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Background imageHowitzer Collection: German 105mm 98 / 09 light field howitzer, WW1

German 105mm 98 / 09 light field howitzer, WW1
A captured German 105mm 98/09 light field howitzer gun during the First World War. It was designed and manufactured by Krupp. Date: 1914-1918

Background imageHowitzer Collection: Austrian artillery battery at Prepolac, Serbia, WW1

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

Background imageHowitzer Collection: German gunners hauling 21cm mortar howitzer, WW1

German gunners hauling 21cm mortar howitzer, WW1
German gunners hauling a 21cm mortar howitzer gun into a forward position ready for action during the First World War. Date: March 1918

Background imageHowitzer Collection: German gunners with 15cm Model 13 howitzer, WW1

German gunners with 15cm Model 13 howitzer, WW1
German gunners with a 15cm Model 13 heavy field howitzer gun, designed and manufactured by Krupp, in service during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

Background imageHowitzer Collection: German howitzer transported by tractor, WW1

German howitzer transported by tractor, WW1
A German camouflage-painted howitzer, with several gunners, being transported by tractor along a road on the Western Front towards the end of the First World War

Background imageHowitzer Collection: German 21cm howitzers preparing to retire, WW1

German 21cm howitzers preparing to retire, WW1
German 21cm howitzers preparing to retire from a battlefield on the Western Front towards the end of the First World War. Date: October 1918

Background imageHowitzer Collection: Russian 15cm Howitzer cannon, WW1

Russian 15cm Howitzer cannon, WW1
A Russian 15cm Howitzer cannon, used during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

Background imageHowitzer Collection: German 42cm Big Bertha howitzer, Western Front, WW1

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

Background imageHowitzer Collection: Austrian howitzer in Galicia, Eastern Front, WW1

Austrian howitzer in Galicia, Eastern Front, WW1
An Austro-Hungarian heavy howitzer in firing position in Galicia, on the Eastern Front, during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

Background imageHowitzer Collection: British Howitzer gun in action, Samarra, WW1

British Howitzer gun in action, Samarra, WW1
A British 6-inch 3-cwt Howitzer gun in action at Samarra, Mesopotamia (now Iraq) during the First World War. Date: 1918

Background imageHowitzer Collection: British Howitzer near Albert, France, WW1

British Howitzer near Albert, France, WW1
A British 6 inch (30 cwt) Howitzer near Albert, northern France, during the First World War. Date: 1915

Background imageHowitzer Collection: British 6 inch Howitzer, Battle of Albert, France, WW1

British 6 inch Howitzer, Battle of Albert, France, WW1
British gunners loading a 6 inch Howitzer during the Battle of Albert, northern France, First World War. Date: 1 July 1916

Background imageHowitzer Collection: British 12 inch Howitzer, Western Front, France, WW1

British 12 inch Howitzer, Western Front, France, WW1
A British 12 inch Howitzer being fired at Louez, northern France, on the Western Front during the First World War. The three gunners are working without their shirts

Background imageHowitzer Collection: Detraining a Howitzer by moonlight, Palestine, WW1

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

Background imageHowitzer Collection: Howitzer smoke barrage, Salisbury Plain, WW1

Howitzer smoke barrage, Salisbury Plain, WW1
A smoke barrage from a 4.5 inch Howitzer, formed by ten shells bursting similtaneously, during the First World War. Probably at the Chemical Warfare School at Porton on Salisbury Plain

Background imageHowitzer Collection: British gun hospital in Flanders, WW1

British gun hospital in Flanders, WW1
A British gun hospital or workshop in Flanders for the repair of Howitzers, with artillerymen, during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

Background imageHowitzer Collection: British 12 inch Howitzer, near Queant, France, WW1

British 12 inch Howitzer, near Queant, France, WW1
A British 12 inch railway mounted Howitzer nicknamed Peeping Tom, seen here with gunners near Queant, northern France, on the Western Front towards the end of the First World War. Date: September 1918

