Action Collection (page 3)

Going into action, The Barraged Road on Blaga Planina
The Surrey Yeomanry on the Struma Valley Front, Salonika 1917-1918. Going into action, The Barraged Road on the Blaga Planina. By Frank Algernon Stewart (1877-1945). 1917-1918

British merchant ship war losses by G. H. Davis
British merchant ship war losses during the Second World War: the toll of oversea supplies. Britain lost through enemy action 2570 ships and over 11 million tonnage

Types of war bombs in use by G. H. Davis
Instruments of destruction: types of war bombs in use during the Second World War. A comparative chart showing the various types, including the incendiary, the high explosive, the armour piercing

Bringing up the Guns
An Australian battery going into action during World War One. Date: 1920s

Men of the British First Airborne Division in a glider; Seco
Photograph showing a unit of the British First Airborne Division in a glider on the way to Arnhem, September 1944. On 17th September 1944 Operation Market Garden was put into action; a bold plan

British First Airborne Troops using a mortar, Arnhem; Second
Photograph showing men of the British First Airborne Division using a 3-inch mortar in one of the woods surrounding Arnhem, in Holland, September 1944

Howitzers in action, Western Front, WW1
Heavy howitzers in action on the Western Front, directed towards German trenches, First World War. 1914-1918

Private John Caffrey VC
Illustration recording the VC action of Private John Joseph Caffrey VC (1891-1953) at La Brique, France in November 1915. His citation reads as follows: On 16 November 1915 near La Brique, France

WW2 - 25 pdr gun in action
Photograph of 25 pdr gun in action. One of 48 photographs collected by Maj M Budd, Royal Artillery, 1942-1952. Associated with World War Two (1939-1945). Date: circa 1860

Suffragette Militant Cat Fifi
A large white cat, hammer in her claws and a Votes for Women sash, addresses a group of toys on the necessity of militant action, not sure if the message is getting through Date: circa 1913

Firefighters in action, Rosebery Avenue, WW2
Firefighters in action in burning debris in Rosebery Avenue, Clerkenwell, London, following a flying bomb attack. Date: 1944

Battle of Jutland
A scene depicting an action during the Battle of Jutland, 31st May 1916. William Lionel Wyllie, Ra Ri Re, (1851-1931)

Our Little Contemptibles, WW1
Our Little Contemptibles, by William Barnes Wollen, RI ROI RBC (1857-1936)

The introduction of tanks into battle on the Western Front
A illustration showing a tank driving through a village street on the Western Front. Tanks were first introduced into battle on the 15th September 1916 when a D1 tank was guided into action by

Toxostoma rufum, brown thrasher
Plate 116 from John James Audubons Birds of America, original double elephant folio (1831-34), hand-coloured aquatint. Engraved, printed and coloured by R. Havell (& Son), London

Sterna antillarum, least tern
Plate 319 from John James Audubons Birds of America, original double elephant folio (1835-38), hand-coloured aquatint. Engraved, printed and coloured by R. Havell (& Son), London

LCC-LFB Serious office fire, Farringdon Street EC4
Two turntable ladders deployed at an office building fire in Farringdon Street, City of London, 16 November 1934. The top of the turntable ladder on the left is totally engulfed in the swirling black

LCC-LFB in action at warehouse blaze
Two turntable ladders brought into action at a major warehouse fire with an LCC ambulance standing by in the foreground

Wrecked goods train, Llanelli railway strike riots, Wales

British horse artillery in action or training, WW1
British horse artillery in action or training during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

Australian soldiers at Gallipoli WWI
Australian soldiers at Anzac, Gallipoli during World War I

Actions of the Somme Crossings 1918
Actions of the Somme Crossings, Nesle Sector. Men of the 20th British Division and of the 22nd French Division in hastily dug rifle pits covering a road at the Battle of the Somme on the Western

The Battle of Pacocha; Action between HMS Shah and Ameth
Engraving showing the battle between HMS Shah and Amethyst and the Peruvian Ironclad turret ship Huascar on the 29th May 1877

