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Image: KGVInspectsBocheBusterMaroeuil8August1918

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Description: King George V inspects H.M. Gun "Boche Buster", a 14 inch naval gun on railway truck, at Marœuil, 10 km NW of Arras, France, 8th August 1918. Battle of Amiens. Comment : Other photographs show Boche Buster, underlined, painted on the barrel, this photograph does not. Boche Buster can be faintly seem painted on the side of the front end of the box structure above the bogies. The cable running at head height along the lower side and up to the gun is a voice communication tube.
Title: KGVInspectsBocheBusterMaroeuil8August1918
Credit: This photograph Q 11464 comes from the collections of the Imperial War Museums.
Author: British Government.
Permission: This work created by the United Kingdom Government is in the public domain. This is because it is one of the following: It is a photograph taken prior to 1 June 1957; or It was published prior to 1973; or It is an artistic work other than a photograph or engraving (e.g. a painting) which was created prior to 1973.HMSO has declared that the expiry of Crown Copyrights applies worldwide (ref: HMSO Email Reply) More information. See also Copyright and Crown copyright artistic works.
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License: Public domain
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