Infantry Collection (#7)

Canadian Light Infantry in Great War Deeds, WW1
A gallant trio of Canadian sharpshooters (Princess Patricias Canadian Light Infantry), nicknamed The Three Musketeers, holding a mound all day on the Western Front under all kinds of fire

WW1 - Russian Infantry on the march in Poland, 1915
WW1 - Russian infantry battalion on the march in Poland with their kits and weapons during a Polish campaign. They show wearing the universal field-service dress

Japanese infantry musicians, one beating a drum (taiko).. Handcolored woodcut from Auguste Wahlens Manners, Customs and Costumes of all the People of the World, Brussels, 1845

90th Infantry Division in Bastogne
Soldiers and vehicles of the American 90th Infantry Division in the Belgian town of Bastogne. The town had been under siege in December 1944 during the Battle of the Bulge

87th Infantry Division in St Hubert
During the Battle of the Bulge American soldiers of the 87th Division enter the town of St Hubert in Belgium shortly after the German occupiers had left. Date: January 1945

Spain. Military orders. From left to right: Orden de la Encina (Order of the Oak), Order of Santiago, Order of the Crusade, Knights Templar, Order of San Salvador

Imperial Army Series Drill and Field Training. - WWI
Imperial Army Series Drill and Field Training - Attack, Defence, Outposts, Scouting, Bayonet Fighting, Field Sketching, Night Operations - based on Infantry Training 1914 (4-Company Organisation)

105th Mahratta Light Infantry - Christmas and New Year card
105th Mahratta Light Infantry. Christmas and New Year card - Karachi 1922.. Commemorative Art

Prussian Unteroffizier, 12th Regiment of Infantry, WW1
A Prussian Unteroffizier of the 12th Regiment of Infantry, Wertheim

Life Amongst the Sand Bags by Hugo Morgan, WW1
Book Cover mounted on card - Life Amongst the Sand Bags by Hugo Morgan (The Soldier Books). Design by 240455 Private George Barrow, 6th Battalion, Oxford & Bucks Light Infantry (formerly 7389)

Struggle for the Yser Canal, First World War
Desperate struggle between German and Belgian troops in a German attack on the Yser Canal, Belgium. Fierce hand to hand fighting; some cows which had been grazing in a field nearby were killed by

Italian soldiers and sailor, WW1
Two Italian soldiers and an Italian sailor during the First World War. At the top: Alpini (Alpine, left) and Bersaglieri (Light Infantry, right); below: Marina (Navy)

WW1 - Three Smart German Soldiers heading to the front at the start of the First World War (card sent in September, 1914). Date: 1914

Greek hoplies. Greek classical art. Black-figure ceramic. Heavy infantryman of the armies of the ancient Greece. Classical Greek art. Ceramics

Japanese soldiers in uniform
Japanese soldiers. A colonial trooper (left) and a member of the Elite Infantry (right). circa 1906

American troops in Exermont, France, WW1
American 18th Infantry, 1st Division troops in Exermont, north eastern France, during the First World War. They are running across the road while the town is under shellfire

Bombardment of Termonde, Belgium, WW1
Scene during the Bombardment of Termonde, Belgium, by the Germans during the First World War. Showing Belgian infantry sniping after blowing up the railway. Date: 18 September 1914

Bayonet Charge - British soldier - World War One
Don t be Alarmed, the Bulford Boys are on guard. A Patriotic postcard depicting a Britsih infantryman (from Bulford Camp, an army base near Salisbury Plain)

Officer, 7th Regiment of Foot, Royal Fusiliers

Battle of Soissons WWI
German troops crossing a road, other troops resting on the Chemin de Dames on the Western Front during World War I

German Army WWI
German 4th Grand Infantry in Berlin during World War I

Horse Ambulance at Beverloo Training Camp, Belgium
Belgium - Beverloo. An infantry training camp during World War One. First used by the Belgians, then taken on by the Germans. Used as an SS training camp by the Germans in WW2. A Horse-drawn ambulance

Soldiers resting in trench 1918
First battalion Northamptonshire Infantry resting in a British Front line trench at Molain, near Vaux Andigny, in France during World War I on 17th October 1918

