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This interesting new video on ‘The Whitworth Guns: British Artillery at Gettysburg’ has just been published.
On Oak Hill at Gettysburg with two British imported Whitworth cannons to discuss the development of the Whitworth and British imports in the American Civil War.
Pattern 1863 Enfield-Whitworth Short Rifle of which something over 8,200 were manufactured during 1863 and 1864 for trials. If you own such a rifle, or the 1862 Enfield-Whitworth, please get in touch.
Whitworth Research Project – database management summary 2024.
This piece, one of a pair, was held by Royal Air Force Calshot until its closure in 1964. It was handed to the Royal Air Force Andover for display at Headquarters Maintenance Command. Whitworth, number 315, is now part of the Royal Armouries collection at Fort Nelson, UK.