Belgium Collection (page 9)

Tourist & bathers, bathing cars on beach at Ostend, Belgium
Vintage 19th century photograph: Tourist and bathers with bathing cars on the beach at Ostend, Belgium

Photograph of King of Belgium PH, Bermondsey, London. The main side of the print (shown here) depicts: Corner on view of the pub

Carriage of Count Ludolf, Sicilian ambassador, in
Carriage of Count Ludolf, Ambassador Extraordinary from the King of the Two Sicilies, Ferdinand II, in Queen Victorias coronation parade

Memorial to New Zealander Leslie Andrew, VC, Warneton
Lance Corporal Andrew, who won his VC at La Bassee when he was 20 years old, went on to serve in WW2 and died, a Brigadier, in January 1969

View over Dikkebus Lake, Dickebusch, Belgium
The name Dickebusch means hick forest and dates from the time that this area was dense woodland. The Germans never took the lake, although they reached the water in May 1918

The Indian Memorial, Menin Gate Ramparts, Ypres
This white stone memorial was unveiled on 10 November 2002 as part of the Flanders India 2002 Partnership Year by Major-General A.J. Bajwa, who had come all the way from India for the ceremony

Memorial to poet and musician Ivor Gurney, Belgium
Similar in design to those for Ledwidge and Chavasse, the memorial was unveiled on 12 September 2007, the initiative of Piet Chielens and the Friends of the In Flanders Fields Museum

Memorial Plaque for Little Talbot House - Ypres, Belgium
This is on the wall of No 83 Rijselstraat in Ypres and marks the site of the little brother of Talbot House (Toc H) which opened on 13 November 1917

The Two at Pervyse with Shot the dog memorial, Ypres
This memorial is in the garden of the Ariane Hotel in Ypres. The Two is the title given to two extrordinary British laidies, Elsie Knocker and Mairie Chisholm

The Memorial Chapel, Talbot House, Poperinghe, Belgium
Talbot House, a rest house for soldiers and officers, was started by Padre Philip Byard (Tubby) Clayton and was officially opened on 11 December 1915

Polish Memorial, Cloth Hall, Ypres, Belgium
The memorial, which is on an outside wall, commemorates the Polish Forces who liberated Ypres in September 1944. In September 2016 researcher Chris Lock discovered that three Polish soldiers were not

Bruce Bairnsfathers Cottage Memorial, St Yvon, Belgium
The rebuilt cottage stands on the site of the original building in which, in 1914, Bruce Bairnsfather drew his first catoons which led to the creation of Old Bill

The American Bridge, Vierstraat, Belgium
The bridge crosses the small stream the Kemmelbeek. In the August 1918 offensive the centre line of the attacking American 27th Division crossed over this bridge, hence its local name of American

British CWGC Cemetery Tyne Cot, Passchendaele, Belgium
This is the largest British War Cemetery in the world and was designed by Sir Hebert Baker (who designed the tomb of Cecil Rhodes in Delhi)

Welsh National Memorial Dragon, Hagebos - Iron Cross
This fine memorial in Belgium is not only to the 38th Welsh Division, but to all Welsh Forces who fought in the Ypres Salient. It is similar to the dragon at Mametz on the Somme

Bus House CWGC Voormezeele, Belgium
Marking places on battefields is always a tricky business. hence the use of simple identifiers such as Lone Tree, Railway Corner etc. Our old friend Rose Coombs told how this cemetery got its name

Memorial to Belgian pilot Willy Coppens, Klerken, Belgium
The small memorial to Heldhaftig Piloot Willy Coppens is in the Willy Coppens Plein in Klerken. He was Belgians leading fighter ace and, like American Frank Luke

Edmund Blunden Information Board, Vlamertinghe, Belgium
The board is outside the Chateau. Blunden was in the 11th Royal Sussex, camped just outside Vlamertinghe in the preparations for the Third Battle of Ypres

Hopstore CWGC Cemetery, Vlamertinghe, Belgium
The village, known as Vlam to the Tommies, was a pile of rubble by 1918 but the area of the Cemetery was just outside the range of the medium guns and the hop building, in the background here

American 27th & 30th Divisions Monument, Vierstraat, Belgium Date: 2016

Rubber Rule in Africa - Methods of Barbarism. The atrocities carried out against the native population in Belgina Congo, Africa. An elderly Chief is shot for not meeting his rubber collection target

Atlantic type compound locomotive, 4-4-2 engine, side elevation. Stamped verso H Wasteels, Bruxelles, 13 Juil 1905. Date: 1905

