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File:12inchMkVRailwayHowitzerFiringSoissons-2.jpeg

12inchMkVRailwayHowitzerFiringSoissons-2.jpeg (447 × 327 pixels, file size: 98 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg)

Description

Soissons, France. A twelve inch shell being fired from one of the British Army heavy guns north of the town.
Comment : This is a 12 inch railway howitzer Mk V.
This photograph is part of the same shoot as Image:12inchMkVRailwayHowitzerFiringSoissons1917.jpeg


NOTE : This version of the photograph has brightness and contrast artificially increased to highlight details.
Date 19 May 1918 (as per Hogg & Thurston 1972)
Source
This image is available from the Collection Database of the Australian War Memorial under the ID Number:
H09344
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Donor British Official Photograph D2730
Author
John Warwick Brooke  (1886–1929)  wikidata:Q29267899
 
John Warwick Brooke
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Warwick Brooke
Description British photographer
Date of birth/death 30 May 1886 Edit this at Wikidata 1929 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Uxbridge Edit this at Wikidata
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creator QS:P170,Q29267899
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07:43, 26 October 2007Thumbnail for version as of 07:43, 26 October 2007450 × 338 (99 KB)Rcbutcher
07:41, 26 October 2007Thumbnail for version as of 07:41, 26 October 2007450 × 338 (114 KB)Rcbutcher{{Information |Description=A twelve inch shell being fired from one of the British Army heavy guns north of the town. <br>Comment : This is a 12 inch railway howitzer Mk V. <br>This photograph is part of the same shoot

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