6-inch Newton Trench Mortar being prepared for action. Private Charles R. Bentley is shown loading a bomb into the gun, while Sergeant Duncan Ferguson, both from the 110th Battalion Trench Artillery, looks on. The photograph depicts spades ready to be embedded into the ground for the first shot. This image was taken on April 14, 1919, in Vitrey, Vernois, France, by photographer Sears. Noted on May 1938, with reference number 6030.

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