Courtesy of Brian Mac.

I still have mine somewhere, pre '84 though. I'll have to see if I can find it

Had mine from 71-73, but like a lot of things including memory lost it a long time ago

IF YOU WANT TO SEE A OLD ARMY DRIVING LICENCE



CAN YOU BEAT THE AGE OF THIS ONE

I think I might have one of them Syd, anyone know if it was still that type in the early '70's?

Mine ended up in the RC Sigs Museum in Kingston Ont. Canada

As far as I can remember, I think that the licence was a pink/orange colour when I had mine in the early '70s.

Paul.

I sat my BFG driving test in Wassenberg village while stationed at Wildenrath in 1973. Used it for a few months in the UK then sat the UK test, knowing that if I failed the UK test I could carry on using the BFG licence for the rest of the year.

I never sat a UK test, when I passed my Army driving licence you were allowed to apply for a full UK one

I have my uncles Military motor vehicle drivers Licence issued in Oct. 1944. I will get a scan and post it

I passed my driving test in BAOR in 1978 but in my own civilian car not in a Land Rover. This was important because at that time if you passed your test in a Land Rover you got your BFG Driving Licence & your UK Licence. Pass your test in a civilian vehicle you only got your BFG licence and so still had to pass your test in a L/R or take it at home whilst on leave to get your UK Licence.

The BFG Licence did however allow you to drive your car in the UK whist on leave or on a course. So I turned up for my driving test in the UK with no L plates and safe in the knowledge that if I failed I could just get in my car and drive off. The examiner was dumbfounded but passed me.

I passed in my own car and got the pink slip allowing me to apply for my UK license in 72. I believe it was down to whether the examiner held a civvy examiners license as well as an Army one.

I passed in a Land Rover whilst with 11OFP in 73, the testing officer was Captain Mike Pether,to obtain the pink slip I had to answer questions on the British Highway Code,then job done.

In 1952-3-4 part of the RMP Training course included a compulsory 4 weeks MT course. Those with a civilian driver's licence for cars and motorcycles still had to do training on 1.5 and/or 3 ton trucks.
(Double-D clutching etc). Others had to do motor-cycle training only.
At the end of the course, if successfully passing testing, a 'Pink Slip' was issued by the MT officer for either classification. This "pink Slip' was accepted by the UK County Councils as proof of competance to drive and a regular licence was issued upon payment. The licence was accepted in BAOR.