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I don’t think foil is actually made of tin. Shouldn’t it be aluminum foil hats?

Steel and tin cans

Sip - Steel cans are made of tinplate (tin-coated steel) or of tin-free steel.
In some dialects, even
aluminium cans are called "tin cans". Spelled like it's spoken.

It went through it like it was aluminum foil...

[philman_36]

Whizz Bangs And Wind-Ups: 10 Tommy Slang Terms10. Wind-up - A widely used term for fear. For a soldier to ‘have the wind-up’ was no disgrace and was often mentioned casually in conversation, usually to describe a past near miss. It may have derived from the days when convicted felons were transported by ship - the 'wind-up' meaning the end of their last hope as the ship would sail. It may also have come from some of the physical symptoms of fear.
Note our soldier featured again.

THE BRITISH ARMY ON THE WESTERN FRONT, 1914-1918
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Photographs
Catalogue number Q 1778

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