1st Battalion OB 21st March 1918

1^st Battalion OB 21^st 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 12^th Dec

8134 – no data

“B” Company: Male: 6, Female : 6, Supply: 6 ^(H1)

2344 - At Cambrai, details unknown, 2 Salvage Coy to CW on 12^th Dec

2377 - At Cambrai, details unknown, 2 Salvage Coy to CW on 12^th Dec

2503 - C49 “Cleopatra” at Cambrai, 2 Salvage Coy to CW on 12^th Dec

“C” Company: Male: 4, Female : 4, Supply: 4 ^(H1)

2045 – C31 “Caterpillar” at 3^rd Ypres, to salvage 28 Aug

Company allocation not known

2057 – C16 “Ca Canny” at 3^rd Ypres, handed to salvage on 1^st August and salved whole on 13^th October.

2098 - At Cambrai, details unknown, 2 Salvage Coy to CW on 12^th 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 8^th 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 4^th Battalion)

4925 – no data (second digit presumably wrong)

6002 – no data

6015 – Arrived in CW on 7^th Feb, the first tank transported by train from UK

6023 - no data

6048 – no data, 2^nd Battalion Supply tank in May

6067 – tender, converted to Female fighting tank on 29^th, a Supply tank again in August

8045 – D50 “Dandy Diamont” at Cambrai

Joined Battalion after start of offensive

6029 – Supply tank, with 2^nd Battalion on 21^st Feb

8054 - from 12^th Battalion on 26^thMarch

8118 - from 4^th Battalion on 28^thMarch