Tanks were first used in combat at Flers, France, on 15th September 1916. Heavy Section and Heavy Branch Machine Gun Corps, the Tank Corps, Royal Tank Corps and Royal Tank Regiment.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Royal Tank Regiment
Commemorated ati
Royal Tank Regiment Memorial
9 foot bronze. The statues represent a crew from a WW2 Comet tank.
Other Subjects
F. J. Clark
Co-partner or employee of the South Suburban Gas Company. Served but did not die in WW1.
Artillery Gardens in Spitalfields
From Bowyers Company: "The word 'artillery' comes from the French 'arc tirer', to draw a bow, and the Artillery Company (later to become the Honourable Artillery Company) was originally a company o...
Rupert Price Hallowes, VC
Awarded the VC for his heroism on 25-30 September 1915, aged 34, while serving in the Duke of Cambridge’s Own, (Middlesex Regiment). "Displayed the greatest bravery and untiring energy, setting a m...
Group Captain Roxley McLennan
Deputy Chief of Air Force (2004–05), Commander Integrated Area Defence System, Malaysia (2002–04), Commander Air Lift Group (1998–00).
C. E. Smale
Co-partner or employee of the South Suburban Gas Company. Served but did not die in WW1.