Tank Corps Memorial — Attraction in Péronne

This place on the Somme battlefield was selected as the place for the memorial because it was near this location that tanks first went into action with the British Army as a new, surprise weapon against the German Army in the First World War. A few miles south of this memorial tanks were used at the Battle of Flers-Courcelette (15th - 22nd September 1916). An interesting feature of the memorial is the boundary “fence” around the obelisk. In the application to build the memorial the fence was suggested as a way of keeping cattle away from the plinth of the memorial. The boundary fence consists of ten upright 6 pounder tank gun barrels with tank driving chains mounted across them. Note: This memorial was hit by several 50 cal rounds from a plane in ww2....

The Tank Corps Memorial, located on the main road from Albert to Bapaume just outside the village of Pozieres . The memorial marks the location where, on the 15th September 1916, the first 6 tanks seen on the Western front set off with the aim of capturing nearby Courcelette Village The memorial features 4 little bronze models. The location of the Old Windmill and the WW1 Animal war memorial are also located on the opposite side...

Great stop on the Albert to Baupame route. Check out the Australian Windmill Memorial opposite and carry through the gap in the hedge there to the Animals Memorial. Amazing spot with four WWI tank models and symbolically important as the first major use of tanks at Pozieres, just 5k from the last cavalry charge the British Army made on the...