Heavy Section MGC/Tank Corps Statistics

[Gareth Davies]

I have managed to get my hands on an original copy of 'Statistics of the Military Effort of the British Empire 1914 - 1920' (sadly I don't get to keep it) and am slightly confused by the figures given for the strength of the Tank Corps in 1916 (which I know wasn't called the Tank Corps back then). It lists the officer monthly strengths as:

May 16 - 133

Jun 16 - 58

Jul 16 - 198

Aug 16 - 181

Why did the number drop so sharply in in Jun 16 or is it just a typo where they should have written 158?

[Gareth Davies]

I have amended the title.

[ss002d6252]

I have managed to get my hands on an original copy of 'Statistics of the Military Effort of the British Empire 1914 - 1920' (sadly I don't get to keep it)

Its available as a pdf download here - https://archive.org/details/statisticsofmili00grea

Craig

[Gareth Davies]

Thanks Craig. Any ideas on the figures?

[delta]

I would have thought a drop at that time was unlikely.

The new companies had formed the previous month so makes no sense to me at all

[Gareth Davies]

Indeed!

[Ron Clifton]

I have come across the occasional typo in Statistics. Because I was transcribing some of the figures into spreadsheets, I noticed that some of the columns did not agree with the printed figures. I would suggest that the June figure should be 158, not 58.

Ron