Weapons Collection

WW2 Poster -- Danger, Don t Touch
Danger, Don t Touch. Poster signed top left, A. Games, published by HMSO, London. Showing a range of explosive devices such as grenades and weaponry

WW2 Poster -- Don t Waver, Help Wavell
Dont Waver, Help Wavell. En---ds War Weapons Week, 17-24 May 1940. War saving photolithographic poster, published by The National Savings Committee, London, The Scottish Savings Committee

The Battle of the Balloons. A fanciful image depicting four balloons with flags and sails, their passengers in close aerial combat. The opponents appear to be British and French. circa 18th century

Label design for Rhum Corsair (Rum), marketed by Courtois of Vichy, France. Showing a pirate on board a sailing ship, with weapons in his hands, looking out to sea. 20th century

Poster giving the cost of various weapons and equipment
Wartime poster giving the cost of various weapons and equipment, from aircraft, tanks, ships, guns and shells to barrage balloons and searchlights. 1940s

Wartime salvage poster asking for rags, paper, bones and metal. Waste is wanted for war weapons. This week and every week salvage is essential. 1940s

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

Monster Gun of Tanjore, Tamil Nadu, India

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

German howitzer, Martinpuich, Somme, Western Front, WW1
A German howitzer damaged by British bombardment at Martinpuich on the Somme, Western Front during World War One. circa 1916

British gunners getting big gun into position, WW1
British gunners getting a big gun into position on the Western Front during World War One. circa 1916

Damaged German guns, Pozieres, France, WW1
German guns knocked out of action by British artillery at Pozieres, France, on the Western Front during World War One. circa 1916

Saw Mills, Woolwich Arsenal
View of the saw mills at Woolwich Arsenal, south east London, with tree trunks about to be cut into planks. circa 1905

Introduction, Album of Views of Woolwich Arsenal. circa 1905

Main factory interior, Woolwich Arsenal
View of the main factory interior at Woolwich Arsenal, south east London, showing the metal turnery branch for the manufacture of fuses. circa 1905

Aka Khel, Pashtun Afghan tribe, NW Frontier
Men of Aka Khel, a Pashtun Afghan tribe on the North West Frontier. circa 1890s

Native soldiers and mule, India
Four native soldiers and a mule, India. circa 1890s

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. circa 1916

British soldiers towing captured German gun, WW1
British soldiers towing a captured German gun along a road on the Western Front in France during World War One. circa 1916

Men of a Warwickshire regiment, Western Front, WW1
Men of a Warwickshire regiment lying at the edge of a field with their rifles ready, on the Western Front in France during World War One. circa 1916

Veddahs (wild men) of Ceylon (Sri Lanka). circa 1890s

British airmen arming a plane with bombs, WW1
British airmen arming a plane with bombs, on the Western Front in France during World War One. circa 1916

British guns moving up to Front, WW1
Large British guns moving up to the Front in France during World War One. circa 1916

Wheelers Shop, Woolwich Arsenal
Interior of the Wheelers Shop, Woolwich Arsenal, south east London, where ammunition wagons, water and tank carts, ambulance wagons, etc, are manufactured. circa 1905

British anti-aircraft guns in action, Western Front, WW1
British anti-aircraft guns in action, firing at German planes on the Western Front during World War One. circa 1916

British soldiers transporting Lewis guns, WW1
British soldiers transporting Lewis guns on a cart on the Western Front during World War One. circa 1916

Title page design, Album of Views of Woolwich Arsenal, south east London, printed and published by Gale & Polden Ltd, with an image of two gunners with a field gun. circa 1905

German ammunition left behind, Morval, France, WW1

British heavy trench mortar, Western Front, WW1
A Brtish heavy trench mortar firing on the Western Front during World War One. circa 1916

Australian gunners loading shell, Western Front, WW1
Australian gunners loading a shell into a big gun during hot weather on the Western Front, World War One. circa 1916

British soldiers with anti-aircraft gun, Western Front, WW1
British soldiers with an anti-aircraft gun camouflaged by bales of hay at harvest time, on the Western Front in France during World War One. circa 1916

Iron and Steel Foundry, Woolwich Arsenal
View of the iron and steel foundry, Woolwich Arsenal, south east London, where shells of all sizes are cast. circa 1905

Main entrance gates, Woolwich Arsenal, SE London
View of the main entrance gates of Woolwich Arsenal in south east London, with a large crowd of people. circa 1905

Mr Asquith visiting the Western Front, WW1

British 15-inch shells in transit, Western Front, WW1
British 15-inch shells in transit on a light railway track on the Western Front during World War One. circa 1916

British soldiers taking captured German gun, WW1
British soldiers taking a captured German gun on the Western Front during World War One. circa 1916

