the basics figured out, im now starting on the Sherlock Holmes part of investigating little details, and making links between various bits of information. He was regular army before WWII, joining in 1936, and he had quite an interesting time. First he was Royal Tank Corp, then 1st Royal Tank Regiment in Egypt. He went on to be seconded to the Royal Engineers for work in Turkey, then back to 1st RTR for the push into Italy. Here he was injured and for the rest of the war stayed in the UK with the Royal Army Service Corp. During all this time he was a Driver/Mechanic. Look forward to looking more around the forum, and hopefully to discuss various questions with other forum members. David