Artillery Collection (#2)

An ammunition column passing through Ypres, 1917. Captain Gilbert Holiday, Royal Field Artillery (1879-1937). Holidays Early Life Was Spent In St

French artillery shells being loaded for transport
French soldiers load artillery shells for their guns at Verdun onto a lorry for transport. 1916

Belgian Artillery Battery in action - WWI
Belgian Artillery Battery in action - screened (partially!) by trees - early months of WWI. Date: circa 1914

Mortar Calculations - Fort Wright - Fishers Island, New York
Directing the range of the Mortars - Fort Wright - Fishers Island - New York, USA

Royal Horse Artillery Hounds, Shooters Hill, London
Captain Reed-Scot of the Royal Horse Artillery (Woolwich) leading out his draghounds at Shooters Hill, London. The pack consisted of 18 couples of hounds, kept in adjoining kennels to some foxes

German gunners with heavy artillery, France, WW1
German gunners in action with heavy artillery near Verdun, north eastern France, during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

Ambulance for wounded horses, World War One
An ambulance for wounded horses on the battlefield : the Canadian Mounted Veterinary Corps at work with field artillery

De Havilland 2 plane with Lewis gun, WW1
A British De Havilland 2 plane with a Lewis gun attached during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

The Padre and his old church
A British Artillery chaplain during the Somme advance of 1918 surveys the ruins of a Nissen hut which once served as a makeshift church in 1916

Second Battle of Bullecourt 1917
Australian soldiers loading an 18 pounder gun at the second Battle of Bullecourt (Battle of Arras) on the Western Front in France during World War I in May 1917

Battle of Rosieres 1918
Artillery passing through the village street at Henencourt

Battery firing at Japanese positions - Burma
A Battery commanded by Major O.T. Hackett fires a 3.7 Howitzer (light artillery) at Japanese positions in the Burma Hills - circa 1945. The Battery is itself under fire

Le Cateau 1914
With German forces nearly upon the field artillery at Le Cateau in northern France, Captain Douglas Reynolds leads a heroic rearguard action

Pollilur / Mercenaries
Attack by the forces of Hyder Ali and son Tipu Sultan at Pollilur on Bailles under- strength British army. The Indian army included French mercenaries (pictured top)

Indian Cavalry Assault
The Indian cavalry charge against the weakened force of the East India Company at the Battle of Pollilur. British forces without reinforcements were surrounded and defeated

French Artillery - 9
An artilleryman of the foot artillery of the French Garde Royale passes a shell to his mate to load their breech- loading Gribeauval cannon

French Artillery - 12
A gunner of the horse artillery of the French Garde Royale stands clear of his Gribeauval cannon after setting light to the charge

French Artillery - 8
An artilleryman of the foot artillery of the French Garde Royale turns the handle of his ecouvillon to swab the barrel of his Gribeauval cannon

French Artillery - 5
Two men of the horse artillery of the French Garde Royale service their Gribeauval cannon on the battlefield : the gun is moved with levers and cooled with water

French Artillery - 6
An artilleryman of the foot artillery of the French Garde Royale stands beside his Gribeauval cannon on the battlefield, holding the ramrod with which he loads it

French Artillery - 13
A gunner of the horse artillery of the French Garde Royale turns his ecouvillon in the muzzle of his Gribeauval cannon, ramming home the charge as hard as he can

Colonel Festing aged 41
Colonel Francis Worgan Festing (1833-1886) of the Royal Marine Artillery, aged 41. He distinguished himself in the heroic rescue of the body of Lieut

Ww1 / Moving a Heavy Gun
British soldiers move a heavy gun up to the front by manpower, hauling it through the mud Date: 1914 - 1918

Ww1 Gun Emplacement / 1918
A British gun emplacement on the Western Front: a Howitzer camouflaged under netting

1879 / AFGHAN WAR
British artillery passes through the Kabul Gate at Jellalabad

British Artillerymen
British Heavy artillerymen on the Western Front during World War One

Paixhans Cannon
The shell-firing cannon of H J PAIXHANS

Bell at Battle of Alma
Captain Bell of the Royal Welsh Fusiliers captures a Russian gun at the Battle of Alma. He was awarded the Victoria Cross

