Does anyone know which Regiment would have had 44 painted on its equipment ? Second World War posted in Upton near Acle,
I was in the RTR during the last year of WW2, and I seem to remember that 44 was the number painted on Royal Armoured Corps regimental HQ vehicles, though I may be wrong. It certainly was a common number to see (in a roundel) on the front of vehicles, including tanks. Paddy http://apling.freeservers.com -----Original Message----- From: norfolk-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:norfolk-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Dina Smith Sent: 22 September 2011 8:02 PM To: norfolk@rootsweb.com Subject: [NFK] Number of British Army Regiment ? Does anyone know which Regiment would have had 44 painted on its equipment ? Second World War posted in Upton near Acle, ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NORFOLK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message
Some good sites with regimental badges and vehicle markings. Note not all vehicles would have carried markings in battle as this was supposed to be a dead give away of what formations were in battle. Usually the enemy was better informed of who was where than the average soldier was in any case. Vehicles were often stolen, "borrowed" or simply appeared in other unit's inventory without reason or explanation. Many drivers removed the distributer cap or other key components from the engine whenever they parked for the night to prevent this! My father's unit the 5th Canadian Armoured Division spent the entire war in Italy, France, Belgium, Holland and Germany driving about in captured German and Italian trucks and leftovers from the famed "Desert Rats'"- leftovers from the desert campaign. My father laughed when his unit was sent to Holland from Italy in early 1945. Stripped of all unit markings the Germans were still well aware of who they were from their dark suntans! Nelson Denton British markings http://www.petergh.f2s.com/flashes.html http://www.fireandfury.com/britinfo/divmarkings.pdf http://bcoy1cpb.pacdat.net/markings_on_military_vehicles.htm http://www.ra39-45.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/mark/index.html US markings http://www.stugiii.com/images/US_Vehicle_Markings.pdf http://www.lonesentry.com/panzer/jeep-markings.html