Did the British get matches in their rations?

[RICHARD1959]

[johnboy]

Possibly with fag ration or sent from home?

[squirrel]

Most accounts say that matches were always scarce. Some sent from home but also accounts of matches being hard to come by in French towns and expensive when some were tracked down.

 

[Coldstreamer]

Would it be that chemicals in match heads be used for munitions ? 

[RaySearching]

Did not the majority of soldiers have rope tinder lighters

as issued in Queen Mary tins

[Chasemuseum]

6 hours ago, RaySearching said:

Did not the majority of soldiers have rope tinder lighters

as issued in Queen Mary tins

Only a very small number. The tinder lighter was a failure as the flints used in their manufacture had been sourced from Austria and the inventory of available flints ran out relatively early in the production run. For some odd reason there was a difficulty in placing a large order for a new supply 

[battle of loos]

here is some artefact find in the field about the matches :

cover box stamp "ARRAS" & rest of matches box

& another artefact :

the laste are build on 18pdr shell

some lighters come from the battlefield (2 on the right come from my great father)

michel

 

 

Edited 14 April , 2023 by battle of loos