Belgian Collection (#35)

Belgian cavalry passing through Sommergem, WW1
Belgian cavalry passing through Sommergem (Somerghem), East Flanders, Belgium, during the First World War. Transport of the 2nd Scots Guards can be seen on the right

Belgian Air Force 6
Remy van Lierde escapes to England May 1940, joins RAF and has many successes, notably shooting down V1 rockets, of which he destroys 38 flying a Hawker Tempest. Date: 1916+

Albert I Takes Oath
ALBERT I takes the oath of office on coming to the throne 23 December 1909. Date: 1875 - 1934

Albert in the Congo
ALBERT I with queen Elisabeth visit the Belgien Congo in 1928. Date: 1875 - 1934

Advertisement for railway tickets to Ghent Exhibition
An advertisement for affordable railway tickets to Ghent, Belgium, via Dover and Ostend, for the Universal and International Exhibition, taking place from April until November 1913. Date: 1913

Albert I & Elisabeth
ALBERT I with queen Elisabeth walking on the sands at La Panne, in the only part of Belgium not occupied by the Germans. They refused to flee to another country. Date: 1875 - 1934

Belgian Air Force 4
Michel Donnet and Leon Divoy, after the German defeat of Belgium, find and repair an old aeroplane and make a daring escape to England where they fight with great success. Date: 1916+

Albert I at Brussels
After the Allied victory, ALBERT I is able to return to Brussels on 22 November 1918. Date: 1875 - 1934

Albert I at Liege
ALBERT I rides triumphantly into Liege, 13 July 1913 : he will be one of the most popular of kings. Date: 1875 - 1934

Albert with Piccard
ALBERT I with professor PICCARD, the intrepid Belgian scientist whose record- breaking submarine descents and altitude ascents made headline news worldwide. Date: 1875 - 1934

Heyst sur Mer, Belgium - A Troubadour Date: 1923

Dinant, Belgium - Street Scene Date: circa 1905

Young boy with his dog cart - Bruges, Belgium
A young boy with his milk dog cart - Bruges, Belgium Date: circa 1910s

Benguella, Congo - Carnival - Dance of the Chinas
Benguella, Congo - A Carnival, the traditional Dance of the " Chinas" Date: 1911

Dinant, Belgium - Church and Castle
Dinant, Belgium - Collegiate Church of Notre-Dame and the Citadel on the banks of the River Meuse. The town was almost completely destroyed during World War One. Date: circa 1905

Fishing boat on a calm sea - off the coast of Belgium Date: circa 1910s

Belgium - Zeebrugge - Damaged church
Damage to the Church at Zeebrugge, Belgium, following the devastation of the First World War. Date: circa 1919

Refugee notice WWII
One of the notices in a refugee centre during World War II exhorting Belgian refugee women in an advanced state of pregnancy to register their names here. 1939-1945

Ypres, Belgium - Street Artist
A street artist painting in a corner of the Nieuwerk annex of the Cloth Guild Hall, a huge flemish gothic structure era in Ypres, Belgium

Bruges, Belgium - La Rue de L Ane Aveugle Date: circa 1910

Arab Merchant - Congo, Africa
Arab Merchant in Stanleyville, Congo - (still the Belgian Congo at this point) Date: circa 1910s

Flemish Milk cart - Belgium
Flemish Milk cart pulled by a labrador - Belgium. The milkmaid is pouring out a windmill owners daily jug of the white stuff. Date: circa 1910s

1830 Revolution Belgium
REBELLION : an artillery company mass with their weaponry at the St Josse Ten Noode Cemetery, Faubourg, Brussells during the struggle for Belgian independence. Date: 23 - 26 September 1830

British soldier chatting to local woman, Flanders, WW1
A British soldier of the Liverpool Scottish regiment, off duty and behind the lines, chats with a local woman at Dicksbusch, Flanders, during the First World War. Date: 1915

Shell craters at Liege, Belgium, WW1
Three shell craters after bombardment at Liege, Belgium, during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

