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G Company MGC (H) - 7th Battalion, Tank Corps
G Company, MGC Heavy Branch was formed in November 1916 and first saw action on the Western Front in 1917. They were renamed 7th Battalion, Tank Corps in April 1918.
24th May 1917 En Route to France
25th May 1917 Arrived at Le Havre
25th June 1917 The C.O. left for Poperinghe
26th May 1917 Rest most of the day.
27th May 1917 Kit inspections
28th May 1917 Arrived in Wairans
30th May 1917 Settling down in the billets
31st May 1917 Cleaning up the billets.
1st June 1917 Tanks need attention.
2nd June 1917 Col. Baker-Carr D.S.O. inspected
3rd June 1917 Church Parades
4th June 1917 Training carried out
5th June 1917 Brig. Gen. H.J. Elles D.S.O. inspected
6th June 1917 Training carried out
7th June 1917 Tank Driving at Wailly.
8th June 1917 Advance Party for Wailly.
9th June 1917 Pitching camp at Wailly.
10th June 1917 Church Parades
11th June 1917 Training carried out
12th June 1917 Continued training.
13th June 1917 Training
15th June 1917 To & from Wailley
16th June 1917 Merlimont Gunnery School.
17th June 1917 12 Officers and 60 men of 19 Coy. proceeded to Wailly
18th June 1917 Orders received
19th June 1917 Tanks to Pierremont.
20th June 1917 Training carried out
22nd June 1917 No.19 Coy. Tanks to No.20 Coy.
23rd June 1917 Returned from Gunnery School
24th June 1917 Advance Party left for Poperinghe
26th June 1917 Training carried out
27th June 1917 The C.O. returned from Poperinghe.
28th June 1917 No.20 Coy. from Wailly.
29th June 1917 9 Tanks from Central Workshop
30th June 1917 Training carried out
1st July 1917 Training carried out
2nd July 1917 Operation Orders
3rd July 1917 Men to Oosthoek Woods
4th July 1917 Engaged in entraining.
5th July 1917 left for Oosthoek Woods
6th July 1917 Preparing to move to Erin
7th July 1917 Tanks left for Central Workshops
8th July 1917 Arrived at Oesthoek Wood Camp
9th July 1917 Tanks shelled this morning
10th July 1917 Tank tracks carefully obliterated
11th July 1917 Tanks at Oesthoek Wood Camp
12th July 1917 Working on the Tanks in Oosthoek Wood
13th July 1917 Work on tracks.
14th July 1917 19th Coy. to the Tankdrome
15th July 1917 Difficulty with Sponsons.
16th July 1917 Brigade Commander's address
16th July 1917 Amendment to Preliminary Instructions No.1 
16th July 1917 Amendments
16th July 1917 Attack
17th July 1917 Preliminary Instructions No.1
18th July 1917 South of Fantasia
19th July 1917 Preliminary Instructions No.2
19th July 1917 Preliminary Instructions.
19th July 1917 Operational Order No.1.
20th July 1917 Attack rehearsal
20th July 1917 Locations of Units
20th July 1917 Pigeons
20th July 1917 Movement Order No.2.
20th July 1917 Train Timetable
21st July 1917 Three more Tanks arrived
22nd July 1917 Engaged in fitting new unditching Gear
23rd July 1917 Operation Order No.1 was issued.
24th July 1917 Moved off from Oosthoek Wood
25th July 1917 "Z" day postponed
25th July 1917 Starting points of the Tanks
25th July 1917 Instructions for Limbered Wagons
26th July 1917 Dump at Frascati incomplete
27th July 1917 Rumours received
28th July 1917 Tanks to Frascati.
29th July 1917 Tank Ditched
30th July 1917 Tanks at Frascati
31st July 1917 The 18th Corps. attacked
1st August 1917 Operations with 5th Army
1st August 1917 Operations with 5th Army
1st August 1917 Operations with 5th Army
1st August 1917 Broken down Tanks
2nd August 1917 Salvage
3rd August 1917 Tank hit.
4th August 1917 Guards to withdraw
5th August 1917 Tank Hit
6th August 1917 Tanks shelled.
