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A thousand Years Of Kit Inspections From 1066-2014

Photographer Thom Atkinson has recorded the typical personal equipment carried by the common British soldier at landmark battles over the past...

By turkeychuck

Published 11 years ago

Photographer Thom Atkinson has recorded the typical personal equipment carried by the common British soldier at landmark battles over the past millennium.

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1066 huscarl, Battle of Hastings

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1244 mounted knight, Siege of Jerusalem

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1415 archer, Battle of Agincourt

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1485 Yorkist man-at-arms, Battle of Bosworth Field

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1588 caliverman, Tilbury

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1645 New Model Army musketeer, Battle of Naseby

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1709 private sentinel, Battle of Malplaquet

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1815 private soldier, Battle of Waterloo

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1854 private soldier, Rifle Brigade, Battle of Alma

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1916 private soldier, Battle of the Somme

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1944 lance corporal, Parachute Regiment, Battle of Arnhem

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1982 Royal Marine Commando, Falklands War

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2014 close-support sapper, Royal Engineers, Helmand Province

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