Background imageHowitzer Collection: British 8 inch Mark VI Howitzer, WW1

British 8 inch Mark VI Howitzer, WW1
British 8 inch Mark VI Howitzer with its distinctive triangular platform for greater stability, designed by Vickers in 1915 for use during the First World War. Date: 1915-1918

Background imageHowitzer Collection: Painting by William Rothenstein, The Watch on the Rhine

Painting by William Rothenstein, The Watch on the Rhine
A painting by William Rothenstein, entitled The Watch on the Rhine, first exhibited in Canada in 1920. The painting is a comment on the defeat of Germany and the triumph of the Allies

Background imageHowitzer Collection: RGA crew with Howitzer named Bunty, Western Front, WW1

RGA crew with Howitzer named Bunty, Western Front, WW1
Crew of the RGA (Royal Garrison Artillery) posing for their photo with a 12 inch Howitzer named Bunty, somewhere on the Western Front during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

Background imageHowitzer Collection: British heavy Howitzer on the Somme, France, WW1

British heavy Howitzer on the Somme, France, WW1
A British heavy Howitzer in action on the Somme, northern France, during the First World War. Date: circa 1916

Background imageHowitzer Collection: British 12 inch Howitzer on railway mounting, WW1

British 12 inch Howitzer on railway mounting, WW1
A British 12 inch Howitzer on a railway mounting during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

Background imageHowitzer Collection: British 8 inch Howitzer in snow, Pozieres, France, WW1

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

Background imageHowitzer Collection: Close-up of 9. 2 inch Howitzer shells, WW1

Close-up of 9. 2 inch Howitzer shells, WW1
A close-up of 9.2 inch Howitzer shells on the Western Front during the First World War. Date: 1916

Background imageHowitzer Collection: British 15 inch Howitzer used on Western Front, WW1

British 15 inch Howitzer used on Western Front, WW1
The first of twelve 15 inch Breech Loading Siege Howitzers constructed from the design of Admiral Bacon, a Director of the Coventry Ordnance Works

Background imageHowitzer Collection: British 9. 2 inch Howitzer near Albert, France, WW1

British 9. 2 inch Howitzer near Albert, France, WW1
A British 9.2 inch Howitzer in action in an orchard near Albert, northern France, during the First World War, with gunners and shells. Date: July 1916

Background imageHowitzer Collection: Canadian heavy Howitzer on the Somme, France, WW1

Canadian heavy Howitzer on the Somme, France, WW1
A Canadian heavy Howitzer in action during the Battle of Courcelette, on the Somme, France, during the First World War. Date: September 1916

Background imageHowitzer Collection: British 12 inch railway mounted Howitzer, WW1

British 12 inch railway mounted Howitzer, WW1
A British 12 inch railway mounted Howitzer on the Western Front during the First World War. Date: circa 1918

Background imageHowitzer Collection: Howitzer beyond repair, Calais, France, WW1

Howitzer beyond repair, Calais, France, WW1
A 4.5 inch Howitzer beyond repair at the Ordnance Depot, Calais, France, during the First World War. Date: 19 April 1917

Background imageHowitzer Collection: British Howitzer in action, Western Front, WW1

British Howitzer in action, Western Front, WW1
A heavy British Howitzer in action on the Western Front during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

Background imageHowitzer Collection: Howitzer in action in the desert, WW1

Howitzer in action in the desert, WW1
A 6 inch (30 cwt) Howitzer in action in the desert during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

Background imageHowitzer Collection: British 8 inch Howitzer in action, Longueval, France, WW1

British 8 inch Howitzer in action, Longueval, France, WW1
A British 8 inch Howitzer in action at Longueval, northern France, during the First World War. Date: September 1916

Background imageHowitzer Collection: Howitzer in action at Wagonlieu, France, WW1

Howitzer in action at Wagonlieu, France, WW1
An 8 inch Howitzer in action at Wagonlieu, northern France, during the First World War. Date: 12 May 1916

