Ontario armour

[gcrossley]

Hi,

There were 40 of the large Armoured Cars produced, and one of the Scouting Cars. The scouting car was based on the Russell-Knight open tourer.

Prior to all vehicles being shipped to England, they were shown around Toronto. One photo shows them at the Exhibition grounds in September 1915 (PAC Photo 71673). The vehicles were all shipped to England in December 1915.

The term Russell and Jeffrey refer to the same vehicle, when speaking of the large Armoured Cars. Russel-Knight refers to the scouting car.

When you find the negatives/photos of Armoured Cars that you refer to, you could send me images and I can identify them for you.

These are very interesting vehicles and need to be better documented than they are. It would be nice to see your photos if they are of these vehicles.

There were other types of Armoured Car produced for or in Canada durign the war. The Autocar used by the 1st Auto MG Brigade was first seen in Montreal and later shipped overseas. One survives in the Canadian War Museum collection. The other type was the Packard, of which at least one was produced in 1914 for the Borden MG battery. The only photograph of it I know was taken in Ottawa.

If you wish to communicate with me off-line, you can use my email link found in the Museum section of the FGH webpage at: http://www.fortgarryhorse.ca

Gord Crossley
The Fort Garry Horse Museum and Archives