Battalions Collection

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

British Royal Marines arriving in Ostend, Belgium, WW1
A Brigade of Royal Marines march through Ostend, Belgium, greeted by local residents. The Brigade was made up of Battalions from each of the Royal Marine home divisions, Portsmouth

The Queen and Prince Philip at Stirling Castle
Queen Elizabeth II talking to Old Comrades of the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders at a parade and presentation of regimental colours to the 7th & 9th Battalions at Stirling Castle during a visit to

Recruitment poster, Men of London, WW1
Recruitment poster, Men of London, County of London Territorial Battalions, God Save The King, WW1 Date: 1915

Dutch Border Battalions Memorial, Grave, Holland
This bas-relief by Jan Kettering shows a soldier of the Border Battalions guarding the town of Grave. It was erected on 31 October 1964 and its caption is We went and came back after years

East Yorkshire Regiment Memorial, la Breche, Normandy
The 2nd and 5th Battalions of the East Yorks landed here on D-Day as part of the first wave of the British 3rd Division. The Divisions landing beach had been divided into three sections, Peter

Cheshire Regiment Memorial, Musee du Debarquement
The memorial is to all members of the Regiment whose different Battalions fought in various theatres of war. On D-Day the 2nd Battalion landed on Gold Beach as part of the 50th Northumbrian Division

50th Northumrian Division Asnelles Normandy
The memorial is at a crossroads named Alexander Stanier after the Commander of the leading brigade (the 231st) of the 50th that landed on Gold Beach. Nearby are memorials to the leading battalions

US 5th Ranger Battalion Omaha Beach Normandy
The two Ranger Battalions - the 2nd and the 5th - were commanded by Texan Lt Colonel James E Rudder. The 2nd were charged with taking Pointe du Hoc and the 5th 5th Pointe de la Percee

2nd & 5th Battalions East Yorkshire Regiment Memorial
The plaque is on the wall of the small square on the edge of la Breche d Hermanville - Sword Beach. The Battalions landed in the first wave on D Day 6 June 1944 There are many other memorials around

Battle of Estero-Bellaco
The battle of Estero-Bellaco on 2nd May 1866. Battalions of soldiers keep formation as they ride forward to attack. Other soldiers stand their ground, partially obscured by smoke from cannonfire

WW1 - Feisals Army coming into Yanbu, Saudi Arabia
WW1 - The Arab Northern Army, lead by Emir Feisal, (Feisals Army), pictured here coming into Yanbu with a smaller force of the 2

Hangar deck of HMS Illustrious
Copy photograph of the hangar deck of HMS Illustrious showing the hammocks of the three battalions en route to Egypt, 1951

King?s African Rifles training with a light mortar, 1956
Photograph of King?s African Rifles training with a light mortar, 1956. Soldiers of the 4th (Uganda) Battalion undergo instruction in the use of a light mortar

Inns of Court OTC advertisement, WW1
Text advertisement encouraging men to join the Inns of Court Officer Training Corps, also known as The Devils Own. Commissions were available for public school and university educated men

North West Frontier Province scenes - NWFP
Album containing 13 pencil and wash drawings, many finely annotated, showing scenes in the North West Frontier. Contains an ink sketch made during the Battle at Shinkamar, 1898

Young Private, 6th Battalion (City of London Rifles), WW1
Head and shoulders miniature portrait of a young Private, possibly of the 6th Battalion (City of London Rifles), by Alice James, RMS RWA (fl. 1887-1930)

3 / 20th London Regiment (Blackheath & Woolwich) in training
The Army in training, in this instance the 3/20th London Regiment (Blackheath and Woolwich). 1. Round the cook house, 2, the boot repairers, 3, bayonet practice, 4. non-commissioned officers 5

British regimental crest -Cherat Hills, Pakistan
British Indian Regimental Badges Carved into the Rock Face in the Cherat Hills. Cherat was a hill station and sanatorium for British troops above the village of Saleh Khana commanding a view over

Attack on Logeast Wood, appropriate the battalions trophies
During the advance on the Western Front there was a race amoung men near a captured enemy gun for the honour of making upon it the name of the battalion to which it fell. Date: 1918

Indian soldiers on the road to Jerusalem during World War I
Photographs of Indian soldiers under General Allenbys command on the road to Jerusalem during World War I. Clockwise from top-left

Sportsmans Battalions, 1915
An advertisement for sportsmans battalions, featuring a despatch rider on a Douglas motor cycle, pointing urgently to some smoking ruins

Founders of the Sportsmans Battalion
The organiser of the Sportsmans Battalion and her husband, the recruiting-officer-in-chief, Mr and Mrs Cunliffe Owen. Mrs Cunliffe Owen conceived the idea of raising the Sportsmans Battalion where

Mrs Cunliffe Owen, founder of Sportsmens Battalion, WW1
Mrs E. Cunliffe Owen, founder of the The 23rd (Service) Battalion, Royal Fusiliers[1] and 24th (Service) Battalion (2nd Sportsman s), better known as the Sportsmens Battalions

Lt. -Col. Edgar R. Mobbs, 7th Bn. Northants Reg. Rugby Intern
Lieutenant Colonel Edgar R. Mobbs, D.S.O. Edgar Roberts Mobbs DSO (1882 - 1917) was an English rugby union footballer who played for and captained Northampton R.F.C. and England

City of London recruits, Tower of London, WW1
Young men answering the call to enlist at the start of the First World War. All of them employees of City firms, they were joining the City of London Battalion, consisting of 1300 men

A German 15cm Siege gun
A photograph showing a German gun captured by French soldiers during the Battle of the Somme. Intended to be a decisive breakthrough

Potential army recruit looks at the proclamation
Two soldiers look on as a civilian reads the notice which shows how volunteers can enlist. These soldiers were known as Kitcheners Men and were often from the same factory or town

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