Artillery Collection (#8)

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

Austro-Hungarian howitzer in action, WW1
An Austro-Hungarian heavy howitzer in action during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

Russian heavy field artillery, WW1
Russian heavy field artillery during the First World War, with a curved set of tracks laid on the ground for manoeuvrability. Date: 1914-1918

Serbian machine gunners near Obrenovici, Serbia, WW1
Serbian gunners with Russian machine guns in firing position near Obrenovici, Serbia, during the First World War. Date: 1915-1917

German Paris Gun in Krupp factory, WW1
The German Paris Gun (also known as the Emperor William Gun), a long-range seige gun designed and manufactured by Krupp, used towards the end of the First World War

Gun of Tirpitz Battery in firing position, Ostend, WW1
A gun of the German Tirpitz Battery in elevated firing position at Ostend, Belgium, during the First World War. Work on the construction of the Battery can be seen in progress in the background

HMS Indomitable and Inflexible, Battle of Jutland, WW1
British Invincible-class battlecruisers, HMS Indomitable and HMS Inflexible, taking part in the Battle of Jutland during the First World War. Date: 1 June 1916

German gunners with 38cm rapid firing gun, WW1
German gunners with a 38cm rapid firing gun on the Western Front during the First World War. They are covering the gun with webbing, branches and foliage for camouflage. Date: 1914-1918

Austrian artillery battery at Prepolac, Serbia, WW1
An Austro-Hungarian mountain howitzer battery at Prepolac, Serbia, during the First World War. Date: 1915-1917

Austrian artillery with anti-aircraft gun, WW1
Austrian artillery with an anti-aircraft gun during the First World War, probably on the Italian front. Date: 1914-1918

German 42cm Big Bertha howitzer, Western Front, WW1
A German 42cm Big Bertha howitzer in action on the Western Front during the First World War. It was manufactured by Krupp. Seen here with gunners, preparing to fire. Date: 1914-1918

Turkish artillery in action, WW1
Turkish gunners and artillery in action during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

Battle of Burqa, Palestine, WW1
Action during the Battle of Burqa in Palestine during the First World War, showing the 264th Brigade RFA (Royal Field Artillery) with 18-pounder guns

Austro-Hungarian soldiers carrying munitions, WW1
Austro-Hungarian soldiers carrying munitions on their backs during the First World War. Date: 19 September 1917

Captured Italian gun, Zompicchia, Italy, WW1
A captured Italian gun in the village of Zompicchia, Udine, north east Italy, during the First World War. Date: 17 November 1917

Italian artillery in Hautvillers, France, WW1
Italian artillery in Hautvillers, Marne, north eastern France, during the First World War. British and French soldiers can also be seen. Date: 1918

HMS Firefly, river gunboat, Mesopotamia, WW1
HMS Firefly, a British river Fly-class gunboat, with gun in action in Mesopotamia during the First World War. Captured by the Turks in 1915, and recaptured by the British in 1917

British artillery in Malaya
British troops move an artillery piece into position amongst banana trees in thick jungle during the Battle of Malaya

General Sir Arthur Holland, British army officer
Lieutenant General Sir Arthur Edward Aveling Holland KCB KCMG DSO MVO (1862-1927), British army officer

Horses moving artillery, Becourt Wood, France, WW1
Horses moving artillery into the forward area at Becourt Wood, northern France, during the First World War. Date: September 1916

British 6 inch Howitzer used during WW1
A British 6 inch (26 cwt) Howitzer used during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

Oxen pulling heavy artillery, WW1
Oxen being used to pull heavy artillery during the First World War Date: 1914-1918

British artillery in action near Kirkuk, WW1
British 18 pound artillery guns of the 55th Brigade, RFA (Royal Field Artillery), in action near Kirkuk (now in Iraq) during the First World War. Date: May 1918

Brigadier General Malcolm Peake, British army officer, WW1
Brigadier General Malcolm Peake (1865-1917), British army officer of the Royal Artillery, who served in Africa and then on the Somme during the First World War. Date: 1914-1917

