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Roddy1011
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Hello to all out there -
Please excuse this rather strange request but I am attempting what many might call ‘The Impossible Task’ - I am trying to match the 350,000 or so WD T- and CT- Series vehicle numbers to units. As I am sure you are aware, these numbers were unique to each vehicle.
My reason for attempting such a thing is that I have been collecting original photographs and albums for a number of years and am constantly thwarted by the wartime censors. The only numbers or tac-signs they did not seem to scrub were the WD numbers. Match the number to an unit/sub-unit and you have a tentative identification! My project have now grown to such an extent that just collecting and databasing the results is taking up much of my time. I am hoping to eventually publish both a print and CD-Rom version of the final result, but this is unlikely for the next year or two as I still have a long way to go.
To that end, I was wondering if within the wartime archives or later studies within your collections you have any listings or other such details that would link the Regiment’s vehicles to these numbers. I am particulary interested in anything pertaining to the Regiment‘s RCEME Officers, Technical Adjutants or HQ Company Mortar, Anti-Tank or Carrier Platoon Commanders and their records. War Diary Appendices might also yeild some CT Numbers.
I do hope you can possibly help and, of course, I would be more than happy to pay for any expenses incurred (photocopying etc).
I look forward to possibly hearing from you in the near future
Roderick de Normann
Devizes
Wiltshire
Roddy1011@yahoo.co.uk
Please excuse this rather strange request but I am attempting what many might call ‘The Impossible Task’ - I am trying to match the 350,000 or so WD T- and CT- Series vehicle numbers to units. As I am sure you are aware, these numbers were unique to each vehicle.
My reason for attempting such a thing is that I have been collecting original photographs and albums for a number of years and am constantly thwarted by the wartime censors. The only numbers or tac-signs they did not seem to scrub were the WD numbers. Match the number to an unit/sub-unit and you have a tentative identification! My project have now grown to such an extent that just collecting and databasing the results is taking up much of my time. I am hoping to eventually publish both a print and CD-Rom version of the final result, but this is unlikely for the next year or two as I still have a long way to go.
To that end, I was wondering if within the wartime archives or later studies within your collections you have any listings or other such details that would link the Regiment’s vehicles to these numbers. I am particulary interested in anything pertaining to the Regiment‘s RCEME Officers, Technical Adjutants or HQ Company Mortar, Anti-Tank or Carrier Platoon Commanders and their records. War Diary Appendices might also yeild some CT Numbers.
I do hope you can possibly help and, of course, I would be more than happy to pay for any expenses incurred (photocopying etc).
I look forward to possibly hearing from you in the near future
Roderick de Normann
Devizes
Wiltshire
Roddy1011@yahoo.co.uk
