THERE'S new artillery outside Maldon's Combined Military Services Museum (CMSM) - a BL 5.5-inch medium Howitzer, to be precise!

The classic artillery gun, which saw active service in the Second World War arrived at the museum in Station Road last Tuesday (27 July), having being donated by Imperial War Museum (IMW) Duxford.

Along with the famous 25-pounder field gun, the 5.5-inch gun was the mainstay of British artillery batteries during WW2. The gun type continued in use with British Territorial Army (TA) regiments until 1980.

A spokesperson for the CMSM said: "The piece looks like it has been sat outside some military barracks.

"It has some regimental insignia painted on the barrel, but we are not sure yet which regiment or unit it belonged to. A photo of the insignia is shown below, so please feel free to email us if you know anything about this gun.

"We want to thank the IWM for the piece and the lorry driver who managed – after some struggle – to get the gun off the lorry and into place."

If you have any information about the gun's insignia, you can email: https://cmsm.co.uk/contact

For more information on the museum, visiting and events you can find the Combined Military Services Museum at the link here.