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Light Artillery Shell (1)
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?]
Contributors
- John Rowlands
- Henry Morton Stanley
Creator
- Rowlands, Edward
Subject
- Rowlands, Edward
- Everett Sharp
- World War One
- World War I
Type of item
- Memorabilia
- Artifact
- Archaeological artifact
Date
- 1917-12-31
- 1917-01-01
- 1917-01-01
- 1917-12-31
Medium
- Metal
- Metal
Contributors
- John Rowlands
- Henry Morton Stanley
Creator
- Rowlands, Edward
Subject
- Rowlands, Edward
- Everett Sharp
- World War One
- World War I
Type of item
- Memorabilia
- Artifact
- Archaeological artifact
Date
- 1917-12-31
- 1917-01-01
- 1917-01-01
- 1917-12-31
Medium
- Metal
- Metal
Providing institution
Aggregator
Rights statement for the media in this item (unless otherwise specified)
- http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/
Rights
- The Great War Archive, University of Oxford / Primary Contributor
Creation date
- 2008-08-27
- 2008-08-27
Place-Time
- January 1917
Places
- Somme
Source
- UGC
Identifier
- 3482
Extent
- 3
Providing country
- United Kingdom