The BL 8-inch howitzers Mark I-V entered service in 1915 and were used by the British throughout the First World War.
Contents:
[1] The Pater, August 1916 -- [2] Works Range, 4.5" Howitzer -- [3] Barnacle Range, proof of 5.5" B.L. Mark I, no. 34, Aug. 16 1916 -- [4] Barnacle Range, proof of 5.5" B.L. Mark I, no. 34, Aug. 16 1916 -- [5] Firing a round during proof of 5.5" B.L., Mark I, no. 34 -- [6] Proof officer, Coventry Ordnance Works Ld. August 16, 1916 -- [7] Barnacle Range, Aug 12, 1916. 8" B.L. Howitzer Mark V, no. 279. Proof officer and Mr. T.B. Smith -- [8] 8" B.L. Howitzers, Mark V, ready for proof. Lieut. H.W. Barras, R.A. -- [9] 8" B.L. Howitzer Mark V, ready for proof, Barnacle Range -- [10] C. Howdle, F. White, Greenfield -- [11] Firing a round during proof 8" B.L. Howitzer Mark V, no. 279 -- [12] 8" B.L. Howitzer Mark V -- [13] Firing a round of proof of 8" B.L. Howitzer Mark V -- [14] Steam tractor taking 8" B.L. Howitzer from range to works -- [15] Proof officer & manager of range, Mr. ... Macartney, Mr. T.B. Smith -- [16] Russian 3" field gun at Butterwick [?] Range -- [17] Russian 3" field gun at Butterwick [?] Range, Aug. 1916 -- [18] Proof of Russian T. & P. fuzes, "Set zero," Butterwick Range, Aug 22 1916 -- [19] Firing a round at proof of 8" B.L. Howitzer Mark V. -- [20] Electric seconds-pendulum. Proof of time fuzes at rest -- [21] August 1916. Apparatus for measuring delay in fuze ignition -- [22] Proof of 11" B.L. Naval Howitzer, March 1918, Lieut. Commder. A.W. Tomlinson -- [23] Proof of 6" B.L. Howitzer Mark I, March 1918, Mr. H.F. Neville -- [24] March 1918. Proof of 6" B.L. Howitzer Mark I.
Subject Terms:
Coventry Ordnance Works. | Great Britain. Army. Royal Regiment of Artillery. | Howitzers. | Ordnance -- Great Britain. | Artillery -- Great Britain. | World War, 1914-1918 -- Artillery operations.
Form/Genre:
Photographs. | Gelatin silver prints. | Photograph albums.