When his tank came under fire of an enemy field battery at a range of 100 yards this NCO continued to fire his 6-pndr gun, despite the fact that the tank had received a direct hit and was in flames. Stuart Wheeler, a historian at the Tank Museum, stated in a press release, “Donated items like this are important in helping us understand what conditions were like inside the first tanks used in battle, as well as telling the personal stories of the men who served in them. The Tank Museum currently has another Splatter mask on display, belonging to Sydney Hadley, a Mark V tank commander during the Second Battle of Cambrai.