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• direction sign, to Hell Fire Corner

  (equipment)

  Hell Fire Corner was a particularly dangerous point on the Menin Road on the eastern edge of the City of Ypres

• private purchase medical kit

  (equipment) Made by: Army & Navy Co-operative Society Ltd, London

  Privately purchased kit associated with the First World War service (in the British Army) of F C Levey

• Webbing, 1908 pattern (Battle Order)

  (equipment) Made by: Mills Equipment Company 1919

  Following the criticism of the Slade-Wallace equipment worn on campaign in South Africa during the Second Anglo-Boer War and its unsuitability for future service, the 1903 Pattern Bandolier Equipment was introduced. Although it had advantages over its...

• Grenade Carrier MKI (10 pocket) British

  (equipment)

  First World War period British Army equipment. Used by specialist 'bombers' in close-quarter trench fighting, the grenade carrier contained 10 No.5 Mills bombs, one to each pouch.

• personal equipment, British Army Officer's Sam Browne

  (equipment)

  Standard army officer's personal equipment.

• location sign, Menin Gate

  (equipment)

  First World War period British Army location sign: this was the original British Army sign erected at the Menin Gate, Ypres, Belgium. It was replaced in 1917 after being damaged. 'At the time of the Great War, there was no actual gate on the site. It was...

• rum jar, British

  (equipment)

  First World War period British Army rum jar marked with the letters 'SRD' which stood for 'Supply Reserve Depot'; other, more ironic, interpretations of the initials have included: 'Seldom Reaches Destination', 'Service Rum Diluted' and 'Soon Runs Dry...

• Respirator, Veil or Pad Type (British)

  (equipment)

  This early First World War British anti-gas 'respirator' consisted of a pad of cotton waste enclosed in a pad of muslin that was tied over the nose and mouth of the wearer. The pad was soaked in a solution of sodium hyposulphite, washing soda, glycerine...

• direction sign, Jerusalem

  (equipment)

  sign & backing canvas sign lettered in black on white, nailed to wooden board Polaroid photo in signs card index

• location sign, 'Yellow Line

  (equipment)

  First World War period signboard used by British forces in a captured German trench at Beaumont Hamel (on the Somme front). During a major offensive when the objective was to penetrate and capture the German front and supply lines, the enemy trenches...