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Voltigeur 20-03-17 07:29 PM

Universal carrier, Mark I.
 
© IWM (D 12427) Women war workers from J & F Pool Ltd, a small West Country arms factory, travel to a test range in a Universal carrier, Mark I. They have been rewarded by the Ministry of Supply for producing 1 million mortar bombs with a trip to see some of their handiwork in action.
http://media.iwm.org.uk/ciim5/42/798...at=photographs


What aout the "rose"on the front fender...which unit does it represent ????
Jo

realownlee 21-03-17 03:44 PM

Remember going to Duxford with my father many years ago and there was a Bren Gun Carrier (same-similar to this?) in one of the displays...he began explaining all about it as its one of the vehicles he drove during ww11, trouble is, he lit a roll up! ( chain smoker, issued cigarettes during the war= hooked) and got told to put it out by a security guard, from then on wherever we went in that hanger / building, the guard (rightly) followed us!
embarrassed or what!

rolfi 21-03-17 08:59 PM

The sign is the red rose of 55th Division.

DougSA 06-04-17 10:22 AM

The number "56" on the other side of the carriers, suggests that they belonged to the 2nd battalion of the senior brigade of the division. In Sept 1940 this was 2/4th South Lancashire Regt, 164th Infantry Brigade. In May 1942 this was 1/4th South Lancashire Regt, 164th Infantry Brigade.


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