Arrival Collection (page 8)

Thanet VAD Motor Transport Group and stretcher bearers outside The Yarrow Home for Convalescent Children (date - journal). Sir Alfred Yarrow opened this home in 1894

People in medieval costume on a New Year card
Five people in medieval costume on a New Year card. One of them has caught (or shot down) a very thin bird. circa 1890s

People in medieval costume on a Christmas card
Seven people in medieval costume on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

Two little girls standing at a door on a greetings card
Two little girls standing expectantly at a front door on a greetings card. Date: circa 1890s

East and West India Dock, London - Arrival of John Bowes
East and West India Dock, London - Arrival of the John Bowes screw steamer into the Collier Dock. Date: 1852

Boy and girl reunited on a Christmas card -- she has just met him at the railway station and they are returning home. Date: circa 1890s

A husband hunting expedition by Gladys Peto
Ladies eagerly arrive at a ball for demobilised officers in an illustration which is cheekily entitled, A husband-hunting expedition

BEF arriving in France, WW1, August 1914
The British Expeditionary Force on French soil. British troops with their horses on arrival in France during the first few weeks of the First World War. Date: 1914

Millicent, Duchess of Sutherland as Red Cross nurse
Millicent Fanny Sutherland-Leveson Gower- [n饠 Millicent Fanny St Clair-Erskine], Duchess of Sutherland (18671955), society hostess and social reformer

Matson liner Lurline, Honolulu harbour, Hawaii, USA
Matson liner Lurline (sister ship of Monterey and Mariposa) entering Honolulu harbour, Hawaii, USA. Date: 1935

White bulldog puppy getting out of railway carriage
A white bulldog puppy getting out of his railway carriage at the end of a journey. Date: 1905

WW1 Troop movements: German POWs at Southampton, 1916
German prisoners of war on arrival at Southampton after their capture by the British during World War One. A train station can be seen on the left. Date: 1916

Japanese soldiers arriving in Seoul, Korea, during the Russo-Japanese War. Date: circa 1904-1905

WW1 - US Military marching through London, 1917
WW1 - The US Military arrive in the UK and parade through the streets of London. Marching up from Big Ben, and waving the American flag with pride

WW1 - British soldiers arriving in France
WW1 - British soldiers alight a military transport vessel as they arrive in France. Date: 1914

WW1 - Home on leave, Victoria Station, London
WW1 - British officers and men arriving at Victoria on a short weekend away leave from the front line and trenches. Date: 1915

Douglas A-20 Boston III -this American-built aircraft was the workhorse of the RAFs fast bomber forces until the arrival of the DH Mosquito

Soldiers enjoying the free buffet at Victoria station, WW1
Soldiers at Victoria Railway Station enjoying the hot coffee available - for free - from the Soldiers and Sailors Free Buffet

WW1 - British Tommies welcomed on arrival in France Date: 1914

The arrival of the nuts at Murrays Club, 1914
Arrival of the nuts at Murrays nightclub in Beak Street, London. Nut, or knut was a commonly used term to describe dandyish gentleman swells. Date: 1914

WW1 - German troops on the Eastern Front - behind the lines - the arrival of a battalion (illustration caption in both German and Hungarian). Date: circa 1917

Arrival of Henry III to Venice. ca. 1593. MICHIELI, Andrea, called Il Vicentino (1542-1617). Henri III of France is received in 1574 by Doge Alvise Mocenigo

PINGRET, Edouard (1788-1875). Arrival of king Louis-Philippe at Windsor Castle, October 8th, 1844. 1845. Detail. Costumbrism. Oil on canvas. FRANCE. Ό E-DE-FRANCE. YVELINES. Versailles

BRY, Theodor de (1528-1598). Arrival of the English in Virginia in 1607. Detail of map in Admiranta Narratio. 1590- 1634. Engraving. FRANCE. Ό E-DE-FRANCE. Paris

LOUIS XVI of France (1754-1793). King of France (1774-1792). Coronation of Louis XVI. Arrival of the King to Reims for the consecration ceremony on June 11, 1775. Engraving. FRANCE

San SebastiᮮFestival 2012. Oliver Stone
STONE, Oliver (1946). American director. Arrival at the Maria Cristina hotel to take part during the 60th San Sebastian International Film Festival, on September 22, 2012. SPAIN. Donostia

