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Papers of Maj Gen John Frederick Charles Fuller (1878-1966)

FULLER 1/1 Tank Training, Tactics, Operations, 1916-1918; Bound volume I/TS

FULLER 1/1-2 1916 Feb

[Col E.D. S[winton]. SECRET. Notes on the employment of tanks. Printed at the Foreign Office 27 Jan 17. 7 pp

FULLER 1/1/3 1916 Jul

[Swinton, Lt-Col Burgh, Lt-Col Bradley]. The handling of the Heavy Section, Machine Gun Corps. Duplicated. 11 pp

FULLER 1/1/4 1917 Jun 10-Feb 4

Maj J.P.C, Fuller, General Staff, Heavy Branch to A - D Bns, Central Workshops, Fifth Army, V Corps, Third Army, Q, G, War Diary. SECRET. Indoor training scheme No 1. Signed. Duplicated. 32 pp

FULLER 1/1/5 1917 Feb

Battle organisation for a tank battalion Typed. 3 PP + diagram

FULLER 1/1/6 1917 Feb

Training note Ho 16. Tank tactics. SECRET. Duplicated. 39 pp + diagram

FULLER 1/1/7 1917 Mar 15

[Col] S.E. Hollond [General Staff Officerl], Headquarters XVIII Corps, to Fuller. Thanking him for the tank dossier. [Presumably reference is to No 1/9.] Manuscript. 2 pp

FULLER 1/1/8 1917 Mar

[Fuller]. Lecture at Arras on history, organisation, tactics and training of tanks. Typed carbon. 26 pp

FULLER 1/1/9 [1916 Nov - 1917 Mar]

Martel. Paper on a tank army. Typed carbon. Martel in In the wake of the tank, Sifton Praed, 1931, page 15, says this paper was written in Nov 1916, but Fuller seems to have preferred the date Mar 1917. 10 pp

FULLER 1/1/10 [1917 Mar]

Paper referred to above on the transition from present day warfare to tank warfare. Typed carbon. 4 pp

FULLER 1/1/11 1917 Mar 21

Maj-Gen F. G[ore] Anley, Administrative Commander, Heavy Branch, Machine Gun Corps, 20 Cockspur Street, SW1, to Comdr, Heavy Branch, Machine Gun Corps, France. Forwarding report of the conference held on 4 Mar 17 on the tactical employment of tanks. SECRET. Signed. Typed carbon. 1 p

FULLER 1/1/12 [1917 Mar]

Report of conclusions reached at conference on tactical employment of tanks, War Office, 4 Mar 17. Gen [J.E.] Estienne [commanding Artillerie d'Assaut, i.e. French tanks], Lt Col Stern, Sir E.T. d'Eyncourt and Deputy Chief of the Imperial General Staff mentioned as taking part. SECRET. Typed carbon. 6 pp

FULLER 1/1/13 1917 Mar

Suggested scheme for utilizing tank corps personnel as Lewis gunners in emergency. SECRET. Typed carbon. 5 pp

FULLER 1/1/14 1917 Apr

[Martel]. Paper on tank trench mortars, torpedo tanks, i.e. a mortar that can be fired from a tank. Typed. 2 pp

FULLER 1/1/15 1917 May

General Staff, issued down to Regts, batteries, bns. Notes on the use of tanks and general principles of their employment as an adjunct to infantry attack. Printed. 8 pp

FULLER 1/1/16 1917 Jun 11

Projected bases for tactical employment of tanks in 1918. Corrected throughout [by Fuller]. Typed. Related Material: See also no. 185 15 pp + diagram.

FULLER 1/1/17 1917 Jul 13

Fuller to 1 - 3 Bdes, Q, C of W, Depot, for issue down to companies. Forwarding notes for information with reference to para 4, minutes of conference held at Advance Headquarters Heavy Branch, 9 Jul 17, NOT in collection. SECRET. Duplicated. 1 p

FULLER 1/1/18 [1917 Jul]

Supply tanks. Notes on their employment. Duplicated. 8 pp + 2 diagrams.

FULLER 1/1/19 1917 Jul 15

[Fuller]. Reorganisation of tanks on the battlefield. Typed carbon. 7 pp + diagram.

FULLER 1/1/20 1917 Jul 20

Fuller to 1 - 3 Bdes, E Bn, GS02 Training, GS03... Cancelling a paper No SG 116 of 30 May 17. SECRET. Duplicated. 1 p

FULLER 1/1/21 1917 Jul 20

Fuller. Recovery of tanks in action. Duplicated. 4 pp + diagram.

FULLER 1/1/22 1917 Jul 20

Fuller to Headquarters 1 - 3 Bdes. All crews to receive instructions in the use of new unditching gear. SECRET. Duplicated. 1 p

FULLER 1/1/23 [no date]

Instructions for rapid use of new unditching gear when under fire. Duplicated. 2 pp

FULLER 1/1/24 1917 Jul 18

Lt-Col John H. Parker [USA] Infantry, attached Operations Section, General Staff. Memo in re tanks, giving information on British and French tanks, and recommendations as to their future tactical employment. According to Fuller, Memoirs of an unconventional soldier, Nicholson and Watson, 1936, page 157, this paper was found in an estaminet. Typed carbon. 4 pp

FULLER 1/1/25 1917 Aug 12

[Tank] company organisation. Typed. 3 pp

FULLER 1/1/26 [1917 Aug]

Instructions for organisation and training of formations and units of 9 (Scottish) Div for the attack, includes equipment and weight carried per man. Duplicated. 8 pp

FULLER 1/1/27 [1917 Aug]

Third Army school of instruction. Notes on battle drill. Duplicated. 4 pp

FULLER 1/1/28 1917 Aug 27

Capt F.E. Hotblack, General Stall Intelligence, Advanced Headquarters Tank Corps. Extract from a German document on experiences of infantry attacks at Verdun, 1916. Signed. Typed carbon. 1 p

FULLER 1/1/29 1916 Nov 28

Maj-Gen J.S.M. Shea, commanding 30 Biv. Forwards notes on exercise carried out by Fourth French Army, Gen Gouraud, which was seen by Brig-Gen Lord Loch, Brig-Gen [A.] Solly Flood, Lt-Col Grant and himself. Duplicated. 1 p

FULLER 1/1/31 1917 Feb 7

Lt-Gen [Sir] L.E. Kiggell, Chief of the General Staff, GHQ, to First - Fifth Annies. The organisation of the infantry battalion. Duplicated. 6 pp

FULLER 1/1/32 1917 Feb 14

Same to same. Commander-in-Chief finds it necessary to modify provisions of Section 114, Chap IX, Infantry Training, insofar as the attack is concerned. Duplicated. 5 pp + plates

FULLER 1/1/33 [1917 Dec]

Fuller, issued by General Staff Fifth Army. Minor tank and infantry operations against strong points, with two diagrams. Duplicated. 14 pp

FULLER 1/1/34 [1917 Dec]

[Fuller] Suggested truckage for future tank rail moves. Typed carbon. 1 p

FULLER 1/1/35 [1917 Dec]

[Fuller] Paper on tank bridges and rafts. Corrected by [Fuller]. Typed. 3 pp

FULLER 1/1/36 1917 Nov 17

Fuller. Paper on tank haulage, for towing supplies, men, or guns behind tanks. Initialled. Typed. 3 pp

FULLER 1/1/37 [1917 Nov]

Capt [C.W.G.?] Allen to Headquarters 2 Bde. Paper on winding sledges by means of tanks. Copy. Typed. 2 pp

FULLER 1/1/38 [1918 Mar]

J.F.C. F[uller]. Memorandum on letter regarding the use of coloured light shells. Initialled. Typed. carbon. 1 p

FULLER 1/1/39 1918 Jan 3

Elles to Headquarters Tank Corps London. On the use of a reliable compass and of coloured shells by tanks when operating at night. SECRET. Copy. Typed carbon. Related Material See No 1/184. 1 p

FULLER 1/1/40 [1917 Dec]

J.F.C. F[uller]. Paper on tank operations, decisive in 1919, and preparatory in 1918. Initialled. Typed carbon. Related Material See also No 1/31. 7 pp

FULLER 1/1/41 [Jan 1918]

Infantry and tank co-operation and training. Training note issued in continuation of the instructions laid down in SS 135 Chap XVII. (Final version at 1/192).Corrected [by Fuller]. Typed. 40 pp

FULLER 1/1/42 1918 Jan 27

Fuller. Final version of No 1/186. Issued to Tank Bde. SECRET. Signed. Duplicated. 29 pp + diagrams

FULLER 1/1/43 1918 Feb 17

Annexe to Tank Corps Summary of information dated 17 Feb 17. German methods in the attack and indications of an offensive; German methods in trench warfare compiled from a study of recent German publications. Duplicated. 3 pp

FULLER 1/1/44 1918 Jan 25

Translation of German documents. [Ludendorff?, German] General Headquarters. Notes on the offensive battle. Typed carbon. 2 pp

FULLER 1/1/45 1918 Jan 25

Translation of German document. Ludendorff, Chief of the General Staff of the Field Army. Memorandum dealing with the tactics of the offensive. Typed carbon. 2 pp

FULLER 1/1/46 1918 May

V.R. Burckhardt, British Mission G.A.R. [General Allied Reserve?] to Fuller. Thanking him for his letter on the use and abuse of tanks which was what the French wanted. Manuscript. 2 pp

FULLER 1/1/47 1918 May 2

Headquarters Tank Corps. Notes on elementary tank tactical training. Duplicated. 2 pp

FULLER 1/1/48 1918 May 22

Maj R. Mansell, Chief Instructor 6-pdr School Tank Corps, Merlimont Plage. Notes on 37 mm QF gun. Trials carried out at Tank Corps School of Gunnery to test various types of ammunition against steel plate at various ranges, and effect of case shot. [Copy]. Typed. 2 pp

FULLER 1/1/49 [1918 May]

Notes on establishment and use. SECRET. Duplicated. 2 pp

FULLER 1/1/50 1918 May 24

[Fuller]. The tactics of the attack as affected by the speed and circuit of the medium D tank. Annotated [by Fuller]. Paper given to [Gen Sir] H. W[ilson, Chief of the Imperial General Staff] and Winston [Churchill] June 1918. SECRET. Typed carbon. 7 pp + 1 diagram and typed 3 pp

