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….
The Desert Rat
A donation to The Tank Museum Supporting Collection sheds a little extra light on the early years of the desert rat….
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….
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….
Music and the Military
Music and the military have always had an interesting relationship….
Tank Armament in The First World War
While tanks gave the infantry a huge amount of protection, tank armament was also key in their development during the First World War….
Cap Badge Submissions
The Tank Corps was formed on 28th July 1917, and its new cap badge was approved by King George V on the 11th September. The badge chosen was one of twelve designs submitted. …
The Formation of The Tank Corps
The Tank Corps was formed on 28th July 1917, and its new cap badge was approved by King George V on the 11th September. …
Tank Men: Walter Ratcliffe
Walter Ratcliffe’s tunic, complete with brass bursting grenade badge, was donated to The Tank Museum to help with telling his story in their Tank Men exhibition. …
Tank Men: Albert Baker
Another member of the first Tank Corps who is represented in the Tank Men exhibition is Albert Baker, the chemist who won two Military Crosses during the First World War. …
Sydney Hadley’s Glass Eye
One of the personal objects on display in The Tank Men exhibition is emblematic of the personal sacrifice made by so many men in World War One – a serious life-changing injury….
The Bombproof Roof
This framework of wood and wire-netting (chicken wire the Americans call it) was devised as a means to prevent enemy stick grenades from lodging on the roof of the tank….
Tank Banks and Souvenirs
It was realised soon after the start of the First World War that it was going to be a much lengthier and consequently more expensive war than first expected. …
