Battery Collection (page 7)

Christmas postcard from Holy Land
A Christmas postcard from a soldier in the Holy Land at the end of the First World War. Printed with a poem by Saddler Smirk of 15 Heavy Battery, RGA (Royal Garrison Artillery)

Upper and Lower Bay of New York. From the Battery looking South west. Castle Garden, Bedloes Island and Bergen Point. Date: ca. 1881

The Battery, New York

Silhouette of a mountain battery in action

Silhouettes of horses at the Royal Tournament. From the top: a cavalry display by the 17th/21st Lancers, a mountain battery in action, musical double ride by the 10th Royal Hussars

New Zealand howitzer battery moving shells, WW1
Men of a New Zealand howitzer battery moving a supply of shells during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

Australian artillery near Hamel, France, WW1
Australian artillery near Hamel, northern France, during the First World War. Date: 9 August 1918

German officers who defended Zeebrugge, Belgium, WW1
German officers who defended the sea port of Zeebrugge against British attack during the Zeebrugge Raid (23 April 1918), Belgium, First World War

Messina, Sicily, Italy - Masotto Monument
Messina, Sicily, Italy - Messina Monumento ai Caduti della Batteria Masotto (Salvatore Buemi) (Monument to the Fallen of the Battery Masotto) Date: circa 1940

Serbian heavy batteries in action against Austrians, WW1
Serbian heavy batteries in action against the Austrians during the First World War. Date: circa 1916-1917

Boys in training on battery work, Shotley Barracks, WW1
Boys in training on six inch battery work at Shotley Barracks during the First World War. They are naval cadets attached to HMS Ganges, a Royal Navy training ship. Date: 1914-1918

American gunners in action near Tours, France, WW1
American gunners of Battery A, 146th Regiment, Field Artillery, in action with a 155 mm gun near Tours, France, on the western front during the First World War. Date: July 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

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 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

Gas canister after Battle of Neuve Chapelle, WW1
A German photograph claiming to be of an English gas canister after the Battle of Neuve Chapelle, north western France, during the First World War. Date: 1915

Battle of Flers-Courcelette, Western Front, WW1
Scene at the Battle of Flers-Courcelette on the Western Front in northern France during the First World War. A shell hole is used as the gun position of an advanced Field Battery at Sunken Road

Detraining a Howitzer by moonlight, Palestine, WW1
Men of a siege battery at a railhead, detraining a Howitzer by moonlight in Palestine during the First World War. From a drawing by James McBey, war artist. Date: 1914-1918

Heavy artillery in action on cliff, Helles, Gallipoli, WW1
Heavy artillery (a 60-pound battery) in action on top of a cliff at Helles, Gallipoli, during the First World War. Up until July 1915 there were only eight of these guns in action at Helles

British naval gun in action, Cameroon, Africa, WW1
A British naval 12-pounder gun in action in Cameroon, west central Africa, during the First World War. Date: circa 1914-1916

British 8 inch Howitzer in snow, Pozieres, France, WW1
A British 8 inch Mark V Howitzer of the 20th Siege Battery, RGA (Royal Garrison Artillery) in the snow at Pozieres, northern France, during the First World War. Date: February 1917

Gun parts of ANR on Rufiji River, East Africa, WW1
Gun parts of the 1st Service Battery ANR on the Rufiji (Rufigi) River in German East Africa (now Tanzania) during the First World War. The photograph was taken during the wet season

Battery of 60 pounders in action, Contalmaison, France, WW1
A battery of 60 pounders in action at Contalmaison, northern France, during the Battle of Albert, First World War. Date: July 1916

British 6 inch Howitzer, Ploegsteert Wood, Flanders, WW1
A British 6 inch (30 cwt) Howitzer of the 6th Siege Battery RGA (Royal Garrison Artillery) in action position near Hill 63, Ploegsteert Wood, Flanders, during the First World War

British Pom Pom anti-aircraft gun, WW1
A British one pounder Pom Pom anti-aircraft gun, mounted on a field gun carriage. It was used by the 6th Siege Battery RGA (Royal Garrison Artillery) during the First World War

Artillery Observation Officer sets lamp, Kemmel Ridge, WW1
An Artillery Observation Officer setting his lamp to signal back to his Battery the results of firing, around the time of the Battles of Kemmel Ridge (Kemmelburg, Lys, Flanders)

Woolwich hulks - convicts form mortar battery
The Woolwich hulks (prison ships) - convicts forming a mortar battery. Date: 1862

Russian cavalry in Manchuria during the Boxer Rebellion
Russian cavalry In Manchuria, during the Boxer Rebellion. They capture a Chinese battery. Date: 1900

Gatling Gun 1867
Gatlings battery gun, as used during the American Civil War Date: 1867

Aquarium, Battery Park, New York. Looking west from above of the Aquarium at Battery Park

Rayak air base, Lebanon, the 27th F Battery

The French siege of Paris
An armour-plated locomotive battery during the French siege of Paris

Battery Park, New York City, America

Artillery battery WWI
German artillery marching through St Sulpice on the Western Front during World War I

Tirpitz battery WWI
Damage to the emplacement of a gun of the Tirpitz Battery caused by a 38cm shell in Ostend, Belgium during World War I

Allied artillery WWI
Allied artillery in action during World War I

Gallipoli beach WWI
460th Battery Royal Field Artillery at V Beach at Gallipoli during World War I

Anzac artillery WWI
Gun from 9th battery in action at Anzac during World War I in Gallipoli

Artillery on British battleship WWI
British Battleship n action off the Dardanelles during World War I

French artillery WWI
Battery of 75mm French guns in action at Bas Maisnil during World War I

British anti-aircraft battery WWII
More heavy snow has fallen in France and the British Expeditionary Force is again contending with Arctic weather conditions during World War II

Fire Boat and Station - The Battery - New York City

Greetings from Malta
A Greetings card from Malta, depicting a glamorous woman as the carapace of a beautiful butterfly, the wings extended wide to reveal scenes of places on the Island

William Peel throwing a live shell
Captain William Peel (1824 - 1858) depicted in the act of bravery that won his first Victoria Cross during the Crimean War

a Searchlight Battery
SLC radar equipment on an anti-aircraft searchlight battery on the Home Front in England during World War II in 1945

Three-wheeler milkfloat
A Milkman on his morning round, fills up a crate from his vintage yet stylish three-wheeled float. This model is a Norwich Dairy milk electric, (DP Kathanode battery operated) delivery float

Mametz 1916
A British 4.5 inch Howitzer, the standard British field artillery unit of World War One, in a captured German gun position

Captured Turkish Guns - 1915
Captured Turkish guns, manufactured by Krupp (77s) in the Old European Castle with piles of ammunition. War in the Dardanelles - 1915. Sed Dul-Bahr

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