Names on British Tanks in 1917
by Phil Radley

 

F (6^th) Battalion, Tank Corps, Aug – Nov 1917

No 16 Coy (sections 1 – 4)	No 17 Coy (sections 5 – 8)	No 18 Coy (sections 9 – 12)
F1                  Firespite II (Mk4 female)	F21                Five Knights	F41      Fray Bentos
F2                  Frivolous	F22                Flying Fox	F42      Faun
F3                  Frolic	F23                Foggie	F43      Fritz Phlattner
F4                  Flirt	F24                Frisky	F45      Fiducia
F5                  Firefly/Fervent	F25                Fums Up	F46      Fay
F6                  Feu d’Artifice	F26                Fearless	F47      Foam/Faralone
F7                  Feu de Ciel	F27                Fighting Mac	F48      Fiara
F8                  Freemason	F28                Formidable	F49      Fairy
F9                  Feu Follet	F30                Flaming Fire	F50      Fay
F10                Feu d’Enfer	F31                Fearnought	F51      Fortuna
F11                Fizyama	F36                Furious	F52      Foam II
F12                Friar Tuck	F37                Ferocious	F54      Festina Lente
F13                Falcon	F38                Firefly	F55      Fly-by-Night
F15                Fifinella	F39                Formosa	F56      Fly Paper/Fan Tan
F16                -------- (wireless tank)	-	F57      Flanders Fly
F17                Follow the Crowd (supply tank)	-	F58      Fly Flapper
F19                Fill Up (supply tank)	-	-

Supply & Wireless tanks at Cambrai (un-named): FS1, FS2, FW1 & FW3. The reference also states F21 & F37, but these have been named above.

Notable exceptions to beginning the tank’s name with the battalion letter

D (4th) Battalion, Tank Corps, 20th November 1917 Flesquières

D6 Devil May Care              female

D11 Dominie                      female

D28 Drakes Drum II            female

D32 Dop Doctor II              female

D41 Devil II                       female

D45 Destroyer II                female

D47 Demon II                    male

D49 Dollar Princess             female

D51 Deborah                     female

B (2^nd) Battalion, Tank Corps, June 1917
No 5 Coy
(section 5)

B?                 Lucifer
B?                 Our Emma
B?                 Rumblebelly
B28               Black Arrow (Mk4 Male)

A (1^st) Battalion, Tank Corps, July 1917 (third Ypres, Zillebeeke, Belgium)
No ? Coy
(section ?)

A?                 Appolyon
A?                 Aberdonia