5/8/2023 0 Comments Masked Man by Elsie James![]() ![]() In fact, it became a kind of ritual to say each time we ventured forth, 'Don't forget, Gas Mask, Identity Card and Torch.' ![]() People reacted in the most uncivilised way because they were so certain that poison gas would be used by the Germans and there were not enough gas masks issued on that first delivery. Whoever got there first would be lucky.Įlsie was right about the gas masks, and several weeks later there was a mad panic for these frightful looking things at local school rooms, where they were being distributed. Fry, the local Councillor and her next-door neighbour, and he had told her in confidence that the first consignment of gas masks due to be delivered the following week would be far from adequate and it was a question of distribution. ![]() Joyce Storey wrote about this in her autobiography Joyce's War (1992)Įlsie remarked that she had spoken to Mr. ▲ Main Article ▲ Primary Sources (1) The British government believed that some form of poison gas would be used on the civilian population during the war and it was therefore decided to issue a gas masks to everyone living in Britain. ![]()
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