Cross Collection (page 8)

St Patricks School, Karachi, British India
St Patricks School, Karachi, Sindh Province, British India (now in Pakistan). Date: circa 1900

Soho, London - Greek Street W1 - a middle-aged couple about to cross the road. 1973

Sanctuary Cross in Lane, Rathmichael, Co. Dublin - a view of an early cross. (Location: Republic of Ireland: County Dublin: Rathmichael). Date: circa early 1900s

Arboe Cross, Co Tyrone - a standing cross with man to the left for scale. (Location: Northern Ireland: County Tyrone: Ardboe). Date: circa early 1900s

NWFP - The Buffs East Kent Regiment at Bilot
NWFP - 1st Bn, East Kent Regiment ( The Buffs) - section under Lance Corporal James Smith VC under heavy fire at the village of Bilot in the Mamund Valley, India (now Pakistan) on 16th September

Saint Denis of Paris. 3rd century AD. Engraving. Colored
Saint Denis of Paris (3rd century AD). Bishop of Paris. Colored engraving. 19th century

San Francisco church, Barranco, Lima, Peru, South America
San Francisco church in Barranco, a district of Lima, Peru, South America. circa 1910

HRH Princess Mary Viscountess Lascelles
A portrait of HRH Princess Mary Viscountess Lascelles in a nurses uniform bearing the Red Cross symbol. Date: Date unknown

Nurse in British Red Cross uniform
The British Red Cross regulation uniform for trained nurses. Date: 1914

Imperial State Crown of George II, was crowned 1727
Imperial State Crown that George II was crowned, on October 1727, this was George Is state crown, the arches were pulled upwards surmounted by 440 brilliant set jewels with the fleur-de-lis

Lance-Corporal Jarvis in Great War Deeds, WW1
Lance-Corporal Charles A Jarvis of the Royal Engineers, winning the Victoria Cross by fixing a firing charge for the demolition of a bridge, under heavy fire

Church, Studland, Dorset
Church, Studland, Swanage, near Harmans Cross, Dorset, England. Date: 1914

Cross Square, St Davids, Pembrokeshire
Cross Square, St Davids, near Solva, Pembrokeshire, Wales. Date: 1920s

Firefighters in costume for an entertaining evening
Men and women in costume for an entertaining evening at Stoke Newington Fire Station, 17 March 1920. Date: 1920

Engraving of Newshams fire engine, patented in 1725. Date: 1725

School Sentry 1914
A member of the Artists Rifles (Territorial Army Regiment) on sentry duty at the entrance to Lancing Street L.C.C. School at Kings Cross, London, in the first week of war. Date: 5 August 1914

Wedding of Captain La Touche Congreve V. C
Marriage of Captain (later Major) William La Touche Congreve to Miss Pamela Maude, the daughter of actor Cyril Maude. Major Congreve was awarded the Victoria Cross for his actions at at Longueval

Aerial photography by G. H. Davis
Aerial photography by the Photographic Reconnaissance Unit of the RAF: details of cameras and methods in use during the Second World War. Date: 1944

The Hippodrome building, London
The Hippodrome building on the corner of Charing Cross Road and Leicester Square in the City of Westminster, London. Date: 1900s

May good luck always cross your path. A black cat crossing the path of a traffic policeman

Norman Cyril Jackson, V. C winner
Warrant Officer Norman Cyril Jackson(1919-1994), Victoria Cross winner, as he appeared in the Illustrated London News, 1945

Two forms of transport on a London bridge -- a double decker bus on the left, a horse and cart on the right. The bus is on Route 33A, serving Sheen, Hammersmith, Kensington, Piccadilly Circus

To England! German dreams of an invasion by sea and air
To England! German dreams of an invasion by sea (warships) and air (a fleet of Zeppelins). Postcard sold to raise money for the German air war effort. Date: circa 1916

Mancenillier tree
Plate 31 from Le Regne Vegetal Plantes agricoles, Vol 9. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Our Dumb Friends League. A society for the encouragement of kindness to animals. Blue Cross fund for wounded horses at the front. Poster showing a wounded horse on the battlefield. Date 1915

