Priest Kangaroo

[Geoff Winnington-Ball (RIP)]

Basically, somewhere between 72 and 76 Priests were converted the first week of August and served in the British sectors only into the beginning of October. I remember reading that some 53 were left by September, but we have to ask Bill Miller to confirm that.

Anyway, your road sign is not American; see the "HD" and "49"? It's the Scottish Highland Division operational area in Normandy. You'd have to look up the 'Sinatra' bit, but no doubt it's a sector code. This shot is part of a whole series including some video taken shortly after OPERATION TOTALIZE.

Originally Posted by sapper740

I understand that these were somewhat rare so I thought I'd share this picture I recently found on the internet. Priest Kangaroos had a short operational history with the Canadians, August-September 1944 as they were too few and Rams were soon being converted to APCs. The sign in this picture, Sinatra suggests that this was an American operational area...unfortunately I can't make out any unit markings. Did the Yanks use the Priest Kangaroo also? Derek.