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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM27Q1_iron-32-pounder-gun_London-England.html
This gun bears the monogram of King George II. It was recovered by the divers John and Charles Anthony Dean in 1834 from the wreck of the flagship HMS Royal George, which sank at her moorings at Spithead, off Portsmouth, Hampshire in 1782.
Brit…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM27Q0_iron-24-pounder-guns_London-England.html
These two guns were probably cast by John Fuller III at Heathfield, Sussex and proved at Woolwich in July 1747. They were part of a series of guns for the Irish Government and copied a much earlier design.
British, 1747
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM27PZ_iron-36-pounder-guns_London-England.html
These two guns formed part of the armament of a French ship captured by Earl Howe's fleet during his victory off Ushant, Holland on the 'Glorious First of June' 1794.
French, dated 1787
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM27PY_coldharbour-gate-tower-and-innermost-ward-wall_London-England.html
The Coldharbour Gate foundations and this ruined wall are all that survive of the formidable late-1230s defences built by Henry III to protect his royal palace. Coldharbour was later used as a prison, though it wasn't escape-proof. Alice Tankervil…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM27PX_captured-cannon_London-England.html
These bronze muzzle-loading guns form part of the Waterloo Battery, a set of eight guns captured and brought to the Tower by the Duke of Wellington after the battle of Waterloo in 1815. They fired a solid iron cannonball propelled by the explosio…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM27PW_british-25-pounder-field-gun-1943_London-England.html
Introduced in 1939, the 25 Pounder was the most numerous and famous British artillery gun of the Second World War. A 25 Pounder last fired on active service with the Special Air Service at Mirbat, Oman in 1972. The example displayed here was a sa…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM27PV_iron-32-pounder-gun_London-England.html
This gun was recovered by divers in 1841 from the wreck of HMS Edgar, which blew up and sank at Spithead, off Portsmouth, Hampshire in 1711. The condition of this gun barrel shows the effects of 130 years in the sea.
English, about 1700
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM27PU_iron-12-pounder-gun_London-England.html
This gun was probably cast by in Sussex by John Fuller II or III and it bears the monogram of King George II.
British, about 1745
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM27PN_the-white-tower-and-royal-armouries_London-England.html
William the Conqueror began building his great keep, known as the White Tower in the 1070s, and it was probably finished by his sons. They built the White Tower on this spot to frighten invaders arriving from the river and to intimidate the conque…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM27PM_the-white-tower-and-roman-city-wall_London-England.html
The Roman invaders under Emperor Claudius founded London and later built a wall around the city. This is the site of one of the turrets, a small tower that marked a change in the direction of the wall. The Romans later replaced the turret with a b…