This is my understanding the eighth army was disbanded in JULY 1945 the red and green of the RASC was used until 1965 when the RCT was formed and the yellow and blue arm of service replaced the red and green l will stand to be corrected also B401 was based in NIGERIA the REME officer in charge was a CAPTAIN SMYTH. The markings may have been placed on by some one after the vehicle was sold from the army