Tanks went into battle for the first time #OTD in 1916 at at Flers-Courcelette during the Battle of the Somme. Many broke down or were disabled by German artillery, but they still had enough of an impact to change war forever. #tanks #history #WWI #WW1

Happy Birthday Agatha Christie! Queen of Mysteries! Sold more than 100 million copies in over 100 languages. Already published when WW1 broke out, she immediately volunteered as a Nurse and later served as an Apothecary Assistant. She served until September 1918.
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“It was like hell in a rough sea made of shell holes”
Lieutenant Basil Henriques' account of the tank advance at the Battle of Flers-Courcelette, the Somme.
It was #OnThisDay in 1916 when tanks were used for the first time in an en masse attack
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15 September 1916

The Battle of Flers-Courcelette.

Reinforcements crossing the old German front line during the advance towards Flers

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15 September 1916: Tanks were used for the first time, at the Battle of Flers-Courcelette on the Somme. #History #WW1

15 September 1916 Private George Frederick Skarratt (22517) 2 Bn Grenadier Guards was killed in action and is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial

George is also remembered inside Stockport War Memorial #WW1 #History #HistoryMatters

15 September 1918 Private John Birkenhead (267794) 1/6 Bn Cheshire Regiment was killed in action and was buried in Westoutre British Cemetery.

John is also remembered inside Stockport War Memorial #WW1 #History #HistoryMatters

15 September 1916 Private John Gill (48663) Royal Army Medical Corps was killed in action and has no known grave and is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial.

John is also remembered inside Stockport War Memorial #WW1 #History #HistoryMatters

15 September 1916 Private John Garner (33716) Machine Gun Corps was killed in action and has no known grave and is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial. John was 19.

John is also remembered inside Stockport War Memorial #WW1 #History #HistoryMatters

15 September 1916 Private William Aspinall (20068) 11 Bn The King's (Liverpool Regiment) was killed in action and has no known grave and is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial.

William is remembered inside the Stockport War Memorial #WW1 #History #HistoryMatters

15 September 1917 Lance Corporal Samuel Whalley (200082) 1/5 Bn Lancashire Fusiliers died and was buried in Ypres Reservoir Cemetery.

Samuel is also remembered on the Romiley War Memorial #WW1 #History #HistoryMatters

15 September 1916 Rifleman Charles O Buckley (S/12785) 7th Rifle Brigade was killed in action and has no known grave and is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial.

Charles is also remembered inside Stockport War Memorial #WW1 #History #HistoryMatters

15 September 1916 Lt Frank Thewlis MC 1 Bn Coldstream Guards was killed in action and is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial.

Frank is remembered inside Stockport War Memorial #WW1 #History #HistoryMatters

15 September 1916 Private William Bates (14566) Machine Gun Corps was killed in action and has no known grave and is commemorated on the Doiran Memorial.

William is also remembered inside Stockport War Memorial #WW1 #History #HistoryMatters

15 September 1918 Private Henry Kivell (14494) 1/6 Bn Cheshire Regiment was killed in action and buried in Westoutre British Cemetery

Henry is remembered inside Stockport War Memorial #WW1 #History #HistoryMatters