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This Heavy Field Gun served with the with the Royal Garrison Artillery in Mesopotamia, an area which now includes Iraq, Kuwait and parts of Syria, Turkey and lran.

The type was used by the British Army in all main theatres of the First World War.


This gun was built by the Elswick Ordnance Company (EOC) of Elswick Newcastle upon Tyne, circa 1915.

It was in service with the 2/104th Heavy Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery That Battery was present at the fall of Kut-al-Amara and Baghdad in 1917, and also took part in the battles of Shatt-al-Adhaim, and of lnstanbul, again in 1917. Later operations included the capture of Kitri and of Kizil Robat in 1918.


The 60 pounder Field Gun was introduced in 1904. The calibre was five inches (127mm) and it could fire a 60 pound (27 kg) shell up to a maximum range of 13,600 yards (12,436 m).

It was designed to be horse-drawn or vehicle-towed, and served throughout the First World War in all the main theatres. lf remained in service with British and Commonwealth forces during the inter-war period, and was in front line service with British and South African gun batteries during the Second World War until 1942.

Alter retuming to the UK and being withdrawn from British Army service, this gun was presented to the

Imperial War Museum by the Royal Artillery in 1923.
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Camera location52° 05′ 45.03″ N, 0° 07′ 59.4″ E Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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