Hasty-P Carriers

[Bruce Parker (RIP)]

Originally Posted by Geoff Winnington-Ball

Rich,

I don't have the specific history of "Katie" (although it's a very famous photo), but I can tell you that the Hasty Pees first landed in Sicily then moved to Italy through Messina... the Regiment was not directly involved in Salerno per se. However, at that time the 1st Canadian Infantry Division was attached to the British 8th Army, so that carrier may have been from replacement stocks. Perhaps someone here with closer ties to the Regiment can give us more information? I certainly don't know enough about carriers to determine even whether "Katie" is of British or Canadian manufacture, only that it appears well-used by the time that photo was taken...

Katie is a Canadian Mk.1*. I think it's dust rather than waterproofing on the rivets(?). (Oh, and Geoff, isn't that Ted Dente driving?). The Hasty Pee's Regimental Association bought a running carrier many years ago and keep (kept?) it in their armouries in Belleville. Cadets (the dirty little buggers) kept throwing garbage and pop cans into it.

[RichardT10829]

was that carrier not the one restored by Don Barrie (Thunder Bay) then donated to the group ? i know he has done a few and donated them to causes around Canada. i have a picture of this carrier in convoy (from him) so i presume it is the one he did.



Rich

[Bruce Parker (RIP)]

Originally Posted by RichardT10829

was that carrier not the one restored by Don Barrie (Thunder Bay) then donated to the group ? i know he has done a few and donated them to causes around Canada. i have a picture of this carrier in convoy (from him) so i presume it is the one he did.

Rich

The carrier was one of the ones at the Elliot Brothers yard in Newtonville, near Port Hope, Ontario. It was the Elliots themselves that got it running for the Regiment. I once did a parade with the Hasty Pee's through Picton, Ontario with my carrier alongside Katie.

[Geoff Winnington-Ball (RIP)]

Originally Posted by Bruce Parker

Katie is a Canadian Mk.1*. I think it's dust rather than waterproofing on the rivets(?). (Oh, and Geoff, isn't that Ted Dente driving?).

Naw, that wasn't Dentay, Bruce... remember the pic below? That's Brett Jacobsen, Ted Dentay and Fred Ciraco identified - do you have names for the rest?

[pzrwest]

In the restored carrier one of the men wearing the red berets looks alot like my old RSM Bill Vallance

[Nigel Watson]

What I love about the top photo of Katie is how her name has been painted parallel to the ground when the carrier was obviously well laden! Brilliant signwriting!!!

Nigel