Gas Mask Collection

Dogs Of War
Two Airedale terriers at Lt. Colonel E. H. Richardsons canine training camp in Woking, Surrey, during World War II, 16th October 1939

Gas Masks For Dogs
1939: Three Airedale dogs wearing their special gas masks at a Surrey kennel. They are being trained by Lt Col E. H. Richardson. (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images)

SAS A model in full SAS combat kit. Posed by model. 29th September 1988

Hooded British Territorials charging the German Trenches at Loos, September 25th, 1915, 1916. British troops in gas masks charged German trenches at the Battle of Loos on the Western Front

Air Raid Precautions, cigarette card, British, 1938. Testing for mustard gas contamination. The end of the instrument is coated with special paint that will change colour if mustard gas is present

Hispanic female wearing full face respirator gas mask and latex gloves outdoors

A gas mask for the use of people who breathe through a tracheal tube in the throat has been designed by Inspector S.E. Bentley, the Derby A.R.P. organiser, and Mr. H. Hall, the head warden for No

World War Two, evacuation of children. Written in the faces of these children, setting off to safety is a tale of fears and doubts hardly formed in their bewildered minds

GWR station staff member in a gas mask, c. 1939
During an air raid the threat of poison gas bombs being dropped by the German Luftwaffe was extremely high. Mustard gas was the most deadly gas available and could take up to 12 hours to take effect

Signalman in operating signal levers during wartime, c. 1940
A signalman in his gas mask continues normal duties at this unknown signalbox. But what is interesting about this photograph is the strange looking metal cabinet with its door ajar stood in

Retired
Nick Amanda

World War I, Chemical Warfare
3501361 World War I, Chemical Warfare; Private Collection; (add.info.: WWI Russian Zelinsky-Kummant Gas Mask in a metal case); © Don Troiani. All Rights Reserved 2023

World War I, Chemical Warfare
3501358 World War I, Chemical Warfare; Private Collection; (add.info.: German c.1915 Early WWI Commercial Gas Mask); © Don Troiani. All Rights Reserved 2023

World War I, Chemical Warfare
3501356 World War I, Chemical Warfare; Private Collection; (add.info.: Early 1915 french gas mask with goggles and case); © Don Troiani. All Rights Reserved 2022

World War I, Chemical Warfare
3501355 World War I, Chemical Warfare; Private Collection; (add.info.: Early WWI British Experimental Gas Mask); © Don Troiani. All Rights Reserved 2022

Vosges (88): A nurse of the 12 with his gas mask, 1917
LUX4816565 Vosges (88): A nurse of the 12 with his gas mask, 1917; (add.info.: Vosges (88): A nurse of the 12 with his gas mask, 1917); Photo © Lux-in-Fine

First World War: France, Carte patriotique humoristique showing the different perfumes of hairy (old pipe)
LUX4742487 First World War: France, Carte patriotique humoristique showing the different perfumes of hairy (old pipe, cockroach...), 1918

World War I, Chemical Warfare
3501357 World War I, Chemical Warfare; Private Collection; (add.info.: WWI German Gas Chemical Agent Bursting Glass Bottle); © Don Troiani. All Rights Reserved 2022

War in masks: French soldiers wearing a gas mask in a trench. Cover (1917)
PCT4265693 War in masks: French soldiers wearing a gas mask in a trench. Cover (1917) of the issue n°21 of the collection " Patrie" edited during the war 1914-1918 and until 1920 by F

World War I, Chemical Warfare
3501360 World War I, Chemical Warfare; Private Collection; (add.info.: German M-1915 Gas Mask Segeltuchtasche in canister with cloth carry bag); © Don Troiani. All Rights Reserved 2022

World War I, Chemical Warfare
3501359 World War I, Chemical Warfare; Private Collection; (add.info.: M-1917 German Army Spare Gasmask Filter And Pouch); © Don Troiani. All Rights Reserved 2022

World War I, Chemical Warfare
3501354 World War I, Chemical Warfare; Private Collection; (add.info.: WWI British Poisonous Gas Remedy Capsule Tin With Instructions); © Don Troiani. All Rights Reserved 2022

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Fanning gas, 6 June 1918. Creator: Bain News Service
Fanning gas, 6 June 1918 (date created or published later). American soldiers being trained to use Ayrton or trench fan to clear poisonous gases during World War I, Camp Kearny, California

German Protection against gas bombs, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
German Protection against gas bombs, between c1910 and c1915. German soldier wearing a face mask to protect against gas attacks during World War I

