Mark

You get a medal for that in my book :-D

NOW! thers a man I understand :tup:

Another who does not understand the mystery of a jimmy Jack :pfrt:

IMPS = Invicta Military Vehicle Preservation Society MVT = Military Vehicle Trust Says it all really :wink:

You could also go for one of the at home self training things like ICS, train and learn at your own leisure and get a certificate at the end of it.

Poor bugler's :-( everybody has to start somewhere in their career

Nice one Jack, another day to remember I bet

Kee :-Dp trying Dave, keep trying

Welcome Will, I might take you up on the old metal work at some stage :-o

It seems to me after reading this post that people are very mixed regarding the type of vehicles in rallies or commemoration events etc. I am going to the 65th anniversary of the D-Day landings in 2009 with the IMPS, I also have post war vehicles (love a good jimmy) and understand that I will not be taking part in the "celebrations" per se, but will probably stay at the camp site in Normandy drinking tea :wink: while the convoys and celebrations are going on, I accept this because my vehicle/s will not be indicative to the situation, but saying this, there are people within the IMPs (not just MVT) who would rather post war did not attend as it's "not right" or "does not fit", fine I can handle that even being at the back of the convoy going there and probably coming back as well, BUT when these commemorations fade as they will sadly will with time, will we or our siblings be so accommodating to the WW2 vehicles to come on rallies to honour say, the Falklands or the gulf war heroes and their vehicles which took part ? I don't know. I hope that the people who are collecting and preserving vehicles at that time will have the common sense not to prejudice against the time or era of a vehicle only to recognise that each vehicle that is saved also saves a bit of history, and surely that is more important than all the bickering going on in our movement about "who goes where"

That wasn't post war vehicles there Lee, you will get told off you know

Napalm is any of a number of flammable liquids used in warfare, often jellied gasoline. Napalm is actually the thickener in such liquids, which when mixed with gasoline makes a sticky incendiary gel. Developed by the U.S. in World War II by a team of Harvard chemists led by Louis Fieser, its name is a portmanteau of its original ingredients, coprecipitated aluminum salts of naphthenic and palmitic acids. These were added to the flammable substance to cause it to gel.[1] One of the major problems of early incendiary fluids (such as those used in flamethrowers) was that it splashed and drained too easily. The U.S. found that a gasoline gel increased both the range and effectiveness of flamethrowers, but was difficult to manufacture because it used natural rubber, which was in high demand and expensive. Napalm provided a far cheaper alternative, solving the issues involved with rubber-based incendiaries.[1]

Is there a therapy session for this at all :shake:

You are most welcome here lightweight, and i commend you for dismissing so quickly the idea of a GMC :lol: and Jack it wont work mate I know what you are upto now :n00b:

Why should the government be allowed to change another deep rooted, time honoured tradition, everyone knows and respects the idea behind a red poppy symbol and what the people behind it do for our service men and women, it should not happen

Hello and welcome Rick enjoy this once in a lifetime experience :wink:

Now that is worth a read :schocked:

Does anyone know the history of medals and who started the award and when, and is there a list of the lowest medal to the highest medal awarded (VC) and what you get them for, I know most are for bravery etc. but I am not sure they all are

Hi Nigle my mate has one he brings out once a year at Beltring, thats always breaking down as well, but only if he can get it going :-D

Chock for wheels

That brings back memories

Are you going to elaborate a bit more Jack 8-)

I would say that it depends on the type of round used, dum dum, hollow point, solid etc. :?

Alex, they use fuel called contam (contaminated) basically a mixture of petrol/diesel and it costs a few quid for the recovery companies to get rid of, so you go around and pick it up for a beer or they give it to you, if as normal there is too much petrol in the mix I will stick a pint of oil in the tank with 25 litres of contam, tends to smoke a little but it thickens it up enough. It is not wise to run on contam all the time as it tends to mess up the filters and such like, also if the contam is not pure, i.e. thay have put in say antifreeze in the same barrel, then this will do mega damage, so you have to be sure of your supplier, now and again I will buy 50 litres of pure diesel to give the girl a treat and you can tell the difference in the way she goes (thats the truck by the way), and at 8-10 mpg it is cheap to run.

Ok Just found this Titles and Lineage English County Index Alphabetic Index of Titles 1860.02.28 38th Middlesex Rifle Volunteer Corps formed at Burlington House, London, consisting of professional painters, sculptors, architects, musicians, actors, and other artists 1877 38th Middlesex (Artists') Rifle Volunteer Corps HQ moved to The Arts Club, Hanover Square, London 1880.09.03 20th Middlesex (Artists') Rifle Volunteer Corps 1881.07.01 [7th] volunteer battalion of The Rifle Brigade 1883 HQ moved to Duke Street, Euston 1889 battalion came within boundaries of new County of London, formed from parts of Middlesex, Kent and Surrey 1891.12 20th Middlesex (Artists) Volunteer Rifle Corps 1892 renumbered ]6th] vol bn of The Rifle Brigade 1900 increased to twelve companies 1908.04.01 28th (County of London) Battalion, The London Regiment (Artists Rifles) transferred to T.F. with HQ and coys at Duke Street, Euston A Company B Company C Company D Company E Company F Company G Company H Company 1915 became part of Officers Training Corps 1916.07.07 transferred to The Rifle Brigade 1920.09.24 28th (County of London) Battalion, The London Regiment (Artists Rifles) reconstituted as infantry in T.A. with HQ at Duke's Road, Euston Road A Company at ? B Company at ? C Company at ? D Company at ? 1922 28th County of London Regiment (Artists Rifles) 1929 transferred to The Rifle Brigade without title change 1937.08.01 The Artists Rifles, The Rifle Brigade (Prince Consort's Own) 1939.09.03 163 Officer Cadet Training Unit 1942.06.10 authority granted for 56th Regiment, Reconnaissance Corps to adopt "Artists Rifles" title in order for the regiment to qualify for battle honours, but 56 Recce rejected the offer since it had no Artists officers and all recce regiments had already adopted cavalry nomenclature 1945 demobilised and placed in suspended animation 1947.01.01 The Artists Rifles, The Rifle Brigade (Prince Consort's Own) reconstituted in T.A. with HQ at Chelsea, London A Squadron at Chelsea B Squadron at Chelsea C Squadron at Chelsea D Squadron at Chelsea 1947.07.01 21st Battalion, Special Air Service Regiment (Artists' Rifles) transferred to Army Air Corps; numbered to perpetuate lineage of 1st SAS and 2nd SAS, the British elements of the war-time Special Air Service 1950 Z Sqn mobilised as The Malayan Scouts for Malayan Emergency 1950.05.13 21st Special Air Service Regiment (The Artist's Rifles) A Squadron at Chelsea B Squadron at Chelsea C Squadron at Hitchin, Herts. D Squadron at Portsmouth, Hants. 1967.04.01 21st Special Air Service Regiment (Artists) (Volunteers) disbanded and concurrently reconstituted in TAVR II with HQ in London A Squadron at Chelsea, London B Squadron at Chelsea, London; moved later to Dulwich C Squadron at Hitchin, Herts. D Squadron at Portsmouth, Hants.; moved later to Bramley (Basingstoke) 19uu E Squadron formed at Newport, Gwent 1994 reduced to three squadrons: A Squadron at Chelsea, London, amalgamation of A Sqn and B Sqn B Squadron at Newport, Gwent; later redesignated as E Sqn. C Squadron at Portsmouth, Hants.