The Tank Museum is republishing David Fletcher’s popular book on the 79th Armoured Division…
TANKFEST 2023 Star Vehicles
Discover more about the stars of the collection running at TANKFEST 2023….
WW1 Tank Camouflage Design
New Exhibition showcases first WW1 tank camouflage design…
Major Harold ‘Harry’ Kemp-Robinson M.C.
A recent donation to the archive details the career of Major Kemp-Robinson, including an intriguing letter from the IRA….
The Tank Museum in 100 Objects Book Launch
The Tank Museum has released a new book to mark it’s 100th birthday. …
Prisoner of War: WW2 Archive Donation
A recent donation to the Museum tells the story of Major Reginald Beales, WW2 Prisoner of War from 1941-1945….
Signed by Hitler and Rommel?
Find out why we think drawings in the Museum collection, signed by Adolf Hitler and Field Marshal Rommel are fake, after an investigation by the Curator….
Joy Bells for Cambrai
On the 105th anniversary of the Battle of Cambrai, we look back at how the victory was celebrated with the ringing of joy bells back home in Britain….
The Desert Rat
A donation to The Tank Museum Supporting Collection sheds a little extra light on the early years of the desert rat….
On His Majesty’s Service
The Tank Museum hosts thousands of visitors, but behind the scenes we’re doing our bit for King and Country with the British Army. …
Made on the Western Front
Made during the First World War, a beautiful copper model of a Whippet tank has recently been donated to the Museum….
Veteran Stories
The contribution of veterans to the understanding of our collection is invaluable….
Operation Michael
The awaited German attack came on the morning of the 21st March 1918. Codenamed Operation Michael, it was the first of a series launched over the next few months….
Eric Robinson, Last WWI Tank Casualty
Eric Robinson, 9th Battalion, was the last Tank Corps member to die in WWI….
Monty Pennant Emerges After 80 Years
The pennant flown from General Bernard Montgomery’s tank in north Africa has emerged after almost 80 years – and is to go on display at the Tank Museum….
Monty ‘thoroughly enjoyed’ Fighting Rommel
A newly-released letter by Bernard Montgomery ‘Monty’ in WW2, tells how he ‘thoroughly enjoyed’ his first face-off with Rommel, the Nazis’ Desert Fox….
D-Day Veteran visits WW2: War Stories exhibition
D-Day Veteran Bill Wright, has been able to visit the WW2: War Stories exhibition in person, two months after attending a virtual opening….
Warrior 2 Finds a New Home at The Tank Museum
Warrior 2 was gifted to the Museum by Bovington’s Armoured Trials and Development Unit (ATDU) in a formal ceremony….
WW2: War Stories – China Doll kept a Tank Crew Safe
A small china doll named Audrey tells an astonishing story of survival in the Museum’s new WW2: War Stories exhibition….
WW2: War Stories – Peter Vaux
During the Battle of Arras, Peter Vaux and his crew made a daring escape through enemy territory, using their tank compass….
