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• Jacket, sheepskin ('Bunny'): British

  (uniforms and insignia)

  Additional outer clothing made of animal hides were issued to soldiers on the Western Front during the winter of 1914-1915. Some were made of sheepskin, some of goatskin. Whilst effective in having good insulation properties, the men often referred to...

• Pagri (Turban) Indian Army

  (uniforms and insignia)

  First World War period Indian Army pagri (turban). The dress of the soldier serving in the Indian Army often reflected his race, religion and caste, and none moreso than his headdress. The turban (pagri, or lungi) could be worn in a variety of ways to...

• Cap, Service Dress (F/M Haig)

  (uniforms and insignia)

  This cap was worn by Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig KT GCB GCVO KCIE (1861-1928), Commander in Chief British Expeditionary Force, France & Flanders 1915-1918. Created Earl Haig in 1919.

• Sick and Dying: Man [Barratt] Sick with Tropical Ulcers and Fever, Three Days before Death, Thailand, 26 July 1943

  (art) Made by: Searle, Ronald William Fordham (artist) 1943-07-26

  image: A study of the head and shoulders of a sick and emaciated man lying in a bed. He is covered with a blanket, and his head is resting on a backpack.

• In the Jungle - Self Portrait, Konyu, Thailand Jungle, July 1943

  (art) Made by: Searle, Ronald William Fordham (artist) 1943

  image: A self portrait showing the artist in ragged uniform. He wears glasses, has a bandage round one arm and appears very thin.

• 'D' (HOWITZER) BATTERY OF CXVI BRIGADE, ROYAL FIELD ARTILLERY, IN THE SALONIKA CAMPAIGN 1915-1918

  part of "BEGG TONY (MR)" (photographs) 1917-02

  A British sniper preparing to fire from a front line trench (position C4) on La Tortue (Tortoise Hill), Doiran Front, February 1917.

• Pour Achever La Croisade du Droit - Souscrivez! [To Finish the Just Crusade - Subscribe!]

  (posters) Made by: Chavannaz, D (artist) 1918

  whole: the image occupies the majority of the poster surface, with the title incorporated and positioned upper left. Further text is placed across the top and bottom. image: Allied troops, mounted on horseback, drive the German eagle back towards a cloud...

• Emprunt National 1918 [National Loan 1918]

  (posters) Made by: Chavannaz, B (artist) 1918

  whole: the title and image are integrated, with the title positioned upper right, in black, and the image placed left. All held within a narrow black border. image: French and British soldiers sit upon a partially visible French tank, watching explosions...

• 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

• Arakan Campaign : Battle of Rathedaung, 1943

  (art) Made by: Gross, Anthony 1944

  image: an Indian soldier lies dead with his arms above his head in the thick undergrowth of the jungle. His Bren gun and helmet lie by his side. Through the jungle a river is just visible on the horizon.