What mechanical engineer, inventor and member of the British Royal Naval Air Service, was involved, along with Sir William Ashbee Tritton, in the development of the tank?.
William Tritton Sir William Ashbee Tritton, JP, (19 June 1875 – 24 September 1946) was a British expert in agricultural machinery, and was directly involved, together with Major Walter Gordon Wilson, in the development of the tank. Early in the First World War he was asked to produce tractors for moving heavy howitzers, the result being eventually the first tanks.
Jean Baptiste Eugène Estienne Jean Baptiste Eugène Estienne (7 November 1860 in Condé-en-Barrois, Meuse – 2 April 1936 in Paris) was a general of artillery and a specialist in military engineering, one of the founders of modern French artillery and French military aviation, and the creator of the French tank arm. He is considered by many in France to be the "Père des Chars" (Father of the Tank).