FULLER 1/1/51 1918 Jun 7

General Staff, issued down to divisions for distribution down to battalions. Notes on recent fighting No 14. German method of overcoming machine gun defence in depth. Printed. 1 p

FULLER 1/1/52 1918 May 30

General Staff Intelligence GHQ. Distributed through divisions down to companies and batteries. Translation of German document. 17 Apr 18. Gen der Infanterie von Staabs, XII [German] Corps Headquarters. Methods of surmounting the machine gun zone. Printed. 2 pp

FULLER 1/1/53 1918 Jun 11

Ryder for Maj, General Staff Intelligence Headquarters Tank Corps. Summary of information, including the construction and transport of German tanks, together with a translation of 13 or 44th [German] Reserve Division Notes on the conduct of the infantry attack. Duplicated. 2 pp

FULLER 1/1/54 1918 Jun 11

General Staff, issued down to divisions for distribution down to battalions. Notes on recent fighting No 16. Use of gas by the enemy prior to his attack on the British on the Aisne, 27 May. Printed. 1 p

FULLER 1/1/55 1918 Jun 6

General War Office. Daily review of the foreign press, Series 7 No 31, pp. 285-288. Printed. 4 pp

FULLER 1/1/56 1918 Jun 10

General Staff, War Office. Daily review of foreign press, Series 7, No. 34, pp. 309-312 (incomplete). Printed. 4 pp

FULLER 1/1/57 1918 Jun 14

General Staff Intelligence GHQ. Translation of German documents: (i) Ludendorff. The co-operation of infantry with tanks. (ii) 31 May 18. 13th Bavarian Tank Detachment. Attack orders with addendum. Printed. 1 p

FULLER 1/1/58, 119 [1918]

French/German map showing the area St Léonard-Nogent-l'Abbesse, scale 1: 25,000. Showing the zone of action of the 463rd [German] Regiment. Printed. 1 p

FULLER 1/1/59 1918 Jan

Translation of a German document from the French. Captured during the attacks north and east of Reims on 31 May - 1 Jun 18, attack orders for the 13th Bavarian Tank detachment and the orders of the 463rd Regiment, passing on the attack orders of the 238th Division. Typed. 2 pp

FULLER 1/1/60 1918 Jun 16

Summary of information, including the German capture of Orvilliers with the aid of tanks. Incomplete. Duplicated. 2 pp

FULLER 1/1/61 1918 Jun 3

Headquarters 5 Tank Bde, distribution down to company commanders. Points noticed during the training in co-operation with French troops at Bde Training Ground. Duplicated. 2 pp

FULLER 1/1/62 [1918 Jun]

Single sheet of paper of suggested Allied responsibilities British French and American, as to the provision of tank battalions. Page 4 only, probably the concluding page. Corrected [by Fuller]. Typed. 1 p

FULLER 1/1/63 1918 Jun 5

Capt H.C. Hatton Hall, Intelligence officer 4 Tank Bde. Report on German tank attack on front, north of the Aisne, of 8 and 50 Divisions, on 27 May 18, and on the French near Rheims on 31 May - 1 Jun 18. Typed carbon. 4 pp

FULLER 1/1/64 1918 May 29

Headquarters Tank Corps. G162/9 Tank Corps standing orders for operations. SECRET. Duplicated. 18 pp

FULLER 1/1/65 1918 Jun 30

Capt A. Ryder for [Hotblack]. Summary of information including the strength of German forces concentrated in line and close reserve. Duplicated. 2 pp

FULLER 1/1/66 1918 Jun 5

Headquarters Tank Corps to Controller of Workshops. On the necessity in alterations in policy if any considerable number of medium mark D machines are to be produced early in 1919. Copy. Typed. Related Material: See No 1/223. 2 pp

FULLER 1/1/67 1918 Jun 8

Martel for Lt-Col [Fuller] to 1 - 5 Bdes and Assistant Director Army Signals. Forwarding suggested signals for use with semaphore arms [on tanks]. SECRET. Copy. Typed. 1 p

FULLER 1/1/68 1918 Jun 8

Suggested use of semaphore with semaphore arms which will be available for the Mark V Tank. SECRET. Duplicated. 2 pp

FULLER 1/1/69 [1918 Jun]

Amendments to standing orders for operations. Duplicated. Related Material: See No 1/214. 2 pp

FULLER 1/1/70 1918 Jun 7

Headquarters Tank Corps. Notes on experience gained and lessons learnt during the recent training with the French infantry at Sautrecourt. Duplicated. 4 pp

FULLER 1/1/71 [1918 Jun]

Drill for evacuation of tanks. Typed. 1 p

FULLER 1/1/72 [1918 Jun]

Phrases in English and French for Tank Corps personnel. 2 pp

FULLER 1/1/73 1918 Jun 22

2/Lt L.H. Cronshaw, 'C' Company 10 Tank Bn. Copy of battle history sheet of tank No 4560. Report on action in the vicinity of the Dolls House. Duplicated. 1 p

FULLER 1/1/74 [1918]

Map illustrating above of Bucquoy, scale 1: 5000, showing the Dolls House and trenches. Duplicated. 1 p

FULLER 1/1/75 1918 May 23

Fuller. Paper on co-operation of tanks with French troops, referring to vocabulary of military phrases to be learnt by officers, for which see. Duplicated. 1 p

FULLER 1/1/76 1918 Jun 19

Pétain, Grand Quarter Général (French GHQ) des Armées du Nord et du Nord-Est. Etat-Major. 30 Bureau et Chars d'Assaut. Note on the employment of light tanks. Various rules including that light tanks may only be employed en masse. In French. SECRET. Printed. 2 pp

FULLER 1/1/77 1918 Feb

Verbatim of lecture to reconnaissance officers on the British front, sector from Armentières to River Scape. Annotated as to the origin of the tank at p.7 by E.D. S[winton]. Duplicated. 10 pp

FULLER 1/1/78 1918 Jan 14

Headquarters Tank Corps. Standing orders for the care and inspection of tanks and tank equipment. Duplicated. 3 pp

FULLER 1/1/79 1918 Jun 27

General Staff Tank Corps Headquarters. Characteristics and tactics of the mark V, mark V one star and medium 'A' tanks, to be read in conjunction with SS 203 Feb 1918 and SS 204 Mar 1918. Duplicated. 29 pp + 3 diagrams

FULLER 1/1/80 [1918 Jan]

Report on raid carried out by 187 Infantry Bde and 10 Tank Bn on night 22-23 Jun 18 against enemy defences near Bucquoy, referring to map for which see No 1/235. SECRET. Duplicated. 1 p

FULLER 1/1/81 1918 Jul 7

Comdr 3 Tank Bde. Report on reconnaissance of the Piave river and surrounding country, suitability or otherwise of which for tank operations. SECRET. Signed. Typed carbon. 7 pp

FULLER 1/1/82 1918 Jul 9

Tank Corps standing orders for operations. SECRET. Duplicated. 21 pp

FULLER 1/1/83 & 85 1918 Jun

Notes on how to carry out infantry training with thanks. SECRET. Duplicated. 3 pp

FULLER 1/1/84 1918 Jun

Notes on co-operation between tanks and aeroplanes. SECRET. Duplicated. 3 pp

FULLER 1/1/86 1918 Jul 18

Elles to General Staff GHQ. Forwarding draft paper on employment of tanks, for transmission to Marshal Foch: SECRET. [Copy]. Typed. 1 p

FULLER 1/1/87 1918 Jul 19

Employment of medium and heavy tanks. SECRET. Typed carbon. 2 pp

FULLER 1/1/88 [1918 Jul]

Battle orders for engineers, Tank Corps. Duplicated. 2 pp

FULLER 1/1/89 [1918]

General Staff. German method of overcoming machine gun defence in depth, from a captured German document. Duplicated. 1 p

FULLER 1/1/90 [Mar 1918]

General Staff. Notes on recent fighting No 13. German tactics in the attack. Duplicated. 3 pp

FULLER 1/1/91 1918 Jul 13

Draft notes on tank economics, of men per weapon, of fighting man-power in infantry casualties in artillery and cavalry personnel and others. SECRET. Typed carbon. 9 pp

FULLER 1/1/92 1918 Jul

Battle note no 1. Notes on observations made at recent tactical exercises in which tanks have participated. Duplicated. 1 p

FULLER 1/1/93 1918 Jul 13

Headquarters Tank Corps. Battle notes No 2. Notes compiled as result of experiences gained in Tank operations with Australian Corps 4 Jul 18 at Hamel. Additions in pencil. SECRET. Duplicated. 11 pp

FULLER 1/1/94 1917 Feb

[Fuller]. Anti-tank offence and defence. Manuscript. 5 pp

FULLER 1/1/95 1917 Mar

Experiments with bombs on tanks. Typed. 3 pp

FULLER 1/1/96 1917 Mar 22

Fuller. Tactical exercises, tanks versus infantry. SECRET. Duplicated. 2 pp

FULLER 1/1/97 1917 Apr 29

Fuller to commanders 1, 2 Bdes and Depot. In continuation of note, at No. 18, on enemy's tank defence, issued to reconnaissance officers on 26 Mar 17. SECRET. Duplicated. 1 p

FULLER 1/1/98 1917 Sep 27

Capt J.M. Stewart, for Capt General Staff(I) Headquarters Tank Corps. Summary of information, coast to Poelcapelle, Ypres-Commines canal, La Bassée canal, River Scarpe, River Oise. Duplicated. 2 pp

FULLER 1/1/99 [1917 Sep]

Examination of [German] Non-commissioned Officer of 15 Res Regt 2 Guards Res Div surrendered SE of St Julien, including mention of the effect of tanks. Duplicated. 3 pp

FULLER 1/1/100 1917 Sep

Headquarters Tank Corps. Situation map, front line 6 a.m., showing area Ypres - Droogenbrood-hoek and Schaap Balié to Gheluvelt, scale 1: 40,000. Marked with trenches and front line during advance. Printed and duplicated.

