1918
Year of Victory
First Battle of the Somme
Battle of St Quentin
(21 Mar 23 Mar 1918)
- 2nd Tank Bde (less 1 Coy) Army Reserve 3rd Army
- 1 Coy 8th Bat, IV Corps 3rd Army
- 3rd and 6th Bat VI Corps 3rd Army
- 1st, 4th 5th 4th Tank Bde 5th Army
Counter Attack at Beugny
(22 Mar 1918)
- 25 Tanks 2nd Bat 2nd Tank Bde 3rd Army
Action at the Somme Crossing
(24 Mar 25 Mar 1918)
- part 4th Tank Bde 5th Army
First Battle of Bapaume
(24 Mar 25 Mar 1918)
2nd Tank Bde
- 8th Bat V Corps
- 10th Bat IV Corps
- 3rd Tank Bde
- 9th Comp Bat, 4th Bat, Part of 13th Bat defending Ancre and TC camp
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4th Tank Bde
- 1 Coy Lewis Gun of 13 Bat 3rd Army
Battle of Rosieres
(26 Mar 27 Mar 1918)
2nd Tank Bde
- 3rd 10th Bat IV Corps 3rd Army
- 3rd Tank Bde V Corps 3rd Army
- 5th Bat LG Coy 13 Bat 4th Tank Bde 5th Army
First Battle of Arras
(25 Mar 1918)
2nd Tank Bde
5th Tank Bde
- 2nd, 8th & 13th Bat 3rd Arny
Battle of the Ancre
(5 Apr 1918)
- 1 tank 10th Bat, IV Corps
- 18 LG Teams with (4th Bat) with VII 3rd Army
Villers Bretonneux
(24 Apr 25 Apr 1918)
- 1st & 3rd Bat 3rd Tank Bde III Corps and Aust Corps 4th Army
Battle of the Lys
Battle of Bailleul
(13 Apr 15 Apr 1918)
First Battle of Kammel Ridge
(17 Apr 19 Apr 1918)
- 4th 5th 13th Bat LG 4th tank Bde 2nd Army
Second Battle of Kammel Ridge
(25 Apr 26 Apr 1918)
- 4th 5th 13th Bat LG 4th tank Bde 2nd Army
Battle of the Scherpenberg
(29 Apr1918)
- 4th 5th 13th Bat LG 4th tank Bde 2nd Army
Belloy
(11 June)
- 4 AC 17th (AC) Bat with French 133rd Div French 10th Army
Bucquoy
(23/23 June (night attack))
- 5 females C Coy 10th Bat 4th Tank Bde + part Tank Engr Bat + platoons 5/KOYLI (D Coy and 1 Plat B Coy)
62nd Div IV Corps 3rd Army
Capture of Hamel
(4 Jul 1918)
- 62 tanks - 8th & 13th Bat of the 5th Tank Bde attached to 4th Aust Div of the Aust Corps, 4th Army
Moreil
(23 July)
- 36 Tank 9 Bat 5th Tank Bde French 3rd Bat French IX Corps 1st Army
The Advance to Victory
Battle of Amiens
(8 Aug 11 Aug 1918)
TBA
Second Battle of the Somme
Battle of Albert
(21 Aug 24 Aug 1918)
Second Battle of Bapaume
(31 Aug 3 Sep 1918)
1st Tank Bde
- 3rd 7th 10th 17th Bat IV Corps 3rd Army
2nd Tank Bde
- 6th 12th 13th Bat a Aust Corps 3rd Army
Second Battle of Arras
Battle of the Scarpe
(26 Aug 30 Aug 1918)
3rd Tank Bde
- Comp Coy 9th and Comp Coy 11th Bat 3rd Cdn Div Cdn Corps First Army
Capture of Monchy le Preux
(26 Aug 1918)
- 2 tanks Comp Coy 11th Bat 3rd Cdn Cdn Corps 1st Army
Battle of the Drocourt Quéant Line
(2 Sep 3 Sep 1918)
- 57 Tank 3rd Tank Bde 9th 11th 14th Bat XXII and Cdn Corps 1st Army
Battles of the Hindenburg Line
Battle of Epépy
(18th Sep 1918)
- 8 tanks 5th Tank Bde 2nd Bat III Corps 4th Army
- 4 tanks 5th Tank Bde 2nd Bat IX Corps 4th Army
- 2 tanks 5th Tank Bde 2nd Bat Aust Corps 4th Army
Attack on The Knoll, Ronssoy
(21 Sep 1918)
- 9 tanks 2nd Bat 5th Tank Bde III Corps 4th Army
