Command Collection (page 7)

General Sir Wm Robertson
GENERAL SIR WM. ROBERTSON, GCB, KCVO, DSO, Col. 2nd Dns. ADC to the King. General Officer Commanding, Eastern Command (late Chief of the Imperial General Staff)

Horse-drawn transports passing the Cloth Hall, Ypres. New Years message to every Officer, Warrant Officer, Non-Commissioned Officer

Captain Carpenter VC with Commander Osborne & ships mascots
Vice-Admiral Alfred Carpenter VC (17 September 1881 27 December 1955) was a Royal Navy officer who was awarded the Victoria Cross for his command of HMS Vindictive during the Zeebrugge Raid

Lieut. -Commander Arthur Asquith, WW1
Arthur Asquith (1883-1939), third son of Prime Minister Herbert Asquith, who served in the Royal Naval Division during the First World War

Desmodus D Orbignyi. From: The zoology of the voyage of H.M.S. Beagle, under the command of Captain Fitzroy, R.N. during the years 1832 to 1836. Date: 1839

Proctotretus chilensis. From: The zoology of the voyage of H.M.S. Beagle, under the command of Captain Fitzroy, R.N. during the years 1832 to 1836. Date: 1839

Felis pajeros. From: The zoology of the voyage of H.M.S. Beagle, under the command of Captain Fitzroy, R.N. during the years 1832 to 1836. Date: 1839

Mus longicaudatus - Two species of mice from South America. From: The zoology of the voyage of H.M.S. Beagle, under the command of Captain Fitzroy, R.N. during the years 1832 to 1836. Date: 1839

Didelphis brachyura. From: The zoology of the voyage of H.M.S. Beagle, under the command of Captain Fitzroy, R.N. during the years 1832 to 1836. Date: 1839

Serranus olfax. From: The zoology of the voyage of H.M.S. Beagle, under the command of Captain Fitzroy, R.N. during the years 1832 to 1836. Date: 1839

General Birdwood swimming in the sea at the Dardanelles
Field Marshal William Riddell Birdwood, 1st Baron Birdwood (1865-1951), British Army General best know for his command of the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps (ANZAC)

Searchlight command by G. H. Davis
Searchlight command: the men who point the way for Britains anti-aircraft guns and night fighters during the Second World War

First Royal Command Performance at Palace Theatre
A page of sketches by artist Norman Morrow, recording the acts on the bill at the first Royal Command Performance of in the Art of Variety (later known as the Royal Variety Performance)

The Royal Variety Show, 1938
The 1938 Royal Command Variety performance at the London Coliseum: the Grand Finale. The entire company, lead by Lupino Lane, doing the Lambeth Walk, a popular musical number. Date: November 1938

Funeral of General Grierson
The funeral procession of Lieutenant General Sir James Moncrieff Grierson in Glasgow. He had been appointed to command the Second Army Corps in France

WWI - German Infantry Officer Date: 1914

Sir Colin Campbell (1792-1865)
Portrait of Sir Colin Campbell, pictured in 1855 when he was in command of the Heavy Brigade, 93rd Highlanders notable for their actions during the Battle of Balaclava, Crimean War, 1854-6

To Hell With Surrender! How Second Lieutenant J. C. Buchan
The official narrative for this drawing reads: When he saw the enemy had practically surrounded his command, he collected his platoon and prepared to fight his way back to the supporting line

Attack of the French Squadron under Mons. Bompart Chef d Escadre, upon the Coast of Ireland by a Detachment of His Majestys Ships under Command of Sir J. B. Warren, Oct. 12th 1798 (1799)

Christmas Postcard from the 512 Field Survey Company, M.E.F. (Middle Eastern Force) - serving The Middle East. The badges/flags of the regions/areas covered by (and in alliance with) the Co

WW1 - Crown Prince Alexander at the Banjica camp, Serbia
His Royal Highness Crown Prince Alexander (1888-1934) at the military camp on the Banjica hill, Serbia (seated centre with sword on his knee)

