Lancashire Fusilier Posted 18 May , 2015 Author Share Posted 18 May , 2015 The Mobile Workshop Lorry was usually accompanied by a Stores Lorry, which from the exterior looked very similar to the Mobile Workshop Lorry when travelling with it's wood panelled sides raised, except that the Stores Lorry's wood panels were fixed and did not open and close as did the Mobile Workshop's wood panels. The Stores Lorry carried a wide selection of various spare parts, which were needed in the Mobile Workshop for the maintenance and repair of vehicles and equipment. Here is a photograph of a Mobile Workshop Unit in front of their Stores Lorry, showing good details of the Stores Lorry's distinctive wood panelled sides LF This image is reproduced strictly for non-commercial research and private study purposes as permitted under the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, as amended and revised. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dai Bach y Sowldiwr Posted 19 May , 2015 Share Posted 19 May , 2015 This is a most facinating thread. Well done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lancashire Fusilier Posted 19 May , 2015 Author Share Posted 19 May , 2015 This is a most facinating thread. Well done. Many thanks, I am pleased that you are enjoying this Thread. Regards, LF Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lancashire Fusilier Posted 19 May , 2015 Author Share Posted 19 May , 2015 A final selection of photographs showing the important work of keeping the British Army's Guns maintained and repaired on the Western Front. The first photograph, shows a 60 pdr being serviced in August 1917 IWM This image is reproduced strictly for non-commercial research and private study purposes as permitted under the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, as amended and revised. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lancashire Fusilier Posted 19 May , 2015 Author Share Posted 19 May , 2015 A busy AOC workshop on the Western Front in August 1917. LF IWM This image is reproduced strictly for non-commercial research and private study purposes as permitted under the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, as amended and revised. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lancashire Fusilier Posted 19 May , 2015 Author Share Posted 19 May , 2015 Using a pulley to lift part of a gun carriage, and it is interesting to note that one of the gun barrels lying on the workshop floor has been named ' Alice '. This photograph is dated October 1917. LF IWM This image is reproduced strictly for non-commercial research and private study purposes as permitted under the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, as amended and revised. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lancashire Fusilier Posted 19 May , 2015 Author Share Posted 19 May , 2015 Cleaning the Buffer from a 6 inch Howitzer. LF IWM This image is reproduced strictly for non-commercial research and private study purposes as permitted under the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, as amended and revised. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lancashire Fusilier Posted 19 May , 2015 Author Share Posted 19 May , 2015 AOC Gun Artificers working on a 9 inch Howitzer in an AOC Workshop somewhere on the Western Front. Note the ' 12 SB ' chalked on the Howitzer, indicating it is from the 12th Siege Battery. Also, note the Howitzer's camouflage paint scheme, seen more clearly on the top of the Howitzer. LF IWM This image is reproduced strictly for non-commercial research and private study purposes as permitted under the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, as amended and revised. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GRANVILLE Posted 19 May , 2015 Share Posted 19 May , 2015 Fascinating images. David Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lancashire Fusilier Posted 20 May , 2015 Author Share Posted 20 May , 2015 Fascinating images. David David, Many thanks, I understand that the AOC Gun Artificers were working around the clock to keep the British Army's Guns firing. Regards, LF Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnboy Posted 20 May , 2015 Share Posted 20 May , 2015 The pictures give a good idea of the size of things. Most are taken from a distance and the perspective of size is rather distorted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lancashire Fusilier Posted 20 May , 2015 Author Share Posted 20 May , 2015 Photographed in an Army Service Corps Motor Transport Depot ( ASC MT ) Damaged Lorry Park on the Western Front, are various badly damaged lorries kept for their salvageable spare parts. Centre of the photograph, is a Leyland A-Type Lorry, destroyed by a shell's direct hit. Other interesting lorry parts, which give us some details of their construction, are seen scattered about. LF IWM This image is reproduced strictly for non-commercial research and private study purposes as permitted under the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, as amended and revised. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lancashire Fusilier Posted 20 May , 2015 Author Share Posted 20 May , 2015 Enemy shelling was the major cause of severe damage to lorries, as was the case with this lorry, shelled during the Battle of Ypres. Whenever possible, damaged lorries would be recovered and used for their much needed spare parts. Note the timbered road, laid at great effort. LF IWM This image is reproduced strictly for non-commercial research and private study purposes as permitted under the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, as amended and revised. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lancashire Fusilier Posted 20 May , 2015 Author Share Posted 20 May , 2015 The pictures give a good idea of the size of things. Most are taken from a distance and the perspective of size is rather distorted. johnboy, Also true of the tools being used, as with the massive spanner lying on the ground in post # 3606. Regards, LF Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Filsell Posted 20 May , 2015 Share Posted 20 May , 2015 Having, just for fun, put up a thread on Great War Jack Russells on the Forum some time ago, its nice to see a number of them cropping up in this thread. They reallyl seem to have got themselves everywhere in WW1. