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The Last Man, Hans Bohrdt - Propaganda - German navy officerIn 1915 Hans Bohrdt created his most famous illustration which is called " The Last Man". The image shows a German navy officer holding up a German flag as his ship sinks because he would
Loss of HMS Courageous by G. H. DavisThe loss of HMS Courageous: one of the Royal Navys aircraft carriers sunk by a German submarine. A sectional drawing of the vessel, showing amidships the boiler room section
WW2 greetings card, Corporal Joan PearsonWW2 greetings card, Corporal J.D.M. Pearson, official war picture by Laura Knight, official war picture from the National Gallery
Flora MacDonald, Scottish Jacobite heroine, friend and helper of Charles Edward Stuart (Bonnie Prince Charlie)
HMS Glorious cruiser and aircraft carrier, WW1HMS Glorious, British Royal Navy Courageous-class cruiser during the First World War, rebuilt as an aircraft carrier in the late 1920s. Launched in 1916, sunk in 1940. Date: circa 1920s-1930s
HMS Courageous, British battlecruiser, WW1HMS Courageous, British battlecruiser, launched 1916, served during the latter part of the First World War, converted to use as an aircraft carrier during the late 1920s
Soviet propaganda poster from World War TwoSoviet propaganda poster, TASS Window no. 469. An heroic young female partisan resists the invading Germans. A patriotic poem by Vasyl Lebedev-Kumach appears below the image
Corporate J. L. Dawson VCCorporal James Lennox Dawson VC of the Royal Engineers (1891-1967) pictured performing the action for which he was awarded the Victoria Cross in October 1915
Starry Gazey Pie, Mousehole, CornwallA mouthwatering example of a Starry Gazey Pie, served up on Tom Bawcocks Eve (23 December) at Mousehole in Cornwall. The dish, with fish heads and tails sticking out of it, is unique to Mousehole
Red Army recruitment poster, showing a Soviet sailor and soldiers fighting: Forward to the Don!
Royal Navy HMS Courageous aircraft carrier
Royal Navy HMS Courageous
HMS Courageous 50Royal Navy - HMS Courageous 50, an aircraft carrier, seen in July 1936, (formerly a battle-cruiser). HMS Courageous was the lead ship of her class of three battlecruisers built for the Royal Navy
HMS Furious 47 aircraft carrier, a modified Courageous-class battlecruiser, seen in December 1931, with the removable con seen raised on the flight deck. This was removed for flying operations
HMS CourageousRoyal Navy - HMS Courageous (pennant number 50'), in August 1938. HMS Courageous was the lead ship of her class of three battlecruisers built for the Royal Navy during the First World War
Vietnamese Patriotic Poster - Tradition is Glory'. Date: circa mid-1970s
HMS Courageous, aircraft carrierRoyal Navy - HMS Courageous, an aircraft carrier, (formerly a battle-cruiser). HMS Courageous was the lead ship of her class of three battlecruisers built for the Royal Navy during the First World
HMS Courageous - Fleet aircraft carrierRoyal Navy - HMS Courageous, a Courageous-class battlecruiser built for the Royal Navy during the First World War. Designed to support the Baltic Project championed by First Sea Lord John Fisher
Snap Playing Card - Roman soldier or gladiator with shield. circa 1910s
Dental or Mental? by William Heath RobinsonA suggested method of tooth-extraction with a primitive contraption. Date: 1924
Bravery of Private Samuel Johnson of the Green Howards, Capture of Belle Ile, Brittany, France, 1761, during the Seven Years War (1756-1763)
Sinking of HMS Courageous, September 1939Photograph of aircraft carrier HMS Courageous as it sinks, having been torpedoed by a German submarine, 17 September 1939
HMS Courageous, aircraft carrier, at Malta. Date: 1928
The Royal Navy fleet off Greenock from the golf course. From left to right: Royal Sovereign, Rodney, Courageous, and Nelson
