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Collections - Firearms and Munitions

Ammunition

All the ammunition held in the museum's collection is inert and free from explosives.

Battle of Waterloo

bulletFragment of an explosive shell picked up on the field of Waterloo a few months after the battle, by the donors (Lieutenant Colonel C W Grover) great uncle.
Accession Number: KO0507/04

Zulu War

bulletBullet picked up from Islandhawana (Zulu War 1879)
Accession Number: KO1195/01

South African War 1899-1902

bulletNose of Boer Pom Pom Shell
Accession Number: KO0449/03
bulletFragment of Nine Pound Boer Shell found at Ladysmith, 1900, Nose
Accession Number: KO0507/07 A
bulletFragment of Nine Pound Boer Shell found at Ladysmith, 1900, part of base
Accession Number: KO0507/07 B

First World War

bulletFrench Shell Nose A trophy from the battlefields of France collected by Captain W Noel Briggs, of the 1st/5th Battalion King’s Own Royal Lancaster Regiment.
Accession Number: KO0429/03
bulletEnglish Shell Nose A trophy from the battlefields of France collected by Captain W Noel Briggs, of the 1st/5th Battalion King’s Own Royal Lancaster Regiment.
Accession Number: KO0429/04
bulletMills Hand Grenade made by Bryants of Birmingham
Accession Number: KO0429/07
bulletNo. 5 Mills Bomb, or Hand Grenade Cut Away for display
Accession Number: KO2352/01
bulletCartridge from German Anti-Tank Rifle, marked 6 18 P T67
Accession Number: KO0572/01

Second World War

bullet2 pounder shell, armour piercing, Second World War
Accession Number: KO1753/02
bullet6 pounder shell, armour piercing, Second World War
Accession Number: KO1753/03
bullet17 pounder shell, armour piercing, Second World War
Accession Number: KO1753/04
bulletJapanese .256 Carbine Ammunition Round
Lieutenant Colonel J R S Thompson, DSO, TD, RA, (56th Anti-Tank Regiment RA
Accession Number: KO0685/01 a

Miscellaneous Items of no specific period

bulletCartridge for Brown Bess
Accession Number: KO0507/05 A
bulletCartridge for Brown Bess
Accession Number: KO0507/05 B
bulletCartridge for Brown Bess
Accession Number: KO0507/05 C
bulletCartridge for Brown Bess
Accession Number: KO0507/05 D
bullet7.65 mm pistol bullet
Accession Number: KO2262/16
bullet7.65 mm pistol bullet
Accession Number: KO2262/17
bullet7.62 mm short AK bullet
Accession Number: KO2262/18
bullet7.62 mm short AK bullet
Accession Number: KO2262/19
bulletMauser Round
Accession Number: KO2262/20
bulletMauser Round
Accession Number: KO2262/21
bullet7.66 mm Pistol Bullet
Accession Number: KO2262/22
bullet9mm Luger Bullet
Accession Number: KO2262/23
bullet9mm Luger Bullet
Accession Number: KO2262/24
bulletBlank
Accession Number: KO2262/25
bulletArmour piercing round
Accession Number: KO2262/26
bulletMartini Henry Bullet
Accession Number: KO2262/27
bulletMartini Henry Bullet
Accession Number: KO2262/28
bullet9 mm Sten gun round
Accession Number: KO2262/29
bullet9 mm Sten gun round
Accession Number: KO2262/30
bullet9 mm Sten gun round
Accession Number: KO2262/31
bullet9 mm Sten gun round
Accession Number: KO2262/32
bullet7.62 mm bullet
Accession Number: KO2262/33
bullet7.62 mm bullet
Accession Number: KO2262/34
bullet.455” Webley bullet
Accession Number: KO2262/35
bullet9 mm pistol bullet
Accession Number: KO2262/36
bullet.38 Bullet
Accession Number: KO2262/37
bullet.38 bullet
Accession Number: KO2262/38
bullet.38 special bullet
Accession Number: KO2262/39
bullet.38 special bullet
Accession Number: KO2262/40
bullet.303 Bullet
Accession Number: KO2262/41
bullet.303 Bullet
Accession Number: KO2262/42
bullet.22 bullet
Accession Number: KO2262/43
bullet.22 Bullet
Accession Number: KO2262/44
bullet.22 Bullet
Accession Number: KO2262/45
bullet.303 bullet head cut in half (one half only)
Accession Number: KO2262/46
bullet.303 bullet head
Accession Number: KO2262/47
 

 

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