Divisions Collection

Gliders ready for Operation Market Garden Second World War
Photograph showing gliders and men of the Allied Airborne Army, on an airfield somewhere in Britain, September 1944. On 17th September 1944 Operation Market Garden was put into action; a bold plan

British First Airborne dug in at Arnhem; Second World War, 1
Photograph showing a unit of the British First Airborne Division, in shallow trenches along a road side near Arnhem, September 1944

Coloured shoulder patches of the Australian Corps
Souvenir of the Greatest War showing coloured shoulder patches of the Australian Corps. The design is laid out in the shape of the Australian Commonwealth Military Forces badge

Soldier of the British First Airborne in action in Arnhem; S
Photograph showing a soldier of the British First Airborne Division firing his Sten gun at Germans near Arnhem, Holland, September 1944

WW2 Poster -- Formation Signs
Formation signs, dated 8 May 1945. Chromolithograph poster, showing various formation signs of infantry and armoured divisions, brigades, groups, including Airborne TPS, GHQ Liaison Regiment

Major-General R. E. Urquhart in Arnhem; Second World War, 194
Photograph showing Major-General R.E. Urquhart, Commander of the British First Airborne Division, standing outside his headquarters near Arnhem, the Hartenstein Hotel, September 1944

Wwi Recruitment Poster
First World War recruitment poster featuring a private and an officer and pictures of various divisions - including the Royal Flying Corps, Tank corps, artillery & cavalry

Allied Airborne Army Parachutes in Holland; Second World War
Aerial photograph showing parachutes of the Allied Airborne Army floating down to earth and discarded ones, after landing, in Holland, September 1944

British Sentry keeping watch on Nijmegen Bridge; Second Worl
Photograph showing aan Irish Guardsman keeping watch on the Bridge at Nijmegen, September 1944. On 17th September 1944 Operation Market Garden was put into action; a bold plan devised by

Men of the British First Airborne Division in a glider; Seco
Photograph showing a unit of the British First Airborne Division in a glider on the way to Arnhem, September 1944. On 17th September 1944 Operation Market Garden was put into action; a bold plan

Future War / Zukunstkrieg
ZUKUNSTKRIEG A German prediction of the next war - their airborne divisions attack an armoured French fortress Date: 1894

British First Airborne Troops using a mortar, Arnhem; Second
Photograph showing men of the British First Airborne Division using a 3-inch mortar in one of the woods surrounding Arnhem, in Holland, September 1944

Private Electric Motor Car on tracks - Panama Canal
Private Electric Motor Car operating on lines of track and used by Heads of the Engineering Divisions/Departments working on the Panama Canal. Date: 1913

Divisions at meals, Training Ship Exmouth, early 1900s

French Soldiers Cutting Dead Horses Franco Prussian
french, soldiers, cutting, dead, horses, franco, prussian, war, 1871, meat, failure, la, grande, sortie, november, 1870, generals, break, lines, end, siege, paris, turning, point, communication

General Sir Richard England, army officer
Vintage 19th century photograph: General Sir Richard England, GCB, KH (1793 - 19 January 1883) was a British Army officer, born at Detroit, which was then part of Upper Canada

Memorial to the 49th - West Riding - Division, Essex Farm
The 49th, a territorial division, came out early in 1915. It had the dubious distinction of being, together with the 6th Division, one of the first to face a phosgene attack

Australian 5th Division Memorial, Polygon Wood
The memorial stands on the old rifle buttes and overlooks both the Polygon Wood CWGC Cemetery and the New Zealand National Memorial

American 27th & 30th Divisions Monument, Vierstraat, Belgium Date: 2016

East Yorkshire Regiment Memorial, la Breche, Normandy
The 2nd and 5th Battalions of the East Yorks landed here on D-Day as part of the first wave of the British 3rd Division. The Divisions landing beach had been divided into three sections, Peter

British 3rd Infantry Division Plaque Sannerville Normandy
The wall commemorates the Divisions part in Operation Goodwood, 18-21 July 1944. Nicknamed Montys Ironsides, between D-Day and the end of the war, the Division had over 11, 000 casualties

The changing of the Guard at Buckingham Palace, London circa 1990s

Three divisions of the shield of the Thames Tunnel 1825
Section of the three divisions of the shield of the Thames Tunnel in 1825, using Marc Isambard Brunels and Thomas Cochranes newly invented tunnelling shield technology. Date: 1825

Len Harvey - Cornish Boxer
Date: 1935

WW2 - Gen Patton - Commander of the American Tank Division
WW2 - General S. Patton (1885-1945) - Commander of the 2nd Armored Division - North Africa, November 1942. Date: 1942

