File:Vickers machine gun crew with gas masks.jpg

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English: British Vickers machine gun crew wearing PH-type anti-gas helmets. Near Ovillers during the Battle of the Somme, July 1916. The gunner is wearing a padded waistcoat, enabling him to carry the machine gun barrel. See Image:Vickers machine gun crew with gas masks rear view.jpg for an alternate view of this crew.

Date

July 1916

Source

This is photograph Q 3995 from the collections of the Imperial War Museums (collection no. 1900-13)

Author

John Warwick Brooke
Description	British photographer Official British First Word War photographer
Date of birth	30 May 1886
Location of birth	St Saviour, United Kingdom

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