Attend Gallery

A regimental dinner, 1920s

Photograph: A regimental dinner, 1920s (c).British and Indian officers attend a regimental dinner with their wives. The regiment?s fine selection of mess silver decorates the table while Indian servants look on in the background. Most items of mess silver were donated by officers when they joined or left the regiment, although objects were sometimes given when an officer married, for victory celebrations or as a forfeit for loosing a bet or sporting contest.From 283 photographs collected by Lt Col Victor Charles Alexander Munckton. Relating to 1/6th Hampshire Battery Royal Field Artillery, 1914-1917, Skinner?s Horse, 1917-1923 and 1/7th and 14/7th Rajput Regiment, 1923-1946. Date: circa 1946

© The National Army Museum / Mary Evans Picture Library

Authorities attending the defile of the troops - Lille

Authorities attending the defile of the troops - Parade at Lille, France - October, 1918. The unmistakable chin of 'Liberator' Field Marshal William Riddell Birdwood, 1st Baron Birdwood can be seen (left of centre). Birdwood was a First World War British general who is best known as the commander of the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps (ANZAC) during the Gallipoli Campaign in 1915. Date: 1918

© Mary Evans / Grenville Collins Postcard Collection

Crown Prince Olav of Norway

Crown Prince Olav of Norway (1903-1991), later King Olav V of Norway, son of King Haakon VII and Queen Maud of Norway and grandson of King Edward VII. Olav was born a prince of Denmark and christened Alexander. He changed his name and nationality in 1905, when his father Prince Carl of Denmark was elected King of Norway. His mother was Princess Maud of Wales, youngest daughter of Edward VII. Olav was educated privately at first but later attended secondary school in Oslo, the first prince to attend an ordinary state school.

© Charlotte Zeepvat/ILN/Mary Evans Picture Library