The Second in Command - Mr and Mrs Binks
Mr and Mrs Binks - A very funny cartoon by Phil May showing a VERY dominant Woman (wearing a monacle) leading her subservient and tiny husband and their small son along the street

Curtiss P40 Warhawk Fighter Aircraft - WWII
Pilot getting into the cockpit of his RAF North American P-51 Mustang. It was first flown operationally by the Royal Air Force (RAF) as a tactical-reconnaissance aircraft and fighter-bomber

Franco-Russian Alliance - Troop Manoeuvres at Betheny
On September 19th, 1901 manoeuvres (as part of the Franco-Russian alliance) took place on the Betheny Plain (near Reims, France), involving the participation of 120

Coastal Command Ops Room. From left: Wg Cdr J.C. Barclay; AVM B.E. Baker, CB, DSO, MC, AFC, Air Officer Commanding a Coastal Command Group and Air Cdre N.H. DAeth, CBE. c.August 1944

WaF Plotters at work in the Operations Room of an RAF Station Fighter Command. c.November 1942

Filter Room at Headquarters Fighter Command

Operations Room at Headquarters Fighter Command

An American replica of a German V-1 flying bomb in the Air Technical Service Command 20ft wind tunnel at Wright Field

Flt Lt M J Adam in the cockpit of the Bristol 138A K4879
Flt Lt M.J. Adam in the cockpit of the Bristol 138A, K4879, receiving final instructions from Wg Cdr F.W. Woodhouse, DSO, MC, in command of Experimental Flying at Farnborough

Lockheed Hudson of RAF Coastal Command

Andre Turcat chief test pilot in command of Concorde No 7
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WaF plotters at work in an Operations Room of an RAF station Fighter Command

de Havilland DH106 Comet C2 XK695 Perseus
de Havilland DH106 Comet C2, XK695, Perseus, of RAF Transport Command

Vickers VC10 C1 XV103 Edward Mannock VC
Vickers VC10 C1, XV103, Edward Mannock VC, of RAF Air Support Command, at BEAs Engineering Base at Heathrow for repainting

Vickers VC10 C1 XR807 Donald Garland VC / Thomas Gray VC
Vickers VC10 C1, XR807, Donald Garland VC/Thomas Gray VC, of RAF Air Support Command

Three de Havilland Sea Vixens of 892 Squadron fly past HMS Centaur wearing the flag of Rear Admiral P.J. Hill-Norton, the Flag Officer, Second in Command, Far East Fleet

de Havilland DH106 Comet C2 XK669 (initially G-AMXB)
de Havilland DH106 Comet C2, XK669 (initially G-AMXB), of RAF Transport Command

Hawker Hunter F6s of No92 Squadron (Sqn Ldr R.H.B. Dixon), based at Middleton St George, provide that years reserve aerobatic team of RAF Fighter Command

Boeing B-17E Fortress II of RAF Coastal Command

Vickers Wellington TX MF628
Vickers Wellington TX, MF628. This aircraft is currently on display as part of the Bomber Command Aircraft Collection at the RAF Museum, Hendon

Campaign chest with tea set that the Duke of Wellington used during his command of the allied armies at the Spanish War of Independence. Offered by General Alava to the Council of Alava. Furniture

Franco
Francisco Franco, General Commander of the Canary Islands, with the officers of the Canary Islands Military Command

Queen Elizabeth II at the LFB Annual Review in Lambeth
Queen Elizabeth II at the Annual Review of the London Fire Brigade, Lambeth HQ on 11 November 1966

Lambeth HQ Control Room

London Fire Brigade Headquarters control room
LFB Lambeth HQ Control Room

Brigade Command Unit at the scene of oil refinery fire
Brigade Command Unit at the scene of an oil refinery fire, Buncefield, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire

LCC-LFB Coach purchased as a Brigade Control Unit
This rather dishevelled looking former coach was purchased by the London Fire Brigade as its new Brigade Control Unit. Following a thorough overhaul

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