Shrapnel Collection

Things That Matter, by Bruce Bairnsfather
Colonel Fitz-Shrapnel receives the following message from G.H.Q Please let us know, as soon as possible, the number of tins of raspberry jam issued to you last Friday

Things that Matter
THINGS THAT MATTER. Colonel Fitz-Shrapnel received the following message from GHQ - Please let us know, as soon as possible, the number of tins of raspberry jam issued to you last Friday

WW1 Shrapnel

How shrapnel works, WW1

X-ray - Soldier with Bullet Bound Being Examined 1900
Wounded soldier from the Boer War been examined in a London hospital by means of X-ray. One of the interesting features of the Boer War was the demonstration of the practical utility of the X-rays

Winston Churchill with General Fayolle in France
Winston Churchill (1874-1965), while serving as a Major in the British Army during World War One, with General Fayolle (Marie Emile Fayolle, Marshal of France, 1858-1928)

Scene in Woolwich Arsenal, London showing an armstrong gun being made. This gun was introduced into the British Army in 1859

Are we uprooted? No! by G. L Stampa
Are we uprooted? No! Despite the fact that a three storey house has had a huge explosion near by and shrapnel has pierced through their home

Photograph showing a time-fuse from a German shrapnel-shell which burst over British lines. Date: 1915

FALL / WESTIE / 1931
CHAMPION COODEN SHRAPNEL Owned by Williams. Date: 1931

WW1 Machinery in a lead factory - shrapnel production
An array of machinery in a factory manufacturing white lead, used to make artillery shrapnel during WW1 Date: circa 1915

Winston Churchill and his various headgear
An article entitled The colonel and his new " nut" (every apology!) showing a vast array of hats and helmets worn by Winston Churchill

LCC Ambulance Girls, WWI
London County Council ambulance girls pictured with their ambulance wearing new shrapnel helmets. 1918

WW1 - German airmen in combat
WW1 - A drawing from a German artist for a German newspaper who witnessed the airmen in a battle royal in mid-air. The two German officers in a biplane attack the French captive balloon shown below

In Nineteen-Something, by Bairnsfather
In Nineteen-Something General Sir Ian Jelloid at Home Having picked up this cherished possession for a mere song at a sale near Verdun, the General has now let his country seat

Bullet & shrapnel holes in a Farman biplane, WW1
Diagram showing the extensive bullet and shrapnel damage to a much strafed Maurice Farman Long Horn biplane. Every black hole represented a bullet hole though the machine was still able to fly

7th NFs St Georges Day in the trenches
7th NFs St. Georges Day in the trenches. The Red and White roses stuck in the shrapnel proof Helmet. What price me for a fine Tart

How to get tasty bits by means of a shrapnel proof helmet. 386202 Acting Sergeant Herbert Gibson, Mm, 1St Northumbrian Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps. Born September 1889

The Shrapnel-proof Helmet
THE SHRAPNEL-PROOF HELMET. What it feels like during plenty of shelling. What it feels like on the march. 386202 Acting Sergeant Herbert Gibson, Mm, 1St Northumbrian Field Ambulance

A Shrapnel-Proof Helmet & its Uses
A SHRAPNEL-PROOF HELMET & ITS USES. Trying to entice the farmers hen to lay an egg for his breakfast. 386202 Acting Sergeant Herbert Gibson, Mm, 1St Northumbrian Field Ambulance

With the British navy off the Dardanelles, WW1
With the British navy off the Dardanelles during the First World War. Top: HMS Agamemnon and the arrival of a big transport. Middle: a British battleship under fire from enemy shrapnel

The aeroplane in warfare by G. H. Davis
The aeroplane in warfare: aeroplanes used for finding the range of the enemys entrenchments. Left: a fire bomb, attached to a parachute, dropped from a Taube monoplane

Sketches in Ostend, Belgium, after WW1 bombing
Sketches in Ostend, Belgium, after bombing during a Zeppelin raid in the early stages of the First World War. Showing scenes at the railway station, in the fish market

Workman in a factory operating machinery - lead works
Workman in a factory operating machinery. The factory produced lead shrapnel for the use in high explosive artillery shells during WW1. Date: circa 1915

Two women in a factory operating machinery. A barrel of green paint is part of the process. The Factoru produced (among other things) lead shrapnel for use in explosive artillery shells (WW1)

WW1 - Group of manual workers in a factory - Shrapnel
WW1 - A large group of female manual workers in a factory producing lead shrapnel for use in high explosive artillery shells. Date: circa 1915

Workman in a factory - lead works - ww1
A workman in a factory, having a break from his work. The factory produced lead shrapnel for us in artillery shells - WW1 era Date: circa 1915

WW1 - Manufacture of artillery shell shrapnel
A group of female manual workers in a factory, standing close to vats containing molten lead, using in the manufacturing of shrapnel for WW1 artillery shells. Date: circa 1915

Manufacturing equipment - Lead Shrapnel - WW1 Date: circa 1915

Lead Shrapnel manufacturing - Women - WW1
A group of manual workers, mostly women, inside a factory producing lead shrapnel for artllery shells - WW1. Date: circa 1915

Sir Michael A. S. Biddulph, Vanity Fair, Spy
SIR MICHAEL ANTHONY SHRAPNEL BIDDULPH (1823-1904) Artist. Caption: The Regalia Date: 1823-1904

Men looking for shrapnel, 1940
Arthur Hopwood, Assistant Keeper of Geology, appointed Salvage Officer in 1940, and Clive Forster Cooper, Director of the Museum, looking for shrapnel

Lawn mower protector / W H Robinson
Magnetic device for protecting your mower from shrapnel on the lawn. Please note: Credit must appear as (c) Courtesy of the estate of Mrs J.C.Robinson/Pollinger Ltd/Mary Evans Picture Library

New French steel helmet
Photograph of the new French steel helmet, designed to protect from shrapnel bullets

Cafe Bombed, Italy 1894
A bomb explodes in a full restaurant, the Caffe Terminus, throwing shrapnel in all directions

Ww1 / 1914 / German Trench
German officers in a splinter-proof shelter, designed to protect the occupants from shell-splinters and shrapnel bullets

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