1915 Collection (#25)

A Dupuis head and shoulders of a German cavalryman
French artist Emile Dupuis produced three series of postcards between 1914 and 1915. They were Nos Allies (our Allied soldiers)

A Dupuis head and shoulders of an German soldier
French artist Emile Dupuis produced three series of postcards between 1914 and 1915. They were Nos Allies (our Allied soldiers)

A Dupuis head and shoulders of a German Territorial
French artist Emile Dupuis produced three series of postcards between 1914 and 1915. They were Nos Allies (our Allied soldiers)

A Dupuis head & shoulders of a German infantry officer
French artist Emile Dupuis produced three series of postcards between 1914 and 1915. They were Nos Allies (our Allied soldiers)

A Dupuis head and shoulders of a French soldier
French artist Emile Dupuis produced three series of postcards between 1914 and 1915. They were Nos Allies (our Allied soldiers)

A Dupuis head and shoulders of a Flanders sailor
French artist Emile Dupuis produced three series of postcards between 1914 and 1915. They were Nos Allies (our Allied soldiers)

A Dupuis head and shoulders of an British soldier
French artist Emile Dupuis produced three series of postcards between 1914 and 1915. They were Nos Allies (our Allied soldiers)

A Dupuis head and shoulders of an Indian soldier
French artist Emile Dupuis produced three series of postcards between 1914 and 1915. They were Nos Allies (our Allied soldiers)

A Dupuis head and shoulders of a Montenegran soldier
French artist Emile Dupuis produced three series of postcards between 1914 and 1915. They were Nos Allies (our Allied soldiers)

A Dupuis head and shoulders of a Serbian soldier
French artist Emile Dupuis produced three series of postcards between 1914 and 1915. They were Nos Allies (our Allied soldiers)

A uniformed & armed Swiss soldier stands on guard
The image is of a strong figure dressed for winter warmth with a background of mountains and the Swiss flag. The card is an official one raising funds for the Red Cross. WW1 Date: 1915

Uniformed Germarn soldier with rifle waving goodbye
This is a New Year Greetings Card. The soldier has flowers on his picklehaube helmet and he is leaving his wife, child and small dog. WW1 Date: circa 1915

Poster type card showing a Church Lads Member at camp
The card has a message from Leonard, who is at camp training for war, to his mother complaining that he had to leave his rifle behind in the Church room

Glamourised head & shoulders of an Italian soldier
This card is an Official one for the Italian 3d Army. Shadowy church-like spires in the background imply holy approval. WW1 Date: 1915

Uniformed figure of the young Leopold, Duc de Brabant
At the tender age of thirteen he was presented by his parents to the Belgian Army's 3rd Division. He became King in 1934. WW1 Date: 1915

King George V head and shoulders on a silk postcard
There were various different types of sllk cards - woven, embroidered and machine woven. The King and Queen set an example in all things from digging for Victory to abstinence from alcohol

German Colonel-General von Kluck
Von Kluck commanded the right wing of the German forces in 1914. Tommies called him Old one o'clock. WW1 Date: circa 1915

Marshal Joseph Jacques Cesaire Joffre
There were various different types of sllk cards - woven, embroidered and machine woven. Joffre created Plan 17 - the French defence against a German invasion. WW1 Date: circa 1915

King Victor Emmanuel of Italy on a silk postcard
There were various different types of sllk cards - woven, embroidered and machine woven. Victor Emmanuel took an active part in the War, moving to the Front when Italy declared war on Austria

Be-medalled General Sir H. Smith-Dorrien
General Smith-Dorrien Commanded the British Second Corps that stopped the Germans at Mons. Date: circa 1915

Photo-mix of various French Colonial soldiers
With flags and standing uniformed figures, the card pays tribute to Allies from Africa and the Indies, i.e. Algeria, Madagascar, Morocco, Senegal and Tunisia. WW1 Date: circa 1915

Three different Russian flags
The flags, proudly flying from a flagpole, are the Russian Imperial Standard, the National Flag and the Naval Flag. WW1 Date: 1915

Flags of the Allies run up a flagstaff
Top to bottom the flags are - Britain, France, Belgium, Russia, Serbia, Japan and Italy. America was not yet in the war. WW1 Date: circa 1915

The Hero, by Hal Hurst, WW1
The Hero, painting by Hal Hurst, depicting a dead soldier during the First World War being carried by Jesus Christ. 1915

