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1st Battalion OB 21st March 1918 and tanks prior history
Unless otherwise indicated all the tanks listed below are also listed in the Summary in WO 95-93
“A” Company: Male: 4, Female : 8, Supply: 0 (H1)
4067 – no data
8059 - At Cambrai, details unknown, 2 Salvage Coy to CW on 12th Dec
8134 – no data
A7
“B” Company: Male: 6, Female : 6, Supply: 6 (H1)
2344 - At Cambrai, details unknown, 2 Salvage Coy to CW on 12th Dec
2377 - At Cambrai, details unknown, 2 Salvage Coy to CW on 12th Dec
2503 - C49 “Cleopatra” at Cambrai, 2 Salvage Coy to CW on 12th Dec
“C” Company: Male: 4, Female : 4, Supply: 4 (H1)
8045 – D50 “Dandy Diamont” at Cambrai
Company allocation not known
2057 – C16 “Ca Canny” at 3rd Ypres, handed to salvage on 1st August and salved whole on 13th October.
2098 - At Cambrai, details unknown, 2 Salvage Coy to CW on 12th Dec
2565 – G10 “Gravedigger” at Cambrai
2573 - no data
2580 – no data
2656 – no data
2781 – no data
2865 – Mis numbered in summary , This tank was H4 “Harvester” at Cambrai and still with 8th Battalion in March 1918.
4027 – no data
4069 – no data
4607 – no data
4667 – B12 “Bantam” at Cambrai, Handed to salvage 30 Nov
4691 – no data
4692 – no data
4693 – no data
4694 – no data
4697 – no data
4698 – no data (this tank also listed with 4th Battalion)
4925 – no data (second digit presumably wrong)
6002 – no data
6015 – Arrived in CW on 7th Feb, the first tank transported by train from UK
6023 - no data
6048 – no data, 2nd Battalion Supply tank in May
6067 – tender, converted to Female fighting tank on 29th, a Supply tank again in August
Joined Battalion after start of offensive
6029 – Supply tank, with 2nd Battalion on 21st Feb
8054 - from 12th Battalion on 26th March
8118 - from 4th Battalion on 28th March
Notes:
2025 is listed in the narrative, this is probably a typo for 8045 which is listed in the summery of BHS. 2045 was lying derelict near Ypres 95-93.
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