[Garry Shipton (RIP)]

My father,who was RCASC landed in Sicily with a brand new Ford 30CWT V8 that his unit received before sailing from the UK. .He drove this vehicle thru Sicily,Italy,then onto the continent when the 1st Div joined up with the other three Div's in Europe.He always said that the saddest thing he ever had to do before coming home after the war was turning in his CMP that he babied throughout the war.Perhaps his unit was an exception to the rule over trading vehicles.