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The British Army used a variety of standardized battle uniforms and weapons during World War I. According to the British official historian Brigadier James E. Edmonds writing in 1925, "The British Army of 1914 was the best trained best equipped and best organized British Army ever sent to war".[1]

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  1. 110 relations: Ammunition boot, Attacks on High Wood, Balmoral bonnet, Bandolier, Bayonet, BL 12-inch railway gun, BL 14-inch railway gun, BL 6-inch gun Mk XIX, BL 6-inch Mk VII naval gun, BL 60-pounder gun, BL 9.2-inch railway gun, Black Veil Respirator, Brigadier (United Kingdom), British Army, British Army during the First World War, British Expeditionary Force (World War I), British heavy tanks of the First World War, Brodie helmet, Canadian Expeditionary Force, Canvas, Carbine, Carbon dioxide, Cartridge (firearms), Celluloid, Cigarette, Cluny Macpherson (physician), Counter-battery fire, Coventry, Douai, Drab (color), Draft horse, Entrenching tool, Field dressing (bandage), First Lord of the Admiralty, Franc, French colonial empire, Full dress uniform, George V, German spring offensive, Glengarry, Greatcoat, Haversack, Herbert Plumer, 1st Viscount Plumer, Highland dress, History of the Great War, Hobnail, Holt tractor, Hotchkiss M1909 Benét–Mercié machine gun, Hypo helmet, Jam tin grenade, ... Expand index (60 more) »

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  5. World War I military equipment of the United Kingdom

Ammunition boot

Ammunition boots are a form of military footwear. British Army uniform and equipment in World War I and Ammunition boot are British military uniforms.

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Attacks on High Wood

The Attacks on High Wood, near Bazentin le Petit in the Somme département of northern France, took place between the British Fourth Army and the German 1st Army during the Battle of the Somme.

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Balmoral bonnet

The Balmoral bonnet (in Scottish English or Balmoral cap otherwise, and formerly called the Kilmarnock bonnet) is a traditional Scottish hat that can be worn as part of formal or informal Highland dress. British Army uniform and equipment in World War I and Balmoral bonnet are British military uniforms.

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Bandolier

A bandolier or a bandoleer is a pocketed belt for holding either individual cartridges, belts of ammunition or grenades.

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Bayonet

A bayonet (from Old French bayonette, now spelt baïonnette) is a knife, dagger, sword, or spike-shaped melee weapon designed to be mounted on the end of the barrel of a rifle, carbine, musket or similar long firearm, allowing the gun to be used as an improvised spear in close combats.

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BL 12-inch railway gun

The British Ordnance BL 12 inch gun Mk IX on truck, railway mounted surplus 12 inch Mk IX W naval guns, manufactured by Woolwich Arsenal in 1906, on various railway platforms to provide mobile long-range heavy artillery for the British Army on the Western Front in World War I.

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BL 14-inch railway gun

Ordnance BL 14-inch gun on truck, railway were 2 British 14-inch Mk IIIMk III.

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BL 6-inch gun Mk XIX

The British BL 6-inch gun Mk XIXI.e. Mark 19: Britain at the time designated Marks (models) of ordnance using Roman numerals.

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BL 6-inch Mk VII naval gun

The BL 6-inch gun Mark VII (and the related Mk VIII) was a British naval gun dating from 1899, which was mounted on a heavy travelling carriage in 1915 for British Army service to become one of the main heavy field guns in the First World War, and also served as one of the main coast defence guns throughout the British Empire until the 1950s.

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BL 60-pounder gun

The Ordnance BL 60-pounder was a British 5 inch (127 mm) heavy field gun designed in 1903–05 to provide a new capability that had been partially met by the interim QF 4.7 inch Gun.

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BL 9.2-inch railway gun

The British Ordnance BL 9.2 inch gun on truck, railway mounted a variety of surplus 9.2 inch naval guns, together with the custom-designed Mk XIII railway gun, on various railway platforms to provide mobile long-range heavy artillery on the Western Front in World War I. Mk XIII remained in service for British home defence in World War II.

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Black Veil Respirator

The Black Veil Respirator was an early British gas mask designed by John Scott Haldane and introduced in May 1915. British Army uniform and equipment in World War I and Black Veil Respirator are world War I military equipment of the United Kingdom.

