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Description: | Tube
Bus
Sub-surface railways
Trams and trolleybuses
People - Staff
System - Safety
TfL
Components; mask, tube and tank. Materials; cotton lining on exterior of mask and tube, glass, rubber on interior of mask and tube and painted metal. Cotton on mask is stamped with various letters, date(?) legible is 16/01/40. Metal is also stamped with letters these read No 4A, V4 E VI and manufacturer's details.
London at War
1940s
Even before the Second World War, London Transport (L.T) staff received regular Air Raid Precautions (A.R.P) training in fire-fighting and rescue. Once the war started, gas masks such as this one were issued as standard to official Fire Tenders who would keep the mask available at all times when on duty.
During the war, gas masks were issued nationally to the public to protect them from possible poison gas attacks.
Greater London
A gas mask with a tube connected to a metal tank
Gas mask from London Transport Fire Tender (WWII)
Second World War
war
1 | Publisher: | http://www.ltmcollection.org/ | Source: | London Transport Museum | Identifier: | ltmcollection.org/1997/3369 | Go to resource |
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