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The Kitchener Hospital, Brighton, Sussex - WWI eraThe Kitchener Hospital, Brighton, Sussex - WWI. Initially opened as Brighton Union workhouse on Race Hill, at Elm Grove in Brighton, Sussex, which opened in 1867
Skull showing bullet hole in right templeSkull of adult male suicide case. Taken during the archaelogical excavation at Christ Church, Spitalfields, London, 1984-1986
GLC-LFB Fifty pump fire, Tooley Street, SouthwarkThe biggest blaze of the decade was fought at Wilsons Wharf, near Tooley Street, Southwark, in the summer of 1971. It was the same location that cost the life of Londons Fire Chief
London AFS fireman at a hospital during the Blitz, WW2London AFS fireman at a hospital for medical attention during the Blitz
London AFS firewoman at a hospital during the Blitz, WW2London AFS firewoman at a hospital for medical attention during the Blitz
1903 FA Cup Final: Derby County beats Bury 6-0The Football Association Cup Final at the Crystal Palace, where Bury beat Derby County by six goals to nil in the presence of over 63, 000 spectators
Wounded soldiers at Sanches, Flanders, Western Front. WW1. Date: 1914-1918
Injured American soldier at Boureville, France, WW1An injured American soldier is carried on a stretcher during action at Boureville, Forest of Argonne, north eastern France during the First World War. Date: 26 September 1918
Portuguese soldiers captured on the Western Front, WW1Portuguese soldiers who have been captured on the Western Front during the First World War. Date: 1916-1918
The Medicine Ball by David GhilchikA fashionable 1930s couple dressed in swimsuits partake in a wholesome exercise game with a medicine ball but with unfortunate consequences. Date: 1932
A variety of pistols, including Colts Deringer pistolMasterful Reinecke. Silhouette of a wailing fox (or a wolf), in pain from a sore (and bandaged) foot, howling his angst to a goose, which he has swatted out of a tree and an observant perched owl
The Wailing BearSilhouette of a wailing bear, in pain from a sore (and bandaged) foot, howling his angst to the moon (and a perched owl). Date: circa 1910s
Injured colonial French Soldier (WW1) cared for by nurseWW1 - An injured colonial French Soldier (Senegalese?) cared for by a pretty nurse. Date: circa 1917
A recuperating wounded WW1 soldier gets his comeuppance - initial delights at the idea of a massage from nurse on the Monday turns into stark realisation tat this might not be quite so pleasurable
Noblesse oblige - Swiss caring for injured soldiersNoblesse oblige - Whoever claims to be noble must conduct himself nobly. Despite neutrality in world conflict, the Swiss recognise their obligations due to their status to care for those injured in
Back from the Boer War - Scene at a London Terminus of a wounded soldie returning to his relieved family after his tour to Southern Africa. Date: circa 1901
Domestic Violence discussed on a London streetIn the Bars and Streets. Cartoon drawing by Phil May depicting a conversation on a London street discussing domestic violence
Rescuing a wounded comrade under fire - WWI. One of the soldiers of a Russian regiment rescue a wounded comrade. This noble rescuer was afterwards discovered to be a young woman who had joined up as
Malta - One of the Convalescent Camps - WWI. Malta was not on the front line of World War I (unlike World War II) but did participate in many ways nevertheless
Malta - St Patricks Convalescent Camp - WWIMalta - St Patricks Convalescent Camp. The caption (written by a soldier recoving at the camp) detais various tents as the Y.M.C.A, the Cookhouse and the Surgical Ward
Malta - Ghain Tuffieha Camp Hospital - WWIMalta - Ghain Tuffieha Camp Hospital (St Peters Camp). Malta was not on the front line of World War I (unlike World War II) but did participate in many ways nevertheless
Wounded soldier dictates a letter to his Mother, aided by a kindly member of the nursing team. Date: 1904
WWI - Girl gives a party to wounded soldiersA young girl hosts a garden party picnic for wounded soldiers invalided home from the Western Front - instead of receiving her usual Birthday presents Date: circa 1916
