A 4.5 inch gun of 211 Battery, Royal Artillery, firing in support of infantry during the advance on Tilly-sur-Seulles, 13 June 1944

Photograph, World War Two, North West Europe (1944-1945), 1944.

The BL 4.5 inch gun was a long range medium artillery piece primarily designed for counter-bombardment and was used throughout the Second World War in that role. It had a maximum range of 20,500 yards (18 km).

From a collection of 650 photographs compiled by the Commando Association.