Commemorating Collection

Westbury White Horse
On the Downs at Westbury, Wilts is this Great White Horse commemorating the defeat of the Danes by Alfred at the Battle of Ethandune in 878

Card commemorating Graf Spee destruction, WW2
Card commemorating the destruction of the German cruiser, Admiral Graf Spee, on 13 December 1939 by HMS Exeter, Ajax and Achilles following the Battle of the River Plate. Date: 1939

Saint Patrick
SAINT PATRICK postcard commemorating his coming to Ireland 1500 years previously

Mother Russia Statue - Battle of Stalingrad
Russia, Volgograd (Zaryzin, Stalingrad) - The Battle of Stalingrad Memorial (fought during World War Two between August - January 1942/43)

Card commemorating Zeebrugge and Ostend raid, WW1
Card commemorating British raids on German shipping at Zeebrugge and Ostend, 23 April 1918. Date: 1918

Arch of Titus. Rome. Italy
Roman Art. Arch of Titus. Erected in the year 81 to commemorate the conquest of Titus against the Jews. It features carved scenes of the conquest and subsequent destruction of Jerusalem (AD 70)

Mother Russia Statue - Battle of Stalingrad Memorial
Russia, Volgograd (Zaryzin, Stalingrad). Battle of Stalingrad Memorial, Mamajev Kurgan Hill. Russian soldiers in battle statue and massive Mother Russia statue. Date: 2010

Police group on Coronation Day, 1911
A group of policemen pose for their photograph outside Hammersmith Police Station, west London, to commemorate the Coronation of King George V

Official engagement photograph - Elizabeth and Philip
One of the Official engagement photographs taken to commemorate the announcement of the engagement of Princess Elizabeth (later Queen Elizabeth II)(1926-2022)

William of Orange (King William III), statue, Brixham, Devon
King William III (1650-1702) - statue of William of Orange at Brixham in Devon, England, commemorating his landing near there on 5 November 1688 to claim the English throne

American patriotic postcard, commemorating the civil war. Honour the Brave! 1861- 1865 Date: 1908

Britannia by Felix Desruelles at Boulogne-sur-Mer, France
Britannia by Felix-Alexandre Desruelles (18651943) at Boulogne-sur-Mer, France - commemorating the arrival of the British troops in 1914

Silver medal, Empress Eugenie's visit to Egypt
Silver medal designed by Bovy, commemorating Empress Eugenie's visit to Egypt. The reverse of the medal is decorated with a border of leaves and flowers. Date: 1869

Statue of Queen Victoria by Count Gleichen, commemorating her Golden Jubilee, erected at Royal Holloway College, Egham, Surrey Date: 1887

Queen Victoria, Golden Jubilee portrait
Portrait of Queen Victoria, commemorating her Golden Jubilee Date: 1887

Founding Inscription of Bishop Paulos
The Founding Inscription of Bishop Paulos. It commemorates the renovation of the cathedral in 707. Greek. Sandstone. Detail. From Faras (Sudan). Faras Gallery. National Museum. Warsaw. Poland

Shangani Memorial, Matobo, Rhodesia (Zimbabwe)
Shangani Memorial, Matobo (Rhodes Matopos National Park), near Bulawayo, Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe). Commemorating British soldiers of the Shangani Patrol

Wagon Hill cemetery, Ladysmith, Natal Province, South Africa
Wagon Hill (or Platrand) cemetery, near Ladysmith, Natal Province, South Africa, commemorating fallen British forces who died in battle on 6 January 1900 during the Second Boer War (1899-1900)

Wagon Hill memorial, Ladysmith, Natal Province, South Africa
Wagon Hill (or Platrand) memorial, near Ladysmith, Natal Province, South Africa, commemorating fallen forces of the Gordon Highlanders

Plaque on bridge at Concord, Massachusetts, USA
Plaque on the bridge at Concord, Massachusetts, USA dated 19 April 1775, commemorating British soldiers of the 4th Regiment who died during the American War of Independence

St Julien war memorial, Langemark, Belgium
The St Julien war memorial, commemorating the Canadian soldiers who died in the Second Battle of Ypres, April 1915. The sculpture at the top is known as the Brooding Soldier

Memorial Scroll and letter - 2nd Lt Edward James Knight
Memorial Scroll and letter commemorating the death of 2nd Lieutenant Edward James Knight, 7th Battalion, attached 10th Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers, died 12th May 1917

Stamp of the Spanish Republic commemorating the 150th anniversary of the US Constitution (1938). SPAIN. Barcelona. Postal and Philatelic Museum