FULLER 1/1/101 1917 Mar 26

Headquarters Heavy Branch. Enemy tank defence. Duplicated. 3 pp

FULLER 1/1/102 1917 Mar 17

Extracts from German documents, translated: (i) 17 Mar 17. III [German] Army. Orders for the destruction of hostile tanks. (ii) 4 Apr 17. III Army. Notes on anti tank defence by 5 cm guns on armoured carriages and by 3.7 cm revolver guns. Duplicated. 5 pp

FULLER 1/1/103 1917 Apr 3

Rough notes on measures taken by the Germans to combat tanks. Corrected [by Fuller]. Typed. 3 pp

FULLER 1/1/104 1917 Apr 14

Translation of captured German document: 14 Apr 17. V. Maur, 27 [German] Div. Experiences gained during English tank attack on 11 Apr 17, Bullecourt sector, with alternative paragraph supplied by 207 [German] Div. Duplicated. 2 pp

FULLER 1/1/105 1917 Apr 30

From captured German document 30 Apr 17. Description of British tanks, with sketch. Duplicated. 2 pp

FULLER 1/1/106 1917 Apr 30

German measures against tanks. Corrected. Typed. 5 pp

FULLER 1/1/107 1917 May 17

Headquarters Heavy Branch. Enemy anti-tank defence. Typed carbon. 4 pp

FULLER 1/1/108 1917 Sep 1

Hotblack. Examination of prisoner of 60th Regiment, 121st [German] Division, captured 23 Aug 17. Signed. Typed carbon. 2 pp

FULLER 1/1/109 1917 Sep 1

Hotblack. Extracts from translation of German document. 13 Jul 17. Ypres Group (XII [German] Res Corps). The employment of counter attack troops. [The final page of an information summary]. SECRET. Duplicated. 1 p

FULLER 1/1/110 [Nov 1917]

Annexe to Third Army Intelligence Summary No 866. Translation of German Documents:
(i) 27 Nov 17. Maj Muller-Loebnitz, Chief of the General Staff Gaudry Group. General Command XIII. Defence against tanks. Experiences of the division in the Cambrai battle since 22 Nov 17.
(ii) From GHQ summary. Distribution of the enemy's forces, 1st Guard Reserve Div and 17 Div.
(iii) Captured German Army Order. 29 Nov 17. Gen von der Marwitz to soldiers of Second Army, on the British tank victory, Cambrai, 20 Nov 17. Duplicated. 2 pp

FULLER 1/1/111 1918 Jan 29

Annexe to Tank Corps summary. Translation of German document referring to the period before the Cambrai battle. Ludendorff, Chief of the General Staff of the Field Army. Suggested withdrawal of special close range batteries for anti-tank defence. Duplicated. 1 p

FULLER 1/1/112 1918 Feb

Maj-Gen R. [H.K.] Butler [Deputy Chief of the General Staff] GHQ, to First, Third - Fifth Armies... On experiments carried out to devise a land mine effective against tanks, and on laying these mines. SECRET. Duplicated. 192 pp

FULLER 1/1/113 1918 Feb 6

Reports on trials at tank headquarters with anti-tank fuses, methods of laying anti-tank contact mines. Duplicated. 6 pp + 2 diagrams

FULLER 1/1/114 1918

Paper on counter-measures against anti-tank tactics. Annotated [by Fuller]. Typed. 3 pp

FULLER 1/1/115 1918 Apr

Paper on hostile tanks, giving details of German work and use of tanks. Typed carbon. 2 pp

FULLER 1/1/116 1918 Jun 10

Capt A. Ryder for Maj, General Staff Intelligence Headquarters Tank Corps. Summary of information including German use of tanks. Duplicated. 2 pp

FULLER 1/1/117 1918 Jun 11

General Staff, GHQ Artillery circular No 12. Training for anti-tank shooting, instructions to be read in conjunction with SS 203. Instructions for Anti-Tank Defence. Printed. 2 pp

FULLER 1/1/118 1918 Jun 21

General Staff Intelligence GHQ, issued down to divisions. Translation of German document, from the French. The employment of tanks by the Germans in the attacks of 31 May and 1 Jun north and east of Reims. Similar to No 1/232. Printed. 3 pp

FULLER 1/1/120 1918 Jul 7

Hotblack. Summary of information including details of a German anti-tank rifle. Duplicated. 4 pp + sketch

FULLER 1/1/121/122 1918 Jul 11,18

Summaries of information, as above, for respective dates. Duplicated. 4 pp

FULLER 1/1/123 1918 Jun 25

General Staff Intelligence GHQ. From a captured German document. The light "minenwerfer" on flat-trajectory carriage, leichter Minenwerfer in Flachbahn-Lafette. Printed. 4 pp

FULLER 1/1/124 1918 Jul 25

Hotblack. Summary of information, including details of anti-tank rifle and anti-tank land mines. Duplicated. [not used] 2 pp + drawing

FULLER 1/1/125 1918 Sep

Headquarters Tank Corps Intelligence. Translation of German document. Sep 1918. Ludendorff. The British tanks and their use. Elaborated from captured orders and documents and from statements of prisoners. Typed. 6 pp

FULLER 1/1/126/128 1918 Nov 13

Tank Corps Intelligence. Translation of captured German document. 21 Sep 18. Lt von Pawelsz, for Chief of the General Staff, 17th [German] Army Headquarters. Anti-tank defence, with illustrations of allied tanks and of anti-tank devices. Duplicated. 15 pp

FULLER 1/1/127 1918 Nov 20

Headquarters Tank Corps Intelligence. German anti-tank defences, land mines. Circular reproducing reports of mines received from various sources. Duplicated. 11 pp + drawings (4).

FULLER 1/1/129 1918 Sep 28

General Staff(I) Fifth Army. Anti-tank mines. Two aerial photographs showing two types of anti-tank mines. Photographs. 1 p

FULLER 1/2 Battle of Cambrai, 1917; Bound volume I, I/BC1

FULLER 1/2/1 1917 Aug 3

Fuller. Project for capture of St Quentin by a coup de main. Manuscript. 1 p

FULLER 1/2/1[?] 1917 Nov 21

GHQ. On the importance of tanks in the battle of Cambrai. Typed. 2 pp

FULLER 1/2/2 1917 Aug 8

[Fuller]. Tactical employment of tanks in 1918, not official. SECRET. Typed. 2 pp + 3 diagrams.

FULLER 1/2/3 1917 Nov

Elles. Notes on the battle of [Camdrai at Albert]. Notes answers and comments, A, B, C, etc., evidently referring to a paper not attached. Manuscript. 3 pp

FULLER 1/2/4 1917 Sep 7

Comdr Tank Corps to General Staff, Advance GHQ. On the training of tanks and their subsequent employment. SECRET. Copy. Typed carbon. 2 pp

FULLER 1/2/5 1917 Sep 11

Lt-Col E.N. Tandy, General Staff, for GCS GHQ, to Tank Corps. Reply to above. Copy. SECRET. Typed. 1 p

FULLER 1/2/6 1917 Sep 11

Chief of the General Staff GHQ to Second Army, Fifth Army, Tank Corps. Authorising the withdrawal of part of Tank Corps from the line. SECRET. Copy. Typed. 1 p

FULLER 1/2/7 1917 Sep 16

Intelligence notes. Lens front, Souchez, as regards the possibility of tank action. Typed. Map, Lens Canal, 2nd edition; area from west of Lens to Bourges and from Pont-à-Vendin to Rouvroy. Scale 1: 20,000. Trenches corrected to 3 Sep 17. Printed. 2 pp

FULLER 1/2/9 1917 Sep 18

Comdr Tank Corps to General Staff, First Army. Forwarding a preliminary project for use of tanks on First Army Front, made out by comdr 3 Bde Tank Corps. SECRET. Typed carbon. 1 p

FULLER 1/2/10 [1917 Sep]

[Comdr 3 Bde]. Project for the use of tanks of First Army front. SECRET. Typed carbon. 3 pp

FULLER 1/2/11 1917 Sep 22

Maj-Gen W.H. Anderson, General Staff, Advance First Army, to I and XIII Corps, Canadian Corps. Preliminary tank project. Initialled by Fuller. SECRET. Duplicated. 3 pp

FULLER 1/2/12 1917 Aug 22

Tennyson D'Eyncourt, Admiralty, to Haig. On the inadvisability of using tanks on unsuitable ground. Copy. Typed carbon. 2 pp

FULLER 1/2/13 1917 Aug 27

Haig, GHQ British Armies in France, to Tennyson D'Eyncourt. Reply to above. Typed carbon. Copy. 2 pp

FULLER 1/2/14 1917 Sep 6

Tennyson D'Eyncourt to Haig. Listing improvements and new developments to tanks. Copy. Typed carbon. 2 pp

FULLER 1/2/15 1917 Oct 27

Fuller. Notes on conferences held at Headquarters Tank Corps on 25-26 Oct 17 regarding the operations projected to take place on Third Army front. SECRET. [Copy]. Typed. 6 pp

FULLER 1/2/16 1917 Oct 25

Third Army. Draft scheme for operation GY, against Cambrai, Bourlon Wood and passages over the Sensée river. [Continued at 1/81]. SECRET. Duplicated. 11 pp

FULLER 1/2/17 1917 Oct 27

Fuller to 2 and 3 Bdes, Tank Corps, Third Army... Schedule of moves of tanks 31 Oct - 7 Nov. SECRET. Signed. Typed. 2 pp

FULLER 1/2/18 1917 Oct 28

Comdr Tank Corps to General Staff Third Army. Suggested distribution of tank units to corps and training locations. SECRET. [Copy]. Typed. 2 pp

FULLER 1/2/19 [1917 Sep]

Gouzeaucourt, scale 1: 20,000. Area Trescault - Lesdain and Masnières - Villers-Guislain. Details and trenches revised to 5 Sep 17. Marked with approximately British front line 11 Sep 17. Labelled Original project submitted for consideration Lt-Col J.F.C. Fuller. This is the tactical distribution of tanks I proposed for the attack. Printed. Map:

FULLER 1/2/20-23 1917 Oct 29

Fuller to Headquarters 1 - 3 Bdes. Preliminary administrative arrangements made in connection with the concentration of 1 - 3 Bdes Tank Corps in Third Army area. SECRET. Duplicated. 3 pp

FULLER 1/2/21 [1917 Nov]

Railway moves preliminary 30 Oct - 7 Nov, railway moves final; situation about 4 Nov 17. Corrected and annotated. SECRET. Typed carbon. 4 pp

