Windsor Carrier in Canadian service

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Originally posted by Neil Ashley
My group has photographic evidence of 43rd Recce usuing Windsor Carrier's as early as October 1943. Indeed some verterans of the regiment claim to have been using them from the time of their landing in late June 1944.

The British Army for spares and training reasons tried to restrict vehicle types within formations, and this is how presumably the Canadian Army ended up as the largest users of T16's (perhaps the only) in North West Europe. Canadian formations were already totaly committed to the T16 (in certain roles) by the time of Normandy landings. Indeed it would be interesting to know what Canadian production orders were placed for the Windsor Carrier.

There are plenty of late war photographs of Windsor's in use with the British and Polish Armies but few of Canadian use.

Below if it attaches is a picture from a recent regimental news letter.

The photo attached is of a late production type Windsor (shape of the gun position is different from the early production) so one has to assume this is not the photographic evidence of October 1943 (which would show an early production Windsor). It would be interesting to see these photos. As production had started in1943 only to be halted because of mechanical problems it is possible that some early Windsors escaped from captivity.