LCplCombat Posted November 26, 2007 Share Posted November 26, 2007 (edited) ..... Edited September 5, 2008 by LCplCombat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woa2 Posted November 26, 2007 Share Posted November 26, 2007 I can remember seeing the units pictured in the centre and top right in the 1950s, as my Uncle owned a Laundry business. You put the washing in bags in the long cylinder units to wash, and then transfered the wet bags to the short vertical cylinder to be spun dry. This last unit had to have a Very secure base. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Farrant Posted November 26, 2007 Share Posted November 26, 2007 Can anyone identify the vehicles in these WW2 drawings of a Mobile Laundry and Bath Unit in Europe? I believe they are based on 3ton 4 X 4 GS, 3ton 4wheeled laundry trailer 2 wheeled generator trailer but I dont know the make/model etc There are no vehicles in the illustration, they are all trailers. A mobile laundry consisted of nine trailers. The generator trailer was a 22/24Kw Lister. Two boiler trailers to provide the hot water, which fed into a Washing Machine trailer, complete with soap tank and hydro extractor. Alongside these were the Dryer trailers. The Washing machine and Dryer trailers were positoned back to back alongside another pair. Platforms were mounted between the trailers, with a canvas canopy over the top, this can be seen in the centre of the picture. There were 38 mobile laundries working in overseas theatres during WW2. Richard Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fv1609 Posted November 26, 2007 Share Posted November 26, 2007 As far as mobile laundry units go in the 1960s they were almost exclusively on 5-Ton 4-Whld Brockhouse trailers. Bath units were less plentiful & would seem to offer limited accommodation being based on 1-Ton trailers. Brockhouse Laundry Unit, Trailer Mounted Laundry Unit, Trailer Mounted from Mk 1 to Mk 4 Laundry Unit, Trailer Mounted , Drying Room, Mk 1 Laundry Unit, Trailer Mounted , Drying Room, Mk 2, LH Laundry Unit, Trailer Mounted , Drying Room, Mk 2, RH Laundry Unit, Trailer Mounted , Drying Tumbler Laundry Unit, Trailer Mounted , Drying Tumbler, Mk 1 Laundry Unit, Trailer Mounted , Washing Machine & Extractor Laundry Unit, Trailer Mounted , Washing Room & Extractor, LH, Mk 2, Type A Laundry Unit, Trailer Mounted , Washing Room & Extractor, RH, Mk 2 Laundry Unit, Trailer Mounted , Washing Room & Extractor, RH, Mk 2, Type A Cleaver Brooks, 5-Ton, 2-Whld Laundry, Trailer Mounted Eagle, 5-Ton, 2-Whld Laundry Unit, Trailer Mounted, Boiler & Hot Water Storage Tank Brockhouse, 1-Ton, 2-Whld Bath Unit, Trailer Mounted Sankey, 1-Ton, 2-Whld Bath Unit, Trailer Mounted Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fv1609 Posted November 26, 2007 Share Posted November 26, 2007 Here is a wartime Australian set up. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v684/fv1620/wwmobilelaundryk.jpg[/img] http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v684/fv1620/wwmobilelaundryj.jpg[/img] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony B Posted November 27, 2007 Share Posted November 27, 2007 I'd have thought this cams under RASC not RAOC. The Royal Army Service Corp are now part of Royal logistic corp. This forum does go up some strange paths. Have you any photos of the bath set up? Would be fun to do a recreation at a show.i Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fv1609 Posted November 27, 2007 Share Posted November 27, 2007 I'd have thought this cams under RASC not RAOC. The Royal Army Service Corp are now part of Royal logistic corp. This forum does go up some strange paths. Have you any photos of the bath set up? Would be fun to do a recreation at a show.i What are you proposing Tony, a living history display of a soldier having a bath? Well volunteered then! Below is an extract from Administration within the Division 1951: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v684/fv1620/RAOCBath.jpg[/img] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony B Posted November 27, 2007 Share Posted November 27, 2007 Seems an odd mix bombs and baths. Thanks for that with 2009 coming up we are looking for the odd things to display. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
79x100 Posted November 27, 2007 Share Posted November 27, 2007 Things seem to have been a bit more basic with the BEF during the phoney war period. British Pathé has a nice (silent film) showing an operation involving unloading a tent and a dangerous looking boiler from a 3 ton 4x2 Bedford and drawing water from a dirty pond ! http://www.britishpathe.com/product_display.php?Search.x=27&Search.y=21&searchword=BEF+mobile+bath Here are a couple of stills :- http://img260.imageshack.us/img260/9697/bedford4x2gshp9.th.jpg[/img] http://img260.imageshack.us/img260/3678/boilervj7.th.jpg[/img] Pressure Up ! http://img260.imageshack.us/img260/9482/afterburneroy2.th.jpg[/img] We have Ignition ! http://img260.imageshack.us/img260/7259/mobilebathgl6.th.jpg[/img] If this picture was for sale on eBay, it would be listed as "gay interest" ! http://img260.imageshack.us/img260/5427/mobilebath2divtx0.th.jpg[/img] This one interested me as it shows the 2nd Infantry division "Crossed keys" The Arm of Service marking "30" (on black ?) indicates Field Hygiene Section. Does this mean that bath facilities were RAMC in 1939 ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fv1609 Posted November 27, 2007 Share Posted November 27, 2007 This one interested me as it shows the 2nd Infantry division "Crossed keys" The Arm of Service marking "30" (on black ?) indicates Field Hygiene Section. Does this mean that bath facilities were RAMC in 1939 ? Yes if it involved disenfestation, delousing etc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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