Mark I tank, 'C19', 'Clan Leslie', 1916
Photograph, World War One, Western Front (1914-1918), 1916.
A Mark I tank with grenade screens and rear steering wheel device advances with infantry marching behind. 'Clan Leslie' was commanded by Captain Archie Holford-Walker but missed the Flers-Courcelette operation on the Somme due to a damaged tail assembly.
From an album of 76 official photographs.
NAM Accession Number
NAM. 1999-11-70-64
Copyright/Ownership
National Army Museum, Out of Copyright
Location
National Army Museum, Study Collection
Object URL
https://collection.nam.ac.uk/detail.php?acc=1999-11-70-64+
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