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• Princess Mary's Gift Fund 1914 Box, Class A smokers

  (souvenirs and ephemera)

  Princess Mary's Gift Fund (1914) Box. The Gift Fund was inaugurated by Princess Mary in October 1914 to provide a gift for every serviceman at the front or at sea ('Class A') for the first Christmas of the War. The majority of gifts were for smokers and...

• Princess Mary's Gift Fund 1914 Box, Class A smokers

  (souvenirs and ephemera)

  Princess Mary's Gift Fund 1914 Box. The Gift Fund was inaugurated by Princess Mary in October 1914 to provide a gift for every serviceman at the front or at sea ('Class A') for the first Christmas of the First World War. The majority of gifts were for...

• 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.

• Puttees (long): O/Rs, British Army

  (uniforms and insignia)

  Puttees Long khaki wool woven puttees. Both have a khaki tape sewn to one end for tying around the soldier's leg.

• Steel Helmet, MKI Brodie

  (uniforms and insignia)

  helmet Bowl-shaped helmet of drab khaki painted finish (60% of finish remaining), having a mild steel rim to the edge. The chinstrap is of brown leather.

• Steel Helmet, MK1 Brodie

  (uniforms and insignia)

  helmet Bowl-shaped steel helmet with drab khaki textured paint finish, having a steel rim to the edging and fitted with a brown leather chinstrap.

• Boots, 1914 pattern ankle length, brown (O/Rs)

  (uniforms and insignia)

  boots Pair of steel studded brown leather ankle length boots.

• Britons. Join Your Country's Army!

  (posters) Made by: Leete, Alfred (artist) 1914

  whole: the image occupies the centre, with the title separate and positioned across the top edge, in red. The text is separate and positioned in the lower quarter, also in red. Further text is integrated and positioned lower right, in black. All set...

• 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...