Command Collection

Hawker Hunter FGA. 74 508
Singapore Air Defence Command - Hawker Hunter FGA.74 508 (ex F.6 XE615, ex G-9-305) Date: circa 1973

Kitchener Poster C. 1915
Your Country Needs You This direct and graphic recruitment poster featuring Lord Kitchener, aimed to command and inspire

The Interport Field Gun Competition - Royal Navy
The Royal Navys field gun competition is a contest between teams from various Royal Navy commands

Avro Shackleton MR1 VP256 of RAF Coastal Command
Avro Shackleton MR1, VP256, of RAF Coastal Command. August 1951. Date: 1951

British aircraft camouflage, 1941
British aircraft camouflage, showing how the colours appear to merge into their surroundings, 1941. Date: 1941

B-25 Mitchell Bomber taking off from Hornet; Second World
Photograph showing an American B-25 Mitchell medium bomber taking off from the aircraft carrier Hornet on 18th April 1942

Vickers 417 Wellington III -employed by Bomber Command throughout the war years

Avro 683 Lancaster I of No 467 Squadron bombing-up-became the mainstay of RAF Bomber Command, the type entering operations in February 1942

RAF Poster, Back Them Up! WW2
RAF Poster, Back Them Up!, showing the capture of the German submarine U570 by a Lockheed Hudson plane of the British Coastal Command during the Second World War. 1941

RAF Hastings T Mk. 5 - RAF Finningley
Royal Air Force Handley Page Hastings T Mk.5 TG553, of the Strike Command Bombing School from RAF Lindholme, at RAF Finningley Date: 1971

Bristol 156 Beaufighter -flown by Coastal Command with torpedo and rocket projectile armament The type proved lethally effective against enemy shipping

Vickers VC10 C1 XR808 10 Sqn RAF Hong Kong 1968
Vickers VC10 C1 XR808 of 10 Squadron RAF Transport Command landing at Kai Tak, Hong Kong in 1968 Date: 1968

Vickers VC10 C1 XV102 Guy Gibson VC
Vickers VC10 C1, XV102, Guy Gibson VC, of RAF Air Support Command

Siege of Vienna by Turks (1683). Battle of Kahlenberg, in which the European army, under the command of Polish king Jan Sobiesky, defeated the Ottomans. Oil on canvas. AUSTRIA. Vienna

Leonidas I (died 480 BC). King of Sparta. Monument in Spart
Leonidas I (died 480 BC). Also known as Leonidas the Brave was a Greek hero-king of Sparta, the 17th of the Agiad line King of Sparta[

Gun transport exercise, Wentworth Woodhouse, Yorkshire
An emergency gun transport exercise taking place at Wentworth Woodhouse, Lord Fitzwilliams residence at Rotherham, Yorkshire

NFS London Region control room and officers, WW2
With the Fire Service nationalised in 1941 the London Fire Brigade was combined with its surrounding Fire Brigades to form the London Region of the NFS

RAF Poster, Back Them Up! WW2
RAF Poster, Back Them Up!, showing a raid by Hudson planes of the Coastal Command on German shipping at Aalesund, Norway, during the Second World War, in which eleven ships were hit. 1941

RAF Bristol Beaufighter; Second World War, 1943
Photograph of a British Bristol Beaufighter fighter-bomber aircraft of Coastal Command, with torpedo slung beneath the fuselage, 1943

General Dempsey, General Hodges, Field-Marshal Montgomery, G
Photograph showing (left to right) Lieut-General Sir Miles Dempsey, British Second Army; Lieut-General Hodges, US First Army; Field-Marshal Montgomery; Lieut-General Simpson

George Washington Taking Command of the American Army at Cambridge, Mass. July 3rd 1775. Date: July 3rd 1775

The Zulu war. Sir Garnet Wolseleys camp at Ulundi. Zulus co
Following the Zulu defeat at Ulundi, Zulu capital and place of their ancestors, Garnet Wolseley took command of the British army from Lord Chelmsford

Cuthbert Collingwood
LORD CUTHBERT COLLINGWOOD English naval commander. Took command on Nelsons death at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805

Prince Andrew of Greece, with his wife, Princess Alice, daug
Prince Andrew of Greece pictured in uniform with his wife, Alice. He was in Command of the Greek Second Army Corps at the Battle of Sakaria

Militia Company of District VIII under the Command of Captai
Bartholomeus van der Helst (1613-1670). Dutch painter. Militia Company of District VIII under the Command of Captain Roelof Bicker, 1643. Detail. Rijskmuseum. Amsterdam. Netherlands

The Canadians at Ypres, 1915, depicting the Princess Patricias Canadian Light Infantry at Bellewaerde Ridge on 8th May 1915

Nato Headquarters, Izmir, Turkey - now the Allied Air Component Command Headquarters Date: 1957

Admiral Lord Louis Mountbatten and General Montgomery, Franc
Photograph showing Admiral Lord Louis Mountbatten (1900-1979), then Commander-in-Chief of the South-East Asia Command, talking with General Montgomery (1887-1976) in Normandy, France, 1944