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Brigadier (United Kingdom)

Brigadier (Brig) is a senior rank in the British Army and the Royal Marines.

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British Army

The British Army is the principal land warfare force of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies, a part of the British Armed Forces along with the Naval Service and the Royal Air Force.

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British Army during the First World War

The British Army during the First World War fought the largest and most costly war in its long history. British Army uniform and equipment in World War I and British Army during the First World War are British Army in World War I and British Empire in World War I.

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British Expeditionary Force (World War I)

The British Expeditionary Force (BEF) was the six divisions the British Army sent to the Western Front during the First World War.

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British heavy tanks of the First World War

British heavy tanks were a series of related armoured fighting vehicles developed by the UK during the First World War.

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Brodie helmet

The Brodie helmet is a steel combat helmet designed and patented in London in 1915 by Latvian inventor John Leopold Brodie (Leopolds Janno Braude).

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Canadian Expeditionary Force

The Canadian Expeditionary Force (CEF) was the expeditionary field force of Canada during the First World War.

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Canvas

Canvas is an extremely durable plain-woven fabric used for making sails, tents, marquees, backpacks, shelters, as a support for oil painting and for other items for which sturdiness is required, as well as in such fashion objects as handbags, electronic device cases, and shoes.

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Carbine

A carbine is a long gun that has a barrel shortened from its original length.

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Carbon dioxide

Carbon dioxide is a chemical compound with the chemical formula.

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Cartridge (firearms)

A cartridge, also known as a round, is a type of pre-assembled firearm ammunition packaging a projectile (bullet, shot, or slug), a propellant substance (smokeless powder, black powder substitute, or black powder) and an ignition device (primer) within a metallic, paper, or plastic case that is precisely made to fit within the barrel chamber of a breechloading gun, for convenient transportation and handling during shooting.

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Celluloid

Celluloids are a class of materials produced by mixing nitrocellulose and camphor, often with added dyes and other agents.

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Cigarette

A cigarette is a narrow cylinder containing a combustible material, typically tobacco, that is rolled into thin paper for smoking.

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Cluny Macpherson (physician)

Colonel Cluny Macpherson (March 18, 1879 – November 16, 1966) was a physician and the inventor of an early gas mask.

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Counter-battery fire

Counter-battery fire (sometimes called counter-fire) is a battlefield tactic employed to defeat the enemy's indirect fire elements (multiple rocket launchers, artillery and mortars), including their target acquisition, as well as their command and control components.

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Coventry

Coventry is a cathedral city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands county, in England, on the River Sherbourne.

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Douai

Douai (Doï; Dowaai; formerly spelled Douay or Doway in English) is a city in the Nord département in northern France.

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Drab (color)

Drab is a dull, light-brown color.

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Draft horse

A draft horse (US) or draught horse (UK), also known as dray horse, carthorse, work horse or heavy horse, is a large horse bred to be a working animal hauling freight and doing heavy agricultural tasks such as plowing.

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An entrenching tool (UK), intrenching tool (US), E-tool, or trenching tool is a digging tool used by military forces for a variety of military purposes.

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Field dressing (bandage)

A field dressing or battle dressing is a kind of bandage intended to be carried by soldiers for immediate use in case of (typically gunshot) wounds.

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First Lord of the Admiralty

The First Lord of the Admiralty, or formally the Office of the First Lord of the Admiralty, was the political head of the English and later British Royal Navy.

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Franc

The franc is any of various units of currency.

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French colonial empire

The French colonial empire comprised the overseas colonies, protectorates, and mandate territories that came under French rule from the 16th century onward.

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Full dress uniform

Full dress uniform, also known as a ceremonial dress uniform or parade dress uniform, is the most formal type of uniforms used by military, police, fire and other public uniformed services for official parades, ceremonies, and receptions, including private ones such as marriages and funerals.

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George V

George V (George Frederick Ernest Albert; 3 June 1865 – 20 January 1936) was King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions, and Emperor of India, from 6 May 1910 until his death in 1936.

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German spring offensive

The German spring offensive, also known as Kaiserschlacht ("Kaiser's Battle") or the Ludendorff offensive, was a series of German attacks along the Western Front during the First World War, beginning on 21 March 1918.

