Spothe Posted 5 July , 2012 Share Posted 5 July , 2012 The battle of Flers- Courcelette, on the Somme was the 1st tank battle and took place on 15 Sept 1916, they had only 50 tanks ready and the 7th Northumberland Fusiliers were allocated 2. A relative of mine, James Hawkins was a driver for the Straker family in Northumberland in civilian life and was the recruited into the 7th NF. James was born in Durham in 1876 and I would love to hear from anyone who can shed any more light on either the battle or James (Jim) Apparently he was mentioned in Dispatches - does anyone know where I could find out why/what he did? Thanks in advance Paul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
delta Posted 5 July , 2012 Share Posted 5 July , 2012 Information on MID is very rare; his unit was fighting in the area between High Wood and Martinpuich as part of the 50th Division. Can't help much beyond that, I'm afraid . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spothe Posted 5 July , 2012 Author Share Posted 5 July , 2012 Many thanks Stephen, great web site as well! I'll visit your site quite abit in th near future I think! Regards Pau Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
connaughtranger Posted 5 July , 2012 Share Posted 5 July , 2012 Hi Can email you accounts of the 7NF 's part in the battle, taken from the history. PM me your email address and I'll scan them Regards Martin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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