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Description Photograph showing breech-end view of British 14-inch naval gun on modified naval mounting at St Margarets, near Dover. This was the second gun, nicknamed "Pooh" and manned by Royal Marines. Pooh and its partner "Winnie" were reserve guns for the King George V class battleships. They were used in counter-battery fire against German guns across the Channel on the occupied French coast.
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This photograph H 7922 comes from the collections of the Imperial War Museums (collection no. 4700-37)
Author Puttnam (Mr), War Office official photographer
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current20:46, 28 November 2011Thumbnail for version as of 20:46, 28 November 2011800 × 598 (81 KB)Rcbutcher (talk | contribs)replaced with new higher-resolution version from IWM
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