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• During a Battle

  (art) Made by: Roberts, William (RA) 1918

  image: three British soldiers in yellow stand on a mound while a field gun pulled by horses moves past. A stretcher party bearing a figure in yellow walks out of the composition to the right and an infantryman of the Royal Scots Fusiliers stands guard in...

• Join the Modern Army

  (posters) Made by: Unknown (artist)

  whole: the image is positioned in the upper three-quarters. The title is partially integrated and placed in the upper quarter, in red. The text is separate and located in the lower quarter, in black. All set against a white background and held within a...

• An Artillery Observer : a young officer observing the effect of the shells of his battery. The results of fire are telephoned back to the guns, some miles behind.

  (art) Made by: McBey, James 1917-09-17

  image: a young British artillery officer stands within an enclosed and covered observation post, observing British artillery fire through a device positioned on the parapet. He looks through a small loophole, the upper wall of the parapet partly made...

• The Group Commander : the OC of a heavy artillery group

  (art) Made by: McBey, James 1917-09-13

  image: a half length portrait of a British Royal Artillery officer wearing a desert issue shirt. He stares directly at the viewer with piercing blue eyes and a bushy moustache.

• Near the Coast

  (art) Made by: McBey, James 1917-09-15

  image: a view of two artillery emplacements in an arid landscape near a coastline. Both emplacements are dug into the earth and concealed with camoflage netting. The outline of a few soldiers are visible, as are silhouettes of belll tents near the sea in...

• The Battery Major : absorbed in his registration in the battery post he receives a report from a corporal

  (art) Made by: McBey, James 1917-09-18

  image: a Major commanding a Royal Artillery battery sits at a table where he has temporarily stopped plotting positions on an artillery chart whilst a corporal reports information to him. A desk lamp illuminates the chart, with a candle in a small recess...

• Nebi Samwil. A British Battery In Action : the ancient Mizpah, stormed by the 234th Brigade. A field battery is engaging the Turkish batteries, which are shelling Mizpah.

  (art) Made by: McBey, James 1917-12-18

  image: in the foreground a team of Royal Artillery gunners load and fire a field gun, which sits within a position covered with camouflaged netting. Another gun and gun team is visible to the right. In the distance, a cloud of earth near the peak of a...

• Shells Bursting at Dawn on the Trenches round Ali-el-Muntar, on the Outskirts of Gaza

  (art) Made by: McBey, James 1917-10-29

  image: a British Artillery officer looks through a telescope mounted on a tripod towards the clouds of smoke on the horizon showing where shells have fallen. He sits on an earthen ledge before an area of tall grass, beyond which the landscape is largely...

• A Road Officer : a heavy battery changing position at night in open ground near the line. The Road Officer.

  (art) Made by: McBey, James 1918

  image: a British officer stands directly behind the rear of a tractor used to move heavy artillery guns. He is holding a large torch to illuminate the dark night.

• A Gun Park

  (art) Made by: Marsden, Charles George 1941-09-07

  image: Two tents pitched beside a row of three field guns, positioned under some trees.