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2011 Jeep Winner
The 2011 Jeep Raffle was won by Ernest Cooper of Margate, Kent, winning ticket number: 34643
Ernie Cooper, winner of The War and Peace Show 2011 Jeep Raffle, collects his prize from Rex Cadman.
Ernie, from Broadstairs,
bought the winning ticket at his local Tesco at Westwood Cross.
Congratulations
Ernie from us all!
AN OFF-ROAD SURPRISE FOR ERNIE
THERE was a big surprise in store for Ernie Cooper on
Sunday afternoon. He received a phone call to tell him he had won a Jeep in a
raffle organised by the War and Peace Show.
The raffle was drawn during the Show's prize giving ceremony
and organiser Rex Cadman called Ernie, who lives at Northdown Park Road,
Cliftonville, from the main arena, to give him the good news.
"I was thrilled," said Mr Cooper, 73, who bought a book of
five tickets when the Jeep was displayed at the Broadstairs Tescos store
earlier this year. "I had forgotten all about it and had to hunt to find the
ticket stubs.
"This brings things full circle for me. I was evacuated to
Cricklade in Wiltshire during the War and American airman would arrive in Jeeps
to the house where I was staying, to take my sisters to dances."
Military vehicles are nothing new to Ernest, who did
National Service with the Royal Horse Guards from 1958. During that period he
drove Ferret scout cars, Saracens, Saladins and many others.
Now retired, he previously worked as a ventilation engineer.
"I will make good use of the Jeep," he said. "My hobby is
pigeon shooting so I will be able to get over the rough ground more easily
now."
Congratulating Ernie, Rex Cadman, from Ash, near Sandwich,
said: "This is a significant year for the Jeep. It was first put into service
70 years ago. Between 1941 and the end of the war more than 600,000 were
produced."
The Jeep Ernie has won is a Hotchkiss version built in the
1950s.
The annual Jeep raffle raises money for both the Invicta
Military Vehicle Preservation Society and for Help for Heroes.
Runners-up in the Jeep Raffle received signed copies of books very kindly donated by the authors who attended the Show. Their runners-up, their prizes and ticket numbers were:
Hitler’s British Slaves, Allied POWs in Germany 1939-45 by Sean Longden
A Kennett, Kent (63105)
A Whitcombe, Somerset (37814)
N Gunn, Kent (56308)
P J Tubb, Sussex (32916)
J Ray, Sussex (56271)
Dunkirk, the Men they Left Behind by Sean Longden
E Hughes, Kent (56803)
D Moore, Essex (35069)
S Allan, Guernsey (62290)
P Tozeland, Sussex (38646)
S Lopez, Surrey (57415)
T-Force, the Forgotten Heroes of 1945 by Sean Longden
J Gilbert, Suffolk (36468)
D Sandercock, Kent (61566)
D Watts, Wiltshire (33580)
D Wilbie, The Netherlands (62849)
M Heath, Hertfordshire (20666)
The Pegasus and Orme Bridges, their Capture, Defence and Relief on
D-Day by Neil Barber
M Potter, Bedfordshire (63152)
P Steer, Devon (57905)
M Boughton, Kent (63186)
J Wilson, London (63454)
C Leaver, Kent (60362)
Pirate by Duncan Falconer
P Langman, Leicestershire (34188)
D Wallis, Birmingham (34416)
M Mee, Leicestershire (34509)
A Warman, Berkshire (32463)
A Reed, Kent (57829)
Glider Pilots at Arnhem by Mike Peters and
Luke Buist
J Kent, Sussex (64732)
L Wakeman, Kent (39563)
K Fryer, Kent (57043)
K Glenn, Middlesex (33935)
Universal Carriers – Volume III by Nigel Watson
G Gittins, Sussex (36205)
M Waghorn, Kent (62522)
M Reader, Kent (36205)
Army Wheels in Detail – US Army 5-Ton Truck M939 Series by Petr Brojo and Jan
Mostek
M Topping, Surrey (32593)
J Stevens, Kent (35711)
Army Wheels in Detail – Hillman 10HP Light Utility by Petr Brojo and
Michael Shackleton
B Herron, Kent (06382)
Army Wheels in Detail – Studebaker US6 by Petr Brojo
D Rowland, Kent (55761)
GPW Jeeps in Detail – WWII Jeeps from The Ford Factories by David Doyle,
Frantisek Koran and Jan Mostek
M Phillips, Devon (37695)
B Brazier, Hampshire (60111)
P Rand, Buckinghamshire (08640)
M38 Jeeps in Detail – Korean War M38 Willys Jeepsm by David Doyle and
Frantisek Koran
M O’Keefe, Hampshire (63208)
P Tipping, Liverpool (25222)
MB Jeeps in Detail – WWII Wilys MB and Composite Jeeps by Frantisek Koran
and Jan Mostek
Arabella, Kent (38685)
Bantam Jeeps in Detail – First Jeep of Robin Burfoot Collection
by Frantisek Koran
and Jan Mostek
K Reynolds, Kent (61809)
M Featherstone, Kent (62623)
D Taylor, Kent (65000)
A Blunn, Kent (63421)
Destination Western Front, London’s Omnibuses Go to War by Roy Larkin
L Whealley, Essex (25955)
G Perks, Sussex (35291)
A Hall, Surrey (27242)
W Owen, Kent (62201)
M Brucciani, Cumbria (11374)
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Bart Vanderveen Award 2011 |
BART VANDERVEEN AWARD 2011
Nigel Hay (left) is congratulated on his award by Rex Cadman, Show Organiser
"It is always a great pleasure for me to present this
award in the name of Bart Vanderveen who is no longer with us. His name is
synonymous with military vehicles and most of us were nurtured on his books and
writings. Certainly I purchased my first Jeep in the 1970s with the ‘bible’ -
his Fighting Vehicles Directory in one hand - and £325 in the other. Those were
the days!
