Image:12inchRailwayHowitzerShell444SiegeBatteryAndKitten19July1918.jpg

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ANIMALS DURING THE FIRST WORLD WAR
An officer of 444 Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery (RGA), smokes a pipe as he supervises a kitten balancing on a 12 inch gun shell near Arras.
Comment : 444 Siege Battery operated 2 12 inch Mk V railway howitzers at the time. The officer is standing on the crew platform behind the breech.
Source

Imperial War Museum Collection No.: 1900-13 Photo No.: Q 6860
Date

19 July 1918
Author

Photographer: Brooke J W (Lt)
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