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Trentham Camp guns; 24-pounder Royal Arsenal muzzle-loading cannon markings
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DescriptionThe gun has the markings of the Royal Arsenal near the breech; its second badge has not been identified, as it is out of focus in a picture of the markings, and the start of the Latin date is also illegible. It is described in a history of Trentham Camp as a brass 24-pounder, made in the Royal Gun Factory in 1855. They had arrived in New Zealand in 1861 and were used in the first Taranaki campaign of the New Zealand wars. The pair were at either side of the officers' mess entrance.
The carriages are for transport, not for firing.
gun's barrel markings are the Royal Arsenal's.
The date, by the trunnions, and the more distant badge (including a stylisedd 'P'?), have not been fully deciphered
The carriages are for transport, not for firing.
Date Taken7th December 1998
DescriptionThe gun has the markings of the Royal Arsenal near the breech; its second badge has not been identified, as it is out of focus in a picture of the markings, and the start of the Latin date is also illegible. It is described in a history of Trentham Camp as a brass 24-pounder, made in the Royal Gun Factory in 1855. They had arrived in New Zealand in 1861 and were used in the first Taranaki campaign of the New Zealand wars. The pair were at either side of the officers' mess entrance.The carriages are for transport, not for firing.
gun's barrel markings are the Royal Arsenal's.
The date, by the trunnions, and the more distant badge (including a stylisedd 'P'?), have not been fully deciphered
The carriages are for transport, not for firing.
Date Taken7th December 1998Depicts or relates to
PlaceTrentham Camp
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ReferencePlanner 41.12FormatKodak Gold 200-6 colour negativeSize36 x 24 mm original; 34 x 23 mm scanned
FormatKodak Gold 200-6 colour negativeSize36 x 24 mm original; 34 x 23 mm scannedScanned byDon McLeod
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Trentham Camp guns; 24-pounder Royal Arsenal muzzle-loading cannon markings. Upper Hutt Libraries, accessed 18/08/2026, https://uhcl.recollect.co.nz/nodes/view/29375