Weapons Collection (#11)

Interior of the Birmingham Small Arms Company Limited (BSA), Circa 1930s

First Battle of Scarpe. Members of a British artillery company seen here positioning an 18 pound field artillery piece in Arras Cemetery. 12th April 1917

The Cuirassiers of the French cavalry seen here passing through a Belgium village during the first few days of the war. Circa 10th August 1914

Belgian gun dog teams take a rest on the road to Hofstade 28th September 1914 At the beginning of the First World War the Belgian Army fielded 102 machine guns

The Kings Liverpool Regiment moving along a communication trench leading to the front line; near Blairville Wood, 16th April 1916

15th Royal Welsh Fusiliers in the snow covered front line trenches at Fleurbaix, 28th December 1917

Captured German machine gunners carrying their guns following the Battle of Messines Ridge 8th June 1917

The 12th Gloucesters moving up in support in open order near Ginchy during the Battle of Morval 25 September 1916. Evaluation Scan

Crowds line the pavements as to watch the march of the Coldstream Guards from Fenham Barracks to Newcastle Cathedral. June 1938

New anti riot gun January 1969 1960s Mobuster Weapon, Home Office. Weapons Guns Technology

World War Two - Second World War - The D-Day invasion of Normandy. France. Endless streams of American troops move up the beaches. Circa: 6th June 1944

British troops walking up to the front line through deep mud and over heavy ground and ploughed fields in Holland during the Second World War. December 1944

Invasion of France by Allied troops during the liberaton of Europe. British Troops in Paris, by the Eiffel Tower. September 1944

The British Armour enter Valkenswenswaard First Village over the Dutch Border during the British Thrust into Holland. September 1944

Home Guard volunteers run through a training exercise in the Suffolk village of Thorpeness as residents look on during the Second World War. 16th May 1943

Britains Chief of the Defence Staff, Field Marshal Sir Edwin Bramall formally opened the worlds biggest and most modern privately-owned armaments factory

British troops of the Irish 10th Division seen here wearing gas masks in the trenches in the Struma River valley, close to Salonika. 1st August 1916

A Belgian Fort close to Antwerp replying to the shell fire of German Artillery. Circa September 1914

Canadian soldiers loading a shell into a 15 inch howitzer during an intense artillery bombardment prior to the beginning of The Battle of Flers-Courcelette phase of the Battle of the Somme in

Belgian artillery battery un-limbering guns near Dendermonde circa 5th September 1914

Scene on deck of the Royal Sovereign class battleship HMS Ramillies of The Royal Navy, showing her 15 inch guns prior to the Second World War January 1938

A general mobilisation of the Bulgarian army at the start of the first world war as the Bulgarian Government declares Armed Neutrality

Royal Field Artillery team crossing a ditch as they move their guns in to position in Flanders, 2nd December 1914

Belgian Lancers seen here during the defence of Antwerp 28th September 1914

Belgian cavalry seen here in operation close to Hofstade 28th September 1914

Battle of Audegem. Belgian scout brings in reports of the German advance on Antwerp 28th September 1914

Belgian civilians help the Belgian military during the German advance by driving gun carriages. 8th September 1914

Belgian gun dog teams take a rest and take food on the road to Hofstade 28th September 1914

World War Two - Second World War - British troops (paratroops) pass through a French town following the D-Day invasion of Normandy. June 1944

Tank Assembly at Longbridge plant, Birmingham, Circa 1941

Artillery shells being unloaded during the Somme Campaign Circa October 1916

Canadian gunners in action during the Third Battle of Ypres November 1917

Canadian bombardment attempting to cut the wire on the Somme Front. 26th July 1916

Persian Soldiers seen here on parade in Tehran 2nd April 1916

Sappers seen here clearing the ground for a howitzer during the Third Battle of Ypres Circa August 1917

The Royal Horse Artillery seen here in full gallop near Amiens during the campaign to halt the German advance on Paris Circa July 1918

A British gas attack on German trenches, location not known May 1918

Demonstration of British 9. 45 inch trench mortar, in an old German trench in Pigeon Wood
Demonstration of British 9.45 inch trench mortar, in an old German trench in Pigeon Wood, Gommecourt, viewed from front of trench. 17th March 1917

Mobilisation of the Inns of Court Rifle Brigade 6th August 1914

The road from from Auchonvillers to Beaumont Hamel clogged with transports and heavy artillery, in the closing stages of the Somme campaign

A long range railway gun captured by Canadian troops of the British 4th army and displayed to the public in Paris. 28th August 1918

British troops taking the opportunity of a dry spell of weather to lay out their kits to dry and the trench to drain itselfs in a area of the front where the Germans are not so active

A British 13 pounder anti aircraft gun a on Daimler Mk. 3 Lorry seen here in action at
A British 13 pounder anti aircraft gun a on Daimler Mk.3 Lorry seen here in action at night near Wailly, 16th April 1916

Television programme - Dads Army - A scene from the Dads Army film 28 September 1972 circa - The men charge in to action with pitchforks, broomsticks and spears - Arthur Lowe as Captain Mainwaring

A six-inch howitzer of the Royal Artillery, during the Tenth Battle of the Isonzo 10th May 1917

British artillery seen here bombarding the German wire on the Somme battlefield. 4th May 1916

Members of the Royal Garrison Artillery Regiment seen here loading up artillery shells on to a light railway trolley near Fricourt, Circa September 1916

Artillery seen here in action shelling Austrian and Bulgarian positions from Salonika. April 1916

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