Maverick

There's still time to book your military vehicle or living history display into the We Will Meet Again military show.

Now in its third year and continuing to grow this year promises to be bigger and have more to see and do including Bruce Crompton of Combat dealers fame will be opening the show on Saturday. Other Exhibits include Replica spitfire / RAF display, Huey Helicopter, Tank Rides, Merlin Engine run up throughout the day as well as a number of fantastic living history displays 

Please visit their Facebook page and website for details.

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The Hill 112 Memorial Foundation

Brilliant thank you

On 5/1/2022 at 5:28 PM, paul vincent said:

Does anyone know a chap by the name of Mr orlikon,,, buys and sells bofors parts ,,, or is anyone interested in ww2 bofors spare i have

Hi Paul, don't suppose you have one of these? Can you pm me a list of what you have and photos please 

Thanks

probably came out of RAF Burtonwood 

2 x 155mm Gun (Long Tom) propellant crates complete with lids, both 1944 dated, both have woodworm but this can be easily treaded, one has stronger colour and markings but has a little more damage. Asking £65 each ono plus shipping (heavy) or can try and meet somewhere or collect from East Sussex, UK

WW2 Artillery FUZE crate, looks like it's been remarked at some point, £45 ono plus shipping, (Heavy) or can try and meet up or collect from East Sussex, UK

155mm Gun (Long Tom) propellant bag tube7, 1944 dated, no lid but may have a spare, bit rough but fairly rare. Asking £35 ono or posted but very heavy, can be collected from East Sussex, UK

105mm Propellant bag tube, WW2, Poor condition but maybe OK for a display, £25 , collect from East Sussex or post but heavy

Afternoon, I suspect these are civilian survey poles as I cant find any markings, dates or stamps but make up your own mind. They might work for someone's project or display. Asking £100 or offers, plus postage, or collect from East Sussex 

On ‎10‎/‎17‎/‎2018 at 1:24 PM, merlinpower said:

Thanks for sharing this information, very interesting. Funny enough I started this post regarding the Fuel Bowser at Plantation FM but I actually live only 15 miles from Plumpton in Sussex, funny how things like this come about

 

 

One for Nick, I think! Congratulations on rescuing the Brockhouse Fuel Bowser from Plantation Farm. I grew up on the farm as my father was Farm Manager for the May family from 1947-1988. He came up to Hampshire from Sussex having managed farms for the W.A.E.C. after leaving Plumpton Ag. college. My Mum was in the Land Army trained (?) by my Dad! Anyway, much of the farm equipment used at K.E.L. in the late forties and fifties was ex-military. As it fell out of service much of it ended up in the woods on the farm, like some elephants graveyard. As kids it was great finding the remains of Bren gun carriers, Queen Mary trailers etc. Needless to say, that when scrap prices rose and woodland clearance occurred much was carted away and lost forever. However, the bowser, which was used for refueling the combines during harvest and tractors during Autumn cultivation, was regular used and I have happy memories of towing it up the A339 as a student in the 80's. Among the other trailed items used at that time were up to 4 Ex-RAF 4 wheeler flat bed Brockhouse trailers which had hay/straw ladders added so bales could be carted from field to barn on them. These are still around on the farm somewhere and would be worthy of rescue too! One of the fun vehicles they had working on the farm in the early fifties was a stripped down Bren Gun carrier with, I believe, the Ford V8 diesel engine. This was used for pulling trailed discs and rollers and when going at full power with its straight through exhaust made the driver look like a character from a Mad Max movie! I have attached some images of some historic vehicles at K.E.L. and some of my Mum and Dad in Sussex with various equipment including earthmovers used to clear large areas of uncultivated land for food production. Note your fuel bowser in the picture of Jack Edwards, the Shepherd, taken in 1968. Harder to see are two flat bed Brockhouse trailers! At the time the latter were trailed behind a Nuffield tractor fitted with a bale collector. We used these trailers well into the 1990s for straw/hay/fertilizer hauling but by 2000 all livestock on the farm had gone and farm equipment had got bigger so they were no longer needed on a daily basis. Nonetheless, some 50 years of service is not bad really! Hope you find these of interest. I have pals who are members of various military living history and reenactment groups so get to see quite a bit of ex-military kit at times. There was a good turnout at the GDSF this year for the 50th Anniversary.

