Defenders Collection

Defenders of the Empire - British Army, Navy and Airforce with the King at the fore. Date: 1924

Defenders of the Empire - British Military Might
Defenders of the Empire - an allegory: King Edward VII stands surrounded by his loyal and devoted military. Image produced by Raphael Tuck & Sons Ltd

Jason & Golden Fleece
Jason and the Argonauts reach Colchis and find the Golden Fleece - but have to deal with its defenders before they can obtain it

Newcastle United vs. Barnsley, F. A. Cup Final, 1910
Illustration of the F.A. Cup Final between Newcastle United and Barnsley, with one of the Barnsley defenders (in dark shirts) chesting down the ball; Crystal Palace Football Ground, 23rd April 1910

Our home defenders. Republican Party presidential campaign poster shows head-and-shoulder portraits of William McKinley holding U.S

A Bard singing to Ancient Britons
A Bard singing his poetry for the Britons around the campfire. These soldiers would be fighting their rivals in battle the next day... Date: circa 43 AD

Africa Karonga and its defenders pre-1900

Spanish Civil War Las Juventudes Libertarias
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Bumeliana Well Walls Defending Defenders Oasis
bumeliana, well, walls, defending, defenders, oasis, defence, heroism, heroic, italo, turkish, war, dead, arab, soldier, italian, italy, turkey, gaining, libya, north, africa, ottoman, empire, 1911

The Defenders of Rorke's Drift at daybreak, 23rd January 187
Dead Zulus piled up against sandbanks and fortifications, British officers with rifles and bayonets standing above them, perpetrating the myth that Rorke's Drift was an important victory

Etruscan warriors hit by Greek arrows at the siege of Thebes. Etruscan warriors attempt to scale the walls of the city with ladders, shields. From an alabaster urn in the Volterra museum

Plaque to Captain J J Crowe VC, Nieuwkerke Hospice
The final German attempt to break through to the Channel ports, known as the Fourth Battle of Ypres, had initial success

WW1 - British Marines in the Trenches - Defence of Antwerp. 1914

British naval division troops defending Antwerp - 1914
British naval division troops going to take up their positions in the trenches in preparation of attack - Antwerp - September, 1914. 1914

WW2 - Liberation of Paris - The Barricades
WW2 - Barricades, Liberation of Paris. " Man the barricades!" This cry which rang out on Monday, August 21st, 1944. Date: 1944

History of Crusades. Seventh Crusade. Siege of Damietta (June 7, 1249) by Louis IX of France (1226-1270). The city was taken with little resistance from the Egyptians. Miniature.15th century

Rif War - French-Moroccan Machine Guns in Atlas Mountains
Rif War - French-Moroccan Machine Gun post in the Atlas Mountains, Morocco. The Rif War was an armed conflict fought during the first half of the 1920s between the colonial power Spain

Moriamur pro rege nostro, Maria Theresa
Maria Theresia, Empress of Austria (1717 - 1780), Queen of Hungary and Bohemia. " Moriamur pro rege nostro, Maria Theresa!" (" We will die for our sovereign, Maria Theresa!" )

Italo-Turkish War - Defense of the Bumiliana Wells, Libya
Italo-Turkish War - The heroic Italian defense of the Bumiliana Wells, Libya, North Africa. Date: 1911

Christmas print - Frank Paton - Champions of Christendom
A signed Christmas print by Frank Paton - Ye Seven Champions of Christendom wish you a Right Merrie Christmas Date: circa 1890s

The Defenders of the Eucharist, ca. 1625, by Peter Paul
Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640). Flemish painter. The Defenders of the Eucharist, ca. 1625. From left to right: Saint Ambrose, Saint Augustine, Saint Gregory the Great (Doctors of the Church)

WW1 - Night attack by the Turks on the Anzacs at Gallipoli
WW1 - The Battle of Chunuk Bair - Fought between the Ottoman defenders and troops of the British Empire. At the cliff faces at Gaba Tepe, the Turks attack the Australian lines at night

