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UNIQUE ID 1092: SEXTON SELF-PROPELLED GUN

Imperial War Museum, Duxford, Britain

(Location: Inside Land Warfare Hall)


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Unique ID: 1092
Added to Database: December 2009
Last Edited: December 2009
Type (ID): Sexton (8300)
Model (ID): Sexton (8300)
Location Category (ID): Imperial War Museum (3300)
Location (ID): Inside Land Warfare Hall (3304)
Serial Number: “1775” stamped into rear plate.
Registration: “S-233721” painted on hull sides, previously seen with “S-287068”. “75 ZS 41” (British) seen previously but not currently visible.
Name:
Other Identification: Emblems painted on hull front and rear.
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Location History:
(see map)

1: Montreal Locomotive Works, Montréal, Quebec, Canada (Sole manufacturer early 1943-end 1945)
2: Imperial War Museum, Duxford, Cambridgeshire, East England, Britain (Current location)


This Sexton was purchased by the IWM in 1976 from Pound's scrapyard in Portsmouth. It has apparently since been repainted with the markings of a different vehicle.

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June 2008

Front right view
1: Front right view

Taken: 15 June 2008
Contributor: T. Larkum
Photo ID: 2349
Added: 17 December 2009
Filename: IMG_0438...
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Rear left view
2: Rear left view

Taken: 15 June 2008
Contributor: T. Larkum
Photo ID: 2350
Added: 17 December 2009
Filename: IMG_0433...
Views: 207
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Rear view
3: Rear view

Taken: 15 June 2008
Contributor: T. Larkum
Photo ID: 2351
Added: 17 December 2009
Filename: IMG_0432...
Views: 239
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Close-up of registration number
4: Close-up of registration number

Taken: 15 June 2008
Contributor: T. Larkum
Photo ID: 2352
Added: 17 December 2009
Filename: IMG_0439...
Views: 287
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Serial number on rear plate
5: Serial number on rear plate

Taken: 15 June 2008
Contributor: T. Larkum
Photo ID: 2353
Added: 17 December 2009
Filename: IMG_0430...
Views: 220
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October 1982

Front right view
6: Front right view

Taken: 30 October 1982
Contributor: T. Larkum
Photo ID: 2556
Added: 10 January 2010
Filename: Scan_Sex...
Views: 180
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Front left view
7: Front left view

Taken: 30 October 1982
Contributor: T. Larkum
Photo ID: 2557
Added: 10 January 2010
Filename: Scan_Sex...
Views: 234
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Main gun
8: Main gun

Taken: 30 October 1982
Contributor: T. Larkum
Photo ID: 2558
Added: 10 January 2010
Filename: Scan_Sex...
Views: 182
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1980

Main gun
9: Main gun

Taken: 1980 (Estimated)
Contributor: T. Larkum
Photo ID: 2554
Added: 10 January 2010
Filename: Scan_Sex...
Views: 182
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Main gun
10: Main gun

Taken: 1980 (Estimated)
Contributor: T. Larkum
Photo ID: 2555
Added: 10 January 2010
Filename: Scan_Sex...
Views: 197
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