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A Company MGC (H) - 1st Battalion, Tank Corps
7th Jun 1917 Tanks in Action
31st Jul 1917 In Action
31st Jul 1917 In Action
2nd Aug 1917 Message of Congratulation
1st Nov 1917 New Arrivals
4th Nov 1917 Training
12th Nov 1917 On the Move
17th February 1918 Start the move with "A" Coy.
31st December 1918 The Final Battles.If you can provide any additional information, please add it here.
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Pte. James Watkins 1st Battalion Tank Corps (d.23rd Sep 1918)James Watkins was my Nana's older brother and I remember her telling me about 'Jimmy' and how he was the next sibling up from herself, they were therefore close and she was very upset when he died a few weeks before the end of the war.He joined the Suffolk Regiment on 30/05/1915 but somewhere along the way, probably in 1916, he moved into the Tank Corps and was in the 1st Battalion. I have no idea how or why he changed regiments. I have tried to find out but with no luck. He spent three and a half years fighting in the war and it seems very sad that he was injured and died of his injuries a couple of days later, with only a few weeks of the war left. He is buried in Wavans British Cemetery in France, on the site of what would have been a field hospital and where he was taken when he was injured.
He is also honoured on the WW1 Memorial in Christchurch Park in Ipswich, where he was born. I sadly have no knowledge of the whereabouts of his medals and no photo's to share.
Mandy Goodwin
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