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Ammunition Collection (#2)

Background imageAmmunition Collection: 1798 MAKING SHOT, SIEGE

1798 MAKING SHOT, SIEGE
Gentlemen load and fire weapons from windows whilst lady (at fireplace) manufactures lead shot. Date: June 1798

Background imageAmmunition Collection: SERBIAN TROOPS 1916

SERBIAN TROOPS 1916
Serbian troops in a mountain trench on the Salonika Front the treacherous mountain range between Albania and Greece. Date: 1916

Background imageAmmunition Collection: Guy Fawkess cellar

Guy Fawkess cellar
Guy Fawkes was put in charge of this cellar directly under the Houses of Parliament where the conspiritors hid their ammunition

Background imageAmmunition Collection: WW1 - New Zealand Anzac Troops loading ammunition, France

WW1 - New Zealand Anzac Troops loading ammunition, France. Date: circa 1916

Background imageAmmunition Collection: Vickers. 303 in Class C medium machine gun, 1910

Vickers. 303 in Class C medium machine gun, 1910 (c). Commercially produced model; fitted with blast deflector; associated mount and tripod, wooden box of spares

Background imageAmmunition Collection: 8th Battery RFA Camp, Bangalore, India

8th Battery RFA Camp, Bangalore, India
8th Battery, 13th Brigade, RFA Camp, with field guns and ammunition carts, Bangalore, India. Date: 1912

Background imageAmmunition Collection: Rif War - French-Moroccan Machine Guns in Atlas Mountains

Rif War - French-Moroccan Machine Guns in Atlas Mountains
Rif War - French-Moroccan Machine Gun post in the Atlas Mountains, Morocco. The Rif War was an armed conflict fought during the first half of the 1920s between the colonial power Spain

Background imageAmmunition Collection: Cartoon, After the explosion, WW1

Cartoon, After the explosion, WW1
Cartoon, After the explosion. A naive new recruit in a trench on the Western Front comments that these shells break as soon as they hit the ground! Date: 1916

Background imageAmmunition Collection: Women working in munitions factory, WW1

Women working in munitions factory, WW1
Women working in a munitions factory during the First World War. 1915

Background imageAmmunition Collection: English dum-dum bullets found at Margival, France, WW1

English dum-dum bullets found at Margival, France, WW1
English dum-dum bullets and part of their packaging found in a dugout at Margival, northern France, during the First World War. Date: circa 1917

Background imageAmmunition Collection: Indian factory workers making munitions, WW1: shell making

Indian factory workers making munitions, WW1: shell making
" How India is doing her bit at home: a munitions factory in the Great Dependency. Shell-making: a general view of the complicated machinery which the Indians handle most deftly." 1915

Background imageAmmunition Collection: Indian factory workers making munitions, 1915

Indian factory workers making munitions, 1915
" How India is doing her bit at home: a munitions factory in the Great Dependency." Cartridge and shell making in India during World War One by native Indians, for use by the British. 1915

Background imageAmmunition Collection: Chislehurst caves during WWII

Chislehurst caves during WWII
Chislehurst caves, Kent, during WWII. Mothers in bunks and babies in cots deep underground in their cave shelter. 1944

Background imageAmmunition Collection: WWI Poster, Appeal to cotton operatives

WWI Poster, Appeal to cotton operatives
Appeal to Cotton Operatives. WWI Recruitment poster aimed at the men of the cotton industry to join up or make munitions, and for women to take their place in the mills. Date: circa 1916

Background imageAmmunition Collection: WWI Poster, The Key to the Situation

WWI Poster, The Key to the Situation
WWI Parliamentary Recruiting Committee Poster, The Key to the Situation, Munitions, Men and Money, are YOU helping to turn it? Date: 1915

Background imageAmmunition Collection: Allied soldiers on small ammunition train, WW1

Allied soldiers on small ammunition train, WW1
Allied soldiers riding on a small ammunition train on the Western Front during World War One. Date: circa 1916

