Brooky Posted November 29, 2010 Share Posted November 29, 2010 Looks like it could have been taken at GDSF. Was the GDSF and I would think in about 1985 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcspool Posted November 29, 2010 Share Posted November 29, 2010 Was the GDSF and I would think in about 1985 Thanks for the confirmation and the date. Getting closer! Here's hoping that Morris survived the past 25 years. . . . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcspool Posted November 29, 2010 Share Posted November 29, 2010 Another C8 4x4 15-cwt - a Dutch one no less! Snapped at Oosterbeek, The Netherlands, last year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcspool Posted December 4, 2010 Share Posted December 4, 2010 Morris-Commercial C9/B, snapped at Beltring in 2006. Is this the one now at the Manx Museum? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Farrant Posted December 4, 2010 Share Posted December 4, 2010 Morris-Commercial C9/B, snapped at Beltring in 2006. Is this the one now at the Manx Museum? Hanno, That is Preston Isaacs' C9B, from the Cobbaton Museum Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcspool Posted December 4, 2010 Share Posted December 4, 2010 That is Preston Isaacs' C9B, from the Cobbaton Museum Ah yes, I recall it now! His AT tractor was standing next to it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcspool Posted December 5, 2010 Share Posted December 5, 2010 Three wartime shots of the C9/B. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
May1940 Posted December 15, 2010 Share Posted December 15, 2010 Morris CDSW early gun tractor of 97 field regt Kent Yeomanry in the Somme area 1940 Les Over on another forum - WW2Talk - we are trying to identify what Arm of Service numbers went with which GHQ units in the BEF in 1940. We are making some progress. I saw your picture of the CDSW with the AoS 16 here and have not seen that number anywhere else. I hope you don't mind that I have added it to the 'collection' in our thread here: http://www.ww2talk.com/forum/1940/30097-bef-army-troops-vehicle-arm-service-markings-others-16.html Your identification of the unit as 97 Field Regiment has led to a lot of comment and interest. Can you tell me where the unit identification came from? Thanks Andrew Foulkes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisgrove Posted December 20, 2010 Share Posted December 20, 2010 (edited) Les Over on another forum - WW2Talk - we are trying to identify what Arm of Service numbers went with which GHQ units in the BEF in 1940. We are making some progress. I saw your picture of the CDSW with the AoS 16 here and have not seen that number anywhere else. I hope you don't mind that I have added it to the 'collection' in our thread here: http://www.ww2talk.com/forum/1940/30097-bef-army-troops-vehicle-arm-service-markings-others-16.html Your identification of the unit as 97 Field Regiment has led to a lot of comment and interest. Can you tell me where the unit identification came from? Thanks Andrew Foulkes Andrew Don't know where Les got his photo from, but the pic appears in a book by Boris Mollo entitled (and about) The Kent Yeomanry who, by 1940 had become 97 (Kent Yeomanry) Fd Regt RA (and also 143 (Kent Yeomanry) Fd Regt RA). According to the RA wartime website (www.ra39-45.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk) 97 Fd Regt were then belonging to 3 Corps as the Army Fd Regt. Not many of those about, which may account for the rarity of the AOS code 16. The caption to the pic in the book confirms what Les said about it, and says (confirming what people on WW2Talk are saying) that it was in January 1940 and on manoeuvres at Marieux on the Somme. Not many pics of the BEF period in that book! HTH Chris Edited December 20, 2010 by chrisgrove 1. Grammar! 2, Additional info. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
May1940 Posted December 21, 2010 Share Posted December 21, 2010 Andrew Don't know where Les got his photo from, but the pic appears in a book by Boris Mollo entitled (and about) The Kent Yeomanry who, by 1940 had become 97 (Kent Yeomanry) Fd Regt RA (and also 143 (Kent Yeomanry) Fd Regt RA). According to the RA wartime website (www.ra39-45.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk) 97 Fd Regt were then belonging to 3 Corps as the Army Fd Regt. Not many of those about, which may account for the rarity of the AOS code 16. The caption to the pic in the book confirms what Les said about it, and says (confirming what people on WW2Talk are saying) that it was in January 1940 and on manoeuvres at Marieux on the Somme. Not many pics of the BEF period in that book! HTH Chris Chris Thanks for confirming this. I will now add this number and unit identity to the list of GHQ AoS numbers we are compiling. Andrew Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisgrove Posted December 21, 2010 Share Posted December 21, 2010 Chris Thanks for confirming this. I will now add this number and unit identity to the list of GHQ AoS numbers we are compiling. Andrew Andrew From WW2-Talk, it still seems uncertain whether 16 is really the 97 Fd number or, I think, 1 RHA. I have registered with WW2-Talk, but not got my activation e-mail yet, but that thread is very interesting and has some good pics, even if I can't see half of them yet. Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