Suggested design for warship by G. H. Davis
The capital ship of tomorrow? A suggested design for a combined battleship-cum-aircraft-carrier. It would weigh 45, 000 tons, with the latest primary and secondary armament

Scottish soldiers in their gas masks, Western Front, WW1
Four soldiers of the 2nd Batallion Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, 19th Brigade, 6th and 27th Divisions, Bois Grenier Sector

WW2 - 3rd Division?s deployment in Palestine
One of 27 photographs of the 3rd Division?s deployment in Palestine, 1945-1947, Egypt, 1954-1956, Cyprus and Jordan, 1958

Map Exhibiting the present partition of the Country
Pen, ink and watercolour map: Map Exhibiting the present partition of the Country dependent on Fort St. George into Military Divisions with several Stations of Troops

Hinged brass tobacco tin - East Yorkshire Regiment
A small hinged brass tobacco tin engraved on reverse - (2856 Private) Arthur C. Stephenson and dated 1918. Together with an engraved badge of the East Yorkshire Regiment with the place names of

WWI mahogany plaque in the shape of Australia
A First World War mahogany plaque in the shape of Australia. The piece contains the following : 1. A multi-coloured badge worn at the top of the left sleeve by members of the Australian Flying Corps

German tank transporters by G. H. Davis
Tank transporters: used greatly by Germanys Panzer divisions during the Second World War. An important adjunct to the cartage of tanks, saving wear, tear and time

The centenary birthday cake weighing 40lb at the Centena?
The centenary birthday cake weighing 40lb at the Centenary Conversazione held at the Science Museum on 12 January 1966. Portions of the cake were sent to the Divisions

UK General Election 1906 - Winners as the True Blue
The General Election - Comic postcard showing the delight amid the working class at the landslide defeat for the Conservative Party and their Liberal Unionist allies

Prince of Wales at the Vimy Ridge memorial 1936
Edward, Prince of Wales, later King Edward VIII, Duke of Windsor at the opening of the Vimy Ridge memorial in France in July 1936

LCC-LFB Brigade finals of the Technical Quiz
Each year a technical quiz competition was held in the Brigade. First were the Divisional heats that led to the Brigade finals involving the top team of each of the four Divisions

Our regular divisions, honored and respected by all Enlist for the infantry - or in one of the other 12 branches. Poster showing a soldier with American flag and laurel wreath

First division, regulars - Infantry divisions - Enlist for infantry, cavalry, field artillery... Poster showing soldiers escorting Liberty, in a chariot, holding an American flag. Date 1919

Poster advertising the Territorial Army. Lets be prepared to defend the peace we re working to win. Volunteer with me for the Territorial Army, 9 divisions strong, with modern equipment

Allied breakthrough in Palestine, WW1
Artists impression, based on a photograph, of the Allied breakthrough in Palestine against the Turkish troops during the First World War. Five infantry divisions attacked the Turkish positions

60 pounder 1915
A 60 pounder gun of the 6th Division Artillery covering the 2nd Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, 19th Brigade, 6th and 27th Divisions in the Bois Grenier Sector on the Western Front in France

Lord Haldane and Sir John French
Lord Haldane (Richard Burdon Sanderson Haldane, 1st Viscount Haldane) and Sir John French (Field Marshal John Denton Pinkstone French)

A Black Outlook
Two Sikh soldiers, with bayonets fixed, wait to ambush a German Uhlan on horseback. Apart from the terrible pun of the title, the Indian divisions fighting with the Allies were greatly respected

Allied Airborne Gliders after landing in Holland; Second Wor
Aerial photograph showing gliders of the Allied Airborne Army after they had landed on Holland, September 1944. On 17th September 1944 Operation Market Garden was put into action; a bold plan devised

British Tanks on Nijmegen Bridge; Second World War, 1944
Photograph showing the Sherman tanks of the British 30 Corps crossing Nijmegen Bridge, as part of Operation Market Garden, September 1944

British Major and Lieutenant, near Arnhem; Second World War
Photograph showing a Major (on left) and Lieutenant of the British First Airborne Division in the woods near Arnhem, Holland, September 1944

British First Airborne troops using a 75mm gun, Arnhem; Seco
Photograph showing a soldier of the British First Airborne Division firing a 75mm gun at an enemy position near Arnhem, September 1944

British and American troops stacking dynamite on the Nijmege
Photograph showing British and American troops stacking dynamite charges against the railing of Nijmegen Bridge, September 1944

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