Artillery Collection (#7)

British gunners place a line of artillery in position - WW1
British gunners placing a line of artillery in position during WW1 Date: circa 1916

Royal Field Artillery with commandeered horses during WW1 Date: circa 1916

British Gunners placing a line of artillery guns during WW1 Date: circa 1916

Royal Field Artillery with commandeered horse during WW1 Date: circa 1916

WW1 French artillery Date: circa 1916

A melange of small photos of British soldiers
The regiments represented are - 7th Hussars, 3rd Dragoon Guards, Life Guards, Seaforth Highlanders, Gordon Highlanders, Royal Horse Artillery, Royal Scots Fusiliers, 16th Lancers. WW1 Date: circa 1914

Fontaine-Henry Memorial to Canadian Liberators
This Memorial, which is on Route 1 of the Canadian Memorial Routes and was unveiled in 1994

WW1, Knuts of the 119th Royal Field Artillery, Dardanelles
WW1 - Knuts of the 119th Royal Field Artillery in the Dardanelles. A slightly scruffy bunch, one with a pet kitten, one with a cornet and none in spotless uniform! Date: circa 1915

Cinderella Poster
Cinderella poster reproduced in The Stage Year Book 1920 between pp. 30 and 31

Hangar deck of HMS Illustrious
Copy photograph of the hangar deck of HMS Illustrious showing the hammocks of the three battalions en route to Egypt, 1951

Royal Corps of Transport, 1st Bn Royal Scots
One of twenty two photographs associated with Royal Corps of Transport, 1st Bn Royal Scots, 1st Bn Royal Anglian Regiment, Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers, Royal Army Ordnance Corps

Arras-Lens road, France -- Canadian memorial, WW1
Les Tilleuls crossroads, Arras-Lens road, near Vimy, France -- Canadian memorial erected during WW1, following the Battle of Vimy Ridge, 9-12 April 1917. Date: circa 1917-1918

Guns at Waiwand 1880
Battle of Maiwand, saving the guns: though the British force was defeated by the Afghans, they were able to retreat to Kandahar in relatively good order. 27 July 1880

Europa Pass Batteries, Gibraltar
Entrance to the Europa Pass Batteries - a group of artillery batteries in the British Overseas Territory of Gibraltar. circa 1910s

WW1 Poster, War Bonds, Feed The Guns
Poster, War Bonds, Feed the Guns! circa 1918

Officers of 9th Field Training Regiment, Royal Artillery
Cartoons of the Officers of the 9th Field Training Regiment (Royal Artillery), who were based at Uniake Barracks, Harrogate, Yorkshire. Date: 1941

Soldiers entering Rustenburg, NW Province, South Africa
Soldiers of the Royal Horse Artillery entering Rustenburg, NW Province, South Africa. Date: 1910

Manufacture of Naval Artillery - Krupp Works, Essen, Germany
Manufacture of Naval Artillery at the Krupp Works, Essen, Germany. Date: 1906

Austria. Vienna. World Exposition, 1873. Krupp Pavilion. Interior. Engraving

Cannon on the wall. Dubrovnik. Croatia

Catapult used by Roman army during its military campaigns. Colored engraving. 19th century

Ukraine. Sevastopol. Monument to Russian General Eduard Ivan
Ukraine. Sevastopol. Monument (1909) to Russian General Eduard Ivanovich Totleben (1818-1884) and defenders of the city during the Crimean War. Crimean Peninsula

Montenegro. Kotor. The Sea Gate or West Gate, main entrance of the walled city. 16th century

Leningrad Bombarded
German artillery bombarding Leningrad (now St Petersburg) Date: 1942

Artillery at Tobruk
North Africa : Rommels artillery bombards Tobruk, Libya, recognised as a key element in the strategy of the North African campaign Date: 1941

The Royal Artillery Lines and Barracks, Karachi, Pakistan
The Royal Artillery Lines with Royal Artillery Barracks, Karachi, Pakistan (at this stage the N.W.F.P - Northern India). Date: circa 1905

The Gorilla by Ralph Spence. First produced in England at the Royal Court Theatre, Liverpool, 22nd June and The Oxford Theatre, London, 30th June 1925

Lord St Levan, St Michaels Mount, Cornwall
Lord John Francis Arthur St Aubyn, 4th Baron St Levan (1919-2013), with small cannon on the battlements of his home on St Michaels Mount, Cornwall. Date: circa 1980s

Gunners sheltering during a bombardment, 1917, Matania
With our artist on the Western Front - No II. New Series

Battle of Badajoz, 1812 - The Devils Own.Watercolour en grisaille, signed and dated by R Caton Woodville, 1908.88th (Connaught Rangers) Regiment at the Siege of Badajoz

