Firing Collection (page 9)

A Sing-Song within the Firing Line
Sketches drawn by a sergeant with the B.E.F. of an evenings entertainment at the Front, showing various talents on display from an opera singer giving a recital

A Rest from the Firing Line by Will Owen, WW1
A British soldier, hopes to enjoy some time away from the firing line but ends up working just as har. Date: 1915

Enemy aeroplanes attack British steamer by G. H. Davis
Enemy aeroplanes attacking a British steamer. Bombs and bullets from above -- the Avocet attacked by three German planes during the First World War

Rockets and flying bombs by G. H. Davis
Rockets and flying bombs as seaborne weapons of future navies. How wireless-controlled robot projectiles may be carried and operated by capital ships. 1945

Dreadnought Queen Elizabeth in action by G. H. Davis
Our greatest dreadnought in action -- the Queen Elizabeth bombarding the Dardanelles forts during the First World War. Date: 1915

British officers watching machine gun demonstration, WW1
British officers watching a machine gun demonstration on the Western Front in France during World War One. Date: circa 1916

German shell exploding, Western Front, France, WW1
German shell exploding in a field on the Western Front in France during World War One. Date: circa 1916

Royal Australian Heavy Battery, Western Front, WW1
Men of the Royal Australian Heavy Battery in action on the Western Front during World War One. Date: circa 1916

British gunners in action in the rain, Western Front, WW1
British gunners in action against the Germans in the pouring rain on the Western Front in France during World War One. Date: circa 1916

German gun destroyed by British firing, Western Front, WW1
A German gun destroyed by British firing on the Western Front during World War One. Date: circa 1916

Rail-mounted gun in action, Western Front, WW1
A British rail-mounted gun in action on the Western Front during World War One. Date: circa 1916

British anti-aircraft guns in action, Western Front, WW1
British anti-aircraft guns in action, firing at German planes on the Western Front during World War One. Date: circa 1916

British soldiers heading for the firing line, WW1
British soldiers heading for the firing line on the Western Front during World War One. Date: circa 1916

British heavy trench mortar, Western Front, WW1
A Brtish heavy trench mortar firing on the Western Front during World War One. Date: circa 1916

Destroyer at target practice by G. H. Davis
Navy notes of the week: a British destroyer at target practice, with marksmen firing torpedoes. 1912

British guns hold up German advance, Western Front, WW1
British guns hold up the German advance on the Western Front in France during World War One. Date: circa 1916

Black Watch soldiers taking a break, WW1
Black Watch soldiers taking a break on the Western Front during World War One. The man at the centre is holding a rifle grenade. Date: circa 1916

Sinking of German ship, Konigin Luise, by G. H. Davis
The sinking of the German mine layer, Konigin Luise, off Harwich in the early stages of the First World War. Showing the position of the Lance when firing the three fatal shots. Date: August 1914

Struggle for the Dunes by G. Bron and G. H. Davis
The struggle for the Dunes: how the navy helped in the fighting on the Belgian coast. Left: the newly-acquired monitors, Severn, Humber and Mersey, firing on the German trenches

Zeppelins aerial torpedo by G. H. Davis
The Zeppelins aerial torpedo: the appearance of the new missile. Top left: the launching cradle, showing firing pistol. Top right: the aerial torpedo with its turbine at rear end

RAF and Army cooperate against enemy by G. H. Davis
Rocket typhoons versus German tanks: how the RAF and the Army cooperate in smashing enemy armour during the Second World War

Sperry bomb sight in action by G. H. Davis
Precision bombing: the Sperry bomb sight in action during a raid, Second World War. The flight of bombs is controlled by a mechanism guided by a skilled bombardier. Date: 1944

Torpedo in naval warfare by G. H. Davis
The deadliest weapon in naval warfare during the Second World War: the torpedos intricate mechanism and modus operandi of firing. Date: 1942

Apparatus for saving life in case of shipwreck
Various apparatus for saving life in case of shipwreck. A Dennetts rocket line is shown both in action and arranged for firing, as well as and the landing of a crew using the breeches buoy

Rocket firing tests by G. H. Davis
Firing rockets across half a continent: the new V2 test range. The UK-Australian experimental guided missiles range, with 1200 miles from firing point to coastline

