In the lead-up to World War II there ... poisonous gas, so by 1938 the government had issued respirators to every man, woman and child in the nation. More than 40 million gas masks were issued.
A former army commander says gas masks made in Britain could help Ukrainians defend their country. Avon Protection, in Melksham, Wiltshire, makes "world-leading" masks, which are being requested ...