Firemen The London Fire Brigade. Checking their oxygen masks during the Blitz on London. World War Two.. No actual date for this picture, but Mirrorpix will suggest 29th December 1940

A girl telephonist at the main A. R. P. control centre of Liverpool operating her phone
A girl telephonist at the main A.R.P. control centre of Liverpool operating her phone while wearing a gas mask. 13th April 1941

Army Medics Training For Gulf War October 1990

In the N. B. C. (nuclear biological) suit holding the new S. A. 80
In the N.B.C. (nuclear biological) suit holding the new S.A.80. weapon, Private Wayne Robson of the 5th Battalion Sherwood Foresters. January 1985 P035496

Gas Mask Drill
Red Cross camp in Winchester, having anti gas drill 1935

Riot policemen are silhouetted as they run in front of a burning kiosk during clashes in Athens December 6, 2010. Greek police clashed with youths hurling petrol bombs in Athens on Monday during

A demonstrator wears a homemade gas mask while rallying against Venezuelas President Nicolas Maduro in Caracas, Venezuela, April 13, 2017. REUTERS/Carlos Garcia Rawlins TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

Palestinian protester hurls stones towards Israeli troops as he reacts to tear gas during
A Palestinian protester hurls stones towards Israeli troops as he reacts to tear gas during clashes following a protest in solidarity with Palestinian prisoners held by Israel

A Palestinian protester looks through the slot of a hand-made shield during clashes with
A Palestinian protester wears a gas mask as he looks through the slot of a hand-made shield during clashes with Israeli soldiers at a demonstration in the village of Kfar Qaddum against the nearby

A riot police officer stands guard before the start of the G7 Summit in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada, June 8, 2018. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst

Les precautions contre les gaz; Tous les masques ajustes, aux betes comme aux gens, la colonne pour Creator: Unknown
Les precautions contre les gaz; Tous les masques ajustes, aux betes comme aux gens, la colonne poursuit sa route, 1917. From "L'Album de la Guerre 1914-1919

Les precautions contre les gaz; Les chevaux ont aussi leur appareil special, 1917. Creator: Unknown
Les precautions contre les gaz; Les chevaux ont aussi leur appareil special, 1917. From "L'Album de la Guerre 1914-1919, Volume 1" [L'Illustration, Paris, 1924]

Les precautions contre les gaz; Arrete par un factionnaire muni d'un ecriteau: "Attention, nappe de gaz ", le chef d'une colonne portant des munitions aux batteries en ligne fait

Le telephone a l'arriere du front; apres un bombardement, les sapeurs telephonistes... 1918. Creator: Unknown
Le telephone a l'arriere du front; apres un bombardement, les sapeurs telephonistes, munis de leur masque, posent une ligne dans un fond ou persist l, action des gaz, 1918

Sur le front d'artois - Feuilles d'Album de Jean Lefort; Masques contre les gaz, 1915 (1916)
Sur le front d'artois - Feuilles d'Album de Jean Lefort; Masques contre les gaz : La cagoule anglaise/Le masque Tambute, 1915. From "Collection de la Guerre IV

Senator Thompson & German war relics, c1914-1920. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Senator Thompson & German war relics, c1914-1920. American politician and colleagues with war trophies posing by The Rescue sculpture, Capitol Building, Washington, D.C

Senator Thompson & German war relics, c1914-1920. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Senator Thompson & German war relics, c1914-1920. American politician and colleagues with war trophies posing by The Rescue sculpture, Capitol Building, Washington, D.C

If Ye Break Faith, New Orleans, 1938. Creator: Unknown
If Ye Break Faith, New Orleans, 1938. St. Charles Theatre - Now Playing'. The Federal Theatre Project, created by the U.S

Les enfants d'une des ecoles primaires de Reims, avec leurs masques contre les gaz... 1916. Creator: Unknown
Les enfants d'une des ecoles primaires de Reims, avec leurs masques contre les gaz asphyxiants, 1916. From "Collection de la Guerre IV. L'Illustration Tome CXLVII

Un petit ecolier de Reims; comment, dans une ville ouverte, il faut proteger les enfants... 1916. Creator: Unknown
Un petit ecolier de Reims; comment, dans une ville ouverte, il faut proteger les enfants contre les projectiles asphyxiants que les Allemands font alterner avec les obus incendiaires, 1916

Some firemen at work with gas-masks and fire-plugs. Italy. Date of Photograph:1950-1960

