Report on Stern's visit to France, Apr 1917
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Report by Stern of his visit to France, 13-20 Apr 1917, to assess the performance of tanks Mark I, II, and III at the Battle of Arras, Western Front, Apr 1917. 5pp
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Report on Stern's visit to France, Apr 1917
Report by Stern of his visit to France, 13-20 Apr 1917, to assess the performance of tanks Mark I, II, and III at the Battle of Arras, Western Front, Apr 1917. 5pp
report on firing tests for 75mm guns and 47mm guns (in French), 18 Apr 1917
Report, in French, of firing tests of 75 millimetre and 47 millimetre guns. 1p
Report on designs of the TOG 1 tank and TOG 2 tank, Jun 1940
Report on the superiority of design of the TOG 2 over the TOG 1 tank and detailed specification of the TOG 2 tank. 2pp
Report on a visit to France, Aug 1917, by Lieutenant J Rackham
Report by Lt J Rackham, Mechanical Warfare Supply Department, Ministry of Munitions of a visit to France, 7-21 Aug 1917, containing recommendations for the design of the Supply Tank Mark I. 8pp
Report on a meeting, 9 Jul 1940, of the Tank Board and the Special Vehicle Development Committee
Report of a meeting between the Tank Board and the Special Vehicle Development Committee, Ministry of Supply at the Ministry of Supply, Adelphi, London, with the technical consultants to the Special Vehicle Development Committee, Ministry of Supply in attendance, relating to the design, engine, armour and armament of the TOG 1 and TOG 2 tanks. 3pp
Report by Lt Kenneth P Symes, Special Vehicle Development Committee, Ministry of Supply on a discussion between himself, Stern and J M Crease, Thomas Firth and John Brown Limited, Sheffield, Yorkshire at the office of the Special Vehicle Development Committee, Ministry of Supply, London on 8 Feb 1940, concerning a request on behalf of the French War Office for sample plates of tank armour. 1p
Two copies of a report by Stern of an interview with the Rt Hon Edward Leslie Burgin, Minister of Supply, at which they discussed the lack of an order from the Army for heavy tanks from the Special Vehicle Development Committee, Ministry of Supply. 1p
Report on a meeting with Sir Andrew Duncan, 2 Dec 1940, about the creation of a new Tank Board
Report by Stern of an interview with the Rt Hon Sir Andrew Rae Duncan, Minister of Supply, at which Stern was told of the formation of a new Tank Board, was offered a seat on the new Board and expressed his view of the existing unsatisfactory nature of tank design and production. 1p
Report on a meeting to discuss problems with the Mark III tank, 17 Apr 1917
Typescript report, with manuscript annotations, of meeting held at the Tank Corps Central Workshops, Erin, France, to discuss problems with the Mark III tank and proposed improvements to the Mark IV tank. 3pp
Report on a meeting to compare the US Mark VIII tank and the British Mark VIII tank, 17 Sep 1918
Report by US Capt E W Hay, US Ordnance Department, of a meeting to compare the American Army Corps Mark VIII tank with the all-British Mark VIII tank, at the request of Edward Riley Stettinius, Special Representative, US War Department. 6pp
Report on a meeting relating to the first use of French tanks, Nivelle, Apr 1917
Report of meeting held at the French Ministry of Inventions, Paris, France, relating to the first use of French tanks at Juvencourt, France, during the Nivelle Offensive, Western Front, Apr 1917. 2pp
Report by Stern of an interview between himself and the Rt Hon Herbert Stanley Morrison, Minister of Supply, at the House of Commons at which Stern recommended the appointment of a Tank Board and raised the question of whether an order for one hundred tanks from the Special Vehicle Development Committee, Ministry of Supply would be placed if the pilot trial were a success. 1p
Report on a meeting of Stern and Captain Geoffrey Burton, 8 Jul 1940, about tank designers
Report of a discussion over lunch between Stern and Capt Geoffrey Duke Burton, Director General of Tanks and Transport, Ministry of Supply relating to the tank designers working on behalf of both the Department of Tanks and Transport Ministry of Supply and the Special Vehicle Development Committee, Ministry of Supply and Stern's view that the members of his Committee should have regular meetings with the designers of the Department of Tanks and Transport, Ministry of Supply and representatives of the War Office. 2pp
Report of a meeting of the Tank Board and Special Vehicle Development Committee, 28 Jun 1940
Report of a meeting of the Tank Board and the Special Vehicle Development Committee, Ministry of Supply at the Ministry of Supply, Adelphi, London, including discussion of the propsals for TOG 1 and TOG 2 tanks. 2pp
Report from the Landships Committee, 23 Jun 1915, on construction and experiments
Progress report of the Landships Committee, covering constructional work and experimental work. 3pp
Report by Stern, Nov 1939, on French tank armour
Report by Stern on a type of high quality steel plate or high quality steel casting used as armour in the construction of French tanks, made in the course of a Ministry of Supply mission to France, 25 Nov-1 Dec 1939. 1p
Report by Stern of interviews between himself and Lt Gen Laurence Carr, Assistant Chief of the Imperial General Staff and Stern and the Rt Hon Edward Leslie Burgin, Minister of Supply, in the course of which Carr informed Stern that the order for one hundred tanks from the Special Vehicle Development Committee, Ministry of Supply had been turned down by the Military Co-ordinating Committee, of the War Cabinet because Burgin had said that the order would interfere with the future development of tanks and Burgin suggested that his attitude had been incorrectly represented. 2pp
Report by Stern, 14 Jul 1918, on a visit to the Allied Tank Factory, Neuvy-Pailloux, France
Report by Stern of a visit by Maj Gen the Rt Hon John Edward Bernard Seely, Deputy Minister of Munitions, Admiral Sir Archibald Gordon Henry Wilson Moore, Controller, Mechanical Warfare Department, Ministry of Munitions, Sir Percival Lea Dewhurst Perry, Assistant Controller and Director of Production, Mechanical Warfare Department, US Lt Col James A Drain, US Commissioner, Anglo-American Commission, Capt Norman Edward Holden, Deputy Commissioner, Mechanical Warfare (Overseas and Allies) Department, Ministry of Munitions, Controller, Anglo-American Commission and Stern to the Allied Tank Factory at Neuvy-Pailloux, Châteauroux, France, including a reference to Seely being dumbfounded at the lack of method and equipment on the site. 1p
Report by Stern on a visit by James G Weir, Director General of Mechanical Engineering (Design and Development), Ministry of Supply, to Stern's home at Barham Court, Maidstone, Kent, at which they held discussions relating to the Tank Board and the future of the Special Vehicle Development Committee, Ministry of Supply. 1p
Report by Stern on meetings with US tank production personnel, Mar 1942
Report by Stern on his discussions with representatives of US tank production relating to transmission, engines, armament and a specific comparison between the US Heavy Tank T1 and the TOG 3 tank and stating that it was unwise to leave heavy tank development entirely to their Allies. 3pp