Issue of military Vehicle registartion plate

[retalator]

Morning

 

Hoping someone maybe able to help me.

Can anyone tell me why some vehicles that where produced during WWii have 3 letters then 3 numbers  (VYX 634) in stead of 2 number 2 letter 2 numbers.(82 RB 41).

[Gordon_M]

I'm sure you will get a pile of replies, with dates, but as I understand it, right at the start of the war, British vehicles had what was effectively an ordinary civilian registration, and some had army registrations as well.  Shortly after that they dropped the civilian reg and just used the army one, but note that the 2/2/2 system is MUCH later, although some vehicles that stayed in service, like DUKWs, had a USA number first, then a wartime British army registration, then got renumbered in the 2/2/2 system when that was introduced.

[wally dugan]

The two numbers two letters two numbers came into use in 1949  the  civilian type registration numbers on vehicles come into  a number of  types pre ww2  ie HMX  can be see early ww2  civilian ie FLD  impressed   vehicles used by government departments retaining issued civilian registrations this a brief explanation 

[SirLanceUK]

I came across this site when I was researching my own registration number. It has a very simplistic way of describing the differnet types of military number plates

http://www.nice-reg.co.uk/number-plates/number-plates/military-number-plates.html

I assume, but dont know they know what they are talking about.

 

[Ron]

The civilian reg numbers were dropped early and the military registration system was adopted. which was usually displayed on both sides of the vehicle and often on the rear. Ron

Edited May 9, 2019 by Ron

[retalator]

Thanks for all the information.