Loading ships guns in 1805 and 1935 by G. H. Davis
From Nelson to Nelson : feeding a ships guns today and in 1805. Loading methods in a modern battleship and at Trafalgar: contrasts after 130 years of naval gunnery. Date: 1935

Ranges of naval artillery by G. H. Davis
From Culverin to 16-inch gun: ranges of naval artillery. From the Armada to the Battle of Jutland: the progressive increase in the range of guns and the size of projectiles. Date: 1939

British warships by G. H. Davis
All that goes to produce a great British warships battle thunder : cold science behind the big guns. From the captains quietly spoken order to the pulling of the pistol-trigger

Ground defence against enemy air attacks, WW1
Examples of ground defence against enemy air attacks during the First World War. Showing bomb-dropping by hand from an aeroplane, an aeroplane being transported on a military motor

German military rocket camera, WW1
A German military rocket camera with a Zeiss lens being fired into the air in the early weeks of the First World War. It was designed to map enemy territory to facilitate invasion

Torpedo boat, torpedo, and crew of HMS Adventure, WW1
A torpedo boat, a torpedo being fired and disappearing into the water, and the crew of HMS Adventure with a torpedo on deck, at the start of the First World War. Date: 1914

Allied ship in action in the Dardanelles, Turkey, WW1
Allied ship in action in the Dardanelles, Turkey, during the First World War. Date: 1915

Allied landing in the Dardanelles, Turkey, WW1
Allied landing in the Dardanelles, Turkey, during the First World War. Date: 1915

Allied ships in action in the Dardanelles, Turkey, WW1
Allied ships in action in the Dardanelles, Turkey, during the First World War. Date: 1915

British ships in action, Dardanelles, Turkey, WW1
Allied ships in action in the Dardanelles, Turkey, during the First World War. Date: 1915

Ships in Suvla Bay, Gallipoli, Turkey, WW1
Ships of the allied naval forces in Suvla Bay, Gallipoli, Turkey, during the First World War. Date: September 1915

German gunners on the Somme, France, WW1
Artists impression of German gunners fighting on the Somme, northern France, during the First World War. Date: circa 1916-1918

British target-finding invention by G. H. Davis
Bombing through clouds during the Second World War: a British target-finding invention. Illustrating the Gen-Box principle, which sees targets invisible to the human eye. Date: 1944

Surface action with guns by G. H. Davis
Inside a British submarine during the Second World War: a surface action with guns. How an underwater boat comes up to attack light surface vessels with gunfire. Date: 1943

Dramatic air battle off Malaya by G. H. Davis
The destruction of HMS Prince of Wales and HMS Repulse: phases in the dramatic air battle off Malaya during the Second World War, when British ships were attacked by Japanese planes. Date: 1941

German air raiders caught out by G. H. Davis
How German air raiders are caught in the toils of British defence during the Second World War. The effect of the anti-aircraft barrage on raiding bombers

Robot guns for British aircraft by G. H. Davis
Robot guns for British aircraft: remotely-controlled turrets. Enabling one gunner to direct fire from numerous different positions

The Croxton outrage by G. H. Davis
One of several German attacks on North Sea fishing trawlers, later countered by arming them: the Croxton outrage. How the unarmed Croxton was machine-gunned and bombed until she sank

Attack on German positions north of the Aisne, France, WW1
Attack on German positions north of the Aisne, northern France, during the First World War, at 6 in the morning. Date: 16 April 1917

Cartoon, Krupps New Man-Throwing Howitzer, WW1
Cartoon, Surprises in Store for England, 1. Krupps New Man-Throwing Howitzer. An imaginary scene showing German soldiers standing inside shell casings, ready to be fired at the enemy

Stage production of The Squaw Man
Stage production of a play, The Squaw Man (written 1905), by Edwin Milton Royle, starring William Faversham (1868-1940) as Captain James Wynnegate. Date: early 20th century

Cartoon, The Continental Sidney Street, WW1
Cartoon, The Continental Sidney Street, showing Kaiser Wilhelm II firing from an upstairs window and French, Russian and British policemen firing back at him

French mortar in action, Western Front, WW1
A French 370 mm mortar gun in action on the Western Front during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

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