This is pretty sweet. The full kits of English/British soldiers through the centuries, as assembled and photographed by Thom Atkinson. The Hundred Years' War longbowmen at Agincourt are my favorites.
Thom Atkinson via The Telegraph
1066 huscarl, Battle of Hastings |
1485 Yorkist man-at-arms, Battle of Bosworth |
1709 private soldier, Battle of Malplaquet |
1916 private soldier, The Somme |
2014 close-support sapper, Royal Engineers, Helmand Province |
1982 Royal Marine Commando, Falklands War |
1588 trainband caliverman, Tilbury |
1415 longbowman, Agincourt |
My heritage, it's really interesting to see the volume of kit all laid out like that.
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