Glastonbury Thorn, Glastonbury, Somerset
The Glastonbury Thorn, a legendary tree at Glastonbury, Somerset. A flowering hawthorn, it is associated with Joseph of Arimathea and the arrival of Christianity in Britain

Zimbabwe (Rhodesia) - Bulawayo, Indaba at Government House
Lantern slide of Bulawayo, Indaba at Government House. An Indaba was a meeting or conference. This Indaba is being held to celebrate the arrival of the railway line at Bulawayo

Sicily - Ancient Quarries at Campobello
Black and white Victorian lantern slide of the ancient quarries at Campobello. Two men sit on the Rocks of Cusa, stone that was once used to construct the Greek Selinunte temple

Italy - Florence - Triumphal Arch at Porta Gallo
Coloured lantern slide of the Triumphal Arch at Porta San Gallo in Florence. It was erected in 1738 to celebrate the arrival of the Loreno dynasty in Florence

HMS Exeter, British heavy cruiser, WW2
HMS Exeter (68), British York class heavy cruiser, returning home in February 1940 after repairs following the Battle of the River Plate (December 1939)

Lift for troops on leave at London train station, WW1
A party of soldiers on leave are conveyed to their destination station by a member of the Motor Transport Volunteers on arrival in London during the First World War

Meeting troops on leave at London train station, WW1
London Motor Transport volunteers meeting and conveying troops across London as they arrival at rail stations on leave. Date: 1918

Visitors to the Channel Tunnel works at Dover in 1882. 1. Going down in the Cage. 2. Arrival at the bottom of the shaft. 3. Swindon Junction (visitors enjoying a restorative glass of champagne!) 4

Japanese scouts arriving in Copenhagen, Denmark
Japanese scouts arriving at Central Station, Copenhagen, Denmark. They were welcomed by Christian Holm, President of the Danish Scouts. Also present are Rear Admiral Count Sano and Viscount Mishima

Prince Bernhard visiting Dutch boy scouts and cubs
Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands (left), husband of Crown Princess Juliana, visiting Dutch boy scouts and cubs, who form a guard of honour on his arrival, 18 April 1939

Christmas Leave by A. C. Michael, WW1
Scene on the platform of a British railway station as a troop train arrives bringing with it officers and men back from the Front for a period of leave over Christmas. Date: 1916

Governor and Chief Scout in Ghana, West Africa
The Governor and Chief Scout of the Gold Coast, Sir Charles Noble Arden-Clarke, welcomed with a traditional yell by an Ashanti scout group in Ghana, West Africa

Scouts arriving at an airport, Ghana, West Africa

Christmas leave 1916, scene at Victoria station by Matania
Soldiers exiting Victoria train station, arriving in London on leave for Christmas during the First World War. The central figure

Arrival of Christmas leave trains at Victoria, WW1
A crowded scene at Victoria train station, London, showing the arrival of numerous servicemen home on leave for Christmas during the First World War

Arrival if Edith
Arrival of Edith (sister). Ink and watercolour sketch by Florence Hardy, sister of poster artist Dudley Hardy and daughter of marine painter Thomas Bush Hardy Date: circa 1893

Arrival of the Theatre Train at Victoria Station, 1914
Theatre-goers from the suburbs exit Victoria Station amid office workers and commuters ready to take a taxi in search of dinner before going to see a play or musical in Londons West End in 1914

AFS exercise, Hyde Park, London
Attending an AFS exercise in Hyde Park, London, on 27 October 1957 -- the Director General of Civil Defence, Sir Sidney Kirkman (1895-1982), the Chief Inspector of Fire Services, Mr H M Smith

LFB Headquarters - Awaiting arrival of their majesties
The opening of the new LFB Headquarters at Lambeth - the top brass await the arrival of their majesties. Date: 1937

A soldier asks for directions, London, WW1
A British Tommy, returned on leave from the trenches, asks a police officer for directions in London. Another soldier, on crutches, stands nearby. Date: 1914

The Leave Train, WW1
Troops arriving (or possibly departing) at an unidentified London rail station during the First World War. Numerous women and family members stand on the platform bidding farewell

British troops arrive from the trenches at Waterloo Station
Troops just arrived at Waterloo Station from the trenches buying tickets at the booking office for travel to their suburban homes. A typical scene at London train stations during the First World War

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