Commanding Collection (page 2)

War of Spanish Succession (1702-1715). Oath of the captains of Barcelona who commands the troops of Antonio de Villarroel, Commander in Chief of the Army of Catalonia. Engraving by Urbadieta and J

David Farragut - 5
DAVID GLASGOW FARRAGUT American naval commander who at the time of this portrait was commanding the American fleet in the Mediterranean. Date: 1801 - 1870

Benbows Leg Shattered
Admiral Benbow courageously commanding his Men to fight after his Leg was shattered to pieces - 24 August 1702, while fighting the French in the West Indies. Date: 1653 - 1702

Its A Long, Long Way to - the C. O. WW1, H. M. Bateman
Its A Long, Long Way To - The C.O. : From Private to Pensioner; or, How a British Soldier Gained the Ear of His Colonel. Satirical cartoon by H. M

WW1 - Hindenburg in the saddle
WW1 - Depicting Paul Von Hindeburgs (1847 - 1934), Germanys Chief of the General Staff, commanding loyal co-operation from the Austrian armies on the Eastern Front

Spaatz, Carl, in 1940 ceremony -later Officer Commanding US 8th Air Force

Vice-Admiral Rt Hon Lord Charles Beresford KCB KCVO, England. Commanding the Channel Fleet Date: 1906

Hut Life Illustrated, WW1 cartoon
Cartoon showing the soporific atmosphere in a Y.M.C.A hut recreation room somewhere on the Western Front during the First World War, where soldiers can spend their leisure time reading magazines

The Gentle Adjutant by H. M. Bateman, WW1 cartoon
Its the Noise that really matters. A fierce and fearsome looking commanding officer on horseback uses his considerable lung power to make his commands known. Date: 1917

Colonel de Barrage and his armour, Bairnsfather cartoon, WW1
Colonel de Barrage feels convinced that armours the thing under modern conditions. " Did you mend that puncture in his left hind leg, Smith

A bulldog mascot of a Canadian regiment in France
Gibby, a massive bulldog, poses in a trench beside the commanding officer of a Canadian regiment in France. The dog was badly gassed several times but still continued to go into action with his men

In the Firing Line
A smartly dressed man, which a perplexed expression, being caught with the woman in pink and being told to be sent away by the man in militray uniform, who has an angry expression. Date: 1918

Immediate and Important by Bairnsfather
Immediate and Important Never has Private Smiths face felt so large and smooth as when he hands his Captain the following message at what he feels is an unsuitable moment. " The G.O.C

Miniature - Major Sir Frederick FitzWygram, MC
Miniature portrait of Major Sir Frederick FitzWygram, M.C. 2nd Battalion Scots Guards. Born 1884, died 1920. Captured on the 17th May 1915 (Battle of Festubert) commanding F Company

Army Orders from General Sir Hs Rawlinson
1. A copy of Army Orders from General Sir H. S. Rawlinson, Commanding Officer, 4th Army listing Immediate Rewards, dated 1st March 1919 to 40 recipients of the Military Medal. 2

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)

Record of Services of the 79th Brigade, RFA, Flanders
Printed copy of Record of Services of the 79th Brigade, RFA, during the Operations of the Fifth Army in Flanders, October and November 1917 by Lt. Col. L. E

Young officer instructed to dance, 1918
Illustration from the Letters of Eve column in The Tatler showing a young subaltern being told to dance (in no uncertain terms) by his commanding officer, Colonel Firebrand! Date: 1918

Three British Army commanders, Western Front, WW1
Three British Army commanders on the Western Front in France during World War One. They are: General Sir Herbert Plumer (nicknamed Old Plum), General Sir Edmund Allenby, and General Sir Henry Horne

Tunis commanding Sicilian Channel by G. H. Davis
Tunis, which with Bizerta commands the Sicilian Channel. A contour map showing the capital of Tunisia, its approaches, roads, harbour and surrounding terrain

Malta, target of German bombers, by G. H. Davis
A British stronghold in the Mediterranean during the Second World War: Malta, the target of German dive-bombers. The British naval and air base commanding the Sicilian Straits

Brigadier General Tyler, CMG DSO, WW1
Brigadier General Tyler, CMG DSO, Commanding Royal Artillery, 32nd Division. Date: circa 1910s

