Search Royal Tank Corps Enlistment Records, 1919-1934

Each record includes an image of the original enlistment ledgers held at The Tank Museum Archive & Reference Library. The amount of information listed varies, but the Royal Tank Corps Enlistment Records usually include a combination of the following information about your ancestor:

Service history

• Date of enlistment
• Details of previous service, including any First World War service
• Service number
• Campaigns fought in
• Medals awarded
• Date of discharge and reason for it

Biographical information

• Name
• Age
• Date and place of birth
• Place of residence
• Occupation
• Name and address of next of kin
• Marriage details
• Children’s names and dates of birth

• Over 88,000 soldiers are recorded
• No officers are included, these are other ranks soldiers
• The records cover men who enlisted between 1919 and 1934. The enlistments are either:

Transfers from the Dragoons, Hussars, Lancers or Machine Gun Corps

Direct enlistments

Re-enlistments

• 25% of these soldiers were already part of the British Army and details of previous service are included – the earliest enlistment we’ve found was in 1875
• Information about a soldier’s First World War or Boer War service is often included
• Discharges and dates soldiers were killed in action are sometimes also included – the latest we’ve found was in 1951

The Tank Museum Archive & Reference Library holds the original enlistment and transfers-in ledgers (Army Book 358) for the Royal Tank Corps.

The Royal Tank Corps was known as the Tank Corps before 18 October 1923. It was renamed again on 4 April 1939 and is now known as the Royal Tank Regiment