Comments by "Neil of Longbeck" (@neiloflongbeck5705) on "This General Saved Countless Lives – and You Probably Haven’t Heard of Him" video.

Without the Adrian helmet Churchill might not have survived the battlefields of Flanders, he preferred the French helmet over the Brodie helmet.
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After the Brodie helmets were issued to British soldiers in WW1 the number of head injuries increased and the Generals considered withdrawing the helmets until it was pointed out that those soldiers would have been killed if not for the helmet.
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@Charlesputnam-bn9zy would you know which kind of hoplite helmet was the inspiration? I've always assumed the medieval sallet type helm was the inspiration. The Brodie helmet certainly takes its cues from the kettle type helm.
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@Charlesputnam-bn9zy when you consider that the Brodie helmet is intended to protect the wear from failing shrapnel when the wearer is stood in a trench, it does exactly what ut is supposed to do. It was also cheaper and easier to produce than either the Adrian or the German Stahlhelm.
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@Charlesputnam-bn9zy a yway thanks for your information.
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@Simon_Nonymous the sector that Churchill's unit was posted to was near Ploegsteert. On 16/2/1916 his temporary HA was shelled whilst he was eating breakfast as recorded in a letter to his wife. On another occasion it is recorded that a shell fragment hit the battery case of a lamp he was holding.
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@Simon_Nonymous see Lindybiege's video.
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