File:Positioning18pdrBattleOfArrasApril1917.jpg
Photograph of British 18 pdr field gun being moved into a new position, Battle of Arras, during the advance near Athies.
Comment : This was part of the First Battle of the Scarpe , part of the Battle of Arras.
Note armoured oil reservoir on front end of recuperator, introduced to extend the life of the springs.
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9th - 11th April 1917
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Comment : This was part of the First Battle of the Scarpe , part of the Battle of Arras.
Note armoured oil reservoir on front end of recuperator, introduced to extend the life of the springs.
This is a clipped version of the original photograph, scanned from "The Great War" Volume 9 page 277, edited by H W Wilson, published 1917.
This photograph Q 5171 comes from the collections of the Imperial War Museums (collection no. 1900-13) |
John Warwick Brooke
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Warwick Brooke | ||
Description | British photographer | ||
Date of birth/death | 30 May 1886 | 1929 | |
Location of birth/death | Uxbridge | ||
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