Tuesday, 24 February 2015

IWM Visit - WW1 Galleries

Imperial War Museum London
The First World War Galleries
To commemorate the Centenary of the First World War the Imperial War Museum in London opened the WW1 Galleries. The exhibition chronicles the period from the pre war Britain and Empire through the conflict to the Armistice in 1918, and the aftermath. 
IWM London WW1 Galleries
French 75mm Quick Firing Gun

IWM London WW1 Galleries
Kitchener's iconic recruiting poster

IWM London WW1 Galleries
Kitchener Blues uniform

IWM London WW1 Galleries
American / British / French uniforms

IWM London WW1 Galleries
British SMLE Rifles

IWM London WW1 Galleries
British Weapons
Grenade rifle
SMLE rifle
Lewis gun
Mills bombs

IWM London WW1 Galleries
Vickers Machine Gun sowing interlocking fire

IWM London WW1 Galleries
Sopwith Camel
British Tank

IWM London WW1 Galleries
Financing the war

IWM London WW1 Galleries
Naval convoy model