Prime Minister at Tank Demonstration

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  1. Ramiles

    Ramiles Researching 9th Lancers, 24th L and SRY

    Re. IWM Photo series - Prime Minister at Tank Demonstration

    PRIME MINISTER AT TANK DEMONSTRATION
    H7222 : Original wartime caption: The Prime Minister smilingly poses by an armoured wireless car bearing the name of Churchill.
    Photo by Captain Horton. Catalogued 14d2m1941.

    PRIME MINISTER AT TANK DEMONSTRATION
    H7223 : Original wartime caption: The Prime Minister clambers on to a tank.

    PRIME MINISTER AT TANK DEMONSTRATION
    H7224 : Original wartime caption: The "battle" which Mr. Churchill witnessed, in progress. In the foreground is an Anti-tank gun.

    PRIME MINISTER AT TANK DEMONSTRATION
    H7225 : Original wartime caption: The "battle" which Mr. Churchill witnessed, in progress. In the foreground is an Anti-tank gun.

    PRIME MINISTER AT TANK DEMONSTRATION
    H7226 : Original wartime caption: The Prime Minister inspecting an Anti-tank gun.


    PRIME MINISTER AT TANK DEMONSTRATION
    H7227 : Original wartime caption: The Prime Minister inspecting a Bofors gun.

    PRIME MINISTER AT TANK DEMONSTRATION
    H7228 : Original wartime caption: Three cheers for the Prime Minister by troops who had taken part in the "battle".

    THE ALLIED ARMIES IN BRITAIN, 1940-1945
    H7229 : Object description - Winston Churchill receiving three cheers from the troops who had taken part in the "battle". General Sikorski is in the middle background and General Andrew Thorne, the GOC Scottish Command, is on Churchill's left.
    Object description - The Prime Minister witnessed a tank demonstration in which he was shown the capabilities of various armoured fighting vehicles over rough country near Frensham, Surrey. With him were General Władysław Sikorski, the Prime Minister of the Polish Government-in-Exile and the C-in-C of the Polish Armed Forces, and General Charles de Gaulle, the C-in-C of the Free French Forces. The 2nd Armoured Brigade; 11th Royal Horse Artillery; 76th Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery; 10th Hussars; 9th Lancers; Queen's Bays, Royal Horse Artillery; 1st Battalion, Rifle Brigade took part in the demonstration.


    PRIME MINISTER AT TANK DEMONSTRATION
    H7230 : Original wartime caption: The Prime Minister shaking hands with officers.

    THE ALLIED ARMIES IN BRITAIN, 1940-1945
    H7231 : Object description - Winston Churchill inspecting troops drawn up on the hillside after taking part in the "battle". General Sikorski is in the middle background (wearing a square hat) and General de Gaulle can be seen behind him (wearing a kepi). General Andrew Thorne, the GOC Scottish Command, is obscured by an officer in the middle foreground.
    Object description - The Prime Minister witnessed a tank demonstration in which he was shown the capabilities of various armoured fighting vehicles over rough country near Frensham, Surrey. With him were General Władysław Sikorski, the Prime Minister of the Polish Government-in-Exile and the C-in-C of the Polish Armed Forces, and General Charles de Gaulle, the C-in-C of the Free French Forces. The 2nd Armoured Brigade; 11th Royal Horse Artillery; 76th Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery; 10th Hussars; 9th Lancers; Queen's Bays, Royal Horse Artillery; 1st Battalion, Rifle Brigade took part in the demonstration.

    PRIME MINISTER AT TANK DEMONSTRATION
    H7232 :
    Original wartime caption: The Prime Minister inspecting troops drawn up on the hillside after taking part in the "battle".