This year’s
recipient, Nigel Hay, also had a copy of the same book with him during a spell
in hospital while living in Belgium in the 1970s. He like me was immediately
hooked and got himself a Jeep although his came in bits and pieces. It was only
later that he realised he had bought a pup - a post-war M38A1! Nevertheless he
got it finished and went on to bigger things with vehicles like a Dodge and
GMC.
In 1980 Nigel was a
founder member of the embryo Invicta Military Vehicle Preservation Society -
the IMPS - who host this show. In the early days, it was held at Tenterden
where he was press-ganged into doing the commentary. When it moved to the Hop
Farm in 1987, Nigel became the resident commentator and helped evolve the arena
display into the spectacle that it is today. Nigel worked with Rex Cadman, the
show organiser, to rebrand it as the War & Peace show in 1996 when it was
re-launched with major press coverage and a three-hour live broadcast on
Channel Four.
Nigel carried on
commentating at what is now the largest event of its kind in the world and says
how proud he was to have interviewed Bart in the arena before his death in
2001.
And I would also
like to mention that in 1995 he put together that wonderful parade of military
vehicles on The Mall for the 60th anniversary of the end of the war.
In 1999, Nigel was
co-founder of the MILWEB website which has since become a huge driving force in
the hobby of collecting and restoring military hardware. Although he tells me
that the website now takes up all his time – one of the reasons why he could
not be with us on Saturday when we usually present this award – it gives me
great pleasure to be able to say ‘Thank you’ to Nigel today for his huge
contribution to vehicle preservation over the past 30 years."
WINSTON RAMSEY - 21 July 2011
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Driving Vintage Military Vehicles on High Speed Roads |
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IMPORTANT SAFETY
ISSUE:
Driving vintage Military Vehicles on
High Speed Roads.
Following recent tragic events on the M20 near Dover
involving a WWII Jeep and a foreign van, I would like to urge all drivers of
Military Vehicles participating in the War
& Peace Show to consider how they can improve their visibility to
following drivers.
This accident is the most recent of a series of
similar incidents, and I know that an increasing number of owners have decided to
stop driving on motorways with their vehicles. That is an option and their
choice.
However, we are entitled to use roads, such as the
M20, and many will wish to do so.
But
how can we make ourselves less likely to be hit from behind by faster vehicles?
While our vehicles are road legal with their standard
lighting; we can take extra steps to make ourselves and our vehicles more
visible, both at night and during the day.
Some use orange flashing beacons; some use other
flashing lights. I am not making any specific recommendations, but wish to share
an option I used on a recent 2000 mile trip across Europe in my Jeep. I simply
added a set of modern lights with magnetic bases and a length of reflective
tape. The photos (in daylight and with camera flash) clearly show how it
improves visibility, and can easily be removed once you arrive at the show:
I was one of the first people at the scene of the recent
accident. I truly hope this message might encourage others to improve their
visibility, and help reduce the likelihood of a similar tragedy.
John
Corden C.M.I.O.S.H. IMPS and MVT member.
Reigate. June 2011
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UNIQUE EXHIBITION CELEBRATES BATTLE OF BRITAIN HEROES |
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UNIQUE EXHIBITION CELEBRATES BATTLE OF BRITAIN HEROES
THOSE iconic Second World War fighter aircraft the Hurricane
and the Spitfire have been brought together in a unique exhibition which keeps
alive memories of the Battle of Britain.
Called The Battle of Britain Experience, the exhibition
celebrates the lives and work of two top flying aces, Bob Stanford-Tuck, who
downed 30 enemy aircraft, and Adolph "Sailor" Malan, who was credited with at
least 27 kills.
Created by Rex Cadman, organiser of the War and Peace Show,
and former travel company executive Mark Hatfield, the mobile exhibition
features life size replicas of the aircraft. There is also a display trailer
set up to tell the story of the Battle of Britain and the heroic role played by
Stanford-Tuck and Malan.
"We have created this
exhibition because we believe it's vital that the men and women who fought the
Battle of Britain should never be forgotten," said Rex Cadman. "If they had not
risked their lives in those turbulent days of 1940, the War might have had a
completely different outcome. And we should never forget that many did not
survive."
