The Museum has received a collection of pictures that captured the filming of ‘A Bridge Too Far’, the award winning 1977 war epic that depicted Operation Market Garden….
Tank Inventor Medal Discovery
The Tank Museum has received a donation of two medals belonging to Walter Gordon Wilson, one of the principal inventors of the tank….
Clement Arnold and the Musical Box
Clement Arnold was one of four brothers from a Llandudno family, who volunteered to fight on the outbreak of war; three of whom served in the Tank Corps….
A Portrait of Major Sydney John King MC RTR
The Tank Museum has bought at auction a portrait of Lieutenant-Colonel S. J. King, M.C., Royal Tank Regiment….
Photograph Appeal
The Tank Museum has launched an appeal to find a photograph of Walter Charles Green, who was awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal at the Battle of Cambrai….
The Harris Letters
The Tank Museum Archive has recently received a large donation of letters that give a moving insight into the life of one young soldier at the start of WWII….
Morty’s Daredevil – The First Tank Action
Captain Harold Mortimore led his tank Daredevil across no man’s land. This was the first tank in history to see action on a battlefield….
Rifleman Khan: Heroism and Devoted Duty
Rifleman Kahn was a German Shepherd who won the Dickin medal during the Second World War. He was awarded the medal for saving the life of his handler, Lance Corporal Jimmy Muldoon….
Animal Mascots: Man’s Best Friend
Saturday 26 August is National Dog Day. To celebrate Man’s Best Friend, we found the best images of dogs and tanks in the Archive….
Tank Corps Officer Percival Bayliss
A recent donation of photographs has shone a light on the brief military career of ‘gallant’ Tank Corps officer Percival Bayliss…
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….
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. …
Veteran Stories
The contribution of veterans to the understanding of our collection is invaluable….
Eric Robinson, Last WWI Tank Casualty
Eric Robinson, 9th Battalion, was the last Tank Corps member to die in WWI….
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….
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….
Trapped: The Story of Fray Bentos
Tank F41, named Fray Bentos, was a male Mark IV, number 2329. In August 1917 the nine man crew experienced the longest tank action of the First World War….
The Situation in 1918
Looking back from 2018, we know that the First World War ended with an Allied victory in November 1918. However back then, as 1917 ended and the New Year dawned, the Allies saw their position as perhaps the worst it had been for a long time. The Germans, on the other hand, had a small…
