New Zealand troops loading ammunition limbers near Albert, September 1918
Photograph, World War One, Western Front (1914-1918), 1918.
New Zealanders load 18-pound shells into limbers during the Battle of the Somme. During the latter engagement over ten million 18-pound shells were fired. The 18-pounder was the main British and Commonwealth artillery weapon of the war.
From an album of 24 official photographs, 1916-1918.
NAM Accession Number
NAM. 1995-03-88-17
Copyright/Ownership
National Army Museum, Out of Copyright
Location
National Army Museum, Study collection
Object URL
https://collection.nam.ac.uk/detail.php?acc=1995-03-88-17