It is a forward control. Landrover buffs always seem to cite the line from terminator where its cyberdyne system chassis 101 or some other nonesense. I believe it's due to it terminating your will to live if you travel more than a mile in one.
That is a sixties Albion that used to belong to Guernsey Railway Co. which ran the local bus service. Guernsey Railways started life as a steam tram service in the 1890's and ran from St Peter Port to St. Sampson's a distance of three miles. Buses were liveried in four different colours, red; green; blue; and grey.