Artillery Collection (#30)

Indian carts transporting ammunition, Middle East, WW1
Indian carts transporting ammunition along a road across the desert in the Middle East during the First World War. A shell has just exploded in the distance. Date: 1914-1918

Indian troops operating Lewis gun, WW1
Indian troops operating a Lewis gun on a mounting against hostile aircraft during the First World War, probably in Palestine. Troops in the background can be seen taking shelter in trenches

British gunners firing captured gun in the desert, WW1
British gunners firing a captured gun against the enemy in the Palestine desert during the First World War. Date: circa 1917-1918

Indian troops in trench with Lewis guns, Palestine, WW1
Indian troops in a trench with Lewis guns, ready to fire at enemy aircraft in Palestine during the First World War. Date: circa 1917-1918

British reconnaissance at Wadi Saba, Palestine, WW1
British horse artillery (Yeomanry Mounted Division) reconnaissance at Wadi Saba, near Beersheba, Palestine, during the First World War. Date: August 1917

Insect class river gunboat, Mesopotamia, WW1
An Insect class river gunboat in service in Mesopotamia (now Iraq) during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

Italian Fiat 30 prime movers in use during WW1
Italian Fiat 30 prime mover lorries in use during the First World War for the transport of heavy artillery. Seen here with troops on a winding mountain road. Date: 1917

Italian field artillery on Italian Front, WW1
Italian field artillery in action, with three gunners, on the Italian Front during the First World War. Date: 1915

Turkish artillery in action, Palestine Front, WW1
Turkish artillery in action on the Palestine Front during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

Italian Fiat 30 prime mover in use during WW1
An Italian Fiat 30 prime mover lorry in use during the First World War for the transport of heavy artillery. Date: 1915

Italian Fiat 20B prime mover in use during WW1
An Italian Fiat 20B prime mover lorry in use during the First World War for the transport of heavy artillery. Date: 1915-1920

Austrian gunners loading 12cm trench mortar, WW1
Austro-Hungarian gunners loading a 12cm trench mortar during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

British pilot in his biplane, WW1
A British pilot in the cockpit of his biplane during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

Austrian howitzer in Galicia, Eastern Front, WW1
An Austro-Hungarian heavy howitzer in firing position in Galicia, on the Eastern Front, during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

Rough waves in the North Sea, WW1
Rough waves in the North Sea, washing over the gun deck of a battleship during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

American ammunition transport, Soulosse, France, WW1
American troops of the 101st company transporting ammunition through Soulosse-sous-Saint-Elophe in north eastern France during the First World War

American troops training in France, WW1
American troops taking part in machine gun training in France during the First World War Date: September 1917

Italian naval guns in action, WW1
Italian naval guns in action during the First World War. Date: 1915-1918

Italian dreadnought battleship entering Taranto harbour
An Italian dreadnought battleship entering Taranto inner harbour. Date: 20th century

Italian naval action with aeroplane overhead, WW1
Italian naval action from an armoured monitor boat with 381mm guns, and an aeroplane flying overhead, during the First World War. Date: 1915-1918

Italian armoured train for coastal defence
An Italian armoured train used for coastal defence, probably during the First World War. Date: circa 1915-1918

Captured Turkish guns from Gaza, WW1
A soldier stands proudly alongside some captured Turkish guns from Gaza during the First World War. Date: November 1917

Italian soldiers with new machine gun, WW1
Two Italian soldiers with a new machine gun during the First World War. Date: circa 1915

Italian gunners in a wood near Rheims, France, WW1
Italian gunners with a 75 mm battery in action in a wood near Rheims, north eastern France, during the First World War. Date: July 1918

British artillery in action, Mesopotamia, WW1
British artillery in action in Mesopotamia (now Iraq) during the First World War. Date: circa 1915-1918

British Howitzer gun in action, Samarra, WW1
A British 6-inch 3-cwt Howitzer gun in action at Samarra, Mesopotamia (now Iraq) during the First World War. Date: 1918

