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Royal Navy boys train with field guns at Shotley Barracks, 1916

Photograph, World War One, Home Front (1914-1918), 1916.

Shotley, better known as HMS 'Ganges', was a naval training establishment near Ipswich. Established in 1905, it trained boys for naval service until it closed in 1976.

From an album of 76 official photographs, 1916-1917.

NAM Accession Number

NAM. 1999-11-70-11

Copyright/Ownership

National Army Museum, Out of Copyright

Location

National Army Museum, Study Collection

Object URL

https://collection.nam.ac.uk/detail.php?acc=1999-11-70-11