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Australian Road to Passchendaele Marker Stone
The Third Battle of Ypres, generally referred to as Passchendaele began on 31 July 1917 and staggered on in dreadful weather conditions until it floundered in mud and resulted in some 300

The Memorial Chapel, Talbot House, Poperinghe, Belgium
Talbot House, a rest house for soldiers and officers, was started by Padre Philip Byard (Tubby) Clayton and was officially opened on 11 December 1915

British CWGC Cemetery Tyne Cot, Passchendaele, Belgium
This is the largest British War Cemetery in the world and was designed by Sir Hebert Baker (who designed the tomb of Cecil Rhodes in Delhi)

German cemetery Langemarck mass grave
The majority of the over 44, 000 bodies buried here are from the fighting during the First Battle of Ypres that began on 18 October 1914

British 3rd Infantry Division Plaque Sannerville Normandy
The wall commemorates the Divisions part in Operation Goodwood, 18-21 July 1944. Nicknamed Montys Ironsides, between D-Day and the end of the war, the Division had over 11, 000 casualties

Entrance to site of German POW Camp Foucarville
Eventually the camp held 40, 000 prisoners including 218 Generals and 6 Admirals. It was effectively a full blown town with a 1, 000 bed hospital, a cinema, electric lights, a ballroom and shops

German Cemetery Orglandes Normandy
There are over 10, 000 burials here from the battles as the Americans drove towards Cherbourg. Originally both Germans and Americans were buried here but the latter were moved in 1945 to St Laurent

US Cemetery Marker Number 1 St Mere Eglise Normandy
This is one of three markers at the locations of the first American cemeteries. There were 3, 000 soldiers buried here. By 10 June there were eight battlefield cemeteries but these were later

The greatest trek in history, Partition 1947
The greatest trek in history - to find freedom from fear: some of the 4, 000, 000 refugees in the Punjab. Double page from the Illustrated London News

Ryan ST-3KR - PT-22 Recruit - N48773
Ryan ST-3KR (PT-22 Recruit) N48773 (msn 1868, ex 41-20659) The ST-3KR had a more powerful Kinner R-5 engine fitted and became the definitive model, with more than 1

BATTLE OF TORGAU Friedrich der Grosse defeats the Austrians under Daun, brilliantly turning defeat into victory but at the cost of 13, 000 casualties Date: 3 November 1760

Prince Gortschakoffs Residence, near Bucharest 1853
Residence of Prince Gortscakoff in Wallachia, on the Black Sea, close to Bucharest, which was used for exercises by the Russian Army, 1853. 18, 000 Russian soldiers took part in the manoevres

Pulling down the Red Flag, Grand Opera House; Paris Commune
Red Flag being taken down from the Grand Opera House in Paris, indicating the fall of the Paris Commune of 1871. As the Commune fell 8 days of bloody revenge began

MAN AFTER 35 000 YEARS
MACHINE MAN OF ARDATHIA (Francis Flagg) 35, 000 years hence, man lives in a container fitted with controls for everything, including powerful rays Date: 1927

FRENCH IN VIETNAM
TUYEN-QUAN 15-20, 000 Chinese besieged this town, held by a garrison of French, Algerians and local allies, for 18 days before being relieved Date: 14 February - 3 March 1885

REINDEER PERIOD ARTISTS
Artists of the Reindeer Period (part of the palaeolithic era) Date: circa 10, 000 BC

United Services Museum
In its day the Royal United Services Museum was regarded as the biggest and most important in the country, apart from the British Museum

Osbornes leap
In 1559, Sir William Hewet (Clothworker) was mayor, whose income is estimated at lb6, 000 per annum. Hewet lived on London Bridge, and one day a nurse playing with his little daughter Anne

Old Patch
A rogue of genius who, in the 1780s carried out bank note forgeries on a grand scale, amassing himself a sum in excess of lb200, 000. Date: 19th century

Gloster Sapphire Meteor WA820
Gloster Sapphire Meteor F.8 WA820 at the 1950 SBAC Farnborough Air Show. In the background can be seen Gloster Meteor F.4 VZ389 and Avro Lincoln B.2 RA657 of Flight refuelling Ltd

Altar for the Oxford Movement Catholic Centenary held at the White City Stadium, Hammersmith, London on 9th July 1933 - over 50, 000 people attended the High Mass. Date: 1933

Ashtabula, Ohio, USA - Flatiron Park - Old Cannon
Ashtabula, Ohio, USA - Flatiron Park, looking toward Center Street - The Old Cannon - " which held Billy Whitlas $10, 000 ransom nearly six hours" Date: circa 1920

