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Porton Revealed

General view of Porton from the water tower, c.1918. In the centre background is ’Gas Wood’, where the first gas cylinders to he delivered to the site for testing were placed under the guard of a single civilian night watchman. PRO: MUN 5/386/h/I650/14. The ‘revelation’ earlier this year [1981] by a BBC television reporter of the projected use o…

Ep. 194 - Chemical Warfare - Simon Jones

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Freelance historian Simon Jones about his research into chemical weapons during the Great War. Your browser does not support the audio element. Protective suits worn by American scientists during the development of new chemical weaponry. (…

CONFERENCE : Gas in the Great War and its Legacy WFA/NAM Conference

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The Western Front Association / National Army Museum Conference The conference costs £15 (includes coffee breaks and sandwich lunch). Book via the National Army Museum website 09:30 Arrivals 10:00 Welcome 10:10 Keynote 1+ Q&A Professor Edward M. Spiers (University of Leeds), ‘Chemical Warfare in the First World War’ Chemical war…