First world War One 17th Armoured Car Tank Battalion

World War One

The 17^th (Armoured Car) Tank Battalion 1918

17^th (Armoured Car) Tank Battalion 1918 - Austin Armoured Cars on Patrol

First troops to cross the Rhine - East side of Hohenzollern Bridge Cologne

17^th (Armoured Car) Tank Battalion immediately after arrival in Cologne 1918

Chronology of Operations - 17th (Armoured Car) Tank Battalion 1918

16th April 1918 Tank Corps Training Centre Order, forming 17th Armoured Car Tank Battalion.

17th April 1918 Personnel arrive at Bovington.

19th April 1918 Transport arrives from Bulford.

20th April 1918 Armoured Cars arrive.

21st April 1918 Formation of Battalion complete. Orders to send advance party overseas.

25th April 1918 Advance party leave for Folkestone, 1700 hours.

26th April 1918 Battalion leaves Bovington, 1830 hours.

27th April 1918 Folkestone.

28th April 1918 Boulogne. Advance party at Poperinghe with II Army.

29th April 1918 Merlimont.

30th April 1918 Battalion parade complete for first time in France.

2nd May 1918 Le Treport.

3rd May 1918 Inspection by G.O.C., Tank Corps.

21st May 1918 Orders to move to La Houssoye.

22nd May 1918 Belloy with IV Army.

23rd May 1918 Inspection by G.O.C., 5th Tank Brigade. Querrieu Wood and La Houssoye. Battalion comes under fire. First casualty.

4th June 1918 Orders to report to XXXI French Corps. Move commences.

5th June 1918 Pissy Chateau with XXII British Corps.

9th June 1918 Orders to report to General Mangin.

10th June 1918 Report to Ravenel.

11th June 1918 *Montdidier.

14th June 1918 Return to Ravenel.

15th June 1918 Pissy Chateau again.

17th July 1918 Orrouy.

18th July 1918 *Soissons.

18th-20th July 1918 Vertefeuille.

21st July 1918 Gandelu.

24th July 1918 Forest of Chatelet with 6th French Cavalry Division.

28th July 1918 *River Ourcq with I American Army.

29th July 1918 Bezu St. Germain.

1st August 1918 Via La Ferte Milon to Nanteuil.

2nd August 1918 Senlis.

3rd August 1918 Pissy. Return to British Area.

7th August 1918 Villers Bretonneux-St. Quentin road for the night.

8th August 1918 *VilIers Bretonneux with Australian Corps.

11th August 1918 Blangy Cabaret.

12th August 1918 Visit from H.M. the King.

14th August 1918 Pissy.

18th August 1918 Sarton with I Army.

20th August 1918 Bienvillers-au-Bois.

21st August 1918 *Bucquoy.

22nd August 1918 Sarton.

23rd August 1918 New Zealand Division. Achiet-le-Petit.

24th August 1918 *Achiet le Grand.

26th August 1918 Achiet-le-Petit.

28th August 1918 Avesnes-le-Conte with III Army.

2nd Sept. 1918 *Drocourt-Queant Switch with Canadian Corps.

4th Sept. 1918 G.H.Q. Reserve. Avesnes-le-Conte.

26th Sept. 1918 Buire, near Peronne .

29th Sept. 1918 *Hindenburg Line with Australian and American Corps.

30th Sept. 1918 Buire.

2nd Oct. 1918 Estrees, with Cavalry Corps.

9th Oct. 1918 *Le Cateau.

10th Oct. 1918 Bertry.

11th Oct. 1918 Beaurevoir in G.H.Q. Reserve.

3rd Nov. 1918 Reumont with IV Army.

4th Nov. 1918 *Landrecies.

5th Nov. 1918 *Avesnes.

11th Nov. 1918 Armistice signed.

15th Nov. 1918 Avesnelles.

17th Nov. 1918 Hanzinne with II Army.

18th Nov. 1918 Four cars to Charleroi .

19th Nov. 1918 Dorrine (on the Meuse) with 2nd Cavalry Division.

24th Nov. 1918 Dochamps (in the Ardennes).

1st Dec. 1918 German Frontier crossed at 1330 hours. Montjoie.

4th Dec. 1918 Duren.

6th Dec. 1918 Cologne. *Crossing of the Rhine.

12th Dec. 1918 Mulheim.

20th Dec. 1918 Lindenthal.

January 1919 Battalion moves to Dublin.

*Battles denoted thus.