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Gas Mask Collection

Background imageGas Mask Collection: SAS A model in full SAS combat kit. Posed by model. 29th September 1988

SAS A model in full SAS combat kit. Posed by model. 29th September 1988

Background imageGas Mask Collection: A gas mask for the use of people who breathe through a tracheal tube in the throat has

A gas mask for the use of people who breathe through a tracheal tube in the throat has been designed by Inspector S.E. Bentley, the Derby A.R.P. organiser, and Mr. H. Hall, the head warden for No

Background imageGas Mask Collection: World War Two, evacuation of children. Written in the faces of these children

World War Two, evacuation of children. Written in the faces of these children, setting off to safety is a tale of fears and doubts hardly formed in their bewildered minds

Background imageGas Mask Collection: A girl telephonist at the main A. R. P. control centre of Liverpool operating her phone

A girl telephonist at the main A. R. P. control centre of Liverpool operating her phone
A girl telephonist at the main A.R.P. control centre of Liverpool operating her phone while wearing a gas mask. 13th April 1941

Background imageGas Mask Collection: In the N. B. C. (nuclear biological) suit holding the new S. A. 80

In the N. B. C. (nuclear biological) suit holding the new S. A. 80
In the N.B.C. (nuclear biological) suit holding the new S.A.80. weapon, Private Wayne Robson of the 5th Battalion Sherwood Foresters. January 1985 P035496

Background imageGas Mask Collection: Women give a demonstration on the proper use of gas masks at Hendon

Women give a demonstration on the proper use of gas masks at Hendon. 19th September 1939

Background imageGas Mask Collection: Airmen of the Second Tactical Air Force Bomb Disposal Flight

Airmen of the Second Tactical Air Force Bomb Disposal Flight, assisted in clearing the streets and houses of the ruined city of Caen, Normandy of booby traps left by the fleeing Germans

Background imageGas Mask Collection: Gas masks are distributed and fitted at the Broad Street offices of Birminghams A. R

Gas masks are distributed and fitted at the Broad Street offices of Birminghams A. R
Gas masks are distributed and fitted at the Broad Street offices of Birminghams A.R.P. service. As demand for gas mask rise as tension between Germany and Poland rises 28th August 1939

Background imageGas Mask Collection: Gas masks are distributed from the Broad Street offices of Birminghams A. R. P

Gas masks are distributed from the Broad Street offices of Birminghams A. R. P
Gas masks are distributed from the Broad Street offices of Birminghams A.R.P. service. As demand for gas mask rise as tension between Germany and Poland rises 28th August 1939

Background imageGas Mask Collection: Voluntary workers seen here assembling gas mask boxes at the Broad Street offices of

Voluntary workers seen here assembling gas mask boxes at the Broad Street offices of Birminghams A.R.P. service. As demand for gas mask rise as tension between Germany

Background imageGas Mask Collection: Fulham Council have instructed their employees to wear their respirators for ten minutes

Fulham Council have instructed their employees to wear their respirators for ten minutes a day. 21st February 1941

Background imageGas Mask Collection: Soldiers in gas masks doing army training. World War Two had just broken out only three

Soldiers in gas masks doing army training. World War Two had just broken out only three weeks earlier when this picture was taken. Picture taken 27th September 1939

Background imageGas Mask Collection: Firemen The London Fire Brigade. Checking their oxygen masks during the Blitz

Firemen The London Fire Brigade. Checking their oxygen masks during the Blitz on London. World War Two.. No actual date for this picture, but Mirrorpix will suggest 29th December 1940

Background imageGas Mask Collection: The Womens Auxiliary Air Force (WaF) in South Africa

The Womens Auxiliary Air Force (WaF) in South Africa. They are having a Gas Mask drill. Picture taken circa 1st May 1943

Background imageGas Mask Collection: Training for what might become an attack on the city of Liverpool. January 1937

Training for what might become an attack on the city of Liverpool. January 1937. Indeed, World War Two in just two years on from this picture

Background imageGas Mask Collection: Invasion exercise in the Cardiff area. April 1942

Invasion exercise in the Cardiff area. April 1942

Background imageGas Mask Collection: Some of the mothers who called at the Carnegie Institute, Hunters Road

Some of the mothers who called at the Carnegie Institute, Hunters Road, Hockley for the free issue of respirator helmets for their babies. 18th September 1939

Background imageGas Mask Collection: An ex serviceman of the last war sitting in Parliament Square with his gas mask

An ex serviceman of the last war sitting in Parliament Square with his gas mask and thinking of the war that had just been announced. 4th September 1939

Background imageGas Mask Collection: Members of the Western Mails A. P. R team at gas mask drill. 29th September 1938

Members of the Western Mails A. P. R team at gas mask drill. 29th September 1938
Members of the Western Mails A.P.R team at gas mask drill. 29th September 1938

Background imageGas Mask Collection: A warden fitting context masking tape to a civilian air respirator commonly known as a

A warden fitting context masking tape to a civilian air respirator commonly known as a gas mask. 22nd May 1940

Background imageGas Mask Collection: Gas masked anti-tank gun crews in a training exercise prior to the outbreak of WWII

Gas masked anti-tank gun crews in a training exercise prior to the outbreak of WWII. 9th October 1939

Background imageGas Mask Collection: Tear gas exercise held in Brighton, during which police

Tear gas exercise held in Brighton, during which police, ARP and other workers wore their respirators. Tear gas was released in one sector of the town

Background imageGas Mask Collection: The new gas chamber for testing gas masks on the roof of Guildhall

