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Background imageGunners Collection: British anti-aircraft guns in action, Western Front, WW1

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

Background imageGunners Collection: Australian gunners loading shell, Western Front, WW1

Australian gunners loading shell, Western Front, WW1
Australian gunners loading shells into a big gun during hot weather on the Western Front, World War One. Date: circa 1916

Background imageGunners Collection: British gunners getting big gun into position, WW1

British gunners getting big gun into position, WW1
British gunners getting a big gun into position on the Western Front during World War One. Date: circa 1916

Background imageGunners Collection: Australian machine gunners returning from trenches, WW1

Australian machine gunners returning from trenches, WW1
Australian machine gunners returning from the trenches on the Western Front during World War One. Date: circa 1916

Background imageGunners Collection: Six-inch British howitzer in action, Western Front, WW1

Six-inch British howitzer in action, Western Front, WW1
A six-inch British howitzer in action in the dust and heat of the Western Front in France during World War One. Date: circa 1916

Background imageGunners Collection: American soldiers with machine gun, Western Front, WW1

American soldiers with machine gun, Western Front, WW1
American soldiers with a machine gun behind barbed wire on the Western Front during World War One. Date: circa 1916

Background imageGunners Collection: British guns hold up German advance, Western Front, WW1

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

Background imageGunners Collection: Shell hole used for gun position, Western Front, WW1

Shell hole used for gun position, Western Front, WW1
A shell hole is used for a gun position of an advanced British battery on the Western Front during World War One. Date: circa 1916

Background imageGunners Collection: British gunners in action, Western Front, WW1

British gunners in action, Western Front, WW1
British gunners in action during the German offensive on the Western Front in France during World War One. Date: circa 1916

Background imageGunners Collection: German inventions for war on land by G. H. Davis

German inventions for war on land by G. H. Davis
The ingenuity of German scientists applied to the war on land. Illustrating the German armys exploitation of scientific and technical inventions during the Second World War. Date: 1945

Background imageGunners Collection: Japanese machine gunners overlook town

Japanese machine gunners overlook town
During their invasion of China, Japanese machine-gunners take up a position overlooking a town (Kasho?) Date: 1937-1945

Background imageGunners Collection: Flying Fortresses by G. H. Davis

Flying Fortresses by G. H. Davis
The deadly teamwork of the Flying Fortresses: massed precision bombing and defence gunnery during the Second World War. Flying in a tight formation designed to give the closest cooperation in attack

Background imageGunners Collection: Loading ships guns in 1805 and 1935 by G. H. Davis

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

Background imageGunners Collection: Ground defence against enemy air attacks, WW1

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

Background imageGunners Collection: Title page design, Album of Views of Woolwich Arsenal

Title page design, Album of Views of Woolwich Arsenal, south east London, printed and published by Gale & Polden Ltd, with an image of two gunners with a field gun. Date: circa 1905

Background imageGunners Collection: British artillerymen sorting shells, Western Front, WW1

British artillerymen sorting shells, Western Front, WW1
British artillerymen sorting shells in the snow on the Western Front during World War One. Date: circa 1916

Background imageGunners Collection: Allied gunners at work, Western Front, France, WW1

Allied gunners at work, Western Front, France, WW1
Allied gunners at work, sighting a 6-inch howitzer on a hot day on the Western Front in France during World War One. Date: circa 1916

Background imageGunners Collection: British gunner with instruction board, Western Front, WW1

British gunner with instruction board, Western Front, WW1
A British gunner under camouflage alongside a big gun, copying instructions from a board, on the Western Front in France during World War One. Date: circa 1916

Background imageGunners Collection: British gunners walking on ice, Western Front, WW1

British gunners walking on ice, Western Front, WW1
British gunners walking on ice, carrying ammunition on the Western Front during World War One. Date: circa 1916

Background imageGunners Collection: British machine gunners in snow, Western Front, WW1

British machine gunners in snow, Western Front, WW1
British machine gunners sitting in a group in the snow, near the Western Front during World War One. Date: circa 1916

Background imageGunners Collection: British machine gunners on guard, WW1

British machine gunners on guard, WW1
British machine gunners on guard on the Western Front in France during World War One. Date: circa 1916

Background imageGunners Collection: British gunners with dog mascot, Western Front, WW1

British gunners with dog mascot, Western Front, WW1
British gunners with their dog mascot standing on top of a cannon, on the Western Front in France during World War One. Date: circa 1916

Background imageGunners Collection: Two large British guns on Western Front, WW1

Two large British guns on Western Front, WW1
Two large British guns used against the Germans on the Western Front in France during World War One. Date: circa 1916

