Concept    From 1885 

Maxim Gun

Categories: Armed Forces, Engineering

The first portable automatic machine gun. In the 1888 photograph the Prince of Wales (later Edward VII) is firing with Maxim standing behind.

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Maxim Gun

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Sir Hiram Maxim and his gun

Greater London Council Sir Hiram Maxim, 1840 - 1916, inventor and engineer d...

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J. M. Staines

J. M. Staines

Resident of the West Ward, Hendon who served and died in WW1.

Person, Armed Forces

War dead, WW1
1 memorial
Geo. Hill

Geo. Hill

Resident of the West Ward, Hendon who served and died in WW1.

Person, Armed Forces

War dead, WW1
1 memorial
E. E. Kerr

E. E. Kerr

J. Lyons & Co. Ltd. staff member who died in WW2.

Person, Armed Forces

War dead, WW2
1 memorial
J. Richbell

J. Richbell

M.M., Sergt. Trench Mortar Batty.. Fought but did not die in WW1

Person, Armed Forces

War served, WW1
1 memorial
Private Harry Reginald Toft

Private Harry Reginald Toft

Harry Reginald Toft was born in 1892 in Redditch, Worcestershire, the fifth of the six children of the Reverend John Toft (b.1851) and Mary Ann Toft née Farnsworth (1853-1907). His birth was regist...

Person, Armed Forces, Belgium

War dead, WW1
1 memorial