Common Wealth Collection

Poster for Aberdeen & Commonwealth Line to Australia
Poster for the Aberdeen & Commonwealth Line: cruises to Australia via the Suez Canal and Colombo (one class only)

Standards of British Commonwealth Countries
Borne in the Coronation procession of Queen Elizabeth II: the standards of British Commonwealth countries. Date: 1953

Queen Elizabeth II, 1970
Portrait of Queen Elizabeth in December 1970, standing by a globe. Date: 1970

Coronation Procession, 1953
Double page spread artists impression of the Coronation procession of Queen Elizabeth II showing the various military and ceremonial representatives of the UK and Commonwealth

1297 copy of the Magna Carta sold to Australia
The thirteenth century copy of the Magna Carta, bought by the Australian Commonwealth National Library from Kings School, Bruton, Somerset

Mail Ship Flags & Others
Flags including those of the States of Australia, New Zealand, Royal Mail & the Orient and Pacific Steam Navigation Companies

Wounded Indian Troops - Royal Pavilion, Brighton
Indian soldiers wounded in action during the First World War, convalesce in the Royal Pavilion at Brighton

Queen Elizabeth II - royal tour of India
Queen Elizabeth II at a polo match with President Dr Rajendra Prasad in New Delhi during the royal tour of India in 1961. Date: 1961

British and Indian soldiers - WWI allies (2 / 3)
Comrades at Arms British and Indian troops fighting together during WWI

Poster advertising Aberdeen & Commonwealth Line cruises from England to Australia, via the Suez Canal and Colombo

Battle of Portland 1653
BATTLE OF PORTLAND (Three-days battle), 1st Anglo-Dutch War. Robert Blake & fleet of the Commonwealth of England attack Dutch under Maarten Tromp who suffered heavy losses

George Lord Digby
GEORGE lord DIGBY statesman and diplomat, in exile during the Commonwealth. a catholic and an astrologer. with his autograph

Sir John Oglander
SIR JOHN OGLANDER deputy-governor of the Isle of Wight, whose royalist sympathies and loyalty to Charles I got him into trouble with the Commonwealth. Date: 1585 - 1655

William Lenthall
WILLIAM LENTHALL statesman whose conduct during the commonwealth was often ambiguous and controversial. with his autograph Date: 1591 - 1662

Henry Lord Jermyn
HENRY lord JERMYN, earl of St Albans courtier, in exile during the commonwealth, chiefly known for his greed and avarice with his autograph

Camp Clairwood pass 1943
A pass for the Imperial Forces Transhipment Camp at Clairwood, Durban, South Africa for Sergeant Alec Talmage

Tunku Abdul Rahman, Harold Macmillan, Duncan Sandys and Lee
Photograph showing (left to right): Tunku Abdul Rahman, Prime Minister of the Federation of Malaya; Harold Macmillan, Prime Minister of Great Britain; Duncan Sandys

Coronation 1953, Commonwealth army contingents marching in p
Marching through the rain-soaked streets

The Illustrated London News Royal Tour 1953 issue
Front cover of The Illustrated London News special number commemorating the six month royal tour of 1953 when Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh visited Australia, New Zealand

Commonwealth and Empire Stands at Coronation, 1953
Looking towards Broad Sanctuary from Parliament Square

Queen Elizabeth II with leaders of the Commonwealth
Queen Elizabeth II (born 1926) with the leaders of the Commonwealth in 1952

British artillery in Malaya
British troops move an artillery piece into position amongst banana trees in thick jungle during the Battle of Malaya

Cession of Fiji to Great Britain
Colonial Office Fiji. Instrument of cession to the Crown, 10 October 1874 Date: 10th October 1874

Hotel Commonwealth, New York City, USA Date: circa 1910s

Empire Day Flags 1930S
British women making Union Jack flags for Empire Day, when the British Empire was celebrated in Britain and the Commonwealth. Date: early 1930s

Queen Elizabeth II - British Columbia, 1971
Queen Elizabeth II meeting local Indian tribes during a royal tour of British Columbia in Canada as part of the centenary celebrations in June 1971. Date: 1971

Japanese army cross Singapore causeway
Japanese forces cross the causeway from Malaya to Singapore. Malaya had been taken from the retreating British and Commonwealth forces at the end of January 1942

Manchester Regiment in Malaya
Three members of the 1st Battalion Manchester Regiment, stationed in the Far East, part of the British and Commonwealth defence force of Malaya and Singapore

Australian troops train in Malaya
Australian troops train in the thick jungle of Malaya, in anticipation of the Japanese invasion, which came in December 1941. Date: 1941

Queen Elizabeth II and Commonwealth ministers in jolly mood at Buckingham Palace in 1968. Date: 1968

Mr D. F. Morgan in Aden
Mr D.F. Morgan (Commonwealth Commissioner) in Aden talking to a Yemeni Scout with other scouts sitting on the floor watching. circa 1959

Mr F. Morgan with Aden Scouts
Mr F. Morgan (Commonwealth Commissioner) shaking hands with a scout from the 1st Aden Group, Sheikh Othman. 19 August 1959

Mr F. Morgan with Scouts in Aden
Mr F. Morgan (Commonwealth Commissioner) with 18c Aden Group and 8h Othman Group. 19 August 1959