    THE ALLIED ARMIES IN BRITAIN, 1940-1945
    H7233 : Winston Churchill with other Allied Commanders following the Cruiser Mk IIA CS (A10) tank demonstration. From left to right: General Giffard Le Quesne Martel, the Commander of the Royal Armoured Corps; General Władysław Sikorski; Winston Churchill; General Charles de Gualle; General Andrew Thorne, the GOC Scottish Command.
    Object description
    The Prime Minister witnessed a tank demonstration in which he was shown the capabilities of various armoured fighting vehicles over rough country near Frensham, Surrey. With him were General Władysław Sikorski, the Prime Minister of the Polish Government-in-Exile and the C-in-C of the Polish Armed Forces, and General Charles de Gaulle, the C-in-C of the Free French Forces. The 2nd Armoured Brigade; 11th Royal Horse Artillery; 76th Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery; 10th Hussars; 9th Lancers; Queen's Bays, Royal Horse Artillery; 1st Battalion, Rifle Brigade took part in the demonstration.


    PRIME MINISTER AT TANK DEMONSTRATION
    H7234 : Original wartime caption: Major-General G. le Q. Martel, CB..DSO., MC.


    PRIME MINISTER AT TANK DEMONSTRATION
    H7235 : Original wartime caption: Major-General G. le Q. Martel, CB..DSO., MC.


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    Although there's a slight difference in date given here...

    Regimental-Histories_1936-1945 Bright_0065.jpg - The Royal Lancers Museum at Derby

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  2. Ramiles

    Ramiles Researching 9th Lancers, 24th L and SRY

    Film...



    Winston Churchill And Allied Leaders Attend Tank Demonstration

    Issued 24d2m1941

    Winston Churchill And Allied Leaders Attend Tank Demonstration 1941

    Short Summary : Churchill attends tank demonstration with Allied leaders and inspects troops during WWII
    Description : SLATE INFORMATION: Mr. Churchill Watches Tanks at Work
    BRITAIN: Unknown:
    EXT
    CHURCHILL WINSTON. W.General Sikorski and General de Gaulle watches tank demonstration..afterwards inspects various units taking part
    DE GAULLE, Gen. W. Churchill and General Sikorski at tank demonstration
    MILITARY, BRITISH. Churchill, Gen. de Gaulle, and Gen. Sikorski watch tank demonstration..various units inspected
    SIKORSKI, General (P.M. of Poland) W. Churchill and General de Gaulle inspects tank demonstration
    TANKS. Churchill, Gen. de Gaulle and Gen. Silorski watch tank demonstration..C.U. of tank showing Churchill's name.
    Personalities - Politicians; Vehicles; Military - Active
    British Armed Forces, army, soldiers, demonstrate, inspection, Wladyslaw Sikorski, Charles de Gaulle, Allies, World War II, World War Two, Second World War, war, parade, war games, Tank, Infantry, Mk IV (A22), Churchill tank, Blitzkrieg, armour, amoured, mechanize, mechanized
    Background: Churchill attends tank demonstration with Allied leaders and inspects troops during WWII.

    Also - Prime Minister With The Tanks


     
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  3. Ramiles

    Ramiles Researching 9th Lancers, 24th L and SRY

    B15173 is quite a strange picture, the way they are posed, I wonder if they have just seen the tank name and/or graffiti and are purposefully looking away. What's written on the tank is easier to see via the link and then using the picture zoom on the IWM site.

    It seems odd that this "got by" the Censor, given just how often one sees the Censor's markings on other pictures, mind you Sergeant Mapham's photos might have been treated differently. There doesn't seem to be much context, the photos before and after being of other things...

    PRIME MINISTER VISITS THE WESTERN FRONT

    Object description

    Original wartime caption: The Prime Minister, Lt-Gen W.H. Simpson, Field Marshal Sir Alan Brooke, Field Marshal Sir Bernard Montgomery, Maj-Gen McLane (Comd 19th Corps and Maj-Gen Gillen Comd 13th Corps. When the Prime Minister walked through the Citadel, at Julich, in which ruins he had luncheon before returning to his HQ.

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    "Prior" picture... PRIME MINISTER VISITS THE WESTERN FRONT


    Then next... PRIME MINISTER VISITS THE WESTERN FRONT
     
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