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Unique ID:
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1270
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Added to Database:
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17 July 2010
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Last Edited:
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20 March 2012
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Type (ID):
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Mark V (3720)
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Model (ID):
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Mark V** (3724)
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Location Category (ID):
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The Tank Museum - Public Areas (3000)
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Location (ID):
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World War I / George Forty Hall (3006)
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Serial Number: |
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Registration: |
T10704.
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Name: |
“OL’FAITHFUL” painted on forward hull sides.
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Other Identification: |
Painted overall in a green and brown camouflage scheme.
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Collection Reference: |
E1949.325. (Accession 32549, Entry 1025).
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Links: |
Museum Vehicle Record
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Associated Tanks: |
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Location History:
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1: William Foster & Co. Ltd, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, East Midlands, Britain (Sole manufacturer)
2: Experimental Bridging Establishment – Christchurch, England (1920s)
3: The Tank Museum - Public Areas, Bovington, Dorset, South West England, Britain (Current location)
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Text in original Preserved British Tanks publication:
[No entry]
Text in Preserved British Tanks Update:
[No entry]
Text in original Preserved Tanks In Britain publication:
This Mark V** is a Female. According to the museum’s records it was manufactured by Metropolitan Carriage Company; however, it is not clear what the evidence is for this. Other sources indicate that all Mark V** tanks were built by Foster’s of Lincoln. It served for some time in the early 1920s at the Experimental Bridging Establishment, a Royal Engineers depot at Christchurch in Dorset, and was adapted for engineering tasks. This involved fitting extra brackets to the front, installing a hydraulic pump driven from the engine, and at one stage removing the top of the commander’s cab thus reducing the height by about nine inches. It was then able to carry and lay a bridge and place demolition charges, trail anti-mine rollers and serve as a field crane. It still shows some traces of this conversion. It was one of the original tanks preserved on the heath at Bovington. It is displayed with its side doors open so the interior can be viewed.
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March 2011
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1: Front right view
Taken: 7 March 2011
Contributor: M. Foti
Photo ID: 6904
Added: 18 March 2012
Filename: 55287887...
Views: 155
Select/Has Priority: 21/0
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2: Front left view
Taken: 6 March 2011
Contributor: M. Foti
Photo ID: 6905
Added: 18 March 2012
Filename: 55287882...
Views: 131
Select/Has Priority: 21/0
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October 2008
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3: Front right view
Taken: 27 October 2008
Contributor: T. Larkum
Photo ID: 3469
Added: 18 July 2010
Filename: P1030369...
Views: 140
Select/Has Priority: 21/0
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4: Front view
Taken: 27 October 2008
Contributor: T. Larkum
Photo ID: 3470
Added: 18 July 2010
Filename: P1030363...
Views: 136
Select/Has Priority: 21/0
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5: Front left view
Taken: 27 October 2008
Contributor: T. Larkum
Photo ID: 3471
Added: 18 July 2010
Filename: P1030362...
Views: 128
Select/Has Priority: 21/0
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6: Driver's compartment
Taken: 27 October 2008
Contributor: T. Larkum
Photo ID: 3472
Added: 18 July 2010
Filename: P1030366...
Views: 135
Select/Has Priority: 21/0
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7: Engine
Taken: 27 October 2008
Contributor: T. Larkum
Photo ID: 3473
Added: 18 July 2010
Filename: P1030364...
Views: 129
Select/Has Priority: 21/0
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8: View past engine to driver's compartment
Taken: 27 October 2008
Contributor: T. Larkum
Photo ID: 3474
Added: 18 July 2010
Filename: P1030365...
Views: 138
Select/Has Priority: 21/0
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October 1982
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9: Front left view
Taken: 26 October 1982
Contributor: T. Larkum
Photo ID: 6692
Added: 6 February 2012
Filename: Scan_Mar...
Views: 127
Select/Has Priority: 21/0
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