Battle of Gross-Gorschen
Battle of Gross-Goerschen - the German First Regiment of Guards in action against the French

Waterloo / Clark / Marshman
The Scots Greys and the 92nd Regiment in action

Eleanor of Provence
ELEANOR OF PROVENCE Queen of Henry III & mother of Edward I of England. She was joint governor in 1253 & organised military action

Monitor / Merrimac / Card
The Battle of Hampton Roads. The Confederates armoured frigate Merrimac destroyed many Federal vessels, but retreated following action with Monitor, a turret ship

Foreign Legion / Algeria
French Foreign Legion in action in the Sud-Oranais

Colt Revolver 1886
Colts double action army revolver

British Act at Jutland
British warships Royal Oak, Acasta, Benbow, Superb and Canada in action at the Battle of Jutland

Tsushima (Schon - 2
BATTLE OF TSUSHIMA STRAIT The Japanese Admiral Togo steams into action in his flagship Mikafa, inflicting an overwhelming defeat on the Russian fleet

Desmoulins, Palais Royal
In the gardens of the Palais Royal, Camille Desmoulins climbs a table at the Cafe Foi, and - brandishing a pair of pistols - calls the Sunday afternoon crowd to action

Bushnells Submarine
BUSHNELLs TURTLE the first submersible craft to be used in action, attacking a British ship at New York on 7 September 1776; the one-man crew provided the power manually !

Events / Culloden / 1746
Charles Edward Stuart in action on the battlefield

A British heavy howitzer in action on the Western Front against an opposing German position. The shot has just been fired and Matania's drawing (done from official material supplied)

Bull fighting in Cordoba, Spain
19th century vintage photograph - bull fighting in Cordoba, Spain

Four riflemen in action. 1868

Corporate J. L. Dawson VC
Corporal James Lennox Dawson VC of the Royal Engineers (1891-1967) pictured performing the action for which he was awarded the Victoria Cross in October 1915

Pte J Connington of Selby, Yorks, in action with Sten gun
Photograph: Pte J Connington of Selby, Yorks, in action with Sten gun. Taken by Sgt D M Smith, Army Film and Photographic Unit, Arnhem, 20 Sep 1944

Starting the days war - the Gudeli Track, WW1
The Surrey Yeomanry on the Struma Valley Front, Salonika 1917-1918. Starting the days war - the Gudeli Track. By Frank Algernon Stewart (1877-1945). 1917-1918

Night scene, Battle of Jutland, WW1
Night scene during the Battle of Jutland, First World War, showing the German ship, SMS Thuringen, with its searchlights on a British ship. Date: 31 May 1916

Survivors from Blucher, Battle of Dogger Bank, WW1
Survivors from the disabled German armoured cruiser SMS Blucher being picked up from the sea by British destroyers during the Battle of Dogger Bank, in the North Sea, First World War

British troops in action against Turks near Kirkuk, WW1
British troops of the 7th North Staffordshire Regiment, 39th Infantry Brigade, 13th Division, in action against the Turks at an outpost near Kirkuk, Mesopotamia (now Iraq) during the First World War

British 6 inch Howitzer, near Achicourt, France, WW1
A British 6 inch (26 cwt) Howitzer, designed by Vickers in 1915 for use during the First World War. It continued in use during the Second World War

Police guarding Liverpool Station during transport strike
Policemen on horseback guarding Liverpool Station during the general transport strike of 1911. The strike began with two of the seamens unions, resulting from a range of grievances

Playing Darts, Worcestershire
A young boy playing darts, his board nailed to an outdoor pole, outside the Fleet (Arms?) pub, Worcestershire. Photograph by Norman Synge Waller Budd

Sharp shooters, Sea Girt, New Jersey, USA
Sharp shooters in action, firing at targets in Sea Girt, New Jersey, USA. Date: circa 1910

British tank Mark IIA by G. H. Davis
British Tanks: No. 1. Infantry (heavy) tank Mark IIA. Heavy tanks in action: an explanatory drawing of Matilda and some of her sisters, in action during the Second World War. Date: 1941

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