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Civilian cars adopt a military role
Probably A type c1912, rebodied in Russia
A-Type 20hp, c1912. In 1915 Percy C. Chaplin (driving) captured a German flag in Windhoek, Namibia. The inscription on the flag reads: "This flag I took from the Germans at Windhuk, German South West African Campaign, 1915. P. C. Chaplin (Sgt.). Gen. Botha's Staff. (https://www.europeana.eu/portal/en/record/2020601/contributions_5076.html#prettyPhoto)
Lt L Robinson VC: Prince Henry
Early D? type ambulance
A 16-20hp War Office (1914)
Vauxhall D-Type (or 16-20?) Ambulance. Army Service Corps ( ASC ) Motor Transport, Boulogne, 1916 (IWM)
Col T Gosling
Col M Young. MT section
Lord Derby reviewing the troops (Imperial War Museum)
The D type Staff Car (1915 spec)
Vauxhall D-Type Staff Car, Arras, France (IWM)
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Vauxhall D type limousine towing a motor car (Daimler prob. Twenty) out at Hamel, January 1917. (IWM Non Commercial Licence)
British soldier digging out a snowed-up car at Neulette, 17 December 1917. (IWM Non Commercial Licence)
