NEW THIS WEEK – MONDAY 6 JULY 2009

Hi and welcome once again to this week’s weekly newsletter of what’s new on Miliblog.

Well we managed to get the additional 40 photos of the old AEC Matador WW2 Gun Tractor scanned and onto Miliblog ! This means we have over 110 photos of these famous old trucks for you to see, whether you have seen one working at an agricultural show or even made an Airfix plastic model kit of one. To find them look under Military Vehicles, British, WW2 Preserved, Gun Tractors.

This week we have been looking through our badge collection and scanning on a few more, this time concentrating on some WW2 and post war British cloth badges. Many are of British Armies, such as the 1st Army which operated in Tunisia, the 2nd Army that was raised for the Normandy Invasion, and the famous 8th Army that fought it’s way across North Africa and the up through Italy. Finally not to forget the ‘Forgotten 14th’ , the 14th Army led by General Slim in the Far East. Some of them almost look homemade ! But I am assured by colleagues in the know that they were often locally made while on the campaign ! Can anyone out there help on this at all ?

Also added this week is a nice photo taken on March 5, 1944 at the Photographic Section of the American Red Cross at 87, Duke Street, London W1. The guy’s name is PFC Bennie Lewis Devane, who was from Schley, in the State of Georgia. I wonder what his story was and where he served ?

Well for next week, I’ve been sifting through the albums once again and we are going to have a British 1950/60′s week with lots of old Leyland Martian trucks in Cargo, Artillery and Heavy Recovery modes.

So I wish you all a great week and hope that the rain here in the UK stops for a while !

Cheerio !

Simon

British 1st Army (Embroid)

 

 

 

British 2nd Army (Embroid)

 

 

 

British 8th Army (Embroid)

British 14th Army (Embroid)