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
Commemorated ati
Sir Hiram Maxim and his gun
Greater London Council Sir Hiram Maxim, 1840 - 1916, inventor and engineer d...
Other Subjects
War dead, WW1
1 memorial
Serjeant Edward James Brierley
Edward James Brierley was born 5 August 1888 in Marylebone, Middlesex (now Greater London), the eldest of the six children of Edward Brierley (1864-1944) and Emma Brierley née Clayton (1867-1945), ...
War dead, WW1
1 memorial
C. Tidy
Co-partner or employee of the South Suburban Gas Company. Served but did not die in WW1.
War served, WW1
1 memorial
Serjeant Ernest Harry Hann
Ernest Harry Hann was the fourth of the nine children of Harry Hann (1860-1903) and Harriet Annie Hann née Smith (1859-1923). His birth was registered in the 4th quarter of 1886 in the Islington re...
War dead, WW1
1 memorial
G. E. Woollett
Co-partner or employee of the South Suburban Gas Company. Served but did not die in WW1.
War served, WW1
1 memorial