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Gas alarm at Beaumont Hamel, December 1916

Lantern slide, World War One, Western Front (1914-1918), 1916.

Gongs and bells were positioned along the front line so that sentries could raise the alarm in the event of a gas attack. Hand-held rattles, horns and whistles were also adopted as means of warning troops.

From a box of 80 lantern slides.

NAM Accession Number

NAM. 1978-11-157-4-60

Copyright/Ownership

National Army Museum, Out of Copyright

Location

National Army Museum, Study collection

Object URL

https://collection.nam.ac.uk/detail.php?acc=1978-11-157-4-60