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1968 - Huge Naval gun outside Imperial War Museum: View showing the huge 15-inch naval gun - one of two acquired by the Imperial war Museum - which are being mounted at the front entrance to the Museum. This gun was, from 1915 to 1938 mounted on H.M.S. Resolution. It was then mounted aboard H.M.S. Roberts, where it fire it's first shots in anger on D-Day when it formedof the Houlgate Battery, Sword Beach, Normandy. Information on the sheet is torn
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13263362
Media ID
47029176
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5518px x 4391px
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(c) Keystone Pictures USA/ZUMAPRESS.com/Mary Evans
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Editorial Use Only - No Property or Model Releases. For any non-editorial use, please contact Mary Evans direct
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Keystone Pictures USA
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Acquired Battery D-day H.m.s Houlgate Resolution
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