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 Arm
An infantryman of the Worcestershire Regiment on the Western Front in 1916, wearing the 1908 pattern webbing equipment, a Brodie helmet, and puttees
British soldiers at Christmas 1914 wearing the 1905 forage cap(Service Dress (SD) Cap.) and the 1902 Pattern service dress. Their bandolier equipment would suggest that these men are from a mounted unit.
A soldier of the Gordon Highlanders being decorated by King George V in 1917. He wears the Balmoral bonnet, but not the khaki apron which would have covered the kilt in the field.
British troops at Gallipoli wearing 1908 pattern webbing and Pith helmets.
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The pith helmet, also known as the safari helmet, salacot, sola topee, sun helmet, topee, and topi, is a lightweight cloth-covered helmet made of sholapith. The pith helmet originates from the Spanish
British Army uniform and equipment in World War I
…helmet made of cork or pith, with a cloth cover, designed to shade the wearer's head from the sun. The type used in the First World War was the 1902 Wolseley pattern helmet. They were widely worn by British Empire troops fighting in the Middle East and Africa. It had a wide pocket on the outer helmet. The first…
Pith helmet used by the Canadian Corps of Guides on display at the Royal Canadian Military Institute
Spanish military uniforms in the Philippines in 1856 showing the original salakot worn as part of the campaign uniform
Soldiers of the French Tonkin Expeditionary Corps in 1885, with two soldiers wearing pith helmets and another wearing a conical hat
A colonial pattern helmet used by the Prince of Wales's Leinster Regiment