Allan Gallery

Wilson Memorial, Matoppo, Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe)

Wilson Memorial, Matoppo (Matopo, Matobo, Matopos Hills), Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe), commemorating the loss of Major Allan Wilson and his Shangani Patrol in the First Matabele War (1893-4). Date: circa 1908

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Poster - British Military

King Edwards Horse, The Kings Oversea Dominions Regiment, Special Reserve, Colonel in Chief His Majesty the King. Coloured chromolithograph poster after Hassall, 1908 (c). Published by David Allan and Sons Limited, 1908 (c). Shows an officer mounted on a white horse, standing on a cliff top. Above, coats of arms of Canada, Australia, Great Britain, New Zealand and South Africa. Below, a list of allied regiments, committee of administration, conditions of enlistment. Date: 1908

© The National Army Museum / Mary Evans Picture Library

Passengers of the Lusitania

A page from The Sketch reporting on prominent personalities, on board the Lusitania, sunk by a German torpedo on 7 May 1915. Top left is Lady Allan, wife of Sir Hugh M. Allan of Canada, President of the Merchants Bank of Canada (saved), Top middle is Alfred G. Vanderbilt, the American millionaire (lost), below that, Mr D. A Thomas, coat-owner and M.P. (saved), top right, Charles Frohman, the famous theatrical manager (lost), bottom right, Lady Mackworth (saved), Bottom middle, Hugh Lane (lost), above him, Commander J. Foster Stackhouse, Antartic explorer, bottom left, Captain W. T. Turner in command of the Lusitania (saved). Date: 1915

© Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans