AndyT

try this site as a starter: http://www.army.mod.uk/museums/index.htm although this snippet from the RLC museum may answer your question in part: 'The bulk of the RLC Museum collection is made up from two of the regimental museums of the forming corps; the Royal Corps of Transport Museum, previously situated at Buller Barracks in Aldershot and the Royal Army Ordnance Corps Museum, in Blackdown – both now closed. Unfortunately none of the vehicles held by the RCT Museum were transferred; these instead were held at the Museum of Army Transport in Beverley and then at the National Army Museum’s store after the Museum of Army Transport closed.' So my reading from this would be RLC museum for photo archives and the NAM stores for any actual vehicles although MAT never did have a bomb disposal vehicle-also try RE museum.

Good stuff-saved me a job there! Place has regular events through the season and I think it'd make an excellent venue for a small militaria/MV/etc type of thing show. Northern Reenactment Society (WW2 group of GD, PzLehr with the Marder, Brit Para's and Evacuees Elite do Fort Paull once a year). Other highly relevant places to see in the Yorkshire area if any southerners fancy the visit include Eden Camp, Elvington, Royal Armouries Leeds, numerous regimental museums plus of course the old Humbrol and ROF factories (note latter 2 just from the outside).

Nope the Beverley -and all the gits associated with that exhibit such as the Landy drop platform are all still in East Yorkshire at Fort Paull-I'll get the website later. Its worth a visit too as they have a rocking horse SPZ11-12(?) APC thats the one built by British Leyland for the Bundeswher that got replaced by the Marder. Worth a visit for MV enthusiasts.

right overalls on and look busy :evil: (or :whistle: ?)

successor Corps to RAOC are Adjutant Generals Corps (clerks etc) and the Royal Logistics Corps (materials handling etc) so probably best off contacting the RLC Museum? Royal Engineers also do bomb disposal though-as in UXB's. My mothers neighbours father was in the job postwar and I should really get round to uploading the photo albums as they have a fantastic archive. BTW as to colours red fenders and wings, rest green.

that does ring a bell! :-D I'm so pleased that someone out there has researched the topic and that its not a dead subject as this is one of the more widely unknowns of WW2 isn't it? Amazing topic as before I saw that device over 10 years ago now I never knew that our boffins had developed one-I thought the Barr and Stroud devices fitted on Chieftans were soley based on the German Uhu-but apparently not! Thanks Andy

Greetings Paul

many thanks for the kind welcome :-D

I realise that this was posted many moons ago but thought I should post a reply as its VERY relevant. I have seen, handled and read the Tabby manual and it was called Tabby from the VERY start-well certainly in terms of publication. The manual was wartime and showed installation on a variety of WW2 vehicles-Churchill, 15cwt, jeep, Buffalo etc-so perhaps we could intimate that it was being issued for the Rhine Crossings...?

Greetings, I'm Andy. I used to work as a volunteer at MAT, Beverley. Fantastic behind the scenes collection held by that place! We had records and manuals that you would have all salivated at! Some kit thats not widely known such as a Brit IR device used in WW2 called Tabby and much more besides. Now I'm doing living history and airsoft (sorry) ;-) its good exercise though! In my dreams I'd love to own a jeep, carrier, LRC, 15cwt, Humber A/C etc etc....well one can dream eh? In meantime if anyone wants someone to help crew as 49th Div Recce give me a call!

Just wondered whether you chaps ever came across Tabby? It was an infa red device for AFV's and non AFV's developed in UK and in service from 44 on. I used to work as a volunteer at MAT, Beverley and they had one complete and one partial set. I sent photocopy diagrams to MAFVA magazine many many moons ago but sadly didn't keep copies-would I be right in thinking that all the collection ended up dahn sarf at the REME museum? If so could East Yorkshore get back a large metal trunk full of the records of Brough Batallion Home Guard? :-)