Artillery Collection (#5)

The Sultan watching young men battle with djerid spears
The Sultan in his Kiosk watching teams of cavalry throw spears or djerid at each other. Musicians playing horns and drums in front of pitched tents. Esercizio del Djirid

Roman soldiers with spoils of war on the Arch for Titus
Roman soldiers march in procession with spoils of war or spolia on the Arch for Titus, the arch of triumph celebrating Emperor Tituss victory over Jerusalem

Memorial Plaque to Ypres Civilians WW1 and WW2
This is beside the main Ypres War Memorial which is just outside the Cloth Hall. On the other side of the memorial is a plaque to the Belgian 13th Field Artillery. Date: 2016

Memorial to Irish poet Francis Ledwidge, Artillery Wood
The memorial, mounted on a brick plinth, carries a photo of the poet. Beside it the Irish flag flies, there is an information board and behind is an apple tree planted in his memory on 27 March 2010

Plaque to Canadian Artillery D21 Battery, Zonnebeke
The plaque is on the outside wall of the re-built church. The battery was stationed in Zonnebeke during Third Ypres, October-November 1917

Crimean War - the 21-gun battery before Sebastopol
Scene in the 21-gun battery before Sebastopol, Crimean War. 1855

D21 Bty, Canadian Field Artillery, Plaque, Zonnebeke Church Date: 2016

ILN cover - Bren-carriers being entrained
Open rail trucks being loaded with Bren-gun carriers by their crews in June 1940, when all munitions production in Britain was ramped up in the face of a threat of German invasion. Date: 1940

British artillery covering the evacuation of Dunkirk, WW2
British artillery (25-pounders) firing over open sights, while French and British infantry use their machine guns, to cover the evacuation of Dunkirk, northern France

Portrait, The Late Mr Joseph Pope, The Doctor
Portrait, The Late Mr Joseph Pope, nicknamed The Doctor, who had served in India as a staff surgeon in the Royal Artillery. He died at the age of 49. 1885

Field Artillery Camp, Okehampton, Dartmoor, West Devon
Field Artillery Camp, near Okehampton, Dartmoor, West Devon, with soldiers riding on horseback, and tents and buildings in the background. Date: circa 1910

Guns at Camp Edwards, Cape Cod, Massachusetts, USA
Line-up of 30mm anti-aircraft guns at Camp Edwards, Cape Cod, Massachusetts, USA. Date: circa 1942

Musket racks, laboratory tent and officers tents
18th century military tents: horse or rack to support firelocks 1, 2, 3, muskets on the rack 4, laboratory tents belonging to the artillery 5, field officers tent or marquis 6

The partridges mortar with bomb and grenadoes
The partridges, a mortar that fired 13 grenadoes or young partridges and one bomb or old hen at one time

Ancient bombard or gun called Mons Meg. Copperplate engraving from Francis Groses Military Antiquities respecting a History of the English Army, Stockdale, London, 1812

The standing and marching salute exercises. Taken from William Hogarths illustrations for John Blackwells Account of the Artillery Company

The standing salute exercises. Taken from William Hogarths illustrations for John Blackwells Account of the Artillery Company

Halberd military exercises. Taken from John Blackwells Account of the Artillery Company

Soldiers and artillery gunners in a castle
Soldiers, archers and artillery gunners in a castle siege, 15th century

Chinese cavalry armed with lance, quiver, bow and arrow, with artillery firing cannons from a hill behind

Napoleon Bonaparte directing the French Army artillery over a bridge in the Great St. Bernard Pass when crossing the Alps, 1800

Napoleon Bonaparte directing the Suppression
Napoleon Bonaparte directing an artillery firing squad at the Suppression after the Siege of Toulon (ordered by Paul Barras and Stanislas Freron)

Cannon-boring machinery, 18th century. Copperplate engraving by Wilson Lowry after a drawing by John Farey Jr

Ferdinande Philippe, Duc d Orleans 1810-1842. In the uniform of the artillery of the Garde Nationale

Catherine de Vendome, wife of Jean d Estrees, d. 1567
Catherine de Vendome, wife of Jean d Estrees, grand master of the French artillery, d.1567

Jean d Estrees, grand master of the French artillery, 1486-1571

Jacques Ricard de Genouillac, Lord of Assier, Grand Master of the Artillery, 1465-1546

