Thanks John, interesting to see where 169039 ended up.
I used that period image by Army PR photographer Bill Cuneen on page 301 of 'Mud and Dust'. The tank was named by the crew commander, 2Lt Ian Farrant, who told me during the interview I recorded with him that '...on taking command of 2 Troop, I discovered all four crew members of my tank were born in the UK and therefore thought it appropriate to give it an English name. As an avid military history student I was very much taken by Cromwell as a military leader and thus named my tank after him.'
More from that interview is presented on pages 146-147 of Mud & Dust. Nice bloke: very reasoned in his responses to my interview questions.
Regards
Mike
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