7th August 1917 All moveable Tanks to Brielel
8th August 1917 1st Brigade Order No.11
9th August 1917 ZERO day altered
10th August 1917 Order No.4.
11th August 1917 ZERO day has been postponed
12th August 1917 ZERO day again postponed
13th August 1917 Ammendment to Order No.4.
14th August 1917 Tanks Move Up
15th August 1917 Lying Up Positions
16th August 1917 18th Corps. Attacked with the 48th Division
17th August 1917 Orders received
17th August 1917 Reports of Crew Commanders.
17th August 1917 1st Brigade Tank Corps. Order No.15.
17th August 1917 48th Division Order No.12.
18th August 1917 Tanks had a good run
18th August 1917 11th Division Order No.101.
18th August 1917 Tank Corps. Order No.5.
18th August 1918 Operational Order No.1
19th August 1917 Attack Made
19th August 1917 Report on Operations 19/8/17.
19th August 1917 Amendment to Operational Order No.1.
19th August 1918 Instructions No.2
20th August 1917 Crews return
20th August 1918 7th Tank Battalion. Instructions No.1
21st August 1917 Replace Tanks
22nd August 1917 Bringing Tanks back
23rd August 1917 Tankodromes
24th August 1917 Inspection
25th August 1917 Cleaning up
26th August 1917 Tank G.51
1st September 1917 One Coy. of "G" Battalion to Wailley
2nd September 1917 1st Brigade Order No.16
2nd September 1917 lst Brigade Tank corps. Order No.16.
3rd September 1917 Moved back from Ghent Cottages
3rd September 1917 Order No.6
4th September 1917 In Harbour
5th September 1917 Advance Party left
7th September 1917 Entraining
8th September 1917 On the Move
11th September 1917 Visit
13th September 1917 More Tanks
15th September 1917 Officer Reports
17th September 1917 Infantry and Tank Attack.
18th September 1917 Old Tank moved up
20th September 1917 5th Army again Attacked
21st September 1917 Tests of 'Felt Bullet Splashes'
22nd September 1917 Tanks Arrive
25th September 1917 Attachment to 7th Tank Regt.
26th September 1917 5th Corps Attacked.
27th September 1917 Report on Operations.
28th September 1917 Wanted for operations
29th September 1917 Unditching Clips were experimented with
1st October 1917 Be ready for Action.
2nd October 1917 Brigade Conference
3rd October 1917 Seven Female Tanks arrived
4th October 1917 Preliminary Instructions No.1
5th October 1917 Move
6th October 1917 Visit
7th October 1917 Received Unditching Gear.
8th October 1917 O.O.No.20 received
9th October 1917 No more movement
10th October 1917 Removal of derilict Tanks
12th October 1917 Orders from Brigade
13th October 1917 All operations seem to be cancelled
20th October 1917 Two Officers join Salvage
21st October 1917 Blew up a derilict Tank
24th October 1917 Move back
25th October 1917 Orders for move tomorrow
26th October 1917 Move cancelled.
27th October 1917 On the Move
28th October 1917 Move
29th October 1917 Camp
30th October 1917 Fixing up camps.
31st October 1917 Conference at Brigade H.Q.
1st Nov 1917 Recce
1st November 1917 Recce
3rd Nov 1917 Recce
3rd November 1917 7th Tank Regt. practiced with the Infantry.
4th Nov 1917 Training
4th November 1917 Practice with Fascines
5th Nov 1917 Training
5th Nov 1917 Training
5th November 1917 Timetable of moves
6th November 1917 Practice
7th Nov 1917 Training
7th November 1917 Another practice
8th Nov 1917 Training
8th November 1917 Practice with 186th Infantry Brigade.
9th Nov 1917 Training
9th November 1917 Another practice with 185th Infantry Brigade
10th November 1917 Busy getting Tanks ready
11th Nov 1917 Training
11th November 1917 Companies practiced Fascine dropping
12th November 1917 Adjutant visited Brigade Tankodrome
13th November 1917 Tanks of all Companies Move
14th November 1917 Battalion H.Q. moves
15th November 1917 Companies 7th Tank Regt. move
16th November 1917 B.G.C. inspects Sledge Pullers
17th November 1917 Sledge Pulling
18th November 1917 Tanks arrive
19th November 1917 On the Move
20th November 1917 Report of 3rd Corps and 4th Corps attack.
