Guardsmen Collection

Irish Guards Shamrock
The duke of Connaught presents Irish Guardsmen with a sprig of shamrock each

Coldstream Guards on a Christmas and New Year card, changing sentry duty in the snow. Date: circa 1890s

Scrap : Guardsmen
Two British guardsmen with their rifles shouldered. Date: late 19th century

Procession of Horse Guardsmen - London Date: circa 1910s

Ancient Germanic warriors on a battlefield. Formations of cavalry, infantry and other troops behind wheeled vehicles. Warrior at left with winged helmet, sword, shield, fur cape and tunic

Coldstream Guard sentry at Windsor Castle, Berkshire - Painted by artist Charles Howard for the Sevenoaks based publishing and printing company J

And Whatever You Do, Don't Call Me Alf!
A humorous illustration showing a meeting of gentlemen at the top of some town steps, with a crowd and line of guardsmen looking on. Date: circa 1939

Napoleon And His Grenadiers
A comical illustration which shows Napoleon Bonaparte tugging the ear of one of his grenadier guardsmen. Date: circa 1901

Firing the salute at the opening of Tower Bridge, London. Date: 30th June 1894

George V last journey at Norfolk
King George V last journey from his Norfolk home to London; The funeral procession leaving the Church of St Mary Magdalene, Sandringham, Norfolk, where the King was lying-in-state

Photograph showing two Civil Guardsmen cleaning their kit in their barracks, Spain, 1936. The Civil Guard were a cross between a military unit and a police force

A Civil Guard Parade on a tiered building at their barracks, Spain, 1936. This was deemed a necessary alternative to drilling on the middle of the parade ground

A Civil Guardsman having dinner with his family in their private rooms at a Civil Guard Barracks, Spain, 1936. The Civil Guard were a cross between a military unit and a police force

Patience Barnoldswick Choral Society, Lancashire, England Date: circa 1910

Queens Life Guard march along The Mall, London
Queens Life Guard march along The Mall in London watched by crowds. Changing the Guard at Buckingham Palace. Date: circa 1950s

Queens Guard, The Mall, London
The Queens Guard line The Mall in Central London. Date: circa 1950s

Comic postcard, Guardsman and maid, WW2 - How long is your furlough? Date: circa 1940s

The blindfolded Austrian officer at the Battle of Ulm, 1805
The blindfolded Austrian officer (Prince Maurice Liechtenstein) forced to capitulate to Napoleon Bonaparte at the Battle of Ulm, 1805

Dog soldier and two cats on a greetings card with a tab pull. Date: circa 1890s

MARINES DE LA GARDE
Marins de la Garde (naval guardsmen) Date: circa 1807

COMMUNE / GUILLOTINE BURNT
A crowd of National Guardsmen and citizens look on as a guillotine is ceremoniously burnt before the statue of Voltaire Date: 7 April 1871

RUNNING THE GAUNTLET
Newly-wed couple run the gauntlet of guardsmen saluting with symbolically raised, unsheathed swords Date: early 20th century

Tourists and guardsman, Windsor
Four mature lady Japanese tourists pose for a photograph beside an Irish Guard on sentry duty outside Windsor Castle, England. First published The Sunday Times Date: 1989

Umbrella tourists Windsor
Tourists under an umbrella watch guardsmen drummers on parade in the rain at Windsor Castle Date: 1989

Lying-in-State of late King George V - Westminster Hall
Late Majesty, King George Lying-in-State in Westminster Hall, London, for the four days. Around the Royal coffin on its dais, isolated amid the wide spaces

Late Victorian 1890s Greetings Card Man Men Red
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Four guardsmen on a cutout Christmas and New Year card. (1 of 3) Date: circa 1890s

Presentation of New Colours to Irish Guards
The Presentation of New Colours to the First Battalion of the Irish Guards, in the Grounds of Buckingham Palace: The Consecration by the Chaplain-General of the Forces and a Roman Catholic Chaplain

British and American Troops in Munster, Second World War, 19
Photograph showing American infantry of the 17th Airborne Division (on left) and British soldiers of the Sixth Guards Tank Brigade conferring over a map in Munster, Westphalia, 1945

Guard / Buckingham Palace
The entrance gateway to Buckingham Palace, London, showing one of the guardsmen on duty by the gates. These sentries are now stationed inside the courtyard

Denmark - Copenhagen - The Royal Guard - Amelienborg Palace. Date: circa late 1930s

Two soldiers on a stirrup-shaped New Year card
Two soldiers, one of them on sentry duty, on a stirrup-shaped New Year card. Date: circa 1890s

Greetings card in the shape of a sentry box with guard
Greetings card in the shape of a sentry box with a guard standing in front. Date: circa 1890s

Grenadier guardsman drumming on a Victorian scrap. Date: circa 1890s

Three boys in military uniform on a greetings card. Date: circa 1890s

Guardsman in a sentry box on a greetings card. Date: circa 1890s

Guardsman on horseback on a Christmas card. circa 1890s

Vatican City, Rome, Italy - Quarters of the Swiss Guard. Date: circa 1908

Woman police officer on horseback, London
Woman police officer (Ruth Lindley) on horseback in Central London in front of a band of marching guardsmen. Women were appointed to the Mounted Branch in 1970. Date: circa 1977

Sergeant Michael O Leary, VC at Cuinchy
Sergeant Michael John O Leary (29 September 1890 2 August 1961), capturing the barricade at Cuinchy on February 1st. Date: 1915

Private J. Mackenzie, 2nd Scots Guards VC
John Mackenzie (22 November 1871 17 May 1915), who was awarded a VC for the Batlle of Loos Date: 1915

Lance-Corporal F. W. Dobson, Coldstream Guards VC
Frederick William Dobson, (9 November 1886 15 November 1935), who was awarded a VC for the First Battle of the Aisne Date: 1915

Lance-Corporal W. D. Fuller, Grenadier Guards VC
Lance-Corporal Wilfred Dolby Fuller (28 July 1893 22 November 1947), Grenadier Guards, who earned the Victoria Cross for bravery at the Battle of Neuve Chapelle. Date: 1915

Private Edward Barber, Grenadier Guards VC
Private Edward Barber (10 June 1893 12 March 1915), Grenadier Guards VC, who was awarded the VC for his conduct at the Battle of Neuve Chapelle. Date: 1915

Lieutenant G. A. Boyd-Rochfort, VC
George Arthur Boyd-Rochfort (1880 1940), lieutenant in the Scots Guards and recipient of the Victoria Cross for bravery in the trenches between Cambrai and La Bass饬 painted by Herbert Draper

Three guardsmen in an envelope on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

Little boy and guardsman, Whitehall, Central London
Little boy looking up at a guardsman, Whitehall, Central London. Date: circa 1960s

Coronation of George VI
Royal Coach processing past crowds of spectators during the Coronation of George VI on 12th May of 1937 escorted by Guardsmen in full ceremonial uniform. Date: 1937

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