Dispatch Collection (page 2)

Sportsmans Battalions, 1915
An advertisement for sportsmans battalions, featuring a despatch rider on a Douglas motor cycle, pointing urgently to some smoking ruins

Provisions dispatched to Austrian recruits, WWI
When Germany declared war on Russia, Austria had to prepare to cope with the millions of Russian recruits they d be fighting against, increasing its army significantly

Winter dispatch carrying on the Western Front 1917
Corporal Newsham, a British Press despatch rider, studying a map on his motorcycle at Rollancourt in northern France during the First World War

Women dispatch riders in training, WW2
Women dispatch riders in training during the Second World War. Date: 1940s

Gentleman puffing away at his pipe in a No Smoking Carriage - " So what??" Date: circa 1940s

Short S16 / 1 Scion II VH-UUT at Rochester Airport
Short S16/1 Scion II, VH-UUT, at Rochester Airport prior to dispatch to Adelaide in 1936. Date: 1936

Balfour in Commons / 1892
A.J.Balfour, Leader of the House of Commons in the Tory government, addresses the chamber. Date: 1892

Palmerston / Commons / 1864
Whig Prime Minister Lord Palmerston makes a statement to the House about the conference on the Schleswig- Holstein question. Date: 27 June 1864

King George VI inspecting dispatch riders of the LFB, WW2
King George VI visits the Headquarters of the London Fire Brigade, Lambeth

NFS (London Region) Fire Force 35 Control Unit, WW2
There were five Fire Force areas in the London Region of the NFS, Nos. 34 to 38. Each Fire Force area had its own local headquarters and Control Unit with dedicated staff

NFS (London Region) dispatch riders display team, WW2
NFS dispatch riders demonstrate their motorcycle riding skills with a acrobatic display at Regional headquarters, Lambeth SE1

NFS firewomen in dispatch rider training, WW2
London Region NFS firewomen undergoing dispatch rider training. Taught to do everything with a motorbike that could be done, these women would undertake all-terrain training

NFS-Firewomen dispatch rider training
Women dispatch riders in training during the Second World War

LFB motorcycle dispatch riders in training, WW2
LFB dispatch riders in training under a Brigade instructor at the New Cross speedway track in SE London

Balloons and parachutes
Full front page from The Penny Dispatch, giving five images of balloons and parachutes. Top left: the Royal Nassau Balloon, first ascent

Titanic disaster - comment in The Tatler
Page from the Tatler, featuring a comment about the dreadful tragedy of the sinking of the Titanic in April 1912, illustrated by a cartoon by Pog

Finished shells in a munitions factory, 1939
Men arranging finished shells in a great stack ready for dispatch to the ammunition convoys. These shells are designed for use by the 3.7 inch guns. Date: 1939

Sherman tank destroys nine Panther tanks
Poster entitled Battle Front Dispatch, containing a report from Winston Churchill of how one Sherman tank destroyed nine enemy Panther tanks outside Caen in Northern France during the Second World

Ethel Shipley, long distance champion swimmer
Miss Ethel Shipley, Long Distance Lady Champion swimmer, and First Lady Home in the " Weekly Dispatch" swim through London (15 miles). Date: 1910s

Russells Reform Bill
Foreign Secretary Lord John Russell proposes his Reform Bill. The Prime Minister, Lord Palmerston, did not support it and it failed to become law. Date: 1860

First dispatch of mail-bags by pneumatic tube
First dispatch of mail-bags in 1863 through the pneumatic tube from the district office in Eversholt Street, London to Euston Station

Making Toys at Factory
In a London factory, two women workers attend to the last minute orders for Christmas; here a stack of toy locomotive engines await dispatch

Lloyd George in Commons
David Lloyd George, at this time Minister of Munitions, exhibits a high-explosive fuse in the House of Commons

Gettysburg - Dispatch
Communication during the battle is effected by dispatch bearers riding through the battle from one commander to another

Ww1 / 1917 / German Despatch
A German dispatch rider

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