abandoned U/C carrier

[Colin Macgregor Stevens]

Markings appear to be THE WESTMINSTER REGIMENT as was noted by another reader. I can't quite make out what is below that. A key thing to look for the the DND number painted on the sides (about where heads of driver and passenger were) e.g. 1943 style 51-234 and overpainted by it the earlier DND number like 42-1-1234. Also as mentioned by another responder, the War Department number assigned at the factory e.g. CT123456 stamped into the top edge of the armour in front of the driver.

The Museum of the Royal Westminster Regiment Historical Society is looking for a Universal Carrier - wouldn't it be nice if that one could come back to New Westminster? Also if the original DND numbers can be found it MIGHT be possible to find "in-service" photos of this carrier.

By the way, I work two blocks from their armouries as I run the New Westminster Museum and Archives.

I have a UC project too. I am also Curator of the Seaforth Highlanders of Canada Museum and Archives and we have a UC Mk. I (1943) under restoration.

[George McKenzie]

Gordon's dad went north to go minning .He took three carriers and two LVT's.Like alot of us we were too joung to be interested in what happen to the old things that were left around by our parents .Guys in the south woke up to the fact that these things were getting valuable sooner than the fellows in the north .Like 2000 miles I'm talking .So alot of the military vahicles disappeared .Some ended as far away as Ottawa and to the USA . I got one of the carriers that his dad had .It was salvaged from the garbage dump in Yellow Knife .All that was left was one track , two sides and part of the rearend . The #at the back left corner is 10407 .I even thought I would take a crack at getting the one off the Island .You would have to get it ready in the summer than go back when the ice got thick enough and drag it to shore . This lake is one of the largest in the world and can be very dangerous .There is a ocean going tug with barges that were carrying 1957 Dodge cars at the bottom ,500ft . It would be great if Gordon could get it and we could help him with the restoration .What do you say Gordon ?