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Unique ID:
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1570
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Added to Database:
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23 February 2011
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Last Edited:
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20 March 2012
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Type (ID):
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Medium Mark A Whippet (3110)
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Model (ID):
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Whippet (3110)
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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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Tank Story Hall (3004)
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Serial Number: |
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Registration: |
A259: “A259” painted on fighting compartment sides.
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Name: |
“Caesar II”.
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Other Identification: |
“9” painted on fighting compartment sides. White/red/white stripes painted on forward track guards.
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Collection Reference: |
E1949.328. (Accession 32849, Entry 1949.1029).
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Links: |
Museum Vehicle Record
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Location History:
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1: William Foster & Co. Ltd, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, East Midlands, Britain (Design parent and sole manufacturer late 1917-early 1918) 2: Frémicourt, France (In action August 1918) 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 Whippet was commanded by Lieutenant C. H. Sewell at Frémicourt in France in August 1918. In full view of the enemy, and regardless of his personal safety he rescued the crew of an overturned tank. Returning under heavy fire to aid his driver he was killed. For his bravery he was posthumously awarded the Victoria Cross. This Medium Mark A became one of the original tanks preserved on the heath at Bovington (though it was not put on the museum books until 1949). It was previously housed in a special display giving the impression of a corner of Foster’s factory in Lincoln where the first tanks were built. A plate on the nose reads:
LIEUT. C.H. SEWELL COMMANDED THIS TANK AT FREMINCOURT IN AUG. 1918. IN FULL VIEW OF THE ENEMY, AND REGARDLESS OF HIS PERSONAL SAFETY HE RESCUED THE CREW OF AN OVERTURNED TANK, RETURNING UNDER HEAVY FIRE TO AID HIS DRIVER HE WAS KILLED. FOR HIS BRAVERY HE WAS POSTHUMOUSLY AWARDED THE VICTORIA CROSS. |
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March 2011
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1: Upper front left view
Taken: 9 March 2011 Contributor: M. Foti Photo ID: 6949 Added: 19 March 2012 Filename: 55310086... Views: 196 Select/Has Priority: 21/0
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2: Front left view
Taken: 7 March 2011 Contributor: M. Foti Photo ID: 6950 Added: 19 March 2012 Filename: 55315925... Views: 191 Select/Has Priority: 21/0
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3: Front right view
Taken: 7 March 2011 Contributor: M. Foti Photo ID: 6951 Added: 19 March 2012 Filename: 55315935... Views: 171 Select/Has Priority: 21/0
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4: Upper front left view
Taken: 27 October 2008 Contributor: T. Larkum Photo ID: 4546 Added: 23 February 2011 Filename: P1030292... Views: 172 Select/Has Priority: 21/0
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5: Upper front left view
Taken: 27 October 2008 Contributor: T. Larkum Photo ID: 4547 Added: 23 February 2011 Filename: P1030307... Views: 172 Select/Has Priority: 21/0
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6: Upper front view
Taken: 27 October 2008 Contributor: T. Larkum Photo ID: 4548 Added: 23 February 2011 Filename: P1040198... Views: 189 Select/Has Priority: 21/0
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7: Upper front left view
Taken: 27 October 2008 Contributor: T. Larkum Photo ID: 4549 Added: 23 February 2011 Filename: P1030283... Views: 141 Select/Has Priority: 21/0
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8: Plaque on nose
Taken: 27 October 2008 Contributor: T. Larkum Photo ID: 4550 Added: 23 February 2011 Filename: P1040199... Views: 162 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: 6705 Added: 6 February 2012 Filename: Scan_Whi... Views: 173 Select/Has Priority: 21/0
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