The Tank Corps memorial, at Pozieres on the Somme battlefront, marks the first
occasion upon which tanks were used in battle. This was at the
Battle of Flers-Courcelette on 15th September 1916 as part of the ongoing
British
Somme Offensive. The obelisk memorial, surrounded by four mini tanks, is
sited at a position where tanks were gathered in readiness for the attack on the
night of 14th September 1916. Directly across the busy main road (the Albert-Bapaume road) from the Tank Corps
Memorial is the
Australian Memorial at Pozieres Mill. Also nearby is the
Courcelette Canadian Memorial. |