A former army commander says gas masks made in Britain could help Ukrainians defend their country. Avon Protection, in Melksham, Wiltshire, makes "world-leading" masks, which are being requested ...

British soldiers wearing early gas masks. The masks were developed to protect soldiers from the poison gas used as a weapon by both sides. The gas masks which had been issued to British troops ...

Over 100,000 British Army soldiers died during the battle. A British Vickers machine gun crew wearing gas masks near Ovillers during the Battle of the Somme, 1916. The gun could fire around 500 ...