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23-12-11, 20:44
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23-12-11, 21:51
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That's a nice find, Jan. Frustratingly, we've still to find a WOC1 with a BEF formation sign. Interesting too that it has a 4-ton bridge classification.
I don't think that Ian is going to find a closer reference for his census number ! There is no GHQ or Corps bar on the AoS marking and '6' indicated an A/Tk Regt. RA in an infantry division. I can't see a horizontal red / blue colour division though. I wonder if it is on the RE cobalt blue ground, '6' was used for an RE Field Company by at least some of the Motor Divisions (50th and their duplicate, 23rd Div.).
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26-12-11, 17:30
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  What a fantastic picture, and as you say the census is VERY close! Opens up my original thoughts that 'Ellie May' might have been one of the fortunate few vehicles that did do to France and make it back to the UK? No indication however of her military history other than the units markings when demobbed in 1946.Ian
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29-12-11, 18:47
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Where is the photo?
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Are you the owner of this photo as I would like a copy, without the fancy sunflower, or where did you see it. Regards, Ian
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29-12-11, 22:44
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Ian,
It was on eBay.de last week, but I see that it's sold now...  http://www.ebay.de/sch/zilpy/m.html?...id=p4340.l2562 Jan
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29-12-11, 23:59
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The location is not immediately obvious to me. The vehicle looks to be standing on sand but the tree growth behind doesn't immediately suggest the dunes from De Panne to Dunkerque. I wondered about the area around Calais.
We know from photos posted earlier that some WOC1s were there but not who they were with. The only hope now with the photo is to watch if the buyer posts feedback and then contact him to ask if he'd share a decent copy to help off-set his costs. No harm in asking and some say yes.
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10-01-12, 15:09
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Here are two original photos from my collection. One only good for parts, Photo of one in German use, rare to see with cammo frame on top.
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10-01-12, 17:48
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Excellent pictures guys! Why is it that there are so much German pictures turning up on Ebay nowadays?
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10-01-12, 23:12
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I think that you're right about the Wehrmacht FFW bits Alex.
The answer to your question, I'd suspect is that German house clearers have discovered that the albums and photos they find in attics and which they used to be embarrassed about are now an easily saleable gold-mine ! Added to that, even the children of those who served in 1940 are getting old now and I can't imagine that finding out what Grandfather did during the war is quite as popular in Germany as it is in the on the 'Allied' side. I find it a bit of a shame that the pictures are being removed from their context but I can't grumble about all the new BEF images. 
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10-01-12, 23:26
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First pic looks like a Ford WOC that has been rear ended by an Austin K30, obviously to destroy them.
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15-01-12, 19:06
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WOC 1's
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 Many thanks for sharing your pics of WOC1'S. I now have far more images of them abandoned, destroyed and in German hands than in British service! Perhaps that in itself is telling me something. Keep looking guys. Ian
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19-01-12, 01:55
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WOC1 in the Drink - Not suitable for Sensitive Owners !
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  I haven't checked the location yet. Is it Le Havre ? Census number looks to be Z4128345 - another V3615 vehicle. Quite a well - photographed vehicle, the BEF WOC1 ! The markings are elusive though.
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