ashley

To distant relative killed in WW1 one i am sure is a first day of the Somme casualty, other Nov 1918

Both grand fathers Royal Navy (just managed to get certificate of service and gunnery history sheet for one of them serving from 12/10 1921 untill 2/9/1946. 46 seperate postings ships/land bases

Father Royal Engineers 1951/1976 to include service in Kenya,Bahrain,Both Christmas and Easter islands (Poland 1959 ??) Northern Ireland X2

Ashley

This year lorry drivers....next year bus drivers/mini bus drivers, then who knows what the net will be cast at next ??

Ashley

Book us in please.

Ashley

Is it a Harvard ??

Ashley

 

Plus I would need accommodation fit for an award winner.

I am sure they can tow in a better scrap transit van than what you slept in at W&P :-D:-D

Ashley

This has got to be the HMVF anthem,,,,,all together guy`s and girls..............

Found this 1943 song sheet "The Rhythm of the Jeep" .....all together now....

 

 

Jeep Jeep thats's what they call it, Just needs a GI to hold it,

 

Bounc-ing o-ver road and lane, driv-ing this tune round my brain.

 

Have you ev-er tried THE RHYTHM OF THE JEEP its a gal-lop and a wriggle not a creep,

 

You must find a lease.and-len-der, who is just a sol - id send-er but be carefull you don't end up in a heap

 

When you hear a rat-tle and a little hoot Then its time for you to shake a dainty boot----

 

All the book-ies will be leap-ing and the Ser-geant Ma-jor weep-ing

 

When they get THE RHYTHM OF THE JEEP

 

You bend your knees-- and then you boog-ie to your partner with a Beep - Beep - Beep - Beep, You cud-dle up,

 

but you had bet-ter watch your drivin cause your'e tak-ing a ride in a Jeep.

 

Jack and Jill no long-er ling-er on a hill

 

Now-a -days they're Su-sy -que-ing with a will

 

At the Palais you will find them with the gang all there behind them Jiv-ing to THE RHYTHM OF THE JEEP------

 

Originally recorded by Kay Cavendish

Words and music by Vera & Frank Baron

There is a professor (forgot her name) from Bournemouth uni who specializes in the I.D. of military personal remains, she was involved in the finding of the British Tommie's in the trench a couple of years ago and identifying one of the soldiers which eventually led to a living relation.

Ashley

Hi all,

i have just seen this on the Whermacht awards forum don`t know if it has been posted here yet

Ashley

Australian soldier, still holding his rifle, uncovered in Belgium

Read on, this soldier was a fellow collector

Wilhelm

Ninety-one years ago, an Australian soldier fell dead on a Belgian

battlefield and unnoticed by his mates, was buried, perhaps by a

shell blast.

Last week he was found, astonishingly still clutching his rifle and

carrying every other item of equipment with which he lumbered into

battle.

Battlefield historian Mat McLachlan said that made him very unusual

indeed.

"This is an interesting discovery and a lot more important for us

because he was dressed in full kit," he said.

"We actually find out a lot more about the Australians during the

First World War by finding bodies such as this one."

This follows the recent discovery of the remains of a considerable

number of Australians interred after the 1916 Battle of Fromelles.

The latest find was made last week by United Kingdom Ministry of

Defence archaeologists Richard Osgood and Martin Brown, members of a

historical group called No Man's Land which includes Mr McLachlan.

They are researching the Australian 3rd Division which trained in

England then fought in the Battle of Messines in southern Belgium on

June 7, 1917.

The aim was to capture a low ridge. The attack was preceded by a week-

long artillery bombardment and the detonation of 19 giant mines,

containing more than 400 tonnes of explosives, placed under German

lines by Australian, British and Canadian tunnellers.

These explosions were heard in London and killed as many as 10,000

German soldiers. Consequently the ensuing attack was successful,

albeit at substantial cost of 6,800 Australian dead and wounded.

Mr McLachlan said his British colleagues uncovered the soldier's

intact skeleton in excavations near the old German frontline.

"The most likely scenario, from what we can tell at this stage, is

that he was part of the attack on Messines Ridge," he said.

"Then they were pushing on to further objectives when he was hit and

fell and was then covered over by a shell blast or buried in some way

and that is where he has lain for 91 years.

"We definitely know he wasn't buried by his mates because he was in

full battle kit. He was still holding his rifle when they uncovered

him. He had his backpack on. He had hand grenades in his pockets and

he had all his ammunition and his helmet."

Mr McLachlan said soldiers burying a comrade would always remove

weapons and other items.

Much other equipment was found, including Australian insignia, a

wallet containing 1916 French francs, medical and mess kit,

toothbrush, boots and cloth fragments. Most intriguing, in the

soldier's backpack was a German spiked "pickelhaub" helmet, a highly

prized souvenir.

This was an era before soldiers routinely carried durable identity

discs. But found with this soldier was what appears to be a homemade

metal dog tag, albeit very corroded.

Mr McLachlan said this was to be x-rayed in the hope of discerning

some details.

"It is a very positive start to the ID process," he said.

"The Belgian war graves currently have custody of the body. The

Australian army will then be in charge of the investigation to try

and identify him."

