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
J. Adams
Co-partner or employee of the South Suburban Gas Company. Served but did not die in WW1.
War served, WW1
1 memorial
War served, WW1
1 memorial
Royal Arsenal Gatehouse
Also known as the Beresford Gate (after William Beresford, Master-General of the Ordnance and Governor of the Royal Military Academy in Woolwich), and was formerly the main entrance to the Royal Ar...
1 memorial
Rifleman Percival Thomas William Muzzell
Percival Thomas William Muzzell was born on 5 April 1896 at 7 Harrow Road, Paddington, London, the fifth of the nine children of Thomas William Muzzell (1859-1919) and Mary Ann Sophia Muzzell née O...
War dead, WW1
1 memorial
F. C. Backhouse
Co-partner or employee of the South Suburban Gas Company. Served but did not die in WW1.
War served, WW1
1 memorial