Sir William Ashbee Tritton, JP, (19 June 1875 – 24 September 1946) was a British expert in agricultural machinery, and was directly involved, together...

by Lieutenant Walter Wilson of the Royal Naval Air Service and William Tritton of William Foster Co., between July and September 1915. It was designed by...

misled the British public as to the origin of the famous "tanks", Sir William Tritton, who designed and built them, has published the real story of their...

Tritton is an English surname of Anglo-Norman origin. The name originates from an Anglo-Scandinavian combination of the personal name Trit and of the...

firm, Foster and Sons, whose managing director and designer was Sir William Tritton. After all these projects failed by June 1915, ideas of grandiose landships...

effort was to bring William Foster & Co, and particularly William Tritton, into the development and production of the tank. Tritton was one of the engineers...

produced. Everything would depend on the success of the new weapon. William Tritton, co-designer and co-producer of the Mark I, thought he already understood...

in a forward compartment, driving one track each. On 3 October 1916 William Tritton, about to be knighted for developing the Mark I, proposed to the Tank...

Inventors decided that the principal inventors of the tank were Sir William Tritton, managing director of Fosters, and Major Walter Wilson. An example...

Edward William Tritton (3 August 1844 – 1 December 1901) was an English first-class cricketer active from 1864 to 1875 who played for Middlesex and Oxford...

builder), Fosters of Lincoln, Armstrong-Whitworth, Coventry Ordnance Works, William Beardmore & Company and Mirrlees, Watson & Co., with the main production...

Inventors decided that the principal inventors of the Tank were Sir William Tritton, managing director of Fosters, and Major Walter Gordon Wilson. Fosters...

Lieutenant Walter Gordon Wilson of the Royal Naval Air Service and William Tritton of William Foster & Co. of Lincoln, to produce a small landship. Constructed...

of the first tank's developers and builder of the first tank, Sir William Tritton of Foster's of Lincoln. Their specification was comprehensive. As well...

Awards to Inventors as the co-inventor of the tank, along with Sir William Tritton. Walter was born in Blackrock, County Dublin, on 21 April 1874. In...

respectively. The designers in Great Britain are Walter Wilson and William Tritton and in France, Eugène Brillié. (Although it is known that vehicles...

World War, but produced too late to see any fighting. In 1917 Sir William Tritton had developed the Medium Mark A Whippet without involving his former...

tanks' 10 feet (3.0 m) trench-crossing ability. To counter this, Sir William Tritton developed the 'tadpole tail', an extension of the track horns to be...

and John Clare. He attended Lincoln Grammar School. William Tritton (1875–1946), Chairman of William Foster & Co. Ltd from 1911 to 1939, directly involved...

industrialist Sir William Tritton had cooperated in 1915 to develop the Mark I, the world's first operational tank. However, when Tritton decided to build...

older tank. On 13 July 1917, Metropolitan, the firm associated to Sir William Tritton, had a wooden mock-up ready of both models. As no design drawings of...

and William Tritton. Bouncing bomb – Barnes Wallis Bullpup firearm configuration – Thorneycroft carbine Chobham armour Congreve rocket – William Congreve...

(1867-1917), Victoria Cross recipient Cyril Bland (1872-1950), cricketer William Tritton (1875-1946), tank developer Frank Pick (1878-1941), railway administrator...

Joseph Tritton (1819–1887) was a British Quaker banker. Joseph Tritton was born in 1819. He was the son of Henry Tritton and Amelia Benwell. Tritton was...

engine (coupled with the tractor's massive transmission designed by William Tritton) powered the Daimler-Foster Artillery Tractor, the No. 1 Lincoln Machine...

Wars First World War Production history Designer Walter Gordon Wilson William Tritton Manufacturer see text Unit cost about £5,000 Specifications Mass 31...

West Sir Peter Strawson, philosopher Alfred Wilkins, cricketer Sir William Tritton, co-invented the tank Eric Williams, writer R. K. 'Bobby' Wilson, British...

Awards to Inventors as the co-inventor of the tank, along with Sir William Tritton. However, construction of the triplane put him heavily into debt, and...

co-inventors include Major Walter Gordon Wilson (1874–1957) and Sir William Tritton (1875–1946). 1916: The first effective depth charge, an anti-submarine...

Architect: James William Beaumont. Hythe Hythe Town Hall More images Kent 1794 Grade II* listed (1068981). Architect: William Tritton. Ilchester Ilchester...