artillery shell
Report a Mistake- Object Number 19390002-683
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Event
1914-1919 First World War
1917-1921 Russian Civil War - Affiliation --
- Artist / Maker / Manufacturer G. C.
- Date Made 1918
- Place of Use Continent - North America, Country - Canada
- Category Tools and equipment for science and technology
- Sub-category Armament, ammunition
- Department Arms and Technology
- Museum CWM
- Earliest 1918/01/01
- Latest 1918/12/31
- Brand Name / Model 18 Pdr
- Inscription (side/côté): LAST SHOT FIRED BY A CANADIAN UNIT IN THE WAR 67th BATY 16TH BRIGADE C.F.A. KURGOMEN. NORTH RUSSIA MAY 25TH 1919. C. SHARMAN. COL. 16TH BRIGADE. (bottom/desous): 18 PR II LOT 529 (broad arrow): /| /18 C G C; 6/18 No.1 P (broad arrow) /| L
- Materials Brass
- Branch Canadian Field Artillery
- Service Component Canadian Siberian Expeditionary Force
- Unit 67th Battery
- Measurements Height 29.3 cm, Outside Diameter 10.2 cm
- Caption The Last Shell Shot
- Additional Information The 67th Battery of the 16th Brigade, Canadian Field Artillery, reputedly fired this shell on 25 May 1919. Its commanding officer, Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Sharman, claimed it was the last Canadian shell fired in northern Russia.