This weekend, Bournemouth, Poole & District Branch, Royal Tank Regiment Association, laid a wreath in St Swithuns Church Bournemouth. This was to...
On this day in 1939 the Royal Armoured Corps was formed. This new Corps brought together the Royal Tank Corps (which was renamed the Royal Tank...
2Lt AA Lawson died 100 years ago, his anniversary also did not go unnoticed, we also placed a cross on the grave of 2Lt Scowen who had his 100th last...
The trip to Cambrai! 22 people boarded the coach last Thursday for the trip to France. At Dover we encountered our only delay on the whole trip, 2...
Now home after a fantastic 4 days in Cambrai. The photo's are of the parade held in the town square in Cambrai
This year is the 100th anniversary of the Battle of Cambrai. I will in Cambrai for 4 days to take part in the celebrations which include the Royal...
The Tank Museum at Bovington has a new Tiger Display. 5 of the beasts all together and it is awesome. 2 x Tiger II (with different Turrets) plus a...
2/Lt Scowen, Tank Corps, died on 25th September 1917. The 100th anniversary of his death has not passed unnoticed.
The first Tanks were incorporated into the Machine Gun Corps as the "Heavy Branch" MGC, until mid 1917 when the Tank Corps was created.
Citation: Légion d’honneur Medal Award – Cpl Bill Stebbing late 5 RTR On the 70th anniversary of D-Day in June 2014, the French President announced...
25th April, Anzac Day, 2017. Weymouth, Dorset. UK.
Tamu, Burma March 1944, 6 x M3 Lee's of the 3rd Carabiniers engaged 6 x Japanese tanks, destroying 5 and capturing the other. I'm not sure this...
Bill, the old chap on the right has been awarded the Legion of Honour medal by the French Government, this medal has been awarded to all surviving...
1.The tank gun stabilisation system keeps the gun level, it is not a "magic eye" that follows the target wherever it goes, the gunner has to do that...
John Howell joined the 1st Northamptonshire Yeomanry and was due to land with the Regiment on Gold Beach on D Day. He ended up in hospital with...
The 1st Royal Tank Regiment spent a year in Korea during the conflict. To commemorate this, the Regiment made a bell out of some of the thousands of...
The Royal Tank Regiment has formed an extra Squadron called Falcon. It is a CBRN force and is taking back part of the CBRN role previously...
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-south-scotland-37691283 This one seems to be intact, although it is at the bottom of the Irish Sea. It has...
I am always amazed when people cannot or will not accept the simple and obvious answer. The bombs were dropped to force a surrender and avoid the...
100 years to the day.
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