New Haven, Connecticut, USA - Football game at the Yale Bowl. Date: circa 1930s

20000 Leagues Under the Sea, Jules Verne
20, 000 LIEUES SOUS LES MERS [20 000 leagues under the sea] The treasure of the wreck Date: 1870

Saunders-Roe P192 study for a long-range 1000-passenger / car
Saunders-Roe P192 study for a long-range 1, 000-passenger/cargo flying boat powered by 24 Rolls-Royce Conway turbofans

The celebrated trotting Team Edward and Swiveller, owned by Frank Work Esq. N.Y.: Winning their match for $1, 000, against time 2:20 to Wagon, driven by John Murphy

Joseph Swan
Sir Joseph Wilson Swan (1828-1914), English chemist, inventor and industrialist. As well as inventing the dry plate photographic process

Canadian Inuksuk Monument Utah Beach Museum
It is estimated that about 3, 000 Native Canadians (Inuit, Metis and others) fought in WW2 of whom some 200 died. The Memorial, built by Inuk Elder Peter Irniq was unveiled on 30 October 2005

Beech JRB-4-the US Navy version of the Beech Model 18 First flown in January 1937, more than 9, 000 were built Most numerous of these was the US Army Air Forces AT-11 and C-45

Cessna 172 OE-DBH Alpenair, Innsbruck
More Cessna 172s have been built than any other aircraft, over 43, 000 since 1955. A high wing 4-seat monoplane it is mainly used as a light aircraft for private flying. Date: 1963

Zulu wars. Queen Victoria decorating officers engaged in the
Queen Victoria decorating Lieutenant John Rouse Merriott Chard with the Victoria Cross for bravery. Chard was one of the officers who successfully defended Rorkes Drift from an army of Zulu warriors

Animals of Mount Everest, 1924
Illustration showing Mount Everest and the wildlife seen there in 1924. The highest permanent human habitation was at 17, 000 feet; the highest plant-life about 18

The first Illustrated London News
Front cover of the very first copy of the Illustrated London News, published May 14th, 1842. Founded by Herbert Ingram, who anticipated demand for a newspaper containing illustrations

A Second World War Red Cross food parcel
The contents of a food parcel dispatched for Christmas in 1944. 180, 000 packages were sent out, many to prisoners of war in Germany, by the Red Cross and St John Organisation

Bassville Assassinated
French diplomat Nicolas Jean de Bassville imprudently seeks to rouse Romans to sympathy for the revolution, and is assassinated. The Pope pays his family 300, 000 livres

Mumtaz-I-Mahal
MUMTAZ-I-MAHAL favourite wife of emperor Shah Jahan : when she died, he employed 20, 000 craftsmen to construct the Taj Mahal in her memory (1630 - 1653)

Cave Dwellers / Family
Cave dwellers of the Ice Age (Pleistocene era), bringing home the days catch and joining the rest of the family around the fire

British and Indian machine gunners with Vickers machine gun
Photograph of British and Indian machine gunners with a Vickers machine gun, Lewis gun and range-finder, 1917. By the end of 1918 the British had deployed 112

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

Telegraph map of Upper Egypt 1882, compiled by the Intelligence Branch, War Office; scale 1:4 000 000; one of five maps, probably belonging to Capt George Frederick Wilson, Royal Engineers

Sennacherib (Barlow)
Assyrian ruler Sennacherib comes down on the Jews like a wolf on the fold, but the Angel of the Lord (in the form of bubonic plague) destroys 185, 000 of them... Date: circa 701 BC

Sir Charles Hall
SIR CHARLES HALL lawyer, earning 10 000 per annum in the Chancery Court (say 1m today); no wonder he turned down the offer to become a judge Date: 1814 - 1883

Argosy over Croydon
An Imperial Airways Armstrong Whitworth Argosy flies over the air-station at Croydon, which cost 260, 000 ! Date: 1927

Bristol Riot / 1831 / Dawson
In Bristol, where only 6000 of the 104, 000 population had the vote in 1830, a crowd protest against the House of Lords defeat of the Reform Bill by burning 100 houses Date: 31 October 1831

Making Remembrance Poppy
MAKING POPPIES It takes 300 men a full working year to produce the 40, 000, 000 poppies required for remembrance day. Each one is hand finished. Date: 1940

Bombario the Hunchback, was used as a writing-desk by brokers and is reputed to have earned 6, 000 pounds in a few days Date: circa 18th century

Battle of Crecy 1346
9000 English soldiers under Edward III defeat 30, 000 French under Philippe VI Date: 26 August 1346

Earliest Man
- Mama, is that papa ? Date: circa 30, 000 BC

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