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Wieltje Farm CWGC Cemetery, Ypres Date: 2016

The Grave of Surgeon Lipmann Kessel, Oosterbeek
Kessel is buried in the Oosterbeek local cemetery which is opposite the Commonwealth War Graves one. He was the surgeon to 16th Para Field Ambulance who had established themselves in the St Elisabeth

Headstone of Flight-Lieutenant David Lord, VC
David Lord is buried in the Commonwealth War Graves Commission Cemetery at Oosterbeek. He had spent five years, mostly in India with 31 Squadron

Memorial to British and Allied Forces, Jonkerbos
This simple column Memorial is in the Jonkerbos Commonwealth War Graves Cemetery in a wooded area known as Jonkers Bosch (Childrens Wood)

John Milton, English poet, writer and civil servant
John Milton (1608 - 1674), English poet, writer and civil servant. Portrait with associated locations -- Ludlow Castle (top left), Chalfont (top right), Christs College Cambridge (lower left)

British CWGC War Memorial Bayeux, Normandy
This Commonwealth War Graves Cemetery is the largest British WW2 Cemetery in France. It contains 4, 648 graves - 3, 935 from the UK, 181 from Canada, 17 from Australia, 8 from New Zealand

Canadian Regiment la Chaudiere Memorial d Anguerny
Although the names are clearly marked neither Laudry nor Dallaire are listed in the Commonwealth War Graves Database. Both Louis & Arthur Roy come from Kedgwick New Brunswick so are probably related

Ryes Commonwealth War Graves Cemetery
The first burials here were made just 2 days after the landings. The 2nd Battalion Dorset Regiment liberated Ryes late afternoon on D Day helped by the 1st Battalion Royal Hampshire Regiment

British War Memorial to the Missing Bayeux
This is directly opposite to the British War Cemetery. It was designed by Philip Hepworth and bears the names of !, 805 Commonwealth service men and women who fell in the Battle of Normandy

Statue of Oliver Cromwell outside Houses of Parliament, Westminster, London. The statue was designed by Hamo Thornycroft and erected in 1899

Map, The Commonwealth of Australia. Date: circa 1900s

Envelope sent via British Embassy diplomatic bag in April 1978 (when the Mary Evans Picture Library was located at a different but nearby address in London SE3). Date: 1978

The Surrender of Jamestown
The Governor of Jamestown and the Jamestown Council stand before the ministers of the Commonwealth, holding a treaty that acknowledges the new English parliament

Empire Day Commonwealth flag sent to England from Australia
A flag sent to the boys and girls of Blackley Municipal School, Manchester by the pupils of Wellington Road School, Adelaide and unfurled on Empire Day by Sir Frederick Cawley, Liberal M.P

GAF Nomad 24 VH-DHP (msn ) (GAF - Government Aircraft Factories) of the Northern Territories Medical Services (Commonwealth Department of Health) Date: 1970s-1990s

GAF Nomad 24 VH-DHQ (GAF - Government Aircraft Factories) of the Northern Territories Medical Services (Commonwealth Department of Health) Date: 1980s-1990s

Royal Air Force Douglas Boston III with rockets
Royal Air Force Douglas DB-7B Boston III with rockets. Much confusion surrounds the Havoc / Boston / A-20 names and designations. The RAF and Commonwealth designations were: Boston I & II Date: 1942

Building the Trans-Australian Railway - using a Camel Buggy Date: 1914

The Battle of Dunkirk, 1659, by Willem van de Velde I1611-16
Willem van de Velde I1611-1693). Dutch painter. The Battle of Dunkirk, 1659. Rijksmuseum. Amsterdam. Holland

Queen Elizabeth II Visit to the Commonwealth
Making a Personal Visit to Lands of the Commonwealth: Queen Elizabeth II Date: 1953

Jamaica - Duke Street, Kingston
Slide showing a photograph of Duke Street in Kingston. Kingston is the capital and largest city of Jamaica, located on the south-eastern coast of the island facing a natural harbour

Commonwealth Instiute - Diorama - Cotton growing in India
Commonwealth Instiute, London - Diorama - Cotton growing in India. Date: circa 1920s

Gracie Fields, 1940
Actress Gracie Fields in her capacity as an Honorary Captain in Canadas Womens Volunteer Reserve Corps. 1940

London, England - Foreign Office Quadrangle - View across courtyard - two sides of Three Storey Building. Part of Box 23 Boswell Collection

