NeilsYard Coventry All posts by this member | 1 of 9 Sat 29th Oct 2011 2:54pm Member: Joined Aug 2010 Total posts:2809 |
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dutchman Spon End All posts by this member | 2 of 9 Sat 29th Oct 2011 4:18pm Member: Joined Mar 2010 Total posts:2830 On 29th Oct 2011 2:54pm, NeilsYard said:
Also this one, possibly Binley Road?
Greyfriars Green I believe? The tank was also exhibited there for some years afterwards as well.
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bulwark Cumbria All posts by this member | 3 of 9 Sat 19th Nov 2011 3:50pm Member: Joined Nov 2011 Total posts:3 Additional information:
Coventry Tank Week was held from Monday 11 Feb 1918 until Saturday 16 Feb 1918
The Tank is No.119 'Old Bill'
The tank was probably transported from Wolverhampton which held its Tank Week the previous week.
These weeks were held mainly to boost the sale of National War Bonds
Believe they raised a total of £1,370,276 during the week
Archived local papers held at libraries and Recod Offices will tell the full story
At the end of WW1 a significant number of tanks were allocated to towns and cities throughout the country because they added significant sums to the Treasury through National War Savings. During the war only six tanks toured the country; Old Bill, Julian, Iron Ration, Nelson, Drake and Egbert. Coventry was unlikely to have Old Bill on permanent display and another tank yould have been allocated.
Peter Schofield |
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bulwark Cumbria All posts by this member | 4 of 9 Sat 19th Nov 2011 4:49pm Member: Joined Nov 2011 Total posts:3 The Times Tuesday, 12 February 1918 - Coventry's Tank Bank
The Coventry Tank Bank was opened yesterday by the Mayor, who was accompanied by the Mayoress Lord and Lady Aylesford, Lord Leigh and a large number of representatives of commercial and Labour interests. Before the Tank arrived the local bonds subscription amounted to over £1,000,000 and the new announcement after yesterday's ceremony included the contributions of Courtaulds (Limited) £100,000; the Mayor £5,000; Lord Aylesford £3,000; Lady Aylesford £1,000,000; and Lord Leigh £1,000.
Corporal Hutt, the Coventry man who recently received the VC appeared on the Tank and handed a cheque for the citizens gift of £1,000 made in the recognition to his bravery, to the Tank bank.
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Adrian UK All posts by this member | 5 of 9 Sat 19th Nov 2011 7:23pm Member: Joined Sep 2011 Total posts:183 Of the 46 tanks that were presented to various towns and cities, the sole survivor is in Ashford (Kent) town centre. |
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Tarkus Devon All posts by this member | 6 of 9 Mon 2nd Jan 2012 2:06am Member: Joined Jan 2012 Total posts:1 Hello
Tank 119 was manned by 2nd Lt R.C Davis M.C., Sgt Hayle, Gnt Bessant and Gnr Scott.
I recognise Sgt Hayle as the soldier seen shaking hands with an official at the very end of the Tank Week 2 video.
2Lt Davis MC was my father-in-law? He earned his M.C. during the battle of Cambrai where he was wounded following a direct hit on his tank 'Harvester'. |
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K Somewhere All posts by this member | 7 of 9 Mon 2nd Jan 2012 12:49pm Member: Joined Nov 2011 Total posts:539 Talking of tanks, my father was required to make a scale model of a Churchill tank whilst he was in the Humber Experimental Department during WWII, which was to be presented by the company to Churchill. It would be interesting to know what happened to it! He wasn't allowed to put his name on it, but did put his name inside it, so if it still exists, and one day is opened up, who knows what might transpire?
Sorry, I know this thread is about WWI, but it seemed appropriate. |
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NeilsYard Coventry All posts by this member Thread starter | 8 of 9 Sun 3rd Jul 2016 1:47pm Member: Joined Aug 2010 Total posts:2809 As it's the anniversary of the Somme, thought I'd update this courtesy of the Telegraph as some of the earlier photos have disappeared. Greyfriars Green :
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mcsporran Coventry & Cebu All posts by this member | 9 of 9 Wed 2nd Aug 2017 9:40am Member: Joined Oct 2013 Total posts:448 The Telegraph has a piece about Corporal Hutt's involvement in Tank Week.
VC hero inspired Coventry folk to buy hundreds of new tanks |
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