Major Collection (#26)

Major General Brocklehurst, Cottesmore Hunt
Major General John Fielden Brocklehurst (later Lord Ranksborough, 1852-1921), soldier, courtier and Liberal politician. Seen here as Master of the Cottesmore Hunt (Rutland)

Major General Nathaniel Prentiss Banks

King George VI - academic, services & social activities
Page from the Illustrated London News Accession Number 1936 with a number of photographs depicting the new King George VI involved in various engagements as Duke of York

Survivors of the Titanic disaster
Various photographs of Titanic survivors, including Mr G. Pregnall, Quartermaster W. Wynn, Mr W. Major, Mr Joughin, Mr Threlfall, Mr Gough, Mr. F. Prentice, Mr E. Brown, Mr. W

Quartermaster General - Sir Walter Venning, 1939
Lt. General Sir Walter Venning (seated), whose job was to supply the British Army with everything it needed from big guns to flea powder, during World War Two. Pictured at the War Office with Lt

Capture of John Andre
Capture of Major John Andre (1751-1780) by John Paulding (1758-1818) Date: 1780

Edmund, 1st Viscount Allenby
Field Marshal Sir Edmund Henry Hynman Allenby, 1st Viscount Allenby (23 April 186114 May 1936). British soldier and administrator most famous for his role during the First World War

Bridesmaids and Best Man for wedding of Princess Mary
In Hymens Train : The Bridesmaids and the Best Man for the wedding of Princess Mary, Princess Royal, with Henry, Viscount Lascelles, later the 6th Earl of Harewood

Florence, Italy - Maharajahs Memorial
Florence, Italy - a lady stands in front of a memorial to Maharajah Rajaram I, who died in Florence in 1870. This cenotaph was designed by Major Charles Mant, a British Royal Engineer

Ireland / Portstewart
Portstewart, County Derry, one of Northern Irelands major seaside holiday resorts. Date: 1950s

James G Blunt
JAMES G BLUNT - Websters biographical dictionary doesn t mention this American Major-General, doubtless a participant in the Civil War. But heres his autograph, too. Date: 1826 - 1881

Group photo at General Headquarters, Salonika, WW1
Group photo of British Army officers taken at General Headquarters, Salonika (Salonica, Thessaloniki, Greece) during the First World War

Chicago at Night
Michigan Boulevard at night. The street borders lake Michigan and is lined with hotels and other major buildings, making it a popular night-time rendezvous. Date: 1916

12th Earl of Airlie onboard the HMS Suffolk
HMS Suffolk - Tour to the Far East (c.1929 - 1930). David Lyulph Gore Wolseley Ogilvy - 12th Earl of Airlie (1893 - 1968) on the right with (from left), Commander C. B

Cheltenham Boys College
Cheltenham College for boys, Gloucestershire, England. was the first major public school of the Victorian era, built in 1841. Date: built 1841

Stockholm, Sweden - Skansbron Bridge
Skansbron Bascule Bridge (" The Fortlet Bridge" ) over the Hammarbykanalen canal connecting the major Sodermalm Island to the southern mainland district (Sodra Hammarbyhamnen)

Allied breakthrough in Palestine, WW1
Artists impression, based on a photograph, of the Allied breakthrough in Palestine against the Turkish troops during the First World War. Five infantry divisions attacked the Turkish positions

Mobilisation of 4th Grand Infantry Regiment, Berlin, WW1
Scene at the mobilisation of the German 4th Grand Infantry Regiment in Berlin, at the beginning of the First World War. Standing on the dais is Major von Stuelpnagel. Date: circa 1914-1915

1919 Racing Season - some leading figures
Leading figures of the 1919 racing season. Horses: 1. Tetratema, 2. Grand Parade, 3. Keysoe, 4. Buchan. Owners: 5. Lord Glanely, 6. Lord Derby, 7. Major Dermot McCalmont, 8. Mr J White

General Dilleman with the French Army
General Dilleman, an American soldier with the French Army, discussing tactics in a field during the First World War. Date: circa 1917-1918

Indonesia, Southern Bali - Poera Watoe Kao - One of five major Water temples in Bali. Date: circa 1910s

General von Schoeler with Major von Morshach
General von Schoeler - German Intendant General (responsible for logistical suppplies). Pictured with Major Morshach. Date: circa 1914

Major Harvey-Kelly with his Renault aeroplane, Yorkshire
Major Hubert Dunsterville Harvey-Kelly (1891-1917), World War I pilot credited with being the first British pilot to land in France after the declaration of war

British soldiers at Gama, Cameroon, Africa, WW1
British soldiers at Gama, Cameroon, west central Africa, during the First World War, from left to right: Major Wright, Lieutenant Cook, General Cunliffe, Lieutenant Colonel Briscet(?)

