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
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| 1066 huscarl, Battle of Hastings |
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| 1485 Yorkist man-at-arms, Battle of Bosworth |
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| 1709 private soldier, Battle of Malplaquet |
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| 1916 private soldier, The Somme |
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| 2014 close-support sapper, Royal Engineers, Helmand Province |
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| 1982 Royal Marine Commando, Falklands War |
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| 1588 trainband caliverman, Tilbury |
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| 1415 longbowman, Agincourt |
My heritage, it's really interesting to see the volume of kit all laid out like that.
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