David Fletcher | The Man Behind the Moustache | The Tank Museum

Discover the story behind everyone's favourite moustachioed Tank Historian David Fletcher. The Tank Museum's Curator David Willey sits down with David to present the exclusive interview you've all been waiting for.
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[gilde]

the man everybody would have loved as their history teacher in school

[matthayward]

The Chieftain: inside the hatch
Tank museum: behind the moustache

[Freadzr]

This man is an absolute treasure, his legacy needs to be preserved

[Milleneum]

A truly good man that is more valuable than anything in the Tank Museum. When the day finally comes that he is no longer with us, a whole hall in the museum must be named in his honor (at minimum). Lets hope that is still many, many years from now.

[BeyondtheBrick]

Wonderful interview! Thanks for sharing more of David's life story. Chatting with David was certainly a highlight of our visit to the museum.

[Szalami]

Mr. Fletcher isn't just a British national treasure, he has to be declared as a UNESCO world heritage site. This man needs to be eternal.

[villageidiot]

Bilbo and Gandalf, such a heartwarming friendship..

[snakedogman]

It's hard to think of mr Fletcher being a young person once, or having a previous life. It always feels like he must have appeared, fully formed (with moustache), suddenly out of the hatch of a Cromwell in the Tank Museum and people just didn't know how to get rid of him.

[jasoncarswell]

Director: (concerned) "Can you just... push your eyebrows back?"
Fletcher: "I'm trying!"

[lochnessmonster]

Anyone who would publicly bad mouth this man should be set adrift.

[ThreeMafia]

The one dislike was from the Covenanter.

[gastonbell]

David Fletcher: gift shop manager, head librarian, night watchman, lives in a caravan out back. <3

[christofferthorsson]

I refuse to believe that the mobile home Fletcher lived in wasn't the TOG 2*

[foxtrotromeo]

He's an absolute national treasure! Love the Tank Chats!

[harveywallbanger]

Words cannot express how delightful I find this video. Dave's the most feisty and informative 79 year old man I know.

[marklavery]

I remember meeting David Fletcher back in 1989 when I was in REME, we had a day visit out to the Tank Museum as part of my training as a Gunfitter. The museum was closed and we had the whole place to ourselves and where able to look and climb on all the tanks. My 2 standout memories was climbing inside the KingTiger and one of the civilian instructors getting one of my mates too pull the lanyard on a 25 pounder artillery gun and the staff had put a blank shell in it. Poor lad nearly had a heart attack :}

[tc]

David encapsulates the best of the British character, understated knowledge, wicked wit and acerbic with a twinkle in his eye. The Tank Museum is the best museum I’ve ever visited and I can’t wait to go back!

[TheSaturnV]

"With tanks, you can do as you like."

Gold.

[pepperthekobold]

David Fletcher is a national treasure. At this point, he's practically the jewel in the crown of the Tank Museum's collection. He should be preserved for future generations.

[deaks]

Literally his first words of the actual interview "I was born in 1942, which was at least a million years ago now..." What a legend. Where is this mans Knighthood!?