My London Adventure!
Part 11: The Imperial War Museum.
Here we are at part 11 and I've sill got loads to share with you! Anyway, as I mentioned in my last post, I was having a day wondering around London and decided to go to the Imperial War Museum. Not just because it's free but they have a WW1 exhibition. (Which is a main interest of mine!)
After 2 train rides I finally made it the Museum, which wasn't hard to miss!
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| The Imperial War Museum. |
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| Massive Guns outside the Museum. When I first arrived I was gobsmacked at the size of the guns when I walked up to the entrance. (Safe to say when I was standing underneath them like a Gormless numpty haha!) Facts about the Guns: -They were from the Ship HMs Ramillies, meaning they are naval guns! -They were used in 1920 in the Sea of Marmara. -Below is a chart of the technical details.
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| Spitfire M. VB |
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| A Tank. |
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| Press Jeep that had been in Iraq. |
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| Harrier Jump Jet. |
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| A Rocket. Many of the photos above I took while waiting to go into the First World War exhibition, which I waited for over an hour to get into. (I unfortunately never got to visit the rest of the Museum because of my wait, but one day I will be going back!) |
The only decent picture I could get for any of the nations Military uniforms was that of the French.
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| French Solider Uniform. |
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| Civilian Clothing. Below are a few pictures of the propaganda posters from many of the allied countries, trying to get their men to enlist for the front. |
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| South Africa Poster. |
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| Canada Poster. |
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| Another African Poster. There were also the usual poster on display, such as Lord Kitchener's "Your Country Needs You!" I then came across a sign that was from the trenches in France, which made me have a hard think and be thankful for all that I have today thanks to all the men that sacrificed their lives for us. |
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| Sign from the trenches, covered in bullet holes. |
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| Pictures from the Western Front. The next picture I took because it highlighted the different regiments of the UK and my hometown of Berwick is on it with the Northumberland Fusiliers! |
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| Regiment Map. They also had on display the different types of gasmasks that the Soldiers used while in the trenches, these were used when the Germans started dropping shells that contained Mustard Gas, which not only killed the men, but in some cases of those who survived were blinded and their skin was blistered. |
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| Gas Masks. |
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| Shell filled with Shrapnel. Also on display were wire cutters and periscopes that the men carried and used for looking up over the trenches, as well as over No Man's Land without having their heads blown off and without German Snipers shooting you. |
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| Periscopes and Wire Cutters. An original grave cross was on display from the front, when they first started burying the dead, they used wooden crosses to mark their lost soldiers. |
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| Original Grave Cross. One thing I found intriguing was that of a metal hook on a metal arm that had been fashioned as a replacement for those who lost that particular limb. |
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| Arm with Hook. Another sign that caught my eye was that for the Menin Gate, which is located in Ypres, which the solders called Wipers. Today the Menin Gate is a memorial to all the fallen during the First World War and every evening they have a service where they have what they call "The Last Post." |
This exhibition really opened my eyes. I have been to Belgium and been a trench, but seeing all these artefacts on display here really got to me!
Thank you for reading and see you next time!
Claire
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