Great War truck Posted April 6, 2014 Share Posted April 6, 2014 Can anybody id this stretcher. I cant see any markings on it. Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anzac Posted April 6, 2014 Share Posted April 6, 2014 [ Looks like a bog standard ww2 WD stretcher it should be naked in the wood QUOTE=Great War truck;405354]Can anybody id this stretcher. I cant see any markings on it. Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anzac Posted April 6, 2014 Share Posted April 6, 2014 [That was marked in the wood dam the predictive text By the way the holes are for pillows QUOTE=Great War truck;405354]Can anybody id this stretcher. I cant see any markings on it. Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Great War truck Posted April 6, 2014 Author Share Posted April 6, 2014 Predictive texting "naked in the wood"? What sort of texts have you been sending? Thanks. That's really helpful. I will have another look at the handles. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fv1609 Posted April 6, 2014 Share Posted April 6, 2014 It could be far earlier than WW2. Stretcher design changed little in a 100 years. This looks like Ambulance Stretcher Mk II & that pre-dates RAMC I used to have one with that browny canvas & that had a date stencilled on the canvas it was faded but I think it was 1917. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davey089 Posted April 6, 2014 Share Posted April 6, 2014 We used to have these army surplus WWII stretchers in the cadets in the 70's and the local St Johns used to have them too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woa2 Posted April 6, 2014 Share Posted April 6, 2014 I bought a load of these once. The date was always stamped on the wood, near the hinge. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
broken arrow Posted April 6, 2014 Share Posted April 6, 2014 I bought a load of these once. The date was always stamped on the wood, near the hinge.Bought two of these about 4 months ago must check for any dates, not looked before. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fv1609 Posted April 6, 2014 Share Posted April 6, 2014 All the relatively modern ones (from WW2 on) I've seen have green canvas. It seems to be a characteristic of early ones that they had "canvas, which is tanned" this is quoted in manuals: MSC 1885 RAMC 1899, 1908, 1911, 1925 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enigma Posted April 9, 2014 Share Posted April 9, 2014 All the relatively modern ones (from WW2 on) I've seen have green canvas. It seems to be a characteristic of early ones that they had "canvas, which is tanned" this is quoted in manuals: MSC 1885 RAMC 1899, 1908, 1911, 1925 I am allways surprised you seem to have the correct manual for most items. But then again I shouldn't seeing you have so many. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Great War truck Posted April 9, 2014 Author Share Posted April 9, 2014 Thanks for everyone's responses so far. I will dig it out this weekend and have a look for the date. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fv1609 Posted April 9, 2014 Share Posted April 9, 2014 I am allways surprised you seem to have the correct manual for most items.But then again I shouldn't seeing you have so many. The biggest problem is to actually find where I put the book that the database tells me I have got :-D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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