wally dugan

is it to do with physical fitness

is it standing orders

vermin / pest control?

NICK the list of the seventeen petrol AEC MATADORS has now given me a link to what was to happen to them some were sold before 1948 some stayed in service like 085113 in 1948 it got the postwar number 86 yy 72 l now need to check the others REGARDS WALLY

is it to do with drainage and waste

is it to do with personal hygiene in the field

B is it typhus or cholera

is B to do with disease precautions

is B TO DO WITH FOOD HYGIENE

clive b against the crimean war a latrines

latrines

as the spanish would say if you want to soar with eagles do not sleep with owls

THE tyres fitted to the commer are firestone general purpose or also called ground grip

JAK if you get in touch i have the RCT transfers the insignia the yellow and blue and other bits you could use to mark up your land rover if do it in a bit earlier period say 1980 REGARDS WALLY

There goes 70 years of history

the stories of allowing sand to be put on wet paint are quite true you can see a example of this on montys humber old faithful in the black paint on the wings

NICK the only way you may find any thing about its wartime service is to see a picture taken during the war of this matador you have its cenus numbers l know its a long shot but you never know l think 1939 late is about right as a build date the contract V3501 ran from 24-8-39 TO ?-7-40 l do not think l can add any more but if l come across any thing l will let you know REGARDS WALLY

what a rare and interesting truck last time l heard about it was when it was in the ownership of nicholson a similar one was sent to india it had a flat roof cab if you did not know its wartime registration was H 133460 IT WAS SAID that late in the war after a rebuild it was change to H 1736O77 l look forward to seeing it progress regards wally

HI BILL the bedford oy on milweb appears to be fitted with PETLAS NT3 tyres l have ony bought them as 900x16s REGARDS WALLY

It is a centurion duplex drive trialed in about 1954 it is mentioned in simon Dunstans book centurion

sorry dusty 1959 april there is page after page of motor cycles BSA bantams m20s matchless norton ariel james triumphs and a new hudson auto cycle just got a box of mixed postwar catalogues so will have to sort them out REGARDS WALLY

IVOR will know if you ever want the blue and yellow transfers give me a shout l have loads of them and if you ever get to the bottom of who had the quad let us know l may have the original transfers as l used to collect them REGARDS WALLY

A specification sheet dated the 24th june 1965 l have specification sheets with the same spec of paint up to 1970

deep bronze green green or BS 6224 appeared in around the early 1950s and was a military specification number 2012 nearly all vehicles came in this colour as to the bmc engine colour it was called middle bronze green or BS 223

while looking into this l came across mention of the white triangle badge and the the 1st {regular} division it is my opinion that the one you posted to day is post war and when the division was reformed with elements of the 72nd indian as to the first picture said to be the divisional sign l cannot locate a picture in any of my books on the subject also it is not quite the same as the picture you posted one its in white over yellow two the curl looks more like horns than a twist the arm of service is not quite right ie the white line seperating the two colours is no possible some one has touched up the originals badly