Peerless Armoured Car Replica on Peerless chassis

Peerless Armoured Car Replica in Michael Collins, Movie, 1996

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Peerless Armoured Car Replica on Peerless chassis

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G-MANN ◊ 2012-06-10 22:49	Used to re-enact the infamous Croke Park massacre although in real life the shooting was done by the British troops, not by an armoured car (although one was present). In the last act of the film, when the two Irish factions are fighting each other, this is used by Collins' men (who are now being supported by the British). Appears in various other scenes.
G-MANN ◊ 2012-06-11 00:29	Here they call it a mock-up of a Peerless armoured car http://www.imfdb.org/w/Michael_Collins From http://hmvf.co.uk/forumvb/archive/index.php/t-16037.html Quote It is the one used in Michael Collins, which has a replica body (not as good as this one), but on another original Peerless chassis. That chassis sold in the UK in the early 90's and made its way across the sea. From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peerless_Armoured_Car Quote During the First World War, sixteen American Peerless trucks were modified by the British to serve as armoured cars. These were relatively primitive designs with open backs armed with a Pom-pom gun and a machine gun, and were delivered to the British army in 1915. They were used also by the Tsarist Russian Army as self-propelled anti-aircraft guns. After the war, a new design was needed to replace armoured cars that had been worn out. As a result, the Peerless Armoured Car design was developed in 1919. It was based on the chassis of the Peerless three ton lorry, with an armoured body built by the Austin Motor Company. -- Last edit: 2012-06-19 21:01:52
jpts ◊ 2015-08-29 09:31	G-MANN wrote Used to re-enact the infamous Croke Park massacre although in real life the shooting was done by the British troops, not by an armoured car (although one was present). In the last act of the film, when the two Irish factions are fighting each other, this is used by Collins' men (who are now being supported by the British). Appears in various other scenes. The Croke Park Massacre were committed by members of the Royal Irish Constabulary Auxiliary Division. The Auxiliary Division were a counterinsurgency division made of ex-British soldiers who previously served in World War I, they were originally set up to help the officers of the Royal Irish Constabulary to gain intelligence and combat the IRA. They were known for brutal retaliation attacks against Irish civilians and property, drunkenness and a lack of discipline and they were hated by regular officers of the RIC and some of the officers of the British Army. They were even known for assassinations of IRA members and innocent civilians. In the episode of Who Do You Think Are on Mrs. Brown's Boys actor, Brendan O'Carroll, named one these Auxiliary assassins, Jocelyn Lee Hardy. Hardy was an ex-British soldier who previously been a Prisoner Of War of the Germans during the First World War until he escaped, he posted to the Auxiliary Division F Company based at Dublin Castle on the 1st April 1920. He was referred to as "Hoppy" as he had an artificial leg (from his time in the First World War) and was known for brutality against IRA prisoners during interrogations and was named by IRA for his involvement in several assassinations: John Lynch - Limerick County councilman and Sinn Fein member, shot in a raid on his room at the Royal Exchange Hotel on Parliament Street in Dublin in the early hours of the 23rd September 1920. Collins suspected that Hardy shot Lynch but Dublin Metropolitan Police Detective and IRA Mole, David Neligan told Collins that Lynch was killed by British Army Captain, Geoffrey Thomas Baggallay. Baggallay also worked as an army prosecutor who had sentenced a number of IRA Volunteers members to death. Baggallay was later shot and killed outside his home at 119 Lower Baggot Street, Dublin on the morning of the 21st November 1920 as one of the 14 British operatives assassinated by the IRA. Peter O'Carroll - Hardware shop owner and a Republican supporter, shot in the doorway of his store at 92 Manor Street, Dublin in the early hours of the 16th October 1920. After killing O'Carroll, Hardy pinned a note to O'Carroll's body, claiming that the IRA killed O'Carroll as a traitor to the IRA, in a statement made on the 4th May 1950, Neligan stated that Hardy was named as O'Carroll's killer based on a description given by members of the O'Carroll Family to the Irish Volunteers. O'Carroll was also the parental grandfather of Brendan O'Carroll who in the episode was investigating Peter's murder. -- Last edit: 2024-10-26 05:19:53

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G-MANN

◊ 2012-06-10 22:49

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Used to re-enact the infamous Croke Park massacre although in real life the shooting was done by the British troops, not by an armoured car (although one was present). In the last act of the film, when the two Irish factions are fighting each other, this is used by Collins' men (who are now being supported by the British). Appears in various other scenes.

