The Story of the Gun - Lieut A W Wilson RA - Royal Artillery Institution - inscribed by Author

The Story of the Gun - Lieut A W Wilson RA - Royal Artillery Institution

Inscribed the the Author

Foreword by F M Milne, Master Gunner, St James's Park

Good condition and complete

First edition 29 February 1944

87 pages

5 main chapters

Illustrations by the Author

Many excellent black and white illustrations on most pages of the book

Index of dates and abbreviations and gunnery terms on page 87

""When artillery was required for a campaign, it was organised as a "Trayne" to which certain pieces of ordnance were allotted, together with master gunners, mates and mattrosses, these latter being gunners assistants. With the "trayne" wherever it went were many wagons following behind and carrying all the comforts of life, even including hired women. The term "son of a gun" originally one of abuse, is supposed to have sprung from this practice.""

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