German navy entering Brussels, Belgium, WW1
Men of the German Naval Corps entering Brussels, Belgium, during the First World War. Date: 1914

Belgian gunners during evacuation of Antwerp, WW1
Belgian gunners during the evacuation of Antwerp, First World War. Date: circa 1914

Belgian troops with dogs, Belgium, WW1
Belgian troops with dogs pulling artillery carts, Belgium, leaving for the front line towards the start of the First World War. Date: 25 October 1914

Devastation during bombing, Ostend, Belgium, WW1
Devastation inside a church in Ostend, Belgium, during the First World War. Nuns stand on the right, looking at the bodies of women, and a jumble of wooden chairs. Date: circa 1914

Belgian nuns and others, Adinkerke, Belgium, WW1
Belgian nuns and others walking along a road at Adinkerke, behind the Yser front in Belgium, during the First World War. Date: 1917

Belgian civilians on a quayside, WW1
Belgian civilians on a quayside during the First World War. Some of them are looking upwards, and a soldier at the centre is pointing a rifle. Date: 1914-1918

Belgian soldiers eating dinner, northern France, WW1
Belgian soldiers eating their dinner in the open air in northern France during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

Defending Willebroek Canal, Belgium, WW1
Belgian troops defending the Willebroek Canal, Belgium, during the German advance on Antwerp, First World War. Showing men resting their rifles on sandbags piled up along the banks

German school in Brussels, Belgium, WW1
A German-run school in Brussels, Belgium, during the First World War. Showing boys at their desks with two teachers in uniform. Date: 1914-1918

Belgian soldiers eating, Western Front, WW1
Belgian soldiers eating in the open air in a town on the Western Front during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

Wounded man in street, Malines, Belgium, WW1
Tending a wounded man in the street at Malines, Belgium, during the retreat to Antwerp, First World War. He is carried by soldiers, under the supervision of a nurse. Date: 1 September 1914

British monitor HMS Severn off Belgian coast, WW1
British monitor (small warship) HMS Severn off the Belgian coast during the First World War. Captain Fullerton and Mr Hamilton (gunner) can be seen at the top of the mast

Temporary bridge at Zeebrugge, Belgium, WW1
The temporary bridge across the gap in the viaduct at the landward end of the mile-long Zeebrugge Mole, at the sea port of Zeebrugge, Belgium, during the First World War

7th Division loading supplies, Ostend, Belgium, WW1
Men of the Belgian 7th Division loading supplies onto a wagon at Ostend, Belgium, soon after the start of the First World War. Date: October 1914

Belgian artillery leaving Tirlemont, Belgium, WW1
Belgian artillery leaving Tirlemont in the direction of Louvain (Leuven), Belgium, at the start of the First World War. Date: August 1914

A dog encounters a snake. A Belgian Schipperke battles a snake. Date: 20th century

Civilian refugees from Ypres, Belgium, WW1
Civilian refugees from Ypres, Belgium, during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

Belgian civilians, WW1
Belgian civilians, including a child, during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

Aerial view of Ostend, Belgium, WW1
Aerial view of the sea port of Ostend, Belgium, during the First World War. Date: circa 1918

Wreck of HMS Vindictive at Ostend, Belgium, WW1
View of the wreck of HMS Vindictive, an Arrogant-class protected cruiser, after the Second Ostend Raid (10 May 1918), during the First World War

Damage to fort, Liege, Belgium, WW1
Damage to a fort in Liege, Belgium, during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

Aerial view of damaged Zeebrugge Mole, Belgium, WW1
German aerial photograph of the gap in the viaduct at the landward end of the mile-long Zeebrugge Mole, at the sea port of Zeebrugge, Belgium, after the Zeebrugge Raid (23 April 1918)

Belgian infantry and cavalry retreat from Antwerp, WW1
Belgian infantry and cavalry on the march during the second retreat from Antwerp, First World War. Date: 9-13 September 1914

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