Tonight we are turning to another item I have had in my collection since I was a child, a British army Hurlock Stove. The Hurlock stove was invented or at least sold by a William Hurlock Junior of America before the war, and this design was chosen as one of a number of different portable stoves for men in the field:The stove has a brass paraffin reservoir that can hold one and a half pints of fuel, a pump and filing point are included on the top of the tank:The pump was used to pressurise the fuel so it would pass to the burner efficiently. By all accounts the stove has a tendency to leak easily, even is stored upright.  Legs to stabilise the stove when in use with large pans fold under this tank for storage:The same principle of folding arms is used at the top of the stove where the supports for saucepans slot into the body of the stove for storage:The actual paraffin burner is located on top of the tank and a removable wind cover allows it to be used in different weather conditions, taking this off reveals the mantle:These stoves were issued with a metal storage tin (which I have got) and a small tin of spares which I haven’t). in the years after WW2 these were sold off as surplus and were popular with campers in the early post war period, this advert offers them for sale for just over £1:These stoves are far from light at over 4lbs in weight and I would imagine they were carried in vehicles and transport rather than by men in the field. Reports on their effectiveness vary, with some able to get good results from them whilst other struggle to get them lit. Like all stoves from this period, the rubber washers have started to decay now and should probably be carefully inspected and replaced if needed before attempting to use them.