Tony
I hope you wont mind my quizing you on some of your comments. In a reply to Nigel you mentioned that your wife's uncle was an anti-tank gunner in the 43d Wessex Division, that would put him in the 59th Antitank Regiment (RA). Further you say that he was wounded while in a Carrier towing a 17-pdr. From my research 17-pdrs were towed by Artillery Quads, I wouldn't be surprised that there were other vehicles used. I doubt very much that a UC Carrier could tow a 17pdr for very long if at all as the gun weighs almost as much as the UC Carrier. The UC was used to tow a 6-pdr and had some stability problems with the weight hence the developement of the T16 and the Windsor Carriers. Post War the Oxford Carrier was produced and used to tow the 17-pdr. At the time that you refer to the 59th was using 17-pdrs.