Detachment Collection

Gordon Highlanders
A detachment of Gordon Highlanders dip the colours to passing royalty near Buckingham Palace on Constitution Hill

Detachment of The Black Watch in Dundee, Scotland
Threatening encounters between rioters and the police in Dundee, Scotland, brought a large detachment of The Black Watch to the city

Uhlans at Liege
A detachment of German Uhlans charging a fort at Liege, Belgium, only to encounter the barbed wire defences constructed by order of General Liman, commander of the Belgian troops in Liege

Serbian detachment, Nadvoitsa, Murmansk, Russia
A Serbian detachment standing to attention on the railway siding at Nadvoitsa (Nadvoitsy), Murmansk, during the Russian Civil War. Date: 1919

British Soldiers on a ship bound for Russia; First World War
Photograph showing a group of British soldiers leaning over the rail on the deck of a transport ship bound for Russia, 1916

Jaguar at Seeb North - Oman
SEPECAT Jaguar S(O)1 ?220? of the Royal Air Force of Oman, on detachment at Seeb North, near Muscat. Date: circa 2000

Boeing C-22B 83-4618
United States Air Force - Boeing C-22B 83-4618 (msn 21946, Ex-commercial 727-35), of Detachment 1, HQ Washington DC Air National Guard, at RAF Mildenhall November-December 1997. Date: 1997

No. 4 Detachment, 3rd Middlesex Artillery Volunteers
The No. 4 Detachment of the Third Middlesex Artillery Volunteers, the winners of the Queen's prize at the recent artillery meeting at Shoeburyness, 1885

A Detachment of Krakusi by Piotr Michalowski (1800-1855)
Piotr Michalowski (1800-1855). Polish painter. A Detachment of Krakusi.19th Century Polish Art Gallery (Sukiennice Museum). National Museum of Krakow. Poland. Date: 2018

Bell UH-1V iroquois 74-22299
United States Army - Bell UH-1V iroquois 74-22299 (MSN 13623), of 63 Medical Detachment, at Middle Wallop on 13 July 1986. Date: 1986

USA Marine Detachment, Paris Exhibition of 1889
USA Marine Detachment at the Universal Exhibition of Paris, 1889 Date: 1889

Grumman C-2A(R) Greyhound 162174
United States Navy- Grumman C-2A(R) Greyhound 162174 (msn 54), of VRC-40 Detachment V, tasked with supporting USS Enterprise nuclear-powered aircraft carrier. Date: circa 2000

Boeing C-22B 83-4615
United States Air Force - Boeing C-22B 83-4615 (msn 18816, ex N4615 Jean'), of Detachment 1, HQ Washington DC Air National Guard, at Andrews Air Force Base on 14 March 1987

Dassault Mirage IIIO A A3-93
Royal Australian Air Force - Dassault Mirage IIIO(A) A3-93, of No.3 Squadron, based at RAAF Butterworth in Malaysia, on a regular detachment to Tengah circa 1975, Date: circa 1975

Dassault Mirage IIIO A A3-83
Royal Australian Air Force - Dassault Mirage IIIO(A) A3-83, of No.3 Squadron, based at RAAF Butterworth in Malaysia, on a regular detachment to Tengah circa 1975, Date: circa 1975

Grumman C-2A(R) Greyhound 162168
United States Navy- Grumman C-2A(R) Greyhound 162168 (MSN 48), of VRC-40 Detachment II, tasked with supporting USS George H.W, Bush nuclear-powered aircraft carrier. Date: circa 2000

Grumman C-2A(R) Greyhound 162159
United States Navy- Grumman C-2A(R) Greyhound 162159 (msn 39), of VRC-40 Detachment II, tasked with supporting USS George H.W, Bush nuclear-powered aircraft carrier. Date: circa 2000

United States Air Force - Short C-23A Sherpa 84-0458 (MSN SH. 3103, ex G-14-3103), of the 412th Test Wing
United States Air Force - Short C-23A Sherpa 84-0458 (MSN SH.3103, ex G-14-3103), of the 412th Test Wing, at Edwards Air Force Base. Date: circa 1995

United States Army - Beech C-12F Huron 84-0489 (msn BL-123), of Detachment 45, Operational Support Airlift Command (OSACOM), Army NG, Reno/Stead Airport, NV. Date: circa 2000

Beech C-12F Huron 84-0489
United States Army - Beech C-12F Huron 84-0489 (MSN BL-123), of Detachment 45, Operational Support Airlift Command (OSACOM), Army NG, Reno/Stead Airport, NV Date: circa 2000

Boeing C-22B 83-4618
United States Air Force - Boeing C-22B 83-4618 (msn 21946, Ex-commercial 727-200), of Detachment 1, HQ Washington DC Air National Guard, at RAF Mildenhall November-December 1997. Date: 1997

Grumman C-2A'R Greyhound 162145
United States Navy - Grumman C-2A(R) Greyhound 162145 (msn 25, call-sign 53'), of VRC-40 Detachment V attached to USS John F. Kennedy, at RAF Mildenhall, in July 1996. Date: 1996

