16 November 1916 - Supporting Canadian Division
The Tanks on the Somme. 16th November 1916.
A Company with Canadian Division, III Corps, 4th Army
A Company got 2 tanks into action on 16th November 1916
A Company
male, "Ariadne"
Details unknown
Notes:
Orders
unknown. (S2.p107f)
Account of operations
Two tanks were knocked out in the area of East Miraumont Road, probably on the 16th whilst operating with the Canadians. The only evidence for this is witness testimony from a signaller on the 18th, there is no mention of tanks operating here in Official documents. (S2.p107f)
Summary
Intended: 2
At start: 2
Failed to Start: 0
Engaged enemy: 0
Ditched / Broke Down: 0
Hit and Knocked out: 2
Rallied: 0
Penetrated by AP bullets: 0
Note
Details unknown
Aftermath
"Ariadne" sketched in situ in 1917: S2 photographs
Sources
W4 - D Company’s War Diary. Transcript from Bovington Tank Museum.
S2 - Pidgeon, Trevor (2010) Tanks on the Somme
S12 - Chris McCarthy. (1998) The Somme. The Day by Day Account. Brockhampton Press.
S22 - Staedman, Michael (1995) Thiepval, Leo Cooper P. 86ff