A Nottinghamshire military museum has taken delivery of an iconic British tank which first saw service in 1955. The Royal Lancers & Nottinghamshire Yeomanry Museum at Thoresby Park, near OIlerton, is the new temporary home of the FV 214 Conqueror – one of the heaviest tanks produced in this country.
It was transported to the attraction from the Bovington Tank Museum in Dorset on Tuesday before an arduous four-hour operation saw it manoeuvred into place on a specially created concrete plinth. Now volunteers at the museum will spend the next few months giving the tank – which saw service between 1955 and 1966 – a fresh new look ahead of a special unveiling that is expected to take place next spring.
The Conqueror’s arrival at the museum is also a poignant one as Thoresby was used as a training ground for British Army tanks during the Second World War.