If the individual vehicle's last role was Hong Kong Police, maybe it would be easier and cheaper to kit it out thus, in which case it would be an interesting and unusual variation.

 

But having served on Saracens, I'd struggle to recommend anything other than green.

The only blue on i know (HKP) was at Bovvy in the reserve collection

Ashley

Don't they do similar nowadays in Germany, leaving car wrecks at the side of the Autobahn as a warning to other drivers?

This was always done outside the NAFFI`s between pre-Christmas and post new year periods with the vehicles covered in copious amounts of blood (some vehicles were said to have actually been in recent RTA`s) ??

as part of the drink drive campaign.

Ashley

Though i take the Jeep to Beltring, for me the show is for socializing wit friends here and from other forums i visit as it is the one place we all gather.

The Plains is always a friendly meet with good off road runs, and like wise the Poole Park remembrance service.

In deepest Dorset / Hampshire we have a non public chill out weekend in the new forest, public are not turned away if they arrive at the gate but it is not advertised as a show.No matter how many attend it is always good just to talk with like minded peoples, try an activity and have a road run through the forest.

I do not own a uniform appropriate to my vehicle yet and would definitely be out of place in some of the in some of the shows/road runs mentioned here (or be stuck out of the way somewhere )

Thats it from me, i am sure there is a place for all types of show and i for one will attend as many as i can while i can.

Ashley

Well,its been confirmed,that the Vulcan will not display at Dunsfold,due to an undercarriage problem.Thats been every event its been booked in to this year.

Hi,

it never appeared at the Bournemouth air show due to a loose panel in the undercarriage problem though it has apparently been repaired it was waiting to be inspected ??

Ashley

Hi,

Give Tony a ring @T.S. Autos, or try Dallas Autos.

Ashley

I found it as i have just received my grandfathers Royal Navy service and gunnery history sheet from 1921 until 1946.and have been trying to see what he was up to and make connection to his medals and medallions.

Ashley

hi

i'm dave from millom in cumbria and having spent the weekend searching the internet for information about a vehicle of ours i stumbled across your excellent site.

we have a late 30's guy quad ant gun tractor thats been converted into a recovery truck. we knew it was a bit of a rareity but didn't realise just how much until i found this site. if anyone has any info on these machines or knows where we could maybe get engine parts (meadows) it would be greatly appriciated.

Hi and welcome,

there was one of these at Bashley saw mills in the new forest which bodywise wasn`t much better than yours. When i last spoke to the owner 5 years ago he had `flat packed ` and shoved in to the corner of the yard (it had a spare engine with it.)

Though he was in his eighties then he was still working the saw and he planked a large cherry butt for us, worth a try !

I am also sure one was advertised in the MVT mag a few issues back.

Ashley

Hi all,

certainly a very interesting array of vehicles judging by the pictures :thumbsup:

Ashley

Hi all,

this link may be of intrest to some.

http://www.worldnavalships.com/forums/index.php

Ashley

Hi Phil welcome to the forum,

remember meeting you at canford arena and seeing the Matador very nice truck. I am sure that some here would love to see whats under the tilt.

Ashley

Has anyone actually met Catweazle?

I met him and Mrs CW at beltring this year

Ashley

By the way, I remember the one in Parkstone, not sure where she went.

Knowing the guy who owned it is probally baked bean tins now the scrap yard is still going despite nearly burning down an electric substation recently

Ashley

wartime sizing as follows............

size 15 waist 37/38. breast 42/43. height 5'11''/6'0''

size 16 waist 34/35. breast 39/40. height 6'0''/6'2''

size 17 waist 36/37. breast 41/42. height 6'0''/6'2''

size 18 waist 38/39. breast 43/44. height 6'0''/6'2''

 

 

if waist is 36'', and height 5'11 trs would be size 14 OR 15.

( 14 is 35/36 waist, 32 inseam and 5'11/6'00'' in height)

( 15 is 37/38 waist, 32 inseam and 5'11/6'0'' in height)

 

Good 49 patt is getting very scarce, these days.

 

All the best,

 

Andy

Tell me about it :-(

Ashley

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The design was so good that in 1976-77 I saw a Chieftain hacked about by removing the turret and mounting the 120 directly through the glacis plate, being driven behind our barracks onto Salisbury Plain for trials. Obviously it never came into service. Pictures are like rocking-horse droppings, though I vaguely remember seeing on www.arrse.co.uk somewhere a picture of a hangar at Bovvy where the vehicle at the back might have been said Chieftain S-tank.

This was still at Bovvy a couple of years ago in a shed in the workshop area.

Ashley

Thanks for this,

I was an Army Brat! born in the military hospital at Rinteln.

 

Shame I haven't managed to visit before it was demolished.

Same here, and i have just heard that a) Osnabruck garrison to be closed

b) my old school at Hamm is

to be drmolished

Ashley

Right i have now returned from me forign holiday`s nice place Scotland from what i saw of it but am i glad to be home.

Now what have you guys been up to ?.... now let me see............

Ashley

I don't think you are really trying hard enough. I'm on hols down in Dorset, but made sure my camp site had wireless internet so I could keep up to speed with HMVF!!

 

Steve

So why havn`t you popped in for tea and biscuits then.

me i am going cold turkey:shake::shake::shake::shake::shake::shake::shake:

Ashley