WW1 British Tanks Part 3

PART 3

William Tritton

                                                                             

                                                                  Walter Wilson

          As I have mention in a early post William Tritton & Walter Wilson designed Little Willie Thurs gave birth to Tanks.

over the years the tanks got called Mother but to be honest there was Little Willie the prototype then Mother which was use for demonstration the first  on the 29 January 1916 in the grounds of Hatfield House.
It tackle Trenches shell holes etc and then repeated the feat again four days later in front Field Marshal Kitchener. (Who Called mother a pretty Mechanical Toy) Ten Days later the army council ordered 100 tanks the first tanks were mark 1s  Mother never survived as the mark 1s took over.


The Reason I have a big interest in Tanks is because my Grandad Drove a Mark 5 in WW1.

                                                           My Grandad at 16yrs 4 months

My Grandad was 16yrs and 4 months when he enlisted in the 7th Royal Fusiliers at Finsbury Barracks.
30/10/15 Transferred to the Machine Gun Corp
23/01/16 Sent to France with the 60th coy. M.G.C. attached to 60th Brigade 20th Division came back to England on the 20/12/16
15/02/17 Transferred to Army Catering Corps  Swindon
01/03/17  Transferred to 64th Highland Div. Norwich
26/1917   Transferred to Sherwood Rangers
06/01/18 Transferred to the Tank Corp Wareham.

                                               My Grandad Tank Mark 5 Female

                                                             My Grandad at age 21

28mm Resin Model Female Mark 5

                                              28mm Resins Model Female Mark 5 rear view 

                                               28mm Resin Model Female mark 5 Front view 

I put this Model together and The Angry lurker painted it for me the next few picture are model I did

manage to paint myself  I Know very rare I trusted myself to paint.

                                                 28mm Resin mark 5 Resin Model

The Tank was painted by me but the figures etc was painted by The Angry Lurker

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                                                        Same Tank Front View