Battalion Collection

Matania - Last Absolution of the Munsters
The Last General Absolution of the Munsters at Rue du Bois - painting by Fortunino Matania

1st Battalion Cheshire Regiments regimental drum
Original painting for the 1st Battalion Cheshire Regiments regimental drum showing 17 Battle Honours of the Regiment from Louisburg to Kut al Amara

United States Naval Construction Battalions - Seabees We Build and Fight with all our might! Date: 1942

1st battalion, Scots Guards, 1958
Leaving England for Germany: the 1st battalion, Scots Guards, march past Windsor castle en route to the railway station. On Nov

The Colonels Christmas Dream by H. M. Bateman
A Colonel dreams of inspecting a battalion of Father Christmases. Date: 1928

Captain Noel Godfrey Chavasse, VC
Captain Noel G. Chavasse was Medical Officer to the 1/ 10th Battalion of the Kings Liverpool Regiment during the First World War

2nd Battalion, Rifle Brigade survivors
" All that is left of them", the survivors of the original 2nd Battalion, Rifle Brigade which went out to France in 1914 with the original BEF (British Expeditionary Force)

Cessna O-1A Bird Dog 51-7362
United States Army - Cessna O-1A Bird Dog 51-7362 (msn 22096), of the 140th Aviation Battalion, California National Guard, at Long Beach, on 3 July 1966

Rifle Brigade in position, Western Front - WWI
The First Battalion of the British Rifle Brigade in position close to the German trenches under shell fire - WWI. Date: circa 1915

5th Battalion Connaught Rangers, Basingstoke, WW1
Men of the 5th Battalion Connaught Rangers, 10th Division, arriving at Basingstoke from Ireland before going to Gallipoli during the First World War. Date: May 1915

Grenadier Guards at St Michaels Mount
The 2nd Battalion of the Grenadier Guards visit St Michaels Mount, West Cornwall

Northumberland Fusiliers
NORTHUMBERLAND FUSILIERS (Note : 4th Battalion has green uniform with scarlet facings)

Winston Churchil visiting gun sites, England, 1944
Winston Churchill visiting anti flying bomb defences in June 1944. Seen here at a gun battery in southern England

German Railway gun captured at the Battle of Amiens - WW1
A huge German Railway gun captured at the Battle of Amiens on 8th August 1918 became a source of some Allied controversy

9th Hampshire Regiment in Vladivostock
The 9th (Cyclist) Battalion of the Hampshire Regiment march through the streets of Vladivostock, about to set off for Omsk in Siberia

The Royal Lincolns in Malaya
A photograph of officers of the 1st Battalion Royal Lincolnshire Regiment taken at Taiping. Back row: Lt. J. Mills, 2/Lt. M.H. Best, Lts. E.C. Whitby, A.F. Townsend, 2/Lts N.L. Williams, W.C

St Michaels Mount - the island, village and harbour
St. Michaels Mount - the island, village and harbour, by Lieutenant Ernest Stafford Carlos (1881-1917), 8th Battalion Royal East Kents

9th Battalion Hampshire Regiment in Siberia
In Siberia, soldiers of the 9th (Cyclist) Battalion of the Hampshire Regiment instruct American officers in the British method of physical training

Kings Liverpool Regt
the Kings (Liverpool Regiment) 10th (Scottish) Battalion

Robert Lindsay at Alma
Lieut. Robert Lindsay of the 1st Battalion Scots Fusilier Guards leads a charge against the Russian Batteries. He was awarded the Victoria Cross

Captain E N Frankland Bell, VC
Captain E.N. Frankland Bell, V.C. 9th Battalion Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers - Thiepval, 1st July 1916. Date: 1916

4th Battalion Suffolk Regiment at Neuve Chapelle, WW1
Original oil sketch of the 4th Battalion Suffolk Regiment at Neuve Chapelle - part of Jullundur Brigade, Lahore Division, Indian Corps, attacking the Bois de Biez, 12th March 1915

Winston Churchill, Lieutenant Colonel of Scots Fusiliers
Winston Churchill (centre) as Lieutenant Colonel of the 6th Battalion Royal Scots Fusiliers in 1916 during the First World War. Date: 1916

WW1 poster, 20th London Regiment
WW1 recruitment poster, 20th London Regiment (HQ Holly Hedge House, Blackheath), Praise for Territorials. Join your own local battalion at once. Date: 1914-1918

A Corporal of the 1st / 9th Battalion Highland Light Infantry
A Corporal of the 1st/9th (Glasgow Highlanders) Battalion Highland Light Infantry in full marching kit. Hommage du Capitaine Andre. Tres sympathique souvenir. (Very warm memories of Captain Andre)

