Fray Bentos
Brian Fare
- Organisation:
- HistoryFare
- Region:
- East Midlands
- Notice Period:
- Short (maybe less than one month's notice)
- Type:
- Professional
- Fee:
- Paid: £40
- Category:
- History
- Updated:
- 28th February 2025
- Tagged:
- Ww1 | Military History | Local History | Bravery
Fray Bentos was a male Mark IV British Army tank, serial number 2329, F41.
In August 1917, Fray Bentos and its nine man crew were involved in what became known as the longest tank action in World War One.
It’s Commander was Captain Donald Hickling Richardson, a Nottingham man, and he was awarded the Miltary Cross along with his 2i/c 2nd Lt George Hill. Captain Richardson was the son of Arthur Richardson MP who stood as Liberal Candidate for Melton Mowbray.
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During my 27 years service with the RAF, I was extremely fortunate, some say lucky, to visit some interesting places and meet lots of interesting people, some of which were veterans of previous campaigns fought by our Royal Air Force.
For as long as I can remember I have been fascinated by military history, especially when it is related to the Royal Air Force. A subject which has become my full-time passion, or as some would say ‘obsession’.
In 2022 I turned my hobby into a business and formed HistoryFare by becoming a tour guide and public speaker delivering a range of talks covering both local history and military history.
Other Talks on SpeakerNet by Brian Fare
- Freckleton Air Disaster
- RAF Melton Mowbray
- RAF Melton Mowbray Nuclear Missile Base
- Lest We Forget - War Memorials
- The Balloon's Going Up
- The Falklands War - All in a Days Work for the RAF
- 156 Battalion Parachute Regiment
- RAF Saltby & the 314th Troop Carrier Group
- Just Another Trip! – The Melton Mowbray Wellington Bomber Crash
- Thailand – Burma Railway aka “The Death Railway”
- Melton Mowbray and the Crimean War
- The British 1st Airborne Division
- RAF Folkingham & 313th Troop Carrier Group
- Melton Mowbray In World War Two
- Historic Melton Mowbray Through Old Postcards
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