Cinema sound effects machine for silent movies - noises include babies, dogs, artillery and cars. 1912

The Rotunda, Woolwich Common, southeast London
The Rotunda (pr Repository), Woolwich Common, southeast London. A former artillery museum which was established in 1820. The building was originally a very large bell tent erected in St

Toy Theatre, Foot Soldiers, Chasseurs and British Artillery
Toy Theatre, New Foot Soldiers, French Chasseurs and British Flying Artillery

German graves in college garden, Lyck, Poland
German artillery and infantry graves in the college garden at Lyck (Elk, Lek, Leg), now in Masuria, Poland. 1914-1918

Officers of Italian Light and Field Artillery, WW1
Officers of the Italian Light and Field Artillery in semi-full dress uniform during the First World War, 24 April 1915. 1915

Military artillery. 1868

Oglethorpe Fails in Attack on St. Augustine
Part of the War of Jenkins Ear between Great Britain and Spain, James Oglethorpe led a band of English soldiers, militia, and Chickasaw and Creek Nation soldiers

De Soto Attacks the Alabama Fort
Hernando De Soto attacks a fortified town in Alabama in 1540. Various artillery fires towards the towns defences, as cavalry from various positions around the town ride forward. Date: 1540

Battery or Junin Tower
An artillery battery dubbed Junin Tower. Surrounded by girded metal barriers, a group of cannons are being demonstrated to watching military officers. Date: 1866

Map of the Battle of Buena Vista
A map of the formations and placements of troops and defences of the Mexican and American forces at the battle of Buena Vista. Date: 1847

The Uniforms of the Austro-Mexican Brigade
A group of soldiers stand about in their full uniforms including: (left to right) artillery officers, a Chief Surgeon, Austrian Uhlans, a Hussar officer, a Chasseur officer, a Hussar, a bugleman

The Lance under fire at the port of Tampico
The ship the Lance under fire by Mexican artillery in the port of Tampico

Soldiers of the Mexican Army
A collection of the soldiers of the Mexican army in full dress; an officer of the African Chasseurs, a rifleman, an irregular lancer, a trumpet cavalryman, a lancer of the Zacatecas brigade

Colonel P H Fawcett
Colonel Percy H Fawcett (1867 - 1925), British geographer, artillery officer, cartographer, archaeologist, and explorer of South America. 1932

Japanese Marine Field Artillery Corps bombarding Chinese
Japanese Marine Field Artillery Corps bombarding the Chinese. 1933

Anti-aircraft practice, Eire prepares for invasion - men of the Irish Army in training, 26 June 1940. 1940

Austrian trenches destroyed by Allied action, WW1
Austrian trenches destroyed by Allied action (British heavy guns and Italian artillery) during the First World War. 1914-1918

Russian Artillery and Engineers Date: 1898

Gunners passing burning buildings, by Ugo Matania, WW1
Gunners passing burning buildings, illustration for The Sphere, 26 May 1917, oil on card by Ugo Matania, First World War. 1917

Mounting a Great Gun, Coventry, by Muirhead Bone
Mounting a Great Gun, Coventry, February 1917, by Muirhead Bone, First World War. 1917

Postwar poster, SOS To All Nations, Disarm
Postwar poster, design by Batt, SOS To All Nations, Disarm, Join the League of Nations Union. circa 1920

Breech-loading railway gun in action, France, WW1
A breech-loading 9.2" railway gun in action, France, First World War. circa 1916

Anglo-French fleet entering the Sea of Marmora
The Anglo-French fleet entering the Sea of Marmora, Crimean War. 1854

Soldier firing rifle-calibre Maxim Gun. circa 1900

Soldier, Canadian 53rd Field Artillery, WW1
Soldier of the Canadian 53rd Field Artillery, Canadian Expeditionary Force, towards the end of the First World War. circa 1918

Wilhelm II Battery, Knocke sur Mer, Belgium - entrance and view of the first gun. Date: circa 1919

Captured gun, Long Max, Belgium, with civilians posing
Male and female civilians posing with a big gun, Long Max (also known as Koekelare and Leugenboom, of the German Pommern Battery), Belgium, captured by the Belgians on 16 October 1918

