Moonraker Posted 24 September , 2019 Share Posted 24 September , 2019 (edited) We've had threads about Armstrong, Aylwyn, Tarrant, Nissen and Adrian Huts, but Vancott huts ... See here I can find no more about them, but I suspect that they were never adopted by the army. I can't see their " very slender timber construction", albeit with "the box-like form giving great strength", surviving the rigours of Salisbury Plain. Does anyone know more? (I'm ploughing through old NZ newspaper, courtesy of PapersPast. Another article for late 1914 announced that George V was considering having a house built within sight of Stonehenge so he could more easily review troops training on Salisbury Plain!) Moonraker Just come across - again - the George V-Stonehenge article here (Scroll down.) Edited 24 September , 2019 by Moonraker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Acknown Posted 24 September , 2019 Share Posted 24 September , 2019 (edited) Its raining so ... There is a piece of real estate named Vancott just north of Sirault in Belgium, where 17th Northumberland Fusiliers (52 Div) ended the war. It's opposite a cemetery but no War Graves. Not much help, but no other places of that name found, leading me to suspect that if there was such a hut, it might be named after a person. Acknown Afterthought: An early name for a type of hut that was replaced by a more common name? Edited 24 September , 2019 by Acknown Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin DavidOwen Posted 24 September , 2019 Admin Share Posted 24 September , 2019 Following up on Acknown's suggestion (it is raining here too) the Van Cott's are / were a prominent Mormon family. I have tried searching for Cabins and huts with little success so far.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
travers61 Posted 24 September , 2019 Share Posted 24 September , 2019 (edited) A wiki page exists for a John Van Cott 1814-1883 who was a leading Mormon & is said to have trekked across the US plains several times. Its easy to see that a quick to build & assemble hut would have been required in establishing their settlements & the name carried on to a hut design in WW1. Edited 24 September , 2019 by travers61 missing space Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave1418 Posted 25 September , 2019 Share Posted 25 September , 2019 Hi this is on display in the RE museum and shows RE postal service staff. The huts in the background look rather flimsy and I couldn’t track down what they were. They match the “slender timber construction and box like form”. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Acknown Posted 25 September , 2019 Share Posted 25 September , 2019 1 hour ago, Dave1418 said: Hi this is on display in the RE museum and shows RE postal service staff. The huts in the background look rather flimsy and I couldn’t track down what they were. They match the “slender timber construction and box like form”. Link? Acknown Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madmeg Posted 27 September , 2019 Share Posted 27 September , 2019 On 24/09/2019 at 20:56, Moonraker said: We've had threads about Armstrong, Aylwyn, Tarrant, Nissen and Adrian Huts, but Vancott huts ... See here I can find no more about them, but I suspect that they were never adopted by the army. I can't see their " very slender timber construction", albeit with "the box-like form giving great strength", surviving the rigours of Salisbury Plain. Does anyone know more? (I'm ploughing through old NZ newspaper, courtesy of PapersPast. Another article for late 1914 announced that George V was considering having a house built within sight of Stonehenge so he could more easily review troops training on Salisbury Plain!) Moonraker Just come across - again - the George V-Stonehenge article here (Scroll down.) Interesting- could Vancott stand for "Van Cottage"? as the description makes them sound like a mobile home Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madmeg Posted 27 September , 2019 Share Posted 27 September , 2019 (edited) No apparent Vancott Huts but some interesting WW1 structures (who woulda fort it the Sun can be useful :-D) https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/7692534/world-war-one-hidden-reminders-missed/ I could imagine structures like these finding their way into civilian use after the war- but a wooden construction on an iron frame has probably sunk into the ground by now- as collapsed shepherding huts around the downs will testify.... The Papers past article appears to be a direct "lift" from the British press- the same article appears on oct 29th 1914 in the Sunderland Daily Echo and Shipping Gazette and the Lincolnshire echo Oct 28th (BNA). And for a different type of "Collapsible Hut" (sounds dangerous :-D ) try The Aberdeen Weekly Journal of 19 Feb 1915 (Tommy's Little Wooden Hut) complete with photo. Edited 27 September , 2019 by Madmeg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Acknown Posted 27 September , 2019 Share Posted 27 September , 2019 (edited) 5 hours ago, Madmeg said: https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/7692534/world-war-one-hidden-reminders-missed/ Unknown U-Boat? Surely one of our experts knows! http://www.medwayyachtclub.com/2015/09/ww1-u122-submarine-wreck-medway/. UB 122, it seems. Acknown Edited 27 September , 2019 by Acknown Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave1418 Posted 27 September , 2019 Share Posted 27 September , 2019 On 25/09/2019 at 18:32, Acknown said: Link? Acknown Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Acknown Posted 27 September , 2019 Share Posted 27 September , 2019 Thanks, Dave. They are indeed flimsy! Acknown Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moonraker Posted 29 September , 2019 Author Share Posted 29 September , 2019 At first glance I thought these were Aylwin huts, but these were mono-pitched, whereas those in Dave's photos are dual-pitched. Aylwin huts at Rollestone: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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