Image showing shuttering for concrete and ladders.
It is annotated "Excavation & Concrete left bank of river 3-9-59"
Stamped on reverse "Richards Bros Penzance"
The cannon bears a crest and the title Le Comte de Vermandois. There was a French nobleman of this name, son of King Louis XIV, who was given the title Admiral of France, who died in 1683.
Members of the Territorial Army 'R' Battery 409 Coast Regiment (Cornwall) Royal Artillery Chyandour Barracks, Penzance. They formed part of the ceremonial guard at the Coronation of Elizabeth II in 1953. The Battery lined St. James' Street off…
General view of the excavation. Several men sitting amongst the rocks having a break, man in suit bottom right walking along marked poles. Harvest in bales at top left.
Annotated "General view of Excavation on left bank of river 6-7-59"
Stamped on…