General Sir John Du Cane, British army officer, WW1
Lieutenant General Sir John Philip Du Cane (1865-1947), British army officer with the Royal Artillery during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

Sighting a British 8 inch Howitzer, France, WW1
Gunners sighting a British 8 inch Howitzer in northern France during the First World War. Date: 1915-1918

8 inch Howitzer and gunners near Carnoy, France, WW1
An 8 inch Mark V Howitzer in a camouflaged emplacement near Carnoy, northern France, during the Battle of Albert, First World War. The gunners are all looking at the camera. Date: July 1916

Anti-aircraft gun, Skinny Liz, Western Front, WW1
An anti-aircraft gun with the name Skinny Liz painted on it, on the Western Front during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

Royal Horse Artillery on parade with gun carriages, WW1
Men of the Royal Horse Artillery on parade, with horses and gun carriages, during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

Painting of British officers and artillerymen, WW1
An unattributed painting of four British Royal Artillery officers, headed by Major General Sir Herbert Crofton Campbell Uniacke (1866-1934), on the Western Front during the First World War

Soldiers in a trench, firing a machine gun, WW1
Soldiers in a trench during the First World War, firing a machine gun with a periscope attachment. Date: 1914-1918

Firing a large field gun
A group of soldiers firing a large field gun. There are several shells waiting to be fired in the right foreground

British artillery at Gallipoli WWI
Territorial gunners, from the 4th Glasgow Battery detached from 52nd Division, at Suvla firing a 5 inches Howitzer

Trench warfare WWI
During a lull in the Bolshevik artillery, German Grenadiers attack along a funnel in the trenches

Battle of Vimy Ridge 1917
Pack horses of the Canadian Field Artillery carrying 18 pounder shells at the Battle of Vimy Ridge on the Western Front in France during World War I in April 1917

Firing mortars over pagodas at Meiktila, Burma
Firing mortar shells over the historic pagodas at Meiktila, Burma - 28th February 1945

Capture of Chipilly Ridge 1918
Capture of Chipilly Ridge by the 58th (London) Division, Royal Field Artillery Signallers with heliograph etc

British Cavalry and Artillery Units during the Crimean War
Engraving showing officers of the 8th Hussars, 17th Lancers, Royal Horse Artillery, 5th Dragoon Guards, 4th Dragoon Guards, 1st Royal Dragoons and 11th Hussars in their dress uniforms

The Torri degli Ardinghelli, San Gimignano, Italy, 1944
Photograph showing the Torri degli Ardinghelli, or Towers of the Guelphs, at the eleventh-century hill-top town of San Gimignano, near Siena, Italy, prior to July 1944

A furious charge of Irish troops at the taking of Guillemon
An illustration showing Irish troops attacking German positions at Guillemont, September 1916

French Set up Field Gun
French artillerymen set up a 95 siege gun. Date: circa 1900

18Thc Ship Cross-Section
A cross-section of an late eighteenth century warship

Paris Hotel De Ville
The Hotel de Ville and la place de Greve, Paris. An artillery salvo is taking place to celebrate something

Ashtabula, Ohio, USA - Flatiron Park - Old Cannon
Ashtabula, Ohio, USA - Flatiron Park, looking toward Center Street - The Old Cannon - " which held Billy Whitlas $10, 000 ransom nearly six hours" Date: circa 1920

WW1 - Captured German Guns - Horse Guards Parade, London. British trophies from the Battlefield

The Artillery School - Istanbul, Turkey, View from Bosphorus
Imperial artillery and engineering schools, Tophane, Istanbul, Ottoman Empire - View from Bosphorus. Date: circa 1905

Paris, France - pile of artillery pieces in a mound
A mound of artillery pieces in a very symbolic gesture of abandonment of the war effort at the final closure of World War One in 1918

The Armoury Square, Fort Agra, Agra, India
The Armoury Square at the fort at Agra, India, now a UNESCO world heritage site

Firing a heavy howitzer in France, WW1. 1914-1918

A British heavy gun in action, WW1. 1914-1918

Victorian Scrap - Navy Landing with Nordenfelt Gun. late 19th century

Bayonet training H. A. C. Reserve 1916
Honourable Artillery Company at Camp en Route training ground, practising close combat with bayonet and sandbags. Date: 1916