Background imageAmmunition Collection: Siege Weapon - Catapault

Siege Weapon - Catapault
A detailed drawing of a 16th century catapult, indicating its various and numerous forms of ammunition. Date: 1588

Background imageAmmunition Collection: Large Mounted Crossbow

Large Mounted Crossbow
A large mounted crossbow capable of firing a wide range of projectiles from iron balls to fire bombs and metal lances Date: 1588

Background imageAmmunition Collection: Supply dump of trench mortar ammunition, France, WW1

Supply dump of trench mortar ammunition, France, WW1
Men of the RAOC (Royal Army Ordnance Corps) on a supply dump of trench mortar ammunition (nicknamed toffee apples), at Acheux, northern France, during the First World War. Date: July 1916

Background imageAmmunition Collection: German or Austrian soldiers with hand grenades, WW1

German or Austrian soldiers with hand grenades, WW1
German or Austrian soldiers throwing hand grenades during the First World War. 10 September 1917

Background imageAmmunition Collection: Serbian machine gunners near Obrenovici, Serbia, WW1

Serbian machine gunners near Obrenovici, Serbia, WW1
Serbian gunners with Russian machine guns in firing position near Obrenovici, Serbia, during the First World War. Date: 1915-1917

Background imageAmmunition Collection: Austro-Hungarian soldiers carrying munitions, WW1

Austro-Hungarian soldiers carrying munitions, WW1
Austro-Hungarian soldiers carrying munitions on their backs during the First World War. Date: 19 September 1917

Background imageAmmunition Collection: Royal Horse Artillery on parade with gun carriages, WW1

Royal Horse Artillery on parade with gun carriages, WW1
Men of the Royal Horse Artillery on parade, with horses and gun carriages, during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

Background imageAmmunition Collection: A Kenyan Askari - Nairobi

A Kenyan Askari - Nairobi, Kenya (then British East Africa), standing to rigid attention in full ceremonial costume Date: 1918

Background imageAmmunition Collection: The Old Gaol, Buckingham, Buckinghamshire

The Old Gaol, Buckingham, Buckinghamshire
Buckinghams castle-like town prison was erected in 1748. It was closed following the nationalisation of the prison system in 1877

Background imageAmmunition Collection: Battle of Vimy Ridge 1917

Battle of Vimy Ridge 1917
Pack horses of the Canadian Field Artillery carrying 18 pounder shells at the Battle of Vimy Ridge on the Western Front in France during World War I in April 1917

Background imageAmmunition Collection: Boer War soldier in South Africa

Boer War soldier in South Africa
George Coulson, Imperial Yeomanry, while serving in the Boer War, South Africa. He died of malaria on 7 June 1901. 1890s

Background imageAmmunition Collection: Advertisement, Ministry of Labour Munition Concerts, WW2

Advertisement, Ministry of Labour Munition Concerts, WW2
Advertisement, Ministry of Labour Munition Concerts, organised by ENSA. circa 1940s

Background imageAmmunition Collection: Brave Women Who Wait by F G Kimberley

Brave Women Who Wait by F G Kimberley
Flyer headed Brave Women - Who Wait, or The Munitions Girls Love Story by Mrs F. G. Kimberley. First produced Wolverhampton on 29th November 1915 and Elephant and Castle 21st January 1916

Background imageAmmunition Collection: Old Bill and Co

Old Bill and Co
As Old Bill looks ready to fend off a German invasion, an officious old woman asks, " Shouldn t a great, grown, hulking man like you be doing something towards the defence of his country

Background imageAmmunition Collection: British Forces in Bosnia, 1992-1994

British Forces in Bosnia, 1992-1994
One of 63 colour photographs relating to British Forces in Bosnia, 1992-1994. Date: 1994

Background imageAmmunition Collection: New Zealand troops loading ammunition limbers near Albert

New Zealand troops loading ammunition limbers near Albert, September 1918. Photograph, World War One, Western Front (1914-1918), 1918

