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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