Indian Sepoy using a Lewis Gun during the Mesopotamian Campaign
British Photographs of World War I
Front trench, showing the Lewis gun ready to deal with Boche
In this photograph, a machine-gun crew are standing in a front-line trench with a Lewis gun. The outer edge of the trench, to the left, is sandbagged to head height. The Lewis gun is lying across the back of th... More
Machine-gun position which is holding the Germans
British machine-gun position, France, during World War I. There were at least 16 permanent appointments of official war photographers made after 1916. These positions were created in 1916 to gather propaganda i... More
Lewis gun's crew ready in the front line during an actual gas attack
This photograph was taken at ground level from a bend in a trench. The trench itself is shallow and quite wide. It is also free from wet mud at the moment. The top of a line of trees further down the hill can b... More
Gun to protect the photographic machine
Machine gunner in the back of a reconnaissance plane, France, during World War I. The photographic machinery mentioned in the caption is not apparent in this view but the protective gun is. The plane is named '... More
Nose of a Handley-Page manned by three men
Handley-Page bomber crew, Western Front, during World War I. The three-man air crew of this Handley-Page bomber. They are in the rather blunt-shaped nose of the aeroplane. This bomber had a maximum range of 650... More
Highland machine-gunner ready with his gun for any emergency
There is a thin line of trees in the background which open out onto countryside. At the front of the picture a trench has been dug into a field of long grass. This trench is not particularly deep and is quite s... More
Group in the trenches, Flanders
Soldiers in a trench, France, during World War I. A group of soldiers pose for the camera in a trench. All of them are wearing steel helmets and many of them are holding some form of weaponry. One man, third ro... More
Holding the front line on the edge of a mine crater
Soldiers are standing in a crater made by a mine. The man in the foreground is about to fire a Lewis machine gun. The Lewis gun, weighing 29 pounds (13.1 kilos), was a relatively light machine gun, useful when ... More
Major Syd Addison and Lieutenant Hudson Fysh in a Bristol Fighter airc...
ID Number: B02040 ..Place: Mejdel Jaffa Area, Mejdel ..Major Syd Addison and Lieutenant Hudson Fysh, of the Australian Flying Corps, in a Bristol Fighter aircraft at Mejdel. ..Rights Info: No known copyri... More
Inhabitants of a newly captured village are greatly interested in a Br...
Village inhabitants, Western Front, during World War I. An Allied machine-gunner standing in a village talking to an old man and surrounded by other village inhabitants. Not surprisingly the crowd is composed o... More
Lewis gun's crew ready in the front line during an actual gas attack
Three uniformed men standing behind a Lewis gun, France. This image shows three uniformed men standing in a trench. According to the original caption, this photograph was taken during an actual gas attack. All ... More
C.O. with pilot and observer referring to photos and maps prior to se...
Fighter pilot and Commanding Officer checking a map, in France, during World War I. Standing in front of his two-seater biplane, this pilot refers to a map reference with the Commanding Officer of his company. ... More
Back for a rest after the heavy fighting at Monchy
With their machine-guns and rifles at ease, this image shows a group of British soldiers going back to their billets for a rest after the fighting at Monchy. Although the thick barrel of the machine gun in this... More
Cheery pilot and observer with their mascot pup ready for a flight ove...
Pilot and observer inside the cockpit of a two-man biplane, in France, during World War I. Holding up the regimental mascot of a pet dog and with big smiles on their faces, a pilot and an observer are pictured ... More
World War I fighter plane SE5 A8907, equipped with a Lewis Gun and pil...
Title devised by cataloger with information provided by A. Marriam, 2015. "C.S. 407, C.S. 250, Drew, 10/12-16, 60381 ..." on negative. No Detroit Publishing Co. no. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.
Airplanes - Ordnance - Gun mounts. Ordnance Equipment for seaplanes bu...
Photographer: Naval Aircraft Factory Airplanes - Ordnance Public domain photograph related to the United States in World War One, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
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[two soldiers practising with a Lewis gun]
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Secret Destination? Probably Passage West in Cork
All that we had on this photograph was "National Army troops on board a ship bound for a secret destination during the Irish Civil War." See the comment below from Tin of beans who convincingly argues that this... More
"A Black and Tan on duty in Dublin..."
... smoking and posing with a Lewis gun...Date: 1920/1921?..NLI Ref.: HOGW 121 ( vtls000279885 )
Gunnery training, NAS San Diego, 1923
Repository: San Diego Air and Space Museum Archive ( http://www.sandiegoairandspace.org/library/stillimages.html )
Soldats de la guerre d'Algérie en 1958
Français : Soldats de la guerre d'Algérie en 1958
Australian Lewis Machine Gunners of the 1st Bn AWM E01227 November 1 1...
