Ammunition Collection (page 4)

Yi woman of China
A Yi militiawoman, belonging to one of Chinas many ethnic minorities. The Yi (or Lolo) live mostly in mountain areas. Date: 1953

Supply of shells on the Western Front, WW1
A supply of shells on the Western Front, WW1. Date: 1914-1918

Ammunition Supply By Air
The Last Days of Fighting: Ammunition-Supply By Air Ammunition is dropped from the air, by parachute, from a British biplane to keep troops in the front line supplied

WW1 - Australian Gunners in Gallipoli, 1916
WW1 - Four Australian Gunners from the ANZAC Corps in action at their base in Gallipoli. The gunners working topless in the heat as they prepare their ammunition for their weapons as a team

WW1 - The British transporting ammunition
WW1 - The British at work, transporting a a load of high calibers. The troops made and used small improvised railways to transport the ammunition more easily. Date: 1918

WW1 - Indian Machine Gun Crews in France Date: 1915

Civil War relics, Fort Monroe, Hampton, Virginia, USA
Civil War relics at Fort Monroe, Hampton, Virginia, USA. Date: circa 1905

Girls at work making ammunition boxes, WW1
Young women manufacturing ammunition boxes, fixing together the dovetailed pieces at an unidentified British factory during the First World War. Date: 1915

WW1 - Titled Women Munitions Workers
The first contingent of Titled Society ladies who volunteered to work for Messrs. Vickers, Sons and Maxim as shell makers

WW1 - French Women working in Munitions Factory Date: 1916

Loading motor buses with ammunition, WW1
Soldiers loading motor buses with ammunition from the Powder Magazine in Hyde Park in August 1914. Date: 1914

Cartoon, There are none so deaf, WW1
Cartoon, There are none so deaf, showing a typical pessimist talking about the war to two women in a restaurant. Surrounding them is a border of barbed wire, keeping out any item of good news

HMS Emperor of India -- scene on deck, with sailors. Date: circa 1920s

British destroyer at ammunition dump, Malta
British destroyer at an ammunition dump, Malta. Date: early 20th century

Sphere cover - Clearing away wreckage at Cuffley, WW1
A scene at Cuffley, Hertfordshire after the German L-21 airship had fallen to earth in a ball of flames, having been shot down by Lieut. William Leefe Robinson VC on the night of 2 September 1916

British ammunition carriers
During an offensive, two British soldiers haul a box of ammunition forward to a newly captured trench. In such situations

WW1 Poster -- Silver Bullets
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Horses running the gauntlet of the guns, 1917
Horses pulling ammunition supplies on the Ypres salient have to run through a crump barrage. Date: 1917

Chess set made from gun cartridges, WW1
A chess set made by Staff-Sergeant H. Henshaw, Royal Engineers, Wireless, Palestine constructed entirely from British and French small-arms cartridges with the help of a small file

Food / ammunition carrier behind lines - WWI
The food/ammunition carrier behind the battle lines on the road to Bouch Avesne. Jean-Jacques Berne-Bellecour (1874-1939)

Collection of Lt D F Pilkington, Royal Garrison Artillery
Collection belonging to Lieutenant D. F. Pilkington, Royal Garrison Artillery. A coloured diagram of German ammunition, field artillery shells and fuses. Dated 12th October 1918

Carrying rations up the communication trench. On reverse of postcard - Carrying rations up the communication trench to the men in the firing line. The men alway(s) carry loaded rifles and ammunition

The Ammunition Column Mule loose again
The Ammunition Column. Mule loose again. Captain Gilbert Holiday, Royal Field Artillery (1879-1937). Holidays Early Life Was Spent In St

Horse-drawn ammunition column and artillery towed
French Reinforcements on the road to This drawing is inscribed G.H. to F.S. Horse-drawn ammunition column and an artillery piece being towed by a traction engine

Engaged in Making Progress, WW1
Engaged in Making Progress, three British Gunners at work on the Western Front during the First World War, loading shells into a field gun. The man on the left is setting a time fuse. Date: 1914

