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Unique ID:
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2352
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Added to Database:
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21 July 2012
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Last Edited:
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29 July 2012
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Type (ID):
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M4A1 Sherman (1310)
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Model (ID):
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M4A1 Sherman Grizzly (1314)
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Location Category (ID):
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Nationaal Bevrijdingsmuseum 1944-1945 (11220)
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Location (ID):
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Notts Sherwood Rangers Yeomanry Memorial (11222)
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Serial Number: |
“0?1?” stamped into glacis.
3385 (right transmission cover): “2 \P/ No 3385” stamped into right transmission cover.
2466 (centre transmission cover): “2466 191B” stamped into centre transmission cover.
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Registration: |
T152098: “T152098” painted on aft hull sides.
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Name: |
“ROBIN HOOD” painted on forward hull sides.
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Other Identification: |
“1027” cast into top of mantlet. “LH [E] 123Y u” and “2508” cast into left transmission cover. “E4151 705 L0 [E]” cast into right transmission cover. Fox Mask/“996” insignia painted on left transmission cover and left rear hull. “52” divisional insignia painted on right transmission cover and right rear hull. Yellow diamond painted on centre transmission cover and hull sides.
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Collection Reference: |
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Links: |
Bovington Vehicle Record
ShermanTank.nl
Gelderlander
BBC
AFVNDB
Bevrijdingsmuseum
TEi
Wikipedia – 8th Armoured Brigade
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Associated Tanks: |
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Location History:
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1: Montreal Locomotive Works, Montréal, Quebec, Canada (Sole manufacturer September-December 1943)
2: Unknown Location, Portugal (Portuguese Army service)
3: Land Warfare Centre, Warminster, Wiltshire, South West England, Britain (School of Infantry until ca1988)
4: Nationaal Bevrijdingsmuseum 1944-1945, Groesbeek, Groesbeek Municipality, Gelderland, The Netherlands (Current location)
5: Wakefield – Yorkshire, England (Restoration at TEi May-September 2010)
6: Nationaal Bevrijdingsmuseum 1944-1945, Groesbeek, Groesbeek Municipality, Gelderland, The Netherlands (Current location)
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Text in original Preserved American Tanks publication:
[No entry]
Text in Preserved American Tanks Update:
[No entry]
Text in original Preserved Tanks In The Netherlands publication:
A Canadian Ram tank was originally acquired by the Sherwood Rangers Association for display at Groesbeek, and 17th/21st Lancers had undertaken to restore it for display on a plinth. A Sherman, however, was felt to be more suitable, so the Bovington Tank Museum acquired a plinthed M4A1 of Royal Scots Dragoon Guards from the School of Infantry at Warminster and it was shipped to 17th/21st Lancers in about 1988. (Source: Bovington Vehicle Record). Before its time in England it had served with the Portuguese Army (source: Bevrijdingsmuseum via L. Delsing).
In the summer of 2010 it returned to the UK for a cosmetic restoration and repaint. It was put on a low-loader on Wednesday 19 May and transported to Rotterdam, then on board a vessel bound for York, England. The work was done by apprentices of TEi at Wakefield. It returned to Groesbeek on 10 September. (Source: AFVNDB/Gelderlander/BBC).
At the beginning of the Second World War the Sherwood Rangers Yeomanry (Nottinghamshire Yeomanry) was a non-mechanised cavalry unit, and it was not until the end of 1941 that it was equipped with tanks. A year later, in the Western Desert, the Regimental HQ tanks were appropriately named Robin Hood, Little John, Friar Tuck (all Grant tanks) and Maid Marion (a Crusader). The name Robin Hood was perpetuated in a Regimental HQ Sherman until 1945. (Source: B.T. White/British Tank Markings and Names).
This Grizzly has been painted to represent the Sherman tank Robin Hood. As well as the name it has the markings “996” in white on a red rectangle that is the Sherwood Rangers insignia, and a Red Fox mask on a yellow background that indicates 8th Armoured Brigade (the unit’s parent brigade).
