The country was in desperate need of money to pay for the Great War. Throughout the war the Government had been trying to encourage people to invest in war loans and saving certificates. None of the earlier issues had been particularly popular. In 1918 there was some desperation as Britain was on the brink of bankruptcy. In March, 1918 towns began to hold ‘Tank Days’. Tank Drake (yes, it was a male tank – the sex of a tank depended on the kind of weaponry it had ). With a…