Background imageHowitzer Collection: British Howitzer in action, Battle of Albert, France, WW1

British Howitzer in action, Battle of Albert, France, WW1
A British 12 inch Howitzer, nicknamed Lucky Jim, in action during the first day of the Battle of Albert, northern France, during the First World War. Date: 1 July 1916

Background imageHowitzer Collection: Kut guns in arsenal at Baghdad, WW1

Kut guns in arsenal at Baghdad, WW1
A row of Kut guns in the arsenal at Baghdad, during the First World War. Probably some of the Turkish Howitzers captured by General Maude at Kut-el- Amara. circa 1917

Background imageHowitzer Collection: Painting of British officers and artillerymen, WW1

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

Background imageHowitzer Collection: Gunners with Howitzer named Bunty, Western Front, WW1

Gunners with Howitzer named Bunty, Western Front, WW1
British gunners posing for their photo with a 12 inch Howitzer named Bunty, on the Western Front in France during the First World War. The crew are stripped to the waist, ready for hot work

Background imageHowitzer Collection: British 5 inch Howitzer, Richebourg, France, WW1

British 5 inch Howitzer, Richebourg, France, WW1
A British 5 inch Howitzer belonging to the 4th Howitzer Brigade, 49th West Riding Division, in action at Richebourg Saint Vst on the Western Front in northern France during the First World War

Background imageHowitzer Collection: British 9. 2 inch Howitzer, Flanders, WW1

British 9. 2 inch Howitzer, Flanders, WW1
One of the first British 9.2 inch Howitzers, nicknamed Mother, to arrive in Flanders for use during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

Background imageHowitzer Collection: Howitzer shells near Ypres, Belgium, WW1

Howitzer shells near Ypres, Belgium, WW1
A line of 15 inch Howitzer shells on the muddy ground near Ypres, Belgium, during the First World War. Written on them are painted the initials RMA [Royal Marine Artillery]

Background imageHowitzer Collection: British 6 inch Howitzer, Ploegsteert Wood, Flanders, WW1

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

Background imageHowitzer Collection: British 9. 2 inch Howitzer, WW1

British 9. 2 inch Howitzer, WW1
British 9.2 inch Howitzer, designed in 1913 for use during the First World War. It continued in use during the Second World War. Date: 1914-1918

Background imageHowitzer Collection: Holt tractor transporting heavy artillery, WW1

Holt tractor transporting heavy artillery, WW1
A Holt tractor transporting heavy artillery (probably a Howitzer) along a country road during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

Background imageHowitzer Collection: Howitzer about to fire, Ravin de Proyart, Somme, WW1

Howitzer about to fire, Ravin de Proyart, Somme, WW1
A 370 mm Howitzer about to fire at Ravin de Proyart, Somme, northern France, during the First World War. Date: 24 June 1916

Background imageHowitzer Collection: British 6 inch Howitzer, WW1

British 6 inch Howitzer, WW1
A British 6 inch (26 cwt) Howitzer, designed by Vickers in 1915 for use during the First World War. It continued in use during the Second World War. Seen here with uniformed men in a workshop

Background imageHowitzer Collection: British 8 inch Howitzer, near Henin-sur-Cojeul, France, WW1

British 8 inch Howitzer, near Henin-sur-Cojeul, France, WW1
A British 8 inch Mark V Howitzer in action near Henin-sur-Cojeul, on the Western Front in northern France during the Battle of Vimy Ridge, First World War

Background imageHowitzer Collection: British 9. 2 inch Howitzer used on Western Front, WW1

British 9. 2 inch Howitzer used on Western Front, WW1
A British 9.2 inch Howitzer used on the Western Front during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

Background imageHowitzer Collection: Transportation of German heavy mortars

Transportation of German heavy mortars
The transportation by steam engine of a German German self-propelled siege howitzer mortars (" Mr" ) - WWI. Pictured crossing through a manned checkpoint on the way to the front. Date: 1915



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