Steve Coughlan filling LOX pots
Steve ?Will Carling? Coughlan filling LOX pots on detachment at Seeb North near Muscat in Oman Date: circa 2000

Barnsley Detachment Tankersley Brigade Rescue Party
Mine Fire at the Hamstead Colliery, Great Barr, Birmingham on 4th March, 1908. The Barnsley Detachment Tankersley Brigade Rescue Party

Revival of old custom, Opening of Chester Assizes
Revival of an old custom, Opening of Chester Assizes - a band leads a detachment of the Cheshire Regiment into Castle Square on 29 May 1946. 1946

United States Air Force - Kaman HH-43F Huskie 59-1544 (msn 25), of Detachment 14, 42nd Aerospace Rescue Squadron, at Nellis Air Force Base

Voluntary Aid Detachment nurses at military hospital
Large group of Voluntary Aid Detachment nurses outside military hospital. A man in military uniform stands at far left and another in central row next to doctors and chaplain

Nurses, doctor, orderlies and domestic staff
Group of nurses, orderlies and doctor in grounds of hospital. Central row sit in deckchairs. A Voluntary Aid Detachment Nurse stands in back row. Date: 1914-1918

Group on rear verandah, Quex Park
Group of patients and one nurse on the rear verandah, overlooking the gardens, Quex Park. This verandah ran along the back of the Museum buildings and was used as a sheltered outdoor space in summer

The Kidnap of American missionary Ellen Maria Stone
Miss Ellen Maria Stone, a Congregationalist missionary and her pregnant fellow missionary friend Katerina StefanovaTsilka are kidnapped on 3rd September 1901 in the Ottoman Balkans by an Internal

WW2 VAD Mini Mouse Walt Disney Cartoon Card
World War 2 VAD Mini Mouse Walt Disney Cartoon Card, World War 2 Walt Disney Postcard, Minnie Mouse - VAD, . Showing support for the Voluntary Aid Detachment Date: 1940s

WW1 Red Cross and St. John's Ambulance Brigade Voluntary Aid Detachment volunteers with refreshments at a rai

Powell-Cotton daughters and friend
The three daughters of Major & Mrs Powell-Cotton and a friend play in the garden of Quex Park in September 1916. The children are (left to right) Elizabeth Worthington (daughter of Dr Worthington)

Fijian troops for the Front, WW1
A detachment of native Fijian soldiers of the Imperial Forces posing in camp (presumably in Britain somewhere) with their British officer. Date: 1914

World War I. Invasion of Belgium (1914). Detachment defending Belgian village fo Lombaertayde, NE of Niewpoort

Barbed wire party freeze under enemy star shell, WW1
A detachment of British soldiers, busy setting up barbed wire defences freeze momentarily as the area is lit up by an enemy star-shell

VAD girl, WW1
A cartoon drawing a VAD (Voluntary Aid Detachment) nurse, showing her made up of the three letters forming her name and carrying a tray. Date: 1918

German Skutari Detachment inspection, Albania, WW1
The German Skutari Detachment during an inspection of troops, Scutari, Albania, First World War. Date: circa 1914

The God in the Machine 1916
A detachment of happy, souvenir laden Canadians coming out of action. Date: 1916

West Indian detachment of the Auxiliary Territorial Service
Group photograph of a West Indian detachment of the Auxiliary Territorial Service, 1943 (c).The Womens Auxiliary Territorial Service (ATS) was established in September 1938

Capture of Cetshwayo. Colored engraving of Spanish and Ameri
Capture of Cetshwayo. The detachment of Major Marter sights the Kraal, last refuge of the ex-king of the Zulus. Colored engraving of Spanish and American Illustration, 1879

Red Cross Motor badge
During the First World War this label was attached to one of the two motor ambulances owned by Major PHG Powell-Cotton of Quex Park, Birchington

Three Belgian hospital patients in the garden
Three Belgian hospital patients sitting on a grass bank in the garden at Quex Park. The man on the left is holding something - a letter or photograph perhaps and the other two are looking at it

Spectators at Birchington Sports Day
VAD Hospital patients watching the Three-legged Race for hospital staff at the Sports Day organised by the Quex Park VAD Hospital and its Annexe at St Michaels in Birchington

Selling War Certificates, Birchington
Hannah Powell-Cotton, in her uniform as Commandant of Birchington Voluntary Aid Detachment, sitting at a table selling War Certificates during War Weapons Week

Cock Fighting at Birchington Sports Day
Two VAD Hospital patients taking part in an event called Cock Fighting at the Sports Day organised by the Quex Park VAD Hospital and its Annexe at St Michaels in Birchington

Sack Bumping Race, Birchington Sports Day
VAD Hospital patients taking part in the Sack Bumping Race at the Sports Day organised by the Quex Park VAD Hospital and its Annexe at St Michaels in Birchington

Birchington Sports Day, Egg & Spoon Race
In conjunction with Birchington War Weapons Week in late May 1918, the Quex Park VAD Hospital and its Annexe at St Michaels in Birchington organised a Sports event

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