FULLER 1/2/22 1917 Oct 29

Comdr Tank Corps to General Staff Third Army. In continuation of No 1/71, relative to the employment of tanks. SECRET. Typed carbon. 3 pp

FULLER 1/2/24 1917 Oct 30

J.F.C. F[uller]. Criticising the distribution of tanks to objects. Manuscript. 1 p

FULLER 1/2/25 1917 Nov 1

Fuller to 1-3 Bdes. Instructions for making out a project of operations on behalf of the B[rig] G[en] C[omdg] [Tank Corps]. SECRET. Manuscript. 4 pp

FULLER 1/2/26 1917 Nov 1

[Hotblack]. Intelligence note on enemy defences in the Hindenburg line. SECRET. Duplicated. 1 p

FULLER 1/2/27 1917 Oct 30

Fuller to 1 - 3 Bdes, Third Army, III-IV Corps... Correction to No 1/73. Message form. Manuscript. 1 p

FULLER 1/2/28 1917 Nov 1

Fuller to Headquarters 1 - 3 Bdes. Referring to No 1/73, attaching a table of railway moves and diagrams showing the probable situation of battalions on nights 3-4 and 13-14 Nov. SECRET. Signed. Typed carbon. 3 pp

FULLER 1/2/29 1917 Nov 1

Maj-Gen Louis [R.] Vaughan, General Staff, Third Army to: (Corps comdrs) Lt-Gen Sir C.T.McM. Kavanagh, Cavalry, Lt-Gen Sir W.P. Pulteney, III Lt-Gen Sir C.L. Woollcombe, IV, Lt-Gen J.A.L. Haldane, VI, Lt-Gen Sir T.D'O. Snow, VII, Lt-Gen Sir C. Fergusson, XVII, Maj-Gen R.StC. Lecky, Third Army, Brig-Gen J.F.A. Higgins, commanding 3 Bde Royal Flying Corps, Brig-Gen H.J. Elles, commanding Tank Corps. Draft schemes for second and third stages of operation GY and in continuation of No 1/68. SECRET. Duplicated.
(i) Map A. Maricourt to Villers-Guislain and Beaumetz-les-Cambrai to Peronne. Printed. 1 p
(ii) Map B. Havringcourt to Les Rues des Vignes and Graincourt to Villers- Pipisch. Approximate British front line 14 Oct 17, with trenches. Printed. 1 p
(iii) Map C. Shewing Cavalry concentration Amiens to Caulaincourt and Thiepral to Guillaucourt. Scale 1: 100,000 or 1 inch to 1.58 miles. Marked to show staging and divisional areas. Printed.
(iv) Map D. Nov 17 Ordnance Survey 1917, Field Survey Company Royal Engineers Geographical Section General Staff 3576. Bapaume. Doullens to Cambrai and Arras to Guillaucourt. Showing Third Army railways, Hindenburg and other lines. Printed. 1 p
(v) Map E. East half of same map, marked with Corps areas. Printed. 7 pp + maps

FULLER 1/2/30 1917

Training note. Tank and infantry operations without methodical artillery preparations. For general information. SECRET. Duplicated. 4 pp + 4 diagrams

FULLER 1/2/31 1917 Nov 3

Capt C.R.T. Thorp, Bde Maj, 1 Bde Tank Corps. Preliminary instructions No 1 for operation to seize Cambrai by a coup-de-main. SECRET. Duplicated.3 pp

FULLER 1/2/32 1917 Nov 3

Fuller to 1 - 3 Bdes. Moves to be carried out on Z-9 day for the preliminary concentration of Brigades at Plateau. SECRET. Duplicated. 3 pp

FULLER 1/2/33 1917 Nov 5

Fuller General Staff, Tank Training Office, Albert. Minutes of conference held at 2 Bde Headquarters Arras 4 Nov 17. On training and operations [for the Cambrai operation]. SECRET. Duplicated. 2 pp

FULLER 1/2/34 1917 Nov

Assistant Director-General of Training (3) Third Army Headquarters. Extract from Army Orders. Army Routine Orders No 1107, light railways, dated 19 Sep 17. Army routine order No 806 cancelled and the following substituted. Requisitioning instructions for transport with list of sidings and stations on the light railways in the forward area, issued with Third Army Railway map. SECRET. Printed. 10 pp

FULLER 1/2/35 1917 Nov

Assistant Director-General of Training (3) Third Army Headquarters. Third Army railways. Similar map to No 1/81 (iv). Printed.

FULLER 1/2/36 1917 Nov 5

Lt-Col for Major General General Staff Third Army to Cavalry, III, IV, VI, VII, XVII, Tank Corps, 3 Bde Royal Flying Corps,... Attendance and agenda for conference at 'A' office, Army Headquarters, Albert, 11 a.m. 8 Nov 17, on forthcoming operations. SECRET. Duplicated. 2 pp

FULLER 1/2/37 1917 Nov 7

Fuller..., ADGR (III) Headquarters Third Army to Headquarters Tank Corps Forwarding programme of move from Plateau. SECRET. Duplicated. 11 pp + diagram

FULLER 1/2/38 [1917 Nov]

Instructions on tanks operating with fascines. Typed.2 pp + 9 blueprint figures.

FULLER 1/2/39 1917 Nov 10

Fuller to 1 - 3 Bdes. Notes on tank and infantry training. SECRET. Duplicated. 4 pp + diagrams.

FULLER 1/2/40 [1917 Nov]

Minor tank and infantry operations against strong points. Typed carbon. 5 pp + diagram

FULLER 1/2/41 [1917 Nov]

Notes on infantry and tank operations. SECRET. Duplicated. 3 pp

FULLER 1/2/42 1917 Nov 12

Fuller. Agenda and attendance of conference at Tank Training Office, Albert, 6 p.m., 13 Nov 17. SECRET. Duplicated. 1 p

FULLER 1/2/43 [1917 Nov]

Fuller. Minute on paper No 1/100 Manuscript. 1 p

FULLER 1/2/44 1917 Nov 12

Capt C.R.T. Thorp, Bde Maj, 1 Bde Tank Corps Preliminary instructions No 1 [sic, but see No 1/85] for operation by a coup-de-main, to seize Cambrai, Bourlon Wood... SECRET. Duplicated. 4 pp

FULLER 1/2/45 1917 Nov 12

Fuller. Tank Corps order No 1. On the forthcoming operation as to exploitation beyond the brown line. SECRET. Duplicated. 3 pp

FULLER 1/2/46 1917 Nov 13

Lt J.C. Carson, for Capt, III Corps "I". Bridges over Canal de St Quentin and River Escaut between Bantonzelle and St Quentin, with topographical details. Duplicated. 6 pp

FULLER 1/2/47 [1917 Nov]

Map of St Quentin canal crossing, scale 1: 40,000, showing area Marcoing-Lesdain and Neuville-St-Remy - Bantonzelle. Locks and bridges marked. Corps topographical section (208). Duplicated. map

FULLER 1/2/48 1917 Nov 13

Major General General Staff Third Army to Tank Corps. Operation GY, instructions. SECRET. Typed.

FULLER 1/2/49 1917 Nov 14

Maj [Hon] D. Bingham [officer i/c wire pulling tanks] to General Staff Tank Training Office. Refers to SG500/29, NOT in collection, of 6 Nov 17. Proposed scheme for employment of wire pulling tanks. SECRET. Manuscript. 3 pp

FULLER 1/2/50 1917 Nov 14

Fuller. Conference of Tank Training Office, 13 Nov 17, on details of forthcoming operations. SECRET. Duplicated. 2 pp

FULLER 1/2/51 1917 Nov 15

Fuller, to 3 Bde. Operations against Masnières. SECRET. Duplicated. 1 p

FULLER 1/2/52 [1917]

Map of Masnières, scale 1: 5000 marked with trenches and other special features. Duplicated. 1 p

FULLER 1/2/53 [1917]

Map of Marcoing, as above. Duplicated.

FULLER 1/2/54 1917 Nov 15

Thorp, Bde Maj 1 Bde Tank Corps. 1 Bde Tank Corps Order No 21. On operations to break through the Hindenburg Line between Gonnielieu and Havrincourt, passing on to Cambrai... SECRET. Duplicated. 13 pp

FULLER 1/2/55 [1917]

Map of area Havrincourt to Marcoing and Anneux to Villers Ploulch, with trenches, Hindenburg line, and the various stages of forthcoming operations of IV Corps, divisions and brigades. Printed. 1 p

FULLER 1/2/56 1917 Nov 15

Capt [C.R.T. Thorpe] Bde Maj 3 Bde Tank Corps Order No 8. On the projected operation. SECRET. Duplicated. 6 pp

FULLER 1/2/57 1917 Nov 16

Fuller, to 1-3 Bdes Maj D. Bingham, Maj M.L. Lakin. Arrangements for telephonic, wireless and pigeon communications. SECRET. Duplicated. 2 pp

FULLER 1/2/58 [1917]

Map France Edition 4A sheet 57 se Trench map. Scale 1: 20,000. Manincourt - Villers-Guislain and Tescault - Peizière. Trenches corrected to 11 May 17. Projected routes of 1-3 Bdes marked. Printed. 1 p

FULLER 1/2/59 [1917]

2 Bde Tank Corps. Tables showing interrelation of infantry, tanks and objectives in projected offensive, giving names of units, officers, tanks and map references. Typed carbon. 4 pp

FULLER 1/2/60 [1917]

Map of area Havrincourt - Marcoing and Noyelles-sur-l'Escault - Gonnelieu, trenches revised to 24 Oct 17 and front line to same. Marked with III Corps, Infantry brigade and tank battalion positions and objectives. Printed. map

FULLER 1/2/61 1917 Nov 16

Fuller to 1-3 Bdes, Maj Bingham, Maj Lakin, Maj Martel. Artillery smoke salvoes at zero hour and after. SECRET. Duplicated. 1 p

FULLER 1/2/62 1917 Nov 16

Fuller to 1-3 Bdes. Instructions to prevent the enemy blowing up bridges electrically. SECRET. Duplicated.1 p

FULLER 1/2/63 1917 Nov 16

Hotblack to AD Signals Tank Corps. Forwarding code words, [see 1/116]. Initialled. SECRET. Typed carbon. 1 p

