Guns Collection (page 16)

Early experiment in aerial gunnery by Heath Robinson
Another Mystery Revealed - An Early Experiment in Aerial Gunnery - now illustrated for the first time. A rather Heath Robinson attempt at a flying gun for aerial dogfights

Horses running the gauntlet of the guns, 1917
Horses pulling ammunition supplies on the Ypres salient have to run through a crump barrage. Date: 1917

German siege gun
The German siege gun was constructed for the reduction of fortresses. The guns were 42cm howitzers which throw one-ton shells of explosive powder

Belgian soldiers head to war
When Belgium was invaded at the start of World War I, it was lacking in fighting men, equipment and officers with experience of war

Souvenir serviette - FEED THE GUNS Campaign - WWI
Souvenir serviette in commemoration of FEED THE GUNS Campaign in Trafalgar Square in October 1918. Londons War Saving Big Push. Commemorative Art

Neuve Chapelle - WWI
Neuve Chapelle. Including a separate hand-written description as follows - Here enemy made a counter-attack (under cover of a mist) in mass formation

WWI Field Message book
First World War Field Message book containing many detailed drawings of shells, guns, trench designs. Also included is a Field Writing Pack containing notepad, envelopes and postcards

A 1913 77 mm shell case, engraved Langemark
A 1913 77 mm. shell case, engraved Langemark with artillery field guns and Brabant lion and other features. Trench Art

A 1913 77 mm shell case, engraved Merkem
A 1913 77 mm. shell case, engraved Merkem with artillery field guns and Brabant lion and other features. Trench Art

Royal Field Artillery Officers relaxing in a dug-out, their guns hidden close by in a wood in France - August/September 1914. Richard Caton Woodville, Ri (1856-1927)

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

Unappetising Moments, WW1
Unappetising - Moments when the Savoy, the Alhambra and the Piccadilly Grill seem very far away (the offensive starts in half an hour). Bystander, Fragments from France - No. 4, Page 22

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

Captain Francis Grenfell, VC
Captain F. O. Grenfell V.C. of the 9th Lancers Details Grenfell was 33 years old, and a Captain in the 9th (Queens Royal) Lancers

Patriotism at the Halls, WW1
Sketches by Tony Sarg showing performers at various London shows singing patriotic songs shortly after the outbreak of the First World War

Replica of German shell sold in Berlin, WW1
A British soldier holding a life-size replica card of a German shell, as thrown by big siege guns, complete with photographs of places in which the shells had inflicted particular damage - Liege

British cavalrymen under bombardment, 1914
British cavalrymen in a village in France under bombardment from German guns. The houses were demolished like packs of cards, but Providence looked after us

German 42cm guns bombarding Antwerp
German 42cm guns and Austrian howitzers bombarding Antwerp in autumn 1914. 1914

Trench mortars captured from the Germans, 1914
Trench mortars captured from the Germans seen here at Ramscapelle behind the Yser line. They throw a murderous shell at very close range. Date: 1914

British gunners at work, Royal Garrison Artillery, 1914
British gunners at work with the 60-prs in the vineyard district of France in October 1914. Firing the 60-pr guns of the Royal Garrison Artillery against a German position

WW2 poster, Tommys always on the job! Are you? Stick to your guns. Victory won t wait for the worker whos late! Design by Victor Hicks. Date: 1940s

WW2 poster, Victory of the Allies is Assured, showing a British submarine sinking an enemy ship. Date: 1940s

WW2 poster, Thank You Gold Coast! Your Manganese makes steel for fighting ships. Date: 1940s

Retreat of German Crown Princes army in Argonne
German gunners, entrapped in the rain-sodden earth in the valley of Bellefontaine. attempting to save the guns in a drenching downpour - French infantry advancing to attack. 1914

Anti-aircraft guns firing on British biplane, 1914
An oddly pastoral scene, with little puffs of cloud-like smoke in a clear sky in France, accompanying the bursting of German anti-aircraft shells fired on a British Farman biplane

A new type of German machine gun, World War One
A new type of German machine gun from the months preceding the outbreak of the First World War in 1914. It has a telescopic sight. Date: 1914

Mrs Baliol Scott teaching men how to shoot, WW1
Mrs Baliol Scott, the famous woman rifle shot, teaching boys how to shoot at the Byfleet Ladies Rifle Range of which she was a prominent member

Prince of Wales joins the Grenadier Guards
A photograph of Edward, Prince of Wales (later King Edward VIII and then Duke of Windsor) pictured looking rather nervous having joined the Grenadier Guards on the outbreak of war in 1914

The Offensive - What it looks like by Bruce Bairnsfather
The Offensive - What It Looks Like- -And What It Feels Like A cartoon by Captain Bruce Bairnsfather in The Bystander Date: 1916

Two weapons automatic rifle & Germans automatic pistol 1917
The comparison of the automatic rifle and Germans automatic pistol shown here in this diagram. The length of the automatic rifle

Making Dummy Guns at Birmingham
For bayonet practice and other aspects of training, recruits to the new army during the First World War were supplied with dummy guns

Battle of Ypres 1915
Saving the guns at Ypres. The Germans, tremendously reinforced, endeavoured to break through at Ypres. Part of the British line was compelled to retire temporarily

Nobel Industries gun cartridges by H. L. Oakley
Advertisement for gun cartridges by Nobel Industries Ltd featuring sporting silhouettes by the artist H. L. Oakley. Date: 1920s

Gun battery, Gibraltar, Mediterranean
Gun battery on Gibraltar, Mediterranean. Date: late 19th century

Shadows of the Past by H. L. Oakley
Scenes in silhouette showing episodes with the Gunners (Royal Artillery) in France during World War One. Date: 1919

Mans best friend... by H. L. Oakley
A series of silhouettes by H. L. Oakley depicting various hunting scenes. Date: 1943

How a Zeppelin climbs when attacked by G. H. Davis
How a Zeppelin climbs when attacked from below by anti-aircraft guns. Date: 1915

British and French gunners, Western Front, WW1
British and French gunners sitting on the wheel of a field gun on the Western Front during World War One. Date: circa 1916

British working party in snow, Western Front, WW1
A British working party in the snow on the Western Front during World War One, carrying stove pipes, with a big gun nearby. Date: circa 1916

British heavy howitzer in snow, Western Front, WW1
A British heavy howitzer in the snow on the Western Front during World War One. Date: circa 1916

British gunners snowballing, Western Front, WW1
British anti-aircraft gunners snowballing during a rest break on the Western Front 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

Motor machine guns taking cover, Western Front, WW1
Motor machine guns taking cover in a sunken road on the Western Front during World War One. Date: circa 1916

Big gun transported in bad weather, Western Front, WW1
A British big gun being transported to the front lines in bad weather on the Western Front during World War One. Date: circa 1916

Captured German naval gun, Cambrai Front, WW1
A captured 5.9 German naval gun near Cambrai in France on the Western Front during World War One. Date: November 1917

Big gun being transported, Western Front, WW1
A big gun being transported by a tractor to the front line on the Western Front during World War One. Date: circa 1916

Australian troops transporting heavy gun, WW1
Australian troops transporting a heavy gun during the Allied advance on the Western Front during World War One. Date: circa 1916

British trench with Lewis gun, Western Front, WW1
A British trench with a Lewis gun ready for action on the Western Front in France during World War One. Date: circa 1916

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