"We intend to offer
the exhibition for display at agricultural shows, air shows, military events
and exhibitions throughout the South East," said Mark Hatfield, who lives near
Paddock Wood. "Of course it has particular relevance for Kent because so much
of the Battle of Britain was fought over this county. It will also be available
for schools to really bring home the lessons of the Second World War."
The fibreglass aircraft replicas have been built specially
for the Battle of Britain Experience.
The Hurricane is to be painted in the colours of Bob
Stanford-Tuck, who began his combat career flying Spitfires. He first saw enemy
action over Dunkirk in May 1940 when he shot down three enemy planes.
In August that year he bailed out over Tunbridge Wells after
his aircraft was damaged in an exchange of fire with dive bombers. A week later
his engine was damaged after he attacked a Dornier off the Kent coast, but he
managed to glide back to safety.
Stanford-Tuck was later sent to command a Hurricane squadron
and was at first put off by the aircraft which he described as a "sturdy
carthorse".
After his first combat mission, however, he reversed this
view. "It had not a vice in its whole make up," he said.
After being shot down over France Stanford-Tuck spent three
years as a Prisoner of War, but escaped on New Year's Day 1945. His decorations
include the Distinguished Service Order, the Distinguished Flying Cross with
two bars.
The Spitfire pilot celebrated is Adolph "Sailor" Malan, a
South African who commanded No. 74 Squadron at Biggin Hill. By revising the
attack formations of his squadron he turned it into one of the most successful
of the War. Malan was personally credited with 27 kills, seven shared and 16
aircraft damaged.
He remained active right through the War and on D-Day led a
Free French fighter wing over the beaches of Normandy. He was awarded the
Distinguished Service Order and Bar and the Distinguished Flying Cross and Bar.
After the War, Malan became involved in the anti-apartheid
movement in South Africa.
The Battle of Britain Experience will be on display at The
War and Peace Show at The Hop Farm, Paddock Wood, from 20 to 24 July.
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The First Official War & Peace Annual |
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The First Official War & Peace Annual
The first Official War & Peace Annual will go on sale
on 17 June through WH Smith stores, at the Show and directly from Warners Group
Publications.
Fully supported by the Show's organiser, the Annual will
look back at the highlights of the last five years of the event, with special
features and interviews with a variety of exhibitors, collectors and
re-enactors. This will be complemented by general features on militaria,
military history and related topics, to comprise a comprehensive and interesting
accompaniment to the spectacle that is The War & Peace Show. Only £5.95 plus
P&P.
Reserve your copy now - call 01778 392476 or 01778 392489.
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HGV MOT Exemptions – Proposed withdrawal of some categories |
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HGV MOT Exemptions – Proposed withdrawal of some categories
Some members may be aware of the Consultation Document
that has been raised by the Department for Transport (DfT) with regard to
proposals to reduce the number of categories of HGV that are exempt from MOT
testing. In summary the position is this:
1. If
you own a post-1960 HGV (all pre-1960 HGVs are exempt, and it is not proposed
to withdraw this), then it must go through an HGV test, unless it falls into
one of the test exempt categories. This
list of exemptions is being reviewed, and the DfT is proposing to withdraw some
of those exemption categories.
2. The
DfT has issued a consultation document, which can be accessed atthe website:
http://www.dft.gov.uk/consultations/open/mottestingexemptions/consultation.pdf
This shows the full list of current exemptions, and
those planned to be withdrawn. There are
few exempt categories that would apply to Military Vehicles. If, however, you believe you own an exempt
vehicle, then it is recommended you check the website to confirm the current
and proposed position. If you consider
your vehicle is exempt, and that the category under which it is covered is
being considered for withdrawal, then you can put a submission to the DfT
stating why you believe it should remain exempt, via the website (or by
letter).
3. The
Invicta Military Preservation Society (IMPS) and the Military Vehicle Trust
(MVT) are already working with the Federation of British Historic Vehicle Clubs
(FBHVC) to put submissions to the DfT, on behalf of MV owners,
which particularly address:
- concerns of HGV owners, who may now have to have
their vehicle tested, about access to testing stations, potentially prohibitive
cost of tests, etc.
- ensuring that HGV testing of historic vehicles takes
account of their design and construction at the time they were built (similar
to the ordinary MoT test), so that there are not requirements to have HGVs
'upgraded' to include modern criteria, and that HGV MoT testers are properly
aware of the nature of historic vehicles and apply a standard set of rules
across all testing stations, but always recognising the importance of road
safety.
- mitigating as much as possible the administrative
impact of HGV testing for historic vehicles, such as access to testing
stations; making inspectors available to inspect vehicles on site, where access
to testing stations is impractical; keeping costs down, etc, but again
recognising the importance of road safety.
- promoting to the DfT the responsibility of MV owners
of exempt vehicles to ensure that their vehicles are safe and roadworthy, and
do not use the exemption to put unsafe vehicles onto the public highway.
As responsible historic vehicle clubs IMPS and MVT
support efforts to improve road safety.
Our role is to try to promote a balance in legislation that properly
reflects both road safety and the technical aspects of historic vehicles, as
well as ensuring that, where possible, the membership is aware of their legal
obligations.
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