Siege of Lathom House
LATHOM HOUSE, Lancashire, is heroically defended for 3 months by Charlotte, countess of Derby, but surrenders next year : in this picture, the defenders make a sortie Date: 1646 - 1647

Kurdish soldiers in Turkish army, WW1
Kurdish soldiers in the Turkish army, defenders of Trabzon (Trebizond) on the Black Sea during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

Italo-Turkish War (1911-12) - Cavalry Charge
Daring cavalry charge at Bengazi. The Italo Turkish War was launched by Italy against Turkey, with the aim of gaining Libya, in order to counterbalance French conquests in North Africa

North West Frontier Province - Picket of Afghan Infantry at the boundary line between the British and Afghan Territory. Date: circa 1910s

Monument to the Defense of Sevastopol in the Second World Wa
Ukraine. Sevastopol. Monument to the Defense of Sevastopol in the Second World War. 1941-1942

Animal Defence Society
THE ANIMAL DEFENDERS At Home and Bazaar on behalf of the Animal Defence Society, at the Ritz Hotel, London. The popular actor Sir Owen Nares will hold the auction. Date: 27 November 1930

Three British bulldogs on a greetings card
Three British bulldogs standing on a Union Flag on a greetings card -- Defenders of the Empire. Date: early 20th century

Patriotic tableau at the Alhambra, Defenders of Europe WW1
A scene from the patriotic revue, Not Likely, at the Alhambra theatre in Leicester Square, showing the Defenders of Europe, - Russia (Madge Thorpe), Britannia (Hilda Dick)

Cartoon, One Who Might Have Helped, WW1
Cartoon, One Who Might Have Helped. Showing Lord Kitchener and General Pau, defenders of France at the start of the First World War, sitting at a desk with books and maps

HMS Montrose at Canakkale - troops in transit
HMS Montrose at Canakkale (Chanak), Turkey - troops in transit - 30th September 1922. The Chanak Crisis, also called Chanak Affair in September 1922 was the threatened attack by Turkish troops

German officers who defended Zeebrugge, Belgium, WW1
German officers who defended the sea port of Zeebrugge against British attack during the Zeebrugge Raid (23 April 1918), Belgium, First World War

Constantinople Fall - 2
The defenders try to protect the city by placing a chain across the Golden Horn. Date: April 1453

1889 Football Match
A forward player rises above the defenders to head the ball towards the goal. Date: 1889

Montevideo wartime brochure cover
Cover of souvenir brochure of scenes from Montevideo, Uruguay, from the Municipal Office of Propaganda and Information, to the soldiers of Great Britain, defenders of the liberty of the world

A technician adjusts delicate pipework
A technician, wearing a white laboratory coat and acoustic earmuffs, adjusts a section of thin copper pipework. Photograph by Heinz Zinram

Norsemen Besiege Paris
Bishop Joscelin orders a high tower to be constructed, from which the defenders can assail the invaders : the Norsemen destroy it, but the Parisians rebuild it

Galleys Attack Town
Armoured galleys lower their masts and attack a town, with protection for the oarsmen from the arrows of the defenders

Defenders of Rome 2
Bersaglieri in the papal service manning the frontier of the papal states at Maremmo against an expected attack by Garibaldi

Collecting Rainwater
Many a siege has been won when the defenders run short of water : ths castle is taking every chance to gather rain water to augment its supply

Defending a Fort
As the enemy approaches, the defenders prepare to repel them with guns and bows : by pulling on ropes, half-cut trees can be felled to fall on the attackers

Night Attack by Water
Troops in boats attack a town at night by water - but the defenders have placed spikes under the surface which could sink the boats unless they are careful

Ww1 Troops at the Nile
The British army in Egypt " our gallant defenders of the Nile"

Romans Attack Fort 170
Roman soldiers, protected by their shields, attack a German fort while the defenders drop heavy rocks on them

Crusades / Jerusalem
FIRST CRUSADE The victorious Crusaders process round Jerusalem, after massacring the defenders till the streets were filled with corpses

Stralsund Besieged 1628
Wallenstein besieges STRALSUND, on the Baltic : a parley with the defenders

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