wally dugan

a navigation aid for river crossing

the reins have nothing to do with horses the only other thing that springs to mind is parachutes

is a tethering panel for washing down horses

is it part of a obstacle course

CLIVE up to now l have been think this is used vertically is it used horizontal as a under water sledge ?

whos been poaching fish trevor?

is it to alter the direction of the flow of water to create a void lowering the depth

have heard of a otter board as a form of rudder on a raft ?

is this a navy thing is it part of a slip or landing ramp

only just seen this is the animal connection the otter

SEAN as you found the picture of the sender unit here it is out of the champ workshop manual also fitted to some trucks and the ferret from the 1950s/60s

it look like the fuel sender unit for a Austin champ

you have two choices make a freedom of information request to the MOD at cio-foi@mod.uk giving as much information as you have mainly the army reg number this cost nothing secondly contact the RLC MUSEUM DEEPCUT CAMBERLY SURREY they have a charge of £35 if you have not looked for the army reg number it is found on the near side chassis rail near to the cab it should look like 05 BM 85 or such on a square plate REGARDS WALLY

this is the same sale the pages are from two catalogues both the auctioneers one as usual with the sale price the other showing dates this now seems to be appearing more often on vehicles with civilian registration numbers after 1948 this sale was in early 1949

clothing for the nuclear tests

is the clue in the weather and is it about keeping something in rather than something out

is this to do with the testing of chemical warfare [ie] nerve gas

decontamination squad?

is this to do with the handling of petroleum products or latrines the rubber gloves ?

are these dehydration trails to moniter the effects of heat and fluid loss

does this have a connection to events in vietnam

PETE l have enjoyed watching 24 YH 46 being restored thank you for that HOW ever l was surprised that you said DEEPCUT had no record of this jeep when l collected the key cards a list was compiled of the postwar numbers GIVEN TO WARTIME B VEHICLES that we had these were titled KEY CARD No 2 not to be confused with the KEY CARD FORM 419B Which relate to vehicles that came into service after 1950 as you can see from 09 YH 21 TO 99 YH 99 the attached list all numbers for jeeps in the YH range were present when the list was updated in 2002 at a Beverley so at least a reference to your jeep would be in the documents at that time if any were missing it would have been noted AND if it arrived after the listed had been updated a note in ink would be made so the next time it was up dated it will have been included in the new list regards wally

it has been said that there are mistakes in sales catalogues on the first page you can see that the auctioneer has crossed out BSA and inserted NORTON on the second page a royal navy NORTON not many of these in the catalogues so nice to see this THESE sales were held in 1949 there is evidence that vehicles as late as the 1950s still went in to the sale with there wartime census numbers still displayed

LEX l will have to take that book and read it again while on holiday 79x100 the sale was at BYRAM PARK yorkshire on Wednesday the 8th of april1948 there were 178 nortons for sale in very good condition and low mileage sold for between 50 and 70 pounds each REGARDS WALLY

LEX wanted to post this sooner but problems with the scanner this a typical entry for a INDIAN motorcycle as you can see it displays a civilian registration number as a number of them do Have you any figures of how many the british government bought some may have been sold overseas after the war l only collect the sales catalogues for sales held in the UK REGARDS WALLY