May1940 Posted December 25, 2010 Share Posted December 25, 2010 Andrew From WW2-Talk, it still seems uncertain whether 16 is really the 97 Fd number or, I think, 1 RHA. I have registered with WW2-Talk, but not got my activation e-mail yet, but that thread is very interesting and has some good pics, even if I can't see half of them yet. Chris Chris I think the conclusion was that in January, when the picture was taken, 97 Fd was still complete and the transfer of a battery to 1 RHA did not happen until later. This indictates 16 is 97 Fd. Thanks again for your help. Seasons Greetings! Andrew Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcspool Posted December 25, 2010 Share Posted December 25, 2010 See for a nice 1939 picuture of a Morris-Commercial CS8. Coincidentally, the CS8 with registration number FMX 179 (8 numbers apart) still exists! H. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
les freathy Posted January 1, 2011 Share Posted January 1, 2011 This photo appeared in the January 2007 issue of classic military vehicles, i have been unable to find out more on this conversion on the CDSW so need now to look further afield. It would seem to be some sort of wireless or communication body and i am certain no production run occured and if it did it would have been very limited, any ideas out there cheers Les Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Farrant Posted January 1, 2011 Share Posted January 1, 2011 This photo appeared in the January 2007 issue of classic military vehicles, i have been unable to find out more on this conversion on the CDSW so need now to look further afield. It would seem to be some sort of wireless or communication body and i am certain no production run occured and if it did it would have been very limited, any ideas out therecheers Les Hello Les, There were a very small number of 30cwt 6x4 Office trucks in the census list, the first two contracts only 10 vehicles in total, there were two more contracts, but numbers were also low. Doubt if it was a CDSW, to be precise, as the W meant it was fitted with a winch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stefano Posted January 2, 2011 Share Posted January 2, 2011 Looks like you're right Richard, It doesn't seem to have the roller bracket for the winch cable on the front l/h dumb iron. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ivor Ramsden Posted January 3, 2011 Share Posted January 3, 2011 Les's office bodied CDS is fairly late, judging by the split-rim wheels. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex van de Wetering Posted January 3, 2011 Share Posted January 3, 2011 Les's office bodied CDS is fairly late, judging by the split-rim wheels And what about the louvres on the cab/bonnet sides? There seems to be two large holes on this example in stead of a single row of louvres....would that be early or late? Alex Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Farrant Posted January 3, 2011 Share Posted January 3, 2011 And what about the louvres on the cab/bonnet sides? There seems to be two large holes on this example in stead of a single row of louvres....would that be early or late? Alex and to add more, going by the front sidelights and headlights, it must be early war period. Just a thought about the louves, I wonder if it has a PTO driven generator and the bonnet has extra venting for static running? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Farrant Posted January 3, 2011 Share Posted January 3, 2011 Hello Les, There were a very small number of 30cwt 6x4 Office trucks in the census list, the first two contracts only 10 vehicles in total, there were two more contracts, but numbers were also low. Doubt if it was a CDSW, to be precise, as the W meant it was fitted with a winch. :embarrassed: :embarrassed: Re. my post above, I am now thinking that the Office trucks found in the census list were in fact CDF types as one contract was also for GS trucks as well, and as far as I am aware, there were not any GS trucks looking like CDSW's. More confused now, perhaps it is not an office, there are a strange row of holes below the roof line at the front as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Runflat Posted January 3, 2011 Share Posted January 3, 2011 The Mulliner records may give some answers, if they survive. Some of the Mulliner records are now held by the Rolls-Royce Enthusiasts' Club, but they possibly don't go back far enough: http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/nra/searches/subjectView.asp?ID=B19288 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick W Posted May 2, 2012 Author Share Posted May 2, 2012 Photo found on Ebay, Recce car plus something else in background, Humber AC? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niels v Posted May 2, 2012 Share Posted May 2, 2012 Yep a Humber light recce car Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fesm_ndt Posted June 30, 2012 Share Posted June 30, 2012 this one in here? [ATTACH=CONFIG]63816[/ATTACH] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
May1940 Posted June 30, 2012 Share Posted June 30, 2012 (edited) this one in here? [ATTACH=CONFIG]63816[/ATTACH] Mike That's a pretty unusual picture. Great to see these vehicles in colour. Where and when was it taken? Regards Andrew Edited June 30, 2012 by May1940 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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