Mark Ellis

This is the 1945 copy And the 1962 copy. You can probably tell from the quality as to who was selling this one Are the images in your small book better than this, please, Clive?

I don't have a front cover, but I guess it is - but from a different suspect manual supplier. There is also a 1945 version.

Sorry, Clive Do you have an earlier version of this document? If so, what are the instructions for Stripping, cleaning and re-assembly of the No. 1? Thanks

Alec, would you happen to have a better page 12 please?

Hi Clive, This doesn't have a front cover, and no document number on the pages either. It's for COOKERS, PORTABLE No. 1, BURNER UNIT S.B. TYPE "F" COOKERS, PORTABLE No. 2, Mk. 2 and No. 3, Mk. 3 I don't know what AESPs are listed for all the cookers. I have parts of 7360-J-100-XXX for the No. 4 Mk 2 7360-G-100-XXX for the No. 5 7310-B-100=XXX for the No. 12 And still no idea what No. 8 to 11 are, if they ever existed

Wondering if anyone has a better page 12 of the No. 1 burner manual, please. The copy I have was scanned badly, and the page is creased. Have issues with points 4 (a) and (b) Thanks

WOW. How does that work, wood burner?

Thank you

Following conversations on https://classiccampstoves.com/, I retyped the Hurlock WW1 stove instructions and container label, and put this together - with a 2023 update as they'll leak. It's suggested that they were CES to vehicles rather than personal stoves. Does anyone have any record of them being issued with the WW1 or 1920's vehicles?

Isn't that the No. 4 Mark 2?

The Honourable Artillery Company had shiny Lightweights for towing the guns. But with the Army, sometimes it's a question of what RAOC had rather than what you expected. We were issued a Right hand drive Series 3 Land Rover in Germany, to replace a dead 2A Left hand drive

Was the No. 4 Mk 1 a trailer as well then? I thought it was a stand alone stove for some reason. So, like the Alvis Salamander only being the chassis of the Foam crash tender, and the Dingo actually being an Alvis scout car that lost out to a BSA scout car during trials - with the BSA becoming the Daimler Dingo This being the Alvis Dingo

I have rummaged around on CCS, where I found the above - which is from Australia or New Zealand and is possibly American in manufacture. Is the No 4 the same make as the 2 and 3?

Many thanks, Clive @fv1609

@wally dugan how do things like stoves get accepted into the military? Which body would they go through to get trialled and approved? Or would have gone through in the 80s and 90s? Many thanks

Every time that I search for a suppliers list from an NSN, Google shows me this. Never found the list

I have spent a number of hours reading the CCS website. There seems to be a couple of versions of the No. 6. I'd been presuming that J&F P was a company called P, with the brothers or partners initials being J and F - but the P might be Produced as in Produced in 85 I guess. Even the Number 7 seems to have versions of it. But there's also a lot who have made stoves up to fit the Number 7 box - which makes it a minefield. I read the posts about the expedition with interest, with stoves being unsoldered - or becoming unsoldered in use. And I'm still intrigued as to why the gap between 7 and 12 And just found this about the company James Fellows. I'll follow up on that https://www.fellowsltd.co.uk/company1/history/

Is this a British Number 4 Mk 1 burner? It might be American

Am I right in thinking that No. 7 is actually an Optimus 80 in a stronger box? No. 7 - Optimus 80 - 1971 What make is the No. 6? Thanks

@rdx10 I should mention - I only started this as I wondered what No. 8 to No. 11 are. But I'm now thinking the gap is perhaps to show the Modern compared to WW2 kit I found the No 4, 5 and 12 FOIs late last night. I can't unlock the No 12 until tomorrow morning, to extract the 532 section. The 2 and 3 in the head post is just the typed up instructions off the no 2 cooker. I'll have a look at archive and see if US had No 1, 2 and 3 instructions. I'm presuming that 8 to 11 don't actually exist. Surprised that I can't find 6 and 7 manuals so far, but the night is still young.

If anyone has any manuals for the British military stoves and cookers, and would be kind enough to share them, please give me a shout. Thanks I have these - click the green text to view the file without download. This VAOS is like a parts and C.E.S. price list form No. 1 to No. 3 1939 Vocabulary of Army Ordnance Stores - Section J2 - Portable Cookers and Cooking Equipment. Rough guide to British Military stoves - a work in progress No. 1 Burner - basic instructions No 1 Burner.pdf The Nos. 1, 2 and 3 Operation, Maintenance and Parts list manual - which I've retyped to make it easier to read is at Nos. 1, 2 and 3 Operation and Maintenance No. 2 Portable stove service card No 2 Portable stove.pdf No. 2 and 3 Stoves - Instructions off No. 2 lid No 2 and 3 stoves.pdf No. 4 Mark 2 cooker trailer AESP 7360-J-100- No 4 Mark 2 cooker trailer 7360-J-100-S-W.pdf No. 5 Cookset Mk 5 AESP 7360-G-100- No 5 Cookset Mk5 document 7360-G-100-S-W.pdf No. 6 stove label No. 7 stove label No 12 Multiple fuel burner stove AESP 7310-B-100- No 12 Multi fuel stove 7310-B-100-S-W.pdf

So this Number 4 "cookset" is different to Number 4 stove Mk 1?

As an enthusiast, your document is probably far better, @Surveyor. I just wondered why the gaps in the numbers

I've thrown this document together, as a starting point. British Military stoves Does anyone know what Number 4, 8, 9, 10, or 11 looked like, please? And does anyone have any documents on any of the files, please? Many thanks

@ted angus @wally dugan I apologise to you both. I'm currently suffering from vertigo to go with my metal health issues. I should have recognised 25 AG 83 from the list I made. Been a hard week Sorry