The signal behind the advance
The Gold Beach signaller carries a Wireless Set No.18, linking the British infantry story with the equipment used to pass information and orders. King & Country also gives him a No.4 rifle with its spike bayonet, so his communications job sits visibly alongside the ordinary demands of an infantryman.
Manpack radio made a connection possible away from a fixed headquarters, but the set still had to travel with the operator. The combination of radio, headset and rifle explains why a signaller was more than a messenger. He carried a piece of the unit's command system into the same ground his comrades were crossing.

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