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Churchill Tanks - Photographs and Name

4th Tank Battalion Grenadier Guards


Hull, a Mark IV, with her crew.


Hythe a Mark III.
Note: Her name was subsequently dropped.


A Mark VI crossing a small stream

Churchill Tank Names
First listed: HQF Troop - Squadron Leader's. Numbered Troops - Troop Leader's

Battalion Headquarters

Commanding Officer
2nd in Command
Adjutant  Troop Leader
Worcester
Windsor
Worthing
Worcester
O.P.
O.P.
O.P.
ARV
Warminster
Watford
Wolverhampton
Wallasey

No. 1 Squadron
HQ Troop
No. 1 Troop
No. 2 Troop
No. 3 Troop
No. 4 Troop  No. 5 Troop 
Dorking
Daventry
Derby
Dover
Alton
Ascot
Arundel

Bristol
Birmingham
Bracknell

Clayton
Cresswell
Chorley


Elstree
Everton
Eton

Finsbury
Finsbury
Faversham


No. 2 Squadron
HQ Troop
No. 6 Troop
No. 7 Troop
No. 8 Troop
No. 9 Troop No. 10 Troop 
Newbury
Newmarket
Northampton
Nottingham
Folkstone
Frinton
Fairlop

Kenley
Kettering
Kingston

Glossop
Gloucester
Guildford

Halifax
Holme
Hull


Yarm
Yatton
Yeovil


No. 3 Squadron
HQ Troop
No. 11 Troop
No. 12 Troop
No. 13 Troop
No. 14 Troop No. 15 Troop 
Manchester
Mansfield
Macclesfield
Mortimer
Portsmouth
Peterborough
Preston

Southampton
Shrewsbury
Surbiton

Lancaster
Liverpool
Lytham

Oxford
Oldham
Oldbury

Thame
Twyford
Taplow


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