Commandant Collection (page 3)

Seven VAD nurses at Quex Park
A group of seven VAD nurses standing at the front of the Winter Garden, Quex Park in February 1916. In the centre of the group is Nurse Fanny Watson; second from the right is `nurse Mildred Swinford

Quex House in the snow in February 1916. The Quex Park VAD Hospital opened on 15 October 1914 and closed on 31 January 1919. The hospital was run by Kent/178, the Birchington Detachment

Quex VAD patients in fancy dress outside the front door of Quex House. There was a collection of dressing up clothes at Quex House and they were used occasionally by the patients to put on plays

Nurses & Patients, Winter Garden, Quex
A group of VAD nurses and patients outside the Winter Garden, Quex Park, dated February 1916. Standing beside her mother, Hannah Powell Commandant

Patients boxing
Quex Park VAD Hospital patients. Entertainments and diversions were a regular part of the life of the hospital. The Quex Park VAD Hospital opened on 15 October 1914 and closed on 31 January 1919

Cartoon, An easy target, WW1
Cartoon, An easy target. A German sailor tells his Commandant that a merchant ship has stopped near them. The Commandant replies that in that case hes not likely to miss it. Date: 1916

Lieut Angus Richardson, son of Lieut. -Col. Richardson
2nd Lieutenant Angus M. Richardson, 2nd Gordon Highlanders, younger son of Lieut.-Col. Edwin Hautenville Richardson, the renowned dog trainer

War dogs - Major Richardsons stag hounds
Major Edwin Richardson, the renowned dog trainer, posing with his stag hound, whose special work was to attack cyclists. During the Great War Richardson was commandant of the British War Dog School

Lieut. -Col. E. H. Richardson of British War Dog School, WW1
Lieut.-Col. E. H. Richardson, Commandant of the British War Dog School during the First World War. Responsible for introducing messenger dogs for use by the British Army at the front. Date: 1914-18

Lady Perrott, formerly Ethel Lucy Hare, first Lady Superintendent-in-Chief of the St John Ambulance Brigade. This meant that she took charge of all St John nursing divisions

Air Commandant Nancy M. Salmon
Air Commodore Dame Nancy Marie Salmon (1903-1999), sometimes known by her married name, Dame Nancy Snagge. She was a British womens royal air force leader during World War II

The General Strike - demobilisation of volunteers 1926
Colonel St. John Fox, Commandant of the Headquarters Central Division of the Metropolitan Special Constabulary Reserve, addressing the division (including regulars)

Chest measurement of LFB applicant
An LFB applicant has his chest measured by A D O Packer, commandant of the Training School. The brigade minimum is 36 inches with a two-inch expansion

WW1 - Thessaloniki, Greek Volunteer Company leaves
WW1 - Thessaloniki, The Greek Volunteer Company leaves for Sed-dul Bahr - The Officer on horseback is commandant Carascodas, Venizelos private friend. Date: circa 1915

Commandant Felix aboard the Dunne D8

Commandant Felix testing the 80hp Gnome Dunne D8 at Hendon

Zodiac Commandant Coutelle airship

Lt J W Dunne left with Commandant Felix
Lt J.W. Dunne, left, with Commandant Felix

Washington Greys 8th Regt. N. Y. S. T. Colonel George Lyons Com
Washington Greys 8th Regt. N.Y.S.T. Colonel George Lyons Com

Balaclava looking seawards, the Commandants house in the foreground. Balaklava looking seaward showing general view of the landscape and buildings with the Commandants house in the foreground

General Sir Noel Birch
General Sir James Frederick Noel Birch (1865 1939), British Cavalry Officer during the Second Boer War and World War One. Promoted Lieutenant-General in 1919 when he was made a Colonel Commandant of

Topgis Bashi, Commandant of the Ottoman Artillery
The Topgis Bashi, or Commandant of Artillery. The commander of the Turkish Ottoman artillery wearing colourful robes and a tall turban

Turkish Ottoman Officer and Albanian Militia
Turkish Ottoman Officer (Commandant Dergut Pasha) with his band of local militia emerge menacingly from the undergrowth - Albania

Insurgent Leaders
Faustin Grelinski, insurgent leader, commandant of the Palatinate of Sandomir, with his staff

General Commandant
Citizen La Cecilia, general commandant

Racial / Austria / Schonech
Commandant Schoenecher, in Austrian costume

Guerilleros in Mexico
Guerilleros, who have been resisting the French presence in Mexico, surrender to general Negre, commandant superieur

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