Caption: "Two unidentified Australian Lewis Machine Gunners of the 1st Battalion in a place of vantage formed by a shell splintered tree on the Ramparts at Ypres. During the Third Battle of Ypres, the aerial ac... More
Lewis Gun during Emu War
Soldiers, very likely to be McMurray and Gunner J. O'Hallroan, with a Lewis Machine Gun during Emu War.
Lewis gun world war I during World War I
Caption: "Two unidentified Australian Lewis Machine Gunners of the 1st Battalion in a place of vantage formed by a shell splintered tree on the Ramparts at Ypres. During the Third Battle of Ypres, the aerial ac... More
NGVR soldier firing Lewis gun 1940 (AWM P01283 009)
AWM description: SALAMAUA, NEW GUINEA, 1940-04-?. H. WALTER, RFN NO. 88 IN THE NEW GUINEA VOLUNTEER RIFLES (NGVR) AT MACHINE GUN PRACTICE AT THE RIFLE RANGE USING A LEWIS MK 1 MACHINE GUN FOR THE FIRST TIME. (D... More
Sargent McMurray and J. O'Hallroan Emu War
Sargent McMurray and Gunner J. O'Hallroan with a Lewis Machine Gun during Emu War.
SLNSW 51625 Corporal of First Field Cadre instructs cadets in the Lewi...
Corporal of First Field Cadre instructs cadets in the Lewis gun
SLNSW 51633 A cadet aiming a Lewis gun
A cadet aiming a Lewis gun
SLNSW 9613 Rifle and Lewis gun firing
Rifle and Lewis gun firing Public domain photograph related to music, performing arts, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
A German Attack on a Wet Morning, April 1918 Art.IWMART1986
A German Attack on a Wet Morning, April 1918 image: An attack in misty, wet weather. From the cover of a low breastwork riflemen and a Lewis gun team face the German attackers. In the foreground a soldier lies ... More
A Lewis Gun- Anti-aircraft Pit Art.IWMART2703
A Lewis Gun- Anti-aircraft Pit image: a British soldier stands next to a mounted Lewis gun in an anti-aircraft pit dug into the ground, looking up at a biplane in the sky with a pair of binoculars. Immediately ... More
Animals at War 1939 - 1945 H12985
Animals at War 1939 - 1945 Troops putting some Lewis gun drums of ammunition into the pack carried by 'Mark', a dog ammunition carrier, at work with British troops in Eastern Command.
Belgian Sailors at a Skegness Training Camp- Belgian Naval Training at...
Belgian Sailors at a Skegness Training Camp- Belgian Naval Training at Butlin's, Skegness, Lincolnshire, England, UK, 1945 Two trainees at HMS ROYAL ARTHUR, Skegness, take part in a Bren gun drill. This traini... More
British Army on the Western Front, 1914-1918 Q1744
British Army on the Western Front, 1914-1918 Group of British troops, possibly Rifle Brigade, pose in the snow with a Lewis machine gun at Beaumont Hamel, early 1917.
Gunnery School For Inter-allied Merchant Seamen. 1 and 2 April 1942, L...
Gunnery School For Inter-allied Merchant Seamen. 1 and 2 April 1942, Liverpool. A West Indian Merchant Seaman firing a Lewis Gun.
In May 1941, Gross was commissioned again as an Official War Artist an...
In May 1941, Gross was commissioned again as an Official War Artist and visited Dover Castle for ten days. The South Coast was heavily defended with two guns named 'Winnie' and 'Pooh' at Dover hidden under camo... More
Japanese Surrender in Malaya, 1945 IND4852
Japanese Surrender in Malaya, 1945 Piles of Japanese weapons and equipment surrendered to the 25th Indian Division at Kuala Lumpur.
Men of the Royal Navy's Coast Watch man a Lewis gun emplacement on a c...
Men of the Royal Navy's Coast Watch man a Lewis gun emplacement on a cliff top in Devon, 1940. Men of the Royal Navy's Coast Watch in a Lewis gun emplacement on the cliff top, watching for the approach of enemy aircraft.
Ministry of Information First World War Miscellaneous Collection Q3375...
Ministry of Information First World War Miscellaneous Collection Public domain photograph related to the British military forces, World War One, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Ministry of Information First World War Miscellaneous Collection Q3379...
Ministry of Information First World War Miscellaneous Collection Public domain photograph related to the British military forces, World War One, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Ministry of Information First World War Miscellaneous Collection Q3382...
