Drill Collection (#5)

Firefighting drill open day - known as a Field Day (Open Day) - location unknown. The Corps of Canadian Fire-fighters (also known as the Volunteer Corps of Canadian Fire-fighters and simply as CCCF)

Hose Laying Drill. The Corps of Canadian Fire-fighters (also known as the Volunteer Corps of Canadian Fire-fighters and simply as CCCF) were stationed in England between 1942 and 1945

Ladder Drill. The Corps of Canadian Fire-fighters (also known as the Volunteer Corps of Canadian Fire-fighters and simply as CCCF) were stationed in England between 1942 and 1945. Date: circa 1942

Training
Ladder drill and fire-fighting training on a mocked up building. The Corps of Canadian Fire-fighters (also known as the Volunteer Corps of Canadian Fire-fighters and simply as CCCF)

Pump Drill
Wider shot of Training at Testwood, Southampton, this is for pump drill. The Corps of Canadian Fire-fighters (also known as the Volunteer Corps of Canadian Fire-fighters and simply as CCCF)

Francois Duquesnoy - 2
FRANCOIS DUQUESNOY known as Le Flamand, Flemish sculptor, depicted with drill, dividers and other tools of his trade. Date: 1594 - 1642

Barrage Balloons 1939
Barrage balloons being inflated from gas stored in bottles. Trailers attached to the motor unit are connected to the inflating hose. Date: November 1939

Waardgelders Diaband
Prince Maurice disbands the Waardgelders of Utrecht. Date: 31st July 1618

French Seed Drill
French seed drill modified from Tull and Duhamel Date: 1760

South Middlesex Rifles clearing ground at Burlington House
Members of the South Middlesex Rifle Volunteer Corps at work by torchlight in the gardens of Burlington House, Piccadilly clearing the ground in preparation for the erection of their drill shed

Drill shed in Burlington Gardens
The drill shed erected in Burlington Gardens, for the use of the South Middlesex Rifle Volunteers in 1862. Date: 1862

J R Poole
Promotional postcard for J P Pooles tour to the Drill Hall, Bridport, 11th November 1907. The Poole fam-ly presented shows in which pictures were projected on to a screen. Presumably J. R

Aylesbury Inebriate Reformatory - Fire Drill by Officers
Officers at Aylesbury Inebriate Reformatory carry out a fire drill. Fire hoses lie on the ground. Date: 1908

American Navy Marine Guards company drill by sections on the USS Broolyn Cruiser in America Date: circa 1900

Man and boy, seed drill, field near Plymouth, Devon
Man and boy with horse and seed drill in a field near Plymouth, Devon. circa 1960s

Dr Barnardos Boys - Musical Drill
A group of uniformed boys from an unnamed Barnardos home hold cymbals and tambourines, used to carry out a musical drill

Utility bib and braces, 1943 - WWII fashion
A pair of bib and braces (dungarees) for women in navy drill, part of a range of Utility clothing available from Peter Robinsons of Oxford Street, procured for three coupons

Drill-dodging: The new exercise, H. M. Bateman cartoon, WW1
" Drill-dodging: Everyone can test it gratis: the new exercise for onlookers in the park." This World War One cartoon jokes that the sheer quantity of volunteers to the British Army by 1915

Gordon Boys Home, Woking - Drill
Gordon Boys Home, Woking. Boys on parade for marching drill, accompanied by the homes band. Date: circa 1909

Metropolitan Police Orphanage, Twickenham - Drill Ground
Metropolitan Police Orphanage, Twickenham. Boys and girls are lined up for parade on the drill ground. Date: circa 1906

Metropolitan Police Orphanage, Twickenham - Boys at Drill
Metropolitan Police Orphanage, Twickenham. The boys are lined up in the playground for rifle drill. Date: circa 1910

Spurgeons Orphanage, Stockwell - Boys at Drill
Spurgeons Orphanage, Stockwell. Boys perform a drill exercise holding dumb-bells

Kingswood Reformatory, Bristol - Band
Boys on rifle drill parade at the Kingswood Reformatory, near Bristol. The Schools Band stands alongside. Date: circa 1901