World War I: French trench protected from gas attack
3786969 World War I: French trench protected from gas attack; (add.info.: World War I: French trench protected from gas attack. Soldier wearing gas mask)

"Experiments against the asphyxiating gas" Europe. Date of Photograph:1915-1920

Welcome to the Machine
Christophe Kiciak

German WW1 War Bonds Poster
3787036 German WW1 War Bonds Poster; (add.info.: German WW1 War Bonds Poster. Caption: Helft uns fliegen! Zeichnet Kriegsanleihe'. ('Help us fly. Take out a War Bond')

First World War (1914-1918): soldiers equipped with gas masks in the decombres
XEE4168901 First World War (1914-1918): soldiers equipped with gas masks in the decombres. Illustration taken from " The mirror" 1915 by Unknown photographer

First World War (1914-1918): French soldiers using a gas mask against the use of asphyxiating gases by the Germans in a
XEE4168024 First World War (1914-1918): French soldiers using a gas mask against the use of asphyxiating gases by the Germans in a trench in 1915

Human Steps
Anuchit Sundarakiti

Sailor at the Naval Air Base wears the new type protective clothing... Corpus Christi, Texas, 1942
Sailor at the Naval Air Base wears the new type protective clothing and gas mask designed for use in chemical warfare, Corpus Christi, Texas. These uniforms are lighter than the old type

Penitentiary revolt: Detenus at Joliet prison in Illinois in the United States set fire to buildings during a violent
XEE4187753 Penitentiary revolt: Detenus at Joliet prison in Illinois in the United States set fire to buildings during a violent mutiny, guards put an end to the hold by shooting prisoners

His mask keeps him on the job. c. 1944
7265326 His mask keeps him on the job. c.1944 by American School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Federal Security Agency - U.S)

Military training
Garik

A Soldier Wearing a Gas Mask during World War I, c. 1915 (b / w photo)
1729065 A Soldier Wearing a Gas Mask during World War I, c. 1915 (b/w photo) by French Photographer

First World War: "Soldiers wearing a gas mask ". Zingg, Jules Emile (1882-1942), 1917
JLJ4688460 First World War: " Soldiers wearing a gas mask ". Zingg, Jules Emile (1882-1942), 1917. Paris, Museum of Two World Wars by Zingg

The new aspects of war, a counter-attack by our infantry, with helmets and masks (colour litho)
2815812 The new aspects of war, a counter-attack by our infantry, with helmets and masks (colour litho) by Beltrame, Achille (1871-1945); Private Collection; (add.info.: The new aspects of war)

The first occupant of a conquered slicer, 1914-1916 (engraving)
6434346 The first occupant of a conquered slicer, 1914-1916 (engraving) by Jonas, Lucien Hector (1880-1947); (add.info.: Great War of 14-18 (1914 - 1918)

The Dance of Death 1914-1918, 1914-19 (etching with drypoint)
3899034 The Dance of Death 1914-1918, 1914-19 (etching with drypoint) by Smith, Percy John Delf (1882-1948); 20.2x25.2 cm; Private Collection; Photo © Christies Images

Man Wearing a Protective Suit and Gas Mask
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Simulation of a gas attack: distribution of gas masks to the population of Osaka (Japan)
XEE4184043 Simulation of a gas attack: distribution of gas masks to the population of Osaka (Japan). Engraving. One of " Le petit journal illustrious", 1928. Private collection

On ne passe pas, 1914-1918, printed Paris, c. 1918 (colour litho)
992093 On ne passe pas, 1914-1918, printed Paris, c.1918 (colour litho) by Neumont, Maurice Louis Henri (1868-1930); Private Collection; (add.info.: They shall not pass)

A Klaxon horn used to give warning against German gas-attacks in a French trench
STC405609 A Klaxon horn used to give warning against German gas-attacks in a French trench, illustration from The Illustrated War News, 24th January 1917 (sepia photo) by French Photographer

WW2 era - Comic Postcard - Don t mind the black-outs
The Caption is Don t mind the black-outs, you can always stay the night! This card has a coded message. The initials of the feet

First World War 1914-1918: nurses in blouse wearing gas masks in the woods near Couville
XEE4192994 First World War 1914-1918: nurses in blouse wearing gas masks in the woods near Couville, Manche, Lower Normandy (Lower Normandy), France. Anonymous photography May 1917

