Trousers, Black Drill, Working Dress: Royal Tank Corps
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Physical description
Pair of full-length trousers of black drill featuring a fly-front, three belt loops, vertical hip pockets, front-mounted patch pocket to the upper left leg with a concealed button flap and cuff straps fastened by a double-pronged brass buckle. All buttons are of the brass dish-shaped type.
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The two-piece black drill working dress for members of the Royal Tank Corps was introduced by Army Council Instruction 120 in 1935.
The Second World War was the most destructive conflict in human history. Years of international tension and aggressive expansion by Fascist Italy and Nazi Germany culminated in the German invasion of Poland on 1 September 1939. Britain and France declared war on Germany two days later.
Military conflict took place during every year of the 20th Century. There were only short periods of time that the world was free of war. The total number of deaths caused by war during the 20th Century has been estimated at 187 million and is probably higher.