Ministry of Information First World War Miscellaneous Collection Public domain photograph of military forces, army, artillery, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Ministry of Information First World War Miscellaneous Collection Q3382...
Ministry of Information First World War Miscellaneous Collection Public domain photograph of military activity, army camp, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Ministry of Information First World War Miscellaneous Collection Q3386...
Ministry of Information First World War Miscellaneous Collection Public domain photograph related to the British military forces, World War One, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Ministry of Information First World War Miscellaneous Collection Q3386...
Ministry of Information First World War Miscellaneous Collection Public domain photograph related to the British military forces, World War One, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Ministry of Information First World War Official Collection Q1745
Ministry of Information First World War Official Collection Group of British troops, possibly Rifle Brigade, pose in the snow with a Lewis machine gun at Beaumont Hamel, early 1917.
On Board the Destroyer HMS Cossack during Torpedo and Anti-submarine E...
On Board the Destroyer HMS Cossack during Torpedo and Anti-submarine Exercises. 1940. Captain Vian (in centre) on the bridge during exercises.
Royal Air Force 1939-1945- the RAF in France, 1940 C1607
Royal Air Force 1939-1945- the RAF in France, 1940 Lewis gun at the ready, an airman watches for enemy aircraft from the cab of one of No 615 Squadron's lorries, 17 May 1940.
Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1939-1941. CH17236
Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1939-1941. Airfield defence: a twin Lewis-gun mounting and crew in a sandbagged pit on the airfield perimeter at Mildenhall, Suffolk.
Royal Air Force Operations in the Middle East and North Africa, 1939-1...
Royal Air Force Operations in the Middle East and North Africa, 1939-1943. A crewman on board High Speed Launch HSL 110, on patrol off the North African coast, mans a Lewis Gun mounted on the deck. HSL 110 was... More
Royal Air Force- France, 1939-1940 C305
Royal Air Force- France, 1939-1940 An anti-aircraft gunner mans his Lewis gun on an airfield in northern France.
Royal Aircraft Factory F.E.2 Ministry of Information First World War M...
Ministry of Information First World War Miscellaneous Collection Public domain photograph of aircraft, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Royal Navy Motor Torpedo Boats on patrol, 1940. A60
Royal Navy Motor Torpedo Boats on patrol, 1940. MTB's in line ahead, showing crew of the lead MTB.
The Battle of Cambrai, November-december 1917 Q6335
The Battle of Cambrai, November-december 1917 Gunners of the Machine Gun Corps inspect a Lewis Gun mounted on a horizontal wheel for anti-aircraft purposes at Graincourt, 20 November 1917.
The Battle of Passchendaele, July-november 1917 Q5989
The Battle of Passchendaele, July-november 1917 Two soldiers of the Machine Gun Corps at the anti-aircraft post in front of Zillebeke, 21 September 1917.
THE BATTLE OF THE SOMME, JULY-NOVEMBER 1916 Q 55482
THE BATTLE OF THE SOMME, JULY-NOVEMBER 1916 German troops marching with captured British Lewis machine guns.
The Battle of the Somme, July-november 1916 Q3987
The Battle of the Somme, July-november 1916 A Lewis light machine gun in action in a front line trench near Ovillers. Possibly troops of the Worcestershire Regiment of the 48th Division.
The Battle of the Somme, July-november 1916 Q4120
The Battle of the Somme, July-november 1916 Lewis gun on Vickers Tripod on an improvised anti-aircraft mounting (two wheels and axle: one wheel buried and the other revolving with the gun). On the right of the ... More
The Battle of the Somme, July-november 1916 Q4290
The Battle of the Somme, July-november 1916 Battle of Morval. British troops awaiting orders to attack with Lewis machine guns and rifles, in reserve trenches surrounded by ruined landscape. Near Ginchy, 25 Sep... More
The British Army in the United Kingdom 1939-45 H12971
The British Army in the United Kingdom 1939-45 Quadruple Lewis gun on an anti-aircraft mounting, 18 August 1941.
The British Army in the United Kingdom 1939-45 H2695
The British Army in the United Kingdom 1939-45 Gunners of 177 Heavy Battery, Royal Artillery, man an anti-aircraft Lewis gun at Fort Crosby near Liverpool, England, 1 August 1940. This operation formed part of... More
The British Army in the United Kingdom 1939-45 H2724
The British Army in the United Kingdom 1939-45 Men of the Royal Army Service Corps set up a Lewis gun while mounting a cliff-top guard, August 1940.
