21 AFV and 75 AVD

[Nick Bullock]

Hi Richard and Clive

What a great story, thanks for sharing it. So its seems they were one and the same place, it sounds huge and I had never heard its name mentioned before. So reading between the lines it was an 'end of the line storage centre' for unwanted vehicles awaiting disposal and that John Marchant link is a classic, what a memory!! better than mine by miles.

I would be interested to know a little more about 21AFV, I have managed to find that 21BVD was at Feltham, were they the same place?

There is another code to thow into the pot, that being ORD 13a, I understand that 13 Ordnance company were based at Stöcken Barracks, Hannover, Germany. Same question realy, would the 'a' be armoured??

thanks for helping here, it makes fascinating reading.

kind regards
nick

[Richard Farrant]

Originally Posted by Nick Bullock

I would be interested to know a little more about 21AFV, I have managed to find that 21BVD was at Feltham, were they the same place?

There is another code to thow into the pot, that being ORD 13a, I understand that 13 Ordnance company were based at Stöcken Barracks, Hannover, Germany. Same question realy, would the 'a' be armoured??

Nick,
I wonder if 21AFV was the correct designation, perhaps it should have been 21AVD ? Then it might line up with Feltham, which was known as 21BVD.

Additional info............75BVD and 72BVD ( Market Harborough), were both sub units of 7 Vehicle Group HQ at Castle Donnington.

[Clive_Dakers]

ORD 13a sounds more like a department in a ministry. 13 Ord was 13 Ordnance Company, part of 1 Ordnance Battalion serving 1st Division.