1902 Gallery

All that was left of them, 17th Lancers near Modderfontein

All that was left of them, 17th Lancers near Modderfontein, 17 September 1901.Chromolithograph after Richard Caton Woodville (1856-1927), 1901.Published by Gilbert Whitehead and Company Limited as a supplement to Holly Leaves Christmas Number, 1902. Associated with the 17th (The Duke of Cambridge's Own) Lancers, Boer War (1899-1902). Date: 1901

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Guiltcross Union Workhouse, Kenninghall, Norfolk

The Guiltcross Union Workhouse, designed by William Thorold, was erected in 1836-7 at Kenninghall, Norfolk. After its closure in 1902 the site was acquired by the Rev Harold Burden and reopened in 1904 as the Eastern Counties or East Harling Inebriates Reformatory for treating alcoholics. The site housed German prisoners during the First World War

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RMS Carpathia, 1903

Photograph of the Cunard Line's RMS Carpathia, launched by the Swan Hunter Shipyard, in 1902. She was the first vessel built for the Cunard Line which was exclusively for second and third class passengers. In 1912 she was the first vessel to attend the sinking of the Titanic'. The Carpathia was sunk by a German U-boat in 1918, off the Fastnet, Southern Ireland

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