HOB/56/0298/MC Accession Number: HOB/56/0298/MC

Description

A gunner of B Troop, 105th Field Battery uses a screw driver to adjust the firing mechanism he has removed from the QF 25 pounder field gun in the background. Five cartridge tubes are lying on the ground (left).

Details

Accession Number
HOB/56/0298/MC
Photographer
Phillip Oliver Hobson
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Black & white - Film original negative 120 safety base
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Date Made
January 1956
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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