Handley Page Hastings T. 5 TG517
Handley Page Hastings T.5 TG517 of the Strike Command Bombing School (SCBS) RAF Lindholme Date: 1970s

GLC-LFB Eastern Command Control Unit
The GLC-LFB was created on 1 April 1965. A series of photos was commissioned of each type of fire engine, either within or absorbed into the enlarged London Fire Brigade

Maurice Gamelin
General Marie (or Maurice) Gustave Gamelin (1872-1958), supreme head of the French fighting forces at the beginning of World War Two

Maunsell Sea Fort, Thames Estuary; Second World War, 1944
Photograph showing a Sea Fort, designed by G.A. Maunsell, situated in the Thames Estuary during the Second World War, 1944

Juan Sebastian Elcano
JUAN SEBASTIAN DE ELCANO Spanish navigator, sailed with Magellan on his round-the- world voyage, took command after the death of Magellan in the Philippines

Consolidated PBY-5 seen clad in drab 1942 livery Catalinas flown by the US Navy and RAFs Coastal Command helped defeat the U-Boat threat across the Atlantic

LFB major control unit in operation at a fire
LFB firefighters in action, and a major Control Unit vehicle in attendance at a fire, 7 October 1955

The Duke of Edinburgh taking over HMS Magpie at Malta
Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, being met by Lt.-Cmdr A. Harber (sp?) at the time he took over command of HMS Magpie at Valletta harbour in Malta. Date: 1950

First Royal Variety Show dress rehersal, 1912
The dress rehearsal for the first Royal Variety Show performance at the Palace Theatre, 1912, which was attended by many celebrities

LCC-LFB Interior of Brigade Control Unit
The inside of the control unit and the preparation of the fire ground map, showing the layout of the affected building. It is used for planning the disposition of crews and lines of attack on the fire

LCC-LFB major control unit at Lambeth HQ
Major control unit, based at Brigade Headquarters, Lambeth, with dedicated operational control unit staff. The unit attended all major fires and incidents

Major General Dunsterville and staff, Baku, Azerbaijan
Major General Lionel Charles Dunsterville (1865-1946) and staff, with an Azeri Brigadier, at Baku

Frank Wild (1873-1939)
Photographic portrait of Frank Wild, the British naval officer and explorer, London, c.1916

The Great Ice Barrier, Antarctica, 1911
Photograph showing a member of the Amundsen Antarctic Expedition of 1910-12 standing on top of the Great Ice Barrier, c.1911. Three men, under the command of Lt

HMS Bonaventure - an Astraea-Class second-class cruiser
Royal Navy - HMS Bonaventure, an Astraea-Class second-class cruiser of the Royal Navy, ordered as part of the eight-ship Astraea class under the Naval Defence Act of 1889

Royal Air Force - Armstrong Whitworth Argosy C. 1 XN857
Royal Air Force - Armstrong Whitworth Argosy C.1 XN857, of RAF Transport Command at the 1964 SBAC Farnborough Air Show. Date: 1964

Angel commanding Hagar to return to Sarah
The Angel of the Lord commanding Hagar to return to her mistress Sarah - Thomas Bankes Bible, Genesis 16.9. 1787

Churchill and family visits anti-flying bomb defences, 1944
Mr. Winston Churchill and his youngest daughter Mary Churchill see anti-flying bomb defences. Mrs

Lockheed Hudsons bombing Aalesund; Second World War, 1941
Illustration showing British Lockheed Hudson bombers of Coastal Command attacking German shipping in the port of Aalesund, Norway, 1941

The Royal Family at a Coastal Command station: King George VI and Queen Elizabeth with the Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret inspecting R.A.F. aircraft. Date: 1941

Capture of Camaralzaman, from Princess Badoura, a tale from the Arabian Nights. The captain of the ship goes to capture Camaralzaman at the command of Badoura. Illustration by Edmund Dulac. Date: 1913

The Tempest by William Shakespeare. Act V, scene I. Prospero: Graves at my command have waked their sleepers. Illustration by Edmund Dulac. Date: 1908

Handley Page Hastings T.5 TG511
Royal Air Force - Handley Page Hastings T.5 TG511 (msn HP67/15), of the Bomber Command Bombing School (BCBS), at RAF Odiham

Pedro Antonio Veciana (Pere Anton Veciana i Rabassa) (Sarral, ca. 1682-Valls, 1736). Catalan peasant and politician

War of the Two Peters (1356-1369). Conflict between King Peter I of Castile (1334-1369) and King Peter IV of Aragon (1319-1387). Battle of Barcelona (1359)

Roman consul in military uniform, ancient Rome

Ernst Gideon von Laudon in the Austro-Turkish War
Ernst Gideon von Laudon arrives at the Imperial Army camp near Dubica, Austro-Turkish War, 1788-91

A young general, circa 1575, by Bartolomeo Passerotti
Bartolomeo Passerotti (1529-1592). Italian painter. Portrait of a young general, circa 1575. Oil on canvas (93, 8 x 76, 2 cm). El Greco Museum. Toledo, Spain