Workshop of Corot
Commemorating the death of the artist, Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot who is shown at his easel, painting a landscape whilst smoking on his pipe. Date: 1796-1875

PHILADELPHIA STREET
The High Street viewed from the Country Market Place, with a procession commemorating the death of Washington. Date: 1799

Some of the prominent figures in a NUWSS London procession. Also shown are some of the 70 banners carried commemorating great women through the ages. Date: 13 June 1908

Death of Queen Victoria
DEATH AND FUNERAL Front cover of The Graphic, commemorating the death of Queen Victoria Date: 1901

Tupolev Tu-154M 102
Polish Air Force - Tupolev Tu-154M 102 (msn 90A862), of the Polish Air Force Presidential Flight. (Sister-ship 101 crashed on approach to Smolensk, killing the president of Poland, Lech Kaczynski)

Convair F-102A Delta Dagger 56-1052 - 56-1032
Convair F-102A-60-CO Delta Dagger 56-1052 / 56-1032 (msn 8-10-269), falsely marked as 56-1032, commemorating the 32 TFS based at Soesterburg

North American F-100D Super Sabre 54-2265 - 54-1871
North American F-100D-15-NA Super Sabre 54-2265 / 54-1871 (MSN 223-145), painted as 54-1871, commemorating the 32 TFS based at Soesterburg

Obelisk at Chipping Barnet commemorating the Battle of Barnet and the spot where the Earl of Warwick died, 14 April 1471, during the Wars of the Roses (1455-1487). It was a Yorkist victory. Date: 1471

WW2 era - Comic Postcard - Whos making the Brave New World
The Caption verse is Whos making the Brave New World - lets see - Whos making the Brave New World? You-and-Me! This is a reference to Aldous Huxleys dystopian novel Brave New World - a world that you

Various scenes showing how people were marking the 300th anniversary of the Pilgrim Fathers departing Plymouth for the new world in 1620. Date: 1920

Commemorating the departure of the pilgrim fathers for Holland in1609 - a monument containing American granite unveiled near Immingham. Date: 1925

Photograph of Lord Dudley Gordon unveiling a plaque commemorating the founding of IMechE on the site. At the time, being the Curzon Street goods offices of the London Midland Region

7th Light Infantry Battalion, Parachute Regiment
This religious stone Memorial, which stands opposite Benouville Mairie, has the inscription PAX at the bottom and is faced with a plaque commemorating the Paras

Locations connected with the Battle of Culloden, Scotland
Locations connected with the Battle of Culloden (1746), near Inverness, Scotland - Well of the Dead, Cairn and Graves of the Clans, Wishing Well, Cairn, Cumberland Stone, Culloden Cottage

Borestone and Flagstaff, Bannockburn, Scotland
Borestone and Flagstaff, commemorating the Battle of Bannockburn (June 1314), near Stirling, Scotland. Date: circa 1900s

Line of the Minute Men at Concord, Massachusetts, USA
Commemorative stone, Line of the Minute Men at Concord, Massachusetts, USA -- 19 April 1775. Date: circa 1904

Monument - cross-channel balloon flight - L Hoste and Mangot
circa 1910s

Woman Dons New Watch Date: 1950

Avignon, France - Monument commemorating the centennial of the annexation of Avignon and Comtat Venaissin to France. The Comtat Venaissin was a part of the Papal States (1274‒ 1791)

Paris, France - Colonne Vendome
Vendome Column - Place Vendome, Paris, France. Situated at the centre of the square was erected by Napoleon I to commemorate the Battle of Austerlitz; it was torn down on 16 May 1871

Having dinner on the Confederate Memorial, Stone Mountain
Confederate Memorial, Stone Mountain, Georgia, USA - Governor Trinkle of Virginia and other Notables Having Dinner on the carved Shoulder of General Lee

Postcard commemorating the Boston Tea Party. December 16th, 1773. Americans dressed as American Indians, dumping tea into Boston Harbour

Battle of Trafalgar heroes
A document remembering the names of those who died fighting for the Spanish at the Battle of Trafalgar. Date: 1805

Boulogne-sur-Mer - Beach, Britannia Statue and Port entrance
Boulogne-sur-Mer, France, Beach, Britannia and Port entrance. The statue was erected to commemorate the arrival in 1914 of the British troops

Visit of Gen Sir Gerald Walter Robert Templer to Turkey - 19
Photograph from an album of 26 photographs commemorating the visit of Gen Sir Gerald Walter Robert Templer to Turkey 2 July 1956 - 8 Jul 1956. Associated with the Turkish Army. Date: 1956

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