Background imageGunners Collection: German gunners on the Somme, France, WW1

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

Background imageGunners Collection: BEF Artillery decorated

BEF Artillery decorated
At Boulogne British artillery pieces, loaded on a train to be taken to the front, have been decorated with flags and flowers by the local people. Date: August 1914

Background imageGunners Collection: Tactics in a torpedo action by G. H. Davis

Tactics in a torpedo action by G. H. Davis
What happens inside a British submarine when she sights enermy vessels and attacks with torpedoes. 1943

Background imageGunners Collection: Au Revoir to Jack and Jill, 1939

Au Revoir to Jack and Jill, 1939
A somewhat contrived imaginary scene, depicting gunners waving goodbye to Jack and Jill, horses that once played a far more intrinsic role in warfare

Background imageGunners Collection: French mortar in action, Western Front, WW1

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

Background imageGunners Collection: French naval gun in action, Western Front, WW1

French naval gun in action, Western Front, WW1
A French 138.6mm naval gun in action on the Western Front during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

Background imageGunners Collection: Italian soldiers climbing precipice, WW1

Italian soldiers climbing precipice, WW1
Italian soldiers transporting themselves and their artillery up a sheer mountain face by means of ropes during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

Background imageGunners Collection: Artillery on display near Okehampton, Devon

Artillery on display near Okehampton, Devon
Artillery on display, and used for training purposes, near Okehampton, Devon. Date: 1940s

Background imageGunners Collection: Firing a Howitzer, Western Front, WW1

Firing a Howitzer, Western Front, WW1
British gunners firing a Howitzer on the Western Front during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

Background imageGunners Collection: French gunners positioning a heavy gun-carriage

French gunners positioning a heavy gun-carriage
French gunners moving a heavy gun-carriage into position near Verdun. 1916

Background imageGunners Collection: Russo-Japanese War - Japanese Artillery in action - Hilltop

Russo-Japanese War - Japanese Artillery in action - Hilltop position. Date: circa 1905

Background imageGunners Collection: Russo-Japanese War - Bringing up shells for the field guns

Russo-Japanese War - Bringing up shells for the field guns. Date: circa 1905

Background imageGunners Collection: WW1 - British soldiers land fish killed by shell Dardanelles

WW1 - British soldiers land fish killed by shell Dardanelles
WW1 - Two British soldiers landing a fish killed by an Asiatic Annie shell fired from Turkish Fort Gunners during the Dardanelles Campaign

Background imageGunners Collection: WWI - Balkan Front - Fortified artillery post

WWI - Balkan Front - Fortified artillery post with French and Serbian gunners / artillerymen. Date: 1915

Background imageGunners Collection: New Zealand howitzer battery moving shells, WW1

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

Background imageGunners Collection: German gunners with 15cm howitzer, France, WW1

German gunners with 15cm howitzer, France, WW1
German gunners in action with a 15cm howitzer in France during the First World War. Date: 1917-1918

Background imageGunners Collection: Gunners with heavy gun and shells, Salonika Front, WW1

Gunners with heavy gun and shells, Salonika Front, WW1
Gunners sorting shells for a heavy gun on the Salonika Front during the First World War. Date: circa 1916-1917

Background imageGunners Collection: German heavy railway-mounted gun in action, WW1

German heavy railway-mounted gun in action, WW1
A German heavy railway-mounted gun in action during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

Background imageGunners Collection: German heavy gun firing, Le Cateau, France, WW1

German heavy gun firing, Le Cateau, France, WW1
A German heavy gun firing in Le Cateau Wood, northern France, during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

Background imageGunners Collection: Bombardment of Scutari, First Balkan War

Bombardment of Scutari, First Balkan War
Montenegrin gunners loading a siege canon at Muritza during the bombardment of Scutari during the First Balkan War (1912-13). Date: 1912

Background imageGunners Collection: German 21cm howitzer in action, France, WW1

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

Background imageGunners Collection: German artillery on the march, Bois de Pietre, France, WW1

German artillery on the march, Bois de Pietre, France, WW1
German artillery on the march at Bois de Pietre, Aubers, northern France, during the First World War. Date: 1915

Background imageGunners Collection: Serbian gunners on battlefield, WW1

Serbian gunners on battlefield, WW1
Serbian gunners on a battlefield during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

Background imageGunners Collection: British gunners with 18-pounder, Macedonian Front, WW1

British gunners with 18-pounder, Macedonian Front, WW1
British gunners in action with an 18-pounder gun on the Macedonian Front, near the Struma River, during the First World War. Date: November 1916

Background imageGunners Collection: German gunners moving 77mm field guns, WW1

German gunners moving 77mm field guns, WW1
German gunners moving 77mm field guns forward over rough ground using a combined horse and ox team on the Western Front during the First World War. Date: February 1918



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