Attack on Quadrilateral and Fresnoy
(24 Sep 1918)
- 20 tanks 13th Bat 5th Tank Bde IX Corps 4th Army
Battle of the Canal du Nord
(27 Sep 1 Oct 1918)
1st Tank Bde
2nd Tank Bde
Capture of Boulon and Wood
(27 Sep 1918)
- 2 Tanks Acoy 7th Bat 4th Cdn Div Cdn Corps 1st Army
Battle of th St Quentin Canel
(29 Sep 2 Oct)
1st Tank Bde
- 11th Bat V Corps 3rd Army
3rd Tank Bde
- 5th 6th and 9th Bat IX Corps 4th Army
- 1st 4th and 301st Am Bat Aust and Am Corps 4th Army
5th Tank Bde
- 3rd 8th 16th & 17th (AC) Bat Aust Corps 4th Army
Capture of Bullicourt Tunnel Defences
(29 Sep 1918)
3rd Tank Bde
- 1st 4th and 301st (Am) Tank Bat Aust and II Am Corps 4th Army
- 9th Bat IX Corps 4th Army
Battle Of Beaurevoir Line
(3 Oct 5 Oct 1918)
3rd Tank Bde
- 5th Bat +det 6th Bat IX Corps 4th Army
5th Tank Bde
- 3rd 8th 13th 16th Bat with Aust Corps 4th Army
Capture of Beaurevior
(5 Oct 1918)
- 6 tanks 4th Bat 4th Tank Bde 25th Div 4th Army
Battles of the Hindenburg Line
Battle of Cambrai
(8 Oct 9 Oct 1918)
1st Tank Bde
- 2 Comp Coy 11 Bat V Corps 3rd Army
- 12 Bat IV, VI, XVII Corps 3rd Army
3rd Tank Bat
- 5th Bat IX Corps 4th Army
4th Tank Bde
Pursuit to the Selle
(9 Oct 12 Oct 1918)
3rd Tank Bde
- 5th Bat +det 6th Bat IX Corps 4th Army
The Final Advance in Picardy
Battle of the Selle
(17 Oct 25 Oct 1917)
1st Tank Bde
- 11th Bat V Corps 3rd Army (on 20 Oct)
- 11th , 12th (23 Oct) Bat IV V Corps 3rd Army
4th Tank Bde
(17-19 Oct)
- handed over to 2nd Tank Bde on 19th
- 12 tanks 6th Bat, 12 tanks 16 Bat IX Corps 4th Army
- 25 Tanks 301st Am Bat II Am Corps 4th Army
- 12 Tanks 1st Bat XIII Corps 4th Army
- 23 Tanks 10th Bat Army Reserve 4th Army
2nd Tank Bde
(19-25 Oct)
- Took over from 4th Tank Bde,
- 23 Oct Cooperated with IX and XIII Corps 4th Army
- 6th, 10th , 301st Am Bat
Crossing of the Selle
(20 Oct 1918)
- 4 tanks 11th Bat 1st Tank Bde 17th & 38th Div V Corps 3rd Army
Capture of Bousies
(23 Oct 1918)
- 6 tanks 10th Bat 2nd Tank Bde 18th Div XIII Corps 4th Army
Attack on Forest and Ovillers
(23 Oct 1918)
- 6 Tanks 11th Bat 1st tank Bde 21st and 33rd V Corps 3rd Army
Capture of Grand Champs Ridge
(23 Oct 1918)
- 2 tanks 12th Bat 1st Tank Bde 5th Div IV Corps 3rd Army
Attack S.W. of Landrecies
(2 Nov 1918)
- 3 tanks 10th Bat 2nd Tank Bde 32nd Div IX Corps 4th Army
The Final Advance in Picardy
Battle of Sambre
(4 Nov 1918)
2nd Tank Bde
- 11 Tanks 10th & 301st Am Bat IV & V 3rd Army
- 21 tanks 9th & 14th bat XIII Corps 4th Army
- 5 tanks 10th Bat IX Corps 4th Army
- 6 AC 17th AC Bat XIII 4th Army
Passage of the Grand Honnelle
(5 Nov 7 Nov 1918)
2nd Tank Bde
- 9th & 14th Bat IX and XIII Corps 4th Army
- 6 AC 17th AC Bat XIII Corps 4th Army
Final Operation
(8 Nov 11 Nov 1918)
2nd Tank Bde
- 5 car 17th AC Bat XIII Corps 4th Army
- on 9 Nov transferred to Maj Gen HK Bethells Force unit Armistice
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