William Tell, Commencement of the Liberty of Switzerland -- the famous scene in which Tell shoots an apple on his sons head. circa 1307
HMS CourageousRoyal Navy - HMS Courageous (pennant number 50 ) HMS Courageous was the lead ship of her class of three battlecruisers built for the Royal Navy during the First World War
Captain Loxley of the Formidable, WW1 braveryClear Off - Submarines About: Captain Loxley of the Royal Navy, his terrier Bruce by his side, pictured giving his last order to another ship, warning of the danger of torpedoes
Betty Quinn - Coventry ARP Worker with George MedalBetty Quinn - Coventry ARP Worker, has her George Medal admired by her sister, Joyce. Betty was the youngest recipient of the GM when they were presented for the first time at a recent Buckingham
The Courage of Eleazar - 1 Maccabees 6. circa 1690
Richard GraceColonel RICHARD GRACE Irish soldier who resisted Cromwell but was utterly routed by the courageous colonel Sanckey... Date: 1620 - 1691
Empire Cinema, Leicester Square, LondonThe Empire Cinema, Leicester Square, London, where Robert Montgomery is appearing in the MGM film, Lovers Courageous. Date: circa 1932
Last moments of HMS Courageous by G. H. DavisThe last moments of HMS Courageous after being torpedoed by a German U-boat: the crew abandoning ship in the failing evening light
HMS Courageous, aircraft carrier. Was sunk on the 17th September 1939 by U29 Date: 1930s
Pierre PaillettePIERRE THOMAS LAURENT PAILLETTE Courageous French sailor who later became a fireman, in which capacity I dare say he was equally courageous... Date: 1776 - ?
HMS Courageous (50)
Captains courageous. Illustration shows President Theodore Roosevelt firing a cannon to send a life-line to a ship in distress on rough seas with dark clouds labeled Prejudice forming overhead;
Sopwith Pup taking off from HMS Furious, WW1A Sopwith Pup biplane taking off from the deck of the aircraft carrier HMS Furious (a modified Courageous-class cruiser) during the First World War
William Leefe Robinson is awarded the Victoria Cross for destroying a Zeppelin over Cuffley, Hertfordshire, under very courageous conditions. Date: 1916
St Bernard HospiceStatue of Christ in front of the Hospice of St. Bernard, Switzerland, famous for its courageous monks and dogs, who go out to rescue travellers in trouble in the snow. Date: 1930s
HMS Furious aircraft carrier, WW1The aircraft carrier HMS Furious (a modified Courageous-class cruiser) during the First World War. Launched in 1916, HMS Furious served in both World Wars and was scrapped in 1948
Sopwith Pup landing on deck of HMS Furious, WW1A Sopwith Pup biplane landing on the deck of the aircraft carrier HMS Furious (a modified Courageous-class cruiser) during the First World War
Sopwith aircraft on deck HMS Furious, WW1Sopwith biplanes on the deck of the aircraft carrier HMS Furious (a modified Courageous-class cruiser) during the First World War
Captain Rostron silver cupA silver cup presented to Captain Rostron of the RMS Carpathia, as a token of gratitude from John B Thayer Junior, who was one of the survivors rescued by the Carpathia on 15 April 1912 shortly after
Lear / Nonsense / NorwayThere was a Young Lady of Norway, who casually sat on a doorway; When the door squeezed her flat, she exclaimed, What of that? this courageous Young Lady of Norway
Albert Duke of SaxonyALBERT, DUKE OF SAXONY Captain General of the Low Countries. Founder of the Albertine branch of the House of Wettin and marshall of the Holy Roman Empire
Jeanne HachetteJEANNE HACHETTE courageous young lady who roused the people of Beauvais to defend their city against Charles le Temeraire, duc de Bourgogne
Bulldog (Bewick)is the fiercest of all the Dog kind, and is probably the most courageous creature in the world - so says Bewick