In the background

[Mark W. Tonner]

Originally posted by Keith Webb
You couldn't get away with a sign like that in today's politically correct environment, could you.

probably not Keith

Originally posted by Keith Webb
Looks like an ambulance.

your right, it is

Cheers

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Who knows, the second Sherman could be "Bomb" . . . .

Waterproofing Sherman tanks of the Sherbrooke Fusiliers Regiment, England, 20 April 1944

Credit: Lieut. Donald I. Grant / Canada. Dept. of National Defence / Library and Archives Canada / PA-188676

[Mark W. Tonner]

found a few more .......

Caption: The Calgary Highlanders’ athletic team, winners of a 2nd Canadian Infantry Division sports meet, Wilhelmshaven, Germany, 12 June 1945
Source: LAC - PA-136007

[Mark W. Tonner]

Caption: Infantrymen of Headquarters Company, The Queen’s Own Rifles of Canada, lining up for dinner, Ijzendijke, Belgium, 21 October 1944
Source: LAC - PA-137195

[Mark W. Tonner]

Caption: Private Henri Boileau of Le Régiment de la Chaudière talking with Greita Oppitz and Patricia Meadus during a training exercise, Swaythling, England, 19 May 1944
Source: LAC - PA-190207

[Mark W. Tonner]

Caption: Sergeant D. Mills and Gunner H.W. Embree checking the gunsight of a Priest M-7 105mm. self-propelled gun of the 14th Field Regiment, Royal Canadian Artillery (R.C.A.), France, 20 June 1944
Source: LAC - PA-145374

[Mark W. Tonner]

Caption: Bombardier W.J. Black of the 1st Field Regiment Royal Canadian Horse Artillery (R.C.H.A.) pushing Sergeant-Major Jimmy Walker's motorcycle out of the mud, San Pietro, Italy, 26 November 1943
Source: LAC - PA-140560

[Mark W. Tonner]

Caption: Lieutenant W.B. Sparks of "A" Company, The Highland Light Infantry of Canada, and Captain J.D. MacFarlane of the 14th Field Regiment, Royal Canadian Artillery (R.C.A.), awaiting the jump-off of the attack on Leer, Germany, 28 April 1945
Source: LAC - PA-167731

Cheers

[Rich Payne]

IWM image with a BSA WM20 in the foreground.

Isernia November 1943

[Mark W. Tonner]

another .....

Caption: Brigadier J.A. Roberts of the 8th Canadian Infantry Brigade and Major-General Harry W. Foster, General Officer Commanding 1st Canadian Infantry Division, examining a small German submarine, IJmuiden, Netherlands, 25 May 1945
Source: LAC - PA-151919

[Phil Waterman]

Originally posted by Keith Webb
Would it be North Africa or Italy?

The photos were credited as being CBI Theatre.



I want thank everyone who has contributed photos to this thread and others. I am constantly amazed at the number an quality of photos that are turning up on MLU.

[Mark W. Tonner]

a couple more:

Caption: Infantrymen of Le Régiment de Maisonneuve moving through Terborg, Netherlands, 1 April 1945.
Source: LAC - PA-131712

[Mark W. Tonner]

Caption: Personnel of a Field Hygiene Section, Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps (R.C.A.M.C.) delousing liberated Russian prisoners-of-war, Friesoythe, Germany, 14 April 1945.
Source: LAC - PA-167232

Cheers

[Mark W. Tonner]

one more ...

Caption: A Compo Ration Depot of the R.C.A.S.C., Normandy, 7 August 1944.
Source: LAC - PA 132903

[gjamo]

Not sure where I found this

[Keith Webb]

The photos were credited as being CBI Theatre.

The P40s would possibly be Flying Tigers then.

Wonderful images, everyone!

[Rich Payne]

Thanks for the picture of the Nortons in Terborg. In return, here's another image with a motorcycle in the foreground.



I regret that I don't know where it came from.

Rich.

[Phil Waterman]

Originally posted by Keith Webb
The P40s would possibly be Flying Tigers then.

Wonderful images, everyone!

If remember correctly these pictures were taken after Flying Tigers were disbanded absorbed in the regular military. Though not dated these pictures would have taken at the earliest in summer or fall 1942 for a Pattern 12 to have gotten that far.

Cheers

[Mark W. Tonner]

..a couple more ...

