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photos of a Geordie I know


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These are around circa 1957, Sussex area. Interesting as he could remember a few of his old rego numbers

 

[ATTACH=CONFIG]83506[/ATTACH]

[ATTACH=CONFIG]83507[/ATTACH]

[ATTACH=CONFIG]83508[/ATTACH]

[ATTACH=CONFIG]83509[/ATTACH]

[ATTACH=CONFIG]83510[/ATTACH]

[ATTACH=CONFIG]83511[/ATTACH]

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Something I notice.

They wear their beret emblems above their noses instead of above the left eye.

 

Any significance in that?

I never noticed that but yep your right, I'll have to ask him. I think in the champ shot he was saying they wore the poppy behind their badge.

 

I also noticed the grille and wheel nuts where painted white

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They appear to be Royal Army Service Corps cap badges, but the Bedford QL has a tac sign* in a dark colour with "IC" over it. This is possibly Intelligence Centre, as Maresfield Camp in East Sussex was home of the Intelligence Corps in the Fifties, before later moving to Ashford.

 

* sign would have been black

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They appear to be Royal Army Service Corps cap badges, but the Bedford QL has a tac sign* in a dark colour with "IC" over it. This is possibly Intelligence Centre, as Maresfield Camp in East Sussex was home of the Intelligence Corps in the Fifties, before later moving to Ashford.

 

* sign would have been black

 

yep, I forgot to mention intelligence corps they were all driving for.

 

He would call the Bedford a TCV (Troop Carrying Vehicle).

 

One of the other guys at work at the UK head office was a driver of armoured vehicles in Borneo and Aden. He was saying how he had one blown up by a mine under him. Apparently he has some interesting photos.

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