1918 Collection (page 84)

British in Russia
British troops - probably at Murmansk - parade in honour of their kings birthday

Samara Refugees
War and revolution mean that many lose their homes and become refugees : a makeshift camp at Samara

Lenin and Colleagues
Bolshevik leaders in Red Square, Moscow, during the civil war : Sklianski, Muralov, Krylenko and Lenin can be identified

Red Army Cavalry
The legendary horsemanship of the Cossacks ensures that the Red Army cavalry is uniquely effective : this detachment pose for their photograph in a Ukrainian village

Red Partisans in Siberia
An encampment of partisans in far east Taiga, Siberia

Hearing the News
Red Army troops pause to learn the latest news as they advance on Baku

Red Entertainment
As a change from rousing speeches by Lenin and Trotsky, Red Army soldiers are entertained by a concert party

French Embassy Staff
French embassy staff prudently assemble in a railway carriage for greater security

French Troops in Russia
The French are among the nations who feel it their duty to intervene in Russian affairs : a freshly-arrived French contingent parades before a few sightseers

Ferdinand at Sofia
Ferdinand of Saxe-Coburg, appointed prince, opens parliament at Sofia and is hailed by the delegates : he will rule until 1918 when he will abdicate

Lenin at Congress
Lenin addresses a huge crowd at the first All-Russian Congress

Repairing Red Army Gun
Engineers of the Red Armys 24th Division repair a gun in a workshop installed on a train, enabling it to be moved to where it is needed

Red Army Aid the Poor
War and revolution have brought terrible hardship to the general public : Red Army soldiers distribute supplies to the needy

Communist Commanders
A group of communist military commanders, including Voroshilov Klim, take time off from the war to pose for the camera

Tou-K ang, Wine Divinity
TOU-K ANG patron divinity of the wine merchants

Ferdinand I of Bulgaria
A photographic portrait of Ferdinand I, King of Bulgaria (1861-1948), often known as Foxy Ferdinand, or the Balkan Fox. Bulgaria entered World War I in 1915 on the side of the Central Alliance

Earl of Derby
Photograph of The Earl of Derby, director of recruiting for Great Britain in 1915 and Minister of War from 1916-1918. Derby introduced a voluntary recruitment policy called the Derby Scheme

Admiral Sir John R. Jellicoe
Photograph of Admiral John R. Jellicoe (1859-1935), supreme commander of the British fleets in 1914. Although criticised at the time of the Battle of Jutland for failing to categorically defeat

Survivors in a Lifeboat, 1918
Photograph showing the survivors of a passenger ship, sunk by German submarine action, adrift at sea in a small lifeboat during the First World War

Allied Leaders at Paris
The Big Four, LLoyd George, Vittorio Emmenuele Orlando, Woodrow Wilson & Georges Clenenceau, who battled out the First World War peace treaties meet at Paris

Fritz Haber / Nobel 1918
FRITZ HABER German chemist

Radio in Ww1
A British radio post on the Western Front during World War One

SEAVIEW - 1918
Seafield Road, Seaview

REIGATE - 1918
High Street, Reigate, Surrey

WORTHING - 1918
The Dome, Worthing, West Sussex

MARGATE - 1918
Marine Parade Margate Kent

EARLSWOOD - 1918
The Switch-Back Earlswood Surrey

Mehmed V, Sultan
MEHMED V, sultan of Turkey during World War One when Turkey was allied to Germany

James Gordon Bennett (1841-1918)
Engraving of James Gordon Bennett, the American journalist, who was the son and successor of James Gordon Bennett (1795-1872)

Pavel Karl. Rennenkampf
PAVEL KARLOVICH RENNENKAMPF, Russian soldier who took part in many major military events including the Boxer rising, the war with Japan and World War One. Date: 1854 - 1918

GAS MASK 1918
An English soldier wearing one of the original gas masks on the Western Front

Dear, Dear, Dear! by G. E. Studdy
Early illustration by G. E. Studdy during World War I, showing a soldier (standing) speaking to a older lady on a London bus or tube train

HMS Furious, 1918
Photograph of HMS Furious, aircraft carrier, wearing its World War One camouflage in 1918. Launched in 1916, HMS Furious served in both World Wars and was scrapped in 1948

HMS Argus, 1918
Photograph of the aircraft carrier HMS Argus, which saw service in both World Wars, at a Royal review of the fleet 1918. HMS Argus was launched in 1918 and scrapped in 1946

French Troops Off to War
A poignant scene, showing two young women saying goodbye to French soldiers as they march enthusiastically away to the Western Front

Lenin at Army Parade
VLADIMIR LENIN with his wife Krupskaya and Ulianova at an Army Parade

Trench Nightmare Cartoon
A self-portrait caricature by Walter Henry Clark, describing a nightmare he suffered whilst in the trenches during WW1

Sacha Guitry / Wife / 1918
SACHA GUITRY French actor and playwright, with his wife Yvonne Printemps in a production of Deburau

The Love Letter by Charles Buchel
Illustration by Charles Buchel (1872-1950) young woman sits under a tree in a woodland glade to read a love letter while a faun plays pan pipes close by

Nearing Victory at Last
Le Petit Journals calendar for 1918 features Allied soldiers on the threshold of victory !

Alexandra / Ils 1901
ALEKSANDRA FYODOROVNA Empress of Russia, wife of Tsar Nicolas II, with her youngest daughter, Anastasia

Leon Trotsky / Jan 1918
LEON TROTSKY or LEV DAVIDOVICH BRONSTEIN Russian Communist leader in the year he became the Peoples Commissar for War

William Boyd Carpenter
WILLIAM BOYD William Boyd Carpenter, Bishop of Ripon, royal chaplain and clerk of the closet to Edward VII and George V. Created KCVO in 1912. Great orator

Women Recording their Vote for the First Time
Women voting for the first time at the 1918 general election following two decades of campaigning by suffragettes

E Rostand / Pjournal 1903
EDMOND ROSTAND French playwright received at the Academie Francaise

1918 / Lenin in Red Square
VLADIMIR LENIN Lenin in Red Square, Moscow

Soldiers Pose / Sphinx
British soldiers on camels pose in front of the Sphinx. Date: circa 1918

Josephin Peladan / Hommes
JOSEPHIN PELADAN French writer, occultist and eccentric

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