Commercial Travellers Schools, Pinner - Girls Drill
Girls perform a drill routine with sticks. Date: circa 1906

Commercial Travellers Schools, Pinner - Boys Drill
Commercial Travellers Schools, Pinner. Boys Boys perform a drill routine. Date: circa 1906

Mullers New Orphan Houses, Bristol - Dumb-bell Drill
Mullers New Orphan Houses, Bristol. Young boys exercise with a dumb-bell drill

Drill, Mandrillus leucophaeus.. Handcolored copperplate engraving from The Naturalists Pocket Magazine, Harrison, London, 1800

Queen Victoria Rifles training in Hampstead streets, WW1
Members of the Queen Victoria Rifles practising Swedish drill in the streets of Hampstead, which they were using as a training ground, arousing much public interest in the process! 1914

Oxford University under arms, drilling in the quadrangle
Members of the Officers Training Corps at Oxford University drilling in a college quadrangle. Date: 1915

H. A. Beals military vest advertisement, WW1
Advertisement for a top hole military vest, made in rainproofed khaki drill, soft as silk, warm as fur, windproof, insect-proof, tear proof and only weighing four ounces

Eton College Office Training Corps drilling before lessons
Schoolboy members of the Officers Training Corp at Eton College going through an early morning drill before beginning the days studies in 1915. Date: 1915

WW2 greetings card, Gun Drill, by Duncan Grant, official war picture from the National Gallery. Date: circa 1942

Drilling an Oil Well - Boring by Turbine. Liquid mud is pumped at high pressure through a non-revolving pipe to a turbo drill (shown in the inset enlargement) at the bottom of the well

Mosque at Citadel, Cairo, Egypt, WW1
Mosque at the Citadel, an army barracks in Cairo, Egypt. Date: 1914-1918

Miners at work, Victor, Colorado, USA
Miners at work, drilling one thousand feet underground in a gold mine at Victor, Colorado, USA. Date: circa 1910

Training munition workers at Shoreditch Technical Institute
Scenes showing the training of munition workers at Shoreditch Technical Institute (run by London County Council) during the First World War

With the Army by Denis Cowles, WW1 cartoon
With the Army - 1. Teaching recruits to " carry the left foot about 12 inches to the left." " Infantry Training 1914." Something of a misinterpretation of infantry training

With the Army, Telling off a platoon, WW1 cartoon
A platoon is given a dressing down by the commanding officer inspecting them. Date: 1916

AFS regional training exercise, Wymondham College
AFS regional training exercise in Norfolk, 10-11 September 1955. Showing the Column Commander briefing the Company Commander

AFS regional training exercise, journey through London
AFS regional training exercise in Norfolk, 10-11 September 1955. Showing vehicles in London, passing Marble Arch en route for their destination. Date: 1955

Firefighter training with foam extinguisher
Firefighter training with a foam extinguisher, 18 April 1956. Date: 1956

Firefighters training with foam extinguisher
Two firefighters training with a foam extinguisher. Date: circa 1950s

Recruiting poster, No 3 Coy Dorset Royal Garrison Artillery
Recruitment poster, For King & Country, Territorial Force, No 3 Company Dorsetshire Royal Garrison Artillery, Recruits are required for the above company, 1910 (c). Date: 1910

LFB Dennis dual-purpose pump, Lambeth HQ
Lambeths (D61) pump at its base station, on display in Brigade headquarters drill yard. Side mounted pump outlets together with hose-reel tubing and two hook ladders can be seen

B Division training exercise, London Docks
B Division training exercise at London Docks, 6 February 1955. Date: 1955

Firefighters taking part in a hose training drill
Two firefighters taking part in a hose training drill

Horse-drawn steamer taking part in special drill
A horse-drawn steamer and crew taking part in a special drill display given at Lambeth HQ for chief officers of provincial fire brigades on 13 October 1937. Seen here are hosepipes in action

Shand Mason MFB horse-drawn steam pump and crew
A Shand Mason MFB horse-drawn steam pump and crew, taking part in a special drill display given to chief officers of provincial fire brigades on 13 October 1937

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