The British Army in the United Kingdom 1939-45 H5113
The British Army in the United Kingdom 1939-45 Gunners of 'G' Battery (Mercer's Troop), Royal Horse Artillery, man a Lewis gun in a sandbagged revetment, 29 October 1940.
The British Army in the United Kingdom 1939-45 H532
The British Army in the United Kingdom 1939-45 Men of the Durham Light Infantry carrying Lewis guns during an exercise near Basingstoke, Hampshire, 1939.
The British Army in the United Kingdom H275
The British Army in the United Kingdom A Bren gun carrier and Lewis gun team take up positions by a sign on the A33 trunk road, during exercises in Hampshire in 1938.
The British Army on the Western Front, 1914-1918 Q4648
The British Army on the Western Front, 1914-1918 Soldiers of the Lancashire Fusiliers in a front line trench opposite Messines. The men are cleaning a Lewis Gun. o the left of the photographs, can be seen the g... More
The British Army on the Western Front, 1914-1918 Q4649
The British Army on the Western Front, 1914-1918 Men of the Lancashire Fusiliers sit in a muddy puddle on the floor of a front line trench opposite Messines to clean a Lewis gun. Behind them, as the trench bend... More
The British Army on the Western Front, 1914-1918 Q4659
The British Army on the Western Front, 1914-1918 Lancashire Fusiliers in a bay of a front line trench showing Lewis Gun and wire. Opposite Messines, near Ploegsteert Wood, January 1917.
The British Army on the Western Front, 1914-1918 Q4660
The British Army on the Western Front, 1914-1918 Lancashire Fusiliers in a bay of a front line trench showing Lewis Gun and wire. Opposite Messines, near Ploegsteert Wood, January 1917.
The British Army on the Western Front, 1914-1918 Q6130
The British Army on the Western Front, 1914-1918 Lewis gun post of the 4th Battalion, Seaforth Highlanders (51st Division) at Wancourt, 23 October 1917.
The British Army on the Western Front, 1914-1918 Q8431
The British Army on the Western Front, 1914-1918 Men of the York and Lancaster Regiment, probably 2/4th Battalion part of the 187th Brigade, check a machine gun mounted in a trench on the 62nd Division Front be... More
The British Army on the Western Front, 1914-1918 Q8459
The British Army on the Western Front, 1914-1918 A Lewis gun post in the front line being held by the 6th Battalion, the York and Lancaster Regiment at Cambrin, 6 February 1918.
The British Army on the Western Front, 1914-1918 Q8460
The British Army on the Western Front, 1914-1918 Men ofthe 6th Battalion, the York and Lancaster Regiment at a Lewis gun post, on the front line near Cambrin, 6 February 1918.
The British Army on the Western Front, 1914-1918 Q8463
The British Army on the Western Front, 1914-1918 A Lewis gunner of the 6th Battalion, the York and Lancaster Regiment with the Regiment's cat mascot, in a trench near Cambrin, 6 February 1918.
The Employment of Women in Britain, 1914-1918 Q110351
The Employment of Women in Britain, 1914-1918 A female worker operating a vertical profiling machine, profiling the outside figure of a trigger-guard for a Lewis light machine gun.
The German Invasion of Norway, 1940 HU93727
The German Invasion of Norway, 1940 French, British and Norwegian soldiers aboard a Royal Navy warship, 8 May 1940.
The German Spring Offensive, March-july 1918 Q6612
The German Spring Offensive, March-july 1918 The Battle of the Lys. British Lewis gunners manning a barricade at a bridge crossing the Lys Canal at Marquois, 13 April 1918.
The German Spring Offensive, March-july 1918 Q6616
The German Spring Offensive, March-july 1918 The Battle of the Lys. Outposts manned by men of the 11th Battalion, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders on the Lys Canal in front of Saint-Floris, 9 May 1918. Note a ... More
The German Spring Offensive, March-july 1918 Q6844
The German Spring Offensive, March-july 1918 Gunners of the Royal Field Artillery fire at a German aircraft (not pictured) with a Lewis gun near Essarts, 16 July 1918.
The German Spring Offensive, March-july 1918 Q7876
The German Spring Offensive, March-july 1918 Troops of the 10th Battalion, Queen's Own (Royal West Kent) Regiment manning a Lewis machine gun in a front line trench running through a cemetery in the Ypres Salie... More
The German Spring Offensive, March-july 1918 Q7920
The German Spring Offensive, March-july 1918 Two gunners of the Royal Garrison Artillery dressed up in theatrical costumes found in evacuated Haverskerque, 18 July 1918. Note a Lewis machine gun on an anti-airc... More
The German Spring Offensive, March-july 1918 Q8689
The German Spring Offensive, March-july 1918 Battle of Hazebrouck. Men of the 31st Division manning a Lewis gun post beside a railway line near Merris, 12 April 1918.
