Upside Down Tank

[Mark W. Tonner]

Originally posted by Bill Miller
Perhaps some of the MLU members may be able pick out some more details/clues which may point to date/location/event from these new pictures?

Hi Bill;

I would say that both ARGYLE II and AUDACITY belong to "A" Squadron of the Strathcona's who served in Korea from May 1953 to June 1954. There are two reason's why I say this, in 1945, 4th Troop, "A" Sqn had a Firefly named ARGYLE and that from May 1951 through to June 1954, the armoured squadron with 25th Cdn Inf Bde was supplied by the Strathcona's:

May 51 to Jun 52 - "C" Sqn LdSH
Jun 52 to May 53 - "B" Sqn LdSH
May 53 to Jun 54 - "A" Sqn LdSH
Jun 54 to Nov 54 - "D" Sqn RCD

Within the Strathcona's, tank names usually started with the letter of the squadron designation, ie those in "A" Sqn started with the letter A, "B" Sqn, the letter B, etc. ......

Anyways Bill, hope this helps.

Cheers