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http://www.warrenpress.net/FolkestoneThenNow/FolkestoneMilitary_Wartime.html

 

 

Tonbridge

Ashfords arriving!

http://www.kenthistoryforum.co.uk/index.php?PHPSESSID=0f55513a524c83fb9341b28c1d1094bb&topic=1811.0

Plenty more on this thread. Enjoy!

 

 

Not sure where this one is, found it when looking for other photos of those above.

 



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I've seen the last one before on the Getty Images website; the caption there reads "22nd June 1932: an army tank at Woolwich is removed by the Pickfords company". Obviously on its way to be scrapped...

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There was also a presentation tank given to Farningham near Dartford. Been looking for info on it.

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Captain Wain wrote:

There was also a presentation tank given to Farningham near Dartford. Been looking for info on it.

Have you tried contacting these nice people?

The Farningham & Eynsford Local History Society.

"Farningham was not given an official presentation tank after the First World War, but received a tank anyway because of the link with Walter Gordon Wilson, one of the pioneering designers of the tank. The Society has provided a photo of the Farningham tank."

Details, phone numbers, etc here: http://www.felhs.org.uk/bulletins/Bulletin%2087%28SEPT2010%29.pdf



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I have their bulletin on the Farningham tank. It's well worth having.

Gwyn

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Fantastic, thank you!

 

I've been to see the Ashford tank, and have sat in the Tank Cafe opposite it too.



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