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Reference Number (click to see whole series/group)15A13/15/13
Extent2 items
TitleIMAGES OF HURSTBOURNE CAMP: 'BANK HOME GUARD INSTRUCTION ON 29MM SPIGOT MORTAR ('BLACKER BOMBARD')'
Date1942
DescriptionExterior views of a group of men wearing military uniform. Two men in the foreground are manning the mortar.

1) WAR/1340-7-A Verso: Photograph No. B198. Print appears to have originally been titled PIAT [projector, infantry, anti-tank] Mortar then updated to 29MM Spigot Mortar. Photographer's stamp (202mm x 260mm).
2) WAR/1340-7-B Verso: Photograph No. B199. Refers to gun as 'PIAT Mortar'. Photographer's stamp. (200mm x 260mm)
Original ReferenceHURST 7
YearOpen2017
AuthorLondon News Agency [LNA] Photos Ltd
CopyrightBank of England copyright
KeywordWeapons; Firearms; Grenades; Missiles; Armed Forces; Militia; uniforms[UK Archival Thesaurus]
PhysicalDescriptionPhotographic Print

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