Two large British guns on Western Front, WW1
Two large British guns used against the Germans on the Western Front in France during World War One. circa 1916

Trimmers Shop, Iron and Steel Foundry, Woolwich Arsenal
View of the trimmers shop in the iron and steel foundry, Woolwich Arsenal, south east London, for the trimming and grinding of shells of all sizes. circa 1905

Caterpillar tractor with heavy gun, Western Front, WW1
A Caterpillar tractor being used to pull a heavy gun on the Western Front during World War One. circa 1916

Big guns on their way to the Front, WW1

Six-inch British howitzer in action, Western Front, WW1
A six-inch British howitzer in action in the dust and heat of the Western Front in France during World War One. circa 1916

French troops passing British guns, Western Front, WW1

American soldiers with machine gun, Western Front, WW1
American soldiers with a machine gun behind barbed wire on the Western Front during World War One. circa 1916

British and American soldiers, Western Front, WW1

British soldier demonstrates gun to American troops, WW1
A British machine gunner demonstrates the workings of a gun to American troops on the Western Front in France during World War One. circa 1916

Shell hole on road, Western Front, France, WW1
A shell hole in a road on the Western Front in France during World War One. It was the result of a British shell striking the road near a German ammunition wagon

Big gun with tractor in difficulties, Western Front, WW1
A big gun with a tractor which has got into difficulties on the Western Front during World War One. circa 1916

Black Watch soldiers taking a break, WW1
Black Watch soldiers taking a sports break on the Western Front during World War One, catching rings on their bayonets. circa 1916

Ben Tillett looking at a British howitzer, France, WW1
Ben Tillett, socialist politician and trade union leader, looking at a British howitzer on the Western Front in France during World War One. circa 1916

Shell hole used for gun position, Western Front, WW1
A shell hole is used for a gun position of an advanced British battery on the Western Front during World War One. circa 1916

British gunners in action, Western Front, WW1
British gunners in action during the German offensive on the Western Front in France during World War One. circa 1916

British troops returning from the line, Western Front, WW1

British soldiers with shells, Western Front, WW1
British soldiers with a large stack of shells on the Western Front in France during World War One. circa 1916

Clearing up a battlefield after an advance, WW1
Clearing up a battlefield after an advance during World War One. Rifles are stacked into neat pyramid shapes. circa 1916

British machine gun transport, Western Front, WW1
British machine gun transport on a road on the Western Front in France during World War One. circa 1916

Captured German howitzer on the Somme, WW1
British soldiers on the Somme with a captured German howitzer, World War One. circa 1916

Captured German gun on Western Front, WW1

British wiring party passing large gun, Arras, WW1
A British wiring party passing a large gun mounted on a train near Arras, France, on the Western Front during World War One. circa 1916

British officers watching machine gun demonstration, WW1
British officers watching a machine gun demonstration on the Western Front in France during World War One. circa 1916

British shell cases, Western Front, France, WW1
Empty British shell cases after their contents have been fired on the Western Front in France during World War One. circa 1916

German shell exploding, Western Front, France, WW1
German shell exploding in a field on the Western Front in France during World War One. circa 1916

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. circa 1916

British artillerymen carrying shells, Western Front, WW1
British artillerymen carrying shells to a gun through the snow on the Western Front during World War One. 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. circa 1916

British artillerymen sorting shells, Western Front, WW1
British artillerymen sorting shells in the snow on the Western Front during World War One. circa 1916

British gunner with instruction board, Western Front, WW1
A British gunner under camouflage alongside a big gun, copying instructions from a board, on the Western Front in France during World War One. circa 1916

Allied gunners at work, Western Front, France, WW1

British machine gunners in snow, Western Front, WW1
British machine gunners sitting in a group in the snow, near the Western Front during World War One. circa 1916

British guns in Northern France, WW1
British guns being transported by road through Northern France on their way to the Western Front during World War One. circa 1916

Shell bursting on front line trench, Western Front, WW1
A shell bursting on a front line trench on the Western Front in France during World War One. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. circa 1916

British soldiers transporting shells, Western Front, WW1

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. circa 1916

British gunners setting up 60-pounder, Western Front, WW1
British gunners setting up a 60-pounder on the Western Front in France during World War One. circa 1916

Storage of shells, France, WW1
Storage of shells for use on the Western Front in France during World War One. circa 1917

Big shells ready for firing, Western Front, WW1
British big shells ready for firing on the Western Front during World War One. 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. 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. circa 1916

British soldiers salvaging near Bapaume, WW1
British soldiers salvaging materials on a battlefield near Bapaume, France, on the Western Front during World War One. circa 1916

Soldiers of a West Indian Regiment, Western Front, WW1
A group of soldiers from the British West Indies Regiment, ready for action on the Western Front in France during the Somme offensive, World War One. 1916

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