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Empty shell dump, July 1916

Lantern slide, World War One, Western Front (1914-1918), 1916.

The dump contains empty 18-pounder shell cases and their boxes. The shells were used during the bombardment of Fricourt. Prior to their attack on the Somme on 1 July 1916 the Allies fired over 1.5 million shells during a week-long preliminary bombardment of the German lines.

From a box of 50 lantern slides.

NAM Accession Number

NAM. 1978-11-157-29-47

Copyright/Ownership

National Army Museum, Out of Copyright

Location

National Army Museum, Study collection

Object URL

https://collection.nam.ac.uk/detail.php?acc=1978-11-157-29-47