Commemorated on 2 plaques
Sir William Tritton. 1875 - 1946. Near this site in 1915 Sir William Tritton, Managing Director of Wm Foster & Co. Agricultural Engineers. Designed, built and tested the first fighting tank, the prototype "Little Willie" and it's successor "Mother" ended the stalemate of trench warfare and led to allied victory in World War 1
Morrisons, Lincoln Shopping Centre, Tritton Rd, Lincoln LN6 7QL, Lincoln, United Kingdom where it was invented
The prototype British 'FIGHTING TANK' was designed here in late-Summer 1915 by W.A. Tritton and Lt. W.G. Wilson RN. 400 tanks were subsequently built by Fosters of Lincoln
White Hart Hotel, Bailgate, Lincoln, United Kingdom where it was created