Commemorating Collection (page 2)

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

Communist China - swimmers in Yangtze River
Swimmers (soldiers and civilians) in the water of the Yangtze River (Changjiang) in Communist China in July 1970. They are taking part in a training exercise

Urartu civilization. Stele of Rusa II, King of Urartu (680-6
Urartu civilization. Stele of Rusa II, King of Urartu between around 680 BC and 639 BC. Cuneiform inscription commemorating the building of a canal to channel water to the city of Quarlini from

Temple of Castor and Pollux. Rome. Italy
Italy. Rome. Temple of Castor and Pollux. 1st century BC. Built in honor to the Dioscuri. On the left, ruins of the Basilica Julia. Roman Forum

WWI silk and lace cushion cover - destruction of Arras
First World War silk and lace cushion cover commemorating the destruction of Arras. Commemorative Art

Matchbox holder with AIF cap badge, WW1
Matchbox holder - made in Birmingham - with the Australian Imperial Force cap badge impressed upon it. On reverse, commemorating the Battle Honours of the 4th Battalion AIF

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

Donald Campbell Memorabilia, including his helmet, a biogrpahy about him, a Bluebird pennant and the trophy awarded to aommemorate a new world water speed record of 216.2 mph set on Lake Mead in 1955

Cenotaph, Hong Kong, unveiled in 1923, commemorating the dead of WW1 and WW2. Date: circa 1933

The Union Jack Club, Sandell Street, Waterloo, London - founded in 1904 as a National Memorial to commemorate the bravery of the troops in the Boer War. Date: circa 1908

Wilson Memorial, Matoppo, Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe)
Wilson Memorial, Matoppo (Matopo, Matobo, Matopos Hills), Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe), commemorating the loss of Major Allan Wilson and his Shangani Patrol in the First Matabele War (1893-4)

Anglo-Boer War Memorial, Maritzburg, South Africa
Anglo-Boer War Memorial, Maritzburg (Pietermaritzburg, Natal), South Africa. Date: circa 1911

Anglo-Boer War Memorial, Wynberg, South Africa
Anglo-Boer War Memorial, Wynberg, Cape Town, Cape Colony (now in Western Cape Province), South Africa. Date: circa 1910

Anglo-Boer War Memorial, Oudtshoorn, South Africa
Anglo-Boer War Memorial, Oudtshoorn, Western Cape Province, South Africa. Date: circa 1908

WW2 - Liberation of the Netherlands - 5th May, 1945
Spring 1945. Card celebrating the Liberation of the Netherlands at the end of World War Two on 5th May 1945. The Dutch flag flies proudly alongside the flags of the Liberators

Commemorating 100 years of the Danish Railways Date: 1947

Palmyra, Syria - Monumental Arch, built at the time of Emperor Septimius Severus, probably to celebrate the emperors victories over the Parthians. circa 1980s

Roman relief from a monument of Battle of Actium. Early Impe
Roman relief from a commemorative monument of the Battle of Actium (31 BC). Detail of a processional scene. Early Imperial Age. Marble. Museum of Fine Arts. Budapest. Hungary

Italy. Rome. Arch of Septimius Severus. Triumphal arch built in 203 AD to commemorate the Parthian victories of emperors Septimius Severus, Caracalla and Geta

Latin inscription commemorating Giovanni Nani, Consul for Corfu, 1435. Old Fortress Museum. Corfu. Ionian Islands. Greece

The Three Soldiers (1984) by Frederick Hart (1943-1999). Was
The Three Soldiers (1984) by Frederick Hart (1943-1999). Vietnam Veterans Memorial. Washington D.C. United States

Croatia. Pula. Triumphal Arch of the Sergii. 1st century BC

Dos de Mayo Monument, Lima, Peru, South America
Dos de Mayo Monument, commemorating the Battle of Callao on 2 May 1866, Lima, Peru, South America. The allegorical figure at the top of the column is Nike, the Winged Goddess of Victory

New air route opens between Italy and France
Postcard commemorating the opening of a new air route between Italy and France in 1935. This was in the 13th year of the Fascist era in Italy (the 1st year was 1922)

