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title: Mills Bomb Grenade
author: Imperial War Museums
source: https://www.worldhistory.org/image/21393/mills-bomb-grenade/
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license: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/)
updated: 2025-11-26
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# Mills Bomb Grenade

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## Image File

[![Mills Bomb Grenade](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/21393.png)](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/21393.png)

## Image Caption

A Mills Bomb hand grenade, developed and used by the British Army during the First World [War](https://www.worldhistory.org/disambiguation/War/) (1914-18). (Imperial War Museums)

## Cite This Work

### APA
Museums, I. W. (2025, November 26). Mills Bomb Grenade. *World History Encyclopedia*. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/21393/mills-bomb-grenade/>
### Chicago
Museums, Imperial War. "Mills Bomb Grenade." *World History Encyclopedia*, November 26, 2025. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/21393/mills-bomb-grenade/>.
### MLA
Museums, Imperial War. "Mills Bomb Grenade." *World History Encyclopedia*, 26 Nov 2025, <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/21393/mills-bomb-grenade/>.

## License & Copyright

[Original image](https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/30020035) by **Imperial War Museums**. Submitted by [Mark Cartwright](https://www.worldhistory.org/user/markzcartwright/ "User Page: Mark Cartwright"), published on 26 November 2025. The copyright holder has published this content under the following license: [Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/deed.en). This license lets others remix, tweak, and build upon this content non-commercially, as long as they credit the author and license their new creations under the identical terms. When republishing on the web a hyperlink back to the original content source URL must be included. Please note that content linked from this page may have different licensing terms.