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Early photo of Mk1


stripeyman

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I have seen a few British tank photos but not this one, Note the GWR railway sign on a ???? at the left. 6 pdr barrel with a cover and a arm, with wrist watch, on the sponson door handle.

Mk1 tank side view.jpg

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Are the men on the right of the image (light jacket in foreground by the pick and standing above tank looking back over it) French? The helmets appear to be Adrians? (although in the depths of my mind I have a thought that they may have been used early on by tank crews because they were lighter/closer fitting than Brodies?) 

Chris

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The tank is HMLS Centurion, most probably photographed shortly after Sept. 15, 1916 near The Loop railhead. The nearby troops wearing Adrian helmets are likely to have been French territorials on line of communication duties.

722 HMLS Centurion (11).jpg

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