Ok will pass this information on to him, many thanks

Hi, yes he has a manual and i believe he has tried your suggestion thats why he thinks its a relay or something, unfortunately there's no part numbers in his manual to try and source the parts

Many thanks

PM Sent, many thanks

Hi everyone,

A friend of mine is hoping someone can point him in the right direction with a problem he has with his M45 quad turret

He appears to have lost power to the motor that controls the turret traversal. When its switched on at the control box, the motor does not start up (it used to). The firing circuit is working fine though, so the battery seems to be OK. Pressing the circuit breaker reset doesn't make any difference. He suspects a problem with the turret drive assembly switch but he's not sure. Anyone have any suggestions? He would also like to get a hold of a spare turret drive box assembly if someone knows where he can get one.

Thanks in advance.

Thank you to everyone for your help, very much appreciated, in its current condition what is it worth ???

Thanks

Can anyone id this gun, calibre, country of origin, possible value, its missing wheels and part of shield, dated 1945

Hi, thanks for the photo and information showing the differences, much appreciated

Some of you may find this hard to believe, but the Army in the shape of the TA in Wigan use 'weapons' supplied by Military Muckabouts! At a show of strength in Preston town centre this past Saturday a sand yellow Land Rover from the above unit was parked up next to the Harris Library with both the infamous GPMG and a 0.50 calibre Browning mounted. A separate non-attached unit displayed a real GPMG on a tripod. So if its good enough for them .............

I believe Crossfire have done the same to units as well ad private companies that supply vehicles / equipment to the MOD as ive seen their products on display mounted on vehicles.

Because they have never been weapons there's less rules and regs for them to worry about when transporting them, same goes for the MOD hence why they use them rather than De-acts

Hi All, I'm looking for some help with transport of a stone plinth weighing around 4 ton to be picked up from Dorset and taken to Caen Normandy before the weekend of 10th July. Its for a British veterans memorial to his unit. Can anyone help or offer affordable transport. I can get more details on request. Thanks for your time

Thank you for sharing the great pictures and story

you need a smaller gun Maverick...

 

we took the Zil 131 radio truck converted to a camper, lovely to have a bed instead of a air cushion, and cosy warm...rocks a bit though, more than expected...

MTLB shown in the picture above

Kraz 255b

FUG, ex german Police Force, still original in all details...

Ferret in sand colour

Daf DROPS

Foden GS with beaver tail bed

Green Goddess

 

and a very large camper van american style, we have to paint that green or camo it up next year...we were thinking of going camo green anyway, she will look cool

 

no shows were the Ural 375 brake problems...

 

but as i said previously a great show, need more punters

 

forgot to say no breakdowns, except my wife had a key fall apart on her in the vectra and she could not start for a few minutes, and the Zil starter has gone, common on the zils, she was getting tired, I need some replacement repair kits...so all in all agreat show with no break downs...

A Smaller Gun !!! no never

Had a very enjoyable show as usual, a great event, looking forward to next years show already

I sincerely hope she is found safe and well, best wishes and thoughts to her family.

Message from MALCOLM DUNLOP :I would just like to say thankyou to you all for your best wishes GABI was found this afternoon in her car in a car park in ashford by the police search teams she is now in hospital I would like to thank war and peace for the notice. And a big thankyou to KENT POLICE for all there hard work thankyou.

So a great result

Urgently seeking missing Gabi Dunlop.. Many of you will know Gabi, who is one of the War and Peace Officials and member of Kellys Heroes, disappeared yesterday morning on her way to work and hasn't been seen since. Everyone is very worried about her and there is currently a Kent Police search underway. If you see Gabi or know of her whereabouts, please ask her to get in touch with her husband Malcolm, any of her family, the Police or even us here in the War and Peace office (01304 813337). Alternatively please let any of these people know you've seen her and help find Gabi.

And if you're reading this Gabi; everyone just wants to know you're safe so please contact someone.

Gabi left home yesterday morning (14 April) at 7.30am from her home in Lympne near the Racecourse. She was driving her black Audi A3 GJ60 RRO and heading to Sevenoaks for a 9am meeting. Her route would have been to J9 of the M20 then via the A28 towards Biddenden, on to Sissinghurst then Sevenoaks. She never reached Sevenoaks.

Please share this to your contacts. Thank you.

Paul,

Thanks. I clicked on the link you sent. It looks well stocked with parts. I could spend a lot of money there. But I must not tell the wife. It is a trip I have planned for the future . France, Belgium up to the Scheldt Estuary, the route my dad took in WW2. Do yo know of any places in the UK? Thanks.

I can get some to the War and Peace show if of any use to you ???