Training H. A. C. Reserves 1916
Honourable Artillery Company at Camp en Route training ground, practising essential requirements needed for battle at the Front in World War One. Date: 1916

Dragging two artillery horses on Western Front by Matania
Dragging two artillery horses from a mud hole on the Western Front to prevent them being nearly drowned in a muddy pool

Cinderella Flyer for the Royal Artillery Theatre in Woolwich
Cinderella. Front and back of a four page flyer for the Royal Artillery Theatre in Woolwich. from December 26th to January 4th, but the year is unknown

Field Marshal Sir John Denton French, 1st Earl of Ypres (1852-1925), British Army officer who led the BEF (British Expeditionary Force) from August 1914. Date: circa 1918

Royal Artillery. Coloured etched aquatint by J C Stadler after Charles Hamilton Smith, 1815

U. S. Lease and Lend Equipment Reaches Midlands
Photograph:U. S. Lease and Lend Equipment Reaches Midlands

British gunners take a break during bombardment of Zonnebeke
Photograph: British gunners take a break during the bombardment of Zonnebeke. From an album of 76 official photographs, 1916-1917. Associated with World War One, Western Front (1914-1918)

Russian Artillery
Artillery. Watercolour, artist unknown, nd, 1807 (c). From Militairisthe Uniformen Russland. 1807, folder containing six drawings of Russian soldiers in various animated scenes. Date: circa 1860

German coastal defence emplacement
Official photograph of German coastal defence emplacement

New Zealanders going over the top
Photograph: New Zealanders going over the top following an artillery barrage, during an attack on Cassino. Associated with World War Two, Italy (1943-1945)

Barracks in Antananarivo, Madagascar
Barracks in Antananarivo (Tananarive), Madagascar. Date: circa 1908

Group photo, 8th Battery RFA Camp, Bangalore, India
Group photo, 8th Battery, 13th Brigade, Travelling Field Forge, RFA Camp, Bangalore, India, including a farrier sergeant and four shoeing smiths. Date: 1912

Group photo, No. 4 Mountain Battery RGA cricket team, India
Group photo, No. 4 Mountain Battery Royal Garrison Artillery cricket team with sports shields and guns, Rawalpindi, India. Date: circa 1923

Russian Artillery on the move - WW1 era. Date: circa 1916

Camp Scenes.Etching by and after W H Pyne, published by Pyne and Nattes, London, June 1803.Plate 4 of a series of five plates.Associated with British Army, Napoleonic Wars (1803-1815). Date: 1803

Last Konigsberg gun to be destroyed, Masasi, WW1
Last Konigsberg gun to be destroyed in Masasi, East Africa, during WW1. 1917

Artillery Officer Building - Karlsborg, Sweden
Artillery Officer Building - Karlsborg, Karlsborg Municipality, Vastra Gotaland County, Sweden Date: circa 1909

Duke of Wellington monument, Gibraltar
Duke of Wellington monument and cannon, Alameda Gardens, Gibraltar. Date: circa 1905

The Soudan Advance - steaming back to Berber: playing Maxims on the Baggara Horse after the bombardment of Metmmeh, 1897

XI Reggimento Artiglieria - Italian 11th Artillery Regiment
Standard of the Italian 11th Artillery Regiment (XI Reggimento Artiglieria) formed on 1st November 1884. The Illustration shows a historic late 17th century artilleryman. Date: 1902

Joan Morgan in Adam and Eva by Bolton and Middleton
Adam and Eva by Guy Bolton and George Middleton. First produced in England at the Little Theatre, London, on 13 April 1925. The Brilliant Farcical Comedy

Covering fire near Salaita, German East Africa, WW1
Covering fire near Salaita, German East Africa, in March 1916, during WW1. The Battle of Salaita Hill took place on 12 February 1916, with a German victory. 1916

Transporting gun at Maktau Camp, Kenya, WW1
Troops preparing to transport heavy artillery from Maktau Camp, Kenya, East Africa, during WW1. 1916

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