[David_Hayward (RIP)]

The [4x2 of course] C8 production terminated in late 1941 with '1942' Modesl, the highest known serial so far is # 2842001497, with the prototype C8A officially built in February 1942 although the engine dates from around August 1941. The earliest known C8A is # 2844501681, so you can see that C8 assembly was possibly a simple change to the 4 x 4 version on the Oshawa lines with no overlap.

I have a photo of a demobbed C8, Number 12 Cab rebuilt into a Salvage Corps vehicle Registration GLV 16 which might be a 1943 registration. If this is the case then this was the earliest known [to date] demobbed CMP.

I have no indication as to whether there were bulk disposals by 1944, and thus none could have gone to France. A quick check of known civilian regos shows that some were disposed of, sold AND REGISTERED in 1946, 1947 and 1949! So they must either having been sitting in dumps or were on active service until the Ministry of Supply disposed of them from 1946 onwards.