Priest ID

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Originally posted by John McGillivray
However, I have not seen any pictures of the Canadian guns with names on them.

How about this one:

dnd36069.jpg
http://web.inter.nl.net/users/spoels...s/dnd36069.jpg

Source: The Public Archives of Canada (DND Army 36069); courtesy of Peter Brown; picture linked from THE PRIEST KANGAROO

Caption: 'Priest' self-propelled gun of the 19th Field Regiment, R.C.A., Normandy, July 1944. [Left to right]: Bdrs. D. Nashawa, G. Harper. Full names of 'the "Wacky" Seven are - top row painted directly onto the hull side DICK and GORD, second row on Maple Leaf background HARRY and JIM, third row also on Maple Leaf background BERT and BRES."

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