Interior of a disabled British Mk 1 male tank showing the steering wheel, engine and six pounder ...

Place Europe: France, Picardie, Somme, Albert Bapaume Area, Delville Wood
Accession Number P00826.002
Collection type Photograph
Object type Print
Maker Unknown
Place made France: Picardie, Somme, Albert Bapaume Area, Delville Wood
Date made 1917
Conflict First World War, 1914-1918
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

Interior of a disabled British Mk 1 male tank showing the steering wheel, engine and six pounder ammunition racks. It is believed that this tank is D1 'Daredevil' commanded by Captain Mortimer, and was the first tank to ever go into action.