Armstrong Collection (page 11)

Armstrong Whitworth FK 12B triplane, WW1
A British Armstrong Whitworth FK 12B triplane on an airfield during the First World War. It was equipped with Rolls Royce Eagle engines. Date: 1914-1918

British Vickers Vildebeest biplane on an airfield
A British Vickers Vildebeest biplane on an airfield. It first flew in 1928, and was still in use at the beginning of the Second World War. Date: circa late 1920s

Armstrong Whitworth Argosy aeroplane
The Armstrong Whitworth " Argosy" aeroplane, a three-engined cabin biplane carrying 20 passengers, two pilots and a steward. Date: circa 1936

GATLING GUN / / ILN / 1872
GATLING GUN Breech loading field artillery machine gun manufactured by Sir William Armstrong and Co. Date: 1872

Ammunition / Woolwich / 1862
Casting shot and shell for 100-pounder Armstrong guns at the Royal Arsenal, Woolwich, London Date: 1862

Armstrong Gun-Maker / 1862
The finishing touches are applied by lathe to a 100 pounder Armstrong gun at the Woolwich Arsenal, London Date: 1862

Wedding of Princess Margaret, 1960
Marriage of Princess Margaret to Antony Armstrong-Jones which took place at Westminster Abbey on 6 May 1960. The couple are pictured with their bridesmaids smiling

The Australian Cricket Team who toured England to compete for the Ashes in 1909

Ensign Air Liner and Empire flying boat
Poster advertising the Ensign air liner for European services, now being built by the Armstrong Whitworth company, and the Empire flying boat built by Short Brothers

Two ladies and their Armstrong Siddeley car parked at the roadside

Elderly couple and their Armstrong Siddeley car
An elderly couple standing alongside their black shiny Armstrong Siddeley car

Armstrong Siddeley
Two ladies (one seated on the running board) next to a 1.7 Litre Armstrong Siddeley

Policeman and parked late 1920s cars
A Policeman walks past two parked cars, a Austin 10 Drop Head Coupe & 1939 Armstrong Siddeley (right)

Sultan Mehmed V Reshad of Turkey - Imperial barge
Sultan Mehmed V Reshad of Turkey (1844 - 1918) with his sons in an imperial barge returning to the Old Palace, with the more modern barge standing off in distance (see below)

Australian Cricket Team 1909, W.J. Whitty, A. Cotter, Roger Hartigan, V. Ransford, Warren Bardsley, H. Carter, P.A. M Alister, V. Trumper, A.J. Hopkins, M.A. Noble, Frank Laver, W.W. Armstrong, J.A

Australian Cricket Team 1905
Australian Cricket Team visiting England in 1905, D.R.A. Gehrs, S.E. Gregory, F. Laver, W.W. Armstrong, W.P.Howell, A. Cotter, J.J. Kelly, J. Darling, V. Trumper, C.E. McLeod, P.M. Newland, A.J

Newcastle - Swing Bridge and High Level Bridge
The High Level Bridge, Newcastle Upon Tyne (rear). Designed by Robert Stephenson and built between 1847 and 1849, it is the first major example of a wrought iron tied arch or bow-string girder

Aircraft Production Line at Coventry; Second World War, 1939
Photograph showing a shed full of Whitley bomber wings at the Armstrong Whitworth works in Coventry, Britain, 1939. The wings, 84 foot in length from tip to tip, were being built up stage by stage

A Bastuto Witch Doctor
A sketch made from a photograph by Mr F. Armstrong. The Witch Doctor pictured is said to be highly regarded within his tribe

W W Arstrong - Cricketer
Warwick W Armstrong - Australian Test all-rounder

SS Sampo, 1898
Photograph of Steamship Sampo a newly constructed ice-breaker, built by Armstrong, Whitworth and Co. for the Senate of Finland, 1898

Armstrongs hydro-electric machine
Hydro-electric machine invented by William George Armstrong (1810-1900), later Baron Armstrong of Bamburgh and Cragside, in the 1840 s

Armstrong Whitworth 1936
This is the Armstrong Whitworth XXIII, prototype of the Whitley bomber : though relatively advanced, it will be obsolescent by the time war breaks out in 1939

Wm Armstrong / Fireplace
SIR WILLIAM GEORGE ARMSTRONG Baron Armstrong Engineer, inventor and arms manufacturer relaxing at home

Armstrong Gibbs
CECIL ARMSTRONG GIBBS musical composer known for his waltz Dusk, songs and settings of Walter de la Mare

Vickers-Armstrong Plane
Valiant B1, with Rolls Royce engines, maximum speed in excess of 600 mph

Vickers Tank Factory
Interior of Vickers-Armstrong tank factory

Archie Armstrong / Jester
ARCHIBALD ARMSTRONG (ARCHIE) Scottish court jester to James I and Charles I. Enjoyed royal favour and political influence until dismissed in 1637 for insulting Archbishop Laud

Leaving Work
Workmen leaving Armstrong Gunworks, in Newcastle, on a Saturday afternoon. Date: 1887

Landing at Schipol
An Armstrong Whitworth Argosy of Imperial Airways prepares to land at Schipol, the airport of Amsterdam

Passengers in Argosy
Passengers comfortably installed in an Imperial Airways Armstrong Whitworth Argosy air liner from Croydon to continental Europe

Armstrong Big Will Gun
Sir William Armstrongs 600- pounder shunt-gun Big Will tested at Shoeburyness against the Warrior floating target in the Thames

Sir William Armstrong
SIR WILLIAM GEORGE ARMSTRONG, Baron Armstrong Engineer, inventor and arms manufacturer

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