Tanks had been used on the Western Front for several months, but a formal regiment was required for ease of management. The Tank Corps was formed from the Heavy Branch Machine Gun Corps in July 1917. Each battalion of the corps had a complement of 32 officers and 374 men.
Commowealth War Graves
Chapman, Private Maurice (d1920, aged 37, illness)
Gardner, Private Anthony (d1918, age and cause of death unknown)
Grandfield, Lance Corporal (d1918, aged 31, illness)
Jennings, Private William (d1917, aged 19, cause of death unknown)
Death and Service 