The first portable automatic machine gun. In the 1888 photograph the Prince of Wales (later Edward VII) is firing with Maxim standing behind.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Maxim Gun
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Sir Hiram Maxim and his gun
Greater London Council Sir Hiram Maxim, 1840 - 1916, inventor and engineer d...
Other Subjects
War served, WW1
1 memorial
Sir Tasker Watkins
Soldier and judge. Born at 9 Station Terrace, Nelson, Glamorgan. In Normandy, he led an assault on a German machine-gun post. After all the other officers were killed in the approach, he continued ...
Person, Armed Forces, Law, France, Wales
1 memorial
Driver Pickering
Royal Engineer killed by an exploding bomb while assisting in the attempt to disarm it. Andrew Behan has kindly carried out some research on this man (and points out that our source for the list o...
War dead, WW2
1 memorial
W. Pearce
Co-partner or employee of the South Suburban Gas Company. Served but did not die in WW1.
War served, WW1
1 memorial
Private John Lynn, VC
Soldier. Born in Forest Hill, London. On 2nd May, 1915 near Ypres, the enemy was advancing behind a wave of poison gas. In spite of being almost overcome by the fumes, he turned his machine-gun aga...
1 memorial
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