Command Collection (page 9)

GLC-LFB - Breakdown Lorry at Croydon HQ
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

GLC-LFB - Turntable Ladder at Croydon
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

AFS Control unit at major exercise, Gloucestershire
Auxiliary firefighters working in the AFS control unit during a major exercise conducted at the Fire Services Technical College, Moreton in Marsh, Gloucestershire

LCC-LFB Brigade major control unit at Lambeth
Based at the Brigade Headquarters, with dedicated operational control unit staff who worked there, this unit attended all major fires and incidents

LCC-LFB Brigade major control unit at Lambeth HQ
Control Unit vehicle based at LFB Headquarters. It had its own dedicated operational staff, and attended all major fires and incidents

Conversion of NFS mobile kitchen unit to LFB control unit
London Fire Brigade mobile kitchen ready for conversion to a control Unit

LCC-LFB Control Room at Lambeth HQ SE1
Brigade control was located in the basement of the Headquarters building. A view of the card index rotary drums that recorded the address of every London thoroughfare

NFS (London Region) Communications caravan, WW2
Firewomen control officers inside a communications caravan on location at an NFS training exercise in Northwood. Middlesex

Home Office-NFS Fire Force control unit, WW2
An example of the Home Office fire control units that were issued to the various Fire Force Area headquarters. They were built to a standard design and were the command point at larger fires

Blitz in London -- LFB Southern Division control unit, WW2
Blitz in London -- two men and a woman working side by side in an LFB Southern Division control unit during the Second World War

The landing, of the naval expedition, against Tabasco Mexico. Com...ore M.C. Perry in command. Date c1848

Bombardment and capture of Fort Henry, Tenn. : By the federal
Bombardment and capture of Fort Henry, Tenn.: By the federal gunboats under command of commodore Andrew H. Foote-Feby. 6th 1862. Date ca. 1862

The great fight at Charleston S. C. April, 7th 1863: between
The great fight at Charleston S.C. April, 7th 1863: between 9 United States Iron-Clads, under the command of Admiral Dupont; and Forts Sumter, Moultrie

A correct view of the battle near the city of New Orleans, on the eighth of January 1815, under the command of Genl. Andw

The landing of his majestys forces, under the command of the Rt. Honbl. ye Earl of Albermarle, on the island of Cuba

Greenville, South Carolina. Air Service Command. A scene in one of the barracks. Enlisted man playing a flute after he has taken a shower. Date 1943 July

Colonel Reynardson (he had the command of the Grenadier Guards at the battle of Inkermann). Edward Birch Reynardson, three-quarter length portrait, standing, facing front, wearing uniform with sword

RN Prize presentation to Stephen McGory
Presentation of a Royal Navy Prize (for 1977) by Captain Charles Le Mesurier, representing Commander-in-Chief Naval Home Command, to Stephen McGory (right) of Newtownards Sea Scouts

RN Prize presentation to Andrew Node
Presentation of a Royal Navy prize by Captain Charles Le Mesurier (right), representing Commander-in-Chief Naval Home Command, to Andrew Node. 19 January 1979

New Zealand Races
Final Command wins the Perek Cup horse race at Auckland, New Zealand. Date: 1960s

Boy scouts at The Sketch offices
Photograph of a party of boy scouts from South-East London, invited to the offices of The Illustrated London News and Sketch in 1911

The Washington Elm, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Under this tree George Washington first took command of the American Army on 31st July 1775 during the American Revolution - The Washington Tree, Cambridge Common, Cambridge, Massachusetts

Generaloberst Max von Boehn
General Max von Boehn, in command of the German 7th Army at the Second Battle of the Aisne in spring 1917 during World War One. Date: 1917

Field-Marshal Lord French inspecting volunteers, Hyde Park
Field-Marshal Lord French (1852-1925) inspecting some 10, 000 volunteers of numerous London regiments in Hyde Park, London, during the First World War

Lord Kitchener made Military Admiral, 1909
Fascinating page from the Bystander showing a photograph of Lord Kitchener with critical editorial of his new position as Military Admiral which required him to travel hundreds of miles to inspect

British anti-aircraft gun in action near Nieppe, France, WW1
A British 18 pound anti-aircraft gun mounted on a lorry under the command of Captain C A Montimore, 4th Division RA (Royal Artillery), in action near Nieppe, northern France

