Wartime T16 pictures (#2)

[Lynn Eades]

Back in the thread on 13/11/23 Keith Brooker posted some photos. The first one is of T8523 which was a U.C. Mk.I built by Thornycroft. It was a very early MkI modified to MkII. I say very early as it is from (numerically) the first contract let for U.Cs. (T6868) References from Nigel Watsons Vol one. The 103rd of that contract, btw.

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Personnel of the Royal Hamilton Light Infantry riding in T16 Universal Carrier
27 Oct. 1944 / Krabbendijke, Netherlands.

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[Hanno Spoelstra]

April 1945: crossing the Schipbeek Canal near Markelo, the Netherlands.

Who can identify the unit?

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[maple_leaf_eh]

Hanno, those are neat pontoon rafts. The vehicle could belong to anybody, but I think the raft was operated by Engineers.

[Ed Storey]

Those neat pontoon rafts were part of the Folding Boat Equipment and they were indeed operated by Engineers.

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Originally Posted by maple_leaf_eh

Hanno, those are neat pontoon rafts. The vehicle could belong to anybody, but I think the raft was operated by Engineers.

Originally Posted by Ed Storey

Those neat pontoon rafts were part of the Folding Boat Equipment and they were indeed operated by Engineers.

Brave men to carry a heavy armoured vehicle across a canal on wood & canvas boats (must say I have been influenced by the scene in A Bridge Too Far).

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Canadian T16 Carrier T95793 guiding prisoners of war.
Location: Kruisweg road, Hoofddorp, The Netherlands.
Date: ca. 8 May 1945.

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Source: https://hdl.handle.net/21.12102/1F49...FDCA59A89CCC2A