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21-09-16, 01:22 PM
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Lieutenant-Colonel Peter Nissen........
© IWM (Q 1743)
Lieutenant-Colonel Peter Nissen talking to a Sergeant, possibly of the Royal Engineers, at Blangy, 1917. They are in front of a Nissen Hut, invented in April 1916 by Nissen while he was a Captain with the 103rd Field Company of Royal Engineers. In the doorway of the hut stands a guardsman of the Welsh Guards. http://media.iwm.org.uk/iwm/mediaLib...8419/large.jpg
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23-09-16, 07:32 PM
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Nissen, Shrapnel
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Like as military inventor Lieutenant Shrapnel Link https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Shrapnel
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23-09-16, 08:57 PM
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This is perfect - I have come home from my club after a very boyant night in the grip ofstrong drink and the first post i click on i learn a genuine true unknown fact abot the Nissan hut- sir I thank youn
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23-09-16, 09:12 PM
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"We must make our mistakes quickly"
Major General George Alan Vasey CB, CBE, DSO and Bar New Guinea 1942
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01-10-16, 02:32 PM
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Hello gents...just to add a little superfluous fact, another photograph showing the inside of a Nissen hut used as a hospital ward....
Jo © IWM (Q 2505) Staff and wounded in a Nissen hut, used as a hospital ward, at Hesdin awaiting the entrance of the Queen Mary of Teck, 7th July 1917. http://media.iwm.org.uk/ciim5/229/197/large_000000.jpg
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01-10-16, 03:44 PM
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Now we know the origin of Nissen and his huts (and of course Denison and his smocks) can 54 Bty tell us about the Clegg Umbrella? Mike
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01-10-16, 07:19 PM
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01-10-16, 10:23 PM
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Rgds, Thomas.
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03-10-16, 02:36 AM
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...and here's one showing how the hut started to take form...
Jo © IWM (Q 4597) British troops erecting the Nissen huts. Near Bazentin, November 1916. http://media.iwm.org.uk/ciim5/231/125/large_000000.jpg
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