This Grizzly is mounted on a low concrete plinth, and has a plaque in front that reads:
| NOTTS SHERWOOD RANGERS YEOMANRY |
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PRESENT THIS MEMORIAL IN
HONOURED REMEMBRANCE OF
288 OF THEIR COMRADES AND
ALL OTHERS, MILITARY AND
CIVILIAN, WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES
IN THE WAR OF LIBERATION
1939 – 1945
“THEY DIED THAT WE MIGHT LIVE” | BIEDEN DIT GEDENKTEKEN AAN
ALS EERBIEDIGE HERINNERING
AAN HUN 268 MEDESTRIJDERS EN
ALLE ANDEREN, MILITAIREN EN
BURGERS, DIE HUN LEVEN GAVEN
IN DEZE BEVRIJDINGSOORLOG
1939 – 1945
“ZIJ STIERVEN OPDAT WIJ MOGEN LEVEN” |
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October 2011
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1: Front right view
Taken: 5 October 2011
Contributor: LKE Delsing
Photo ID: 8313
Added: 25 July 2012
Filename: 2_M4A1_G...
Views: 253
Select/Has Priority: 21/0
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2: Front view
Taken: 5 October 2011
Contributor: LKE Delsing
Photo ID: 8314
Added: 25 July 2012
Filename: 5_M4A1_G...
Views: 291
Select/Has Priority: 21/0
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June 2011
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3: Close-up
Taken: 3 June 2011
Contributor: M. Krauss
Photo ID: 8320
Added: 29 July 2012
Filename: 10_M4A1G...
Views: 247
Select/Has Priority: 21/0
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4: Left transmission cover
Taken: 3 June 2011
Contributor: M. Krauss
Photo ID: 8321
Added: 29 July 2012
Filename: 06_M4A1G...
Views: 213
Select/Has Priority: 21/0
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5: Centre transmission cover
Taken: 3 June 2011
Contributor: M. Krauss
Photo ID: 8322
Added: 29 July 2012
Filename: 07_M4A1G...
Views: 214
Select/Has Priority: 21/0
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6: Right transmission cover
Taken: 3 June 2011
Contributor: M. Krauss
Photo ID: 8323
Added: 29 July 2012
Filename: 1_M4A1Gr...
Views: 218
Select/Has Priority: 21/0
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7: Stamping on right transmission cover
Taken: 3 June 2011
Contributor: M. Krauss
Photo ID: 8324
Added: 29 July 2012
Filename: 13_M4A1G...
Views: 210
Select/Has Priority: 21/0
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8: Stamping on centre transmission cover
Taken: 3 June 2011
Contributor: M. Krauss
Photo ID: 8325
Added: 29 July 2012
Filename: 09_M4A1G...
Views: 214
Select/Has Priority: 21/0
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9: Right sprocket
Taken: 3 June 2011
Contributor: M. Krauss
Photo ID: 8326
Added: 29 July 2012
Filename: 52_M4A1G...
Views: 223
Select/Has Priority: 21/0
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10: Right sprocket marking
Taken: 3 June 2011
Contributor: M. Krauss
Photo ID: 8327
Added: 29 July 2012
Filename: 53_M4A1G...
Views: 229
Select/Has Priority: 21/0
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May 2011
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11: Upper front right view
Taken: 13 May 2011
Contributor: T. Larkum
Photo ID: 8263
Added: 21 July 2012
Filename: IMG-5505...
Views: 286
Select/Has Priority: 21/21
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12: Upper front left view
Taken: 13 May 2011
Contributor: T. Larkum
Photo ID: 8264
Added: 21 July 2012
Filename: IMG-5506...
Views: 260
Select/Has Priority: 21/0
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13: Upper rear left view
Taken: 13 May 2011
Contributor: T. Larkum
Photo ID: 8265
Added: 21 July 2012
Filename: IMG-5507...
Views: 232
Select/Has Priority: 21/0
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14: Front left view
Taken: 13 May 2011
Contributor: T. Larkum
Photo ID: 8266
Added: 21 July 2012
Filename: IMG-5485...
Views: 227
Select/Has Priority: 21/0
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15: Front left view
Taken: 13 May 2011
Contributor: T. Larkum
Photo ID: 8267
Added: 21 July 2012
Filename: IMG-5486...
Views: 151
Select/Has Priority: 21/0
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16: Left view
Taken: 13 May 2011
Contributor: T. Larkum
Photo ID: 8268
Added: 21 July 2012
Filename: IMG-5487...
Views: 231
Select/Has Priority: 21/0
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17: Rear left view
Taken: 13 May 2011
Contributor: T. Larkum
Photo ID: 8269
Added: 21 July 2012
Filename: IMG-5488...