Royal Artillery with gun, WW1
Group photo, men of the Royal Artillery with their howitzer gun, Bonnie Mary. Date: 1914-1918

WW1 - British Tadpole Tank
WW1 - British Mark IV tank, also known as the Tadpole. The Mark IV was first used in mid 1917 at the Battle of Messines Ridge. It remained in official British service until the end of the War

WW1 - Zeppelins raiding over Paris, France, 1915
WW1 - An illustration depicting the terror of zeppelins dominating the sky in an air raid at night over Paris, France. Searchlights beam from the city below, marking the zeppelins

Persian camel artillery: bombardiers firing cannons from saddles.. Handcolored lithograph from Friedrich Wilhelm Goedsches Complete Gallery of Peoples in True Pictures, Meissen, circa 1835-1840

Artillery - cannon carriage.. Artillery - gun carriage of the early 19th century

Battering ram and catapult.. Artillery- Aries or wooden battering ram and catapult used by Lord Heathfield at the siege of Gibraltar

Royal Garrison Artillery - 55 Company - Cork Club, England. Date: 1908/9

Royal Horse Artillery at Waterloo Station, WW1
Members of the R.H.A. pose for a picture together at Waterloo Station before embarking for France in August 1914. Date: 1914

Hundred Years War. Siege of Rouen by the English army of Henry V, from July 1418 to January 1419. Engraving

Machine gun Gatling-Colt, 10 barrels (1871). SPAIN. CASTILE-LA MANCHA. Toledo. Army Museum

Edward VIII as Colonel-in Chief of the Guards regiments
Edward VIII (1894 1972), shortly after his accession to the Throne, King Edward assumed the ranks of Admiral of the Fleet and Field-Marshal

Italian artillery in the Alps, WW1
Italian artillery in the Alps during the First World War. Travelling on a new military road, a soldier climbs over and makes sure that the timbers are not displaced by the weight of the passing gun

Tatler cover - Henry Ainley and his new wife
Henry Hinchliffe Ainley (1879-1945) English Shakespearean stage and screen actor, , pictured in uniform in 1918 with his new bride, second wife Elaine Fearon. The marriage would later be dissolved

Cpt Francis Grenfell VC (9th Lancers) - Retrieving the guns
The Taking of the Guns. Captain Francis Grenfell of the 9th Lancers retrieving the guns of 119th Battery Royal Field Artillery at Audregnies, during the Battle of Mons, 24th August 1914

British 4 5 Howitzer shell case base - Army Service cap
A British 4.5 Howitzer shell case base made into an Army Service cap with the badge and shoulder title of the Royal Field Artillery. Trench Art

Draught board with ships and aeroplanes - WWI
The Favourite Game of our Soldiers in the Trenches and our Sailors at Sea. Shows a draught board with ships and aeroplanes, Scottish soldiers in a trench playing draughts and an artillery team

Embroidered badge of the Royal Artillery. Also embroidered with Hut 31, Netley, 1917. Commemorative Art

Leather photograph frame and badge of the Royal Artillery
Leather photograph frame together with the badge of the Royal Artillery. Trench Art

83 mm German engraved artillery shell case - Bezalel School
77 mm. German artillery shell case engraved at the Bezalel School in Jerusalem

78 mm German engraved artillery shell case - Bezalel School
77 mm. German artillery shell case engraved at the Bezalel School in Jerusalem. Engraved brass decorated with vignettes of Rachels Tomb and Absoloms Tomb, with animals, grapes and vine leaves

Model of artillery piece, WW1
Model of an artillery piece, the barrel made out of different sized bullets on a wooden carriage with spoked wooden wheels covered with brass. Trench Art

Teapot in the shape of a Howitzer artillery gun, WW1
Teapot in the shape of a Howitzer artillery gun, manufactured by G. Clews & Co, Belisha Registered No. 837446. Trench Art

Desk ornament with Royal Field Artillery arm badge, WW1
Desk ornament with a Royal Field Artillery Other Ranks arm badge. Trench Art

Captain Francis Grenfell retrieving the guns at Audregnies
The Taking of the Guns. Captain Francis Grenfell of the 9th Lancers retrieving the guns of 119th Battery Royal Field Artillery at Audregnies, during the Battle of Mons, 24th August 1914

German 21cm Howitzer shell case with engravings, WW1
A German 21cm Howitzer shell case with extensively engraved battle scenes taken from the works of Fortunino Matania. Trench Art

Glorious L Battery, Gunner Derbyshire, Driver Osborne
Three members of " L" Battery, Royal Horse Artillery

Monster Gun of Tanjore, Tamil Nadu, India
Monster Gun of Tanjore (Thanjavur), Tamil Nadu, India. This enormous iron cannon was built during the reign of Raghunatha Nayak (17th century), and is thought to be one of the largest in the world

