White Hopes and Little Lillies

• by panjandrum

  6 June 1915, 1 Btn Royal Fusiliers near Ypres:
  "Shelled intermittently all day with White Hopes and Little Lillies."

  I have no idea what these are and I can't find anything about them by Googling or searching here.

  Help!

  Posted February 3, 2014 4:35 PM

• by HeatherC moderator

  Been asked before http://talk.operationwardiary.org/#/boards/BWD000000e/discussions/DWD000039e

  Anyone know for sure?

  Posted February 3, 2014 6:19 PM

• by davidreaney4aol.com

  Auckland Star 4 June 1915 has an article entitled "Stricken Ypres" with a paragraph entitled "Guns with comedy names"........there is the The Pipsqueak, the Little Willie, The White Hope, The Mother and the Grandmother.The biggest howitzer is Archie used for anti-aircraft purposes.

  http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&d=AS19150604.2.59&e=-------10--1----0--

  Posted February 9, 2014 11:21 PM