Ammunition Collection (page 5)

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

British soldiers transporting Lewis guns, WW1
British soldiers transporting Lewis guns on a cart on the Western Front during World War One. Date: circa 1916

Shell hole on road, Western Front, France, WW1
A shell hole in a road on the Western Front in France during World War One. It was the result of a British shell striking the road near a German ammunition wagon

King George VI visits a Royal Ordnance factory, WWII
King George VI being given a tour of inspection of a Royal Ordnance factory and seeing at first-hand the immense effort being put in to produce arms, in this case anti-aircraft and anti-tank guns

French mortar in action, Western Front, WW1
A French 370 mm mortar gun in action on the Western Front during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

French naval gun in action, Western Front, WW1
A French 138.6mm naval gun in action on the Western Front during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

Ammunition waggons
Carts usually used to transport groceries are requisitioned for use as ammunition waggons following the military mobilisation order on the outbreak of war

Postcard, Czech soldier and dancer, WW1
Postcard showing a Czech soldier with his rifle, being entertained by a dancer (probably French) during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

High explosive shells ready for the final process at Creusot
After having passed through all the series of foundry operations at Creusot, from the initial stage, when as a rough ingot of steel, the metal is received at the factory

High explosives being manufactured at Creusot Works, France
Photograph showing shells being manufactured at the Creusot Works, the Krupp, France. Date: 1915

Ammunition Up. Captain Gilbert Holiday, Royal Field Artillery (1879-1937). Holidays Early Life Was Spent In St. Johns Wood And From His Window He Was Able To Watch The Royal Horse Artillery

Advertisement for French cartridges (1 / 2)
Advertisement for French cartridges - in many different and varies colours, each denoting a different form of charge, load and style

Advertisement for French cartridges (2 / 2)
Advertisement for French cartridges - in many different and varies colours, each denoting a different form of charge, load and style

British Soldier and his Mother - Boer War uniform
British Soldier and his Mother - wearing Boer War uniform - sentimental postcard Date: circa 1904

Russo-Japanese War - Bringing up shells for the field guns. Date: circa 1905

WW1 - In Picardy - Tommy, the Vanquisher of the Hun
WW1 - In Picardy - The Noble British Tommy, the Vanquisher of the Hun... A British soldier stands over the body of a dead German soldier in a trench on the Western Front

Two Algerian soldiers firing from behind the cover of a cart. Date: circa 1915

The view from under the wing of a Supermarine Spitfire FRXVIII at Kuala Lumpur Airport, Malaya, as an ammunition truck arrives during preparations for a strike by 60 Fighter Group against

Arab of Lawrence Squad
One of the Arab irregular soldiers who formed T.E. Lawrences flying squad. Date: circa 1916

Home Office Incendiary Bomb Test, WW2
Home Office Incendiary Bomb Test -- the bomb sets fire to a house

Grand result Buying guns, ammunition, and fishing tackle from Paul Meyers, 625 South Second St. and 212 Vine St. Philadelphia, Pa

Savannah, Ga. vicinity. Shermans troops removing ammunition from Fort McAllister in wheelbarrows. Photograph of the War in the West. These photographs are of Sherman at the sea, December 1864

Ammunition! And remember - bonds buy bullets!. Poster showing a soldier with a machine gun in the heat of battle, reaching out for ammunition. Date 1918

Regulars and irregulars - but all arrayed against a common enemy - That ammunition fits our gun only. Tiger in fort with flag Tammany graft looking through telescope at Seth Low

Finished shells in a munitions factory, 1939
Men arranging finished shells in a great stack ready for dispatch to the ammunition convoys. These shells are designed for use by the 3.7 inch guns. Date: 1939

Arsenal at Sidi-Abdallah, Algeria
Algeria - Sidi-Abdallah - General view of the Arsenal buildings. Date: circa 1910s

New Zealand howitzer battery moving shells, WW1
Men of a New Zealand howitzer battery moving a supply of shells during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

Observer with ammunition for Lewis gun, WW1
An observer taking on board his 97 shot magazine, containing ammunition for his Lewis gun, during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

American soldiers with German machine gun, WW1
American soldiers manning a captured German machine gun on the western front during the First World War. Date: 1918

L Wain. The coconut shy
The Coconut Shy. Artist: Louis Wain. Happy cats having fun shying at coconuts as their brave companions recover the ammunition Date: 1904

Loading pontoon boats with ammunition, Western Front, WW1
British troops loading pontoon boats with ammunition on the Western Front during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

American gunners and transport near St Mihiel, France, WW1
American gunners and transport making a stop on a road near St Mihiel, north eastern France, during the First World War. Date: September 1918

Italian soldiers fighting in the Dolomites
The Italians fought a ferocious war in the mountains of the Dolomites during the First World War - not only against each other but also against the hostile conditions. Date: circa 1916

Austrian weapons captured by the Russians, WW1
Austrian weapons captured by the Russians at Podvolochisk, Galicia (now Ukraine) during the First World War. A box of shells is propped up against the wheel of a field gun carriage. Date: 1914-1918

Russian troops with ammunition, WW1
Russian troops with ammunition during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

American and French ammunition, France, WW1
American and French ammunition being transported to the front at the start of the Aisne-Marne Offensive in northern France, towards the end of the First World War. Date: 18 July 1918

Ordnance Depot - Basra, Iraq, WWI
The Ordnance Depot on the banks of the Shatt al-Arab Waterway (which leads out to the Persian Gulf) at Basra, Iraq - WWI Date: circa 1917

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