Tucked inside my late father's Soldier's Service Book, I found this little booklet of instructions on using a Respirator to protect against gas attacks.My father's Service Book was stamped five ...

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 ...

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 ...