The German Spring Offensive, March-july 1918 Q8691
The German Spring Offensive, March-july 1918 Battle of Hazebrouck. An artillery subaltern preparing motorcycle and side car in which he fixed a Lewis gun and covered the withdrawal of his artillery guns. Near M... More
The German Spring Offensive, March-july 1918 Q8721
The German Spring Offensive, March-july 1918 A Lewis gun post of the Tank Corps near Robecq, 17 April 1918. One of the soldiers is having a shave while the other is manning the gun. Note Lewis gun magazine box carriers.
The German Spring Offensive, March-july 1918 Q8722
The German Spring Offensive, March-july 1918 A Lewis gun post of the Tank Corps near Robecq, 17 April 1918. Soldiers cooking their food during a quiet spell.
The German Spring Offensive, March-july 1918 Q8751
The German Spring Offensive, March-july 1918 Lewis gun post manned by troops of the Tank Corps. Near Robecq, 17 April 1918. Soldier is changing an ammunition magazine.
The Home Guard 1939-1945 H4062, World War II photo
The Home Guard 1939-1945 The Home Guard: Members of the Home Guard training with an aircraft Lewis gun at a Weapon Training School in the Western Command. Their training also included the use of Vickers, Bren a... More
The Home Guard 1939-1945 H4936, World War II photo
The Home Guard 1939-1945 The Home Guard: Home Guards in the Edinburgh area organised a motor boat patrol for use on the canals and waterways of the district in order to protect local factories and buildings. On... More
The Home Guard 1939-45 H12609
The Home Guard 1939-45 Home Guard soldiers on motorcycle sidecar combinations fitted with Lewis guns during an exercise near Exeter, 10 August 1941.
The Home Guard 1939-45 H14697
The Home Guard 1939-45 Men of the War Office Home Guard parade on the roof of their building, 15 October 1941.
The Home Guard, 1940 H4937
The Home Guard, 1940 Home Guards patrol a section of canal in Edinburgh in a motor boat armed with rifles and a mounted Lewis gun, 19 October 1940.
The Home Guard, 1940 H4938, World War II photo
The Home Guard, 1940 Home Guards patrol a section of canal in Edinburgh in a motor boat armed with rifles and a mounted Lewis gun, 19 October 1940.
The Hundred Days Offensive, August-november 1918 Q6979
The Hundred Days Offensive, August-november 1918 Attack on Moyenneville. Troops of the 3rd Battalion, Grenadier Guards, in the old German second line. German prisoners and wounded coming in. Note tanks in dista... More
The Long Range Desert Group (lrdg) during the Second World War E12380
The Long Range Desert Group (lrdg) during the Second World War A posed close-up view of a Chevrolet truck and its three man crew in the Western Desert. The gunner beside the driver is manning an Italian Breda m... More
The Mesopotamian Campaign, 1916-1918 Q25200
The Mesopotamian Campaign, 1916-1918 General Raddatz of the Russian Army, accompanied by a British officer, watching Lewis gun demonstration at Qasr-e Shirin (Kasr-i-Shirin), March 1917.
The Official Visits To the Western Front, 1914-1918 Q6800
The Official Visits To the Western Front, 1914-1918 1st Baron Sir Edward Patrick Morris, Prime Minister of Newfoundland, examining a Lewis Gun during his visit to the Tank Corps Gun School, Merlimont, 2 July 1918.
The Official Visits To the Western Front, 1914-1918 Q6801
The Official Visits To the Western Front, 1914-1918 1st Baron Sir Edward Patrick Morris, Prime Minister of Newfoundland, examining a Lewis Gun during his visit to the Tank Corps Gun School, Merlimont, 2 July 1918.
The Portuguese Expeditionary Corps on the Western Front, 1917-1918 Q55...
The Portuguese Expeditionary Corps on the Western Front, 1917-1918 Portuguese troops with Lewis machine guns at the Infantry Training School. Marthes, 23 June 1917.
The Portuguese Expeditionary Corps on the Western Front, 1917-1918 Q55...
The Portuguese Expeditionary Corps on the Western Front, 1917-1918 Portuguese troops at Lewis machine gun firing drill at the Infantry Training School. Marthes, 23 June 1917.
The Royal Air Force Regiment, 1942-1945. CH17925
The Royal Air Force Regiment, 1942-1945. A squad of airmen undergoing instruction in machine gun drill with a Lewis Gun at No. 2 RAF Regiment School, Whitley Bay, Northumberland.