A British Expeditionary Force Armour. (October 2014)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Richardson, Thom
• Is Part Of: Arms & armour. Volume 11:Number 2(2014)
• Page Start: 142
• Page End: 146
• Publication Date: 2014-10
• Subjects: Armor -- History -- Periodicals; Weapons -- History -- Periodicals; 623.405
• DOI: 10.1179/1741612414Z.00000000038
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1741-6124

Abstract

<abstract> <title> <x content-type="archive" xml:space="preserve">Abstract</x> </title> <sec> <p>The First World War saw a widespread reintroduction of helmets and body armour onto the battlefield. In England numerous companies made different forms of armour for private purchase. A particularly rare type, the British Expeditionary Force armour, is represented in the Royal Armouries by an example whose owner, a private soldier who survived the latter stages of the war, went on to an illustrious military career as a Lieutenant Colonel in the Royal Berkshire Regiment.</p> </sec> </abstract>