Cromwell Tank - Surviving Vehicles

Surviving Vehicles

Around 40 Centaur and Cromwell tanks survive, ranging from scrapyard wrecks to fully restored museum vehicles. At least two, one owned by the Czech Republic Army Technical Museum at Lešany and one owned by the Cobbaton Combat Collection in the United Kingdom, are in running condition.

Other examples include:

• Bovington Tank Museum, Dorset, England. Cromwell IV displayed in interior location accessible to public on payment of entry fee to museum. and a Centaur dozer
• Thetford Forest, Norfolk, England. Cromwell IV in outside location freely accessible to public. This tank is located on the A1065 two miles north of Mundford. Between January and May 1944 the area was occupied by armoured regiments of the 7th Armoured Division (Desert Rats) prior to their embarking for Normandy. The tank forms part of a 1998 memorial to the Division. It is in good display condition having been refurbished and painted as a replica of the tank Little Audrey of 1st Royal Tank Regiment.
• The Royal Australian Armoured Corps Army Tank Museum, Puckapunyal, Victoria. Cromwell MkI shipped to Australia to assist with the up gunning of the Australian Cruiser tanks but did not arrive before that programme had been terminated. Repainted with the markings it arrived in Australia with, it is now under cover on display at the museum.
• The Israeli Armored Corps Museum in Latrun. Cromwell IV tank, that was used by the IDF in War of Independence (1948–1949).
• The Liberty Park in Overloon, The Netherlands. Cromwell IV tank, that remained on the battlefield after Operation Aintree during the Battle for Overloon in October 1944 in which the 11th Armoured Division was involved. This tank is on display in the museum, accessible to the public on payment of entry fee to museum.
• The Tank Museum, Greek Army Armored Training Center, Avlona, near Athens, Greece. Centaur I (A27L) tank. The Greek Army received 52 Centaur I tanks from the British in 1946.
• Centaur tanks have been discovered in a good state of preservation in the Solent, but are unlikely to be recovered.
• There is a remaining Cromwell tank at the A12 road leading into Antwerp Belgium.
• There are two surviving Centaur IV CS in Normandy, at Benouville near Pegasus Bridge and at La Brèche d’Hermanville