It was at the Battle of Flers-Courcelette on the Somme, in September 1916, that tanks first went into action. If there is an originator of the tank it was Lt Col (later Major-General) Sir Ernest ...

NARRATOR: Cambrai was the first battle where tanks took on a decisive role. Tanks and new tactics involving tanks would eventually play their part in winning the Great War. Horace Birks stayed in ...