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Posted: **Wed Aug 20, 2014 3:22 pm**

A very interesting photographic exhibition (two links: Wired and Telegraph). Can you recognize what a British soldier in Somme (1916) is carrying? (index in the Telegraph article)

Posted: **Thu Aug 21, 2014 2:12 am**

Let me try this without looking at the answers.

Starting from the top, left to right:

Shoes
Socks
Undies?
Tunic
Bread Bag/Haversack
Gas Mask
Cap
Army Regulations Book
Shoe Shining Kit
Trousers
Bag for Clothing
Canteen
Rations
Mess Kit
Extra Uniform
Blanket
Makeshift Hand to Hand Club
Cartridge Belt
First Aide Kit
Matches or Condoms?

Eating Utensils
Entrenching Tool
Extra Ammo Bandelier
Rifle Cleaning Kit
Enfield Rifle
Bayonet and Scabbard
Helmet with cover
Watch
Coins to be used with the condoms?

Posted: **Sat Aug 23, 2014 9:50 am**

I loved the old-fashioned can opener and generally what they were eating.

Posted: **Sat Aug 23, 2014 2:07 pm**

Kensai wrote:I loved the old-fashioned can opener and generally what they were eating.

I bet they didn't.

Posted: **Sat Sep 20, 2014 6:04 pm**

Very cool site with real products, as it seems. Here are the German products for the front! It has other nations as well and other eras.

Anyone for some Ersatzkaffee? :w00t:

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What were the soldiers carrying to the front? (1916)

What were the soldiers carrying to the front? (1916)