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Glengarry

The Glengarry bonnet is a traditional Scots cap made of thick-milled woollen material, decorated with a toorie on top, frequently a rosette cockade on the left side, and ribbons hanging behind. British Army uniform and equipment in World War I and Glengarry are British military uniforms.

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Greatcoat

A greatcoat (also watchcoat) is a large, woollen overcoat designed for warmth and protection against wind and weather, and features a collar that can be turned up and cuffs that can be turned down to protect the face and the hands, whilst the short rain-cape at the shoulders protects from the wind and repels rain.

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Haversack

A haversack, musette bag, or small pack is a bag with a single shoulder strap.

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Herbert Plumer, 1st Viscount Plumer

Field Marshal Herbert Charles Onslow Plumer, 1st Viscount Plumer, (13 March 1857 – 16 July 1932) was a senior British Army officer of the First World War.

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Highland dress

Highland dress is the traditional, regional dress of the Highlands and Isles of Scotland.

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History of the Great War

The History of the Great War Based on Official Documents by Direction of the Committee of Imperial Defence (abbreviated to History of the Great War or British Official History) is a series of concerning the war effort of the British state during the First World War.

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Hobnail

In footwear, a hobnail is a short nail with a thick head used to increase the durability of boot soles or provide traction.

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Holt tractor

The Holt tractors were a range of continuous track haulers built by the Holt Manufacturing Company of Stockton, California which were named after company founder Benjamin Holt.

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Hotchkiss M1909 Benét–Mercié machine gun

The Hotchkiss M1909 machine gun was a light machine gun of the early 20th century that was developed and built by Hotchkiss et Cie.

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Hypo helmet

The Hypo helmet, or British Smoke Hood (its official name), was an early British World War I gas mask, designed by Cluny Macpherson. British Army uniform and equipment in World War I and Hypo helmet are world War I military equipment of the United Kingdom.

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Jam tin grenade

The double cylinder, Nos.

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James Edward Edmonds

Brigadier-General Sir James Edward Edmonds (25 December 1861 – 2 August 1956) was an officer of the Royal Engineers in the late-Victorian era British Army who worked in the Intelligence Division, took part in the creation of the forerunner of MI5 and promoted several spy scares, which failed to impress Richard Haldane, the Secretary of State for War (1905–1912).

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Khaki

The color khaki is a light shade of tan with a slight yellowish tinge.

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Khaki drill

Khaki drill (KD) is the British military term for a type of fabric and the military uniforms made from them. British Army uniform and equipment in World War I and Khaki drill are British military uniforms.

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Kilt

A kilt (fèileadh) is a garment resembling a wrap-around knee-length cloth, made of twill-woven worsted wool with heavy pleats at the sides and back and traditionally a tartan pattern.

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Krupp

Friedrich Krupp AG Hoesch-Krupp (formerly Friedrich Krupp GmbH), trading as Krupp, was the largest company in Europe at the beginning of the 20th century as well as Germany's premier weapons manufacturer during both world wars.

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Landship Committee

The Landship Committee was a small British committee formed during the First World War to develop armoured fighting vehicles for use on the Western Front.

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Latrine

A latrine is a toilet or an even simpler facility that is used as a toilet within a sanitation system.

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Lee–Enfield

The Lee–Enfield is a bolt-action, magazine-fed repeating rifle that served as the main firearm of the military forces of the British Empire and Commonwealth during the first half of the 20th century, and was the standard service rifle of the British Armed Forces from its official adoption in 1895 until 1957.

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Lewis gun

The Lewis gun (or Lewis automatic machine gun or Lewis automatic rifle) is a First World War–era light machine gun.

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Light machine gun

A light machine gun (LMG) is a light-weight machine gun designed to be operated by a single infantryman, with or without an assistant, as an infantry support weapon.

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List of aircraft of the Royal Flying Corps

This is a list of aircraft used by the Royal Flying Corps (RFC) from 13 April 1912, when it was formed from the Air Battalion Royal Engineers, until 1 April 1918 when it was merged with the Royal Naval Air Service (RNAS) to form the Royal Air Force (RAF).

