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A Lewis Gun mounted on a horizontal wheel for anti-aircraft purposes, 18 March 1918

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

A gunner of the Royal Garrison Artillery opens fire with his Lewis Gun at Monchy-le-Preux. The Lewis Gun, with its distinctive barrel cooling shroud and top-mounted drum magazine, was the British Army's most widely used machine gun during the war.

From a box of 80 lantern slides.

NAM Accession Number

NAM. 1978-11-157-4-16

Copyright/Ownership

National Army Museum, Out of Copyright

Location

National Army Museum, Study collection

Object URL

https://collection.nam.ac.uk/detail.php?acc=1978-11-157-4-16