Tough Customer. of a Coastal Defence Battery.—Manning Britain's coastal defence batteries is a monotonous job which, while calling for unceasing vigilance, receives but little limelight. Loading a shell into a coastal defence gun. “Number 2" (left) who operates the breach, wears a belt containing the tubes that fire the gun.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 87, Issue 61, 15 March 1943, Page 2
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50Tough Customer. of a Coastal Defence Battery.—Manning Britain's coastal defence batteries is a monotonous job which, while calling for unceasing vigilance, receives but little limelight. Loading a shell into a coastal defence gun. “Number 2" (left) who operates the breach, wears a belt containing the tubes that fire the gun. Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 87, Issue 61, 15 March 1943, Page 2
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