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    Morris LRC MK2

    in Blogs of MV restorations

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    Wow, thank you! You've just made my day, in fact my whole week!!!! I'd love to see your docs, can you link me to the Yahoo LRC group? (EDIT: Just found a Yahoo British Armoured Cars group on Yahoo)

     

    I'm not sure where I got the following note from but it may well have been from documents in the National Archives...

     

     

     

     

     

    Below are a couple of famous shots of LRC's in Normandy, (and somewhere I have a pic of an LRC driving over the rubble that was Caen). I'm assuming the Sherman Flail in the first picture, and certainly the Folding Boat Equipment in the 2nd picture, indicates RE? If they are RE then 40 would indicate an RE HQ Unit for either Armoured or Infantry Division, whilst 51 might indicate an RE Field Company for an Infantry Division.

     

    EDIT: Just looking at these pics again and I can just make out the 3rd Inf Division symbol above the 51 in the first picture. Old eyes ain't what they used to be, doh!

     

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    THE BRITISH ARMY IN NORMANDY 1944. © IWM (B 7540)IWM Non Commercial Licence

     

    A Morris light reconnaissance car and, in the background, Sherman Crab flail tanks move up to the battle area for Operation 'Goodwood', 18 July 1944.

     

     

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    THE BRITISH ARMY IN NORMANDY 1944. © IWM (B 6233)IWM Non Commercial Licence

     

    A Morris light reconnaissance car and other vehicles passing through Bretteville, 30 June 1944.

     

    Hiya,

     

    The right one is a Leyland Retriever Pontoon Carrier....the other is a Leyland Retriever too not 100% sure wich body model is fitted....;)

     

    Cheers,

    Louis

    Bedford MW's in service gallery

    in British Vehicles

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    BEF men disembarking at southampton, picture dated 19/6/1940. So some vehicles did make it home from france, even though it may have been only four days earlier they were shipped out.

     

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    That must be one of the trucks from post 124 John.....;-)

    R.i.p.

    in Battlefields, museums, monuments and memorials.

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    Hi everyone,

     

    Here are attached some photo's of the monument for the Battle near Welberg wich is verry close to my home town.

    His regiment have had a hard time here and some losses too wich wil be remembered every year with the veterans of

    The South Alberta Regiment.

    R.I.P. and a big THANK YOU for what you and your mates have done for US.

     

    Louis

     

     

     

     

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