Horace Leslie Birks was put in charge of one of these early tanks at Passchendaele. HORACE LESLIE BIRKS: This was the first time I had actually commanded a tank in action, and I was petrified.

This was the desk top sports car or fighter model of its day. The tank was viewed as super weapon of which only its lozenge shape was clearly known and is still emblematic of the First World War.

It was at the Battle of Flers-Courcelette on the Somme, in September 1916, that tanks first went into action. If there is an originator of the tank it was Lt Col (later Major-General) Sir Ernest ...

A MUSEUM has received a unique artefact linked to the history of the world's first ever tank battles. A tank crew ‘splatter’ face mask belonging to Corporal Walter H Stickler, who served in ...

(First World War Tech) The small Renault FT 17 was one of the most successful tanks of World War one. #SimpleHistory #WW1 Bob Fernandez, 100-year-old Pearl Harbor survivor, dies at home 6 Home ...