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Machine Gun Corps

The Machine Gun Corps (MGC) was a corps of the British Army, formed in October 1915 in response to the need for more effective use of machine guns on the Western Front in the First World War.

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Magazine (firearms)

A magazine, often simply called a mag, is an ammunition storage and feeding device for a repeating firearm, either integral within the gun (internal/fixed magazine) or externally attached (detachable magazine).

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Mark IX tank

The Mark IX tank was a British armoured fighting vehicle from the First World War.

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Medium Mark A Whippet

The Medium Mark A Whippet was a medium tank employed by the British in World War I. Intended for fast mobile assaults, it was intended to complement the slower British heavy tanks by using its relative mobility and speed in exploiting any break in the enemy lines.

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Mess kit

A mess kit is a collection of silverware and cookware designed for use by military personnel for food and military rations.

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Mills bomb

"Mills bomb" is the popular name for a series of British hand grenades which were designed by William Mills.

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Mortar (weapon)

A mortar today is usually a simple, lightweight, man-portable, muzzle-loaded cannon, consisting of a smooth-bore (although some models use a rifled barrel) metal tube fixed to a base plate (to spread out the recoil) with a lightweight bipod mount and a sight.

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No. 1 grenade

The Grenade, Hand, No.

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Noel Birch

General Sir James Frederick Noel Birch (29 December 1865 – 3 February 1939) was a British Royal Artillery officer during the Second Boer War and World War I and subsequently Master-General of the Ordnance.

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Other ranks (UK)

Other ranks (ORs) in the Royal Marines (RM), the British Army, and the Royal Air Force (RAF), along with the navies, armies, and air forces of many other Commonwealth countries and the Republic of Ireland, are those personnel who are not commissioned officers, but usually include non-commissioned officers (NCOs).

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Pattern 1907 bayonet

The Pattern 1907 bayonet, officially called the Sword bayonet, pattern 1907 (Mark I), is an out-of-production British bayonet designed to be used with the Short Magazine Lee Enfield (SMLE) rifle.

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Puttee

Close-up of a World War I era United States Army infantryman's puttees A puttee (also spelled puttie, adapted from the Hindi paṭṭī, meaning "bandage") is a covering for the lower part of the leg from the ankle to the knee, also known as: legwraps, leg bindings, winingas and Wickelbänder etc.

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QF 13-pounder gun

The Ordnance QF 13-pounder (quick-firing) field gun was the standard equipment of the British and Canadian Royal Horse Artillery at the outbreak of World War I.

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QF 18-pounder gun

The Ordnance QF 18-pounder,British military traditionally denoted smaller ordnance by the weight of its standard projectile, in this case approximately or simply 18-pounder gun, was the standard British Empire field gun of the First World War-era.

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QF 6-pounder Hotchkiss

The Ordnance QF Hotchkiss 6 pounder gun Mk I and Mk II or QF 6 pounder 8 cwt were a family of long-lived light naval guns introduced in 1885 to defend against new, small and fast vessels such as torpedo boats and later submarines.

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Railway gun

A railway gun, also called a railroad gun, is a large artillery piece, often surplus naval artillery, mounted on, transported by, and fired from a specially designed railway wagon.

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Recruitment to the British Army during World War I

At the beginning of 1914 the British Army had a reported strength of 710,000 men including reserves, of which around 80,000 were professional soldiers ready for war. British Army uniform and equipment in World War I and Recruitment to the British Army during World War I are British Army in World War I.

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Remington Arms

Remington Arms Company, LLC, was an American manufacturer of firearms and ammunition.

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Royal Field Artillery

The Royal Field Artillery (RFA) of the British Army provided close artillery support for the infantry.

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Royal Garrison Artillery

The Royal Garrison Artillery (RGA) was formed in 1899 as a distinct arm of the British Army's Royal Regiment of Artillery serving alongside the other two arms of the Regiment, the Royal Field Artillery (RFA) and the Royal Horse Artillery (RHA).

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Royal Horse Artillery

The Royal Horse Artillery (RHA) was formed in 1793 as a distinct arm of the Royal Regiment of Artillery (commonly termed Royal Artillery) to provide horse artillery support to the cavalry units of the British Army.

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Royal Newfoundland Regiment

The Royal Newfoundland Regiment (R NFLD R) is a Primary Reserve infantry regiment of the Canadian Army.

