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Lanchester Armoured Car
"Little Willie" Prototype Test Run
"Little Willie" - Undergoing Trials
"Big Willie" - On a Test Run (2)
Mark I - Going to War
Mark I - Diorama
Mark II - Ready for Sponsons
Mark IV - Showing Off!
Mark IVs on the Prowl
Mark IV Cribb Carrier
Deborah - Up She Comes
Mark V - Female
Mark V* - The Longer Mark
Mark V** - Male
"Tadpole" Tail Add-on
"Whippet" Prototype
Rolls-Royce Armoured Car
"Little Willie" - The First Tank
"Big Willie" - On a Test Run (1)
Mark I - Under Construction
Mark I - Battle Scene
Mark II - Hull Construction
Mark II - Battle Scene
Mark IV - Breaking Through Wire
Mark IV - Troop Carrier
Deborah - Burial Site
Deborah - On Solid Ground
Mark V - Male
Mark V* - Battle Scene
Mark VIII - Male
"Hornet" Medium Tank
"Whippet" Production Model

























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  Lanchester Armoured Car   crewed by men of the Naval   Brigade

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  Produced more than any   other armoured car in World   War One, the Rolls-Royce   was effectively employed in   the Middle East.

        

























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  "Little Willie" - the Prototype.   Notice the tarpaulin used to   help maintain the project's   secrecy.

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  "Little Willie" - The First Tank   Ever Manufactured

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  "Little Willie" on a Test Run

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  "Big Willie" undergoing trials   Picture One

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"Big Willie" undergoing trials Picture Two

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  Mark I being towed off a war   flat for additional work at   Foster's factory in Lincoln.   The markings were to give   the impression it was a   "water tank" destined for   Russia.

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  A Mark I, of 'C' Company,   Heavy Branch Machine Gun   Corps, leading infantry   during the Battle of the   Somme, Friday, 15th   September 1916, the first day   tanks ever went into action.

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Mark I - In Action!

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  Mark I Diorama by a Veteran of the Battle of Cambrai

     

























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A hull of a Mark II under construction.

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Mark II awaiting the installation of sponsons

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Mark II Battle Scene

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Mark IV Male showing off!

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Mark IV Male breaking down barbed wire during trials

     
























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Mark IVs on the prowl in France far from the battlefield

     
























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Mark IV Troop Carrier

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  Mark IVs carrying Cribbs   which replaced the fascines   originally used

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Deborah's burial ground

     
























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Up she comes!

  
























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Back on solid ground - 81 years later

     
























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Mark V Female

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Mark V Male

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Mark V* Male
A modified Mark V increasing the length by six feet and incorporating doors to the rear of sponsons.

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A Mark V* Female in trouble!

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Mark V** Male
  Similar to the MarkV* but built   as such rather than being a   conversion

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Mark VIII Male

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  Built by Foster's of Lincoln,   the "Tadpole" Tail Add-on is   shown attached to a Mark IV.   The white line shows the   outline of the original hull.

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"Hornet" Medium Rhomboid Tank

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"Whippet" Prototype

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"Whippet" Production Model

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