Sir Winston Spencer Churchill Lt.colonel, 6Th Battalion Royal Scots Fusilliers.

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Can anyone explain why Sir Winston Churchill adopted a French 'Adriane' model French infantry helmet whilst Lt. Col i/c a Scottish Rgt. The earlier type of Brodie helmet was the standard issue ( eventually) helmet of a British 'Tommy' in the trenches during the first World War

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http://media.iwm.org.uk/ciim5/21/456/large_000000.jpg

[Buenchico]

"In December 1915, Winston Churchill (later to become Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1940–1945), while serving as a major with the British Army's Grenadier Guards, was presented with an Adrian helmet by the French General Émile Fayolle. He is seen wearing it in photographs and in a portrait painted by Sir John Lavery"

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adrian_helmet

[CrapAtCryptics]

I believe it was an attempt to start an iconic look and partly to distract snipers looking to shoot officers.

[albaqwerty]

all I could find is a quote from a website whose name I can't remember

''After tha fall of France in 1940 Free French units still used them in the UK. It was also used by the other armies of exiled countries like Czechoslovakia. It is believed that Winston Churchill used an Adrian helmet when he was serving on the Western Front in 1915.'' (sic)