A 3-inch mortar of 102 Mortar Battery in action at Makyazi, Burma, 1944 (c)
Photograph, World War Two, Far East, 1944 (c).
The three-inch mortar was the standard British mortar from the late 1920s to the late 1960s. In this image two West African soldiers of 81st Division muzzle-load and fire the weapon while a British officer looks on.
Photograph from an album of 36 photographs compiled by Captain E B Mee (later Major), Royal Signals, 81st West African Division, Burma, 1944-1945.
NAM Accession Number
NAM. 1996-08-382-30
Copyright/Ownership
National Army Museum Copyright
Location
National Army Museum, Study Collection
Object URL
https://collection.nam.ac.uk/detail.php?acc=1996-08-382-30
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