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439:'s tomb in
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371:World War I
367:from 1901.
331:, 1899–1900
274:Indian Army
109:World War I
91:British Raj
1748:Categories
1700:RML 9-inch
1181:24-pounder
1175:12-pounder
1091:RML 9-inch
1081:RML 8-inch
1076:RML 7-inch
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472:Screw-Guns
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353:gunpowder
346:Kimberley
78:1879–1918
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1167:Congreve
673:Sidearms
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193:Shrapnel
131:Designed
120:Designer
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1269:of the
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731:Muskets
518:Ruffell
455:Romania
445:Romania
357:cordite
292:London.
280:History
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