FULLER 1/2/64 1917 Nov 16

Capt [F.E. Hotblack] for BGC Tank Corps to DDS Third Army, ADS III Corps, ADS 4 Corps, ADS Cavalry Corps, General Staff1 Third Army Same letter. Forwarding list of code words. SECRET. Typed carbon. 1 p

FULLER 1/2/65 1917 Nov 16

Hotblack to 1-3 Bdes for information. Same letter again. SECRET. Typed carbon. 1 p

FULLER 1/2/66 [1917]

Code words to be used by tank wireless. SECRET. Duplicated. 1 p

FULLER 1/2/67 1917 Nov 17

Fuller, to 2 Bde. Instructions for the advance on Marcoing. SECRET. Duplicated. 1 p

FULLER 1/2/68 [no date]

Map, Marcoing, scale 1: 5000, showing trees, trenches under construction, bridges,... Duplicated. 1 p

FULLER 1/2/69 1917 Nov 17

Major General General Staff Third Army to 3, 4, Cavalry, Tank Corps. Operation GY, surprise important, may lead to unique opportunity for cavalry action. SECRET. Duplicated. 1 p

FULLER 1/2/70 1917 Nov 18

Capt Thorp Bde Maj 1 Bde. Addendum No 1 to 1 Bde Tank Corps Order No 21, No 1/107. SECRET. Duplicated. 1 p

FULLER 1/2/71 1917 Nov 18

Fuller to 2-3 Bdes, Maj Martel. Artillery barrage timing at Army Artiller conference 18 Nov 17. SECRET. Duplicated. 1 p

FULLER 1/2/72 1917 Nov 19

Elles to GS01 [Fuller]. Instructions for him to take charge of operations during Elles' absence from Headquarters. Manuscript. 3 pp

FULLER 1/2/73 1917 Nov 19

Elles to Tank commanders. Special order No 6, on the occasion of the operation planned for 20 Nov 17. Duplicated in facsimile of Manuscript. 1 p

FULLER 1/2/74 1917 Nov 20

Hotblack. Summary of information 20 Nov 17, including an account of tank operations. Duplicated. 2 pp

FULLER 1/2/75 [1917 Nov]

Situation map, scale 1: 40,000. Havrincourt-Crèvecour and Anneux-Gonnelieu, showing Hindenburg and other lines and British front line prior to attack and on 20 Nov 17. Duplicated. map

FULLER 1/2/76 [1917 Dec]

Notes on the battle of 20 Nov 17, including enemy attack of 30 Nov 17, tank defence and topography. Typed. 4 pp

FULLER 1/2/77 [1917 Nov]

Press cutting printing Sir Douglas Haig's despatch on the enemy counter-attack of 30 Nov 17, quoting the order dated 29 Nov 17 of Gen von der Marwicz, commanding 2nd German army on this action. Printed. 1 p

FULLER 1/2/78 1917 Nov 25-29

Various official congratulatory telegrams and notes for tank commanders. Typed. 2 pp

FULLER 1/2/79 1917 Nov 21

Fuller. Tank Order No 2. Intention of Third Army commander to push the attack to west of Escaut Canal between Marcoing-Cambrai. SECRET. Duplicated. 2 pp

FULLER 1/2/80 1917 Nov 24

Hotblack. Confidential report on tank and infantry operations against Fontaine village and Bourlon Wood, including tactical lessons. Signed. Typed. 6 pp

FULLER 1/2/81 1917 Nov 24

Haig. Special order of the day on the capture of Bourlon Wood on 23 Nov 17. Printed. 1 p

FULLER 1/2/82 1917 Nov 24

The Balkan News, including the story of the grand fleet of tanks. Printed and published for the British Army in Macedonia, at Salonika. 1 p

FULLER 1/2/83 1917 Nov 25

Major General General Staff Third Army to 3/ Corps, adv. 4 Corps, Advance 5 Corps, 6 Corps, 7 Corps, 17 Corps, Advance Cavalry Corps, Advance Tank Corps... Tank corps operation at Bourlon Wood, communicates message on, at No 1/131. Duplicated. 2 pp

FULLER 1/2/84 1917 Nov 24

Lt A. Ryder for Capt General Staff Intelligence [Hotblack]. Summary of information, 24 Nov 17, including evidence of surprise in attack of 20 Nov 17. Duplicated. 1 p

FULLER 1/2/85 1 p

Situation map, scale 1: 40,000, area from Buissy-Cambrai and Oisy-le-Verger - Bourlon Wood, showing enemy lines of defence and British front line at approximately 24 Nov 17. Duplicated. map

FULLER 1/2/86, 88 1917 Nov 25

Ryder for [Hotblack]. Summary of information 25 Nov 17. The village of Bourlon wood recaptured 24 Nov 17 and lost again 25 Nov 17... Duplicated. 4 pp

FULLER 1/2/87 1917 Nov 26

Maj E.W. Hickes Royal Engineers ARCE. Movement of tanks by rail. Duplicated. 2 pp

FULLER 1/2/89 1917 Nov 27

Hotblack. Summary of information 27 Nov 17, including evidence of information obtained from prisoners about impending use of tanks. Duplicated. 2 pp

FULLER 1/2/90 1917 Nov 27

[Gen Hon Sir] J[ulian] Byng, Headquarters Third Army to Elles. Thanking him for the part played by tanks in operations. Duplicated. 1 p

FULLER 1/2/91 1917 Nov 27

Hotblack. Confidential report on infantry and tank co-operation in the attack on Bourlon village. Signed. Typed. 2 pp

FULLER 1/2/92 1917 Nov 28

Fuller. Tank Corps Order No 3. Withdrawal of brigades from the battlefield. SECRET. Duplicated. 4 pp

FULLER 1/2/93 1917 Nov 28

Lt-Col T.J. Uzielli, Assistant Adjutant and Quarter-Master General Tank Corps to Headquarters 1-3 Bdes. Refers to No 1/143 and supplies administrative arrangements for withdrawal of Tanks Corps to the Loop area. SECRET. Duplicated. 2 pp

FULLER 1/2/94 1917 Nov 29

Hotblack. Summary of information 29 Nov 17. Operations at Bourlon Wood and Fontaine... Duplicated. 3 pp

FULLER 1/2/95 1917 Nov 28

Bde Maj 1 Bde. 1 Bde Order No 23. Withdrawal of the brigade to Meaulte Camp. SECRET. Duplicated. 5 pp

FULLER 1/2/96 1917 Nov 28

Special Order No 7. Maj-Gen Sir J.E. Capper, Director-General Tank Corps to General Officer Commanding Tank Corps France. Congratulations on recent operations. Duplicated. 1 p

FULLER 1/2/97 1917 Nov 28

Hotblack. On the loss of secrecy during recent operations, the importance of secrecy and the difficulty of maintaining it. Signed. Typed carbon. 1 p

FULLER 1/2/98 1917 Nov 30

Lt-Col M.S. Gray, Assistant Director-General of Training (3), Headquarters Third Army, to Deputy Director General of Training (3), Deputy Director General of Training (T), DTn, GHQ... Notes on tank concentration Third Army area. Points for correction during transport of tanks by train, and their detrainment during recent operations. SECRET. Duplicated. 6 pp

FULLER 1/3 After Cambrai, 1917; Bound volume II, I/BC2

FULLER 1/3/2 1917 Nov 22

Note on the part played by tanks. Typed. 1 p

FULLER 1/3/3 1917 Nov 24

On 'G' bn fighting 18 Nov onwards. Typed. 1 p

FULLER 1/3/4 1917 Nov 3

Capt Stephen H. Foot, Bde Maj 2 Bde to Martel. Forwarding document from an infantry brigadier as it might be useful to the General [Elles]. Manuscript. 1 p

FULLER 1/3/5 1917 Dec 2

Capt I.P. [?] Dewhurst for Lt-Col commanding B Bn Tank Corps to 2 Bde Tank Corps. Forwarding a 16 Bde report for information. Signed. Typed. On reverse of No 1/167.

FULLER 1/3/6 1917 Nov 29

Brig-Gen H.A. Walker, commanding 16 Infantry Bde to Headquarters 6 Div "G". Account of part taken by 16 Infantry Bde in action before Cambrai 20-21 Nov 17. [Copy]. Typed. 4 pp

FULLER 1/3/7 1917 Nov 26

Comdr 1 Bde to Advance Headquarters Tank Corps. Brief narratives of some of the outstanding instances during operations by tanks of 1 Bde, 20-23 Nov 17. Signed. Typed carbon. 4 pp

FULLER 1/3/8 1917 Nov 28

Maj Bingham, Headquarters 3 Bde to General Staff Tank Corps. Forwarding report on work carried out by wire-pulling tanks on 20 Nov 17. SECRET. Signed. Typed. 2 pp

FULLER 1/3/9 1917 Nov 28

Capt L.A. Hasker [?] Wire pulling Detachment. Report on wire pulling operations 20 Nov 17. Signed. Typed. 2 pp

FULLER 1/3/10 [1917 Dec]

Action of 2 Bde Tanks on 30 Nov and 1 Dec 17. Duplicated. 3 pp

FULLER 1/3/11 [1917 Dec]

Part II. Outline of tank operations from 20-30 Nov 17. Typed. 6 pp

FULLER 1/3/12 [1917 Dec]

Part I. Preliminary report on tank corps operations with Third Army 20 Nov - 1 Dec 17. Typed. 9 pp

FULLER 1/3/13 [1917 Dec]

Part I. Preliminary report on tank corps operations with Third Army 20 Nov - 1 Dec 17. SECRET. Duplicated. 8 pp

FULLER 1/3/14 [1917 Dec]

Part II. Outline of tank operations from 20 Nov - 1 Dec 17. Duplicated. 5 pp

FULLER 1/3/15 [1917 Dec]

Action of 2 Bde Tanks on 30 Nov, and 1 Dec, and of 1 and 3 Bdes. Duplicated. 1 p

FULLER 1/3/16 [1917]

Part III. Results and deductions. Typed. 7 pp

FULLER 1/3/17 1917 Dec 1

Fuller to 1 - 3 Bdes, Officer Commanding Depot. Action to be taken to secure tanks against surprise attack when halted during operations. SECRET. Duplicated. 2 pp

FULLER 1/3/18 [1917 Dec]

F.E. H[otblack]. 2 Bde operations 30 Nov - 1 Dec 17. Initialled. Typed. 1 p

FULLER 1/3/19/20 [no date]

Capt [H. Boyd Rochfort] Advance Headquarters Tank Corps to [Fuller]. Forwarding report with reference to operations undertaken by 2 Bde 30 Nov - 2 Dec 17. Typed carbon. 1917 Dec 3. 3 pp

FULLER 1/3/21 1917 Dec 3

Major General General Staff Third Army to Advance Cavalry, III, IV, Advance V, VI-VII, XVII, Advance Tank Corps, General Officer Commanding Royal Artillery, 3 Bde Royal Flying Corps. Forwarding congratulatory message dated 1 Dec 17 from Haig on the successful resistance maintained by Third Army on 30 Nov against attacks south and west of Cambrai. Duplicated. 1 p

FULLER 1/3/22 1917 Dec 1

Hotblack. Summary of information 1 Dec 17, including enemy attack of 30 Nov 17. Duplicated. 2 pp

FULLER 1/3/23 1917 Dec 2

Hotblack. Summary of information 2 Dec 17.

