A distinguished veteran of the First World War, Arthur Wilson is something of a ladies man – as his effect on Pike’s mum shows! A man of breeding, Wilson has a less than authoritarian approach to discipline “would you mind awfully falling in please?” followed by “thank you so much”. During the dark days of…
Walker can get hold of anything – for a price! As a black market spiv (or ‘wholesale supplier’, as he prefers to be known…), regularly interrupts Mainwaring’s long-winded speeches. Walker is a popular if somewhat shifty member of the platoon. During the dark days of 1940, Britain was under dire threat of Nazi invasion. A…
One half of the double act played with the Vicar, the Verger fawns over Reverend Farthing, often referring to him wrongly as “Your Reverence”. Clearly antagonistic of the Home Guard he often refers to them as ‘vanadals’ due to damage caused to the Church Hall in which the platoon meet following their HQ being bombed….
The Austin K2/Y was a British heavy military ambulance built by the Austin Motor Company for use during the Second Wor
The Flying Standard 10 was produced by the Standard Motor Company and used by the British Commonwealth forces during the early stages of the war, in the desert campaign and in North-West Europe after D-Day. 'Tilly' is ta
During the dark days of 1940, Britain was under dire
p>One of the most important designs in the history of tank development, the Carden Loyd tankette inspired a huge number of similar vehicles worldwide, including the Panzer I and Russian T-27.
The most produced Cruiser tank of the European theatre! Armed with a potent 75mm gun and with good cross country performance this vehicle was more than a match for the venerable Panzer IV! Though sadly it was still outclassed by the German “Big Cats” Cromwells were used in the 7th armoured division and in the…
Andy Hobday
