Moonraker Posted 11 June , 2020 Share Posted 11 June , 2020 I came across this reference: "The leader of the party, Captain Body, like his men, is carrying the men’s ordinary field-service equipment, which weighs over 50lb,, and it must be worn throughout the march. Several types of equipment are being tried, including the Mills-Borow, which is a modification of that used by the Japanese." in this 1909 article Googling didn't help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
museumtom Posted 11 June , 2020 Share Posted 11 June , 2020 Mills Bomb? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wexflyer Posted 11 June , 2020 Share Posted 11 June , 2020 2 hours ago, Moonraker said: I came across this reference: "The leader of the party, Captain Body, like his men, is carrying the men’s ordinary field-service equipment, which weighs over 50lb,, and it must be worn throughout the march. Several types of equipment are being tried, including the Mills-Borow, which is a modification of that used by the Japanese." in this 1909 article Googling didn't help. Probably the Senninbari. The secret Japanese equipment which, properly made, made the wearer invulnerable to bullets. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Senninbari Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moonraker Posted 11 June , 2020 Author Share Posted 11 June , 2020 53 minutes ago, museumtom said: Mills Bomb? That was my initial thought but it wasn't "invented" until 1915. I wonder if there was a transcription error by Paul McCormick; as many of us will know, optical recognition of old newspaper can throw up errors, especially when the text in the original newspapers is faint or the paper itself damaged. Haversack? Webbing? Presumably it was something that your average reader of the Evening Telegram would recognise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike_H Posted 11 June , 2020 Share Posted 11 June , 2020 Web equipment "Mills - Burrows". M Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidbohl Posted 11 June , 2020 Share Posted 11 June , 2020 The Dundee Courier newspaper from the BNA Published: Tuesday 23 August 1910 Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moonraker Posted 11 June , 2020 Author Share Posted 11 June , 2020 Good detective work, Mike and David. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete_C Posted 11 June , 2020 Share Posted 11 June , 2020 (edited) Mills-Burrowes, with an ‘e’, after Major Arnold R Burrowes, of the Royal Irish Fusilers who took out a patent in 1903 for his design of infantry equipment which was to evolve into the Pattern 1908 Infantry Web Equipment, the standard British issue throughout the Great War and beyond. Burrowes received a handsome financial reward for the use of his design despite being a serving officer when he filed the patent, which caused some consternation at the time. Pete Edited 11 June , 2020 by Pete_C Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mills-bomb Posted 11 June , 2020 Share Posted 11 June , 2020 5 hours ago, museumtom said: Mills Bomb? Leave me out of it! I'm not THAT old. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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