Round the clock with a bomber squadron. The bomber pilot and captain starts his day with a wash; he sets out with his crew on the back of a vehicle; the crew climb a ladder to board the aircraft

Donald Martin Stuart
Field-marshal DONALD MARTIN STUART British military commander, who served mostly in India and commanding Indian forces in Abyssinia. Date: 1824 - 1900

Wade Hampton
Lieutenant-general WADE HAMPTON American soldier, commanding officer in the Confederate Army during the war between the states. Date: 1818 - 1902

Young lady cries after receiving a retort from her boyfriend
Taking a Hot Return - cricket analogy used on a humorous(ish?) postcard showing a girl upset after receiving a harsh retort from her beau. Date: 1908

WWI - What a Pleasure to be a Soldier! Two cheeky (and rather rotund) Geman privates mimic their commanding officer and his hands-on-hips pose - with considerable comic effect!

World War One - France - Legion of Honour
National Order of the Legion of Honour (Ordre national de la Lez© on d honneur) - " How it is won". Patriotic French postcard of World War One era. Date: circa 1917

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

Air Marshal Sir Keith Park, Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Middle East, talks with Leading Aircraftman M.K. Barber (right) and Wg Cdr W.K. Murray during a tour of RAF units in the Levant. c.May 1944

Uxbridge aerodrome prior to an air exercise c 1937
Uxbridge aerodrome prior to an air exercise. c.1937. From left: Sir John Steele, Lt Col Muirhead, Undersecretary for Air; Sir Hugh Dowding, Air Officer Commanding in Chief and Lord Swinton

Air Transport Auxiliary pilots in front of an Avro Anson. From left: Flt Capt R. Vincent, Capt F. White, Cdre Gerald DErlanger, Commanding Officer; Flt Capt Stewart Keith Jopp, Capt G

Benjamin Franklin Butler
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN BUTLER U.S. military commander, photographed while commanding the New Orleans expedition, 1864. Date: 1818 - 1893

Wilhelm Ii / Graphic?
WILHELM II GERMAN ROYALTY. The German Emperor with General Ludwig Von Moltke, and other commanding officers. Date: 1859 - 1941

George B. McClellan. Major General commanding U. S. Army
George B. McClellan. Major General commanding U.S. Army. Head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right. Date c1862

Accurate picture of commanding officer from the republic of North America. Japanese print shows an American military officer (probably Captain Henry Adams). Date ca. 1854

People of the United States of North America - portrait of commanding officer. Japanese print shows a head-and-shoulders portrait of an American naval commander; includes untranslated text of

Winfield Scott. Lieut. General, Commanding U. S. Army
Winfield Scott. Lieut. General, Commanding U.S. Army. Date c1858 June 26

Maj. Gen. B. M Clellan, commanding United States Army

Colonel Shewell, CB, commanding Hussar Brigade. Colonel Frederick G. Shewell, full-length portrait, seated on horseback, facing left. Date 1855

Top Sea Scout for 1975. This years winner of an award for the leading Sea Scout in the country was 19-year-old Romford (Essex) Venture Sea Scout, Leigh Brand

Colonel Michael Corcoran

Russo-Turkish War - King Carol I of Romania
King Carol I of Romania - he personally led Romanian troops during the Russo-Turkish War, 1877-78 (as depicted here) and assumed command of the Russo/Romanian army during the siege of Plevna

Great Alms Cliff
View at Great Alms Cliff, near Harrogate, Yorkshire, England, a rocky outcrop, commanding remarkable views of Wharfdale and the Plain of York. Date: 1950s

ANZAC Mounted Division in Egypt with GOC, WW1
The ANZAC Mounted Division in Egypt, with GOC (General Officer Commanding), during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

Field Marshal Sir John French circa 1915

Field-Marshal Sir John French at Bapaume, France, WW1
Field-Marshal Sir John French (1852-1925), leaving HMS Sentinel on his arrival at Bapaume, Northern France, where he was commanding the British Expeditionary Force during the early part of the First

Miracle / Zulu Chief
A Zulu chief, converted to Christianity, seeks to emulate Moses by commanding a river to part like the Red Sea - but it doesn t, and he loses 50 of his subjects Date: 1925

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