morrisc8 Posted 24 April , 2023 Share Posted 24 April , 2023 (edited) I have just bought these photos taken of what looks like a German officer. The tanks are near to a wooden road/track. Does anyone have a photo of this these tanks that they could ID the tank/unit. Thanks for any help. Edited 24 April , 2023 by morrisc8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
morrisc8 Posted 24 April , 2023 Author Share Posted 24 April , 2023 Just thought i would add some colour. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johntaylor Posted 24 April , 2023 Share Posted 24 April , 2023 (edited) Fantastic photos, and thanks for sharing them. I'm not sure what uniform/cap badge the man is wearing but they definitely look like post-war photos - the debris is battered and rusty and has obviously been there a long time. The tank is a Mark IV female and would be impossible to identify unless there are other photos of the same wreckage. This is quite likely as some of the old tank wrecks were frequently visited and photographed. Unfortunately this one doesn't ring any bells with me, but someone else may well recognise it, or at least suggest a location. John Edited 24 April , 2023 by johntaylor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johntaylor Posted 24 April , 2023 Share Posted 24 April , 2023 Having looked at these again, there are clearly two different tanks - photos 1 and 2 (which you've so expertly colourised) show what looks like the same Mark IV female, but photo 3 shows another tank which could be a male. Let's see what others think. John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Upton Posted 24 April , 2023 Share Posted 24 April , 2023 5 hours ago, morrisc8 said: I have just bought these photos taken of what looks like a German officer... 2 hours ago, johntaylor said: ... I'm not sure what uniform/cap badge the man is wearing... He is a Belgian officer, so he is essentially wearing something very similar to this: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johntaylor Posted 24 April , 2023 Share Posted 24 April , 2023 (edited) That's brilliant! I did wonder if these photos were taken in the Ypres Salient and this tends to confirm it. To be honest I thought the background was a bit too hilly, but the straight road and flooded crater in photo 3 do look very like Flanders after the war. John Edited 24 April , 2023 by johntaylor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
morrisc8 Posted 24 April , 2023 Author Share Posted 24 April , 2023 Thank you Andrew for the officer ID Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Bob Davies Posted 24 April , 2023 Admin Share Posted 24 April , 2023 14 hours ago, morrisc8 said: The tanks are near to a wooden road/track This may be your tank. From an online book called 'Ypres to Verdun'. Link to the book which is free. https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/57144/pg57144-images.html Regards, Bob. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
morrisc8 Posted 25 April , 2023 Author Share Posted 25 April , 2023 (edited) Thanks Bob, that`s one of them. Some more info in this link https://tankmuseum.org/article/tanks-at-third-ypres Same tank https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-the-wreckage-of-a-british-tank-beside-the-infamous-menin-road-near-106131490.html?imageid=08ECC658-AA4B-4892-A235-6B596085BC08&p=308342&pn=1&searchId=a7cd10ed56018f7964a6677f6c7123f6&searchtype=0 Edited 25 April , 2023 by morrisc8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
morrisc8 Posted 25 April , 2023 Author Share Posted 25 April , 2023 (edited) Just need a few photos of this one, must be nearby. I added some colour. You can see a shell on the top, Edited 25 April , 2023 by morrisc8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjh Posted 17 May , 2023 Share Posted 17 May , 2023 Morris, these photos and your colourisations, are great . Would love to chat more in a PM, about a mutual interest of colourisation. Michael https://www.greatwarforum.org/gallery/album/1224-colourised-stereoscopic-images/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
morrisc8 Posted 30 May , 2023 Author Share Posted 30 May , 2023 (edited) I have just bought these photos taken of a captured British tank used by the Germans and knocked out at Tahure . Does anyone have any info on this tank that they could ID the tank/unit German or when in British use. Can you spot the baby in two of the photos that were taken in 1919. The tank has a letter 4 on the front side. Original photos from my collection. Thanks for any help. Keith Edited 30 May , 2023 by morrisc8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
morrisc8 Posted 30 May , 2023 Author Share Posted 30 May , 2023 I added a bit of colour. The AI came up with the colour of the tank after it had been there for a long time., the same colour came out as the same on the other photos of this tank. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gareth Davies Posted 30 May , 2023 Share Posted 30 May , 2023 1 hour ago, morrisc8 said: I have just bought these photos taken of a captured British tank used by the Germans and knocked out at Tahure . Does anyone have any info on this tank that they could ID the tank/unit German or when in British use. Can you spot the baby in two of the photos that were taken in 1919. The tank has a letter 4 on the front side. Original photos from my collection. Thanks for any help. Keith I think that one was captured by the Americans in late September. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
