Picture No | 10731027 |
Date | 1917 |
Description | Gas-masked horse and horseman at Aldershot |
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Owing to the increased of poison-gas in World War One, soldiers were trained in the usage of gas-masks in centres, in England, before being allowed to go to the front. Shown here are horse and horsemen in gas-masks, while taking part in an Aldershot military-efficiency competition.
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Source | Photograph by S and G in 'The Illustrated War News', 10 October 1917, page 29 |
Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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