delta Posted 27 December , 2011 Share Posted 27 December , 2011 Good spotting - thank you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sidearm Posted 28 December , 2011 Share Posted 28 December , 2011 Gwyn, Somewhere (I am not even sure it was in this thread) you mention that one whippet was used to "collect money". I am assuming this is part of the National War Savings scheme and the "tank weeks". Can you enlighten further as I was unaware that a whippet undertook this duty. Thanks and all the very best for 2012 Tanks3 Tanks3 - I'll contact you privately on this. It's OT for this thread. My best wishes to you for the New Year. Gwyn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sidearm Posted 28 December , 2011 Share Posted 28 December , 2011 Gwyn, Thanks for correcting my typo for the date 17th Battalion became 5th ACC. I can also add that A230 was in August 1918 on the strength of C (3rd) Battalion so must have moved from the 3rd to the 6th battalion between August 1918 and January 1919 Tanks3 Yes, A230 was with B Company 3rd Battalion on 6 August 1918. On 27 October 1918 it was drawn by 6th Battalion from a depot at Tincourt. I don't know what this depot was - can someone enlighten me (though the link between the question and the thread is a little tenuous I hope the moderators will be kind)? Gwyn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woodfield Posted 4 January , 2012 Share Posted 4 January , 2012 http://improvisedmilitaryvehicles.blogspot.com/ I came across this link and it would seem to resolve a lot of debate on the improvised Guinness AFV's in Dublin 1916 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woodfield Posted 4 January , 2012 Share Posted 4 January , 2012 That should have read http://improvisedmilitaryvehicles.blogspot.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hen190782 Posted 14 January , 2012 Share Posted 14 January , 2012 Came across this today whilst trawling through Belfast Telegraph: Nigel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woodfield Posted 16 January , 2012 Share Posted 16 January , 2012 Nice one. Donal www.militaryheritagetours.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hen190782 Posted 16 January , 2012 Share Posted 16 January , 2012 Donal, If you want the full-resolution image, drop me a PM ... already given a copy to museumtom! Nigel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mgbarrett1 Posted 17 January , 2012 Share Posted 17 January , 2012 Hi all just taught i would add this i came across it today might be of some reference. "In April 1919 the Irish Command was reinforced with five infantry Battalions and FOUR TANKS" REF: Report of G.O.C.-in-C Ireland,in report of Ld.lt.,15 May 1919 G.T.7277 CAB.2479. Also Apart from the 5th Armoured Car Company in Dublin, there were no tank corps personnel(in Dublin there were a handful of MK V tanks) REF :GHQ. Ireland,record,i.32. Regards Martin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sidearm Posted 17 January , 2012 Share Posted 17 January , 2012 Hi Martin Thanks for your last post. Is this a National Archives, Kew reference. I looked for CAB2479 in the catalogue but couldn't find it. Am I doing something very stupid? Gwyn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mgbarrett1 Posted 17 January , 2012 Share Posted 17 January , 2012 Gwyn, it was in my notes i just came across it today i will check again i am assuming it is but i will check again martin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mgbarrett1 Posted 17 January , 2012 Share Posted 17 January , 2012 Gwyn try CAB.24 79 and see if that makes a difference. martin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sidearm Posted 18 January , 2012 Share Posted 18 January , 2012 Thanks very much! That looks perfect - CAB 24/79 is papers of the War Cabinet GT series (I don't know what GT stands for)papers 7201 - 7300 dated 1919. How on earth did you find that!? Gwyn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hen190782 Posted 18 January , 2012 Share Posted 18 January , 2012 GT = Grand Tourismo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hen190782 Posted 21 January , 2012 Share Posted 21 January , 2012 Some more offerings from the Belfast Telegraph (1921) Nigel Not tanks, but might be of interest: Nigel PM me if you want full resolution copies. Nigel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sidearm Posted 21 January , 2012 Share Posted 21 January , 2012 Thanks for the full copies! The Medium A I think is 374, for which until now we've not had a name. Now we have but as always happens someone's standing in front of what we want to see. I think it ends with RR-UP, so STIRRR-UP might I suppose be a possibility. Any other ideas, anyone? Gwyn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hen190782 Posted 21 January , 2012 Share Posted 21 January , 2012 As tanks replaced horses, that would be appropriate !!!! Nigel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
val brown Posted 22 January , 2012 Share Posted 22 January , 2012 Love those newspaper scans and images there excellent well done…. Another interesting Ireland image which appears to be a"postcard" . http://mdonovan.free...wf_limerick.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sidearm Posted 28 January , 2012 Share Posted 28 January , 2012 As tanks replaced horses, that would be appropriate !!!! Nigel Yes, it's not a bad pun I suppose. It seems to me that whoever named the tanks in Ireland at this time had a bit of a sense of humour - "Mindyernut" for example. "Fanny Adams" is of course a macabre joke that was long in the tooth even by 1920. Then we have "Fanny's Sister" as an extension of it. Also "Gofasta" and "Golikell". On the other hand the tank "Malvern" doesn't fit the pattern but that tank bore that name when it was at Bovington. Gwyn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mgbarrett1 Posted 29 January , 2012 Share Posted 29 January , 2012 Yes, it's not a bad pun I suppose. It seems to me that whoever named the tanks in Ireland at this time had a bit of a sense of humour - "Mindyernut" for example. "Fanny Adams" is of course a macabre joke that was long in the tooth even by 1920. Then we have "Fanny's Sister" as an extension of it. Also "Gofasta" and "Golikell". On the other hand the tank "Malvern" doesn't fit the pattern but that tank bore that name when it was at Bovington. Gwyn Gwyn, here is a link to a to a pathe film showing 374 being used in Dublin circa 1919 http://www.britishpathe.com/video/great-sinn-fein-round-up Titles read: 'DUBLIN - GREAT SINN FEIN "ROUND-UP" Armoured car and Tank used in military raid on Sinn Fein "Arsenal". (Exclusive Pictures)'. hope it usefull regards martin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
val brown Posted 29 January , 2012 Share Posted 29 January , 2012 On the subject of nameing tanks,,, there was a mk5 in Ireland with the name (the rebel) (Sorry I am unable to upload photes at the minute) http://www.flickr.co...57629079020471/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sidearm Posted 29 January , 2012 Share Posted 29 January , 2012 Thank you for that Val. The photo is new to me, but I'm wondering how I've not come across it as I've been through the Mark V albums at Bovington. It is a curious name. Thanks too Martin for the reference to the Pathe file. I have seen this and I think it was taken on the same occasion as the photo posted above. Gwyn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
val brown Posted 31 January , 2012 Share Posted 31 January , 2012 PM me if you want a better scan,,,, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sidearm Posted 1 February , 2012 Share Posted 1 February , 2012 Will do. Thank you. G Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hen190782 Posted 11 March , 2012 Share Posted 11 March , 2012 Some more offering from the Belfast Telegraph: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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