Defence Collection (page 25)

Architectural Association, Air Raid Section, believed to be the first uniformed Civil Defence Body formed, during World War I in 1916

Home Guard Call up, World War I
Home Guard Call up, London, at the beginning of World War I in 1914

Home Defence, World War I
Home Defence, Wandsworth Battalion digging trenches on Wandsworth Common during World War I in August 1917

V1 bomb counter measures committee, 1944
The chairmen of the war cabinet committee on operational counter measures against the " flying bomb" or V1: Mr. Duncan Sandys, M.P(centre), with leaders who directed the battle

British delegation to NATO, 1953
The British delegation to the NATO council: Mr. Anthony Eden(centre), at this time Foreign Minister, with (left) Lord Alexander, Minister of Defence, and right Mr. Duncan Sandys, Minister of Supply

Tom Titt / Edward Carson
Sir Edward Henry Carson, Baron Carson. Leader of the Ulster Unionist Party, senior barrister and judge. In 1895, he was engaged by the Marquess of Queensberry to lead his defence against Oscar Wildes

Home Guard training against bombers
Training for the Home Guard at Osterley Park, in the suburbs of west London. Riflemen being trained to meet dive-bombing attacks by practising rapid fire against a diving model that represents a 50

Lord Carrington, c. 1980
Photographic portrait of Peter Alexander Rupert Carrington, 6th Baron Carrington (b.1919), the Conservative politician, pictured c.1980 when Secretary of State for Defence

General C. F. Beyers
General Beyers became notorious in the early stages of the war for throwing up command of the South African Union Defence Force, when directing to act against German South-West Africa

French Colonial troops on the defence at Pervyse

British Troops making a stand near Dunkirk; Second World War
Illustration showing Captain Ervine-Andrews (top left) leading his men of the East Lancashire Regiment in a determined stand against an attack by three German Battalions, near Dunkirk, 1940

The Gun Control Room, Britain; Second World War, 1944
Illustration showing the interior of the Gun Control Room, the headquarters of Londons anti-aircraft defences during the Second World War, 1944

Greek troops gathered on the docks at Salonika
A photograph of soldiers loyal to the newly formed Committee of National defence on the docks at the Greek port of Salonika, September 1916

Heathfield / Elliot
George Augustus Elliot (variously spelt but this is correct), made lord HEATHFIELD for his brilliant defence of Gibraltar during the Great Siege by French & Spanish

Franco-Prussian War. The First German in Paris
On January 28th 1871 Paris capitulatd to the Prussians. The Government of National Defence, under Trochu and Gambetta, signs a 3 week armistice with Bismarck to negotiate peace

Franco-Prussian War. The Defence of Paris: Gunboats on the S
Steam driven armoured gunboat flying the french tricolour

Franco-Prussian War: balloon from Paris over Versailles
Crowds in the streets in Versailles watching balloon overhead. During the siege of Paris post came in and out of Paris by balloon and the famous escape of Leon Gambetta

The Tsar saluting troops
Photograph showing Tsar Nicholas II saluting troops during army manouevres. Russia was traditionally seen as the protector of the Slavs and after Austria attacked Hungary in 1914 mobilised troops

The Provisional Government reviewing the National Guard; Fra
Illustration showing the Provisional Government reviewing the National Guard during the Franco-Prussian War of 1870-1. The Provisional Government of National Defence was set up after the French

The Zulu war. The defence of Rorkes Drift, January 22nd 187
The scene of the action, where 3, 000 zulus attacked the tiny fort and hospital at Rorkes Drift. 140 British soldiers kept the Zulus at bay

The Zulu war. Fort Helpmakaar. Field auction of the effects
Isandlwana was the scene of the British armys most humiliating defeat at the hands of the Zulus, slightly assuaged by the successful defence of Rorkes Drift later the same day, January 22nd 1879

The Zulu war. Graves of the 17 men who fell in the defence o
140 British soldiers defended the fort and hospital at Rorkes Drift from 3, 000 zulu warriors on the same day that the British suffered their heaviest defeat of the war at Isandhlwana

The Zulu war. Alls Well, Sketch in Bromheads Post, New
Zulu war sketches by an ILN special artist. Rorkes Drift was the scene of an heroic defence by the British in January 1879

Conscientious objectors parade for a photograph
Many men refused to bear arms, for a variety of reasons. These men are Quakers and opposed to fighting on religious grounds

Defence of Barricade
Defending the barricade in the boulevard Haussmann

England / Mullion Cove
The breakwater against coastal erosion at Mullion Cove, Cornwall, England

Televising a unit of Londons Land Defence Force against ene
In December 1936 the B.B.C carried out its first transmission from outside at night. A mock air-raid was staged so that Londoners could see how the Territorial Army had prepared itself for the onset

Malta Bombed by Italians
The defence of Malta : the islands strategic value makes it the target for intense bombardment by the Italians and Germans, but they fail to dislodge the Allies

Council of Amagni 1
The Council of Anagni, under Alexander IV, is notable for Thomas Aquinas defence of the attack on the monastic orders made by the university of Paris

Council of Amagni 2
The Council of Anagni, under Alexander IV, is notable for Thomas Aquinas (back to us in foreground)s defence of the attack on the monastic orders made by Paris university

Wartime Leaflets
Three public information leaflets, issued in Britain during World War Two, Air Raid Precautions, Your Gas Mask and Evacuation: Why and How

Briefcase & Gas Mask
A businessman goes to work in London, carrying his briefcase and his gas mask case

Parisienne with Parasol
A Parisienne, walking near the Bois de Boulogne, seems to be using her parasol more as a defence against an unwelcome stranger than as a protection from the sun !

Civilian Defence
A member of the civilian defence unit stands outside the Izhorsky factory, Leningrad

Fortifications / Valletta
Fortifications on the eastern side of the Grand Harbour, Valletta, Malta

Fort Chambly 1814
Canadians are understandably alarmed when war breaks out between Britain and the USA : Fort Chambly in Quebec province is a strategic defence and site of a camp

Britannia with her Mines
Britannia surrounds her island with a cordon of mines

Silver Donated
Silver donated for the defence fund by Russian civilians

Leningrad Destroyer
The destroyer Opytnyi trapped by ice in Leningrad harbour throughout the winter, uses its guns for the citys defence. Date: 1942

LENINGRAD : AURORA
The celebrated cruiser Aurora famed for its part in the 1917 Revolution once again plays a historical role as it participates in the defence of the city

Ww2 Gas Masks
A gas mask, and how to wear it

DADs ARMY
Two members of the Home Guard (employees of Drayton Paper Works, Fulham, London)

Travellers defending themselves from wolves
Travellers in a horse-drawn sleigh in 16th century Sweden defend themselves from attacking wolves with gun, crossbow and pike

Defending Paris 1915
A Voisin defending Paris from the air in his aircraft

1848 / Defence of Bologna
The defence of Bologna

Piquart Stands Defence
Lieutenant-colonel Picquart in court defending the innocence of Dreyfus

Defence of Wardour Cast
WARDOUR CASTLE, Wiltshire is heroically defended by Lady Blanche Arundel, but she is eventually forced to surrender. However, the Royalists recapture it later

Battle of Abu Klea
A melee during the battle of Abu Klea

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