Locomotive no 3302, 4-6-0. Engine constructed by the Societe de la Meuse, Liege, Belgium. Date: circa 1905

Locomotive no 3231, 4-6-0. Engine constructed by the La Soci???t??? Anonyme l energie of Marcinelle, Belgium. Date: 1905

Ruysselede Reformatory, West Flanders - Inmates Parade
Inmates on parade at the Boys Agricultural Reform School at Ruysselede Reformatory at Ruysselede, West Flanders, Belgium. Date: circa 1909

Ruysselede Reformatory, West Flanders - Apprentice Workshops
Boys with bicycles outside the apprentice workshops of the Boys Agricultural Reform School at Ruysselede, West Flanders, Belgium. Date: circa 1909

Ruysselede Reformatory, West Flanders - Refectory
Inmates lay tables in the refectory at the Boys Agricultural Reform School at Ruysselede, West Flanders, Belgium. Date: circa 1909

Ecole de Bienfaisance, Beernem - Facade
The facade of the Ecole de Bienfaisance (School of Charity) at Beernem, West Flanders, Belgium. Date: early 1900s

Ecole de Bienfaisance, Beernem - Utility Room
Girls at laundry work in the utility room of the Ecole de Bienfaisance (School of Charity) at Beernem, West Flanders, Belgium. Date: early 1900s

Ecole de Bienfaisance, Beernem - Older Girls
Older girls at the Ecole de Bienfaisance (School of Charity) at Beernem, West Flanders, Belgium. Date: circa 1909

Ecole de Bienfaisance, Beernem - Aerial View
An aerial view of the Ecole de Bienfaisance (School of Charity) at Beernem, West Flanders, Belgium. Date: early 1900s

For Belgiums Sake, by John Hassall For Belgiums Sake, by John Hassall
For Belgiums Sake, illustration by John Hassall. 1914

Ancient Flemish loom

Sherman tank Memorial, Leopoldsburg Railway Station
Leopoldsburg is in Belgium and it was directly behind the start line of Operation Market Garden. Here was a huge engineer dump built up to support the XXX Corps ground forces whose job it was to

101st Airborne Division Memorial near Eindhoven
Operation Market Garden involved capturing a sequence of bridges over rivers so that a rapid armoured advance could drive from Belgium through Holland to the German border in September 1944

11th Armoured Division Memorial, Stiphout, Holland
The Market Garden Operation involved an armoured attack by British and American forces along a narrow Corridor from Belgium and then through Holland

Sherman tank Memorial, Hechtel, Belgium
This Sherman, No (G) E4186 1B1635 LO, has been preserved as a Memorial to all those who lost their lives during the Battle of Hechtel of 12 September 1944 - 35 civilians

Interpretation of the League of Notions, 1921
Jean de Bosscheres interpretation of the opening scene of the " League of Notions", a poppular revue in London. Bosschere was a famous Belgian artist and writer. Date: 1921

Temporary emergency bridge in Belgium, Sept 1939
Temporary emergency bridge constructed in Belgium in case of a German invasion. The bridge is supported by five barges which function as pontoons

Anti-tank barrier on the Belgian frontier, Sept 1939
Photograph of a steel wall built on the border between Germany and Belgium as an anti-tank barrier. The Sphere describes its design as of " somewhat unique character"

Ruysselede Reformatory, Belgium - Basket making
A uniformed member of staff supervises boys engaged in basket making at the Ruysselede Reformatory School, Belgium. Date: Date unknown

Ruysselede Reformatory, Belgium - Main entrance
The main entrance of the Ruysselede Reformatory School, Belgium. Date: Date unknown

Ruysselede Reformatory, Belgium - Gymnastics class
An exercise or gymnastics class at the Ruysselede Reformatory School, Belgium. The sailing ship at the rear provided training in nautical skills. Date: Date unknown

Ruysselede Reformatory, Belgium - Fencing practice
Rows of boys engaged in fencing practice at the Ruysselede Reformatory School, Belgium Date: Date unknown

Ruysselede Reformatory, Belgium - Carpentry workshop
Boys at work benches in the carpentry workshop at the Ruysselede Reformatory School, Belgium Date: Date unknown

Ruysselede Reformatory, Belgium - Boys at play
Outdoor recreation time for boys at the Ruysselede Reformatory School, Belgium Date: Date unknown

La Salle de Fetes (the party hall) at the Kursaal, Ostend
La Salle de Fetes at the Kursaal, Ostend, 1920s Date: 1920s

Adolphe Max, Mayor of Brussels, Belgium
Adolphe Max (1869-1939), Liberal politician and Mayor of Brussels, Belgium. Date: circa 1913-1914

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