Ammunition Collection (page 4)

An Interrupted English Dinner Party at Paris, c1849. Creator: George Cruikshank
An Interrupted English Dinner Party at Paris - Mourir pour la Patrie, c1849. Humorous scene: shocked and terrified English diners are interrupted at dinner

Royal Marines handling ammunition on board HMS Illustrious, World War II, c1939-c1943 (1944)
Royal Marines handling ammunition on board the aircraft carrier HMS Illustrious, World War II, c1939-c1943 (1944). The marine supply party in the aircraft-carrier Illustrious is passing ammunition up

Awkward Mistake, 1897. Creator: John Leech
Awkward Mistake, 1897. An unfortunate soldier receives a cannonball in the stomach. From " The Comic History of England" by Gilbert Abbott A Beckett

On the Chemin des Dames, northern France, c1914-c1918. Shelter with German helmet and magazines of bullets. Photograph from a series of glass plate stereoview images depicting scenes from World War I

Moving shells with crane, Genicourt, northern France, c1914-c1918. Photograph from a series of glass plate stereoview images depicting scenes from World War I (1914-1918)

Royal Arsenal, Woolwich, Kent, 1841. View showing soldiers and civilians examining cannon balls. Established in the late 17th century

Disembarkation of the Expedition to Kertch at Kamish Bournou, 1855. Artist: E Walker
Disembarkation of the Expedition to Kertch at Kamish Bournou, 1855; with the blowing up of St Pauls Battery. Shows the allied troops arriving just south of Kertch Bay in the Crimea

Gas shells at Luttre, Belgium, c1914-1919
Part of a dump which the retreating Germans failed to destroy

A message for the Hun, France, World War I, 1916. British artillerymen loading a gun with a shell on which the message a busting time this Christmas has been painted

Feeding the guns and upsetting the Huns, France, World War I, 1916. Soldiers handling artillery shells during the Somme Offensive of July-November 1916. A field gun is on the other side of the road

A huge shell, weighing 1400lb, Somme campaign, France, World War I, 1916. Ready to be fired by the 15-inch howitzer, or Grandmother as it was called

A complimentary message to Fritz, Somme campaign, France, World War I, 1916. Artist
A complimentary message to Fritz, Somme campaign, France, World War I, 1916. Notice the message chalked on the shell by one of the gunners

Women munitions workers putting a coat of paint on aerial bombs, World War I, c1914-c1918

A British ammunition column finds it hard going, World War I, c1914-c1918. Artist
A British ammunition column finds it hard going, World War I, c1914-c1918

Cannon balls, North Cyprus

Kurdish mountain brigands, Armenia, 1902. From The Living Races of Mankind, Vol. I. [Hutchinson & Co, London, 1902]

General Snyman, 1902. General Jacobus Philippus Snyman, (1838-1925), officer during the Second Boer War (1899-1902). From Battles of the Nineteenth Century, Vol. III

Girl workers in a munitions factory, 1915. From The Manchester Guardian History of the War Vol. III - 1915.. [John Heywood Ltd, London, 1915]. (Colorised black and white print)

Cannon and Cannon-ball of the Period, . Artist: John Leech
Cannon and Cannon-ball of the Period, c1860, (c1860). From The Comic History of England, Volume I, by Gilbert A A Beckett [Bradbury, Agnew, & Co. London, ]

A Perspective View of Lake George, c18th century
A Perspective View of Lake George, 1759. Publisher, John Hinton

On Board H. M. S. Nelson, members of the South African division of the RNVR, 1941
On Board H.M.S. Nelson, members of the South African division of the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve with the Fleet are ammunitioning ship with 16-in. shells, 1941

Air and Sea Power in Invincible Harmony, 1943-44. Allied submarine personnel taking shells on board, World War II. From The War Illustrated Volume 7 edited by Sir John Hammerton

Royal Navy Makes Invasion Possible, 1943-44. The corvette Widgeon about to go into action with her A.A. guns. From The War Illustrated Volume 7 edited by Sir John Hammerton

The Spencer Magazine Gun Used in the American Civil War, 1884
he Spencer Magazine Gun Used in the American Civil War. The Spencer repeating rifle was a manually operated lever-action, repeating rifle

Receiving shells for the naval guns on the deck of a battleship, c1914. Loading ammunition onto a battleship during World War I. From The Manchester Guardian: History of the War, Vol. II.-1914-15

His Majesty inspects the shells at Holmes and Co Ltd, Hull, Yorkshire, World War I, c1914-c1918. King George V visiting a munitions works. Stereoscopic card. Detail

