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Leather Containers. Cordite Carriers? Please help.

They look like a variation on the Clarkson case and other charge carriers used by RN.
British ones usually had a calibre marked on them. The navy had the same calibre, although the gun may change, for a hundred years or more.
The cases never wore out and were used with BL charges when naval guns were being served and in RNADs. A popular calibre was 4.5".
Pictures of some can be found towards the back of BR 932, which is in downloads
 
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