21st November 1917 Further Attack
22nd November 1917 Orders for further attack
23rd November 1917 Further attack with 12 "G" Battalion Tanks
24th November 1917 All quiet.
25th November 1917 All Tanks and crews to move back
26th November 1917 Nearly all Tanks now back
27th November 1917 All quiet.
28th November 1917 Move Expected
29th November 1917 Parade.
30th November 1917 Enemy Attack
1st December 1917 Orders
2nd December 1917 Orders were issued to 7th Tank Regt.
3rd December 1917 Be ready to move
4th December 1917 Orders received
5th December 1917 Nothing to record
6th December 1917 Major Fernie ordered to take over from Col. Hankey
7th December 1917 Move to back area.
8th December 1917 Entrain at Sorel.
9th December 1917 12 Tanks move to Plateau.
10th December 1917 12 Tanks move to Plateau.
11th December 1917 Handed over 36 Tanks to Col. Burnett.
12th December 1917 Move to Meaulte.
13th December 1917 Move to Meaulte.
14th December 1917 Reported Tanks at Meaulte.
1st January 1918 Repairing Tanks
8th January 1918 Tanks join 4th Brigade.
9th January 1918 7th Tank Regt. reports
10th January 1918 General routine
17th January 1918 1st Brigade School formed
18th January 1918 Tanks repaired
28th January 1918 Tanks repaired and hut building.
31st January 1918 Preliminary Orders
1st February 1918 General training.
11th February 1918 Probable move to 1st Army area
12th February 1918 Getting Tanks fit.
15th February 1918 Radiator problems.
17th February 1918 Start the move with "A" Coy.
18th February 1918 H.Q. at chateau Ray Eiffel.
19th February 1918 Move of "B" & "C" Companies.
20th February 1918 Tanks parked at Tankodrome
1st March 1918 Training with 1st Canadian Division
2nd March 1918 Reconnaisance of including Hill 70
3rd March 1918 Training with 1st Canadian Division
4th March 1918 Reconnaisance
5th March 1918 Lecture to Divisional Infantry
6th March 1918 General routine
7th March 1918 Laison with 1st Canadian Division
8th March 1918 Battle practice
9th March 1918 Laison with 1st Canadian Infantry.
10th March 1918 General routine
11th March 1918 Battle practice
12th March 1918 Lectures to 20th & 21st Battalions Infantry.
13th March 1918 Battle practice
14th March 1918 Lectures to 3rd Canadian Infantry Brigade.
15th March 1918 Battle practice
16th March 1918 General repairs
19th March 1918 Battle practice
20th March 1918 Battle practice
21st March 1918 Battle practice
22nd March 1918 General repairs
23rd March 1918 Lectures to 8th Canadian Infantry
25th March 1918 Reconnaisance.
26th March 1918 Taping and masking.
28th March 1918 L.G. Company mobilised.
29th March 1918 L.G. Company withdrawn.
30th March 1918 Standing by.
1st April 1918 Tank lectures.
12th April 1918 Orders were received
13th April 1918 Seven men were Killed
14th April 1918 Tanks moved
15th April 1918 anning previous line.
16th April 1918 Gunners withdrawn from the line
17th April 1918 Standing by
21st April 1918 Conference at 4th Divisional H.Q.
22nd April 1918 Changed sprockets
23rd April 1918 Reconnoitered Bethune area
24th April 1918 General reconnaisance
1st May 1918 Operation "Delta".
2nd May 1918 Reconnaisance for Operation.
6th May 1918 "A" Company can't move
7th May 1918 Orders received
8th May 1918 "B" & "C" Companies on train.
9th May 1918 Arrived at Hersin
10th May 1918 Positions taken up
11th May 1918 No further dispositions
17th May 1918 Two Tanks of "B" Company were hit
22nd May 1918 Six training Tanks drawn
23rd May 1918 Two Male Tanks drawn
30th May 1918 Ordered to move.