FULLER 1/3/24 [1917 Dec]

Preparation for action in case of (v) an immediate S.O.S. counter-attack upon Gouzeaucourt, Ganche Wood, Villers Guislain, 30 Nov - 1 Dec 17. Paper with these headings, but apparently an account of operations. Typed.

FULLER 1/3/25 1917 Dec 3

Hotblack. Summary of information 3 Dec 17 with details of Cambrai battle front and German material on German intentions and dispositions before the attack of 30 Nov 17. Duplicated. 2 pp

FULLER 1/3/26 1917 Nov 11

Special order No 8, reproducing letter dated 11 Nov 17 from Maj-Gen W.E. Peyton, Manuscript to Commander-in-Chief, to General Officer Commanding Tank Corps, on the action of 2 Bde Tank Corps, 30 Nov - 1 Dec 17. Duplicated. 1 p

FULLER 1/3/27 [1917 Nov]

J.F.C. F[uller]. Battle of Cambrai. Preliminary notes on the re-organisation of the Tank Corps with reference to future operations, based on present experiences. Initialled. Typed. 7 pp

FULLER 1/3/29 1917 Dec 14

Comdr 2 Bde Tank Corps. 2 Bde report on operations 20 Nov - 1 Dec 17. SECRET. Duplicated. Area Bertincourt - Caudry and Cambrai-Verdhuille. Enemy rear organisation map sheet 2 edition 2. Geographical Section General Staff 3592. Ordnance Survey Nov 17. Marked with operational details. Printed. 28 pp + map:

FULLER 1/3/31 [1917 Dec 12]

Lessons learnt from recent operations by Third Army 20 Nov - 6 Dec 17. Secret. Typed carbon. 22 pp

FULLER 1/3/31, 1/7/18 1917 Dec 27

Lt-Col A.J. Ellis, commanding 87 Infantry Bde. Report on co-operation of tanks and infantry in operations 20-21 Nov 17. SECRET. [Copy]. Typed. 1 p

FULLER 1/3/37 [1919 Mar]

The battle of Cambrai. Notes for a lecture. Typed carbon. 19 pp

FULLER 1/3/38 1919 Mar 21

Sir E.H.T. D'Eyncourt, Admiralty SW, to Col Fuller, Room 270 War Office, Whitehall, SW1. Lending him papers for a tank history, about the origins of the tank, and enclosing memos. Signed. Typed. 2 pp

FULLER 1/3/39 1917 Dec 12

Tennyson D'Eyncourt [to War Cabinet?] Memorandum on tanks. [Copy]. Typed carbon. 2 pp

FULLER 1/3/40 1917 Dec 28

General Staff War Office to the Prime Minister. Note by the General Staff on Tennyson D'Eyncourt's memorandum below proposing the formation of tank armies. Copy. Typed carbon. 4 pp

FULLER 1/3/41 1918 Jan 15

Tennyson D'Eyncourt. Tanks. Comment on note by General Staff above. [Copy]. Typed carbon. 2 pp

FULLER 1/3/42 1917 Dec 17

[Maj-Gen Sir] W[illiam] T. F[urse], Master General of the Ordnance [1916-19], to Chief of the Imperial General Staff. Notes on report on a conference drawn up on Mr Churchill's paper above. and Haig's memorandum thereon below, Sir William's notes strongly supporting tanks. Initialled. Typed. 5 pp

FULLER 1/3/43 1917 Dec 11

Report on conference held on 5 Dec 17 at which Mr Churchill gave his views on the use of tanks, trench mortars, aircraft, artillery. The report being in effect a denunciation of his views. Annotated by W.T. F[urse], including a draft of No 299. SECRET. Typed. 5 pp

FULLER 1/3/44 1917 Nov 23

FM Haig to Chief of the Imperial General Staff. Refers to No 297. On the limitations to the degree to which machinery can be used s an aid to infantry. SECRET. Signed. Typed. 4 pp

FULLER 1/3/45 1917 Nov 2

Maj-Gen F. Maurice, Director of Military Operations, for Chief of the Imperial General Staff, to FM Commander-in-Chief. Forwarding paper below. SECRET. Typed carbon. 1 p

FULLER 1/3/46 1917 Oct 21

Winston S. Churchill [to War Cabinet and others?] Munitions possibilities in 1918. SECRET. Printed. 14 pp

FULLER 1/3/47 1917

General Staff I Third Army. Photographs reproduced by No 3 Advanced Section AP and SS. Aerial photographs of area Trescault to Rumilly and Flesquières to La Vacquerie, showing Hindenburg line, support line, and Manières-Beauvoir line. Photographic print.

FULLER 1/3/48 Oct-17

Map showing area Havrincourt - Seranvillers and Cambrai - Villers-Guislain. Marked with trenches and British front line to 24 Oct 17. Printed with contour layers in colour.

FULLER 1/4 Tank Corps Operations: 1 Brigade, [1917-1918]; Bound volume I, I/TCO1

FULLER 1/4/1 1917 May 17

Summary of tank operations 1 Bde Heavy Branch, 9 Apr - 3 May 17. SECRET. Duplicated. Including map: Area, Arras - Saudemont and Arleux-en-Gohelle - Lagnicourt, marked to show tank routes. 60 pp

FULLER 1/4/2 1917 Dec 9

Comdr 1 Bde Tank Corps. Summary of operations 20-23 Nov 17, 1 Bde Tank Corps. SECRET. Duplicated. 65 pp

FULLER 1/4/3 1917 Aug

30 pp + another copy, not bound in. Comdr 1 Bde. Summary of operations 31 Jul 17 1 Bde. SECRET. Duplicated.

FULLER 1/4/5 1918 Sep 19

Brig-Gen C.D. Baker Carr commanding 1 Tank Bde. 1 Bde Tank Corps supplementary report on minor operations 29 Aug - 3 Sep 18. SECRET. Duplicated. 3 pp

FULLER 1/4/6 1918 Oct 24

Comdr 1 Tank Bde. Report on operations 27-30 Sep 18. Duplicated. 11 pp

FULLER 1/4/7,9 1918 Oct 26

Lt-Col commanding 1 Tank Bde. Report on operations 8, 10 Oct 18. Duplicated. 6 pp

FULLER 1/4/8,10 1918 Oct 22

Capt C.T. Fane, 1 Bde Intelligence. Report on counter-attack by Anglo-German tanks 8 Oct 18. Duplicated. 1 p

FULLER 1/4/11 [1918 Oct 10]

Map area Beaumetz-les-Cambrai - Quesnoy and Estrun - Préont. Marked with British front lines on 27 Sep, 8 and 10 Oct 18, 1st Army and Divisional positions, Hindenburg line and support lines and with objectives. SECRET. Printed.

FULLER 1/4/12 [1918 Oct 20-23]

Map France sheet 57B NE Edition 2a. Scale 1: 20.000. Geographical Section General Staff 2742. Field Survey Bn [10850]. 1 Oct 18. Ordnance Survey Nov 17. Corrections to details made 27 Oct 17. Area Quiéry-Bouisies and Solesmes - Le Cateau. Marked to show operations 20-23 Oct 18, 11 and 12 Tank Bs, with British front lines on these dates, IV and V Corps and divisional positions. SECRET. Printed.

FULLER 1/4/29 1918 Aug 29

Comdr 1 Bde. 1 Bde Tank Corps report on operations 21-23 Aug 18. SECRET. Duplicated. Gaudiempre-Lagnicourt and Boisieux St Marc - Miraumont, marked to illustrate operations. Printed. 14 pp + map

FULLER 1/5 Tank Corps Operations: 2 Brigade, [1917-1918]; Bound volume II, I/TCO2

FULLER 1/5/1 1917 Jun 13

Col A. Courage, commanding 2 Bde, to General Staff, Headquarters, Heavy Branch. Preliminary report on operations of 2 Bde 7 Jun 17. SECRET. Duplicated. 4 pp + sketch map.

