18 Pounder (Mk II) Shell (6)
Page description
Title |
18 Pounder (Mk II) Shell (6)
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Subject |
Rowlands, Edward
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Notes |
Bears inscription:
France 1914 - 1919 Souvenir of the Great War and on 'reverse' side, the inscription: Made by a German Prisoner of War Glisy 13th MArch 1919 Gefr. Krzik. Plant/leaf decoration, with Welsh dragon and mortar inscribed motifs. Base reads: 18 PR ('R' superscripted and underscored) II Lot J150 1917 2.9 JM ROC [logo] other inscriptions as per image. Brought home by my grandfather, Sgt., Major Edward Rowlands, of Llanfairpwll, Anglesey, north Wales. Shell height: 294mm, diameter (projectile end)ca. 88mm, firing pin lip end diameter: 102mm |
Item date |
13th March 1919
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Creation place |
Somme area
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Item source | |
Item medium | |
Content | |
Page number |
6
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Total number of pages |
8
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Cataloguer |
Everett Sharp
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Filename |
GWA_1770_v5.jpg
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Copyright |
The Great War Archive, University of Oxford / Primary Contributor
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Digital repository | |
Contributor name |
John Rowlands
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Collection
Citation
“18 Pounder (Mk II) Shell,” First World War Poetry Digital Archive, accessed April 30, 2024, http://ww1lit.nsms.ox.ac.uk/ww1lit/items/show/5529.
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Document description
Title |
18 Pounder (Mk II) Shell
|
---|---|
Subject |
Rowlands, Edward
|
Notes |
Bears inscription:
France 1914 - 1919 Souvenir of the Great War and on 'reverse' side, the inscription: Made by a German Prisoner of War Glisy 13th MArch 1919 Gefr. Krzik. Plant/leaf decoration, with Welsh dragon and mortar inscribed motifs. Base reads: 18 PR ('R' superscripted and underscored) II Lot J150 1917 2.9 JM ROC [logo] other inscriptions as per image. Brought home by my grandfather, Sgt., Major Edward Rowlands, of Llanfairpwll, Anglesey, north Wales. Shell height: 294mm, diameter (projectile end)ca. 88mm, firing pin lip end diameter: 102mm |
Item date |
13th March 1919
|
Creation place |
Somme area
|
Item source | |
Item medium | |
Content | |
Total number of pages |
8
|
Cataloguer |
Everett Sharp
|
Copyright |
The Great War Archive, University of Oxford / Primary Contributor
|
Digital repository | |
Contributor name |
John Rowlands
|
Citation
“18 Pounder (Mk II) Shell,” First World War Poetry Digital Archive, accessed April 30, 2024, http://ww1lit.nsms.ox.ac.uk/ww1lit/items/show/5529.