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Cadets Collection (page 3)

Background imageCadets Collection: Boys in training, physical drill, Shotley Barracks, WW1

Boys in training, physical drill, Shotley Barracks, WW1
Boys in training, doing physical drill in a field before breakfast at Shotley Barracks during the First World War. They are naval cadets attached to HMS Ganges, a Royal Navy training ship

Background imageCadets Collection: Swedish Air Cadets

Swedish Air Cadets
New Swedish Air Force recruits sorting out their uniforms in front of their barracks. Date: 1930s

Background imageCadets Collection: Boys in training on battery work, Shotley Barracks, WW1

Boys in training on battery work, Shotley Barracks, WW1
Boys in training on six inch battery work at Shotley Barracks during the First World War. They are naval cadets attached to HMS Ganges, a Royal Navy training ship. Date: 1914-1918

Background imageCadets Collection: Boys in training, oarsmanship, Shotley Barracks, WW1

Boys in training, oarsmanship, Shotley Barracks, WW1
Boys in training, receiving their first lesson in oarsmanship at Shotley Barracks during the First World War. They are naval cadets attached to HMS Ganges, a Royal Navy training ship. Date: 1914-1918

Background imageCadets Collection: Lord Kitchener at Royal Engineer Cadets training centre

Lord Kitchener at Royal Engineer Cadets training centre
Lord Herbert Kitchener (1850-1916) (centre) with other officers at a Royal Engineer Cadets training centre, during the First World War. Date: circa 1914-1916

Background imageCadets Collection: Lord Kitchener watching Royal Engineer Cadets

Lord Kitchener watching Royal Engineer Cadets
Lord Herbert Kitchener (1850-1916) (far right) watching Royal Engineer Cadets constructing a wooden bridge on a training course during the First World War. Date: circa 1914-1916

Background imageCadets Collection: Air cadet on Pay Parade

Air cadet on Pay Parade
Cartoon of an RAF trainee air cadet at Heaton Park, Manchester during World War Two eyeing up money at a Pay Parade (at which the cadets are paid)

Background imageCadets Collection: RAF cadet in prison

RAF cadet in prison
Cartoon of an RAF trainee air cadet at Heaton Park, Manchester during World War Two in prison

Background imageCadets Collection: RAF cadet playing golf

RAF cadet playing golf
Cartoon of an RAF trainee cadet at Heaton Park, Manchester, during World War Two, playing golf but missing the ball completely off the tee

Background imageCadets Collection: RAF cadet with skull of Yorick

RAF cadet with skull of Yorick
Cartoon of an RAF trainee cadet at Heaton Park, Manchester, during World War Two contemplating the skull of Yorick as though he were Hamlet to accompany Historical Notes

Background imageCadets Collection: Ricksha with British RAF cadets

Ricksha with British RAF cadets
Ricksha in Durban, South Africa, during World War Two, with Zulu ricksha boy and passengers of three RAF air cadets

Background imageCadets Collection: Two air cadets

Two air cadets
A cartoon of two British air cadets (RAF air crew in training) during World War Two; one smokes a pipe

Background imageCadets Collection: Girls Naval Training Corps

Girls Naval Training Corps
A group of girls from the Girls Naval Training Corps (similar to that of the Sea Cadets for boys, and later to be joined) competing for the Blue Peter Cup in 1952; a 24 hour expedition using as many

Background imageCadets Collection: Group of soldiers and cadets at a training camp

Group of soldiers and cadets at a training camp
A group of four soldiers and two cadets at a training camp, posing for their photo outside a tent. They are all in full uniform, and are holding rifles

Background imageCadets Collection: William Whitelaw at Met Police cadets parade

William Whitelaw at Met Police cadets parade
William Whitelaw (1918-1999), Conservative politician, with police commissioners, inspecting Metropolitan Police cadets during a parade

Background imageCadets Collection: Duchess of Gloucester at Met Police cadets parade

Duchess of Gloucester at Met Police cadets parade
Birgitte, Duchess of Gloucester (b 1946) with police commissioners at a parade of Metropolitan Police cadets

Background imageCadets Collection: Georgia - Tbilisi - Cadets Military School

Georgia - Tbilisi - Cadets Military School
Cadets Military School at Tbilisi, the capital (and largest) city in Georgia - formerly known as Tiflis. Located strategically at the crossroads between Europe and Asia

Background imageCadets Collection: Boys Band, Training Ship Empress, Helensburgh, Scotland

Boys Band, Training Ship Empress, Helensburgh, Scotland
Members of the Boys Band posing on the deck of the Training Ship Empress, operated at Helensburgh (Dunbartonshire, Scotland) on the Clyde, by the Clyde Industrial Training Ship Association

Background imageCadets Collection: Boys Eating, Training Ship, Exmouth, Grays, Essex

