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58565: Light Artillery Shell

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posted on 2024-02-23, 23:00 authored by Great War Archive Project Team
<p dir="ltr">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,</p> <p>Inscribed: </p> <p>Sgt Major E. Rowlands [Edward Rowlands, my grandfather] 115 Trench Mortar Bater[y] [polished, unclear] TRECH [assumed to be surname of maker, German POW?]</p>

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Subject

Rowlands, Edward

Date

January 1917 | January 1917

Date Created

01/01/1917

Temporal Coverage

31/12/1917

Source

Artifact

Medium

Metal

Type

Memorabilia

Pages

1, 2, 3

Number of Pages

3

Contributor

Everett Sharp | John Rowlands

Rights

The Great War Archive, University of Oxford / Primary Contributor

Publisher

The Great War Archive, University of Oxford

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