“The tanks have done marvels”: The 110th Anniversary Seminar 2026
21 November 2026
The Tank Museum, Bovington, United Kingdom
A day-long academic seminar at The Tank Museum marking 110 years since the first use of the tank in warfare. Historians, researchers and military scholars examine the debut of the Mark I tank during the Battle of the Somme, with talks on its development, its first crews, its portrayal and its use at Gaza, followed by a chance to get inside a Mark IV tank.
15 sessions · 13 speakers
Organiser (1)
Speakers (13)
- Nick Booth Director of Curatorial Services, The Tank Museum
- Chris Copson Tank Museum Historian, The Tank Museum
- Bruce Newsome
- Capt. (rtd) James Langham MA
- Cassie Pope
- Dr. Phil Loder
- Ethan Purnell
- Gareth Davies
- Gwyn Evans
- Marquess of Salisbury KG KCVO PC DL
- Mehmet Can Kaya
- Oliver Boyle
- Rich Fisher
Agenda
- Welcome 21 November 2026 · The Tank Museum Workshop
- Personal reflections of the first tanks at Hatfield House 21 November 2026 · The Tank Museum Workshop
- Matters of business’: Tritton, d’Eyncourt and the Tank Patent 21 November 2026 · The Tank Museum Workshop
- Capt. Martel’s landscaping at Elveden 21 November 2026 · The Tank Museum Workshop
- What were the doctrinal options, choices, and lessons for the first use of tanks? 21 November 2026 · The Tank Museum Workshop
- An Introduction to Tanks at Flers 21 November 2026 · The Tank Museum Workshop
- Representing the First Tanks: Fictional Portrayals of the Mark I on the Somme 21 November 2026 · The Tank Museum Workshop
- The St. George Paradox: Medieval Myth, Mechanised Monsters, and the Cultural Domestication of the Mark I 21 November 2026 · The Tank Museum Workshop
- Men of Steel: Morale, Identity and the First Tank Crews 21 November 2026 · The Tank Museum Workshop
- Introduction to Part Three 21 November 2026 · The Tank Museum Workshop
- The Palestine Tank Detachment 21 November 2026 · The Tank Museum Workshop
- Fear and Adaptation: Psychological Warfare Aspects and Defensive Responses to the Mark I Tank at the Somme and Second Gaza, 1916-1917 21 November 2026 · The Tank Museum Workshop
- The Machine Guns of the Heavy Section 21 November 2026 · The Tank Museum Workshop
- The Schneider CA1 – How did France’s first combat tank compare with the British Mark I? 21 November 2026 · The Tank Museum Workshop
- Thank you 21 November 2026 · The Tank Museum Workshop