Church bells saved from becoming enemy shells, Russia, 1915
Placed together for safety in the Nikolsky Monastery near Moscow, some of the 300 Russian church bells removed to prevent invading Germans re-using them as metal for shells

Big-gun ammunition on board the HMS Lion 1917
A heavy projectile for the Lions main armament of turret guns coming on board: Lowering the shell onto the deck. Date: 1917

Ellis Ashmead-Bartlett writing a despatch, Dardanelles, WW1
Ellis Ashmead-Barlett (1881-1931), British war correspondent, pictured at his typewriter resting on ammunition boxes after the landing at Anafarta, writing a despatch

French artillery ammunition field depot 1917
Carrying shells forward to the batteries, 155mm and 220mm projectiles. In a short distances of the battle line in Oise on the French front, French soldier carry on their shoulders a battery

Shells in thousands in a recently converted factory 1939
A factory converted into an ammunition production for bomb shells, during the rearmament programme, in a secret location somewhere in the Black Country. 1939

Assembling fuses 1916
Munition workers in World War One, packing fuse heads. 1916

Wheelers Shop, Woolwich Arsenal
Interior of the Wheelers Shop, Woolwich Arsenal, south east London, where ammunition wagons, water and tank carts, ambulance wagons, etc, are manufactured. Date: circa 1905

British troops loading up ammunition, Western Front, WW1
British troops loading up limbers with ammunition on the Western Front in France during World War One. Date: circa 1916

British ammunition transported by mules, WW1
British field gun ammunition transported by mules during wet weather on the Western Front during World War One. Date: circa 1916

Remains of German gun and ammunition, WW1
The remains of a German gun and ammunition hit by the British on the Western Front during World War One. Date: circa 1916

British soldiers unloading ammunition from lorry, WW1
British soldiers unloading ammunition from a lorry on the Western Front during World War One. Date: circa 1916

British 15-inch shells in transit, Western Front, WW1
British 15-inch shells in transit on a light railway track on the Western Front during World War One. Date: circa 1916

German ammunition left behind, Morval, France, WW1
German ammunition left behind following abandonment of Morval, France, on the Western Front during World War One. The shells can be seen inside their wickerwork protective covering. Date: circa 1916

British soldiers unloading heavy ammunition, WW1
British soldiers unloading heavy ammunition on the Western Front during World War One. Date: circa 1916

Big fighting ships auxiliaries by G. H. Davis
Navy notes of the week. A big fighting ships auxiliaries: some little-known members of the British fleet. 1912

British soldiers with shells, Western Front, WW1
British soldiers with a large stack of shells on the Western Front in France during World War One. Date: circa 1916

Rommels Panzers by G. H. Davis
Rommels Panzers: details of the PZ Mark IV, and German methods of tank transportation and refuelling during the Second World War. Date: 1942

Number of planes needed to land 1000 men by G. H. Davis
The enormous number of planes needed to land even 1000 men in Britain by air. A schematic drawing showing the fleet of aircraft needed to carry even 1000 men for an aerial invasion

Ammunition on pack mules, Western Front, France, WW1
Ammunition being carried on pack mules on a wet day during the British advance on the Western Front in France (Somme) during World War One. Date: circa 1917

British gunners walking on ice, Western Front, WW1
British gunners walking on ice, carrying ammunition on the Western Front during World War One. Date: circa 1916

British soldier with improvised sentry box, WW1
A British soldier standing guard outside an improvised sentry box made of German ammunition containers, on the Western Front during World War One. Date: circa 1916

Lloyd George with remains of shell, Western Front, WW1
Lloyd George with the remains of a shell on the Western Front in France during World War One. Date: circa 1916

Lloyd George discussing ammunition supply, WW1
Lloyd George discussing ammunition supply with Lord Reading and M. Albert Thomas (French Minister for Munitions) on the Western Front in France during World War One. Date: circa 1916

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