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<blockquote data-quote="emilioteles" data-source="post: 1736992" data-attributes="member: 3144"><img src="https://scontent-mia.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xfp1/t31.0-8/10945490_650156188447510_230416998548883287_o.png" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> Today, the 24th of January 2015, marks the 50th anniversary of the death of Sir Winston Churchill, the British politician who was the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1940 to 1945.(30 November 1874 – 24 January 1965)(Here are two images colourised by Tom Marshall and Paul Reynolds)(Left photo) Churchill inspecting a Cromwell tank in March 1944 as the 2nd Battalion Welsh Guards prepared for D-Day. To the right is Major J. O. Spencer, who commanded No. 2 Sqn. until he was killed at Hechtel in September 1944. Next to the hull mounted 7.92-mm Besa machine gun, the face of Sgt T. Dredge, the vehicle driver, can just be seen behind the open visor.The markings on the front are (L to R) the number 45 painted in white on a green and blue square, which denotes that the vehicle belongs to an armoured reconnaissance regiment; the number 26 on a black circle is the bridge class (tanks were not allowed to cross bridges with a lower number); the white square shows that this is a No. 2 Sqn vehicle and the A within the square marks this as the squadron leader’s tank; and, lastly, the divisional badge on the far right is that of the Guards Armoured Division, the ever open eye.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="emilioteles, post: 1736992, member: 3144"] [IMG]https://scontent-mia.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xfp1/t31.0-8/10945490_650156188447510_230416998548883287_o.png[/IMG] Today, the 24th of January 2015, marks the 50th anniversary of the death of Sir Winston Churchill, the British politician who was the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1940 to 1945. (30 November 1874 – 24 January 1965) (Here are two images colourised by Tom Marshall and Paul Reynolds) (Left photo) Churchill inspecting a Cromwell tank in March 1944 as the 2nd Battalion Welsh Guards prepared for D-Day. To the right is Major J. O. Spencer, who commanded No. 2 Sqn. until he was killed at Hechtel in September 1944. Next to the hull mounted 7.92-mm Besa machine gun, the face of Sgt T. Dredge, the vehicle driver, can just be seen behind the open visor. The markings on the front are (L to R) the number 45 painted in white on a green and blue square, which denotes that the vehicle belongs to an armoured reconnaissance regiment; the number 26 on a black circle is the bridge class (tanks were not allowed to cross bridges with a lower number); the white square shows that this is a No. 2 Sqn vehicle and the A within the square marks this as the squadron leader’s tank; and, lastly, the divisional badge on the far right is that of the Guards Armoured Division, the ever open eye. [/QUOTE]

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