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07-04-17, 13:40
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At one point during the war, trades were grouped alphabetically. "A", "B", and "C" groups. The trade of driver mechanic, driver operator, motor mechanic were classified across these trade groups depending on the degree of qualification.
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08-04-17, 21:19
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Thank you all for the responses! I'm sorry I can't offer any contributions to the forum on the restoration side of things but I knew this would be the group to ask about my Uncle!
Marco... that's my Uncle 2nd from the left! That is the only other image of him during his military service. You have no idea what this means to me! Thank you so much! And to see him with the rest of the crew is amazing! Can I ask where this image came from? I hadn't had much luck finding other images/info about 15th Troop (although I still have a good portion of the war Diaries to go through). Anyway... Thank you all again! Darren Quote:
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08-04-17, 22:02
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Darren,
That's great that your great uncle is on the photo! I got it from a nephew from Tpr. Slimmon who can be seen on the right of the photo. The good news is that there are more photo's from 15th Troop. They were involved in the liberation of Nieuwpoort and Dudzele in Belgium on 7 and 12 September 1944. Here are the ones from Nieuwpoort. They are on-line also. https://devierboete6hs.wordpress.com...dinge-project/ Marco
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Staghound F215633, 12th Troop "Sergeants Car" XII Manitoba Dragoons
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08-04-17, 22:12
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Dudzele, Belgium
A photo from Dudzele, Belgium.
Also on-line. http://wo1dudzele.brugseverenigingen...IJDINGSEPT1944 Marco
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Staghound F215633, 12th Troop "Sergeants Car" XII Manitoba Dragoons
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08-04-17, 22:16
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Another one from Dudzele.
For some reason this photo wouldn't upload simultanuously with the previous one. Marco
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Staghound F215633, 12th Troop "Sergeants Car" XII Manitoba Dragoons
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27-04-17, 19:03
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So as it turns out my father had actually seen this particular image before. In fact... he went and managed to find a 2.5"x 3" copy of it amongst all their old family photos. He hadn't realized that he had his own copy. On the back written by my Uncle Cliff is his crew and all their roles. So as of the time of that photo in 1945, it looks like my uncle was the driver!
Cliffs Crew.jpg Quote:
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