Guest sniktak Posted 19 November , 2012 Share Posted 19 November , 2012 Hello. I am researching a soldier, Jake Cuthbert, that served in the WW1 Tank Corps per his medal card. Is it true to say that all Tank Corps regiments took part in the Battle of Cambrai? Unfortunately, I do not know which Tank Corps battalion he belogned to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Evans Posted 19 November , 2012 Share Posted 19 November , 2012 You may find this link useful for an overview of Cambrai. Phil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
centurion Posted 19 November , 2012 Share Posted 19 November , 2012 If you mean 1st Cambrai then yes all nine battalions were involved. If you mean 2nd Cambrai (also a major tank action) then no not all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sidearm Posted 19 November , 2012 Share Posted 19 November , 2012 To clarify a little, all nine Battalions that were in France at the time took part in 1st Cambrai. Other battalions were forming in England, and there was a detachment in Gaza so if your man belonged to one of these then he wouldn't have been at 1st Cambrai. Eventually there were, IIRC, 26 battalions. Gwyn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
centurion Posted 19 November , 2012 Share Posted 19 November , 2012 To clarify a little, all nine Battalions that were in France at the time took part in 1st Cambrai. Other battalions were forming in England, and there was a detachment in Gaza so if your man belonged to one of these then he wouldn't have been at 1st Cambrai. Eventually there were, IIRC, 26 battalions. Gwyn Wasn't the Gaza detachment on it's way home - and maybe home before 1st Cambrai? Sans tanks of course but its just possible that some might have taken part. Of course there were Tank Corps men all over the place (there was a crew in North America at the time) but it's like any battalion - just because any battalion of any part of the army was involved in a particular battle doesn't mean every member of that unit was. But in terms of the question in OP effectively all the Tank Corps were involved, every man and tank available and effective was thrown into the battle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
17tankman Posted 20 November , 2012 Share Posted 20 November , 2012 Cuthbert was in 6th Battalion 17tankman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sidearm Posted 20 November , 2012 Share Posted 20 November , 2012 17tankman, do you know whether he was in F Battalion before it became 6th battalion? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest sniktak Posted 8 December , 2012 Share Posted 8 December , 2012 17tankman, How do you know he belogned to the 6th battalion? Do you have access to any records with his name mentioned? I recently ordered the page entry from the National Archive. Can anything more be learned from this entry? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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