Injured footballer - Aston VillaCartoon postcard of an injured footballer entitled The Result of the Match by Martin Anderson ( Cynicus ) - this was template over-printed with the details of various teams, in this case
Fierce shot blasts Goalkeeper into his own goalA fearsome shot from an opposing striker smashes into the face of a hapless Goalkeeper, carrying the ball and the keeper back over the line
PIZARRO, Hernando (1475-1578). Spanish conqueror
Russian-Japanese War (1904-1905). Arrival to" Russian-Japanese War (1904-1905). Arrival to Tokyo of the first injured of the battle of Ya-Lu (February 1904). Picture by Achille Beltrame for " La Domenica del Corriere"
Italian unification. Battle of Bezzeca (July 21, 1866). Garibaldi, injured, incites to his soldiers. Litography. ITALY. Brescia. Risorgimento Museum
Three Injured firemen taken to Barts HospitalFollowing a fire that occurred in a flour wharf in Commercial Road, Whitechapel, three injured firemen (right) are placed in a senior officers staff car
The French Red Cross" The French Red Cross never forgets them..." A superb stylised postcard praising the efforts of the French Red Cross in World War Two - entering the warzone with supplies to aid
Convalescent Wounded Soldiers - WWIDuring the First World War, injured soldiers returning from the front were often billeted in Stately homes and grand houses
Peg-leg peddlar with his tray of items for sale" Any article on the board a penny" A man wounded in the Boer War, his leg lost resort to life as an itinerant tinker or peddlar, peddling his wares on the street
Blind Veteran Soldier - St Dunstans HostelSet up in 1915, St Dunstans Hostel aided the recovery of servicemen blinded during the First World War. This is a charity postcard produced for St Dunstans showing a blinded serviceman being led by a
Spanish Bullfighting Series (4 / 12)Spanish Bullfighting Series. Horses injured by the bull. Date: 1913
Messina Earthquake - Victor Emmanuel IIIMessina Earthquake - Visit of the King of Italy, Victor Emmanuel III (1869-1947), who assisted the First Aid relief effort
British Chaplain writes for a wounded soldierA British Chaplain writing home for a wounded British Tommy, seated on a stretcher with injuries to his right leg circa 1916
Air ambulanceAn air ambulance owned by the Swedish Red Cross at sea. Malmo, 1923. Date: 1923
Melilla, MoroccoThe entrance to Hospital Reinando S.M. Alfonso XIII at Melilla, Morocco. The second Rif War was a conflict in 1909 in Morocco around Melilla
Wounded Romanian soldiers taking a bath, WW1Wounded Romanian soldiers taking a bath outside a military hospital during the First World War. Date: circa 1916-1917
Disabled soldierA disabled soldiers from WWII on his way home. Trelleborg railway station, Sweden 1943. Date: 1943
Propaganda card for the Italian Red CrossAn injured World War One Italian soldier is comforted by the personification of the Italian Health service in a patriotic propaganda card, encouraging Italians to contribute toward this noble cause
German Red Cross with wounded French Soldiers - WWIWounded French POWs from German prison camps received at a railwaty station by the German Red Cross. Date: circa 1916
Two Horses and an injured Collie dogTwo Horses peer over the edge of their stall to look down on an injured Collie dog. Date: circa 1910s
Last public appearance by Queen VictoriaThe last public visit by Queen Victoria (1819-1901), aged 80 - pictured leaving the Herbert Hospital, Woolwich on 22nd March 1900 after visiting soldiers wounded in the Boer War. Date: 1900
Sketch of soldier with bandage and medal, WW1Profile sketch of a soldier during the First World War with his head bandaged and a medal on his chest. Date: 1914-1918
American wounded and German POWs, Argonne, France, WW1Wounded American troops and German prisoners of war in Argonne, north eastern France, during the First World War. Date: 5 October 1918
Two Horses and a group of dogsPortrait of Two Horses peering over the edge of their stall to check on a group of three dogs, including a terrier with a bandaged head. Date: circa 1910s
Scots Highlander - WWI Patriotic Postcard - Union FlagScots Highlander soldier from the First World War on this patriotic postcard, bearing the caption Do or Die. He stands, a wound on his brow bandaged