Candle Gallery

Choirboy singing solo in a church, Horley, Surrey

A choirboy singing solo in front of a modern stained glass window at Salfords Church, Horley, Surrey. He is holding a book entitled English Praise'. There is a statue of the Virgin Mary and Child next to him

© Mary Evans Picture Library/Tony Boxall

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Army Chaplain in Great War Deeds, WW1

An Army Chaplain holding a night service on the battlefield, with a packing case as an altar and a tin mug as a chalice. Reproduction of a painting by A C Michael in Great War Deeds, a special panorama supplement produced by the Illustrated London News in 1915, featuring heroic actions of the First World War. Date: 1915

© Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans

321 Explosive Ordnance Disposal, Royal Army Ordnance Corps

One of three photographs showing 321 Explosive Ordnance Disposal, Royal Army Ordnance Corps, managing the controlled explosion of a stolen Datsun 120Y, Omagh district, 1975. Second picture shows the wheelbarrow approaching the car to insert the torpex candle. The car was subsequently found not to contain explosives. One of seven copy photographs showing 321 Explosive Ordnance Disposal Coy, Royal Army Ordnance Corps at work in Omagh, 1975. Associated with Northern Ireland (1969-2007). Date: 1975

© The National Army Museum / Mary Evans Picture Library