Main entrance gates, Woolwich Arsenal, SE London
View of the main entrance gates of Woolwich Arsenal in south east London, with a large crowd of people. Date: circa 1905

British shell cases, Western Front, France, WW1
Empty British shell cases after their contents have been fired on the Western Front in France during World War One. Date: circa 1916

Caterpillar tractor with heavy gun, Western Front, WW1
A Caterpillar tractor being used to pull a heavy gun on the Western Front during World War One. Date: circa 1916

Types of aeroplane shell guns by G. H. Davis
An answer to the tank during the Second World War: types of aeroplane shell guns

Works by Charles Sargeant Jagger, British sculptor
Three works by Charles Sargeant Jagger (1885-1934), British sculptor. At the top: Music, the design which won him the Prix de Rome in 1914. Lower left: Prometheus Bound

French artillery, Battle of the Marne, France, WW1
French artillery in action with a 75 mm field gun during the Marne and Aisne campaigns, France, First World War. Date: September-October 1914

Royal Tournament, Earls Court 1950
A series of sketches showing events at the Royal Tournament, at Earls Court, London in 1950

Cartoon, Siege Guns of Rhetoric, WW1
Cartoon, Siege Guns of Rhetoric, or how our politicians are helping the work of the services

WW1 Machinery in a lead factory - shrapnel production
An array of machinery in a factory manufacturing white lead, used to make artillery shrapnel during WW1 Date: circa 1915

WW1 - Group of manual workers in a factory - Shrapnel
WW1 - A large group of female manual workers in a factory producing lead shrapnel for use in high explosive artillery shells. Date: circa 1915

WW1 - Manufacture of artillery shell shrapnel
A group of female manual workers in a factory, standing close to vats containing molten lead, using in the manufacturing of shrapnel for WW1 artillery shells. Date: circa 1915

German battleship, Battle of Jutland, WW1
German battleship during the Battle of Jutland, First World War, with guns firing and shell cases scattered on the deck. Date: 1916

Slogan painted on a British artillery shell
An instance of the grim humours of war. A message for the Germans written across the back of a British artillery shell. Date: 1916

Large Mounted Crossbow
A large mounted crossbow capable of firing a wide range of projectiles from iron balls to fire bombs and metal lances Date: 1588

Larkhill Camp, Salisbury Plain, Wiltshire
The Royal School of Artillery (RSA), formerly the School of Instruction for Royal Horse and Field Artillery (Larkhill)

China - Chinese Cannon captured during Boxer Rebellion. Date: circa 1910s

Destruction at Albert, Somme, France - WWI - Ruins of the Basilica of Notre-Dame de Brebieres after several bombardments by the German Forces during the First Battle of the Somme

Royal Garrison Artillery Institute, Quetta, Pakistan
Royal Garrison Artillery Institute, Quetta, (now in Pakistan) Date: circa 1908

Salvador Correia attacks Fort San Miguel, Luanda, Angola
The attack by Salvador Correia de Sa e Benevides (1602-1688) - Portuguese soldier and politician - on the Dutch-held Fort Of San Miguel in Luanda, Angola

In a British advanced observation post. How artillery fire is observed and corrected. With the British Army on the Western Front - published in 1916 for Tatler and Sphere

Crew of the Honourable Artillery Company lifeboat, Walton
Crew members of the Honourable Artillery Company lifeboat at Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex. Seen here at the boathouse, wearing their cork lifebelts with the lifeboat behind them

Silhouettes of horses and men in wartime. From the top: staff officers on horseback, horses helping to pull heavy guns up a slope, men and horses in a cavalry charge, and on the march

German gunners preparing 25cm heavy trench mortar, WW1
German gunners in a gun emplacement, preparing a 25cm muzzle-loading heavy trench mortar for firing during the First World War

American soldiers at Watou, Flanders, Belgium, WW1
American soldiers in action in a shallow trench at Watou, West Flanders, Belgium, during the First World War. Date: 9 July 1918

German 21cm howitzer in action, France, WW1
A German 21cm howitzer gun, designed and manufactured by Krupp, being prepared for action in an emplacement in the Champagne area of France during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

Turkish Ottoman Obelisk / Memorial, Kut, Iraq
Turkish Ottoman Obelisk/Memorial at Al-Kut, Iraq - built prior to the re-occupation by British Forces during the Mesopotamian Campaign in September 1915 (during World War One)

Austrian howitzer at Siemakowce, Galicia, WW1
An Austrian 305mm howitzer at Siemakowce, Galicia (now in Ukraine), on the Eastern Front during the First World War. The gunners are sighting the gun ready for firing. Date: 1915

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