Vehicles used by Dutch Prinses Irene Brigade

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Originally Posted by Rogier Peeters

thanks for identifying the car in the photo. The Standard Utility indeed does not appear to be in this list. My thoughts are twofold:
1. the list is from March 1943, the photo from 1945;
2. the vehicle does not belong to the Irene Brigade, but probably to the staff of 'Bevelhebber Nederlandse Strijdkrachten'. For comparison I attached a photo of Prins Bernhard's Mercedes.

Rogier, either option could be true, though I would place my bets on it being with the PIB. Like you said, the picture was made two years after the vehicle stock list was drawn up. By that time the "F.A. Guy tractor" was replaced by the Ford FGT as we have seen here.

I also found a photo of an Allied Opel Blitz in The Hague. According to the caption it is Canadian. Unfortunately unit markings are not clearly visible, however the marking on the left fender does look like the Irene Brigade marking.

Most likely PIB too, although the Canadians were renowed for "liberating" equipment.

Hanno