This gas-masked sentry crawling from the sand-bagged parapet of his post is fully equipped to cope with any gas attach that might be launched on London, and were the capital of the empire swept by gas in a new war. his uniform would be standard equipment. He is pictured in action during air raid precaution demonstrations staged at Wellington Barracks by the Coldstream and Grenadier Guards. No brilliant uniforms and glittering parade ground display here: this is the outfit in which war is waged.
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Waikato Times, Volume 122, Issue 20464, 2 April 1938, Page 12
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84This gas-masked sentry crawling from the sand-bagged parapet of his post is fully equipped to cope with any gas attach that might be launched on London, and were the capital of the empire swept by gas in a new war. his uniform would be standard equipment. He is pictured in action during air raid precaution demonstrations staged at Wellington Barracks by the Coldstream and Grenadier Guards. No brilliant uniforms and glittering parade ground display here: this is the outfit in which war is waged. Waikato Times, Volume 122, Issue 20464, 2 April 1938, Page 12
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