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Nice link, thanks Ian

 

Mersa Matruh is a name that the next generation of Desert Rats would certainly recognise

This pic is captioned No.1 Car, No.3 Battery RR Armoured Cars at that place

Note the top of the turret has been removed, very probably to improve ventilation and reduce the heat in the car when it was used in the desert

 

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photo from 'Rolls Royce and the Great Vicory' original pub. 1919

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I'd certainly say the L.A.M.B units in the Middle East were a direct forerunner for the LRDG in WW2. In Mesopotamia they were used to get behind enemy lines to cut communications (telegraph wires) and cut off enemy troops. They also rescued downed pilots from well behind enemy lines, salvaged aircraft and sabotaged bridges and railways (Berlin to Baghdad).I've seen notes in a war diary of attacking enemy airfield (Tikrit if I remember rightly). In addition the business end of Lawrence operations were the Machine Gun Corps (Motors) of the Hejaz armoured cars.

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Is that between Aqaba and Petra, David? If so, this is what the area looked like in 2014.

 

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I believe it is the place, as the hill looks very like it. They also  had a camp called "Tooth Hill"  for obvious reasons (location discovered just a few years ago) that was directly east of  Aqaba. In the picture I posted earlier they are obviously camped and also you can see a wind sock so likely a good place for temporary airstrip. The ground looks pretty decent for the cars. Both there and in Mesopotamia the armoured cars worked closely with the RFC. My grandfather who was in a L.A.M.B unit did some back seat flying in an RE8 of 63 Squadron. The picture with the plane is in Mesopotamia - 14th L.A.M.B bringing in a Martinsyde Elephant  that had been forced down by the German air force in Palestine and then re used by the Turks in Mesopotamia.

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