FULLER 1/5/2 1917 Jun 22

Comdr 2 Bde. Summary of tank operations, 2 Bde, Battle of Amiens, 7 Jun 17. SECRET. Duplicated. 108 pp

FULLER 1/5/5 1918 Sep 10

Brig-Gen L. Parker commanding 2 Tank Bde. 2 Bde report on operations 21 Aug - 3 Sep 18. SECRET. Duplicated.
(i) Map France, Bucquoy, combined sheet. Scale 1: 40,000. Ordnance Survey OB Apr 18. Area of Gaudiempre - Lagnicourt and Beaurains - Bapaume. Marked to show British front line. 21 Aug 18, and tank routes. Printed.
(ii) Map Ervillers, edition 1(a) local, special sheet. Scale 1 20,000. Trenches revised to 15 Aug 18. Positions map 17 Aug 18, and British front line 17 Aug 18. Area Bucquoy - Vraucourt and Hamelincourt - Biefvillers-les-Bapaume. Marked to show operations. Printed
(iii) Another map as above
(iv) France sheets 57c NW and NE, editions 9b and 7b, both local. Trenches as on 19 and 20 Aug. Field Survey Bn 10759 22 Aug 18, Geographical Section General Staff 2742, Ordnance Survey OB Aug 18. Scale 1: 20,000. Area Achiet-le Petit - Noyelles-sur-l'Escaut and Quéant - Bapaume. Enemy organisation 19 Aug 18. Marked to show tank routes and approx front line IV Corps evening 3 Sep 18. Printed. 41 pp + maps

FULLER 1/5/6 1918 Oct 5

Lt-Col G.Mc.L. Sceales, commanding 2 Tank Bde 2 Bde Tank Corps report on operations 27 Sep 18. SECRET. Duplicated. France edition 8a Local Sheet 57c NE, Scale 1: 20,000. New contours. Trenches revised to 21 Sep 18. Field Survey Bn 10832, 24 Sep 18. Marked with operations. Printed. 23 pp + map

FULLER 1/5/7 1918 Nov 9

Brig-Gen H.K. Woods commanding 2 Tank Bde. 2 Tank Bds. 2 Tank Bde report on operations 23-24 Oct 18. SECRET. Duplicated. Map Oise Canal. Scale 1: 40,000. Area Le Cateau - Marolles and Englefontaine - Bous. Marked to show operations. Printed. 7 pp + map

FULLER 1/5/8 1917 Aug 21

Comdr 2 Bde. 2 Bde report on tank operations, 31 Jul 17. SECRET. Duplicated. Area Potijze - Polygoneveld and Frezenberg - Zandvoorde, with trenches. Marked to show operations with II Corps, limit of infantry advance, corps and divisional boundaries. Printed. 36 pp + map:

FULLER 1/5/8 1918 Nov 20

Comdr 2 Tank Bde. 2 Bde Tank Corps report on operations 4 Nov 18. SECRET. Duplicated. 17 pp + diagram

FULLER 1/6 Tank Corps Operations: 3 Brigade, [1917]; Bound volume III, I/TCO3

FULLER 1/6/1 [1917 Jul 31]

Col [J.] Hardress-Lloyd, commanding 3 Bde. Summary of tank operations 31 Jul 17, including at p 40 a leaf from a pigeon service message book, Army Book 418a SECRET. Duplicated. Area Potijze - Zennebeke and 's Gravenstafel to Gheluveld, with trenches. Printed. 72 pp + diagrams and map

FULLER 1/6/2 1917 Aug 22

Comdr 3 Bde. Report on operations 22 Aug 17, 3 Bde Tank Corps. SECRET. Duplicated. 16 pp + diagrams.

FULLER 1/6/3 1917 Dec 22

Comdr 3 Bde Tank Corps. Report on 3 Bde Tank Corps operations with Third Army 20-27 Nov 17. SECRET. Duplicated. 22 pp + diagrams

FULLER 1/7 Tank Corps Operations: 4 Brigade, [1917-1918]; Bound volume IV, I/TCO4

FULLER 1/7/1 1918 Aug 24

Brig-Gen E.B. Hankey, commanding. 4 Bde Tank Corps report on operations 8-11 Aug 18. SECRET. Duplicated. Area Sains-en-Amienois - Meharicourt and Corbie - Fignières. Marked to show operations. Printed. 10 pp + diagrams and maps

FULLER 1/7/2 1918 Oct

Brig-Gen E.B. Hankey, commanding 4 Tank Bde. Report on operations of 4 Tank Bde 27 Sep - 17 Oct 18. SECRET. Duplicated. 20 pp

FULLER 1/7/2 1917 Dec 28

Maj-Gen T.O. Maude, commanding 6 Div, to III Corps. Co-operation of B Bn Tanks with 16 Infantry Bde, and H Bn Tanks with 71 Infantry Bde, at Premy Ridge, Nine wood, Couillet Wood and Flesquières Ridge. (Including a lively birdseye view of the tank attack of 20 Nov 17). SECRET. [Copy]. Typed carbon. 5 pp + diagrams

FULLER 1/7/3 1918 Jul 23

5 Bde Tank Corps report on tank operations 4 Jul 18. SECRET. Duplicated. 8 pp + diagrams

FULLER 1/7/4 1918 Jul 29

Headquarters Tank Corps. 5 Bde Tank Corps report on operations with IX French Corps south of Moreuil 23 Jul 18. SECRET. Duplicated. 11 pp + diagrams

FULLER 1/7/4 1918 Sep 8

Comdr. 3 Bde Tank Corps report on operations 8-12 Aug 18. SECRET. Duplicated.
France sheet 62D 1st edition. Scale 1: 40,000. Geographical Section General Staff2745. Ordnance Survey Nov 17. Area Amiens - Rosière-en-Santerre and Baisiux - Montdidier. Marked to show tank moves. Printed. [not used] 21 pp + diagrams and map

FULLER 1/7/5 1918 Aug 23

Comdr. 5 Tank Bde. 5 Bde Tank Corps report on operations with Australian corps 8-15 Aug 18. SECRET. Duplicated. 35 pp + diagrams

FULLER 1/7/5 1918 Sep 7

Comdr 3 Tank Bde. Report on operations of 23 Aug 18. Duplicated. Map showing area Adinfer-Croisilles and Neuville-Vitasse-Bihucourt, enemy organization and artillery 17 Aug 18. Showing trenches. Marked to show operations. Printed. 4 pp + map

FULLER 1/7/6 1918 Aug 27

Capt R.Y.C. Knight for Lt-Col commanding. 5 Bde Tank Corps report on operations with Australian Corps 23 Aug 18. SECRET. Duplicated. 11 pp

FULLER 1/7/6 1918 Sep 8

Comdr 3 Tank Bde. Report on operations 24 Aug 18. SECRET. Duplicated. (i) Map, France. Edition 8d (local) sheet 51B SW. Geographical Section General Staff2742. Ordnance Survey OB Aug 18. Scale 1: 20,000. Area Bourg St Martin - Remy and Manchy-le-Preux - Croisilles. Enemy organization, 27 Jul 18. Trenches revised to same date. Printed. France. Edition 9a local. Sheet 57c NW. Scale 1: 20,000. Geographical Section General Staff2742, Ordnance Survey Jul 18. Enemy organization 4 Jul 18. Area Achiet-le-Petit - Lagnicourt and Ecoust-St-Mein - Bapaume. Printed. 4 pp + maps

FULLER 1/7/7 1918 Sep 4

Comdr 3 Tank Bde. Report on operations of 3 Tank Bde of 25 Aug 18. SECRET. Duplicated. 3 pp

FULLER 1/7/7 1918 Oct 15

Brig-Gen A. Courage, comdr 5 Tank Bde. Report on operations with Australian III and IX Corps. 18 Sep 18. Duplicated. 21 pp + diagrams

FULLER 1/7/8 1918 Sep

Comdr 3 Tank Bde. Report on operations of 3 Bde Tank Corps 26 Aug 18. SECRET. Duplicated. Map Cambrai Road 2nd edition. Field Survey Bn RE 6735. Enemy organization 27 Jul 18. Intelligence log target information to 20 Aug 18. Area Arras - Remy and Fampoux - Pontaine-les-Croisilles. Trenches corrected to 27 Jul 18. Marked to show operations. Printed. 4 pp + map

FULLER 1/7/8 1918 Oct

Same. 5 Tank Bde report on operations with Australian Corps 29 Sep - 5 Oct 18. SECRET. Duplicated. 29 pp + diagram

FULLER 1/7/9 1918 Sep 18

Comdr 3 Tank Bde. 3 Bde Tank Corps report on operations with Canadian Corps 2 Sep 18. SECRET. Duplicated. France Sheet 51B. Arras - Aubigny-sur-Bac and Quiéry-la-Motte to Bullecourt. Scale 1: 40,000. Geographical Section General Staff 2743. Field Survey BN RE 6779. Ordnance Survey Oct 17. Enemy organisation edition 2, 25 Aug 18. Main trench lines shown. Marked to show operations. Printed in colour. 13 pp + diagrams and maps

FULLER 1/7/9 [1917 Aug]

Report on action of tank on 31 Jul 17. SECRET. Typed carbon. 15 pp

FULLER 1/7/10 [1917 Sep]

Preliminary report on tank operations 31 Jul 17. SECRET. Typed carbon. 3 pp

FULLER 1/7/10 1918 Oct 8

Comdr 3 Tank Bde. 3 Bde Tank Corps report on operations with IX Corps on 29 Sep 18. SECRET.
(i) Map listed at No 1/229, marked to show operations.
(ii) Map France sheet 62c edition 1. Scale 1: 40,000. Geographical Section General Staff 2743. Ordnance Survey Dec 17. Area Cartigny - Ramicourt and Epéhy - Etraillers. Printed in colour. Marked to show operations. 20 pp + maps

FULLER 1/7/11 [1917 Aug] 1

Chief of the General Staff, GHQ, to Elles. Message of congratulations from FM Commander-in-Chief. Copy. Typed. 1 p

FULLER 1/7/11 1918 Oct 11

Comdr 3 Tank Bde. 3 Tank Bde report on operations of 30 Sep - 7 Oct 18. SECRET. Duplicated. 5 pp

FULLER 1/7/12 [1917 Jun]

Account of tank operations at St. Julien, Steenbeke, Westhoek, Menin Road [i.e. 7-14 Jun, Battle of Messines[?]. XVIII Corps front - G Tank Bn. XIX Corps front - C, F Tank Bn. II Corps front - A Tank Bn. Duplicated. 7 pp

FULLER 1/7/12 1918 Oct 13

Capt F. Atker for Brig-Gen commanding 3 Tank Bde. Report on operations of 11 Oct 18. SECRET. Duplicated. 1 p

FULLER 1/7/13 1917 Aug 19

Maj H.V. Franklin, General Staff XVIII Corps. XVIII Corps report on operations 19 Aug 17 as result of evidence obtained from officers concerned. SECRET. [Copy]. Typed carbon. 3 pp

FULLER 1/7/14 1917 Aug 19

Comdr 1 Bde Tank Corps. Preliminary report on operations on 19 Aug 17, with XVIII Corps. SECRET. Signed. Typed. 3 pp

FULLER 1/7/15 1917 Nov 5

Report on operations of French tanks with French G.A.N. SECRET. Typed Carbon. 7 pp