31st May 1918 "A" Company En Route
1st June 1918 Position of Companies
2nd June 1918 Battalion Gunnery School
5th June 1918 Field Exercises
6th June 1918 Field Exercises
7th June 1918 Field Exercises
10th June 1918 Field day
11th June 1918 Field Exercises
13th June 1918 Field Exercises
14th June 1918 Field Exercises
17th June 1918 Field day
20th June 1918 Field Exercises
24th June 1918 Taking over 4 Baggage Tanks.
25th June 1918 General routines.
1st July 1918 Training with Infantry
9th July 1918 From Equinegatte to Erin
10th July 1918 Handed in 12 Fighting Tanks
12th July 1918 Returned to Bouvigny
13th July 1918 Received a Warning Order
14th July 1918 General routine
21st July 1918 As per 7th Tank Regt. G/274.
25th July 1918 General course
1st August 1918 Battle Plan
1st August 1918 Battle Plans
1st August 1918 Battle Plan
1st August 1918 Gunnery Course.
3rd August 1918 Orders to be ready to move.
4th August 1918 Moved by road to Erin
5th August 1918 Tanks parked up
6th August 1918 Move from Merlemont.
7th August 1918 Move to Blangy
8th August 1918 Extra 6 Mk4. Tanks.
9th August 1918 Orders to be ready to move
10th August 1918 Move cancelled.
11th August 1918 General routines
15th August 1918 Moved to wood V.21.central.
16th August 1918 Battalion Movements
17th August 1918 Moved to Wood E.8.b.central.
18th August 1918 Preparing Tanks
19th August 1918 Operational Orders
21st August 1918 Tanks in Action.
22nd August 1918 Dispositions
23rd August 1918 See Appendix
26th August 1918 Crews resting
28th August 1918 Report on Operations with 4th Corps.
29th August 1918 Moved to lying up position
30th August 1918 In Action
31st August 1918 Crews resting
1st September 1918 Crews resting.
2nd September 1918 Tanks in Action.
3rd September 1918 Salving equipment
4th September 1918 Crews resting
5th September 1918 Salving equipment.
6th September 1918 Getting Tanks fit.
7th September 1918 Crews returned from coast
10th September 1918 Crews working on getting Tanks fit.
13th September 1918 Rested crews returned from the coast.
17th September 1918 Pending operations with Canadian Corps.
19th September 1918 Reconnoitered routes to forward area.
20th September 1918 Moved forward to Bihucourt
21st September 1918 C.O. attended a conference
22nd September 1918 Crews fitting special cribs to Tanks.
23rd September 1918 Liaison with Canadian Divisions
24th September 1918 H.Q. closed at Bihucourt
25th September 1918 Liaison with Infantry Brigade.
26th September 1918 The C.O. visited Tanks
27th September 1918 "Z" Day
28th September 1918 In Action.
29th September 1918 Crews resting after action
30th September 1918 Tanks in Action.
1st October 1918 Crews of "A" & "C" Coys. withdrawn
2nd October 1918 Tanks not needed for a few days.
5th October 1918 Crews resting.
6th October 1918 All Tanks were fitted with Smoke gadgets.
7th October 1918 Crews on Squad Drill
9th October 1918 Battalion formed in to two composite Fighting Sections.
10th October 1918 Moved up to a lying up post
11th October 1918 Tanks ordered to concentrate at Fontaine.
12th October 1918 Tanks trekking to Fontaine
13th October 1918 11 Officers proceed to UK for Corps expansion.
15th October 1918 Expansion Party left for U.K.
18th October 1918 Tanks trekked to Havrincourt
21st October 1918 H.Q. closed at Fontaine
22nd October 1918 Awaiting train at Havrincourt.
23rd October 1918 C.O. visited Companies
24th October 1918 Tanks arrived from Havrincourt
25th October 1918 Occupying huts and settling down.
26th October 1918 Inspection of camp by C.O.