The new gas chamber for testing gas masks on the roof of Guildhall, Kingston on the Thames, to reassure nervous people. They go in worried and come out happy. 28th September 1939

Background imageGas Mask Collection: Attacking aircraft with a Bren gun somewhere in England. 30th September 1939

Attacking aircraft with a Bren gun somewhere in England. 30th September 1939

Background imageGas Mask Collection: An employee of Blundell Spence, paint manufacturers, in Hull is seen here at work wearing

An employee of Blundell Spence, paint manufacturers, in Hull is seen here at work wearing an employees gas mask

Background imageGas Mask Collection: East Hull Auxiliary Fire Service seen here training. Circa 1940

East Hull Auxiliary Fire Service seen here training. Circa 1940

Background imageGas Mask Collection: A special series of photographs taken to illustrate the preparedness of the Home Guards

A special series of photographs taken to illustrate the preparedness of the Home Guards. They were all taken in the Dover and Folkestone area

Background imageGas Mask Collection: Its tin hat and gas mask time for brothers David, left, and Steven Brown

Its tin hat and gas mask time for brothers David, left, and Steven Brown, visiting a Cleveland Museum. Although at ten and seven years respectively they re a few decades short of remembering

Background imageGas Mask Collection: A cleaner seen here spraying a pesticide to kill germs during a routine cleansing of

A cleaner seen here spraying a pesticide to kill germs during a routine cleansing of the bus at a London Transport garage. 30th May 1935

Background imageGas Mask Collection: A cleaner seen here spraying a pesticide to kill germs during a routine cleansing of

A cleaner seen here spraying a pesticide to kill germs during a routine cleansing of the bus at a London Transport garage. 30th May 1935

Background imageGas Mask Collection: Wallsend scholars of Richardson Dees school were quite happy at the prospect of living

Wallsend scholars of Richardson Dees school were quite happy at the prospect of living in the county as they set out for Ponteland district during the evacuation of the borough schools today

Background imageGas Mask Collection: South Shields mothers and young children in cheerful mood

South Shields mothers and young children in cheerful mood, marching to the station for evacuation to the country. 9th September 1939

Background imageGas Mask Collection: Safe and Happy - The happy faces of these Cowgate, Newcastle

Safe and Happy - The happy faces of these Cowgate, Newcastle, children give reassurances that they are safe and enjoying their new surroundings after being evacuated

Background imageGas Mask Collection: A Klaxon horn which warns against gas attacks on French trenches during World War One

A Klaxon horn which warns against gas attacks on French trenches during World War One. circa 1916

Background imageGas Mask Collection: World War II April 1939 - The Sunshine Home for blind babies at East Grinstead Sussex

World War II April 1939 - The Sunshine Home for blind babies at East Grinstead Sussex. Wearing these respirators, they follow in line hand in shoulders, they are blind

Background imageGas Mask Collection: Army Medics Training For Gulf War October 1990

Army Medics Training For Gulf War October 1990

Background imageGas Mask Collection: Munition Girls Fire Brigade in regulation uniform during World War One. Circa 1916

Munition Girls Fire Brigade in regulation uniform during World War One. Circa 1916

Background imageGas Mask Collection: World War One - The stands of a Tottenham Hotspur football ground have been turned into

World War One - The stands of a Tottenham Hotspur football ground have been turned into a workshop, making gas masks helmets and other protective equipment

Background imageGas Mask Collection: Air Raid Warden sounds her gas rattle in Kingston upon Thames during a gas alarm

Air Raid Warden sounds her gas rattle in Kingston upon Thames during a gas alarm April 1941

Background imageGas Mask Collection: British soldier wearing chemical warfare suit August 1990 at RAF Coltishall

British soldier wearing chemical warfare suit August 1990 at RAF Coltishall, of the type used in the Gulf War

Background imageGas Mask Collection: One of Coventrys A. R. P. wardens in full proctective clothing. 6th May 1941

One of Coventrys A. R. P. wardens in full proctective clothing. 6th May 1941
One of Coventrys A.R.P. wardens in full proctective clothing. 6th May 1941

Background imageGas Mask Collection: On S. A.s man in comfort equipment in England. February 1981 P035511

On S. A.s man in comfort equipment in England. February 1981 P035511
On S.A.S man in comfort equipment in England. February 1981 P035511

Background imageGas Mask Collection: The fire and rescue team practicing to revive a miner overpowered at the coal face

The fire and rescue team practicing to revive a miner overpowered at the coal face. 18th July 1937

Background imageGas Mask Collection: Volunteer ambulance drivers wearing gas masks as they practice attending to a '

Volunteer ambulance drivers wearing gas masks as they practice attending to a " victim" as part of their training in the countryside shortly before the oubreak of the Second World War

Background imageGas Mask Collection: Dr Alistair Hay wearing chemical warfare suit August 1990 of the type used in the Gulf

Dr Alistair Hay wearing chemical warfare suit August 1990 of the type used in the Gulf War holding syringe filled with chemical warfare antidote

Background imageGas Mask Collection: A soldier wears a gas mask in training Oct 1990 during the Gulf crisis

A soldier wears a gas mask in training Oct 1990 during the Gulf crisis

Background imageGas Mask Collection: World War One - Canadian Medical Corp with wounded on stretcher wearing gas masks. 1918

World War One - Canadian Medical Corp with wounded on stretcher wearing gas masks. 1918

Background imageGas Mask Collection: WW2 First gas proof chamber for animals invented by Mr C H Gaunt

WW2 First gas proof chamber for animals invented by Mr C H Gaunt, Chief Technical Superintendent of the Peoples Dispensary for Sick Animals



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