Allied landing craft follow airborne troops in the early morning of June 6th

Hawker Hunter FGA. 74 505
Singapore Air Defence Command - Hawker Hunter FGA.74 505 (msn 41H/680085, ex XJ632 and G-9-356), on the line with armourers preparing the ADEN gun pack for removal

Four Westland Whirlwind HARMk10s, including XP357 and XP358, during exercises with 38 Group Transport Command

World War II - railway viaduct at Bielefeld Germany
Vintage photograph World War II - railway viaduct at Bielefeld Germany after destruction by British Bomber Command

Saint Joan the Maid by Kay Nielsen. How Joan the Maid of Lorraine saw visions and was called upon to deliver France... Date: 1920

Nelson turns a blind eye - Battle of Copenhagen
Admiral Lord Nelson ignoring the signal from Sir Hyde Parker to stop fighting. He is looking though his telescope with his blind eye (popularising the phrase to turn a blind eye )

King Cnut commands the tide to retreat (unsuccessfully)
Cnut the Great (circa 985 or 9951035), (or Canute), King of Denmark, England, Norway, and parts of Sweden

Boeing KC-135A Stratotanker 57-2589
United States Air Force - Boeing KC-135A-BN Stratotanker 57-2589 (MSN 17725) 13 December 1958: First flight. 21 January 1959: 55th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing, Offutt AFB, NE

Convair C-131A Samaritan O-52-5805 (msn 53-25) casualty evacuation aircraft of Miltary Airlift Command somewhere in Germany

Sketches of the Chin-Lushai expedition. Capture of Lalshimas village by the Cachar Military Police under Lieutenant Cole. Date: 1890

The Second in Command, Metropole Theatre, Camberwell
The Second in Command, a military comedy by Robert Marshall, at the Metropole Theatre, Camberwell, SE London. Previously at the Haymarket Theatre, London. circa 1900

Dassault Mirage IIIO A3-99
Royal Australian Air Force - Dassault Mirage IIIO A3-99 (msn 99), of 3 Squadron, at SADC Tengah in April 1973. (SADC - Singapore Air Defence Command) Date: 1973

Dassault Mirage IIIO A3-26
Royal Australian Air Force - Dassault Mirage IIIO A3-26 (msn 26), of 3 Squadron, at SADC Tengah in April 1973. (SADC - Singapore Air Defence Command) Date: 1973

Avro Lincoln B.2 SX953
Royal Air Force - Avro Lincoln B.2 SX953, of the Bomber Command Bombing School (BCBS), at RAF Lindholme

Handley Page Hastings T.5 TG518
Royal Air Force - Handley Page Hastings T.5 TG518 (msn HP67/22), of the Bomber Command Bombing School (BCBS), at RAF Lindholme on 17 April 1961

HMS Wakeful - W-Class Destroyer Date: 1939

Disembarkation of Troops At Gravesend Bay Under ?
Disembarkation of Troops At Gravesend Bay Under The Command of Sir George Collier

Lieutenant Campbell (in gloves, Captain Scott's)
Lieutenant Campbell (in gloves, Captain Scott's second in command, on board the Terra Nova

Boeing E-4B 73-1676
United States Air Force - Boeing E-4B 73-1676 (MSN 20682 / 202), on approach. The E-4B is the Airborne Command Post for the use of President of the United States in emergencies

WW2 - Fleet Wings
An illustrated front cover of a WW2 children's book, Fleet Wings, written by Guy Dempster. The image shows a British Coastal Command aircraft flying above an aircraft carrier. Date: 1941

Captain Dale's Command
A WW2 children's short story illustration showing a military character, Captain Dale leaving a younger man in charge of his ship, The Osprey. Date: circa 1940s

Shell Motor Spirit Silver Trophy, Samuel Cody Archive
EARLY AVIATION PIONEERS - THE SAMUEL CODY ARCHIVE: The Shell Motor Spirit Silver Trophy, 1912, by Mappin and Webb, hallmarked London 1912, with fine model of Cody?s Flyer, Type No

WW2 Coastal Command Flying Boat
An illustration of a WW2 Royal Air Force Coastal Command flying boat hitting the water. They are wonderful U-boat chasers. Date: 1941

Captain John Treasure Jones Archive - two items
Captain John Treasure Jones Archive. Born and raised on a small farm in Pembrokeshire, South Wales, John Treasure Jones (1905-1993) went to sea at the age of 15

Punch and Judy with elves, Dorothy M Wheeler
Christmas Command Performance! illustration of elves watching Punch and Judy show, surprising the drummer and the dog

Anti-Aircraft Command play football tennis, WW2
Alex James, in uniform, watches fellow Anti-Aircraft Command members playing football tennis during the Second World War Date: circa 1940s

Footballer Woodgate signing autograph
T Woodgate, signing autograph, with fellow footballers R Dunn, A Banner, R Carter, J Wood - they all joined Anti-Aircraft Command Date: circa 1940s

Air Marshal Sir Richard Peirse (1892-1970), recently appointed Commander-in-Chief of Bomber Command. Date: 1940

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