British Tommy with Arisaka.
A British soldier poses for a photograph in full battle order with his gas mask on. His gas mask being the P helmet, given to soldiers in 1915, crude but cutting edge at the time in the defence against gas attacks.
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A British soldier illustrating loading position with a Mosin for rifle drill instruction, North Russia, 1919.
A British soldier illustrating loading position with a Mosin for rifle drill instruction, North Russia, 1919.
Patron of the ‘Tommy’ café at Pozières, a village in the heart of the Somme battlefield.