‘THE ROYAL NAVY DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR. Tea-time in one of the 16 inch gun turrets on board HMS RODNEY. The gun captain and some of his crew are ready to drop their tea and biscuits and be at their stations in a second. Crashing in on the party is a gun layer from his station below.’ Copyright: © IWM A 2124 Original Source: http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205185177

Army biscuit, British (Huntley and Palmers Army No 4) (EPH 2012) British Army issue ration biscuit, ‘Huntley & Palmers Army No 4’, made under government contract by the famous biscuit manufacturers Huntley and Palmers. This thick specimen (10cm square) is typical of the robust mass-produced comestibles that challenged the dental health of British Army personnel in both world wars. A typical way of rendering the product more edible was to grind or crumble it… Copyright: © IWM. Original Source: http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/30081986

Tin, Emergency Ration: British Army. “Metal tin for tea and sugar which was part of a dummy Emergency ration given by the War Office for exhibit of contents of a soldier’s pack. Item has red number 15301 applied by hand in red paint.” © IWM EQU 3886.2

AT AN ATS MOTOR TRANSPORT COMPANY TRAINING CENTRE, CAMBERLEY, SURREY, 1941 (D 5725) Trainee members of the Auxiliary Territorial Service Motor Transport Company relax in the rest room at the ATS MTC Training Centre, probably at Camberley. Two women enjoy a cup of tea, whilst a third eats a biscuit as she reads, and a fourth, in the background, is sewing and appears to be darning a sock. Copyright: © IWM. Original Source: http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205198881

Dummy Emergency ration given by the War Office for exhibit of contents of a soldier’s pack. Ration comprises bag of biscuits with BISCUITS 1LB written on it, blue painted tin of Argentinian preserved meat, cylindrical-shaped metal tin for tea and sugar and two dummy biscuits, one with PALMERS stamped on it.

Specialised jungle equipment as carried by British forces during the Malayan Emergency: The weapons are a Lee Enfield Rifle No.5 Mk.I, Owen sub-machine gun and an M1 Carbine. Amongst the other equipment is a parang, first aid kit, pair of jungle boots, pair of hockey boots (for wearing at night), water bottle, mess tin and jungle ration pack (consists of cheese, jam, biscuits, ginger pudding, steak, liver and bacon, tea, sugar, milk, sweets, chewing gum, toilet paper, salt and one paludrine tablet) © IWM MAL 300.