At the Breechloading Gun, c1890-c1893. A print from Her Majestys Navy Including its Deeds and Battles, by Lieut Chas Rathbone Low, Volume III, JS Virtue & Co, London, 1890-1893

Senior league Cricket XI of the Royal Naval Ordnance Department, Plymouth, Devon, 1896. Artist: WM Crockett
Senior league Cricket XI of the Royal Naval Ordnance Department, Plymouth, Devon, 1896. A print from The Navy and Army Illustrated, 16th October 1896

A class of seamen at ammunition instruction, Whale Island, Portsmouth, Hampshire, 1896. Artist: Russell & Sons
A class of seamen at ammunition instruction, Whale Island, Portsmouth, Hampshire, 1896. A print from The Navy and Army Illustrated, 26th June 1896

Ammunition convoy parked in a Flanders lane awaiting orders, World War I, 1914-1918. Stereoscopic card detail

Bringing up reserve ammunition, World War I, 1914-1918. Artist: Realistic Travels Publishers
Bringing up reserve ammunition, World War I, 1914-1918. Stereoscopic card detail

Abandoned German ammunitions near Cambrai, World War I, 1914-1918. Artist: Realistic Travels Publishers
Abandoned German ammunitions near Cambrai, World War I, 1914-1918. Stereoscopic card detail

Defence of Fort Sumter, South Carolina, 1861 (c1880). Fort Sumter was the place where the opening shots of the American Civil War were fired, on 12 April 1861

Simon Renard and Winwike the warden on the roof of the White Tower, 1553 (1840). Artist: George Cruikshank
Simon Renard and Winwike the warden on the roof of the White Tower, 1553 (1840). Renard was Ambassador of the Holy Roman Empire Charles V to England from 1553-1555

Munitions factory, London, World War I, 1914-1918. Artist: Haua
Munitions factory, London, World War I, 1914-1918

Munitions factory workers, London, World War I, 1914-1918. Artist: Haua
Munitions factory workers, London, World War I, 1914-1918. Group portrait of workers in a factory producing bombs. The photographers shadow can be seen in the foreground

Georgian man wearing a tcherkeska, 1936
Georgian man wearing a tcherkeska, (overcoat with cartridge belt), 1936. From Peoples of the World in Pictures, edited by Harold Wheeler, published by Odhams Press Ltd (London, 1936)

The Naval Brigade at Sevastopol, 1850s. Scene from the Crimean War. Illustration from Story of the British Nation, Volume IV, by Walter Hutchinson, (London, c1920s)

Ordnance, 1838. From A Display of the Naval Flags of All Nations. Collected from the Best Authorities. [Fisher, Son, & Co. London, 1838]

Large shell on its way to the front, First World War, 1914-1916, (c1920). Illustration from The Illustrated War Record of the Most Notable Episodes in the Great European War 1914-1918

Russians bringing up guns and ammunition for the assault at Erzrum, 1916, (c1920). Artist: Stuff
Russians bringing up guns and ammunition for the assault at Erzurum, Turkey, First World War, 1916, (c1920). Illustration from The Illustrated War Record of the Most Notable Episodes in the Great

Training naval gunners, Whale Island, Portsmouth, Hampshire, 1937. Cigarette card from The Navy series, produced by Senior Service Cigarettes, 1937

Big railway gun firing during the advance in the west, First World War, 1914-1918, (c1920)
Big railway gun firing from a wood during the advance in the west, First World War, 1914-1918, (c1920). Illustration from The Illustrated War Record of the Most Notable Episodes in the Great European

In the Royal Arsenal, Woolwich, c1880. The shot and shell foundry, the shot yard, bullet making, carriage department, turning room, and forging a breech coil

Scene of the explosion at the Cartridge factory, Greenwich Marshes, 1872
Scene of the explosion at the cartridge factory, Greenwich Marshes, 1872. An engraving from the Illustrated London News, (27 January 1872)

Death of Sir John Moore, 1809, (c1850s). Moore (1761-1809) commanded the British forces at the Battle of Corunna (La Coruna), Peninsular War, Spain 16 January 1809

Royal flag, galleon flag and traders flag, (1885). Artist: Urrabieta
Royal flag, galleon flag and traders flag, (1885). Illustration from 18th Century Institutions, Usages And Costumes, France 1700-1789, by Paul Lacroix, (Paris, 1885)

Aeroplane supplying ammunition to the British front line, World War I, 1914-1918 (1926). Artist: Joseph Simpson
Aeroplane supplying ammunition to the British front line, World War I, 1914-1918 (1926)

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