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Royal Ordnance Factory

Royal Ordnance Factories (ROFs) were munitions factories run by the UK government during and after the Second World War.

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Royal Tank Regiment

The Royal Tank Regiment (RTR) is the oldest tank unit in the world, being formed by the British Army in 1916 during the First World War.

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Second Battle of Ypres

During the First World War, the Second Battle of Ypres was fought from for control of the tactically important high ground to the east and south of the Flemish town of Ypres in western Belgium.

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Second Boer War

The Second Boer War (Tweede Vryheidsoorlog,, 11 October 189931 May 1902), also known as the Boer War, Anglo–Boer War, or South African War, was a conflict fought between the British Empire and the two Boer republics (the South African Republic and Orange Free State) over the Empire's influence in Southern Africa.

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Small box respirator

The Small Box Respirator (SBC) was a British gas mask of the First World War and a successor to the Large Box Respirator.

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Sniper rifle

A sniper rifle is a high-precision, long-range rifle.

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Speedloader

A speedloader is a device used to reduce the time and effort needed to reload a firearm.

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Sporran

The sporran (Scottish Gaelic for 'purse'), a traditional part of male Scottish Highland dress, is a pouch that functions as a pocket for the kilt.

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Stokes mortar

The Stokes mortar was a British trench mortar designed by Sir Wilfred Stokes KBE that was issued to the British and U.S. armies, as well as the Portuguese Expeditionary Corps, during the latter half of the First World War.

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Tam o' shanter (cap)

A tam o' shanter (in the British military often abbreviated to ToS) or "tammie" is a name given to the traditional Scottish bonnet worn by men.

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Tank

A tank is an armoured fighting vehicle intended as a primary offensive weapon in front-line ground combat.

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Tartan

Tartan (breacan) is a patterned cloth with crossing horizontal and vertical bands in multiple colours, forming simple or complex rectangular patterns.

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Telescopic sight

A telescopic sight, commonly called a scope informally, is an optical sighting device based on a refracting telescope.

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Trajectory

A trajectory or flight path is the path that an object with mass in motion follows through space as a function of time.

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Trench raiding

Trench raiding was a feature of trench warfare which developed during World War I. It was the practice of making small scale night-time surprise attacks on enemy positions.

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Tunic (military)

A military tunic is a type of medium length coat or jacket, the lower hem of which reaches down to the thighs all the way round.

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Vickers

Vickers was a British engineering company that existed from 1828 until 1999.

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Vickers machine gun

The Vickers machine gun or Vickers gun is a water-cooled.303 British (7.7 mm) machine gun produced by Vickers Limited, originally for the British Army.

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War Office

The War Office has referred to several British government organisations in history, all relating to the army.

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Webbing

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Webley–Fosbery Automatic Revolver

The Webley–Fosbery Self-Cocking Automatic Revolver is a recoil-operated automatic revolver designed by Lieutenant Colonel George Vincent Fosbery VC and produced by the Webley & Scott company from 1901 to 1924.

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Winchester Repeating Arms Company

The Winchester Repeating Arms Company was a prominent American manufacturer of repeating firearms and ammunition.

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Winston Churchill

Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill (30 November 187424 January 1965) was a British statesman, soldier, and writer who was twice Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, from 1940 to 1945 during the Second World War, and 1951 to 1955.

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World War I

World War I (alternatively the First World War or the Great War) (28 July 1914 – 11 November 1918) was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies (or Entente) and the Central Powers.

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.303 British

The.303 British (designated as the 303 British by the C.I.P. and SAAMI) or 7.7×56mmR, is a calibre rimmed tapered rifle cartridge.

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1908 pattern webbing

The 1908 pattern web infantry equipment was an innovative type of webbing equipment adopted by the British Army before World War I. British Army uniform and equipment in World War I and 1908 pattern webbing are world War I military equipment of the United Kingdom.

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240 mm trench mortar

The 240 mm trench mortar, or Mortier de 240 mm, was a large calibre mortar of World War I. An original French design, it was developed by Batignolles Company of Paris and introduced in 1915.

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See also

British Army in World War I

British Empire in World War I

British military uniforms

World War I military equipment of the United Kingdom

References

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