Film Zulu: Colour Sergeant Bourne: It's a miracle. Lieutenant John Chard: If it's a miracle, Colour Sergeant, it's a short chamber Boxer Henry point 45 caliber miracle. Colour Sergeant Bourne: And a bayonet, sir, with some guts behind it.
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Posts : 902 Join date : 2017-05-13 Age : 58 Location : Uttoxeter - the last place God made and he couldn't be bothered to finish it.....
Subject: British Wagon 'flags' Fri Aug 30, 2019 10:05 am
Hi
I have opened my trap on a wargames Forum and said that somewhere, I have read that British wagons had flags or pennants' on them to indicate if they held Ammunition or other things.....
I think they were smallish square ones on the right front of the wagon......
Now for the life of me, I can't find where I have read it......
Does anyone know what colours where used for what things.....or have I can completely mad and dreamed it?
thanks
Simon
John Young
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Subject: Re: British Wagon 'flags' Fri Aug 30, 2019 1:25 pm
Simon,
Wagon identification pennants were square in shape.
Red = An ammunition wagon.
Blue = A Commissariat wagon.
Red (Upper) and White divided diagonally = Wagons attached to the Staff.
Red (Upper) and Blue divided diagonally = Royal Artillery wagon.
Red (Upper) and Green divided diagonally = Regimental wagon in this case the 24th.
Red (Upper) and Yellow divided diagonally = Wagons attached to locally raised units.
White with a Red Cross = Hospital wagons and Ambulances.
Any use?
JY
SRB1965
Posts : 902 Join date : 2017-05-13 Age : 58 Location : Uttoxeter - the last place God made and he couldn't be bothered to finish it.....
Subject: Re: British Wagon 'flags' Fri Aug 30, 2019 9:49 pm
Thank you, John.
I've passed the info on and given you due credit.....
Ta
Simon
John Young
Posts : 2837 Join date : 2013-09-08 Age : 67 Location : Слава Україні! Героям слава!
Subject: Re: British Wagon 'flags' Sat Aug 31, 2019 4:59 pm
Simon,
No problem, happy to help.
I’ll dig out some wagons photographs and see if I have any with flags.
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