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Goodbye, Old Man by Fortunino MataniaColour print of the famous picture by Fortunino Matania showing a gunner saying farewell to his dying horse
Wartime poster, Britain Expects that you too, this day, will do your duty. Suggesting that civilians as well as soldiers have a role to play in the war effort. 1940s
Lone British gunner near Mons, Belgium, WW1The Last Gunner -- a lone British gunner of the Royal Field Artillery in action near Mons, Belgium, during the First World War. He carried on valiantly after all his colleagues had fallen
Recruitment poster, Join the Royal Artillery and know the pride of being a gunner. 1940s
L Battery, Royal Horse Artillery. How our gunners won the VC and silenced the fire of the German guns in face of overwhelming odds Retreat from Mons, 1st September 1914
British 25-pounder field gun by G. H. DavisConsidered at the time to be the best field gun in the world: the British 25-pounder
British WWII posterHelp Britain Finish the Job! - wartime poster drumming up support for British forces, illustrated by five soldiers manning an anti-aircraft gun for defence of the coast
Wwi Recruitment PosterFirst World War recruitment poster featuring a private and an officer and pictures of various divisions - including the Royal Flying Corps, Tank corps, artillery & cavalry
Painting by Hs Power, War, WW1Painting entitled War by the Australian war artist Harold Septimus Power (1877-1971), showing soldiers on horseback, pulling heavy artillery across a field
Painting by Hs Power, artillery and horses at Ypres, WW1Painting by the Australian war artist Harold Septimus Power (1877-1971), showing artillery going into action before the Battle of Ypres
Woolwich BarracksDistant view of the Royal Artillery Barracks at Woolwich, south-east London
British Guns dash through French townA British Artillery piece is rushed at a gallop through the market-place of a French town, the square surrounded by shell damaged buildings
WW1 poster, Types of the British Army, Dismounted Branches, showing the various uniforms. Date: 1914-1918
British gunners, Battle of the Somme, WW1British gunners in action during the Battle of the Somme, First World War. Their guns are on " Percy Scott" mountings, with rather colourful camouflage paint. Date: 1918
Tank Battle on the Somme British MkIV & German A7V tanks inTank Battle on the Somme. British MkIV & German A7V tanks in action. Date: circa 1918
German machine gun in street, Grandpre, France, WW1German machine gun in a street in Grandpre, north eastern France, during the First World War
HMS Queen Elizabeth, British battleshipHMS Queen Elizabeth, British dreadnought battleship, launched 1913, served during the First and Second World Wars, decommissioned 1948. Date: 20th century
Royal Field ArtilleryROYAL FIELD ARTILLERY Howitzer battery
Royal Horse ArtilleryBritish Royal Horse Artillery in action, 19th century
German Railway gun captured at the Battle of Amiens - WW1A huge German Railway gun captured at the Battle of Amiens on 8th August 1918 became a source of some Allied controversy
WWI - Battle of Champagne - Spent shell casingsWWI - Spent shell cases from just one battery after the first day of the Battle of Champagne (25th-30th September 1915) Date: 1915
Admiral Sir John Jellicoe - British Royal Navy - WWIAdmiral of the Fleet John Rushworth Jellicoe, 1st Earl Jellicoe (1859-1935) - British Royal Navy - WWI. Commanded the Grand Fleet at the Battle of Jutland
The Battle of the Balloons. A fanciful image depicting four balloons with flags and sails, their passengers in close aerial combat. The opponents appear to be British and French. circa 18th century
HMS Royal Sovereign, British battleshipHMS Royal Sovereign, British Revenge class battleship, launched 1915, served in the First World War and part of the Second World War
HMS Queen Elizabeth, British battleshipHMS Queen Elizabeth, British dreadnought battleship, launched 1913, served during the First and Second World Wars, decommissioned 1948. Date: early 20th century
Design and motto of the Royal Artillery -- UbiqueDesign and motto of the Royal Artillery, showing a crown, ornate initials RA in mirror image, a field gun, and the Latin word Ubique, meaning Everywhere
British Square / PollilurBritish East India troops under Colonel Baille form a square, offering meagre resistance to assault by the Indian army of Tipu Sultan and Hyder Ali at Pollilur
Honourable Artillery Cothe Honourable Artillery Company
Scene near Mametz Wood, Western Front, WW1German ammunition wagons destroyed by British artillery fire near Mametz Wood on the Western Front in France during World War One. Date: circa 1916
