File:12inchMkIXRailwayGunVickersMountingWoestenAugust231917.jpg

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THE THIRD BATTLE OF YPRES (PASSCHENDAELE) 31 JULY - 10 NOVEMBER 1917
Battle of Langemarck 16-18 August: 12 inch railway gun at Woesten with its crew perched on it and the slogan "Not on Strike" on the barrel.
NOTE : The pattern of the bogie wheels with the frame inside identifies this as a 12 inch Railway Gun on Vickers Mk I mounting.


This is the gun on the Vickers mounting with the square-profiled carriage and no warping winch at the front.
Date Taken on 23 August 1917
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Image of the exterior main entrance to the Imperial War Museum in London. This photograph Q 2764 comes from the collections of the Imperial War Museums
(collection no. 1900-09) 		Flag of the United Kingdom.
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Ernest Brooks (1878–1957)  wikidata:Q5392825
 
Ernest Brooks
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E. "Baby" Brooks
Description British photographer
Date of birth/death 23 February 1878 Edit this at Wikidata 1957 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Faringdon Edit this at Wikidata Hendon Edit this at Wikidata
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