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lancashire Fusilier Posted 20 May , 2015 Author Share Posted 20 May , 2015 Having, just for fun, put up a thread on Great War Jack Russells on the Forum some time ago, its nice to see a number of them cropping up in this thread. They reallyl seem to have got themselves everywhere in WW1. David, The little Terriers, such as the Jack Russell, were popular as mascots, pets and also very popular due to their ratting abilities in the trenches. Not sure if the Terrier in this photo belongs to the children, and is used by the soldiers to clear their trenches, either way, from the results, that Terrier was a great ratter. Regards, LF This image is reproduced strictly for non-commercial research and private study purposes as permitted under the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, as amended and revised. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dai Bach y Sowldiwr Posted 20 May , 2015 Share Posted 20 May , 2015 Just look at the size of some of those rats!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lancashire Fusilier Posted 20 May , 2015 Author Share Posted 20 May , 2015 Just look at the size of some of those rats!!!!! Unfortunately, rats had an ample food supply in and around the trenches, and with their feeding non-stop on both human and horse flesh, they grew to a massive size, with reports of some rats growing to be a big as small cats ! Here is another photo showing a little Terrier's rat catch, after ratting for just 15 minutes in a trench. Regards, LF This image is reproduced strictly for non-commercial research and private study purposes as permitted under the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, as amended and revised. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scalyback Posted 20 May , 2015 Share Posted 20 May , 2015 johnboy, Also true of the tools being used, as with the massive spanner lying on the ground in post # 3606. Regards, LF Thus the REME that has taken most of the AOC/ASC/RE tasks of maintenance say "Looks complicated, get a bigger hammer" As always a great thread Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Filsell Posted 21 May , 2015 Share Posted 21 May , 2015 LF Thanks for the additional 'Jacks' material - and for the rats. Interestingly there none are "the size of cats' which are so often recorded in (usually second hand) accounts of trench warfare. Anyone got a bigger rat-pic? David Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lancashire Fusilier Posted 21 May , 2015 Author Share Posted 21 May , 2015 Here is another interesting J. Russell photo, not of a J. Russell Terrier, but rather relating to Gunner J. Russell of the Australian Garrison Artillery, who was part of the Gun Crew responsible for firing Australia's first shot in WW1, and also the first shot fired by the British Empire in WW1. The Australian Garrison Artillery gun crew manning a circa 1890, 6 inch Mk.VII coastal gun at Fort Nepean on the Mornington Peninsula, fired on the German merchant ship, SS Pfalz at 1245 hours, on 5 August 1914. The SS Pfalz, which was carrying German consular officials and contraband had been attempting to escape into the open sea via the Bass Straight through Port Phillip Heads ( South of Melbourne ), until stopped by this warning shot fired across her bows from Fort Nepean. The Australians boarded the SS Pfalz and captured the crew, who were interned as Prisoners of War. Following her capture, the SS Pfalz was converted into an Australian Troop Transport, and re-named HMT Boomara. Members of the AGA Gun Crew at Fort Nepean who fired on the SS Pfalz were :- Back row, left to right: Gunner (Gnr) A Brown; Sergeant (Sgt) C R Carter; Gnr W Carlin; Gnr F J Mealey; Bombardier (Bdr) J Purdue; Gnr J Russell; Bdr J Edwards; Bdr H L Hope. Front row: Gnr A Murray; Captain Moreton David Williams; Gnr V Quirk; Corporal (Cpl) W W Young; Company Sergeant Major E H Wheeler; Cpl J J Jack; Gnr J Gregory; Gnr J Ryan. LF AWM This image is reproduced strictly for non-commercial research and private study purposes as permitted under the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, as amended and revised. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lancashire Fusilier Posted 21 May , 2015 Author Share Posted 21 May , 2015 The former German merchant ship SS Pfalz, photographed following her capture on August 5, 1914 and re-named HMT Boomara. LF AWM This image is reproduced strictly for non-commercial research and private study purposes as permitted under the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, as amended and revised. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lancashire Fusilier Posted 21 May , 2015 Author Share Posted 21 May , 2015 Fort Nepean. LF This image is reproduced strictly for non-commercial research and private study purposes as permitted under the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, as amended and revised. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lancashire Fusilier Posted 21 May , 2015 Author Share Posted 21 May , 2015 The preserved gun barrel from the 6 inch Coastal Gun which fired on the SS Pfalz at Fort Nepean. LF This image is reproduced strictly for non-commercial research and private study purposes as permitted under the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, as amended and revised. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Filsell Posted 21 May , 2015 Share Posted 21 May , 2015 So, Gunner J Russell lived up to his name and helped catch an extremely large bunch of rats! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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