General Harbord and General Dawes, Paris
Major General James Guthrie Harbord (1866-1947), Chief of SOS (Services of Supply), and Brigadier General Charles Gates Dawes (1865-1951), both of them American army officers

Chile - Talcahuano - Harbour, Warehouses, Customs
Chile - Talcahuano - Harbour, Customs buildings and Warehouses of the Major Commerical concerns of the region. Date: circa 1910s

Victims of the R101 airship disaster
A holocaust of air experts: victims of the R101 disaster. The British R101 airship crashed near Beauvais in France, on its maiden voyage to Egypt and India, on 5th October 1930

British artillerymen of the RFA in Africa, WW1
British artillerymen of a Nigerian regiment of the Royal Field Artillery with a field gun in Africa during the First World War. Date: circa 1914-1916

Major General A A Montgomery, British army officer, WW1
Major General A A Montgomery, British army officer during the First World War. He was a commander of the Fourth Army (XIII Corps), and General Rawlinsons Chief of Staff, based at Querrieux Chateau

Major Gerald Messervy MC, British army officer, WW1
Acting Major Gerald Messervy MC (c1890-1918), British army officer with the Royal Field Artillery during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

Major General Sir George MacMunn, British Army officer
Major General Sir George Fletcher MacMunn (1869-1952), British Army officer. Date: circa 1914-1918

Major General Leonard Wood, American army officer
Major General Leonard Wood (1860-1927), American army officer, delivering a graduation address as part of military training activities at the Georgia School of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia, USA

Major General Michael J H Walsh Chief Scout
Major General Michael J. H. Walsh, Chief Scout. Date: 1988

Crown Prince Wilhelm of Prussia with Major von Muller
Crown Prince Friedrich Wilhelm Victor August Ernst of Prussia (1882-1951). Seen here in uniform, with Major von Muller and others on the Western Front during the First World War

Painting of British officers and artillerymen, WW1
An unattributed painting of four British Royal Artillery officers, headed by Major General Sir Herbert Crofton Campbell Uniacke (1866-1934), on the Western Front during the First World War

Brigadier General Watson in Jerusalem, WW1
Brigadier General (later Major General) Sir David Watson (1869-1922) of the Canadian 180 Infantry Brigade on his arrival in Jerusalem during the First World War

Major von Wienskow inspecting Turkish regiment, Nazareth
Major von Wienskow (or Wienskowski) of the Prussian Army inspecting a Turkish regiment in Nazareth during the First World War. Date: 1917-1918

Major General Elles in France during WW1
Major General Sir Hugh Jamieson Elles (1880-1945), British General and the first commander of the newly formed Tank Corps in the First World War

Page from An Album of Aeroplanes (Civil) for cigarette cards issued by John Player & Sons, featuring the British aeroplanes, the Miles Hawk Major, two-seater touring monoplane; the Monospar S.T

Queen Elizabeth II in Scotland
Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip enjoy a summer holiday at Balmoral, on this occasion they walk up the jetty at Applecross to visit the home of Major and Mrs John Wills

Major-General Blum with officers of Austria-Hungary
Major-General Blum in circle of Austro-Hungarian officers in World War One

Crusades / Nicaea
FIRST CRUSADE Crusaders under Godefroi de Bouillon take NICAEA (now Iznik, Turkey) the first major city to fall to them Date: June 1097

Russian Cavalry Officer
OFFICIER DE L ETAT-MAJOR RUSSE (Russian staff officer) Date: circa 1812

Plants / Cuscuta Major
Large-leaved cuscuta : not in any of our reference books : has it changed its name ? Date: 19th century

Social / Vietnam Street
People in one of the major shopping streets at Hue, South Vietnam. Date: 1976

Plants / Vinca Major
PERIWINKLE Date: 1894

Alexander Macomb
Major-general ALEXANDER MACOMB American military commander Date: 1782 - 1841

Andrew Burn, Military
Major-General ANDREW BURN British military commander during the Napoleonic Wars. Date: CIRCA 1815

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