Can you identify this WW1 gun please?
Can you identify this WW1 gun please?
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paul.deitch

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287 months

Thursday 25th January 2018
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I am doing some family history research for some distant relatives by marriage. There is a fantastic treasure trove of 100s of photos from 1895 onwards!
This one caught my eye. There is nothing written on the back unfortunately but it is a large high quality photo.


Huskyman

655 posts

157 months

Thursday 25th January 2018
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Could be one of these possibly
https://commons.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:15inchHo...
It looks like British uniforms on the soldiers so I would start from here. You could try google image search but that was the closest match I could find

hab1966

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paul.deitch

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Thursday 25th January 2018
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guru_1071

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264 months

Thursday 25th January 2018
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that same photo is on Wikipedia as well with this caption

'The Battle of the Somme, July-november 1916 Ben Tillett (trade unionist and founding member of the Labour Party) Visits a howitzer, Martinsart, autumn, 1916.'

mybrainhurts

90,809 posts

285 months

Thursday 25th January 2018
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It's not a Luger...

anonymous-user

84 months

Thursday 25th January 2018
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I don’t know what it is but I like the sound it makes