Photograph of 'Spitfire' gun
Title |
Photograph of 'Spitfire' gun
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Author |
Pearson, Leonard Thomas
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Notes |
A 9.2" Howitzer, named 'Spitfire' in paint on the recoil mechanism. Note the box to right: filled with 9 tons of earth, it prevented the gun from jumping when fired.
Part of the photograph and scrap album of Revd. Leonard Thomas Pearson, Army Chaplain's Department (attached No. 44 Casualty Clearing Station), discovered in a skip and deposited with the Bodlian Library. Revd. Pearson was interviewed by Lyn Macdonald for her book 'The Roses of No Man's Land', which contains two extracts and a photograph. |
Item date |
1914 - 1918
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Creation place |
Unknown
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Cataloguer |
Richard Marshall
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Filename |
GWA_2475_ricespitfire.jpg
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Copyright |
The Great War Archive, University of Oxford / Primary Contributor
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Digital repository | |
Contributor name |
Stuart Lee
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Contributed on the behalf of |
P Vainker
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Collection
Citation
“Photograph of 'Spitfire' gun,” by Pearson, Leonard Thomas. The Great War Archive, University of Oxford / Primary Contributor via First World War Poetry Digital Archive, accessed March 29, 2024, http://ww1lit.nsms.ox.ac.uk/ww1lit/gwa/item/4081.
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