G-MANN

◊ 2012-06-11 00:29

Here they call it a mock-up of a Peerless armoured car http://www.imfdb.org/w/Michael_Collins

From http://hmvf.co.uk/forumvb/archive/index.php/t-16037.html

Quote It is the one used in Michael Collins, which has a replica body (not as good as this one), but on another original Peerless chassis. That chassis sold in the UK in the early 90's and made its way across the sea.

From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peerless_Armoured_Car

Quote During the First World War, sixteen American Peerless trucks were modified by the British to serve as armoured cars. These were relatively primitive designs with open backs armed with a Pom-pom gun and a machine gun, and were delivered to the British army in 1915. They were used also by the Tsarist Russian Army as self-propelled anti-aircraft guns.

After the war, a new design was needed to replace armoured cars that had been worn out. As a result, the Peerless Armoured Car design was developed in 1919. It was based on the chassis of the Peerless three ton lorry, with an armoured body built by the Austin Motor Company.

-- Last edit: 2012-06-19 21:01:52

jpts

◊ 2015-08-29 09:31

G-MANN wrote

Used to re-enact the infamous Croke Park massacre although in real life the shooting was done by the British troops, not by an armoured car (although one was present). In the last act of the film, when the two Irish factions are fighting each other, this is used by Collins' men (who are now being supported by the British). Appears in various other scenes.

The Croke Park Massacre were committed by members of the Royal Irish Constabulary Auxiliary Division.

The Auxiliary Division were a counterinsurgency division made of ex-British soldiers who previously served in World War I, they were originally set up to help the officers of the Royal Irish Constabulary to gain intelligence and combat the IRA.

They were known for brutal retaliation attacks against Irish civilians and property, drunkenness and a lack of discipline and they were hated by regular officers of the RIC and some of the officers of the British Army.

They were even known for assassinations of IRA members and innocent civilians.

In the episode of Who Do You Think Are on Mrs. Brown's Boys actor, Brendan O'Carroll, named one these Auxiliary assassins, Jocelyn Lee Hardy.

Hardy was an ex-British soldier who previously been a Prisoner Of War of the Germans during the First World War until he escaped, he posted to the Auxiliary Division F Company based at Dublin Castle on the 1st April 1920.

He was referred to as "Hoppy" as he had an artificial leg (from his time in the First World War) and was known for brutality against IRA prisoners during interrogations and was named by IRA for his involvement in several assassinations:

John Lynch - Limerick County councilman and Sinn Fein member, shot in a raid on his room at the Royal Exchange Hotel on Parliament Street in Dublin in the early hours of the 23rd September 1920.

Collins suspected that Hardy shot Lynch but Dublin Metropolitan Police Detective and IRA Mole, David Neligan told Collins that Lynch was killed by British Army Captain, Geoffrey Thomas Baggallay.

Baggallay also worked as an army prosecutor who had sentenced a number of IRA Volunteers members to death.

Baggallay was later shot and killed outside his home at 119 Lower Baggot Street, Dublin on the morning of the 21st November 1920 as one of the 14 British operatives assassinated by the IRA.

Peter O'Carroll - Hardware shop owner and a Republican supporter, shot in the doorway of his store at 92 Manor Street, Dublin in the early hours of the 16th October 1920.

After killing O'Carroll, Hardy pinned a note to O'Carroll's body, claiming that the IRA killed O'Carroll as a traitor to the IRA, in a statement made on the 4th May 1950, Neligan stated that Hardy was named as O'Carroll's killer based on a description given by members of the O'Carroll Family to the Irish Volunteers.

O'Carroll was also the parental grandfather of Brendan O'Carroll who in the episode was investigating Peter's murder.

-- Last edit: 2024-10-26 05:19:53

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