Views: 225
Select/Has Priority: 21/0
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18: Rear view
Taken: 13 May 2011
Contributor: T. Larkum
Photo ID: 8270
Added: 21 July 2012
Filename: IMG-5489...
Views: 225
Select/Has Priority: 21/0
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19: Rear right view
Taken: 13 May 2011
Contributor: T. Larkum
Photo ID: 8271
Added: 21 July 2012
Filename: IMG-5491...
Views: 232
Select/Has Priority: 21/0
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20: Right view
Taken: 13 May 2011
Contributor: T. Larkum
Photo ID: 8272
Added: 21 July 2012
Filename: IMG-5492...
Views: 226
Select/Has Priority: 21/0
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21: Front right view
Taken: 13 May 2011
Contributor: T. Larkum
Photo ID: 8273
Added: 21 July 2012
Filename: IMG-5493...
Views: 232
Select/Has Priority: 21/0
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22: Front view
Taken: 13 May 2011
Contributor: T. Larkum
Photo ID: 8274
Added: 21 July 2012
Filename: IMG-5484...
Views: 224
Select/Has Priority: 21/0
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23: Glacis, with serial number
Taken: 13 May 2011
Contributor: T. Larkum
Photo ID: 8275
Added: 21 July 2012
Filename: IMG-5495...
Views: 210
Select/Has Priority: 21/0
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24: Close-up of serial number
Taken: 13 May 2011
Contributor: T. Larkum
Photo ID: 8276
Added: 21 July 2012
Filename: IMG-5497...
Views: 328
Select/Has Priority: 21/0
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25: Left transmission cover
Taken: 13 May 2011
Contributor: T. Larkum
Photo ID: 8277
Added: 21 July 2012
Filename: IMG-5501...
Views: 205
Select/Has Priority: 21/0
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26: Bow machine-gun and right transmission cover
Taken: 13 May 2011
Contributor: T. Larkum
Photo ID: 8278
Added: 21 July 2012
Filename: IMG-5498...
Views: 220
Select/Has Priority: 21/0
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27: Stamping on right transmission cover
Taken: 13 May 2011
Contributor: T. Larkum
Photo ID: 8279
Added: 21 July 2012
Filename: IMG-5502...
Views: 211
Select/Has Priority: 21/0
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28: Turret top
Taken: 13 May 2011
Contributor: T. Larkum
Photo ID: 8280
Added: 21 July 2012
Filename: IMG-5508...
Views: 248
Select/Has Priority: 21/0
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29: Turret rear
Taken: 13 May 2011
Contributor: T. Larkum
Photo ID: 8281
Added: 21 July 2012
Filename: IMG-5503...
Views: 219
Select/Has Priority: 21/0
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30: Gun mount
Taken: 13 May 2011
Contributor: T. Larkum
Photo ID: 8282
Added: 21 July 2012
Filename: IMG-5496...
Views: 218
Select/Has Priority: 21/0
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31: Overview
Taken: 13 May 2011
Contributor: T. Larkum
Photo ID: 8283
Added: 21 July 2012
Filename: IMG-5509...
Views: 198
Select/Has Priority: 21/0
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32: Plaque
Taken: 13 May 2011
Contributor: T. Larkum
Photo ID: 8284
Added: 21 July 2012
Filename: IMG-5494...
Views: 228
Select/Has Priority: 21/0
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September 2010
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33: Front left view
Taken: 13 September 2010
Contributor: W. Schwabe
Photo ID: 8287
Added: 22 July 2012
Filename: RTYAYCXK...
Views: 248
Select/Has Priority: 21/0
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2007
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34: Front left view
Taken: 2007
Contributor: W. Schwabe
Photo ID: 8285
Added: 22 July 2012
Filename: DXMDXEAW...
Views: 307
Select/Has Priority: 21/0
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35: Front view
Taken: 2007
Contributor: W. Schwabe
Photo ID: 8286
Added: 22 July 2012
Filename: NASOVZCK...
Views: 280
Select/Has Priority: 21/0
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2001
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36: Front right view
Taken: 2001
Contributor: W. Schwabe
Photo ID: 8319
Added: 29 July 2012
Filename: 2001_She...
Views: 299
Select/Has Priority: 21/0
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