6-inch gun in action at Reninghelst, 15 June 1916
Lantern slide, World War One, Western Front (1914-1918), 1916.
The 6-inch Mark VII Gun was originally a naval weapon but it was mounted on a carriage in 1915 to help meet the demand for heavy guns on the Western Front. Operated by the Royal Garrison Artillery, it remained in service until the end of the war. Reninghelst is near Ypres in Belgium.
From a box of 50 lantern slides.
NAM Accession Number
NAM. 1978-11-157-29-30
Copyright/Ownership
National Army Museum, Out of Copyright
Location
National Army Museum, Study collection
Object URL
https://collection.nam.ac.uk/detail.php?acc=1978-11-157-29-30