Trevor S 2,003 Posted May 15, 2012 Report Share Posted May 15, 2012 http://www.pillbox-study-group.org.uk/triumphpillboxpage.htm Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mgread1200 141 Posted May 15, 2012 Report Share Posted May 15, 2012 What a fabulous machine! are the guns standard issue? Certainly glad the rockers didn't have any of those back in the sixties Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ashley 288 Posted May 15, 2012 Report Share Posted May 15, 2012 Be a bummer if you got attacked from the left though! Imagine a ********* to kick start it as well !! still it beats using roller skates! (have a photo of some Home Guard on such). There's a lot on that bike that looks interchangable with their post war twins, the primary chaincase, footrest and rear brake arrangement, plus the mudguards, number plate carriers and that tool box, bet all would have gone straight on to the sprung hub twins (the tool box in a dif ferent position of course) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Compo 10,328 Posted May 15, 2012 Report Share Posted May 15, 2012 Presumably, the box at the back is full of ammo clips? It looks more like a morale booster than an effective weapon though. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mick2me 3,033 Posted May 15, 2012 Report Share Posted May 15, 2012 The site is down for me? Anyone currently see it? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Compo 10,328 Posted May 15, 2012 Report Share Posted May 15, 2012 I can see it. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
.... 23 Posted May 15, 2012 Report Share Posted May 15, 2012 still it beats using roller skates! (have a photo of some Home Guard on such). Looks like the Home Guard had some quite unique transportation. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mick2me 3,033 Posted May 15, 2012 Report Share Posted May 15, 2012 Its back for me too now My dad rode a Motorcycle in the army in WW11. Bulletproof bike, but what about the rider? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ayupmeducks 1,730 Posted May 15, 2012 Report Share Posted May 15, 2012 Isn't that a bren gun he has tucked down?? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Compo 10,328 Posted May 16, 2012 Report Share Posted May 16, 2012 The rider looks like a familiar 1940s actor but I don't know his name. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ashley 288 Posted May 16, 2012 Report Share Posted May 16, 2012 was going to say the "conchie" Pte Godfrey (Arnold Ridley) but the truth is far different! he volunteered for British Army service in August 1914. He was rejected due to a toe injury, but in 1915 was able to enlist as a private in the Somerset Light Infantry. He saw active service in the First World War, sustaining several serious injuries: his left arm was left virtually useless by injuries sustained on the Somme, his legs were riddled with shrapnel and the legacy of a blow to the head by a German soldier's rifle butt left him prone to blackouts. He was medically discharged from the army with the rank of Lance Corporal and after the war he went into acting. Ridley rejoined the army in 1939 with the rank of Major and again saw active service with the British Expeditionary Force in France during the Second World War, but was discharged on health grounds. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Fynger 841 Posted May 16, 2012 Report Share Posted May 16, 2012 he looks like a young 'patrick stewart'...baldly going long before he baldly went Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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