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Six inch Howitzer in action in the sweltering heat on the Western front
Six inch Howitzer in action in the sweltering heat on the Western front
Howitzer being fired, Western Front, Summer 1918. This is one of two photographs of the same subject attributed to the photographer Tom Aitken; the other being titled 'Howitzer being loaded'. This shows the gun being fired with all the gunners standing well back. This must have been taken in the summer of 1918, the only summer that Aitken was at the Front. The shell of this six-inch howitzer we…
Contributors
- Thomas Keith, b. 1879 Aitken
Subject
- Artillery (Troops)
- Clothing
- Heat
- Howitzers
- Shooting
Type of item
- Monograph
- Monograph
- Photograph
Contributors
- Thomas Keith, b. 1879 Aitken
Subject
- Artillery (Troops)
- Clothing
- Heat
- Howitzers
- Shooting
Type of item
- Monograph
- Monograph
- Photograph
Providing institution
Aggregator
Rights statement for the media in this item (unless otherwise specified)
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/
Rights
- Available under Creative Commons license; Attribution, Non-commercial, ShareAlike
Issue date
- 2005
- 1914 - 1920
- 1914/1920
- 2005
Identifier
- 74549098
Extent
- 1 online resource
Is part of
- http://data.theeuropeanlibrary.org/Collection/a1219
Year
- 2005
Providing country
- United Kingdom
Collection name
First time published on Europeana
- 2014-04-06T12:18:48.480Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2016-05-31T08:45:37.797Z