File:NLS Haig - Repairing one of our guns for use in the continued advance.jpg

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Description

IWM caption : THE THIRD BATTLE OF YPRES (PASSCHENDAELE) 31 JULY - 10 NOVEMBER 1917
Description: Battle of Polygon Wood 26 September - 3 October: A new barrel is lowered into position on an 8 inch howitzer by the Army Ordnance Corps.

Comment : This is an 8 inch howitzer utilizing bored-out and shortended 6 inch naval gun barrel. Probably a BL 8 inch Howitzer Mk V.

Date

26 September 1917

Source

This image is available from the National Library of Scotland You can see this image in its original context, along with the rest of the Library's digital collections, in the NLS Digital Gallery

This photograph Q 2909 comes from the collections of the Imperial War Museums (collection no. 1900-09)

Author



Alternative names	E. "Baby" Brooks
Description	British photographer
Date of birth/death	23 February 1878	1958
Location of birth/death	Faringdon	Hendon
Authority file	: Q5392825 VIAF: 310508752 GND: 1055006095

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current	20:35, 7 February 2014	4,340 × 2,932 (990 KB)	Knochen	full resulotion from NLS and cropped
	20:42, 7 January 2012	800 × 575 (109 KB)	Common Good	higher res
	11:47, 10 October 2009	549 × 355 (130 KB)	Rcbutcher	replaced with better larger version from NLS
	10:22, 26 September 2007	350 × 234 (72 KB)	Rcbutcher
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