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I Company MGC (H) - 9th Battalion, Tank Corps
30th of October 1918
2nd of November 1918
12th of November 1918 Report
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Pte. Benjamin Whale CdG. 9th Btn. Tank Corps (d.29th September 1918) Ben Whale was killed at the Battle of St Quentin Canal, along with 5 other tank crew.
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Pte Alfred James Tabor 9th (I) Battalion Tank Corps (d.23rd July 1918) Alfred Tabor was my grandfather. He and died of wounds received whilst driving Mk V male 9049 at Sauvillers, on 23rd of July 1918, during the subsidiary attack on Harpon Wood.
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2nd Lt. Henry Thomas Bayard "Bay" Smith 4th Queen's Own Hussars (d.25th March 1918) Thomas Smith started his military carer in the RN and at some time went to Sandhurst where he passed out as a 2nd Lieutenant.
At some point he was attached to the 9th Tank Battalion in Whippet tanks. He was killed in action on 25th March 1918 (sniping at the enemy at Pozieres). His body was never recovered, but he is remembered by his great nephews and nieces every year at Pozieres Memorial.
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