Jeep Question

[David_Hayward (RIP)]

The rego is a wartime London County Council one that started in spring 1941 from what i can gather, though that number may have been issued in summer 1943. Note the white front bumper.

The location reminds me of Hyde Park...I think Park Lane was dual carriageway then. The US Embassy and military HQ was at 1 Grosvenor Gardens which was a short distance to the east of where the Jeep was if I am correct.

The bus is I think a roofbox STL on route 25A, heading for Forest Gate Garage but may be wrong!

I can imagine that the Jeep was demobbed and used as an Embassy hack...the CD indicates that it was a diplomatic vehicle of course, and Embassy/High Commission cars were registered in London back then with usual civilian registrations. British Government vehicles however usually used Middlesex County Council regos, often in allocated blocks. I have no idea which service those guys were in but could they have been Marines on Embassy protection duties?