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m606paz 12-06-11 18:14

Canadian Army training in the UK (was: Monkey Face)
 
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Ammunition being delivered from the dump to headquarters of machine gun company.
Location: United Kingdom
Date taken: 1941
Photographer: William Vandivert

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Protection unit consisting of 3 man crew and Bren gun mounted on truck.
Location: United Kingdom
Date taken: 1941
Photographer: William Vandivert

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Ford ó Chevrolet... Chevrolet ó Ford?????? :roll:

David_Hayward (RIP) 12-06-11 19:29

Wow!
 
Early 15-cwt Ford with # 11 cab [top]...possibly assembled in Southampton's CMD.

Where was the top photo taken? I wondered if it was Headley Court near Leatherhead?

Hanno Spoelstra 21-07-24 11:36

Soldiers marching along road
 
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More photos from the same series:

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Originally Posted by cletrac (RIP) (Post 125680)
The pogo mount pic in the previous post was taken by a Life photographer so I looked in Google's Life images and came up with this one. If you look close, it's the same truck taken moments before. I was right about it being a 4x2 version too.

Original caption:
"Soldiers marching along road.
Location: United Kingdom
Date taken: 1941
Photographer: William Vandivert"
https://images.google.com/hosted/lif...50de03903.html

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Hanno Spoelstra 21-07-24 11:40

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"Infantry of Support Group moving up in lorries to take up battle position.
Location: United Kingdom
Date taken: 1941
Photographer: William Vandivert"
Source: http://images.google.com/hosted/life...7c08c1e06.html

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Hanno Spoelstra 21-07-24 11:52

Exercise Bumper
 
Pete Ashby commented: "This could possibly be exercise Bumper held in the autumn of 1941 in and around the Chilterns here in the UK".

Some more info on Ex Bumper here: http://www.mapleleafup.net/forums/sh...ad.php?t=11269, including a link to a source document


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