British Naval personnel, 1913
An illustration attempting to reflect the growth in the number of personnel in the British Navy, which, according to First Lord of the Admiralty, Winston Churchill

French and Serbian allies at Salonika, Greece, WW1
French and Serbian allies at Salonika (Thessaloniki), Greece, during the First World War. Vojvoda (Field Marshal) Petar Bojovic (1858-1945) of the Serbian Army is on the left

Bohm-Ermolli command post, Czernowitz (Chernivtsi)
Soldiers of the Austro-Hungarian Army at the command post of army commander General Eduard von Bohm-Ermolli (1856-1941) (seen here behind the table, wearing the darker cap)

French Victory Algeria
The duc d Aumale, in command of the French forces, returns in triumph through the plain of Mitidja, after the taking of the smala of Abd-el Kader. Date: May 1843

Gonville Bromhead
GONVILLE BROMHEAD Military : second-in-command at Rorkes Drift, (Zulu-British war, January 1879) when he won a VC : later in India where he died of typhoid. Date: 1845 - 1892

Mess card, R. A. F. East Kirkby
A mess subscription card for the Sergeants Mess at RAF East Kirkby in Lincolnshire, which opened as a Bomber Command Station in August 1943. No. 57 Squadron and no. 630 Squadron were based there

Back to Civilisation. The Second in Command at Lyttelton
Commander Evans, the Second in Command of the British Antarctic expedition of Captain Scott, pictured with the two men who saved his life when he was struck down with scurvy

German communications post WWI
German communications post on the Western Front during World War I

Rifai Dervish (who have the ability to command animals). Dervish or Darvesh in Persian usually refers to a person who is a seeker of the truth i.e. universal truth

Lord Haldane and Sir John French
Lord Haldane (Richard Burdon Sanderson Haldane, 1st Viscount Haldane) and Sir John French (Field Marshal John Denton Pinkstone French)

Allies rescue stricken C-47 - Burma
American forces of the Air Service Command, Chindits and Burmese farmers of the local neighbourhood, who between them managed to put a C-47 back in the air

Field Marshal Herbert Plumer / Stamp
General SIR JOHN GRENFELL MAXWELL (1859 - 1929) British Army officer and colonial governor. Was given command of the Army in Egypt during the First World War

Reserve Officers Training Corps maneuvers
The ROTC(Reserve Officers Training Corps) Army Artillery on maneuvers at Purdue University, America, January 1926. A 1918 Dodge Brothers Command car is leading three Harley Davidson motorcycles

Jerusalem following capture by the British
Picture of Jerusalem (looking down the Jaffa Road) following the capture of the Holy City from the Turks by the British on 9th December 1917

Coastal Command by Merlin Enabnit
Pin up girl by Merlin Enabnit (1903-1979) posed coquettishly in a pink swimsuit and large sun hat with a bronzed coast guard

General C. F. Beyers
General Beyers became notorious in the early stages of the war for throwing up command of the South African Union Defence Force, when directing to act against German South-West Africa

The British Cavalry Camp at Balaklava, Crimean War, 1854
Photograph of the British army camp at Balaklava, under command of the Earl of Lucan, during the Crimean War, 1854

Admiral Jellicoes farewell to Lord Kitchener
A photograph of Admiral John Rushworth Jellicoe (1859-1935) bidding farewell to Field-Marshal Horatio Herbert Kitchener (1850-1916) before his embarkation aboard the H.M.S

D aubusson at Rhodes
During the siege of Rhodes by the Turks, Pierre d Aubusson, Grand Master of the defending Knights Hospitallers, offers the command to his brother Antoine

Milan of Serbia
King Milan I of Serbia travels to the front, where he will take personal command of his army against the Bulgarians. Sadly, he will lead them to defeat, not victory

Hindenburg
Photograph of Marshal Paul von Hinderburg (1847-1934), sitting at a strategic map. A veteran of the Franco-Prussian War, he was recalled from retirement on the outbreak of World War I

General Ducrots Forces crossing the Marne; Franco-Prussian
Illustration showing French troops, under the command of General Ducrot, crossing the Marne River to launch a counter attack against the Prussians, 29th November 1870

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