Bravery Collection (page 5)

Bravery rewarded. Date c1878

The Wreck of the Titanic - Honour to the Brave
Page from the Sphere honouring the brave men who were part of the Titanics crew who were lost with the ship when it sank, including all the engineers (36), the band (8), the postal clerks (5)

Mexican Revolution - Dead in the Doorway
Mexican Revolution (1910-1920) - Diligence - The brave dead lying in the doorway. Date: circa 1911

Italian invasion into Austria Hungary
Patriotic propaganda postcard commemorating the brave Italian attack into Austria Hungary, after agreeing to join the First World War on the Allied side in June 1915. Date: 1916

Union Jack Club
The Union Jack Club, Sandell Street, Waterloo, London SE1, was founded in 1904 as a National Memorial to commemorate the bravery of the troops in the Boer War. Date: founded 1904

Scots Highlander - WWI Patriotic Postcard - Union Flag
Scots Highlander soldier from the First World War on this patriotic postcard, bearing the caption Do or Die. He stands, a wound on his brow bandaged

John Jack Travers Cornwell, heroic sailor, WW1
John Jack Travers Cornwell (1900-1916), heroic young sailor posthumously awarded the Victoria Cross for his bravery on HMS Chester during the Battle of Jutland

Cavalry Charge - World War One
A propaganda patriotic postcard from World War One, showing a cavalry charge. " Theirs not ro reason why" For King and Country! Date: circa 1910s

Ivanowitch Komissarow, a young Russian peasant who, whilst walking to a chapel for prayer, apprehended a would-be assassin of the Emperor of Russia.The Emperor was keen to express his gratitude to

Frenchwoman with returning soldier

Soldier and sailor, United Service Waltz music cover

Lady skiing down a mountain
A lady in Edwardian dress skis down a mountain -- behind her, a man has fallen over, perhaps in surprise at her expertise or bravery

Children in damaged Maltese streets - Malta
A group of children play in a street in Malta, under the hanging lines of washing, the damage and rubble attesting to weeks of attacks on the Island

William Peel throwing a live shell
Captain William Peel (1824 - 1858) depicted in the act of bravery that won his first Victoria Cross during the Crimean War

Turkish Wrestler (3 of 4)
A Turkish wrestler, Ryza Bey, throwing knives. One knife is painted on the backdrop is if in mid-air! A series of cards (3 of 4) depicting a Turkish wrestler, juggler, weightlifter

Guards take aim in Sidney Street, East London
Members of the First Battalion Scots Guards lying in the roadway, taking aim during the Sidney Street Siege (popularly known as the Battle of Stepney) in East London

Winston Churchill in Sidney Street, East London
Winston Churchill, then Home Secretary, together with policemen and civilians, during the Sidney Street Siege (popularly known as the Battle of Stepney) in East London

Flight Sub Lieut Warneford VC recipient 8 / Stamp
REGINALD ALEXANDER JOHN WARNEFORD, VC (1891 - 1915) Royal Naval Air Service (RNAS) officer who received the Victoria Cross

Jemadar, Mir Dast VC recipient 8 / Stamp
MIR DAST VC IOM (1874 - 1950) Indian recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British

Major R R Willis VC recipient 2 / Stamp
RICHARD RAYMOND WILLIS VC (1876 - 1966) English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British

Major O Leary VC recipient 3 / Stamp
MAJOR MICHAEL JOHN O LEARY VC (1890 - 1961) Irish recipient of the Victoria Cross, the most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British

Captain Grenfell VC recipient 4 / Stamp
FRANCIS OCTAVIUS GRENFELL VC (1880 - 1915) of the 9th Lancers. English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be

Lieut Woolley VC recipient 5 / Stamp
GEOFFREY HAROLD WOOLLEY VC OBE MC (1892 - 1968) The first Territorial Army officer to be awarded the Victoria Cross, the highest

Lieut Commander Holbrook VC recipient 7 / Stamp
NORMAN DOUGLAS HOLBROOK VC (1888 - 1976) Royal Navy officer who won the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British

Seaman Samson VC recipient 1 / Stamp
GEORGE MCKENZIE SAMSOM VC (1889-1923) Scottish recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British

Warm welcome for British Calvalry men
Kisses from grateful women for gallant men. British cavalry men are greeted by joyful French women in the village of Monchy in France after the battle of Arras

The Zulu war. Portraits of officers
Portrait of Mr W A Dunne, Commissariat Department, defender of Rorkes Drift. 137 British soldiers held the fort at Rorkes Drift against a force of over 3, 000 Zulus

The Battle of Ulundi. Inside the square
Scene of battle from the British position, inside the square repulsing the Zulus. British casualities were light, but the Zulus were decimated by the use of Gatling guns and the Martini-Henry

Zulu war sketches by our special artist. Scene in the New Fo
The new Fort at Rorkes Drift, a scene of British bravery at the beginning of the Zulu wars

Brooklyn Bridge 1876
In a boatswains chair, brave engineer Frank Farrington is the first person to cross the bridge. Suspended by a single cable, he raises his hat to the crowds 227 feet below

Battle of Kandahar
At the battle of KANDAHAR, where the British under Roberts defeat the Afghans, Major White wins the Victoria Cross for his bravery

Ww2 Maquis Book Cover
Cover design of a book for children praising the Maquis (French Resistance)

Robinson Downs 1st Zep
Lieutenant William Robinson is the first to bring down a Zeppelin over England, winning the Victoria Cross for his bravery

British on Beach
British troops of the 13th/18th Hussars suffer a temporary hold-up on the beaches of Normandy, France

Allied Troops Land
Allied troops alighting from their landing craft, some with bicycles, onto the beaches of Normandy, France. A tank of the 50th Division is in the background

British Troops Land
British troops of the 56th Infantry Brigade landing on the beaches of Normandy, France

WW1 / BRAVO, BELGIUM
BRAVO, BELGIUM!

Lord Nelson / Privateer
HORATIO, LORD NELSON English naval officer: boarding an American privateer in a violent gale, while a Lieutenant on the Lowestoft in 1777

BISSONs BRAVERY 1827
GREEK WAR OF INDEPENDENCE: Lieut. Bisson, French Navy, blows up a captured Turkish ship & its crew rather than have it retaken. There stands a monument to him in Navarino

Ethiopia Attack Amba Alg
Italian air gunner Dalmazio Birago wins posthumous medal for bravery in an attack on Amba Alagi

Tightrope walker crossing falls near Quebec, Canada
Hardy, a well-named American, crosses the falls at Sault- Montmorency, near Quebec, Canada, performing feats for an hour

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