British soldiers in ... for example masks to help them breathe during gas attacks. Some things are similar to things modern day soldiers have but a lot has changed and improved since them.

John Singer Sargent was commissioned as a war artist in 1918 The first major gas attack in war occurred 100 years ago this weekend, in what is now Poland. Gas soon became a routine feature of ...

Soldiers' lives on the Western Front ... to survive some of the most horrific weapons used in WW1. Credit: The National Archives Horrific gas attacks, which lead to the international Geneva ...

GAS!” This warning cry sent men scrambling for their masks as the poisonous fog enveloped them. Soldiers succumbed ... Shepherd in service with the British Expeditionary Force.

See more: Britain commemorates WW1 100 years on British prisoners of war around a pile of gas masks near St. Quentin in 1917. Credit: Berliner Verlag/Archiv/DPA/Press Association Images Weston's ...