Shell Collection (page 30)

The Motor Cyclist and the Magnetic Shell
" The Motor Cyclist and the Magnetic Shell: A Military Fantasy" H. M. Batemans animated, slightly maniac style is perfectly suited to this sequential cartoon showing a motorcyclist being

Finished shells in a munitions factory, 1939
Men arranging finished shells in a great stack ready for dispatch to the ammunition convoys. These shells are designed for use by the 3.7 inch guns. Date: 1939

Resounding message of Allied female solidarity
" Vanities of Valdes: The Munitioneers" This resounding message of Allied female solidarity shows " Mary" of Britain and " Marianne" of France, who

Shell OIl Building, San Francisco, USA
The Shell OIl Building, San Francisco, USA Date: circa 1920s

Moscow Uprising - Damage to buildings
Between 5th and 7th December, there was a general strike by Russian workers. The government sent in troops on 7th December, and a bitter street-by-street fight began in Moscow

Shipping Shell Motor Spirit on board the Terra Nova at Sydney for the motor sledges used by Captain Scott during his 1911-12 Antarctic expedition

Poster: Waste Paper goes into Action. Paper makes shell containers, cartridge wads, rifle grenade washers, mortar bomb carriers, etc. Put out paper for salvage. circa 1940s

Constanta - Romania - Administrative Palace shown in the decorative setting of a large conch shell Date: 1907

Comic wartime scenes on the Western Front, showing a happy soldier going on leave, an unhappy soldier returning, and an officer of the 8th Yorks returning from the German trenches having stolen a

War trophies exhibition, WW1
Part of an exhibition of German war trophies captured by the Allies during the First World War. Showing two dummies wearing German uniform, shells and wickerwork shell containers, various weapons

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

German bomb used in Gotha heavy bombers, WW1
A large German bomb, taller than a man and weighing 300 kg (660 pounds), of the type used in the Gotha heavy bomber during the First World War. Date: 1915-1918

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

Venice, Italy - Scala Contarini del Bovolo
The Scala Contarini del Bovolo (also called Palazzo Contarini Minnelli dal Bovolo) is a small palace in Venice. The architect Giorgio Spavento added this wonderful staircase to the original

Aircraft refuelling at Gander, Newfoundland and Labrador. At the time Gander was one of the worlds largest airports due to its position as a refuelling station for transatlantic flights. Date: 1929

Bulgarian Artillery
Bulgarian artillery team with their smart new gun Date: circa 1910s

Burnt-Out Cottage
The shell of a burnt-out old stone-built cottage in Kent, England. Date: 1950s

Quartermasters tent with shell hole in foreground, WW1
A Quartermasters tent on a transport field during the First World War, showing a hole in the foreground made by a shell which fell within twenty yards but did no damage. Date: 1916

Loading pontoon boats with ammunition, Western Front, WW1
British troops loading pontoon boats with ammunition on the Western Front during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

New Zealand troops at Battle of Flers, France, WW1
New Zealand troops of the 2nd Canterbury Battalion resting in a shell hole near Flers during the Battle of Flers-Courcelette on the Western Front in northern France during the First World War

Two German gunners with Paris Gun projectiles, WW1
Two German gunners with projectiles of the Paris Gun (also known as the Emperor William Gun), a long-range seige gun designed and manufactured by Krupp, used towards the end of the First World War

German gunners with field gun, Champagne, France, WW1
German gunners, loading a field gun during action in the Champagne area of France during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

German AEG biplane with ground crew, WW1
A German AEG bomber biplane, with ground crew fitting a large (100 kg) bomb, on an airfield during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

German 15cm Model 13 heavy howitzer, WW1
A German 15cm Model 13 heavy field howitzer gun, designed and manufactured by Krupp, in service during the First World War. Seen here with shells superimposed on the photograph. Date: 1914-1918

Austrian weapons captured by the Russians, WW1
Austrian weapons captured by the Russians at Podvolochisk, Galicia (now Ukraine) during the First World War. A box of shells is propped up against the wheel of a field gun carriage. Date: 1914-1918

German gunners loading 25cm trench mortar, WW1
German gunners loading a 25cm trench mortar at Notre Dame de Lorette (Loretto Heights), near Arras, northern France, during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

Fighting the weather on the Western Front 1916

The Great offensive: The modern Lord of battle
A french 400mm, or (approximately 16 inch) shell fired by the giant ordnance now being employed by Allies in the Great Offensive on the Western Front, being placed in a gun by three men and a crane

Bomb damage to a house next to Reims Cathedral
A photograph of a family, along with their pet dogs, as they survey the damage caused by a heavy German artillery shell which has blown out the walls of their house

Belgium - Zeebrugge - Damaged church
Damage to the Church at Zeebrugge, Belgium, following the devastation of the First World War. Date: circa 1919

Victoria Embankment Gdns
The Victoria Embankment Gardens, central London, with the famous Shell Mex House and other modern buildings behind. Date: 1950s

Chick in Egg / 18th C
A view of a baby chick as if it was in its egg and various stages of the hatching. Date: Circa 1760

Oyster Shell and Pearls
Oyster shells and pearls. Date: 1988

The Shell Building
The Tower of the then new Shell Building, South Bank, London. Date: 1963

Brtish corporal checking shell delivery, WW1
A British corporal checking a delivery of shells which have arrived by rail, on the Western Front during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

Shell craters at Liege, Belgium, WW1
Three shell craters after bombardment at Liege, Belgium, during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

Hole in HMS Kent, Battle of Falkland Islands, WW1
A hole in the British Monmouth-class armoured cruiser HMS Kent, caused by a 4.1 inch German shell during the Battle of the Falkland Islands, First World War. Date: 8 December 1914

German 25cm heavy trench mortar in firing position, WW1
A German 25cm muzzle-loading heavy trench mortar, in service before and during the First World War. Seen here in firing position. Date: 1914-1918

German gunners in action, Western Front, WW1
German gunners in action with field artillery on the Western Front during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

American artillery at Chatel Chehery, France, WW1
American artillery (a 155 mm gun) in action at Chatel Chehery, north eastern France, during the First World War. Date: 3 October 1918

Fractured barrel of German Paris Gun, WW1
The fractured barrel of the German Paris Gun (also known as the Emperor William Gun), a long-range seige gun designed and manufactured by Krupp, used towards the end of the First World War

Muslim women sorting ammunition, Turkey, WW1
Muslim women sorting ammunition for the British army in Turkey during the First World War. Date: 1917

Damaged mast, HMS Kent, Battle of Falkland Islands, WW1
The foretop gallant mast of the British Monmouth-class armoured cruiser HMS Kent, shot away by a shell from the German light cruiser Nurnberg during the Battle of the Falkland Islands

French Fortress gun firing towards Asiatic coast, WW1
A French 9.2 inch Fortress gun firing towards the Asiatic coast during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

Gunners during the defence of Baku, Armenia, WW1
The defence of Baku, Armenia, towards the end of the First World War, showing British and Armenian gunners in action with a 6-inch Russian Howitzer. Date: August 1918

American artillery near Lenoncourt, France, WW1
American artillery loading a shell into a gun near Lenoncourt, north eastern France, during the First World War. Date: 1918

British troops extricating water cart from shell hole, WW1
British troops extricating a water cart from a muddy shell hole during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

German cemetery blown up by American shell, WW1
A German cemetery blown up by an American shell on the western front during the First World War. Date: 1918

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