Cannon / Valletta / Malta
A cannon displayed outside the St John Cathedral (viewed from St John Square) at Valletta

Topçu gunner of the Ottoman Empire, 16th century. In distinctive red hat, buttoned dolman coat, with dagger and scimitar. Jopegs, Bombardiers. Within a decorative frame engraved by H

Costumes of bowmen and artillery, 14th century. Crossbowman, longbowman and artillery man from Grandes chroniques de France, Sloane MS 2433, vol. 2, f. 113

Death as victor riding on horseback over corpses. A skeleton in laurel wreath holding a flag rides his horse over the dead on a barricade of doors and barrels

View of the Old Magazine in Hyde Park, London, 1807
View of the Old Gunpowder Magazine and the Cottage in Hyde Park, London, 1807. During the Napoleonic Wars, the park was used for artillery and military exercises

General in the French Revolutionary Army, 1795
Uniform of a General in the French Revolutionary Army, 1795. He wears a bicorne with tricolor plumes, blue coat with gold epaulettes, cravat, tricolor sash belt, blue trousers, and boots

Chinese fire-arms and weapons, 1800s
Chinese fire-arms and other weapons

Middle Ages. Portable firearm. 13th century. Bombard
Middle Ages. Portable firearm. 13th century.. Bombard. Cromolithography. Historia General de Espana by Modesto Lafuente. Volume II. Published in Barcelona, 1879

Ballista or bolt thrower. Ancient missile weapon
Ancient times. The ballista or bolt thrower. Ancient siege weapon that threw arrows, darts and javelins to distant targets. Engraving. Historia General de Espana by Father Mariana. Madrid, 1852

Spanish-American War (1898)
Spanish-American War. War conflict between Spain and the United States in 1898, the result of the North American intervention in the Cuban war of independence. United States

United States, Washington. Cannon factory. Photoengraving by Laporta. La Ilustracion Espanola y Americana, 1898

American Revolutionary War. Siege of Boston (April 19, 1775 - March 17, 1776). Departure of the British fleet

Pedro Velarde y Santillan (1779-1808). Spanish military. He took part in the uprising of 2nd May of 1808, during the Spanish War of Independence. Illustration by Llanta. Portrait. Lithography

Spain. The new Plasencia Cannons. Engraving, 1882
Spain. The new Plasencia Cannons. 12-centimeter gun, number 2, mounted on a steel plate carriage, which has withstood 553 shots in tests. Drawing by Nao. Engraving

Spain. New Plasencia Cannons. Experimental howitzer-mortar
Spain. The new Plasencia Cannons. Experimental howitzer-mortar nr. 1. Testing at the Torregorda camp (Cadiz) during the months of June to September 1882. Calibre 21 cm. Withstood 602 shots in tests

Egyptian conflict with the British, 1882. Egypt. Alexandria. Egyptian battery of Krupp cannons at Mecks Fort. Engraving by Rico. Detail. La Ilustracion Espanola y Americana, 1882

Egyptian conflict with the British, 1882. Egypt. Alexandria. Egyptian battery of Krupp cannons at Mecks Fort. Engraving by Rico. La Ilustracion Espanola y Americana, 1882

Portugal, Lisbon. Panorama of the city from St. George's Castle

World War II battle for Senio River in Italy, a flamethrower
Vintage World War II photograph - 8th Army battle for the Senio River in Italy, a flamethrower in action

WW1 - Gun - L Battery at Nery
WW1 - A British Gun Battle of Nery, WW1, where L Battery, Royal Horse Artillery kept up a steady fire for two and a half hours, against a full battery of German artillery

Development of trench warfare in France by Matania
Protecting the man and armouring the trench. French soldiers wearing the new steel helmet holding an armoured trench during a violent German artillery bombardment

Mons Meg cannon, a medieval cannon built in 1449 in Mons, Belgium (Wallonia), given as a gift to King James II of Scotland in 1457, and now located at Edinburgh Castle. Date: mid-15th century

British army in India Royal Horse Artillery Umballa, 1871
Vintage 19th century photograph - British army in India - officers of the Royal horse Artillery regiment, Umballa, 1871

