Lieutenant Colonel Clement Arnold of B Company 6th Battalion Tank Corps was awarded a DSO for the part he played in an attack behind German lines in August 1918:

During the nine hour attack, tank commander Arnold and his Whippet tank crew, gunner Ribbans and driver Carnie, successfully destroyed a German gun position and inflicted many enemy casualties.

Unfortunately, their tank sustained damage which was to have terrible consequences. The spare fuel tanks, which were always stored on the roof of the cab, were punctured by machine-gun fire causing petrol to leak into the tank and onto the crew.

Then when a German shell exploded overhead, the petrol fumes ignited and the tank caught fire.