General view of Penco, Bio Bio, Chile, South America
General view of the town and city of Penco, in the Bio Bio region of Chile, South America. Showing the ceramics factory, Fabrica Nacional de Loza, in the centre. Date: circa 1915

Humorous postcard, soldier on Western Front, WW1
Humorous postcard, British soldier on the Western Front -- I m amongst the Kitcheners, and very nice too. Date: circa 1915

Young man of the Royal Fusiliers, WW1
A young man of the 1st City of London Regiment, Royal Fusiliers, seen here in uniform at Peckham Rye, SE London, August 1915. He is Albert Auerbach (1894-1918), commissioned on 20 July 1915

Soldiers of Royal Fusiliers relaxing during route march, WW1
Three young soldiers of the University Mens Corps, Royal Fusiliers, relaxing during a route march from Clipstone Camp, near Mansfield, 21 July 1915. On the left is Albert Auerbach. Date: 1915

Belgian war orphans with Father Syoens WWI
Group photograph of Belgian war orphan children brought to Detroit, U.S.A during World War One. Father Syoens, pastor of Our Lady of Sorrows, Roman Catholic Church

Studio photo, young man in military uniform, WW1
Studio photo, young man in 1st South African Infantry uniform, November 1915. He is Private Clement Tunbridge, who was killed at Warlencourt, Somme, northern France, on 18 October 1916. Date: 1915

Home Farm, Madresfield, Worcestershire, WW1
Home Farm, in the village of Madresfield, near Malvern, Worcestershire, during the First World War, where Lucy Auerbach spent three months doing agricultural work. Date: 1915

Victoria Dock, Bombay, India
Victoria Dock, Bombay (Mumbai), India, with ships and cargo. Date: circa 1915

Rawdon Street, Freetown, Sierra Leone, West Africa, on a quiet day. Date: circa 1915

Street scene, Freetown, Sierra Leone, West Africa
Street scene with the Co-Operative Wholesale Society Limited, Cotton Department, in Freetown, Sierra Leone, West Africa. Date: circa 1915

Indian factory workers making munitions, WW1: shell making
" How India is doing her bit at home: a munitions factory in the Great Dependency. Shell-making: a general view of the complicated machinery which the Indians handle most deftly." 1915

Indian factory workers making munitions, 1915
" How India is doing her bit at home: a munitions factory in the Great Dependency." Cartridge and shell making in India during World War One by native Indians, for use by the British. 1915

View of Kumasi, Ghana, Gold Coast, West Africa
View of Kumasi, including part of the railway station, Ghana, Gold Coast, West Africa. Date: circa 1915

Kayan women with neck and leg rings, Burma
Four Kayan women with brass neck and leg rings, Burma. Date: 1915

Newspaper advertisers, Nairobi, Kenya, East Africa, WW1
Newspaper advertisers for the African Standard, Nairobi, Kenya, East Africa, with wartime news of the Koenigsberg, the fight near Bissil, Bombs on London, and the taking of Przemysl. Date: 1915

Fire Station, Victoria Street, Nairobi, Kenya, East Africa
Fire Station, Victoria Street, Nairobi, Kenya, British East Africa. Date: circa 1915

Railway construction at Belemedik, Turkey -- part of the Berlin-Baghdad railway. Date: circa 1915

The Artists Rifles in Camp, 1884.Oil on canvas, signed and dated lower left Godfrey Merry 1884, by Godfrey Pitney Merry, (fl 1883-1915)

Two ladies on New Imperial motorcycle
Two ladies wearing cloche hats on veteran New Imperial motorcycle in the countryside circa 1920

Your Countrys Call. Isn t this worth fighting for Enlist Now, 1915. Chromolithograph recruiting poster; Published as Number 87 by the Parliamentary Recruiting Committee, printed by Jowett and Sowry

British hospital ship Asturias and the ship Dacia
Not warships, but of Great War fame: two notable vessels. The first is the British hospital ship Asturias, attacked by a German submarine off Le Havre

WW1 mascots: Nancy the springbok
Nancy, the springbok mascot of the South African Scottish. 1915

HMS Bulwark battleship, on 26th November 1914 conducting patrols in the English Channel, while anchored near Sheerness, she was blown up with loss of between 700 and 800 lives. Date: 1915

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