WW1 Military Motors - 1916 set x 50 cards

[GRANVILLE]

I did wonder if this was what they were for, but can't recall ever seeing photos of busses making use of them. Presumably there would have been a pole from one side to the other etc?

David

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I did wonder if this was what they were for, but can't recall ever seeing photos of busses making use of them. Presumably there would have been a pole from one side to the other etc?

David

David,

Here is a photograph of ' Lifeguards ' being tested on a dummy at an L.G.O.C. London Bus garage, prior to their being fitted to some London buses, presumably on a trail basis.

LF

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[Lancashire Fusilier]

David,

It was the downward/forward rotation of the bus' tyre running over the person which did the damage, the ' Lifeguard ' device was designed to prevent the tyre coming into contact with the person, it also assisted in pushing the person clear of the wheel, all this giving the driver time to brake and stop the bus.

LF

[GRANVILLE]

Many thanks LF.

[Rockdoc]

On an Airfix Type B bus I built too many years ago to count, there were slatted boards under the body, between the wheels, to move people and objects away from the rear wheels as well. As that would be where much of the weight would be concentrated the precaution would be even more necessary.

Keith

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there were slatted boards under the body, between the wheels, to move people and objects away from the rear wheels as well.

Keith,

Here is a photograph of a ' General ' B-Type London motorbus, fitted with the safety rails between the front and rear wheels on both sides of the bus, designed to prevent a person or object from falling under the bus. Also, note the bus driver is wearing the white ' Summer ' uniform.

LF

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First Battle of the Somme ( Battle of Albert )

A Motorcycle Machine Gun Section with their Clyno 744 c.c. twin cylinder motorcycles and sidecars mounted with Vickers machine guns, displaying their German war souvenirs taken during the capture of Contalmaison, a small village 3 miles N.E. of Albert and 1/2 mile S. of Pozieres.

The village of Contalmaison was reached on the 1st July, 1916, by small parties of the 34th Division. It was stormed by the 23rd Division on the 7th July, and some men of the Northumberland Fusiliers taken prisoner four days earlier were released; but it was lost the same afternoon. It was finally captured during fierce fighting on the 8th and 9th July and the Yorkshire Regiment cleared it on the 10th July, 1916. However, it was lost again in March, 1918, and recaptured by the 38th (Welsh) Division on the evening of the following 24th August, 1918.

LF

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The photograph of the damaged B-Type London motorbus shown in David's post # 1098 is extremely interesting and important, in that, it shows a B-Type ' General ' London motorbus No.B 804 which was severely damaged by enemy action during the German Naval Zeppelin raid over London on the night of September 8th, 1915, and even more importantly and tragically, both the bus Driver and the Conductor, as well as several of the bus passengers were killed, and were among the 22 persons killed that night by the bombs dropped from German Naval Zeppelin L13, commanded by Kapitänleutnant Heinrich Mathy.

B 804 had been travelling its route No. 8, when it was hit at Norton Folgate, London E.1.

German Army Zeppelins had attacked the night before, and the German Naval Zeppelins were anxious to emulate the Army's success the following night. So on the night of September 8th, 1915, three Naval Zeppelins L10, L11 and L13, ( L12 having been shot down by gunfire on 9 August 1915 ), were directed against London and one against an ironworks at Skinningrove. L11 turned back early with engine trouble and returned home. L13 reached London, approaching over Golders Green, Kapitänleutnant Heinrich Mathy began bombing around 22:40. Amongst his Zeppelin's bomb-load was a 300 kilograms (660 lb) device, the largest yet carried on a Zeppelin. It exploded on Bartholomew Close, did a great deal of property damage, left a huge crater eight feet deep and killed two men.

The Zeppelin was repeatedly caught by searchlights and all 12 anti-aircraft gun emplacements in London were active and opened fire on the Zeppelin, however, due to the high flying Zeppelin, every anti-aircraft shell fired at the Zeppelin exploded too low and the falling shrapnel caused both damage and alarm on the ground.

Three aircraft were in the air, yet none even saw the Zeppelin; and one of the aircraft crashed on landing killing the pilot.

The raid claimed 22 lives and injured 87 people, leaving a trail of destruction throughout Central London causing substantial damage estimated at a then massive £530,787.

LF

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[Lancashire Fusilier]

The B-type bus, No. B 804, which was hit on the night of 8 September 1915 in the Norton Folgate area of East London, whilst in service on route 8, in what was up until then, the worst Zeppelin raid on London of the First World War. The driver and conductor were both killed, as were several of the passengers. The framework and body panels were burnt and distorted, and all the windows were smashed. A replacement body was fitted from store, and the bus was soon back in service by the end of the month.

The damaged B 804 B-Type bus was photographed at the L.G.O.C. Willesden bus garage, sometime later in September 1915 shortly after the Zeppelin raid.

LF

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Damaged caused in Central London by bombs dropped from the German Naval Zeppelin L13 September 8 - 9, 1915.

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10th September, 1915 front page of the ' Morror ' newspaper, reporting on the L13 Zeppelin raid. The front page photo shows Anti-Aircraft searchlights lighting up London, and in the foreground is the Embankment and Cleopatra's Needle.

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Plaque attached to 61 Farringdon Road, London, the original building at that location was destroyed by bombs from the L13 Zeppelin raid on September 8, 1915.

LF

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British Anti-Zeppelin Propaganda Posters.

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British Anti-Zeppelin Propaganda Poster.

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German photograph taken of Naval Zeppelin L13 setting out on her attack on London, September 8, 1915.

