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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Welwyn Hatfield
- Town
- Hatfield
- County
- Hertfordshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 64622
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Current location
In the Armoury.
Hatfield House
Hatfield
Welwyn Hatfield
Hertfordshire
AL9 5NQ
England
OS Grid Ref: TL 23675 08410
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- Rectangular metal plaque on wooden backboard. Above the inscription are: the badge of the Machine Gun Corps, an image of a Mark I male tank, and the badge of the Tank Corps. [The tank mentioned on this plaque was relocated in May 1969 to the Tank Museum at Bovington - see our record WMR 64492].
- Inscription
- AFTER 50 YEARS IN HATFIELD PARK THIS MARK I TANK WAS PRESENTED BY/ ROBERT FIFTH MARQUESS OF SALISBURY, K.G., P.C. TO THE ROYAL ARMOURED CORPS TANK MUSEUM. IT WAS TRANSFERRED TO BOVINGTON CAMP 7th MAY 1969. (There may be minor errors in this transcription)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 0
Served and returned: 0
Died: 0
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Undefined
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Plaque
Measurements: height c225mm, width c1050mm
Materials: Metal - Backboard
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Wood
- Plaque
- Listing information
- This memorial is not currently listed. Find out how to nominate this memorial for inclusion on the National Heritage List for England
- More about listing and the protection of historic places can be found on the Historic England website
- Condition
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Reference
- Luton News and Bedfordshire Chronicle - Thursday 22 May 1919 (page 12) reported: A ponderous tank last week made its way into Hatfield town and up the south front of Hatfield House. Here it has found a resting place, having been presented to the Marquis of Salisbury by the authorities in recognition of the valuable assistance rendered the Government when Hatfield Park was used as a practising and trial ground for tank www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000658/19190522/157/0012
- www.greatbritishlife.co.uk/homes-and-gardens/places-to-live/22583850.tanks-hatfield-house/
- www.greatwarforum.org/topic/201239-ww1-tank-tested-in-the-grounds-of-hatfield-house-hertfordshire/
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