One of the strangest presents we've ever been given was a World War I gas mask, in its original cylindrical ... countrymen pronounce kilometre the American way ('kill-om-meter'), with the stress ...

His training as a soldier in the Great War consisted of two days’ practice with a rifle, and a short stint driving a bayonet into a mannequin. Then he was shipped out, handed a gas mask ...

This object is the British 'Mickey Mouse' gas mask. It did not resemble the cartoon character but it used the red and blue, like the American version and kept the name. It was given to children ...