Sir WIlfred Stokes
Sir Wilfred Stokes (1860-1927) - Between 1915 and 1918 Stokes worked for the inventions branch of the Ministry of Munitions. In 1915 he invented the Stokes Mortar which was first used in 1915 at the Battle of Loos to fire a smoke shell. He is pictured here with the 3 inch mortar and a variety of missiles to be fired from it
Picture No
10528037
Media ID
48016279
Size
3300px x 5079px
(1.3MB)
Credit
Robert Hunt Library/Mary Evans
Source
Robert Hunt Library
Date
1914