Background imageAmmunition Collection: Indian soldiers using a Bren gun

Indian soldiers using a Bren gun
Photograph of Indian soldiers using a Bren gun. A gas-operated weapon, the Bren used the same. 303 ammunition as the standard British rifle, the Lee-Enfield

Background imageAmmunition Collection: Communist China - sorting weapons and ammunition

Communist China - sorting weapons and ammunition
Communist China - soldiers sorting weapons and boxes of ammunition captured from the enemy, probably during the Second Sino-Japanese War (1937-1945). circa 1940s

Background imageAmmunition Collection: Women WW1 Work Carpenters

Women WW1 Work Carpenters
A group of women working as carpenters making ammunition boxes or wooden storage cases. Most hold tools such as drills, planes and hammers

Background imageAmmunition Collection: Uzbekistan - Bukhara - A soldier Bodyguard of the Emir

Uzbekistan - Bukhara - A soldier Bodyguard of the Emir
Uzbekistan - Bukhara - A magnificent portrait photograph of a soldier of the Bodyguard of the Emir. Note his traditional Uzbek sheepswool hat and tunic with cartridge pockets. Date: 1914

Background imageAmmunition Collection: Studio portrait, young man in WW1 uniform

Studio portrait, young man in WW1 uniform. Date: 1914-1918

Background imageAmmunition Collection: Cartoon, French munitions factory workers, WW1

Cartoon, French munitions factory workers, WW1
Cartoon, French munitions factory workers, one male, one female. The man asks the woman: What does your husband do at the moment? She replies: He stays at home and mends my silk stockings. Date: 1917

Background imageAmmunition Collection: Testing for flaws in the sound, Creusot works, France 1915

Testing for flaws in the sound, Creusot works, France 1915
Every shell was tested for flaws by the sound, being hammered, in the background a man seen weighing each shell, in order to ensure its nanswering to the exact regulation weight

Background imageAmmunition Collection: Bomb Disposal School, Bramley, Hampshire

Bomb Disposal School, Bramley, Hampshire, also known as the Army School of Ammunition, run by the Royal Army Ordnance Corps

Background imageAmmunition Collection: The Second soviet Occupation (1944-1991). Large areas of Lat

The Second soviet Occupation (1944-1991). Large areas of Latvia become military bases and firing ranges. Occupation Museum. Riga. Latvia. Europe

Background imageAmmunition Collection: History. World War II. Latvia. Bullets found in the field of

History. World War II. Latvia. Bullets found in the field of Battle near and More. Over 200 Latvians died between September 26 to 29, 1944

Background imageAmmunition Collection: Projectile. Cannonballs. Modern Age. Artillery. 16th century

Projectile. Cannonballs. Modern Age. Artillery. 16th century. Museum of History and Navigation. Riga. Latvia

Background imageAmmunition Collection: Catapult and ammunition. Castel Sant Angelo. Rome

Catapult and ammunition. Castel Sant Angelo. Rome
Italy. Rome. Catapult and ammunition. Castel Sant Angelo

Background imageAmmunition Collection: George V and Queen Mary official visit, WW1

George V and Queen Mary official visit, WW1
King George V and Queen Mary on an official visit to a munitions factory during the First World War. On the left behind a rope is a large group of women munitions workers

Background imageAmmunition Collection: George V and Queen Mary visit munitions factory, WW1

George V and Queen Mary visit munitions factory, WW1
King George V and Queen Mary visiting a munitions factory during the First World War. With them is an early woman police officer, Chief Inspector Reinhold (right)

Background imageAmmunition Collection: Group photo, munitions factory workers, Hereford, WW1

Group photo, munitions factory workers, Hereford, WW1
Group photo of women munitions factory workers in Hereford, together with two early women police officers, including Lilian Maud Newell (back row, towards the right)

Background imageAmmunition Collection: Giant British Gun

Giant British Gun
A huge mounted artillery gun on a camouflaged British train destined for the Western Front. Date: 1918



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