Attached is a list of various census numbers kindly sent to me many years ago, 2014 to be exact by Ivor Ramsden. Apologies if this has been posted before if not sorry it is so late. Cheers Kevin Manx Regiment MT 1939-1945 Isle of Man Morris-Commercial 8-cwt PU, marked on door 15AA Bde TA, serial no Z384959 1938 England Norton 16H, reg no RMT540, serial no C399XXX Royal Enfield WD/C? C3922765 Bedford MWD Eritrea Morris-Commercial CD/SW LAA tractor H4149220. Later photo of this vehicle in Canal area with disruptive camo. CMP Ford F15 GS No11 cab serial no 44034X “Anita” CMP Ford F15 GS No11 cab serial no 44053X1 CMP Ford F15 GS No11 cab serial no 4405423 Austin K2/YF 2-ton GS Austin 10 Light Utility Desert Morris-Commercial CD/SW LAA tractor Morris-Commercial 8-cwt PU FFW Ford F15 GS No12 cab Morris-Commercial CDSW breakdown Ford C11 Station Wagon Norton 16H serial no C4318425 Austin K2 or K3 L4190486 US Ford 4621562 Morris CDSW tractor H4149492 crashed into L201269 killing Gunner McKeown 29.3.41. He was from 6 Ind LAA Bty so this might not have been on the strength of the 15LAA. L4624607 Chev 3 ton breakdown damaged by enemy fire 10.2.43 4493146 Karrier 3 ton LAD lorry rendered u/s by enemy fire 8.5.43 Chev 4x4s L4714294 and L4720762, Ford 4x4 L777792 and Dodge 3 ton Breakdown L455253 taken on strength 8.43. Morris breakdown L4407340 removed 8.43. Italy Ford FC60? Europe CMP 15cwt GS Bedford QLD L5328106 Chevrolet 4x4 8 on bridging plate – 30cwt Morris C9-B SP Gun 1Bty A5 destroyed by enemy fire 24.1.45. Bdr Bowden killed Col Mylchreest said 26.4.2012 that he used a Humber 4wd staff car immediately post-war when he took the editor of the IOM Times to Berlin. Went round Chancellery & Hitler’s bunker Morris C9/Bs used by A Troop, 1 Battery June 1944 (IR note: actually B Tp was the SP Tp at this time) S4903508 S4903516 Destroyed 27/7/1944 by direct hit from enemy shell at night. 2 killed. B Tp 1Bty S4900829 S4903512 S4903583 S4903588 S5518310 Replacement vehicle for one destroyed Via Capt M B MacPherson, A Troop Commander
Some additional info about the future of the regiment and weapons. Photo of their M16's and a C9/B Again courtesy Ivor Ramsden. Cheers Kevin
The Sherman Firefly was a tank used by the United Kingdom and some other Allied armored formations in the Second World War. It was based on the US M4 Sherman but was fitted with the more powerful 3-inch (76.2 mm) caliber British 17-pounder anti-tank gun as its main weapon. Originally conceived as a stopgap until future British tank designs came into service, the Sherman Firefly became the most common vehicle mounting the 17-pounder in the war.
