GW 024 Second Scots Guards private 3

In addition to the regular regiments of the British army, the United Kingdom mobilized during the European war the best troops 

of the royal guard. The second Regiment of Scottish guards participated with honor in the combats of the zone of front in which 

it was highlighted. What can tell us if a soldier corresponds to the first moments of the war, is the presence or absence on his 

personal equipment of the gas mask. When chemical warfare started on the western front, most soldiers prepared for a more 

conventional type of combat had no protection at all, improvising vinegar-soaked masks to counteract the effect of chlorine. 

Only later, the image of the soldier on any side, equipped with his gas mask stored in his sheath, begins to be normal.