Correction to British WWII Vehicles

[abn deuce]

French caption

Photo prise d'un étage d'une maison rue de Bayeux à Creully.

De nombreux véhicules dont une ambulance Humber au premier plan, des civils et des militaires, un drapeau français sur une façade à gauche.

Creully a été libérée le 6 juin par les canadiens débarqués à Juno mais des troupes britanniques débarquées à Gold y font leur jonction.

En bas à droite un panneau FDS avec une Croix-Rouge, Field Dressing Station poste de soins de campagne canadien

 

translation

Photo catch d' a stage d' a house street of Bayeux with Creully. Many vehicles of which a Humber ambulance in the foreground, civilians and soldiers, a French flag on a frontage on the left. Creully was released on June 6 by unloaded Canadian with Juno but of the unloaded British troops with Gold make their junction there. In bottom on the right a panel FDS with the Red Cross, Field Dressing Station posts care of countryside Canadian

Edited May 18, 2008 by abn deuce

[Richard Farrant]

There looks to be more British vehicles in that photo, front right foreground is a Dennis tipper truck, and to the left is a Humber heavy utility 4x4. Further back, the large group of trucks, I can see several Fordson WOT6 trucks, along with a CMP 3ton truck, a jeep and possibly another Humber. In the centre coming towards camera is an Austin K2 ambulance.

 

Richard

[abn deuce]

perhaps only the troops are Canadian ? I was guessing from what i could read of the caption , perhaps some one can translate it?

corrected the missing translation now

Edited May 18, 2008 by abn deuce
updated question

[sabre]

Hello,

 

any chance of pm-ing me this picture in high resolution?

 

Do you have others of Creully?

 

Piet

[Rick W]

Thats a nice colour pic. If you get any with a Morris on please post!

[pop larkin]

OK rough translation says

 

Photo taken from a house of the street of Bayeux with Creully. Many vehicles of which a Humber and ambulance in the foreground, the civilians and soldiers, a French flag on a frontage on the left. Creully was released on June 6 by the Canadians from Juno but the unloaded British troops from Gold make their junction there. In bottom on the right a panel FDS with the Red Cross, Field Dressing Station posts of the countryside Canadian.

[abn deuce]

Thank you Pop larkin I wish I could read/ understand more of it by myself but since I dont have the talent to learn French quickly I will depend on the Forum member here that already can . Thanks again for your help.

[pop larkin]

Have alook at these 2 sites

http://babelfish.altavista.com/ and http://translation2.paralink.com/ It gives you a direct word translation for the captions so may not always make sense when read in English, but you should be able to get the idea :-).

[sabre]

@abn

 

thanks for the info

[LeeEnfield]

Looks to be an Austin (NAFFI ??)on left towards the back.

Great Pic,...................more please. :-D

 

Oh, and any showing Bedford MW's;.....esp............. ;-)

 

Andy

[Richard Farrant]

I have just enlarged the photo slightly and noticed a vehicle behind the "FDS" sign, it looks to be a BBC vehicle, a Humber 4x4 ambulance body type which were adapted for reporting and broadcasting from the war zone. This is significant, because the BBC set up the first radio link back to UK from Creully Castle.

 

Look at this link;

http://www.btinternet.com/~roger.beckwith/bh/repwar/wr_trucks.htm

 

Richard