thedawnpatrol Posted July 5, 2009 Share Posted July 5, 2009 Hi Chaps Nearly finished my restoration of out Morris Commercial CDSW Recovery 6 X 4. Now, she is all painted up in Brown/green camo as per 1941 period, but I am now about to apply Div. Markings and would apreachate your help. Now, We want her in some way attached to the Oxfordshire & Buckingshire Light Infantry, I think I am right in that they were part of the Welsh Div. and would have the Welsh 'W' in red on a dark green background on the Drivers wing, But what about the other wing, would she have been a REME Vehicle ? and so have the REME Colours ? and a number over layed ? Any thoughts? Cheers Jules Look out for her at Beltring! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turnkeyiand Posted July 5, 2009 Share Posted July 5, 2009 REME weren't formed until 1942 in North Africa. Prior to that it would possibly have been RASC(?) Ian Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HotBed Posted July 5, 2009 Share Posted July 5, 2009 jules, got any pictures you can post on here of the morris regards Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stefano Posted July 5, 2009 Share Posted July 5, 2009 Before the creation of the REME it would have been RAOC, presumably in a L.A.D. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Farrant Posted July 5, 2009 Share Posted July 5, 2009 Hi Chaps But what about the other wing, would she have been a REME Vehicle ? and so have the REME Colours ? and a number over layed ? Jules, As others have said, REME was not formed until 1942 when it incorporated elements of RAOC and RASC. I think you will find that MT vehicles were normally maintained by Royal Army Service Corps workshops or LAD's. The sign for RASC is red and green square, divided bottom left to top right, with red to top. I have no info on what number to use for 1941, the numbers changed during the war period and also differed between infantry and armoured divisions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony B Posted July 6, 2009 Share Posted July 6, 2009 Worth asking, or better still visiting, Royal Logistical Corps Museum at Camberley. Andy Robertshaw the curator is well known to many forum members. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thedawnpatrol Posted July 6, 2009 Author Share Posted July 6, 2009 Thanks for that Info, Very useful, I will use the RAOC Markings of RED/GREEN. I will post some Pictures in the next few days. Jules Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Farrant Posted July 6, 2009 Share Posted July 6, 2009 Thanks for that Info, Very useful, I will use the RAOC Markings of RED/GREEN. I will post some Pictures in the next few days. Jules Jules, Just a correction there, RAOC is three vertical stripes, RED-BLUE-RED RASC is divided btm left to top right RED over GREEN Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcspool Posted July 6, 2009 Share Posted July 6, 2009 Some pics of a CDSW - albeit an artillery tractor - just so people know what this rare type of truck looks like: Click on the pictures to see large size scans and more pictures of this survivor, which I photographed at a show in Holland. - Hanno Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.