Light Artillery Shell
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| Subject | Rowlands, Edward |
|---|---|
| Title | Light Artillery Shell |
| Notes | Have two identical shells, ca. 170mm long (including projectile head, itself about 40mm diameter, 108mm length) brass shell casing 94mm length, 44mm diamter at the firing pin lipped end, Inscribed: Sgt Major E. Rowlands [Edward Rowlands, my grandfather] 115 Trench Mortar Bater[y] [polished, unclear] TRECH [assumed to be surname of maker, German POW?] |
| Item Date | January 1917 |
| Creation place | Somme |
| File type | Image |
| Item source | Artifact |
| Item medium | Metal |
| Content | Memorabilia |
| Cataloguer | Everett Sharp |
| Copyright | The Great War Archive, University of Oxford / Primary Contributor |
| Digital repository | The Great War Archive, University of Oxford |
| Contributor Name | John Rowlands |
| Reference URL | http://www.oucs.ox.ac.uk/ww1lit/gwa/document/8917 |