Boys Eating, Training Ship, Exmouth, Grays, Essex
Boys eating buns on the Training Ship Exmouth, operated from 1876 by the Metropolitan Asylums Board on the Thames off Grays, Essex

Background imageCadets Collection: George V and Edward, Prince of Wales

George V and Edward, Prince of Wales
King George V (1865 - 1936) and the Duke of Cornwall, Prince of Wales, Edward (future Edward VIII) in his naval cadets uniform

Background imageCadets Collection: Stock Exchange cadets, World War II

Stock Exchange cadets, World War II
New camping kit evolved by the Stock Exchange cadets an worn by one of the boys on the Home Front in England during World War II

Background imageCadets Collection: Empire Day in Wandsworth, London

Empire Day in Wandsworth, London
Empire Day celebrations in Wandsworth, south west London. Empire Day was celebrated between 1904 and 1958 to commemorate Queen Victorias birthday

Background imageCadets Collection: Empire Day rehearsal, Tower of London

Empire Day rehearsal, Tower of London
An Empire Day rehearsal at the Tower of London, showing Lord Roberts Boys with a specially made flag. Empire Day was celebrated between 1904 and 1958 to commemorate Queen Victorias birthday

Background imageCadets Collection: Model Frigate

Model Frigate
This model frigate is used at the Naval School, Greenwich, to teach cadets which strings to pull

Background imageCadets Collection: Naval Cadets Band

Naval Cadets Band
The band of the naval cadets leads them out of church

Background imageCadets Collection: Cadets on the Sorlandet

Cadets on the Sorlandet
A group of cadets are hard at work on the deck of the Sorlandet during the Tall Ships Race

Background imageCadets Collection: Cadets on Sorlandet (2)

Cadets on Sorlandet (2)
A group of cadets work with the ropes on the deck of the Sorlandet during the Tall Ships Race Date: 1962

Background imageCadets Collection: Naval Cadets on Deck

Naval Cadets on Deck
An officer instructs a group of cadets how to raise the anchor of the Sorlandet during the Tall Ships Race near Dartmouth

Background imageCadets Collection: George V, Queen Mary and the Royal Cadets

George V, Queen Mary and the Royal Cadets
Portrait of George V, Queen Mary and their two eldest sons, Prince Edward (later Edward VIII) and Prince Albert (later George VI) in cadet uniform. Taken at Barton Manor, Osborne

Background imageCadets Collection: Navy Cadets

Navy Cadets
A group of boys is taught about steam driven electric generators, which light and heat ships. They hope to become navy cadets one day

Background imageCadets Collection: Red Guards Seize Tank

Red Guards Seize Tank
Putilov Red Guard commandeer a tank from the Junkers (Young Cadets), name if after Lieutenant Schmidt a hero of the 1905 rising, and strike dramatic poses for the camera

Background imageCadets Collection: Naval Cadets on Model

Naval Cadets on Model
Training naval cadets on a swinging model boat at the Royal Naval College, Greenwich

Background imageCadets Collection: Soldiers & Horses

Soldiers & Horses
Cadets at the French military academy of Saint-Cyr groom their horses

Background imageCadets Collection: Learning Riding Skills

Learning Riding Skills
Cadets at the French military academy of Saint-Cyr learn the finer points of riding

Background imageCadets Collection: Optical Telegraph

Optical Telegraph
Optical telegraph used by cadets at the French military academy of Saint-Cyr

Background imageCadets Collection: Learning about Horses

Learning about Horses
Cadets at the French military academy of Saint-Cyr learn about the anatomy of the horses they will ride

Background imageCadets Collection: Canadian Cadets

Canadian Cadets
Canadian cadets in action at a shooting competition at Bisley

Background imageCadets Collection: Cadets at Camp in Wales

Cadets at Camp in Wales
St. Johns Ambulance Cadets performing various duties at camp on the Gower Peninsula, Glamorgan, Wales

Background imageCadets Collection: Russian Guards & Cadets

Russian Guards & Cadets
Palace guards and cadets

Background imageCadets Collection: Sailors Off on Leave

Sailors Off on Leave
The smiling boys of the H.M. Training ship Arethusa off on leave for their Christmas holidays with their kit-bags slung over their shoulders

Background imageCadets Collection: Boys on Ship

Boys on Ship
Boys on board the training ship Stork at Hammersmith

Background imageCadets Collection: Sailors Homecoming 1880S

Sailors Homecoming 1880S
A motherly welcome for a young sailor home for Christmas leave. A hug from mamma in the parlour is surrounded by a frame of seaweed

Background imageCadets Collection: Greenwich / Naval Training

Greenwich / Naval Training
ROYAL NAVAL COLLEGE Training naval cadets on a swinging model boat



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