FULLER 1/7/16 1917 Dec 17

Preliminary report on tank corps operations with Third Army 20 Nov - 1 Dec 17. SECRET. Duplicated. 26 pp + extra copy of Part III William T. Thurse. M.G.O. 7 pp

FULLER 1/7/17 1917 Dec 25

Brig-Gen G.R.H. Cheape, commanding 86 Infantry Bde to Headquarters 28 Div 'G'. Tank operations and co-operation with infantry 20 Nov 17. SECRET. [Copy]. Typed. 1 p

FULLER 1/7/19, 1/3/34 1917 Dec 28

Lt-Col commanding 88 Infantry Bde. Report on operation with tanks, at Masnières. [Copy]. Typed carbon. 1 p

FULLER 1/7/20, 1/3/35 1917 Dec 23

Brig-Gen A. Owen, commanding 12 Div, to III Corps. Co-operation of 3 Bde Tank Corps with division in operations of 20 Nov 17. SECRET. [Copy]. Typed carbon. 2 pp

FULLER 1/7/22 [1918]

Preliminary report on operations of Tank Corps 21-27 Mar 18. Typed carbon. 4 pp

FULLER 1/7/23 [1918 May 25]

K.C.M. Note referring to paper below as having been sent at his request to the King. Initialled. Manuscript. 1 p

FULLER 1/7/24 [1918]

Summary of report of operations of tank corps 21-27 Mar 18. Typed carbon

FULLER 1/7/25 1918 Jul 6-7

Elles to General Staff GHQ. Forwarding preliminary report on the action of tanks during the attack of 4 Jul 18 south of the Somme by Australian Corps. SECRET. Duplicated. 8 pp + diagrams

FULLER 1/7/26 1918

Notes since the opening of the British offensive 8 Aug 18 on the effect of tanks. Typed carbon. 2 pp

FULLER 1/7/27 [1918 Nov]

Report on operations of 301st American Tank Bn, 29 Sep 18, on Hindenburg Line opposite Bellicourt Tunnel; Fourth Army attack 8 Oct 18; on 17 Oct 18; on 23 Oct 18; and First, Third and Fourth British and First French Army attack of 4 Nov 18. Typed carbon. 2 pp

FULLER 1/7/28 1918 Oct 29

Elles to Chief of the General Staff GHQ. Forwarding summary of tank actions 8 Aug - 20 Oct 18 inclusive. SECRET. Typed carbon. 8 pp

FULLER 1/8 Tank Corps War Histories, Battalions 1-8, 1918-1919; Bound volume I, I/TCWH

FULLER 1/8/1 1919 Jan

War histories and war experiences of 1 Bn Tank Corps. Typed, typed carbon and duplicated. 47 pp

FULLER 1/8/2 [1918-1919]

War history, 2 Tank Bn. Typed carbon. 72 pp

FULLER 1/8/3 [1918-1919]

War history 3 (Light) Tank Bn. Typed and typed carbon. 27 pp

FULLER 1/8/4 [1918-1919]

War history 4 Bn Tank Corps. Typed carbon. 27 pp

FULLER 1/8/5 [1918-1919]

War history 5 Bn Tank Corps. Duplicated. 27 pp

FULLER 1/8/6 1918 Dec

"G". A brief battle history of 7 Tank Bn. Typed carbon. 12 pp

FULLER 1/8/7 [1918-1919]

War history, 8 Tank Bn.

FULLER 1/8/8 [1918-1919]

Map of reference for Cambrai and March operations, showing area Courcelette - Marcoing and Quéant - Combles. Printed.

FULLER 1/8/9 [1918-1919]

Map of reference for Hamel, 4 Jul 18, and Aug operations. Area Poulainville - Bray-sur-Somme and Baizieux - Fouencamps. Printed.

FULLER 1/9 Tank Corps War Histories, Battalions 9-18, 1919; Bound volume II, I/TCWH2

FULLER 1/9/1 [1919]

War history 9 Tank Bn, Nov 1916 - 31 Dec 18. Typed. 44 pp + 4 pp typed carbon.

FULLER 1/9/2 [1919]

War history 10 Tank Bn. Duplicated. 18 pp

FULLER 1/9/3 1919 Jan

War history 11 Tank Bn. Typed carbon. 50 pp

FULLER 1/9/4 [1919]

War history 12 Tank Bn. Typed carbon. 44 pp

FULLER 1/9/5 [1919]

War history 13 Tank Bn. Typed carbon. 86 pp

FULLER 1/9/6 [1919]

War history 14 Tank Bn. Duplicated. 66 pp

FULLER 1/9/7 [1919]

War history 15 Tank Bn. Typed. Including diagrams and maps:
(i) Map of area Camon - Chuignes and Heilly - Marcelcave. Marked to show operations [Battle of Amiens] on 8-9 Aug [18]. Layered and printed in colour.
(ii) Map of area Souastre - Bouron and Fontaine-les-Croisilles - Bapaume. Marked to show [Battle of Bapaume] operations on 21, 30-31 Aug and 27 Sep 18. Printed. 82 pp

FULLER 1/9/8 [1919]

War history 16 Tank Bn. Typed carbon. [For war history of 17 Tank Bn see: Lt-Col E.J. Carter: 'Operations of the 17th (Armoured Tank Battalion during the battle of 1918;' Aldershot, Gale and Polden, 1920.] 16 pp

FULLER 1/9/9 [1919]

War history of 18 Tank Bn. Typed carbon. 4 pp

FULLER 1/10 Tank Corps War Histories, Brigades 1-6, 1919; Bound volume III, I/TCWH3

FULLER 1/10/1 1919 Jan

War history 1 Tank Bde. Typed carbon. 77 pp

FULLER 1/10/2 [1919]

War history 2 Tank Bde. Typed carbon. 11 pp

FULLER 1/10/3 [1919]

War history 3 Tank Bde. Duplicated. 55 pp + diagram

FULLER 1/10/4 [1919]

War history of 4 Tank Bde. Typed carbon + duplicated maps. 39 pp

FULLER 1/10/5 [1919]

War history 5 Tank Bde. Typed carbon + diagrams. 44 pp

FULLER 1/10/6 [1919]

War history 6 Tank Bde. Typed carbon. 7 pp

FULLER 1/11 Tank Corps War Histories, Experiences of Groups 1-3, 1919; Bound volume IV, I/TCWH4

FULLER 1/11/1 [1919]

[1st Tank Group]. Duplicated. 2nd Tank Group. 81 pp

FULLER 1/11/2 [1919]

3 Tank Bde. Duplicated. 57 pp

FULLER 1/11/3 1919 Feb 7

Brig-Gen A. Courage. 5 Tank Bde war experiences. Signed. Typed carbon. 3rd Tank Group. 55 pp

FULLER 1/11/4 [1919]

2 Tank Bn. Typed carbon. 54 pp

FULLER 1/11/5 [1919]

Lt-Col commanding 8 Tank Bn. War experiences. Typed, including aerial photo and diagrams. Bayonvillers, edition, Field Survey Co RE (3789) 18 Jun 18. Trenches corrected to 24 Jun 18, approximate British front line 22 Jun 18. Scale 1: 20,000. Area Corbie - Morcourt and Seuilly - le-Sec - Bayonvillers. Marked to show Hamel offensive Jul 1918, 4 Australian Div, 8 Tank Bn and 13 Bn. Printed. 62 pp + map:

FULLER 1/11/6 [1919]

13 Tank Bn. Typed carbon and typed. 184 pp

FULLER 1/12 Tank Corps War Histories, Headquarters, Workshops and Carrier Companies, 1919; Bound volume V, I/TCWH5

FULLER 1/12/1 1919 Jan 25

Maj H.C. Atkin-Berry, Deputy Assistant Adjutant General Tank Corps. History "A" Branch Headquarters Tank Corps. Tank Corps war history Chap 7. Signed. Typed carbon. 10 pp

FULLER 1/12/2 [1919]

War history Headquarters "Q" Branch Tank Corps. Tank Corps war history Chaps 6-8. Typed. 13 pp

FULLER 1/12/3 [1919]

War history Equipment Branch. Typed carbon. 11 pp

FULLER 1/12/4 [1919]

War history Central Ordnance Workshops Tank Corps. Typed carbon. 2 pp

FULLER 1/12/5 [1919]

War history Tank Corps. Workshops. Typed carbon + sample printed and duplicated forms. 108 pp

FULLER 1/12/6 [1919]

War history 1 Tank Company Carrier. Typed. 15 pp

FULLER 1/12/7 1919 Jan 18 [?]

Maj H.J. Coxhead Officer Commanding. War history No 2 Tank Carrier Company. Typed carbon. 26 pp

FULLER 1/12/8 [1919]

War history 3 Tank Carrier Company. Typed carbon. 29 pp

FULLER 1/12/9 [1919]

War history 4 Tank Carrier Company. Typed carbon. 75 pp

FULLER 1/12/10 [1919]

War history 5 Tank Carrier Company. Typed carbon. 6 pp

FULLER 1/12/11 [1919]

War history No 2 Gun Carrier Company, later No 6 Tank Carrier Company. Typed carbon. 12 pp

FULLER 1/12/12 [1919]

War history 1 Gun Carrier Company. Typed carbon. 41 pp

FULLER 1/12/13 [1919]

Training and reinforcement depot war history. Typed carbon. 9 pp

FULLER 1/12/14 [1919]

War history Tank Corps Driving and maintenance School. Typed carbon. 13 pp

FULLER 1/12/15 1919 Feb 17

Capt H.M. Paget Royal Engineers, Camouflage Officer, to General Staff Tank Corps. War history Tank Corps Camouflage, with reference to the use of dummy tanks. [Copy]. Typed. 2 pp

FULLER 1/12/16 [1919]

War history of M[echanical] T[ransport] attached Tank Corps. Typed carbon. 5 pp

FULLER 1/12/17 [1419]

War history of School of Gunnery, Tank Corps. Typed. 19 pp

FULLER 1/12/18 [1919]

Another copy. Typed carbon.

FULLER 1/12/19 1918 Jul 5-12

R.L. C[entral] W[orkshops] T[ank] C[orps]. General arrangement of Central Workshops Tank Corps, Teneur. Drg No F/B469 Scale 1¾ foot. Blue print.

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