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AIR RAID PRECAUTIONS: INCENDIARY BOMBS CAN BE EXTINGUISHED WITH SAND MATS, WHICH ARE BAGS CUT IN HALF, PARTLY FILLED WITH SAND, AND SEWN UP MATTRESS-FASHION. THE SAND-MAT IS HELD UP AS A SHIELD AS THE BOMB IS APPROACHED, THEN PLACED, NOT THROWN, ON THE BOMB. THE BAG BURNS THROUGH, ALLOWING THE SAND TO SMOTHER THE BOMB.
AIR RAID PRECAUTIONS: INCENDIARY BOMBS CAN BE EXTINGUISHED WITH SAND MATS, WHICH ARE BAGS CUT IN HALF, PARTLY FILLED WITH SAND, AND SEWN UP MATTRESS-FASHION. THE SAND-MAT IS HELD UP AS A SHIELD AS THE
AIR RAID PRECAUTIONS: INCENDIARY BOMBS CAN BE EXTINGUISHED WITH SAND MATS, WHICH ARE BAGS CUT IN HALF, PARTLY FILLED WITH SAND, AND SEWN UP MATTRESS-FASHION. THE SAND-MAT IS HELD UP AS A SHIELD AS THE
Gallipoli, Turkey. Two soldiers sit beside a pile of empty tins cutting up barbed wire for jam tin bombs. The bombs were made near the beach at Anzac Cove, a spot popularly known as the 'bomb factory'
AIR RAID PRECAUTIONS: A STIRRUP PUMP WITH 30 FEET OF HOSE AND AN ADJUSTABLE NOZZLE GIVING A SPRAY OF 15 FEET FOR THE BOMB ITSELF, AND A STREAM OF 30 FEET FOR THE RESULTANT FIRE, BEING USED TO PUT OUT
Two soldiers sit beside a pile of empty tins cutting up barbed wire for jam tin bombs. The bombs were made near the beach, a spot popularly known as the 'bomb factory' near Anzac Cove. All the old jam
Victoria Cross. Engraved reverse suspender with recipient's details and reverse cross with date of action. Leonard Maurice Kyezor (Keyzor, Keysor) was born at his parents’ home in Paddington on 3 No