Mount of the Holy Cross in the clouds. Date between 1898 and 1905

14th Hussars - Colonel Brown Victoria Cross Re-enactment
Victoria Cross Re-enactment of the bravery of Colonel Edward Douglas Brown (Edward Douglas Browne-Synge-Hutchinson VC) (18611940) of the 14th Hussars - who

Monument in Swithland Park, Leicestershire
Sketch of a monument in Swithland Park, by Reverend Baden Powell (1796-1860), father of Robert Baden Powell. It is the old lantern cross (circa 1500) from the nearby village of Mountsorrel

Stow-on-the-Wold, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire - The Market Square and Cross. The 16th century courthouse (centre right) was demolished in 1901. Date: circa 1900

Front cover of the Sphere Scott Memorial Number
Front cover of The Sphere, Memorial Number of the Scott Antarctic Expedition showing a sombre scene of a group of men praying by a cairn topped with a cross in memory of Captain Scott, who died

Sketches at the Crippen trial
The Most Sensational Trial for Many Years. Sketches in court at the trial of Dr Hawley Harvey Crippen, accused of (and later hanged for) the murder of his wife Cora

Hulluch underground system 1918
Hulluch underground system known as Charing Cross near Loos. The 3rd Australian Tunnel Company engaged in defensive work on the Western Front in France during World War I in January 1918

Marguerite of Antioch
MARGARET (or MARINA) of Antioch martyr : confronted by a dragon, her evil enemy, whom she made disappear by making the sign of the cross

St Boniface / Boat Trip
SAINT BONIFACE (Wynfryth, of Crediton) departing from England to undertake missionary work in Germany, on behalf of Pope Gregory II

Waterman (Petherick)
London characters: Once he offered the best way to cross the Thames but now every new bridge they build means less work for the THAMES WATERMAN. Still, its a nice uniform !

Stage Effects / Prompt
Cross-section of the stage (and below) at l Opera, Paris, showing the Prompt in his box

Section of Great Eastern
Longitudinal sections of Brunels Leviathan steamship, otherwise known as the Great Eastern

Co Louth, Multi-View (Celtic cross), Republic of Ireland

Donaghmore Cross, Newry, E. Face - a view of an inscribed standing cross. (Location: Northern Ireland; County Down; Newry). Date: circa early 1900s

Rowton House, Kings Cross - Footbaths
Lodgers Footbaths at the Rowton House, Kings Cross, London Date: circa 1902

Fought to a Finish: A Remarkable Exploit on a Blazing Plane An illustration by Joseph Simpson of an incident described by Mr Boyd Cable (newspaper correspondent Ernest Andrew Ewart)

Duke & Duchess of Connaught visiting Red Cross hospital, WW1
The Duke of Connaught, together with his wife, visiting the Kings Canadian Red Cross Hospital near London during the First World War. Date: 1917

Duelling in cloudland, aerial fighting 1917
Clouds play no mean part in aerial fighting. The hard-pressed biplanes will use them for cover, the chaser will hide in them with the hope of catching an unwary foe, unpleasantly near

Model of the Queen Mary by G. H. Davis
Advertisement for the unique take to pieces coloured model of the luxury passenger liner, RMS Queen Mary designed by Illustrated London News artist, G. H. Davis

Duties of a large bombers crew by G. H. Davis
The duties of a large bombers crew of seven during the Second World War. Every man has a special task allotted to him. Showing a 27-ton heavy bomber over its target in Germany. Date: 1942

British tank Mark IIA by G. H. Davis
British Tanks: No. 1. Infantry (heavy) tank Mark IIA. Heavy tanks in action: an explanatory drawing of Matilda and some of her sisters, in action during the Second World War. Date: 1941

Leaders of the British Red Cross Society at Devonshire House in August 1914. From left to right, Georgina, Countess of Dudley, Queen Amelie of Portugal, Mrs, Goldsmith, Lady Gifford, Mrs

Officer prisoners of war in Germany - Fancy Dress ball
A fancy dress ball at Furstenberg in Mecklenburg which officer prisoners of war held as christmas entertainment in December 1916

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