Gun transport exercise, Wentworth Woodhouse, YorkshireAn emergency gun transport exercise taking place at Wentworth Woodhouse, Lord Fitzwilliams residence at Rotherham, Yorkshire
The Queen as Captain-GeneralIn her role as Captain-General of the Honourable Artillery Company, the Queen presents new colours to Lieutenant F.H.B Layfield, right (Queens Colour) and Lieutenant J.S. Teakle (Regimental Colour)
Soldiers doing target practice on a shooting rangeA group of men doing target practice on a shooting range before the outbreak of the First World War. Their success or otherwise is written up on various blackboards
Officer of Royal Regiment of Artillery (1879) in undress uniform with sword and undress sabretache. Painting by Malcolm Greensmith
Lieutenant of the Royal Horse Artillery in Full Dress. Painting by Malcolm Greensmith
Royal Field Artillery in Great War Deeds, WW1Captain Douglas Reynolds, Driver J H C Drain and Driver F Luke of the Royal Field Artillery, saving the gun from hostile fire at Le Cateau, for which they won the Victoria Cross
Austrian soldiers in uniform, WW1A selection of five Austro-Hungarian artillery soldiers and officers in uniform during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918
First World War. Big Bertha M42WORLD WAR (1914-1918). BIG BERTHA M42. German gun used to bombard Paris from over 100 km. away in 1918. Its gauge was 210 mm. and was 34 m. long
An action at Bucquoy, Western Front 1918The Great Battle on the Western Front: open warfare - an action at Bucquoy, a village on the Arras-Albert road
The Duke Of WellingtonCircular painting depicting the portrait and scenes from the life of Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington, British General and Statesman known as the Iron Duke. Painting by Malcolm Greensmith
British six-pounder gun by G. H. DavisThe British six-pounder gun: explanatory drawings. It was an efficient field and anti-tank gun of high velocity, used for example against Rommels German army in the desert, Second World War
WW1 - French 400 mm railway howitzer and artillery squadronWW1 - Camo de mailly - French 400 mm railway howitzer and artillery squadron. The outbreak of the First World War caught the French with a shortage of heavy field artillery
Types from Belgian ArmyTypes of the Belgian army: carbinier, infantry of the line, artillery, guide and grenadier Date: World War One
General Sir Frederick Poole, British army officer, WW1Major General Sir Frederick Cuthbert Poole (1869-1936), British army officer. He joined the Royal Artillery in 1889, and served in the Second Boer War and the First World War. Date: circa 1914-1918
Cameron Highlanders with Maxim gun, WW1Two soldiers of the Cameron Highlanders using a Maxim gun during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918
General HCC Uniacke, British artillery officer, WW1Major General Sir Herbert Crofton Campbell Uniacke (1866-1934), British officer with the Royal Artillery during the First World War. Seen here in a head and shoulders studio photo
Motorcycle Machine Gun Unit firing at aircraft, WW1Two men belonging to a Motorcycle Machine Gun Unit with a Scott motorcycle during the First World War, using a Vickers machine gun to fire at aircraft. Date: 1914-1918
Great Crane at Woolwich Arsenal, south east LondonThe Great Crane at the Arsenal, Woolwich, south east London, used to lift sections of large guns
Greens Motors charabanc outing, Haverfordwest, South WalesA Greens Motors charabanc outing, with five charabancs in total, makes its way through the streets of Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire, South Wales
The Town of San Gimignano, Italy, 1944Photograph showing the eleventh-century hill-top town of San Gimignano, near Siena, Italy, prior to July 1944
Cricket Match 1743A cricket match at the Artillery Ground, London. The 18th century bat was a longer, heavier, curved version and just one two-stump wicket was used
Vintage photograph WW II - British Churchill tankVintage photograph World War II - British Churchill tank, Italian campaign, crossing of the Senio River
A Sixty-Five Pounder Opening Fire, by James McBey, WW1" Zero". A Sixty-Five Pounder Opening Fire, drypoint print by James McBey, First World War. Referring to a bombardment in Palestine in the early morning of 19 September 1918. 1920
British soldier bears to the firing line WWIDouble page showing a British private soldier, commonly know as a Tommy, showing a diagram of tools and equipment that he would have carried when marching to the trenches in World War One. 1915
Canadian gunners, Battle of Vimy Ridge, France, WW1Canadian gunners firing a 6 inch Howitzer during the Battle of Vimy Ridge, northern France, during the First World War. Date: April 1917
