MAKE A MEME View Large Image FrankHurleyUnloading15InchHowitzerShells.jpg Crew of 2 Gun Royal Marine Artillery unloading 15 inch Howitzer shells on the Menin Road in the Ypres Sector These shells weigh 1 400lbs their explosion makes a crater averaging over fifteen feet ...
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Keywords: FrankHurleyUnloading15InchHowitzerShells.jpg Crew of 2 Gun Royal Marine Artillery unloading 15 inch Howitzer shells on the Menin Road in the Ypres Sector These shells weigh 1 400lbs their explosion makes a crater averaging over fifteen feet deep and fifteen yards across and splinters and fragments have an effective radius exceeding 800 yards <p>Identified on left in back of wagon looking at camera is Gunner 1113 A C Holder <p>Note the dog sitting on one of the shells He was adopted and fed by the gunners and used to sleep under the gun at night <br>Place made Western Front Western Front Belgium Menin Road Area Menin Road <br>Comment The shells in fact weighed 1 450 lbs E00922 5 October 1917 First exhibited at the Kodak Salon Sydney 1919 Creator Frank Hurley Copyright clear PD-AustraliaGov BL 15 inch Howitzer Ammunition Third Battle of Ypres BL 15 inch howitzer Royal Marine Artillery Dogs in World War I World War I artillery ammunition BL 15 inch howitzer World War I Photographs by Frank Hurley Black and white photographs
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