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William Tritton, Little Willie, and Mother green plaque

Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom

William Tritton, Little Willie, and Mother green plaque

Sir William Tritton. 1875 - 1946. Near this site in 1915 Sir William Tritton, Managing Director of Wm Foster & Co. Agricultural Engineers. Designed, built and tested the first fighting tank, the prototype "Little Willie" and it's successor "Mother" ended the stalemate of trench warfare and led to al

lied victory in World War 1

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