Caption: H/Captain John M. Anderson, Chaplain of The Highland Light Infantry of Canada, with members of the unit’s Regimental Aid Party listening to a gramophone, Caen, France, 15 July 1944
Source: LAC - PA-136849

[Mark W. Tonner]

Caption: Majors G.A. Burton, Governor General’s Horse Guards, and R.F. Sneyd, Canadian Chaplain Service, reading General H.D.G. Crerar’s farewell message to Canadian troops, Nijmegen, Netherlands, 31 May 1945
Source: LAC - PA-174204

Cheers

[Mark W. Tonner]

found another (IWM) ....

Photo No.: BU 8587
Photographer: No 5 Army Film & Photographic Unit, Wilkes A (Sergeant)
Title: GERMANY UNDER ALLIED OCCUPATION
Collection No.: 4700-30
Description: Lance Corporal Brown of the Corps of Military Police stands guard at the entrance to the British Army Headquarters in Berlin.
Period: Second World War
Date: 3 July 1945
Copyright: Crown copyright
Access: Unrestricted
Colour / B&W: Black and white
Type: Official photograph

[Mark W. Tonner]

... how about one in the foreground.....



Caption: Canadian Women's Army Corps (C.W.A.C.) Pipe Band parading through Amsterdam, Netherlands, 17 October 1945
Source: LAC - PA-130201

[mike mckinley]

Originally posted by gjamo
Not sure where I found this

i have the original of that picture in my collection. it's an 8" x 10" taken at camp utopia, new brunswick, canada, circa 1942-43. the back of the picture is marked as follows,"please credit canadian army photo, public relations office m.d. 7 file no. h"......when i first got this picture i had the wd number magnafied and wrote it down. then some time later i found the wreck of a c8a. looking at it's doors one could faintly see the remnants of the same number as in the earlier photo, which leads me to believe it is the same one. attached is a pic of it in the late 90's

cheers!!
mike

[Keith Webb]

That's pretty impressive! Well spotted, Mike.

[RHClarke]

Originally posted by mike mckinley
... then some time later i found the wreck of a c8a. looking at it's doors one could faintly see the remnants of the same number as in the earlier photo, which leads me to believe it is the same one. attached is a pic of it in the late 90's

cheers!!
mike

Er, Mike,

Just out of idle curiosity, where did you see this wreck? Bob? Didja see this post?

[Mark W. Tonner]

..found a couple more:

Photo No.: CI 864
Photographer: Breeze (F/O) Royal Air Force official photographer
Title: ROYAL AIR FORCE OPERATIONS IN THE FAR EAST, 1941-1945.
Collection No.: 4700-18
Description: RAF groundcrew take a stand-up lunch on a forward airstrip in the Arakan.
Period: Second World War
Date: c. November 1944
Copyright: Crown copyright
Access: Unrestricted
Colour / B&W: Black and white
Type: Official photograph

[Mark W. Tonner]

Photo No.: SE 3979
Photographer: Wackett F (Sgt) Stubbs A (Sgt) No 9 Army Film & Photographic Unit
Title: THE BRITISH ARMY IN BURMA 1945
Collection No.: 4700-64
Description: Liberated POWs abandoned by the Japanese at Pegu and rescued by the advancing 14th Army queuing for new kit, 3 May 1945.
Period: Second World War
Date: 3 May 1945
Copyright: Crown copyright
Access: Unrestricted
Colour / B&W: Black and white
Type: Official photograph

[Mark W. Tonner]

Photo No.: SE 4444
Photographer: Stubbs A (Sgt) No 9 Army Film & Photographic Unit
Title: THE BRITISH ARMY IN BURMA 1945
Collection No.: 4700-64
Description: Japanese prisoners from the Penwegon area are searched, 30 July 1945.
Period: Second World War
Date: 30 July 1945
Copyright: Crown copyright
Access: Unrestricted
Colour / B&W: Black and white
Type: Official photograph

[Mark W. Tonner]

Photo No.: SE 8365
Photographer: No 9 Army Film & Photographic Unit
Title: THE WAR IN THE FAR EAST: THE BURMA CAMPAIGN 1941-1945
Collection No.: 4700-64
Description: The Advance on Rangoon March - May 1945: Gurkha paratroops check their equipment before being dropped on a series of strategic points around Rangoon.
Period: Second World War
Date: 1 May 1945
Copyright: Crown copyright
Access: Unrestricted
Colour / B&W: Black and white
Type: Official photograph

Cheers

[Brian Gough]

Hi Rob,

I think the C8A 'wreck' that Mike found is located in that wonderful Eastern Canadian province that you did the travelogue on recently.

see Map Reading Skills

http://www.mapleleafup.org/forums/sh...6441#post66441

Brian