It was such a good feeling to take the registration plate of sling the sten on my back and do a week tour.
@Ian before the tour we watched a lot of xxxcorps photo’s of how bikes where packed. All different offcourse, but ropes or trouser belts to hold the panniers in place kept coming back on the photo’s
Here are a few more photo’s of the same shoot. Note the Grave bridge in the background.
Again most convincing shots, even more so when the vehicles are in motion and raising some dust, the first pic with the Dingo, bren carrier and DR outrider is my favourite.
As an ex-serviceman I didn't feel comfortable with that photo. A sergeant casually leaning with his legs crossed in an active service scenario? It looks slovenly and puts him at a disadvantage in an unexpected emergency. He's not alert to his surroundings.I'd be surprised if his seniors had tolerated it.
Perhaps nearing the end of WWII they may have got this casual but in the tiny amount of active service I experienced I never saw anyone being that careless.
Mark the 61 on a green square denotes an infantry battalion. I've marked my Universal Carrier as 43rd Wessex division. I believe this relates to the 4th Dorsetshire regiment. Maybe Rik can confirm? Ron
Thanks Nick, for some time I've been trying to work out where these pictures were taken. My first thought was Italy, the Greece and now Austria?
My reasoning and finally getting what I think some of my Dads services records is that he spent 7 weeks in Austria.
In the first picture you can see a "6" on the front mudguard. What could the other number be? Am I correct in thinking there can't be much choice? Other than 61st Lorried Infantry Brigade? 06-1945