morrisc8 Posted 30 May , 2023 Author Share Posted 30 May , 2023 (edited) Same tank link. https://www.gettyimages.pt/detail/fotografia-de-notícias/world-war-i-second-battle-of-the-marne-english-fotografia-de-notícias/526617844?adppopup=true Edited 30 May , 2023 by morrisc8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjh Posted 9 June , 2023 Share Posted 9 June , 2023 Not a baby, but a schoolboy in this tank photo. I believe that this is another one of the tanks in the tank cemetery, near clapham junction, off the menin road. Michael Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
morrisc8 Posted 9 August , 2023 Author Share Posted 9 August , 2023 Two more of the captured British tank used by the Germans and knocked out at Tahure . From my collection. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
morrisc8 Posted 9 August , 2023 Author Share Posted 9 August , 2023 (edited) Two original photos from my collection of a whippet tank A227. A227 with E. and a P. and a name Clara. other side Eo and a number 236?. There are French troops looking at it. Could it be in French use and has a new name? in chalk over the old name Chili II. Landships has A227 as Chili II or A277 Centaur III Link to more info https://tanks-encyclopedia.com/ww1/gb/British_medium_Mark-A_whippet.php# https://sites.google.com/site/landships/home/lists/whippets/200-299 Edited 14 August , 2023 by morrisc8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
morrisc8 Posted 10 August , 2023 Author Share Posted 10 August , 2023 (edited) One more original photo came in the post. Two tanks next to a railway. Could be at a workshop? Looks like a wheel behind the tank on the right. Edited 10 August , 2023 by morrisc8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johntaylor Posted 10 August , 2023 Share Posted 10 August , 2023 Fascinating photos - many thanks for sharing. The last one seems to be in an industrial setting and I'm wondering about the Central Workshops at Erin. As you say, it looks as though the right-hand one has a Mark I steering mechanism, and the left-hand one has an unusual superstructure which I've never seen before. The writing on the back must be in French but I can't read the words between "Tank" and "un train". I wondered if the second word was "dessous" but it doesn't really fit. Would be interested to see what others think about these. All the best, John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buffnut453 Posted 10 August , 2023 Share Posted 10 August , 2023 Saw this on another site and thought it might interest the good folk here: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
morrisc8 Posted 10 August , 2023 Author Share Posted 10 August , 2023 2 hours ago, johntaylor said: Fascinating photos - many thanks for sharing. The last one seems to be in an industrial setting and I'm wondering about the Central Workshops at Erin. As you say, it looks as though the right-hand one has a Mark I steering mechanism, and the left-hand one has an unusual superstructure which I've never seen before. The writing on the back must be in French but I can't read the words between "Tank" and "un train". I wondered if the second word was "dessous" but it doesn't really fit. Would be interested to see what others think about these. All the best, John Could it be the wooden beam on top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gareth Davies Posted 10 August , 2023 Share Posted 10 August , 2023 Could it be something akin to the bars used by the Palestine Tank Detachment to help lift the sponsons on and off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
morrisc8 Posted 14 August , 2023 Author Share Posted 14 August , 2023 Here is a link to British Mk V* tanks used by the French from 1918 to 1940 must be about 114 photos. One original photo from my collection taken in 1940 of tank 10018 with a german next to it at a french camp. http://www.chars-francais.net/2015/index.php/engins-blindes/chars?task=view&id=11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johntaylor Posted 14 August , 2023 Share Posted 14 August , 2023 Thanks for sharing all these amazing photos! The platform in the railway workshop photo isn't the unditching beam as it looks flat and is supported on vertical legs rather than rails. I think the suggestion of bars for removing sponsons is a good one, particularly as the photo is slightly foreshortened. The photo of F13 Falcon II in German hands is excellent - this was captured in Bourlon on November 27, 1917, and was fully exploited by the Germans for propaganda purposes: https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205215592 Thanks also for the link to the French photos. That's a hell of a collection. John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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