Wartime poster, The British Colonial Empire (Ceylon)Wartime poster, The British Colonial Empire, featuring a member of the Ceylon Garrison Artillery, with the Ceylon badge below, and the names of all the colonial countries listed on either side. 1940s
Asiatic Annie at Gallipoli WWIOne of the three guns of Fort Top Chamlar Tepe, which were together known as Asiatic Annie. The coast of the Peninsula can be seen across the Dardanelles
WW2 - 25 pdr gun in actionPhotograph of 25 pdr gun in action. One of 48 photographs collected by Maj M Budd, Royal Artillery, 1942-1952. Associated with World War Two (1939-1945). Date: circa 1860
Thessaloniki, Greece, artillery piece under Arch of GaleriusWW1 - Thessaloniki, Greece - an artillery piece is transported by two horses beneath the 4th century Triumphal Arch of Galerius, part of the Rotunda Complex. Date: 1918
Weapon / Anti-Aircraft Ww2German anti-aircraft battery (probably on the French Channel coast) Date: 1940
British artillery men with shells, WW1British gunners posed with a large pile of 18 pr. field-gun shells which, according to The Sphere, " are to pound German trenches level with the earth." Date: 1916
Stretcher party crossing the Menin road. Gunner F.J. Mears, B.E.F. Royal Garrison Artillery, Died 1929
77 mm German engraved artillery shell case - Bezalel School77 mm. German artillery shell case engraved at the Bezalel School in Jerusalem
Stretcher party crossing the Menin Road at Gheluvelt, by Gunner F J Mears, BEF, Royal Garrison Artillery (d. 1929). Date: 1914-1918
Malik-I-Maidan at the Bijapur Fort, Karnataka, IndiaThe Malik-I-Maidan at the Bijapur Fort, Karnataka, India
Royal Horse Artillery - Gun TeamRoyal Horse Artillery Gun Team - Horse artillery differs from field artillery in that the whole gun detachment is mounted and the gun and wagon aretherefore freed from the load of men
Coastal defence battery near Middelkerke, Belgium, WW1A gun of the Cecilie coastal defence battery near Middelkerke in West Flanders, Belgium, during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918
The Queen inspects pikemen and musketeersThe Queen inspecting the pikemen and musketeers of the Honourable Artillery Company at Armoury House. Date: 1955
British soldiers in trench, Oppy-Gavrelle line, France, WW1Two men of the York and Lancashire Regiment in a trench on the 62nd Division front, Oppy-Gavrelle line, northern France, during the First World War
British horse artillery in action or training, WW1British horse artillery in action or training during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918
British Howitzer inspected by Maharaja of Patiala, WW1A British 12 inch Mark III railway Howitzer being inspected by the Maharaja of Patiala (Maharaja Bhupinder Singh, 1891-1938) on the Western Front near Borre in France during the First World War
Frog celebrating the arrival of 1907 by firing a cannonA wonderfully odd German New Years card, welcoming in the arrival of 1907
Recruitment poster for H M ArmyRecruitment poster for His Majestys Army, showing different forms of transport and equipment
David WrightLANCE-BOMBARDIER DAVID WRIGHT Illustrator and artist, photographed for the Sketch during his time with the Royal Artillery in 1942
Colonel Festing rescuing Lieut. Eardley-Wilmots bodyColonel Francis Worgan Festing (1833-1886), rescuing the body of Lieut. Eardley-Wilmot during the Ashanti War (1873-74) from a sketch by the officer of the expedition
Battle of Tel-El-KebirBritish artillery entering the enemy lines at Tel-el-Kebir
British Guns in WwiBritish guns, one seen in recoil, returning German fire
American Civil WarFederal guns of Battery Stevens used to bombard Fort Sumter during the American Civil War
A British heavy howitzer in action on the Western Front against an opposing German position
Musket exercises. Taken from John Blackwells Account of the Artillery Company
Howitzers in action, Western Front, WW1Heavy howitzers in action on the Western Front, directed towards German trenches, First World War. 1914-1918
A British Advanced observation postA ruined house is used as an advanced observation post by British officers. Situated close to German lines, the officers relay information back about the accuracy of artillery fire
Two boys saluting, probably during the Second World War. The one on the right is wearing a tin helmet and a gas mask
British soldiers with artillery, Cameroon, Africa, WW1British soldiers with artillery, including a Howitzer gun, in the bush in Duala, Cameroon, west central Africa, during the First World War. Date: 25 December 1915
British 6 inch Howitzer, near Achicourt, France, WW1A British 6 inch (26 cwt) Howitzer, designed by Vickers in 1915 for use during the First World War. It continued in use during the Second World War