Wartime photos of British Royals

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Wartime photos of British Royals

Post by conrod6 » Wed Jun 01, 2022 10:56 pm

As its the 70th Jubilee celebrations for Queen Elizabeth 2 for us in the UK, I thought I would see if any photos of her in a jeep came up during an internet search . I didn't do very well though and could only find a photo of her standing in front of an Austin Utility - but non Jeep. I had more luck with her Mother though. The other photo shows her mother riding in a US jeep with an American officer in Northern Ireland in 1942 .

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Re: Wartime photos of British Royals

Post by YLG80 » Thu Jun 02, 2022 4:00 am

conrod6 wrote:
Wed Jun 01, 2022 10:56 pm
As its the 70th Jubilee celebrations for Queen Elizabeth 2 for us in the UK, I thought I would see if any photos of her in a jeep came up during an internet search . I didn't do very well though and could only find a photo of her standing in front of an Austin Utility - but non Jeep. I had more luck with her Mother though. The other photo shows her mother riding in a US jeep with an American officer in Northern Ireland in 1942 .

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Not wartime when she was a Princess, but, here, her Majesty is in the most ridiculous jeep ever seen while she was inspecting the Canadian troops.

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Other photos in real jeeps

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Re: Wartime photos of British Royals

Post by Klaas » Thu Jun 02, 2022 8:16 am

Hi Barrie, in the book "The Wartime Jeep in British Service" by Gavin Birch are a couple of pictures of the then King and Queen and early jeeps on pages 16 to 19.

Yves, wat a great find of the Royal Review jeep. It must have been a predecessor of the Royal Review Land-Rovers used later. They went a bit OTT with the wings / fenders on it, though...and by the look on her face, Her Majesty must have thought the same :D
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Re: Wartime photos of British Royals

Post by conrod6 » Thu Jun 02, 2022 8:18 am

Hi Klass - I must get myself a copy of that book.

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Re: Wartime photos of British Royals

Post by Klaas » Thu Jun 02, 2022 8:21 am

conrod6 wrote:
Thu Jun 02, 2022 8:18 am
Hi Klass - I must get myself a copy of that book.

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Hi Barrie, the book is well worth getting. Lots of well documented photo's. The ISBN is: 0-9534470-9-X.
Did a quick google search and nearly fell off my chair!! Luckily Staman International has them in stock for 32 euro's: https://staman.nl/the-war-time-jeep-in- ... rvice.html
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Re: Wartime photos of British Royals

Post by Gary C V » Thu Jun 02, 2022 11:09 pm

That white GPW :oops: , what more can I say :oops: .

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Re: Wartime photos of British Royals

Post by YLG80 » Fri Jun 03, 2022 3:50 am

Gary C V wrote:
Thu Jun 02, 2022 11:09 pm
That white GPW :oops: , what more can I say :oops: .

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A shame! :lol:

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I’m wondering what the driver has in front of his eyes.
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Re: Wartime photos of British Royals

Post by Ron D » Fri Jun 03, 2022 7:43 am

I wonder where it is today.
It might be ugly, but I bet it's worth a pretty penny if it survived.
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Re: Wartime photos of British Royals

Post by FredRG » Sun Jul 31, 2022 10:10 pm

Great photos of the British royals!


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