Lima, Peru - Columna del dos de Mayo (Column of the 2nd May) Date: circa 1920

Bristol Diocesan Home, Blyth, Bristol - Dormitory
Bristol Diocesan Home, Blyth, Bristol - girls asleep in a dormitory. The beds carry brass plaques commemorating those giving financial support to the establishment. Date: circa 1908

Medal commemorating Wellington and von Blucher
Silver medal commemorating the Duke of Wellington and Field Marshal von Blucher 1815; J N Lang (1776-1835), Vienna and Austria, 1815 (c).Obverse, struck: portrait busts of Wellington, left

Centennial Exposition at Dallas, Texas, USA, commemorating 100 years of Texas independence, 1836-1936, Showing four of the buildings in which exhibits were shown. Date: 1936

Monument commemorating Zeebrugge raid, Belgiuim
Monument commemorating the three British ships and men lost in the Zeebrugge raid of 23 April 1918: HMS Vindictive, Iphigenia and Thetis

Card commemorating Falkland Islands naval battle, WW1
Card commemorating Falkland Islands naval battle on 8 December 1914, when the British navy sank four German warships (Scharnhorst, Leipzig, Nurnberg and Gneisenau)

Women Workers WW1 Y. W. C. A Womens Day
Poster commemorating Womens Day, a fund-raising event on behalf of the Womens Wartime Workers Fund. The Young Womens Christian Association (Y.W.C.A) set up centres for munitions workers, W.A.A.C s

Womens Suffrage Pilgrimage N. U. W. S.s 1913
A souvenir commemorating the Great Law Abiding Womens Suffrage Pilgrimage, Great Demonstration in Hyde Park and Service in St. Pauls Cathedral, Saturday and Sunday, July 26th & 27th, 1913

Sinking of the Empress of Ireland
Cover of the Illustrated London News Special Double Number on 6th June 1914 commemorating the loss of the Empress of Ireland which sank in the early hours of 29th May 1914 with great loss of life

Tea Party Tablet, Boston, Massachusetts, USA, where Griffins Wharf used to be, commemorating the event of 6 December 1773 when chests of tea were thrown into the sea in response to the British tax

WWI silk and lace cushion - destruction of Albert
First World War silk and lace cushion cover commemorating the destruction of Albert. Commemorative Art

Sir Leary Constantine with boy scout
Sir Leary Constantine, the former West Indies cricketer, shaking hands with Robert Todd (age 15), of the 6th Wallington Scout Group, UK

George V
Death of the Late King George V (1865 - 1936), front cover of The Illustrated London News showing George V in military uniform

Henry Fawcett (1833 1884) British economist, politician & Cambridge professor, accidentally blinded. Husband of Millicent Garrett Fawcatt

American Civil War commemoration postcard
Fraternity, Loyalty and Charity. The men who in the conflict led and for the union fought and bled tho passingon are never dead

President Lincolns entry into Richmond. Civil War
" With malice towards none, with charity for all." President Lincolns entry into Richmond, April 4th 1865. Date: 1911

Adverts and messages commemorating the coronation
On the left, an embroidery created by the Royal School of Needlework for the makers of Capstan cigarettes (branch of The Imperial Tobacco Co.)

Fish Street Hill
The Monument, commemorating the Great Fire of 1666, stands on the right. Date: 1807

Civil War Cross
The remains of a wayside cross commemorating a Royalist Officer at Bovey Tracey, Devon, England. Date: 17th century

Scottish American War Memorial, West Princes Street Gardens
Scottish American War Memorial (1927), West Princes Street Gardens, Edinburgh - The Spirit of 1914. The Sculptor was Robert Tait McKenzie (1867-1938). Date: circa 1940

Royal Silver Jubilee Service - St. Pauls Cathedral - 1935. Date: 1935

The Wellington Monument, Hyde Park, London
The Wellington Monument to Arthur Wellesley, the first duke of Wellington, commemorating his victories in the Peninsular War and the latter stages of the Napoleonic Wars

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