Miniature silhouette - Captain Alfred Arnold Ernest Gyde
Miniature bust-length silhouette in ebonised frame of Captain Alfred Arnold Ernest Gyde, 2nd Battalion South Staffordshire Regiment. He is in Mess Dress uniform

Capture of Kleve, men of 2nd Battalion Gordon Highlanders
Photograph, 11 Feb 1945: capture of Kleve, men of 2nd Battalion Gordon Highlanders supported by tanks of Guards Brigade. Associated with World War Two, North West Europe (1944-1945)

White Horse Hill, Chislehurst View from pub window
White Horse Hill, Chislehurst. View from pub window. 21017 Private P. J. Hill, D Company, 20Th Battalion, The County Of London Regiment. Studied At Lambeth School Of Art, St

First day of the Somme - the roll call after attack
British soldiers in a trench on the first day of the Somme (1 July 1916), lining up for a roll call after the attack. 1916

British troops WWII
Pictures of the 4th Border Regiment who held a large sector of the Somme during a vital stage in the German advance

Roll of Honour. Commemorative Art
Roll of Honour of 18158 Private F G Outlaw, Z Company, 6th Battalion Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry, including photograph. Commemorative Art

A famous mascot - Captain Scott dog joins the Army
Scotty, the dog belonging to Captain Robert Falcon Scott, who went to the South Pole with Scott in 1912 and went with the relief party to find his late masters body

Guard Room (at gate), Cliffe Fort, Hoo peninsula, Kent
Guard Room (at gate), Cliffe Fort, near the village of Cliffe on the Hoo peninsula in Kent. 21017 Private P. J. Hill, D Company, 20Th Battalion, The County Of London Regiment

6th Battalion Royal Tank Corps - manoeuvres in Egypt
6th Battalion Royal Tank Corps - manoeuvres in the Egyptian desert near Cairo from their base at Abbassia. This photograph shows light tanks in action over some rough ground. Date: 1936

Bushmen and sawmill hands wanted. Join the 238th Canadian Forestry Battalion. Poster showing a forester holding a pike and an axe, and a small night scene of logging on a river. Date 1915

Bren Gunner, 7th Gurkha Rifles, Burma, 1944 (c)
Photograph: A well-concealed Bren Gunner of the 7th Gurkha Rifles amongst the thick foliage of the Burmese jungle, 1944 (c)

A set of 8 lithographs - WWI era
A set of 8 lithographs in a folio. 1) Inscribed Private B

The Pipe Major - Black Watch Date: 1905

Maria Leontievna Bochkareva (nee Frolkova), who fought in World War I and formed the First Russian Womens Battalion of Death in 1917

British Officers in Vladivostock 1919
Staff Officers of the British Military Mission to Siberia, at their headquarters in Vladivostock

Footballers Battalion attending HQ at Kingsway for pay, WW1
Mr F. J. Wall, secretary of the Football Association, sits at a table at the associations headquarters, ready to pay members of the Footballers Battalion

A Memorial Notice of Julian Gould, D Company, 16th Battalion Middlesex Regiment. k.i.a. 30th May 1917 near Monchy-le-Preux aged 25 years. This book was privately printed by his father, Frederick J

1st Battalion Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers cricket team
Band of the 1st Battalion Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers, winners of the inter-company cricket shield. Date: 1910

Whippet Tanks 1918
Whippet tanks of the 3rd Battalion at Maillet, some of which had been in action earlier in the day and were the first Whippet tanks to be in action

Fight for her. Come with the Irish Canadian Rangers Overseas Battalion, Montreal

Womens Battalion Death
Recruits in the Womens Shock Battalion of Death pose for a propaganda picture while learning to use their guns

The London Scottish Volunteers holding their last meeting at the Hotel Cecil on 31 March 1908

Motto Rocks memorial, Murree Hills, British India (Pakistan) - 1st Battalion Royal Munster Fusiliers, Khanspur, 1905, battle honours artwork. Date: circa 1905

Frederic Cournet (Frederic Etienne Cournet) (1837-1885). French journalist who worked for the newspaper Le Reveil

Boarding of the military battalions Luchana and Mallorca
History of Spain. Barcelona, Catalonia

British military occupation of Egypt, 1882. England. London. July 30th, 1882

Journey to Portugal of the kings of Spain, Alfonso XII (1857-1885) and Maria Cristina de Habsburgo-Lorena (1858-1929). Lisbon. Military review. Parade of the sailors battalion before the Monarchs

Khaki Chums Christmas Truce Cross, St Yvon, Belgium
At Christmas 1914, over the 24th/25th December, a truce was held here between the 1st Battalion the Warwickshire Regiment and the 7th Bavarians in which Bruce Bairnsfaher took part

8th Ardwick Battalion, Territorial Army, Manchester
Group photo, 8th Ardwick Battalion, Territorial Army Regiment, Manchester