WW1- L Battery in action at Nery
WW1 - L Battery Royal Horse Artillery in action at Nery - September 1, 1914

The Arena Civica built in 1807 in Milan, Italy. Designed by the neo-classical architect Luigi Canonica. Arena di Milano. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Giarre Jr

Extraordinary pieces of artillery: view and section of the culverine of Nancy, a triple cannon, a twin cannon and an ancient screwpiece

Napoleon Bonaparte leading a charge on the bridge at the Battle of Lodi, 1796

Chinese artillery, QIng Dynasty
Chinese artillery: cannon with narrow muzzle like a musket, Chinese style culverine and large-bore cannon on wheels

Outbreak of WWII men of Royal Artillery eating 1939
Men of a battalion of the Royal Artillery have a meal beside of the guns, during training. Date: 1939

British recruitment poster, Are You in this? WW1
British recruitment poster, design by Robert Baden-Powell, Are You in this? First World War. 1915

Cinderella, a pantomime, Royal Artillery Theatre, Woolwich, SE London. 1905

The 32nd Guided Weapons Regiment of the Royal Artillery?
The 32nd Guided Weapons Regiment of the Royal Artillery at Ty Croes, North Wales, working on the English Electric Thunderbird surface-to-air guided missile

Dum-dum bullets used during WW1
Dum-dum bullets used during the First World War. As Dr Haydn Brown explains, the bullet breaks up or mushrooms on entering the human target, and causes maximum damage as a result. Date: October 1914

Russian cossack uniforms, WW1
Russian cossack uniforms during the First World War. From left to right: Don cossack, Ural cossack, field artillery officer, Kuban cossack, field artilleryman. Date: 1914-1918

Morris Commercial C8 FAT
Royal Artillery - Morris Commercial C8 FAT (aka Quad), towing a limber and Ordnance QF 25-pounder field gun. Date: circa 1942

Canon de 155 GPF mle.1917
French Army - Canon de 155 GPF mle.1917, in transport configuration getting some TLC from it's crew. Date: circa 1918

Canon de 75mm Antiaerien Mle 1913-1917, mounted on a De Dion Bouton chassis, with the ammunition carrier also mounted on a De Dion Bouton, Date: circa 1915

Naval anti-aircraft gun Date: circa 1940

Flatbed version of the CVR(T) armoured fighting vehicle
A flatbed version of the CVR(T) armoured fighting vehicle family, at the 2006 Larkhill Royal Artillery open day, on the Larkhill racecourse / exhibition ground. Date: 2006

A Comet tank, (Tank, Cruiser, Comet I (A34)), at the 2006 Larkhill Royal Artillery open day, on the Larkhill racecourse / exhibition ground. Date: 2006

M109 155 mm calibre self-propelled howitzer
An M109 155 mm calibre self-propelled howitzer, at the 2006 Larkhill Royal Artillery open day, on the Larkhill racecourse / exhibition ground. Date: 2006

Challenger II main battle tank, at speed on the Larkhill racecourse / exhibition ground, during the 2006 Larkhill Royal Artillery open day. Date: 2006

All-British FV432 Armoured Personnel Carrier, at the 2006 Larkhill Royal Artillery open day, on the Larkhill racecourse / exhibition ground. Date: 2006

Vickers Matilda I Infantry Tank reproduction T3447, at the 2006 Larkhill Royal Artillery open day, manoeuvring on the Larkhill racecourse / exhibition ground

Vickers Valentine tank T123358, at the 2006 Larkhill Royal Artillery open day, manoeuvring on the Larkhill racecourse / exhibition ground. Date: 2006

Dropping target for gun prictice Battleship Royal Navy

An anti-aircraft gun, probably in France, during WW1 Date: circa 1916

Anti aircraft gun during WW1 Date: circa 1916

Gibralter South Port - munitions on dockside - Victorian period

South Port, Gibralter

German Tirpitz battery at Ostend - WW1
German Tirpitz battery at Ostend during the First World War

A German gun on the Belgian coast during the First World War

Big Bertha German gun during the First World War

Moving a gun in the Flanders mud during the First World War

Royal Field Artillery resting during the First World War

WW1 Shrapnel

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