01eb70 is an x 4 rtr tank at duxford and it has the name dakayne on it but it is not dakayne as the reg no for dakayne is 03eb31 which is still in use as a training aid and was down at bulford just before christmas so if anybody would like to know any locations let me know

The correct spelling is DAKEYNE, named after Lt Col HW Dakeyne who commanded 4Bn RTC in Catterick in 1934.

Did someone actually record which names were associated with a given reg No? It must have been murder keeping up as swaps were fairly common; I remember CO 4RTR swapped 11b with a Sabre Troop in order to get the first Stillborn Chieftain. So a given tank could have a multitude of correct names-just within one regiment!
Scariest moniker I ever saw btw was the "Not for combat" plate on my Chieftain in Tidworth......

Yes I remember seeing a Scorpion called VOR BRAKES.

Strange name.

;o)

Vehicle names in The Fourth were given to designated troops, they were not given to specific VRN's, this has continued to be the norm in 1 RTR.

Vehicle names in The Fourth were given to designated troops, they were not given to specific VRN's, this has continued to be the norm in 1 RTR.

In our lot it was down to the commander to decide, after consultation with the Sqn Ldr, what a vehicle was to be called. The only regs being that it had to be either the name of an Irish town or of something of significance in regt history.

Most of the names of AFVs in the RTR come from the tanks named in WW1.

My CRARRV in A Sqn was the same as my username!

Originally Posted by soprano54

Most of the names of AFVs in the RTR come from the tanks named in WW1.

I've seen a few from WW2 as well mind you and the 4RTR tradition of painting the 'eye of Osiris' on each side of the mantlet, isn't that from the Western Desert campaign?