In the background

[Les Freathy]

Thanks for the links lads but a bit dissapointing first have the museum forgotton the number of vehicles produced and supplied from the Canadian industry in WW2 i could see very few photos , second as one proceeds down the lists the thumbnails suddenly dissapear i really do not see the point of any organization going to all that trouble to set up a site if one cannot see the subject in the text or again have i missed something, other than that what i could observe were excellent in picture quality
oh well
Les

[Les Freathy]

Another day, another try, this time i put in the search box Canadian military vehicles and low and behold up came around 160 items all of which looked promising.so starting from the begining up came some thumb nails all of top qaulity but after half a dozen No Thumbnails, i know i am not the brightest spark in the class when it comes to computers but i was brought up old school where a straight line is just that with no bends so and i repeat why bother to put up a list if one cannot see the subject. I dont know but they possibly do sell items from the site, who is going to purchase if one cannot see the image just going back to the thumbnails when they are no longer shown it says 90open nil does that have a particular ref or do i have to click some where on the page, i have tried all the blues but guess what NO IMAGE. prehaps you guys can help sort out this gripe for me
cheers
Les

[wim sikkelbein]

Les did you use the sidebar options?

It gives the following options:
Sort by: relevance
Limit to: type of material, online, Hierarchical Level and date

If you go to the online option and click on "yes" then you will only get pictures that are available online.

Hope this helps

Wim

[Les Freathy]

Thanks Wim i now see how its done, but still very little on military vehicles and still cannot get my head around the list i found with no photos to back it up most dissapointing. I note a e mail on the site for comments, i think its time to fry someones toes and find out why they seem to totally ignore the contribution made by the Canadian industry in WW2. I tried Ambulances and found around 60 items but 90% WW1 where are all the cmp pattern truck photos just 1 concentrating on the drivers, they must have a mass of military transport shots in the collection so why not use them. I often wonder the thinking of those who load these sites
thanks again lads
cheers
Les

[cliff]

Les unless you click the "only online" feature you will get a list that is at least 90% without photos. These are the photos they have in the collection that you can view if you visit the museum but are not availiable to be viewed online as they have not been added to the online viewing area.

Cheers
Cliff

[Les Freathy]

thanks Cliff
my mission is to try to get some of the vehicle photos on line
but i wonder how many deaf ears i will meet on the way
wish me luck
cheers
Les

[Les Freathy]

Convoy halted in the far east, plenty of 15cwts in front of the Ford or Chevy?

[Les Freathy]

Tents to the fore CMPs to the rear

[Les Freathy]

It says Rangoon on the back of the snap, CMPs on the bridge but whats that disappearing on the right

[Mark W. Tonner]

Photo No.: NA 5237
Photographer: Mott (Sgt) No 2 Army Film & Photographic Unit
Title: THE CAMPAIGN IN SICILY 1943
Collection No.: 4700-39
Description: The Drive for Messina 10 July - 17 August 1943: A large pile of empty shell cases at a British ammunition dump on the Catania Plain.
Period: Second World War
Date: 31 July 1943
Copyright: Crown copyright
Access: Unrestricted
Colour / B&W: Black and white
Type: Official photograph

[Mark W. Tonner]

Photo No.: HU 69106
Photographer: Canadian official photographer
Title: CANADIAN FORCES IN ITALY, 1944
Collection No.: 4700-05
Description: Captain J S Mullaney, a Canadian Army chaplain, holds an open-air mass for men of the Canadian 5th Armoured Division in Italy.
Period: Second World War
Date: 1944
Copyright: Official copyright
Access: Unrestricted
Colour / B&W: Black and white
Type: Official photograph

[Mark W. Tonner]

Photo No.: NA 6630
Photographer: Gade (Lt) No 2 Army Film & Photographic Unit
Title: THE ALLIED LANDINGS IN ITALY, SEPTEMBER 1943: REGGIO, TARANTO AND SALERNO
Collection No.: 4700-39
Description: Salerno, 9 September 1943 (Operation Avalanche): British troops and vehicles from 128 Brigade, 46th Division are unloaded from LST 383 onto the beaches.
Period: Second World War
Date: 9 September 1943
Copyright: Crown copyright
Access: Unrestricted
Colour / B&W: Black and white
Type: Official photograph

[Mark W. Tonner]

Photo No.: CI 1038
Photographer: Dowd (F/O) Royal Air Force official photographer
Title: ROYAL AIR FORCE OPERATIONS IN THE FAR EAST, 1941-1945.
Collection No.: 4700-18
Description: Flight Lieutenant G O Rosenvinge of Harrogate, Yorkshire, The Medical Officer of No. 99 Squadron RAF, accompanied by his assistants, tests anti-malarial sprays before setting out on an evening tour of the camp at Dhubalia, India.
Period: Second World War
Date: December 1944
Copyright: Crown copyright
Access: Unrestricted
Colour / B&W: Black and white
Type: Official photograph

[david moore]

Picture of Ram with cab 12 C15A in background at Debert NS in 1942. BC Regt. prior to leaving for the UK

[gjamo]

This image from the G104 group. Could be a Bedford what do the experts think?

[gjamo]

Pacific somewhere

[Les Freathy]

Slightly different a civilianised CMP in the background used in the 1950s by a well known London construction firm who used masses of ex WD transport, i think that is a Ford WOT1 behind the van but who knows could be a 6x6 CMP
Les

[gjamo]

This one in an Ebay auction,

[Les Freathy]

A couple more background CMPs for the thread
Les

[Les Freathy]

3rd in the convoy

[Jordan Baker]

Photographer: Henry J E (Lieut)
No 9 Army Film & Photographic Unit

Title: THE BRITISH ARMY IN BURMA 1944

Collection No.: 4700-64

Description: A lorry loaded with pontoons arrives at the site of the 1,100ft floating bailey bridge over the Chindwin River, built after the capture of Kalewa, 2 December 1944.

[Hendrik van Oorspronk]

Looking for pictures of Deelen, found this one

Hendrik

[cliff]

Found this photo in the AWM captioned

"WONDECLA, QUEENSLAND, AUSTRALIA. 1944-07-17. 25 POUNDER SHORT GUNS AND JEEPS OF THE 6TH DIVISION, LINED UP READY TO MOVE OFF FOR THE MARCH PAST. "

note the van bodied CMP in the background with loud speakers attached to the roof.

Cheers
Cliff

Originally posted by Les Freathy
3rd in the convoy

Is that a German Helmet on the front of the first jeep/vehicle???

Karmen

[zemsi]

Originally posted by Vets Dottir 2nd
Is that a German Helmet on the front of the first jeep/vehicle???

jep, looks so.

Originally posted by zemsi
jep, looks so.

jep ... and on the jeep too

Hey Chris, thanks ... the image is a bit small and blurry but the shape and shadings looked like a G-Helmet to me (I really should wear my glasses sometimes : )

Wouldn't it be interesting to talk to the soldiers in the jeep to find out their story behind the helmet?

Karmen

[lynx42]

Hard to identify the blitz in the photo of the railway loco, but its at Alan Newtons in S.A. so it might be his RadioVan.

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Source: Die Wüsten Füchse by Paul Carell

[Keith Webb]

Currently on e-pay

[wim sikkelbein]

Sergeant D. Mills and Gunner H.W. Embree checking the gunsight of a Priest M-7 105mm. self-propelled gun of the 14th Field Regiment, Royal Canadian Artillery (R.C.A.), France, 20 June 1944

Copy negative PA-145374