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WW2 Mortar Card Tube ID Please ?

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Deckape

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Hi All

I picked this up last weekend in a flea market. It actually had a load of woodworking chisels inside but the dealer was happy to sell me the empty tube ! I`m just wondering exactly what all the markings mean, I`m pretty sure its a Mortar transportation tube and obv from 1943, I assume H S is the filling and / M means mortar but stumped with the No.28 I. It is solid card with metal endings. Its approx 15" tall and 4" wide.
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Deckape said:
Hi All

I picked this up last weekend in a flea market. It actually had a load of woodworking chisels inside but the dealer was happy to sell me the empty tube ! I`m just wondering exactly what all the markings mean, I`m pretty sure its a Mortar transportation tube and obv from 1943, I assume H S is the filling and / M means mortar but stumped with the No.28 I. It is solid card with metal endings. Its approx 15" tall and 4" wide.
View attachment 163469View attachment 163470Can anyone confirm what all the markings mean and if you have an example of what was inside in WW2 love to see it, cheers
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What are the tube dimensions? Depotman
 
HS/M - Hugh. Stevenson and Sons, (Cardboard box manufacturers.) Pollard Street, Ancoats, Manc. “Clamps” Ardwick 3256

They had a number of factories, but Manchester was their HQ.

TimG
 
'Container No 28 Mk I' for 'Cartridge, BL, 5.5-inch for 80-lb Shell - Charge 2' is a possible candidate.
 
The 'M' denotes Manchester. For this manufacturer 'L' - London, 'B' - Birmingham and 'G' - Glasgow.

TimG
 
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