Unveiling the Christmas Truce Memorial, Frelinghien
The most fully documented Christmas Truce story of 1914 took place between the 2nd Royal Welch Fusiliers

2nd Battalion, the Cheshire Regiment, British army
Vintage 19th century photograph: band of the 2nd Battalion, the Cheshire Regiment, British army

Memorial to C-47 Dakota 43-15180, Ochten, Holland
This Dakota, carrying men of 156th Parachute Battalion Machine Gun Platoon, was shot down by German ack ack on 18 September 1944, the second day of Operation Market Garden

Kings Shropshire Light Infantry, Lebisey, Normandy
This Memorial to the 2nd Battalion marks the German front line 6 June to 9 July 1944 during the intense fighting for Caen

2nd Bn Royal Ulster Rifles Memorial, Cambes-en-Plaine
The Battalion captured Cambes on 9 June 1944 in concert with the East Riding Yeomanry

Outbreak of WWII men of Royal Artillery eating 1939
Men of a battalion of the Royal Artillery have a meal beside of the guns, during training. Date: 1939

Memorial 147 US Engineer Combat Battalion
This is in the grounds of the Chateau d Englesqueville on the D514 behind Omaha Beach

Harrogate - Volunteers Battalion Camp - Lieutenant Harries-Jones - Victorian period

Harrogate - Volunteers Battalion Camp - Victorian period

Battle of Canal du Nord, Tanks of A Company 7th Battalion parked after capturing Bourlon Village, 27th September

Canadian battalion leaving a trench going over the top, September 1916

Canadian battalion preparing to leave a trench, going over the top, September 1916

10th Sudanese Battalion, Egyptian Army at Karnak, Egypt, Victorian period

The Welsh Guards on manoeuvres near Pirbright
Sir William Vivian Makins (1903-1969) on Longdown Fort (Hill) - The Welsh Guards on manoeuvres near Pirbright, Surrey (now Army Training Centre (ATC) Pirbright) - September, 1932. Date: 1932

Boeing-Vertol Chinook HC. 1 ZA672
Royal Air Force - Boeing-Vertol Chinook HC.1 ZA672 (msn M/A003), during the Squadron exchange to BHELTRA-V of FAMET (Transport Helicopter Battalion 5 of Spanish Army aviation) Date: 1983

Peninsular War, six French drums, spoils of war
Peninsular War, six French drums and a silver-mounted drum major's staff

Colours of old 86th Regiment, now 2nd Battalion Irish Rifles
Colours of the old 86th Regiment, now the 2nd Battalion of the Irish Rifles Date: 1915

Scenes from The Doomed Battalion directed by Cyril Gardner. The film dramatised alpine fighting between Austrian and Italian forces during World War I. Date: 1932

War Memorial, Newcastle and Gateshead Chamber of Commerce Date: 1923

8th Ardwick Battalion, The Manchester Regiment, Territorial Army

Hughes OH-6A O-17792
United States Army - Hughes OH-6A O-17792 (msn 0343, 66-17792), of the 1st Battalion, 126th Aviation Regiment, Rhode island National Guard. Date: circa 1990

Drum Major, Argyll and Sutherland 91st Highlanders
Drum Major, 1st Battalion Princess Louise's Argyll and Sutherland 91st Highlanders, by Arthur Jule Goodman Date: 1895

Farewell mass for Women's Battalion, Russia, WW1
Crowds of people at the farewell mass at Kazan Cathedral in Petrograd (St Petersburg), for the Women's Battalion of Death, the day before they left for the front to fight in the First World War

Woman enlisting in Women's Battalion, Russia, WW1
Woman on her way to enlist in the Women's Battalion of Death, Russia, to fight alongside the men during the First World War

Maria Bochkareva and Florence Harper, Russia, WW1
Maria Bochkareva (right, 1889-1920), female Russian soldier who formed the Women's Battalion of Death and fought in the First World War

Maria Bochkareva with Women's Battalion, Russia, WW1
Maria Bochkareva (far left, 1889-1920), female Russian soldier who formed the Women's Battalion of Death and fought in the First World War

Peasant man, Russia, WW1
A peasant man who brought his three daughters to enlist in the Women's Battalion of Death, Russia, to fight alongside the men during the First World War. Date: circa 1917

Mrs Pankhurst and Maria Bochkareva, Russia, WW1
Mrs Emmeline Pankhurst (1858-1928), English founder and leader of the Women's Social and Political Union, and Maria Bochkareva (1889-1920)

Women's Battalion of Death, Russia, WW1
Women who have enlisted in the Women's Battalion of Death, Russia, to fight alongside the men during the First World War

Women enlisting in Women's Battalion, Russia, WW1
Women enlisting in the Women's Battalion of Death, Russia, to fight alongside the men during the First World War. Date: circa 1917

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