1918 Collection (#24)

Players Cigarette cards - Army Corps and Divisional Signs
Collection of 50 Players cigarette cards. Army Corps. and Divisional Signs. 1914-1918. Issued by John Player & Sons. Collection

Major Edward Corringham Mick Mannock, VC
Portrait of Major Edward Corringham Mick Mannock, VC, DSO & Two Bars, MC & Bar. (1887-1918).. Photograph

Rouen, 1917, by Marcel Augis (pseudonym of H. Dupont). A number of WW1 French and Belgian artists, including Marcel Augis, trod the battlefields of the Western Front during 1914-1918

Last stand of the 2nd Devons at Bois des Buttes, WW1
Original sketches for the painting entitled Semper Fidelis - Ever Faithful (The last stand of the 2nd Devons at Bois des Buttes, May 27th 1918)

Tank handbag advertisement, WW1
A novelty hand bag in the shape of a tank, available from Mark Cross Ltd of Regent Street in 1918. 1918

Lady Loughborough (Sheila Chisholm), WW1
Margaret Sheila Mackellar Chisholm, daughter of Harry Chisholm of Sydney, NSW, Australia married in 1915 Francis Edward Scudamore St Clair-Erskine, Lord Loughborough

Freda Dudley Ward and daughters
Mrs W. Dudley Ward, wife of the lieutenant commander in teh R.N.R. and M.P. for Southampton. WINIFRED FREDA DUDLEY WARD, NEE BIRKIN (1894-1983)

Grave of Rupert Brooke in Skyros
Crosses on the Greek island of Skyros marking the grave of the English poet, Rupert Brooke (1887-1915), where he was buried having died a sea

Sketch cover, Madame Simone Andre Puget, WW1
Front of The Sketch magazine featuring an artistic portrait of a war widow, Madame Simone Andre Puget, wife of the war poet who fell in a bayonet charge at Neuville St. Vst

Cat-Moo-Flage by William Heath Robinson
An intelligent use of camouflage for exposed positions in the metropolitan area. A not entirely practical solution for foiling enemy raiders during the First World War. Date: 1918

Foot x rays showing damage done by wearing high heels
A double page spread from The Sketch reporting on the unnatural stresses put on the feet by the wearing of high heels, which had been banned by the French medical profession being bad for the feet

Princess Alice, Countess of Athlone & her children
Princess Alice of Albany, Countess of Athlone (1883-1981), daughter of Prince Leopold and granddaughter of Queen Victoria

Queen Wilhelmina of Holland and family
Wilhelmina, Queen of Holland, (1880 - 1962) who reigned from 1890 to 1948 and then abdicated in favour of her daughter, Juliana, who is pictured here, seated on the lap of her father

Victory Ball at the Albert Hall, end of WW1
Prominent members of society and notable personalities, pictured in fancy dress at the famous Victory Ball, held at the Royal Albert Hall in November 1918 to celebrate the end of the First World War

Captain James McCudden V. C
Captain James McCudden (1895 - 1918), R.F.C, V.C. D.S.O. (with bar), M.C. (with bar), M.M. Croix de Guerre, British WWI flying ace and recipient of the Victoria Cross

Polish-American poster, united in the fight, WW1
A Polish-American poster during the First World War, with the Polish and American flags, and portraits of Tadeusz Kosciuszko, George Washington, Woodrow Wilson

Franco-American Dunand helmet with visor, WW1
A Franco-American Dunand helmet with protective visor, designed by the Swiss metalsmith Jean Dunand in 1917, for use towards the end of the First World War

General Sir Henry Hughes Wilson, British army officer, WW1
General Sir Henry Hughes Wilson (1864-1922), British army officer and Field Marshal, principal military adviser to Lloyd George during the last year of the war. Date: circa 1918

Six American soldiers caught in gas attack, WW1
Six American soldiers caught in a gas attack on the western front during the First World War. Date: circa 1918

Palace of Justice, Damascus - Occupation by Sheriffian Army
Palace of Justice, Damascus - Occupation, after Damascus was captured from the Turks when Desert Mounted Corps and Prince Feisals (later King of Iraq) Sherifial Hejaz Army encircled the city

Iran - Shush Castle - Susa
Shush Castle (Chateau de Suse) in the ruins of the ancient city of Susa (Shush) in the Khuzestan Province of Iran. Constructed by French archaeologist Jean-Marie Jacques de Morgan as a secure base

WWI - Iraq - Mesopotamian Front - British Camp - Ali Gharbi
WWI - Iraq - Mesopotamian Front - British Camp at Ali Gharbi (Ghrabi) between Amara and Kut on the banks of the River Tigris

Arrival of Bulgarian Peace Envoy, 1918 by Matania
A Belgian peace envoy, having arrived in a car flying a white flag, salutes General Franchet d Espery at the British headquarters at Salonika to negotiate peace terms on 29 September 1918. Date: 1919

Wexford (Johnstown Castle) Airship Moorings (sub-station to Pembroke). 1918

Azeri girl, defence of Baku, Azerbaijan, WW1
An Azeri girl serving with the troops on the front line in the defence of Baku, Azerbaijan, towards the end of the First World War. Date: August 1918

German Fokker D VII fighter planes, WW1
A takeoff line of German Fokker D VII single-seat pursuit fighter planes on an airfield towards the end of the First World War. Date: circa 1918

Troops and animals getting ready to move out, WW1
Troops and animals getting ready to move out of their base, towards the end of the First World War. Date: 1918

German prisoners of war at Abbeville, France, WW1
German prisoners of war at a clearing depot in Abbeville, northern France, after the Battle of the St Quentin Canal (29 September to 10 October 1918) during the First World War. Date: October 1918

German Junkers DI J9 fighter plane, post-WW1
A German Junkers DI J9 single-seat fighter plane, developed in 1918, used on the Eastern Front after the end of the First World War. Date: circa 1918

Soldier with two refugee children, Tournai, Flanders, WW1
A British solder holding two refugee children, a girl and a boy, at Tournai, Flanders, during the First World War. 26 October 1918

German Siemens Schuckert D. VI fighter plane, WW1
A German Siemens Schuckert D.VI single-seat fighter monoplane with a 180 hp Siemens-Halske engine, fitted with a belly tank that can be jettisoned

Mule teams in field near Arras, France, WW1
Mule teams crossing a muddy field near Arras, northern France, during the First World War. Date: 19 January 1918

Projectiles and cartridges of German Paris Gun, WW1
Projectiles and cartridges of the German Paris Gun (also known as the Emperor William Gun), a long-range seige gun designed and manufactured by Krupp, used towards the end of the First World War

German Gotha G. V heavy bomber, WW1
A German Gotha G.V heavy bomber, introduced in 1917 and used during the latter part of the First World War, mostly for night bombing. Bombs can be seen attached to the undercarriage. 1917-1918

British soldier on horseback, WW1
A British soldier on horseback with various pieces of kit (Field Service Marching Order) during the First World War. Date: 1918

German soldier WWI
German soldier on the Western Front during World War I

Soldier wearing gas mask, 1918
British soldier wearing a gas mask and helmet on the Western Front in France during World War I in 1918

The Central Powers - Patriotic Postcard
The Central Powers in World War One. Austri-Hungary, Turkey and Germany. Soldiers from each country stand before their flags and join hands in a show of unity

Abdul Hamid Ii / Rire 1908
ABDUL HAMID II Ottoman Sultan (1876-1909): satirical view of a warmonger and incompetent ruler

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