Heavy Battery gun crew

Description

Media Type: Image
Item Type: Photographs
Description: A Heavy Battery gun crew in action at Bully-Grenay, France, midsummer 1917. On August 9th, 1917, a direct hit by an enemy shell on the ammunition storage killed most of the gun crew including two Cobourg men. The resulting explosion totally destroyed the 60-pounder gun.
Date of Original: 1917
Subject(s): Military service
Local identifier: 350-22
Collection: Historical Photographs
Language of Item: English
Copyright Statement: Public domain: Copyright has expired according to Canadian law. No restrictions on use.
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