60cwt truck photo

[Mark W. Tonner]

Originally posted by Jordan Baker
I was looking through a book the other night and it showed a bunch of 60cwt CMP trucks taking part in the VE Day drive by. The caption says they were from a RCASC unit. They all had the same style "B" numbers on the door. Suppose this would mean they were for the "B" echelon of the unit?

The 'B14', if indeed the user unit is R.C.A.S.C., would mean that the vehicle pictured belongs to No. 3 Section, "B" Platoon.

Platoons within R.C.A.S.C. Companies used Alpha designations, ie: "A", "B", "C" Platoon, etc., instead of No. 1, No. 2, No. 3 Platoon, etc. The visible fig 7 on the AoS marking and from what David said about 'L 5927384' being from the Middle East, suggests that this vehicle may belong to one of the R.C.A.S.C. Companies of the 1st Canadian Infantry Division.

Also, I would agree with David, the vehicle is being used has a 'Bus'.

Cheers