Ostend Collection

British Royal Marines arriving in Ostend, Belgium, WW1
A Brigade of Royal Marines march through Ostend, Belgium, greeted by local residents. The Brigade was made up of Battalions from each of the Royal Marine home divisions, Portsmouth

Card commemorating Zeebrugge and Ostend raid, WW1
Card commemorating British raids on German shipping at Zeebrugge and Ostend, 23 April 1918. Date: 1918

Poster, The Continent via Dover-Ostend, Belgian State Railways and Mail Packets. Date: circa 1930s

Poster advertising Belgian railways
Poster advertising trips between Dover and Ostend

Ostend Bathing Machines
The bathing machines pulled out into the water for the benefit of the bathers who nearly all wear striped costumes

Sir John Ogle
SIR JOHN OGLE military commander, reputed for his courage at the siege of Ostend and elsewhere - with his autograph

Haig Inspects Sailors
Field Marshall Sir Douglas Haig inspecting sailors who took part in the raids on Ostend and Zeebrugge

German Tirpitz battery at Ostend - WW1
German Tirpitz battery at Ostend during the First World War

Ostend, Belgium - La Digue (seafront) toward the Kursaal
Ostend, Belgium - La Digue (seafront) heading toward the Kursaal Pleasure Palace. Date: circa 1908

Ostend, Belgium - Large calibre cannon on the seawall
Ostend, Belgium - Large calibre German WW1-era cannon mounted on the seawall alongside the Royal Palace Hotel. Ostend (in common with nearly the entirety of the country)

Harbour at Ostend, Belgium - Painted by landscape artist Alfred Robert Quinton for the Sevenoaks based publishing and printing company J. Salmon, and reproduced as a local view postcard

Church of Saints Peter and Paul, Ostend, Belgium - Painted by landscape artist Alfred Robert Quinton for the Sevenoaks based publishing and printing company J

Quai de l'Empereur, Ostend, Belgium - Painted by landscape artist Alfred Robert Quinton for the Sevenoaks based publishing and printing company J. Salmon, and reproduced as a local view postcard

Ostend Channel Steamer entering Dover Harbour, Kent - Painted by landscape artist Alfred Robert Quinton for the Sevenoaks based publishing and printing company J

Interior of the Salon de Jeux in the Kursall Casino, Ostend
An interior view of the Salon de Jeux in the Kursall Casino, Ostend, 1920s Date: 1920s

A night view of the entrance to the Kursall Casino
A night-time view of the entrance to the Kursall Casino at Ostend, 1920s Date: 1920s

A view of the seafront at Ostend in front of the Kursall, 1910s, but the same for the 1920s Date: 1920s

A view of the entrance ot the Kursall, Ostend
A view of the entrance ot the Kursall from the centre of Ostend, 1910s, but the same for the 1920s Date: 1920s

Seafront outside the Kursall, Ostend
The seafront outside the Kursall, Ostend showing the promenade and part of the beach, 1910s, but the same for the 1920s Date: 1920s

Seafront promenade at Ostend with the Hotel Royal Belge
A view of the seafront promenade at Ostend with the Hotel Royal Belge and Bodega bar, 1910s, but the same for the 1920s Date: 1920s

A view of the Chalet Royal and the seafront (La Digue) at Ostend, 1910s, but the same for the 1920s Date: 1920s

Ostende
This painting shows a heavily populated beach in Ostend, on the Belgian coast, with a row of grand buildings lined in the background. Date: circa 1915

Prince Albert, Dover to Ostend mail boat Date: 1950s

HMS Swiftsure - Swiftsure-class pre-dreadnought battleship
Royal Navy - HMS Swiftsure, the lead ship of the Swiftsure-class pre-dreadnought battleship, moored up. Originally known as Constitucion, ordered by the Chilean Navy

WWI: refugee living in beach hut, Ostend
Vintage World War One photograph - WWI: refugee living in beach hut, Ostend

View waterfront / beach with tourists, Ostend Ostende, Belgium
Vintage 19th century photograph: View of the waterfront and beach with tourists, Ostend Ostende, Belgium

Tourist & bathers, bathing cars on beach at Ostend, Belgium
Vintage 19th century photograph: Tourist and bathers with bathing cars on the beach at Ostend, Belgium

La Salle de Fetes (the party hall) at the Kursaal, Ostend
La Salle de Fetes at the Kursaal, Ostend, 1920s Date: 1920s

Belgian refugees at Ostend, WW1
Belgian refugees at Ostend - families living in beach huts escaping the German invasion, August 1914, at the start of the First World War. 1914

Jessica Borthwick on Red Cross schooner, WW1
Jessica Borthwick, owner of the Red Cross schooner Grace Darling, who was fired at from the pier at Ostend, Belgium, during the First World War. 1914

Belgian soldier firing at a German aeroplane, WW1
A Belgian soldier firing at a German aeroplane flying over Ostend, 16 October 1914, during the First World War. 1914

Arthurian Cornwall, 1929
Page from The Sphere, 6th July 1929, featuring a piece on Arthurian Cornwall, and an advertisement for holidaying in Ostend, Belgium. Date: 1929

Copper plate, The horse of Ostend, by Robert Austin
Original copper plate (cancelled), The horse of Ostend, by Robert Austin. 1921

OSTEND / CROWDED BEACH
Ostend: a busy beach at bathing time Date: circa 1880

OSTEND / BATHING MACHINES
Ostend: bathing machines Date: circa 1905

OSTEND PROMENADE / PHOTO
Strolling along the promenade at Ostende with umbrellas - to protect them from the sun. Date: circa 1890

Children shrimping at Ostend. Date: circa 1885

On Ostend Beach, Windy
Children and their dog on the beach on a windy day Date: 1890

A beach scene from Ostend, Belgium - Bathing huts on wheels
A beach scene from Ostend, Belgium depicting a lady sat astride one of the horses used to pull the beach bathing huts (pictured, each with their own number) in and out of the water. Date: circa 1909

Train on the Brussels to Ostend railway, Belgium. Date: circa 1900

Gertrud Van Oosten
GERTRUD VAN OOSTEN also known as van Ostend, Dutch servant-girl who became a nun and experienced the stigmata, as depicted here Date: ? - 1358

Ostend-Dover Ferry
The Ostend (Belgium) to Dover (England) cross channel ferry boat. Date: early 1930s

HMS Brilliant and HMS Sirius, Ostend, Belgium, WW1
Aerial view of two obsolete British cruisers, HMS Brilliant and HMS Sirius, which took part in a failed attempt to block the port of Ostend, Belgium

Gun of Tirpitz Battery in firing position, Ostend, WW1
A gun of the German Tirpitz Battery in elevated firing position at Ostend, Belgium, during the First World War. Work on the construction of the Battery can be seen in progress in the background

HMS Vindictive after Zeebrugge Raid, Belgium, WW1
View of HMS Vindictive, an Arrogant-class protected cruiser, after the Zeebrugge Raid (23 April 1918), Belgium, when her upperworks were badly damaged by gunfire

Women bathers 1913
Women enjoying the summer days at Ostend seaside resort, wearing one piece bathing-dresses, which women were permitted to wear in public. 1913

Belgium - Boarding the Ferry to Dover at Ostende. Promotional postcard for the Belgium National Railway. Date: 1920

Leopold II, King of Belgium
Seaside Life - The King at Ostende. The King of Belgium, Leopold II (1865-1909) relaxing by the beach Date: circa 1905

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