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German Naval Zeppelin L13 at her base.

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Biography and photo portrait of Kapitänleutnant Heinrich Mathy, Commander of German Naval Zeppelin L13 and later Commander of L31.

" Born 4th April, 1883 at Mannheim, Germany, died 2nd January, 1916 at Potters Bar, England.
Kapitanleutnant Heinrich Mathy achieved a rare accolade during the Great War; he was one of very few Germans whose names were household words in Britain. During the "Zeppelin Scourge" of 1915 and 1916, Mathy was known and feared as the most daring and audacious of all the Zeppelin raiders. Born on 4th April, 1883 in Mannheim, Mathy decided, while still a boy, that he wished to make his career in the German Navy. He was an exceptional cadet and achieved command of his own ship earlier than was usual in those days.
Having been selected for a possible Naval Staff role, he spent two years at the ' Marine Akademie ' and it was during his two summers there, 1913 and 1914, that he was able to fly in Count Fedinand von Zeppelin's dirigible airships.
At the beginning of 1915, Mathy was tranferred to airships at the insistence of Peter Strasser, ( Führer der Luftschiffer - Leader of airships) and took part in his first raid on England a few days later, on 13th January, being forced to turn back on this occasion because of bad weather. Later, however, he flew on several raids over England, usually over Northern England. On 8th September, 1915, Mathy's L13 caused great damage by fire to the central area of London itself, and further damage was caused when Mathy returned to the capital on the night of 13th/14th October.
By the following Summer, Mathy, in command of the new ship, L31 was ready for more attacks on London. He attacked on the night of 24th/25th August, 1916, again causing considerable damage. The L31 was damaged on landing on this occasion and while it was grounded for repairs, news came in that the British had, for the first time, managed to shoot down an airship by using incendiary bullets.
As more airships crashed to earth in flames in the following weeks, Mathy must have known that the days of the airship as a terror-weapon were numbered. He wrote: "It is only a question of time before we join the rest. Everyone admits that they feel it. Our nerves are ruined by mistreatment. If anyone should say that he was not haunted by visions of burning airships, then he would be a braggart."
Mathy and his crew "joined the rest" when L31 attacked London for the last time on the night of 1st/2nd October, 1916, to be shot down in flames by 2/Lieut. W. J. Tempest. The ship fell just oustide Potters Bar, to the North of London. Mathy's body was found some way from the wreckage of the ship, half-embedded in the corner of a field. Obviously, his last act had been to leap clear of the falling inferno rather than wait for the crash. According to some accounts, he lived for a few minutes after striking the earth.
Originally buried at Potters Bar, the bodies of Mathy and his crew were moved in the early 60s to Cannock Chase in Staffordshire, where a new cemetery had been constructed for the burial of all Germans from both World Wars who died on British soil. He lies buried there with his crew, near the entrance, along with the commanders and crews of the other three airships which were shot down over England. "

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German Naval Zeppelin L13, crew photographs.

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German Naval Zeppelin L31's Potters Bar crash site, where Kapitänleutnant Heinrich Mathy was killed on 2nd October, 1916.

The large oak tree on which the wreckage of L31 landed, is still there and is known locally as the ' Zeppelin Oak '.

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Painting depicting a Zeppelin raider seen from Piccadilly Circus over a blacked-out London, the Zeppelin picked out by Anti-Aircraft searchlights.

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An excellent painting, graphically depicting the crew in the rear engine's Gondola on a German Zeppelin.

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The Cannock Chase German Cemetery grave of Kapitänleutnant Heinrich Mathy and the crew of German Naval Zeppelin L31, shot down over Potters Bar on October 2nd, 1916 by 2/Lieut. W. J. Tempest.

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RFC. Lt. W. J. Tempest, D.S.O.

Born in Pontefract, West Yorkshire, he was farming in Saskatchewan, Canada with his brother Edmund when news came of the start of WW1. Both men promptly returned to England, joining the King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry and later transferring to the Royal Flying Corps.

By the autumn of 1916, Lt. Wulstan Tempest was stationed at RFC. Hornchurch aerodrome with 39 Squadron, and flying a range of the Royal Aircraft Factory series of BE ( Bleriot Experimental ) craft.

The night he shot down German Naval Zeppelin L31, 2nd October 1916, Lt. Tempest was piloting a BE2c ( BE4577 )

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Dramatic painting depicting the shooting down of German Naval Zeppelin L31, by RFC. Lt. W. J. Tempest, D.S.O., the night of 2nd October 1916.

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The photo shows a RFC. RE8 aircraft, which having made a bad landing just short of the road near Boesinghe ( modern spelling Boezinge ), came to rest nose down by the road, and being passed by an Army supply wagon.

Boesinghe was a small Flanders village 2.5 miles North of Ypres and was located along the Yser Canal, it was part of the West-Vlaanderen region which was the northernmost territory held by the British during WW1, and was an area of fierce fighting around Artillery Wood, Rose X Roads, Pilckem Ridge, Langemarck and the Yser Canal.

The Royal Aircraft Factory RE8 was a 2 seater biplane used both as a reconnaissance aircraft and a bomber. It first flew in service with the RFC on 17th June, 1916 and some 4077 were built.

The RE8 had a 140 hp. RAF4a engine giving a maximum speed of 103 mph. The RE8 was armed with 1 X .303 forward-firing Vickers machine gun and 1 or 2 .303 Lewis Guns mounted in the rear cockpit. As a bomber, it had a bomb load of up to 224 lbs.

The photograph is dated 16th August, 1917.

LF

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