27th October 1918 Church Parades
28th October 1918 rew 6 Mk.5 Tanks from central workshops
29th October 1918 Course for mechanical maintainance
30th October 1918 Companies on Drill
31st October 1918 Lecture by the Adjutant
1st November 1918 Companies on Tank Tactical Exercise
2nd November 1918 Maintainance course
3rd November 1918 C.O. inspected "A" Coy.
4th November 1918 Training.
5th November 1918 Visit from the Brigade Major.
6th November 1918 Maintainance and Hotchkiss course.
7th November 1918 Range and Hotchkiss Course.
8th November 1918 Company Parades
9th November 1918 Billet inspection
10th November 1918 Church Parades
11th November 1918 Gas Drill, Saluting.
12th November 1918 Lectures on Compass and Stars
13th November 1918 Maintainance and Hotchkiss Course
14th November 1918 Instruction on Guard Mounting.
15th November 1918 Maintaince Course, Gunnery, P.T.
16th November 1918 Pay Parade
17th November 1918 Programme of work
19th November 1918 Programme of Work
23rd November 1918 Programme of Work
23rd November 1918 reinforcements
24th November 1918 Programme of Work
30th November 1918 Entrain the Battalion for Winnepeg Camp
31st December 1918 Group Inspection
1st December 1918 Moved from Blingy Camp
2nd December 1918 Companies working on camp.
3rd December 1918 Fatigues in camp.
4th December 1918 Gunnery and mechanical maintainance courses
5th December 1918 Bath's
6th December 1918 Maintainance, driving, Gunnery
7th December 1918 Courses and fatigues
9th December 1918 Visit
10th December 1918 68 reinforcements
11th December 1918 A small fire broke out in the living hut
12th December 1918 C.O. visited No.1 Tank Group
13th December 1918 Firing on the Range
14th December 1918 Court of Inquiry assembled
15th December 1918 Church Parades
16th December 1918 Crew Training and Fatigues.
17th December 1918 Leave granted.
18th December 1918 Inspection of Mobilisation Stores
19th December 1918 Camp fatigues.
20th December 1918 Maintainance and Gunnery course.
21st December 1918 Guard Room built at entrance to camp.
22nd December 1918 C.O's. Inspection.
23rd December 1918 Recreational Training.
24th December 1918 Holiday breakfast at 0800 hours
25th December 1918 Holiday.
26th December 1918 Holiday.
27th December 1918 Resuming work.
28th December 1918 Schedule "A" training for Crews.
29th December 1918 Church Parades
30th December 1918 Battalion march past
31st December 1918 Contents
31st December 1918 Preparations
31st December 1918 The first Battle of Cambrai.
31st December 1918 Meaulte Interlude.
31st December 1918 The Defensive.
31st December 1918 The Final Battles.
31st December 1918 The Armistice.
31st December 1918 Roll of Honour.
31st December 1918 Honours and Rewards.
1st January 1919 Holiday breakfast 0800 hours.
3rd January 1919 Educational Courses started.
4th January 1919 Pay Parade.
5th January 1919 Church Parades
6th January 1919 Crew Training
10th January 1919 Short Route Marches.
11th January 1919 Companies Inspections
12th January 1919 Church Parades
13th January 1919 Crew Training
15th January 1919 Games
16th January 1919 Companies Inspections
18th January 1919 16 O.R's Demobilised.
19th January 1919 Demob & Leave
20th January 1919 Tanks inspected by Inspectors.
21st January 1919 Lecture by Capt. G. Ritchie
22nd January 1919 Refresher Gunnery course
23rd January 1919 Conference of Company Commanders
24th January 1919 Chaplain lecture.
25th January 1919 Pay Parade.
26th January 1919 33 O.R's Demobilised.
27th January 1919 Skeleton Crews running Tanks
28th January 1919 Crews working on Tanks
29th January 1919 Crews working on Tanks
30th January 1919 Bathing
31st January 1919 2 Officer's and 18 O.R's Demobilised.
1st February 1919 Games in the afternoon.
2nd February 1919 2 Officer's and 14 O.R's Demobilised.
3rd February 1919 Camp and Tankodrome inspected
4th February 1919 C.O. left for Transport for Dental treatment.
