Army booklet on the West Spring Gun

Item

Title

Army booklet on the West Spring Gun

Identifier

9505.cpd

Subject

Rafton, Robert

Abstract

An army booklet entitled "Instructions for Mounting, Operating and Care of the West Spring Gun", illustrated with a number of diagrams. The top right corner of the front page is stamped "School of Military Engineering, No ........... [This has not been completed], 18 Oct 1915, Grand Hotel, Tynemouth". Part of a collection relating to Robert Rafton, deposited by his great-niece.

Date

18th October 1915

Date Created

1915-10-18

Source

Artifact

Medium

Paper

Type

Official document

number of pages

4

Contributor

Meriel Patrick
Meriel Patrick (Ferrens Art Gallery, Hull submissions day 31st May 2008)
Mrs Catherine Bird

Publisher

The Great War Archive, University of Oxford