Sir Edmund Barton / E & F
SIR EDMUND BARTON (1849 - 1920) First prime minister of Australian Commonwealth (1901-3) Date: circa 1900

Admiral Robert Blake defeats Dutch Fleet at Goodwin Sands
Admiral Robert Blake (15981657) defeats the Dutch Fleet at The Battle of Goodwin Sand (Battle of Dover) on 19th May 1652 - the first engagement of the First Anglo-Dutch War. Date: 1652

Commonwealth CA-13 Boomerang - used initially as a defensive fighter, the Boomerang really proved itself as a close-support type

PRAT DE LA RIBA, Enric (1870-1917). Catalan nationalist politician and writer. First president of the Commonwealth of Catalonia in 1914

East India House, headquarters of the East India Company in Leadenhall Street, London ca.1830. The building was demolished in 1861 and the site is now occupied by the Lloyds building. Engraving

Jamaica - Spanish Town, The Cathedral Interior
Slide showing a photograph of the inside of the cathedral, in Spanish Town. Spanish Town is the capital and the largest town in the parish of St. Catherine in the county of Middlesex, Jamaica

Jamaica - Street Scene, Port Royal
Slide showing a photograph of a street in Port Royal. Port Royal was a city located at the end of the Palisadoes at the mouth of the Kingston Harbour, in south-eastern Jamaica

Jamaica - Brooks Hotel, Mandeville
Slide showing a photograph of Brooks Hotel in Mandeville. Mandeville is the capital and largest town in the parish of Manchester in the county of Middlesex, Jamaica.. Part of Box 108

Sir Marc Noble and scouting leader, Gambia, West Africa
Sir Marc Noble (Commonwealth Commissioner of the Scout Association) and a scouting leader, Gambia, West Africa. Date: 1980

Queen Elizabeth II at the Trooping of the Colour, London
Queen Elizabeth II on horseback at the Trooping of the Colour, London. Date: circa 1980s

Commonwealth peace mission on Vietnam War, 1965
A front page from The Illustrated London News, dated 26th June 1965, showing the Commonwealth prime ministers gathered at Malborough House at the time of the Vietnam War. 1965

Tadeusz Kosciuszko (1746-1817). Polish military leader. Nati
Tadeusz Kosciuszko (1746-1817). Polish military engineer and military leader. National hero in Poland. Portrait. Engraving. 19th century. Colored

Great Victory March - 1919
Victory March through London - 3rd May, 1919. Canadian Artillery passing Australia House. Date: 1919

George, Prince of Wales and wife Mary - British Empire Tour
In 1901, George, Prince of Wales (later King George V) and his wife Mary toured the British Empire. The tour (which included a stop in Australia)

The Battle of Terheide, 1657, by Willem van de Velde I1611-1
Willem van de Velde I1611-1693). Dutch painter. The Battle of Terheide, 1657. Rijksmuseum. Amsterdam. Holland

Observatory and astronomical instruments by Johannes Heveliu
Johannes Hevelius (1611-1687). Polish astronomer. Observatory and astronomical instruments. Engraving. 19th century. Colored

John Hancock (1737-1793). Was a merchant, statesman, and prominent Patriot of the American Revolution. He served as president of the Second Continental Congress and was the first

Heinrich, count von Bruhl (1700-1763). Colored engraving
Heinrich, count von Bruhl (1700-1763). German statesman. Engraving of The Universal History, 1885. Colored engraving

Allegory of the 1st partition of Poland. 1772
Allegory of the 1st Partition of Poland, 1772. After Moreaus painting. Colored engraving

POLAND. First division. XVIII century
POLAND. XVIII Century. Allegory of the First Division: Catherine II, Stanislaus Poniatowski, Joseph II and Frederick II vie the MAP OF POLAND. Engraving by J. E. NILSON (1773)

Poster, London, Heart of the British Commonwealth, The Royal Courts of Justice, printed by Alf Cooke. Date: circa 1945

The Heir, Young Wife and Mother: H. R. H. Princess Elizabeth
The Heir Presumptive, a Happy Young Wife and Mother: H. R. H. Princess Elizabeth, with Whom the Whole British Commonwealth of Nations Rejoices Date: 1948

James Harrington
JAMES HARRINGTON political theorist, author of The Commonwealth of Oceana which may have inspired the Pilgrim Fathers Date: 1611 - 1677

John Bigg, Hermit 17C
JOHN BIGG had been a lawyers clerk during the Commonwealth, but when the monarchy was restored he became morose and adopted a solitary life Date: 1629 - 1696

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