MacAdam Shield Shovel
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The MacAdam Shield-Shovel, also known as the Hughes Shovel, was an item of Canadian infantry equipment during the First World War, combining the concept of a sniper shield with the blade of a shovel.
Sir Samuel Hughes holding a McAdam Shield Shovel.
Colonel Sam Hughes watching Sergeant Hawkins demonstrating the MacAdam Shovel (Shield)
Sam Hughes
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Sir Samuel Hughes, was the Canadian Minister of Militia and Defence during World War I. After a stormy tenure in the position, he was dismissed by Prime Minister Sir Robert Borden in 1916.
MacAdam Shield Shovel
…infantry equipment during the First World War, combining the concept of a sniper shield with the blade of a shovel. It was designed and patented by Sam Hughes, the Canadian minister for the Department of Militia and Defence in 1913, combining function as a shovel and as a shield. Ena MacAdam, Hughes' personal…
Samuel Hughes, 1905
Major General Sam Hughes (left) at the saluting base during the review of Canadian troops at Camp Borden, ca. 1916.
Hughes visiting the Front in August 1916
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