File:Big British gun going to its position NLS 74547344.jpg

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English: NLS caption : "British gun going to its position, Ypres, Belgium. This shows a heavy artillery gun being transported along a road towards the Front. The gun, strapped to an eight-wheeled carriage, is being hauled by a tractor with massive tracked back wheels. Heavy artillery guns were difficult and slow to move, so they needed to be manoeuvred into position well before a new offensive. [Original reads: 'OFFICIAL PHOTOGRAPHS TAKEN ON THE BRITISH WESTERN FRONT IN FRANCE. THE BATTLE OF FLANDERS. A big British gun going to its position.']".

Copmment : The gun appears to be a BL 7.5 inch Mk III naval gun from the decommissioned battleship HMS Swiftsure (1903), being moved into position along the coast in Flanders, 1917.

It is being towed by a 105 horsepower Daimler-Foster tractor, and is on an 8-wheeled truck designed by Admiral Sir Reginald Bacon for moving 12 inch naval gun carriages, and built by Foster's.
Date circa 1917
date QS:P,+1917-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
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This image is available from the National Library of Scotland You can see this image in its original context, along with the rest of the Library's digital collections, in the NLS Digital Gallery
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Ernest Brooks  (1878–1958)  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 1958 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Faringdon Hendon
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