The 134th Heavy Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery, was a howitzer battery of the Royal Garrison Artillery formed during World War I from a coast defence unit of the Territorial Force in Cornwall. It s
Cap Badge of the Royal Regiment of Artillery
5.4-inch howitzer and crew at Morogoro, 1916–17.
Breech of a 5.4-inch howitzer.
German East Africa 1914–18.
BL 5.4-inch howitzer
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The Ordnance BL 5.4-inch howitzer was a version of the British 5-inch howitzer designed for British Indian Army use, especially on the Northwest Frontier.
134th (Cornwall) Heavy Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery
…124 all ranks it embarked at Southampton on 26 December 1915, arriving at Mombasa on 1 February 1916. At Maktau it took over four Indian Army pattern 5.4-inch howitzers, which were drawn by oxen. 633 Company Army Service Corps was formed on 12 January 1916 as the Ammunition Column (Motor Transport) for the battery. On…
Barrel design
Breech mechanism
Mk I cordite cartridge, 13½ oz