Image: 12inchMkIXRailwayGunVickersMountingWoestenAugust231917

Description: 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.
Title: 12inchMkIXRailwayGunVickersMountingWoestenAugust231917
Credit: This photograph Q 2764 comes from the collections of the Imperial War Museums (collection no. 1900-09)
Author: Ernest Brooks
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