5th February 1919 Weather bad.
6th February 1919 No.2 group inspectors arrived
7th February 1919 Crews at work jacking up Tanks for inspection.
8th February 1919 Company messes amalgamated
9th February 1919 Battalion is now formed in to one composite Company
10th February 1919 No work possible, water supply freezing.
11th February 1919 Capt. Abbot assuming Command.
12th February 1919 Cleaning away Snow and repairing Duck Boards.
13th February 1919 8 O.R's Demobilised.
14th February 1919 Thaw started.
15th February 1919 Men preparing Tanks for inspection.
16th February 1919 Church Parades
17th February 1919 3 O.R's Demobilised.
18th February 1919 Visited by O.C. No.2. Group Inspectorate.
20th February 1919 Demob
22nd February 1919 Games in the afternoon followed by Pay Parade.
23rd February 1919 C.O's inspection of camp.
24th February 1919 Visited by G.O.C. 1st Brigade.
25th February 1919 Exhibition of Tanks to C.O. 287th Artillery.
26th February 1919 Inspection by No.2 Group inspectorate.
27th February 1919 6 O.R's Demobilised.
28th February 1919 Driver refresher course.
1st March 1919 Camp fatigues.
2nd March 1919 C.O. inspected the camp and Institutes.
3rd March 1919 C.O.returned from sick leave.
4th March 1919 Weather bad
5th March 1919 Visited by No.2. Group Inspectors.
7th March 1919 Games in the afternoon.
8th March 1919 Posting
9th March 1919 Camp Inspections
10th March 1919 Crews working on Tanks.
13th March 1919 Preparing Tanks for hand over
14th March 1919 Adjutant visited 12th Battalion to arrange for transfer of personnel in Tanks.
15th March 1919 Camp fatigues.
16th March 1919 Church Parades
17th March 1919 Mobilisation Stores being returned.
18th March 1919 Instruction A.1441/B., 4 Officers of 7th Tank Regt. transferred to 12th Tank Battalion.
19th March 1919 Transfer
20th March 1919 Central Stores collected Mobilisation Stores.
21st March 1919 10 Tanks transferred to 12th Battalion
22nd March 1919 All men except cadre transferred to 12th Battalion
23rd March 1919 Cleaning up camp.
29th March 1919 Entrained for Le Treport
1st April 1919 Remainder of Cadre, Personnel and Stores arrived.
2nd April 1919 Daily inspections
7th April 1919 Daily inspections and P.T.
13th April 1919 Demob
14th April 1919 Daily Inspections
18th April 1919 Good Friday
27th April 1919 One Warrant Officer sent to Wareham
1st May 1919 Daily inspections
8th May 1919 Entrained Cadre for Boulogne.
9th May 1919 Entrained at Boulogne for move to No.3 Rest Camp.
10th May 1919 Cadre embarked the boat then sailed to Dover
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Pte. Albert Fletcher Holt 3rd Battalion Manchester Regiment Albert Holt served initially in 3rd Battalion, Manchester Regiment as a Gunner and was already in the Army when war broke out.
He subsequently transferred the 7th Battalion, Tank Corps serving as part of the 1st Tank Brigade.
His unit was captured at Toulouse on 12th of April 1918 and he was taken to Gardelegen, one of the worst disease ridden camps. It was so bad that the Germans lived off site and left the prisoners to fend for themselves regarding sickness. His POW number there was 9700.
When the war ended and the soldiers were repatriated, Albert was among those who passed through Braine le Chateau in Belgium, where they were entertained to a banquet hosted by the Countesses (the de Ursels of Hingene of Chateau le Yonhuys) and The Mayor and Inhabitants.
Albert was an artist and painted a Centurion Tank on a hammered out Bully Beef can for The Countess Daisy, using her paints. In return, she gifted him those paints. The original carry case containing the spent paint tubes, is still in the possession of his descendants.
Albert served as an ARP warden in the Second World War and he was also a Fire Watcher at The Bolton Methodist Mission. He worked as a painter and decorator and spent time in Liverpool camouflaging the ships.
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