cladhan Posted 5 December , 2018 Share Posted 5 December , 2018 A picture from Blantyre Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cladhan Posted 5 December , 2018 Author Share Posted 5 December , 2018 One comment from the Blantyre Project: 'The artillery photo was a demonstration team who toured towns in Britain to "persuade" men to join up the artillery. Different parts of the armed forces used other means ie tanks, aircraft etc. Most of these men were usually classified as "second class" to be returned to light duties. Many had been wounded. I had a relation who had been gassed and was part of a demonstration vicker's machine gun crew who toured Britain. I have his booklet "how to take apart and clean a Vickers gun" somewhere.' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FROGSMILE Posted 5 December , 2018 Share Posted 5 December , 2018 As well as artillery there appear to be engineers (RE) in the photo. They might perhaps have been responsible for preparing a gun position in which to site the gun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jay dubaya Posted 5 December , 2018 Share Posted 5 December , 2018 13-pounder AA gun and crew with RE searchlight crew. There’s at least two men with OS chevrons Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FROGSMILE Posted 5 December , 2018 Share Posted 5 December , 2018 16 minutes ago, jay dubaya said: 13-pounder AA gun and crew with RE searchlight crew. There’s at least two men with OS chevrons Brilliant spot Jay - makes complete sense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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