A Lewis Gun mounted on a horizontal wheel for anti-aircraft purposes, 18 March 1918
Lantern slide, World War One, Western Front (1914-1918), 1918.
A gunner of the Royal Garrison Artillery opens fire with his Lewis Gun at Monchy-le-Preux. The Lewis Gun, with its distinctive barrel cooling shroud and top-mounted drum magazine, was the British Army's most widely used machine gun during the war.
From a box of 80 lantern slides.
NAM Accession Number
NAM. 1978-11-157-4-16
Copyright/Ownership
National Army Museum, Out of Copyright
Location
National Army Museum, Study collection
Object URL
https://collection.nam.ac.uk/detail.php?acc=1978-11-157-4-16