Queen Elizabeth II with nuclear scientists
Commonwealth nuclear scientists entertained to lunch at Balmoral by Queen Elizabeth II in 1958

Coronation. Coach Escorts - West Door Abbey
Coaches and escorts at West door of Abbey. Commonwealth Prime Ministers 1953

Coronation. Coaches approch Weat Door of Abbey
Coaches arrive at the West Door of the Abbey carrying Commonwealth Prime Ministers 1953

British / New Guinea
The Premier of Queensland takes possession of eastern New Guinea for the British Date: 1853

Maps / Australia 1908
A map of the commonwealth of Australia and Tasmania Date: 1908

Australian Governors
Procession of the Governors at the Melbourne Exhibition in 1883. Date: 1883

House of Commons / 1651
The House of Commons during the Commonwealth. Date: 1651

Military / Dress / 17th Cent
English soldiers of the Commonwealth era - two infantrymen Date: circa 1650

Public Gardens, Boston
Boston, New State House, Public Gardens, Beacon St. & etc. View down Commonwealth Avenue (?), Boston

Cover of B. O. N. April 1943
Cover of B.O.N. (The Bomb-Aimers, Observers and Navigators Union) for April 1943, the official magazine of 48 Air School based in Woodbrook, East London, South Africa

Flight Dinner menu card for 47 Air School
Cover of a menu card for a Flight Dinner held at the Windsor Hotel on Thursday 19th August 1943 for air navigators at 47 Air School, Queenstown, South Africa

Cover of B. O. N. March 1943
Cover of B.O.N. (The Bomb-Aimers, Observers and Navigators Union) for March 1943, the official magazine of 48 Air School based in Woodbrook, East London, South Africa

Australian Commonwealth celebrations
The inauguration of the Australian Commonwealth. When the Constitution of Australia came into force, on 1st January 1901, the colonies collectively became states of the Commonwealth of Australia

Aberdeen & Commonwealth Line to Australia
Poster advertising the Aberdeen & Commonwealth Line to Australia via the Suez Canal, showing a view of the Sydney Harbour Bridge. One class only

Traditional preacher vs radical
Woodcut from a 17th century tract, " A Glasse for the Times, by which according to the Scriptures, you may clearly behold the true Ministers of Christ

WW2 - Aircraft manufacture in Australia
The Australian aircraft manufacture industry during World War Two. It took the Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation 16 months to produce its first 100 Wirraway machines

Poster advertising Aberdeen & Commonwealth Line
Poster advertising the Aberdeen & Commonwealth Line to Australia via the Suez Canal, showing a view of the Sydney Harbour Bridge. One class only

Duke and Duchess of York on Anzac Day
The Duke and Duchess of York (later King George VI and Queen Elizabeth) in Melbourne, Australia, on Anzac Day

Jemadar, Mir Dast VC recipient 8 / Stamp
MIR DAST VC IOM (1874 - 1950) Indian recipient of the Victoria Cross

Rememberance Sunday in London, 1957
A general view looking down on the scene in Whitehall during the rememberance service at the Cenotaph

Corporal Bassett VC recipient 6 / Stamp
CYRIL ROYSTON GUYTON BASSETT (1892 - 1983) New Zealander recipient of the Victoria Cross

British and Indian soldiers - WWI allies (1 / 3)
United we stand. Divided we fall British and Indian troops fighting together during WWI

Australian Sailors visiting Gallipoli Sites - surrounding Turkish 6" gun used for shelling Imbros

Indian (Commonwealth) troops at Gallipoli during the Dardanelles Campaign of 1915 - Headquarters Gully

Indian (Commonwealth) soldier - WWI
Indian (Commonwealth) soldier on the Western Front during World War One, with a very impressive pipe!

British and Indian soldiers - WWI allies (3 / 3)
What do we care British and Indian troops fighting together during WWI - putting all differences aside in the fight for the common cause

Australian bluejakets belonging to the Commonwealth Squadron who captured German New Guinea

James Harrington (Lely)
JAMES HARRINGTON political theorist, author of The Commonwealth of Oceana which may have inspired the Pilgrim Fathers

Maria Josepha
MARIA JOSEPHA daughter of emperor Joseph I, wife of archduke Friedrich August II, archduchess of Aystria, qheen of Polish Lithuanian commonwealth

esperance Bay steamship
Passenger ship of the Aberdeen and Commonwealth Line

John Bigg, the Hermit
The hermit JOHN BIGG had been a lawyers clerk during the Commonwealth, but when the monarchy was restored he became morose and adopted a solitary life

Martha Hatfield
11-year old prophetess of Leighton, Yorkshire, one of many who foretold things, true or false, during the Commonwealth. She is depicted in an ecstatic trance

Sir Henry Vane
SIR HENRY VANE statesman whose support of the Commonwealth cost him his head at the Restoration despite promises of indemnity. with his autograph

Sir Robert Heath
SIR ROBERT HEATH lawyer and judge of royalist views, who fled to Europe during the Commonwealth with his autograph

William Marq. Newscastle
WILLIAM CAVENDISH, marquis of NEWCASTLE royalist soldier and statesman, in exile during the Commonwealth, then returned. with his autograph

Great Seal of C wealth
Great Seal of the Commonwealth showing the house of commons in sitting and a map showing England, Wales & Ireland, the Irish Sea & the British Sea

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