Item 2019.162.1 - British Army NBC Suit Mk II Smock

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2019.162.1

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British Army NBC Suit Mk II Smock

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  • 1971 (Creation)

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1

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Remploy Limited
(1944-2015)

Administrative history

Remploy Limited was established by the Disabled Persons (Employment) Act, 1944 to provide employment for those injured during the war and for coal miners with health conditions. The organisation directly employed disabled people in a number of factories across the United Kingdom - the first opened in 1946 - at its height it ran 83 factories. From 2007 the government began a programme of factory closures.

After a 2012 review of employment of people with disabilities government subsidies were removed from Remploy factories leading to further closures and a restructure by the Department for Work and Pensions. The organisation was succeeded by the Disabled People's Employment Corporation (GB) Limited (DEPC). The DEPC sold its Employment Service business in April 2015 to US service provider Maximus (which retained the name Remploy) and was subsequently wound up.

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Westminster Menswear Archive

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Pullover smock with hood made of sections of olive drab and grey fabric. It has a green draw cord pull around the hood with black plastic stop. There are green velcro fasteners with pull tabs at the cuffs and on each side of the bottom hem. The front, upper arms and hood are made of the grey colour. The hood trim, shoulders, under arms, back and sides are made of olive drab. Label in the back of the hood.

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      Label: MK II / Smock with Hood attached / Size Small / Remploy Ltd. 1971
      Materials: charcoal-impregnated fabric

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      Purchased in original packaging, vacuum sealed.

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      Cold War. Issued to British soldiers as a protection against nuclear, biological and chemical agents (NBC), the smock and trousers combination was fitted over the standard combat dress, together with the anti-gas respirator, rubber gloves, and outer boots.

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      Purchased in original packaging, vacuum sealed.

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          Imperial War Museum collection records for Smock, Protective NBC Suit, No. 1, Mk. II: British Army

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