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BRITISH FORCES IN THE SALONIKA CAMPAIGN 1915-1918
British 18-pdr field gun firing from a camouflaged position on the Doiran Front.


Comment : This illustrates the gun barrel and recuperator piston in the full recoil position immediately after firing.
Date circa 1917
date QS:P,+1917-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
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Image of the exterior main entrance to the Imperial War Museum in London. This photograph Q 112308 comes from the collections of the Imperial War Museums
(collection no. 2200-40) 		Flag of the United Kingdom.
Author Photographer not identified. "Official photograph".
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