£100,000 donation boosts King Tiger restoration project

A £100,000 donation has boosted The Tank Museum’s ambitious plan to restore a unique World War Two tank to running condition. The major gift means the Museum has now reached just under 30% of its £1m fundraising target for the King Tiger V2 restoration project – one of the most complex and challenging restoration projects ever undertaken by the Museum. The donation was made in memory of the late Herrick Fordham, a British Army veteran who served in Sherman tanks during World War Two. It comes almost 81 years to the day that the rare German tank fell into Allied hands. Chris Price, CEO of The Tank Museum, said: “We are immensely grateful for this generous donation in memory of Mr Fordham – a man who would have been well aware of the significance and threat this tank would have posed during the war.