Help in Identification of a vehicle and the regiment to which it belonged.

I was wondering if anyone out there is able to identify what vehicle this is and which regiment it mmay have belonged to. The photo was taken in Rosay Sur Lieure on August 30th 1944. Unfortunately I can give any more details of the photo as it comes from a newspaper. I have asked locally if there are records of which regiments passed through but there are no records at all that exist. I now that there was a lot of British and Canadian (Canadian 1st Army) movement in the area that day. Can anyone help?

 

A Humber Scout Car Mk IV I think. Can you read the serial number on the original ?

 

F134060 is the number. Here is a link to the digitized copy of the article. The three photos underneath were taken in the same village the same day.

La Libération

Sorry, if you click on the words La Liberation that will being you to the article.

 

Doesn't answer your question but from a list of census numbers I have seen the adjacent numbers are:
F134090 - Humber Armoured Car Mk IV - Beau Sabreur III - 49 Recce, B Sqn, 1 Troop
F134057 - Humber Armoured Car Mk IV - Laughing Boy III - 53 Recce, A Sqn, 2 Trp

Edit
Found it New Resource - British Vehicle Names and Census Numbers

 

When you talk of the 53rd Recce, I believe it is the 53rd Welch, in which case they were in the area on that date. Looking at the name Beau Sabreur, that is French for Handsome swordsman. Was 49 Recce Canadian at all? If so, where were they that day?

 

Thanks for clarifying that Owen.

 

Note that the vehicle is a Humber Armoured Car Mk IV, not a Humber Scout car which is much smaller. Beau Sabreur is a well known book by P C Wren; that name would be quite well known in UK circles so I think (IMHO) that the Canadian connection might be a red herring.
Chris

 

These posts may help locate the regiments at that time:
49th
49 Recce Lieurey France
53rd
53rd Reconnaissance Regiment

 

Whoops !

 

Page 42 has a photo of F134057 'Laughing boy'
https://www.39-45.org/videos/3945/ELI152.pdf

 

One carrier has the AoS Serial Number '41', thus Recce Regt of an Inf Div:


The photos might show the Formation Sign, although I personally cannot really see it:



Michel

 

I had a look at the 49 Recce war diary, that place is about 50Kms away.

 

Looking again at the photos of the various Carriers (3 vehs in total), there is something on the nearside mudguards that might be the 'W' of 53 (Welsh) Div formation sign after all...


Michel