Allied action at Arsuf, Middle East, WW1
Allied action on the Mediterranean coast at Arsuf in the Middle East (now in Israel) during the First World War. Sandbag defences are being held by the 2nd Battalion Black Watch

British battery in action, Samarra, WW1
A British 6-inch 26-cwt battery in action at Samarra, Mesopotamia (now Iraq) during the First World War. Date: 1918

British 60-pounder guns in action, Samarra, WW1
British 60-pounder guns in action at Samarra, Mesopotamia (now Iraq) during the First World War. Date: 1918

HMS Royal Sovereign, Resolution and Revenge, WW1
Three British battleships at sea during the First World War. HMS Royal Sovereign is leading HMS Resolution and HMS Revenge. Date: 1914-1918

HMS Indefatigable, British battlecruiser, WW1
HMS Indefatigable, British battlecruiser, launched 1909, served during the First World War, sunk during the Battle of Jutland, 31 May 1916. Seen here (right foreground) with other ships

Gun crew drilling on British trawler HM Principal, WW1
A gun crew drilling on the British trawler HM Principal during the First World War. Date: 1916

Aerial view, bows of a British cruiser, WW1
Aerial view of the bows of a British Royal Navy cruiser, probably during the First World War. Date: circa 1914-1918

British battleship at sea, WW1
An unidentified British battleship at sea with guns firing during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

HMS Queen Elizabeth, British battleship, Mudros, WW1
HMS Queen Elizabeth, British dreadnought battleship, launched 1913, served during the First and Second World Wars, decommissioned 1948

HMS Vanoc, British destroyer at sea, WW1
HMS Vanoc, British V-class destroyer, launched 1917, served during the Second World War as a long-range escort ship. Date: 20th century

Five British battleships at sea, WW1
Five British battleships at sea during the First World War. From left to right: HMS Thunderer, HMS Monarch, HMS Conqueror, HMS Orion and HMS Queen Elizabeth. Date: 1914-1918

HMS Caradoc, British light cruiser, post-WW1
HMS Caradoc, British Caledon group C-class light cruiser, launched 1916, part of the Grand Fleet during the latter part of the First World War, also served in the Second World War

View of a calm sea from a British warship, WW1
View of a calm sea from a British warship during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

Rhodes, Greece - Black Tower and Hospitaller Cannon
Rhodes, Greece - Black Tower and Cannon of the Knights Hospitaller (Knights of Rhodes / Knights of Malta) Date: circa 1903

Loading Shells - New Zealand Troops in France
Loading artillery shells - Anzac New Zealand soldiers in active service in France during World War One. The postcard shows the artillery shells being packed into their limbers from a large open-air

British ships during the Battle of Jutland, WW1
British ships at the time of the Battle of Jutland, First World War. From left to right, HMS Royal Sovereign, HMS Resolution and HMS Revenge. Date: 1916

German Artillery on Manoeuvres Date: 1905

General Paschen and staff officers, WW1
General Paschen, German artillery officer, Commander of 1st Division, together with staff officers standing on steps outside a building during the First World War. Date: circa 1914-1918

Brigadier General L. W. P. East, CMG, DSO
Brigadier General L.W.P. East, CMG, DSO, Royal Artillery officer during the First World War. Date: circa 1918

French generals in Villers-Cotterets, France, WW1
French generals Mangin, Duparge and Petain in Villers-Cotterets, northern France, towards the end of the First World War. They are in the main square

British gun battery in action, Cameroon, Africa, WW1
A British gun battery in action in Cameroon, west central Africa, during the First World War. The officer on the right is Lieutenant Colonel Haywood DSO. Date: circa 1914-1916

Canadian machine gunners with a Colt M1895, WW1
Three Canadian machine gunners with a Colt-Browning M1895, nicknamed a Potato Digger, on the Western Front in France during the First World War. Date: circa 1915

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