- Title:
- Windproof Desert disruptive pattern material (DPM) Combat smock, of Sgt Chantelle Taylor, Royal Army Medical Corps, 2006 (c).
- Object name(s):
- smock
- Brief description:
- Windproof Desert disruptive pattern material (DPM) Combat smock, of Sgt Chantelle Taylor, Royal Army Medical Corps, 2006 (c). Taylor joined the Army as a Combat Medical Technician in 1998. She served in Afghanistan in 2006 and 2008. This uniform was worn by her in 2006 when she was attached to 16 Air Assault Brigade as indicated by the patch on the left sleeve. On her 2008 tour Taylor made history as the first female British soldier to kill an enemy in combat, when returning fire following an ambush. Taylor left the Army in 2010 and returned to Afghanistan with the US State Department to develop a trauma assistance programme to support victims of the conflict.
- Collection:
- National Army Museum
- Associated concept:
- Uniforms
- Current location:
- National Army Museum, Study collection
- Object name:
- smock
- Object number:
- NAM. 2017-06-16-7
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/369238a3-f7fc-3c45-b0c8-1459c4e27f35
Use licence for this record: CC BY-NC
Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/369238a3-f7fc-3c45-b0c8-1459c4e27f35, National Army Museum, CC BY-NC
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