Shell WW1 History Source Pack

British Army Steel Helmet Imperial War Museum (2014) Steel Helmet, Brodie "War Office" pattern: British Army, http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/30098636 (Accessed on 30.11.17)

Figure 5. ‘Brodie’ pattern steel helmet First World War period British Army issue 'Brodie' pattern steel helmet ('shrapnel helmet'). As a response to the high proportion of head wounds (many caused by artillery shrapnel) the British Army introduced a protective steel helmet for its combatant forces based on a patented design of John L Brodie in August/September 1915. The helmet's characteristic shallow steel bowl shape became the model configuration for subsequent refinements and improvements of the basic Brodie design. Imperial War Museum (2014) War Ministry Photograph, http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205195248 (Accessed on 30.11.17)