Firing mortars over pagodas at Meiktila, Burma
Firing mortar shells over the historic pagodas at Meiktila, Burma - 28th February 1945

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

The Battle in Susteren; Second World War, 1945
Sketch showing a battle between British infantry (in buildings on right) and German tanks (on left) in the town of Susteren, Holland, 1945

British infantry practising an attack, WW1. 1914-1918

La France Maritime - Naval Infantry (everyday uniform). 19th century

Weeler Club, Meerut, Uttar Pradesh, India
Weeler (Wheler) Club, Meerut, Uttar Pradesh, India, established in the 1860s by Major General Francis Wheler. Date: circa 1910

Man posing with rifle, wearing civilian clothes and a Company A, 8th Infantry Regiment badge on his hat. circa 1910

Swedish army. Middle Ages. Figures showing a soldier
Figures showing a soldier on horseback and one on foot heading for the Battle of Brunkeberg (1471). Swedish army. Middle Ages. Medieval Museum. Stockholm. Sweden

Normandy: The advance to Troarn
Photograph: Normandy: The advance to Troarn. Although thick mud is holding up operations in the Caen sector, a double blow by British and Canadian tanks

Infantry and supporting tanks advancing along the Argenta ro
Lantern slide showing infantry and supporting tanks advancing along the Argenta road, Italy, April 1945. From a collection of British official war photographs relating to the 78th Division that were

First Army attack on Longstop Hill, April 1943
Lantern slide showing infantry moving up for the First Army attack on Longstop Hill, April 1943; Churchill tanks which took part in the operation can be seen in the background

Barracks in Antananarivo, Madagascar
Barracks in Antananarivo (Tananarive), Madagascar. Date: circa 1908

Indian Cavalry await the order to advance, Western Front
Photograph: Indian Cavalry await the order to advance, Western Front, 1916 (c).In August 1914 an Indian Corps, including cavalry units, arrived in France

Indian soldiers in trench, Gallipoli, 1915.Photograph by Reggie Savory, 1915.Sikh soldiers of 29th Indian Infantry Brigade rest in a trench, probably in the Cape Helles area

Foreign Corps in the British Service. Privates of the Greek Light Infantry Regiment.Aquatint by J C Stadler after Charles Hamilton Smith.From Charles Hamilton Smiths

Hussars and Infantry of the Duke of Brunswick Oels?s Corps.Aquatint by J C Stadler after Charles Hamilton Smith.From Charles Hamilton Smiths

5th Infantry Brigade (Guards and Gurkhas)
Photograph showing 5th Infantry Brigade (Guards and Gurkhas) disembarking along the small jetty to reinforce the bridgehead at San Carlos, Falkland Islands

In the Cavalry Camp at Devna (Young Cornet) ?I say Charley, do you think now that in the event of our being sent to Sebastopol, the Infantry will be required to accompany us

Action Travel Adventure with the Light Infantry of the Light
Action/ Travel/ Adventure/ with the/ Light Infantry/ of the Light Division.Colour photolithograph recruiting poster published by Her Majesty

Take a 3-year job with the Professionals, / Starting pay L 19.53 a week.Colour photolithograph recruiting poster published by Her Majesty

Soldiers Drilling. Coloured aquatint with soft ground etching by and after J A Atkinson, nd.Published by William Miller, 49 Albemarle Street, London and James Walker, 8 Conway Street, Fitzroy Square

Beg Pardon yer honor, but if yer honor would kindly?
Beg Pardon yer honor, but if yer honor would kindly lend me a cou/ ple of shillings I think I could enlist those two likely looking young/ lads for the drums.Scenes of life in an Infantry Regiment

Please Sir, that little fork Sir, is to show in my kit Sir.Scenes of life in an Infantry Regiment, 1850 (c).One of nine watercolours, artist unknown, probably intended as illustrations for a book

A hussar, an infantryman and a dragoon
Watercolour drawing by D G L, 1890 (c).Shows a hussar, an infantryman and a dragoon, all in undress uniform, scrambling for the entrance of a canteen. Date: circa 1890

Volunteers undergoing physical checks, 1943
Photograph of volunteers undergoing physical checks, 1943 (c).Potential recruits to the 5th Mahratta Light Infantry undergo weight tests at the regimental depot at Belgaum

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