Royal Navy coastal gun, Devils Gap Battery, Gibraltar
Royal Navy coastal gun, 6" Mark VII, Devils Gap Battery, overlooking the harbour at Gibraltar, installed 1902-1903. Date: circa 1908

The Tune we Dance to - Pacifism - Society of Friends
" The Money Goes Round and Around... And it comes out here!" Pay your income tax and it ends up being fired from a gun. Pacifist postcard published by the Society of Friends (Quakers)

Great Victory Exhibition
Crystal Palace War Museum and Great Victory Exhibition - circa 1920. The largest gun used during WW1. Date: circa 1920

Soldier with a crossbow and one of the first cannons
The Wars of the Roses. A Soldier with a crossbow and one of the first cannons ever used. 15th century

First Balkan War - Abandoned Gun Battery
First Balkan War - Abandoned Turkish artillery post at the Monastery of Rachtani near the Town of Bitola, Macedonia. Date: 1912

German machine gun position in France WWII
German twin MG34 machine guns on an a mounting in Aisne, France. Unit often attached to floor of a truck, or on a special two-wheeled trailer, towed by a truck. Manned at all times when on the march

German artillery WWII
German artillery position on the Western Front armed with a 15cm Kanone 39 (K39) heavy gun. Date: 1940

German howitzer pre-WWII
German Schwere Feldhaubitze 13 (15cm) was a heavy field howitzer used by Germany

Nuremberg Rally
The German army and air force combine to give a thrilling show at Zeppelin field using aircraft and anti-aircraft batteries. Date: 1939-1945

At the Royal Dockyard, Woolwich, artillery horses are shipped to the Crimea Date: 1855

Canon de 155 C modele 1915 St. Chamond artillery pieces
A battery of Canon de 155 C modele 1915 St. Chamond artillery pieces. (full image of the stereo pair) Date: circa 1917

Mortier de 270 mm modele 1885 artillery piece
Mortier de 270 mm modele 1885. A heavy mortar of the French artillery forces. Date: circa 1917

Photograph showing a time-fuse from a German shrapnel-shell which burst over British lines. Date: 1915

British troops in position in Belgium during World War II Date: 1939-1945

The French enter Naples and fights the rebellious populace in the streets. Date: January 1799

Sentries and donkeys enjoy the bracing weather in the British Artillery Camp and Siege Train, before Sebastopol. Date: winter 1854 - 55

Manufacture of War materials at Woolwich Arsenal 1877
Series of illustrations at Woolwich Arsenal, London, Harvey torpedoes being made by her Majestys Government to fabricate the artillery and ammunition for land and sea service. Date: 1877

Capt. the Hon. Henry Denison, Vanity Fair, WH
Captain the Hon. HENRY DENISON (Born 1849) Captain in the Royal Horse Artillery. Friend of King Edward VII. Caption Captain the Hon Henry Denison Date: 1912

FRENCH C18 CAVALRY
A French cavalryman of the ARTILLERIE A CHEVAL (horse artillery) in the opening years of the Revolutionary War Date: 1795

WW1 / RUSSIAN ARTILLERY
A Russian artillery piece. Date: 1914

FRENCH MOROCCO CANNON
French teach Moroccans to use a quick-firing cannon Date: 1911

ARTILLERY ELEPHANTS 1857
Elephants are used to haul artillery, forming a siege train, during the Indian Mutiny Date: 1857

FRENCH ARTILLERY TRAIN
Artillery train in the process of moving the guns Date: circa 1807

FRENCH HORSE ARTILLERY
Artillerie a cheval (mounted artillery) Date: circa 1807

GOVERNMENT ARTILLERY
Government artillery in the village of Issy during the Paris Commune Date: May 1871

THE ROYAL ARTILLERY
Royal Artillery Date: 1889

British Horse Artillery at Fuentes dOnoro
British horse artillery at Fuentes dOnoro. Battle of Fuentes dOnoro : Wellington manages to defeat Massena but comments If Boney had been there we would have been damnably licked. Date: 1811

French Artillery Officer soldier 1850
French Artillery Officer. Date: 1850

British soldiers
Various artillery, both foot soldiers and cavalry (without his horse)

The Rising Generation, Royal Artillery Theatre, Woolwich
The Rising Generation, a three-act comedy by Wyn Weaver and Laura Leycester, at the Royal Artillery Theatre, Woolwich, SE London. 1925

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