First World War: Grenadier (grenade launcher) (WWI: Pomegranate throwers
JLJ4688755 First World War: Grenadier (grenade launcher) (WWI: Pomegranate throwers) - Drawing by Henri de Groux (Henry de Groux) (1866/1867-1930), 1915, pencil and watercolor on paper - Paris

March organised in Warsaw to exercise the population in the use of gas masks - drawing by
XEE4117014 March organised in Warsaw to exercise the population in the use of gas masks - drawing by A. Beltrame, in " la Domenica del Corriere" of 22/11/1931 by Beltrame

Acting Sergeant John Raynes putting his smoke-helmet on Sergeant Ayres following the explosion of a gas shell
976446 Acting Sergeant John Raynes putting his smoke-helmet on Sergeant Ayres following the explosion of a gas shell, 11 October 1915 (litho) by Pearse

Gas masked British gunners firing point-blank into advancing masses of the enemy during
STC359846 Gas masked British gunners firing point-blank into advancing masses of the enemy during the German offensive of March, 1918, 1918-19 (litho) by English School

The Cameras Eye: Belgians in R. N. ; Postwomens New Uniform
HJA247911 The Cameras Eye: Belgians in R.N.; Postwomens New Uniform, from The Illustrated London News, 8th February 1941 (b/w photo) by English Photographer

Two Soldiers at Arras, 1917
CH27224 Two Soldiers at Arras, 1917 by Sargent, John Singer (1856-1925); Private Collection; Photo eChristies Images; American, out of copyright

The destruction of the mulots (Apodemus) by the asphyxiating gas in the Dawn - engraving
XEE4155052 The destruction of the mulots (Apodemus) by the asphyxiating gas in the Dawn - engraving by Damblans - le-pelerin of 1923 by Damblans

First World War: "German soldiers with trench armor and gas mask
JLJ4644177 First World War: " German soldiers with trench armor and gas mask, August 1917 " Watercolour painting by Francois Flameng (1856-1923) Sun

WWI German gunners load poison gas shell wearing gas masks on the Western Front
870233 WWI German gunners load poison gas shell wearing gas masks on the Western Front, 1917 (b/w photo) by German Photographer (20th Century); Private Collection; Peter Newark Pictures; German

Second Lieutenant (Temporary Captain) E. M. Allfrey directing the supply of ammunition
STC412070 Second Lieutenant (Temporary Captain) E.M. Allfrey directing the supply of ammunition, rations and water to troops in action during a gas attack (litho) by Valda

Helft uns siegen! Zeichnet die Kriegsanleihe, pub. Munich, c. 1915 (colour litho)
992110 Helft uns siegen! Zeichnet die Kriegsanleihe, pub. Munich, c.1915 (colour litho) by Erler, Fritz (1868-1940); Private Collection; (add.info.: Help us triumph)

Small box respirator, 1917-1918. Creator: Unknown
A small box respirator, or gas mask, dating from World War I. The respirator is comprised of a metal canister, hose, and face piece

Requiem
Sebastien DEL GROSSO

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"Gas Masks: A Symbol of Protection and Resilience" In the annals of British history, gas masks have left an indelible mark, serving as a testament to the nation's determination in times of adversity. From stamps commemorating Queen Elizabeth II to images capturing hooded British Territorials charging German trenches at Loos in 1915, these masks have become iconic symbols. During World War I, gas masks became essential for survival on the battlefield. The haunting image of soldiers equipped with gas masks amidst debris serves as a stark reminder of the horrors they faced. French soldiers also relied on these life-saving devices to counteract Germany's use of asphyxiating gases in their treacherous trenches. As conflicts evolved, so did the role of gas masks. In World War II, even civilians were prepared for air raids with cigarette cards illustrating Air Raid Precautions and GWR station staff members donning protective gear. Signalmen operated levers while wearing their trusty gas masks during wartime operations. The significance extended beyond humans; dogs too were outfitted with specially designed gas masks during war efforts. These loyal companions became "Dogs Of War, " standing alongside their human counterparts in times of danger and uncertainty. The resilience displayed by railway workers was evident when locomotive drivers donned air raid kits while operating trains amidst bombings. Even GWR parcel vans were converted into ambulances to aid those affected by conflict. Through it all, these humble yet vital pieces of equipment stood tall as guardians against deadly gases that threatened lives during both world wars. They remain poignant reminders not only of Britain's unwavering spirit but also its commitment to protecting its people from harm. So next time you encounter a depiction or mention of a gas mask – whether it be on a stamp or within historical photographs – take a moment to reflect upon the bravery and fortitude exhibited by those who wore them throughout history.