Need help identifying scan of postcard

[Paul180]

Hi this scan has appeared on an local history group (Aldershot) and we are struggling to identify what the engine is (the builder) and who owner might be (B.Y & H Ltd) and where it was taken

I think the builder might be Manning Wardle 0-6-0ST, and the owner might be Baldry, Yerburgh & Hutchinson Ltd, I think it was taken on the front lines in ww1.

Any help would be much appreciated.

Thanks Paul.

 

[jon0844]

Ah, the Pacer replacements.

 

[Bevan Price]

If you scroll down this document to Baldry, Yerburgh & Hutchinson, there is a list of contracts they worked on, plus lists of locos. The sites include some military & government establishments.

http://www.industrial-loco.org.uk/ContractorsLocosVols1-VI.pdf

The military personnel do not look very happy, so wartime seems very likely.

 

[DerekC]

It seems unlikely that this contractor's loco would have been shipped to France complete with brass plates etc - so I would vote for one of the two WD camps built in 1915. The military men look a bit scruffy, but not necessarily unhappy!