Thanks MLU/Hanno-Soldier Identified!!

[Garry Shipton (RIP)]

I was browsing the internet under the Dodge W37 Weapons carrier forum from a sight in Holland under English titles,through a MV Links sight,I logged onto a title "The Liberator",a forum about WW2 motorcycles.Scrolling down through various photos,Lo & Behold,my dad's picture came up,originally from"A Liberation Album".The caption underneath read".A Canadian soldier finally identified as William James(Jamie)Shipton of the RCASC from Kingston Ontario."sitting on a bike in front of a long row of beautiful C60's,just like Marc Montgomery's truck which I've had the priviledge of touching & smelling.It brings things alive for me & my family that they're not forgotten although now gone.
I suspect that through the MLU forum & Hanno's input showing the picture.all of Holland can see a liberator identified during the food shortage affecting the people just before wars' end
Kudos & thanks GWB/Hanno for keeping their service alive,especially at this time of year leading up to Rememberance Day,November 11th.
Thanks guys
Garry

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Garry,

It was you who identified your own dad in the picture in the first place. I thank you for putting a name to one of those millions of unnamed soldier's faces in pictures.

Lest we forget!

Hanno

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Originally posted by Garry Shipton
I logged onto a title "The Liberator",a forum about WW2 motorcycles.Scrolling down through various photos,Lo & Behold,my dad's picture came up,originally from"A Liberation Album".The caption underneath read".A Canadian soldier finally identified as William James(Jamie)Shipton of the RCASC from Kingston Ontario."

Garry, was it this site http://users.pandora.be/theliberator/myliberator.htm you saw? This Belgian site features the famous photo showing your dad:
http://users.pandora.be/theliberator...WLCHOLLAND.jpg
with the caption: "This Export 43WLC heads a CMP Truck column carrying food to the Dutch population in April 1945. The rider has been identified as Corporal William James (Jamie) Shipton from Kingston,Ontario of the First Division,Royal Canadian Army Service Corp. The markings on these vehicles identify the unit as 3rd Medium Regt RCA, attached to the 1st Canadian Army in Holland in 1945. (Picture from Steve GUTHRIE's website)".

But wait till you see this!

http://users.pandora.be/theliberator...s/WLCJoeri.jpg
"Inspired by the wartime image, Joeri Quintyn marked his 43WLC accordingly just prior to the Belgian Wings&Wheels Show on August 8th 2004. The white line under the insignia was still missing."

Did you know this? I think it is a very, very nice tribute to your dad.

Hanno

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Originally Posted by Hanno Spoelstra

Garry, was it this site http://users.pandora.be/theliberator/myliberator.htm you saw? This Belgian site features the famous photo showing your dad:

Reviving an old thread, looking for information about "Operation Faust" I recalled an MLU member's dad was involved in this operation.

Here is a current link to the website featuring this tribute WLC: http://www.theliberator.be/liberator6.htm

WLCHOLLAND.jpg
This Export 43WLC heads a CMP Truck column carrying food to the Dutch population in April 1945. The rider has been identified as Corporal William James (Jamie) Shipton from Kingston,Ontario of the First Division,Royal Canadian Army Service Corp. The markings on these vehicles identify the unit as 3rd Medium Regt RCA, attached to the 1st Canadian Army in Holland in 1945. (Picture from Steve GUTHRIE)

WLCJoeri.jpg
Inspired by the wartime image, Joeri Quintyn marked his 43WLC5668 accordingly just prior to the Belgian Wings&Wheels Show on August 8th 2004. The white line under the insignia was still missing.

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Originally posted by Hanno Spoelstra
"Inspired by the wartime image, Joeri Quintyn marked his 43WLC accordingly just prior to the Belgian Wings&Wheels Show on August 8th 2004. The white line under the insignia was still missing."

Here's a slightly larger version of the same picture, as found on the Wings & Wheels site.

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Related threads:
- CMP's (old MLU Forum, August 15 2002)
- Unit no. 182 (July 6th 2003)

[Garry Shipton (RIP)]

Hanno,
There are no words to express how I am feeling at this moment..Please,if you can,thank Joeri for me from the bottom of my heart.To honour the old D-Day Dodger and his comrades in this way is hard for me to put into words.A little piece of Canada being kept alive in your ccountry.
Thank you.

[Garry Shipton (RIP)]

Mark,don't know if this helps.I re-read your post from last July concerning the unit.I do remember dad telling me that while in Sicily/Italy,they supplied the shells to A Battery RCHA from Kingston Ontario.He mentioned that he was always in contact while near the front with my two uncles from that unit,so is seem logical from your input that you're dead on with your synopsis.
Garry

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Originally posted by Garry Shipton
Please,if you can,thank Joeri for me from the bottom of my heart.

Garry, I´ll see if I can get in touch with Joeri (he´s from Belgium, actually). Now that I know what to look for I´ll keep my eyes open at the military vehicle events I will attend this year to get some more pictures.

[Garry Shipton (RIP)]

Originally posted by Hanno Spoelstra
Garry, I´ll see if I can get in touch with Joeri (he´s from Belgium, actually). Now that I know what to look for I´ll keep my eyes open at the military vehicle events I will attend this year to get some more pictures.

Hanno,
You won't believe this one.Back in 1973,when I was young and single and my pockets jingled, I bought a book called "The Lancaster at War" by Mike Garbett and Brian Goulding which my father was leafing through.Now,this book is about a bomber aka Air Force.Lo and behold on page 126,he looks over to me and says"He took my picture".I asked what he was talking about!!.So ,he goes on to explain that while on leave in London, while crossing Trafalgar Square,he noticed a photographer,with a camera on a tripod taking photos of a Lancaster bomber,up on a pedastal in the square used to buy war bonds.The photo is captioned "Wings of Victory",and believe it or not,there goes,right in front of the photo,our one and only CMP driver, right in the front of the picture, under the nose of the bomber.I wonder how many guys like him are published in books,making it two for him.What are the odds??Beats me.I wish I had a scanner for the additional pictures I have.What a shame that I can't share them.