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• Strombos Horn

  (equipment)

  First World War period British gas alarm horn. By May 1916, Strombos horns were positioned every quarter of a mile along the front line. The compressed air cylinder allowed the horn to be sounded for over a minute in the event of a gas attack.

• Respirator (Service) & Haversack (MkVIII)

  (equipment)

  Second World War period British Army issue respirator (gas mask). The Service Respirator was issued to all members of the armed forces as well as those in certain civil air raid precautions services whose duties might involve them working in areas of...

• Vermoral Sprayer

  (equipment)

  First World War period British 'Vermoral' sprayer used to neutralise trenches and dugouts contaminated with chlorine gas

• Boots, ankle length DMS

  (uniforms and insignia)

  Issued as a universal boot for all ranks from the early 1960s, the 'Boots, DMS' had a sole that was directly moulded to the leather upper. Reasonably comfortable for working dress they did have their practical difficulties when worn in the field....

• Boots, ankle length DMS

  (uniforms and insignia)

  Issued as a universal boot for all ranks from the early 1960s, the 'Boots, DMS' had a sole directly moulded to the leather upper. Reasonably comfortable for working dress they did have their practical difficulties when worn in the field. Unless worn with...

• launch tube GM Anti-Tank MILAN

  (weapons and ammunition) Made by: British Aerospace

  British service, made under licence from EuroMissile

• V2 Rocket Nose Fuze

  (weapons and ammunition)

  removed from MX/Second World War Exhibition/Case 66

• Shoes, Canvas (PT): British Army

  (uniforms and insignia)

  Canvas shoes were issued to all soldiers for physical training (PT), and were also worn by troops on troopships and when inside transport aircraft (to avoid damage from conventional studded boots), as well as when in hospital and within barracks when...

• steel helmet, MKII

  (uniforms and insignia)

  The standard steel helmet issued to all but specialist troops of the British Army (e.g. airborne forces, crews of armoured vehicles, despatch riders) until the replacement by the MKIII.

• Steel Helmet, MKII, British

  (uniforms and insignia)

  The standard steel helmet issued to all but specialist troops of the British Army (e.g. airborne forces, crews of armoured vehicles, despatch riders) until the replacement by the MKIII.