File:Canadian15inchHowitzerWWI.jpg
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English: BL 15 inch howitzer being reloaded in action, 1916, perhaps during the initial bombardment of the Somme June-July 1916. The gun carriage displays its service as: 1915 Aubers Ridge, Festubert, Loos; 1916: The "Bluff", Ypres. The original caption states that this is a Canadian howitzer. The battlefield command of these ten 15" guns (manufactured by the Coventry Ordnance Works) changed during the war, and several batteries were indeed attached to the Canadian Corps: but they were always manned and commanded by marines and officers of the Howitzer Brigade, Royal Marine Artillery (RMA). This is very likely Gun no. 4, Howitzer Brigade, RMA. See also a later photo of the same gun under repair in October 1917. Source: General Sir H. E. Blumberg (1927). Britain's Sea Soldiers. A record of the Royal Marines during the war 1914-1919, Chapter 24, "The Howitzer Brigade, Royal Marine Artillery". |
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Library of Congress archive of WWI magazine rotogravure images: http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/collections/rotogravures/index.html This image from The War of the Nations, December 31 1919 |
| Author | Castle, William Ivor (Lieutenant), Canadian official photographer |
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| current | 15:00, 15 February 2008 | | 2,000 × 1,502 (600 KB) | Rcbutcher (talk | contribs) | {{Information |Description=Canadian crew of BL 15 inch howitzer in action, 1916. Proably during the initial bombardment of the Somme June-July 1916. <br>The gun displays its service as 1915 Aubers Ridge, Festubert, Loos; 1916 The Bluff Ypres. |Source=Libr |
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