Duty Collection (page 12)

On Night Duty - Tom Nelson
Promotional postcard for On Night Duty, a music hall sketch performed by Tom Nelson, pictured here as a policeman looking up at his namesake in Trafalgar Square

Christening 1918 Tree Planting Soldiers Group
Christopher Powell-Cotton (1918-2006) was christenend at All Saints Church, Birchington on 20 April 1918. Afterwards a tree was planted in the grounds of Quex Park

Drawing of an MTC member, Britannia and Eve, 1940
The line drawing depicts a member of the Mechanised Transport Corps, a voluntary civilian organisation for women who were unable to offer their services to the full-time womens auxiliary services

Two soldiers at a camp in winter. Date: circa 1940s

WW1 - German troops leave for front
WW1 - A photograph of German troops leaving for the front line. German citizens, as well as the troops families, friends, wives and children stand by the train to wave them goodbye at their send-off

Prominent Cambridge sportsmen during WW1
Portraits of some prominent Cambridge University sportsmen fighting for their country during the First World War. Top row right is the New Zealand tennis player and four-times Wimbledon champion

Six brothers fighting in France for Great Britain, Crisps
The six brothers Crisp, all fighting at the front. Three of them fought in the Boer War and were attached to various regiments - the R.F.A

Special Constables in tin hats, Illustrated War News, WW1
Ready for air raid duty, three special constables on the home front pose for a photograph in " tin hats." Date: 1917

Women ambulance attendants and drivers, WW1
Women acting as attendants and drivers at the new London County Council Ambulance station in Bloomsbury, wearing a special uniform adapted to the special needs of their employment when on duty

Early WW1 trenches in the Aisne district, October 1914
Interior view of a trench constructed by the British in the Aisne district, an early example of the trench system which would come to dominate warfare on the Western Front during the First World War

A French Sentry and his War Dog on Duty
An outpost on duty in France with a French war dog, which acted as an extra pair of ears while on sentry duty. Date: 1915

Sheepdog guarding French trench, WW1
A sheepdog guarding a French trench, seen here at the entrance to a dugout. Date: 1915

View from the Sea, Port Royal, Saint Andrew Parish
View from the Sea, Port Royal, near Morgans Harbour, Saint Andrew Parish, Jamaica. Taken from the duty boat out at sea. Date: 1910s

WW2 Christmas card, Victorys Signal. The flaghoist signal used by Admiral Nelson at the Battle of Trafalgar (1805), England expects that every man will do his duty

An Airedale sentry dog supplied to Navy by Major Richardson
A dog trained and supplied by Major Edwin Richardson for duty with the Navy at the Rock of Gibraltar and at points all around the coast

WW2 Christmas card, guard duty
WW2 Christmas card, soldier on guard duty with factories in the distance. Date: 1939

Smoking nursemaid or nanny with charge
A nursemaid, in charge of a toddler in a pram, sits and enjoys a smoke from a cigarette in a holder. Date: 1928

Cartoon, Return to the Front, WW1
Cartoon, Return to the Front, showing a group of French soldiers sharing stories about how they spent their four days of leave. Date: 1915

Duty Before Pleasure, by Bairnsfather
Duty Before Pleasure " Well, if yer thinks yer ought to, I ll lend yer this bit o mistletoe o mine" A cartoon by Captain Bruce Bairnsfather in The Bystander Date: 1916

WWI Poster, Go! Its Your Duty Lad, Join Today
Go! Its your duty lad. Join today. British WWI recruitment poster depicting a mother persuading her son to join the war effort. Date: 1915

His Initiation, by Bairnsfather
His Initiation No 99988 Private Blobs (on sentry-go) feels that he has at last stumbled across the true explanation of that somewhat cryptic expression

WWI Poster, Join Under the Group System
WWI Parliamentary Recruiting Committee Poster, Join Under the Group System, It Is Simple and Fair, It Relieves You of Responsibility

WWI Poster, Are you doing your duty today?
WWI Parliamentary Recruiting Committee Poster, England Expects, 1805, 1915. Are you doing your duty today? With the figure of Admiral Lord Nelson. Date: 1915

WWI Poster, What in the end will settle this war?
WWI Parliamentary Recruiting Committee Poster, What in the end will settle this War? Trained Men. It is your duty to become one. Enlist Now. Date: 1915

WWI Poster, Trained Men
WWI Parliamentary Recruiting Committee Poster, What in the end will settle the War? Trained Men. It is your duty to become one. Date: 1915

WWI Poster, He Did His Duty (Welsh version)
WWI Parliamentary Recruiting Committee Poster depicting Lord Roberts. He Did His Duty, Are You Doing Yours? (Welsh version) Date: 1915

Hut Life Illustrated, WW1 cartoon
Cartoon showing the soporific atmosphere in a Y.M.C.A hut recreation room somewhere on the Western Front during the First World War, where soldiers can spend their leisure time reading magazines

WWI Poster, Back Them Up, Invest in the War Loan
WWI Parliamentary War Savings Committee Poster, design by E J Kealey, Back Them Up, Invest in the War Loan. Date: circa 1916

All That Was Taxed was His Ingenuity by Heath Robinson, WW1
An intelligent young pup disguised as a parakeet to avoid the increased licence duty - raised on pet dogs in Britain in 1917. 1917

British and Italian sentries in Italy by Matania, WW1
The Dual Guard - Camerati in Armi. A town in Northern Italy where both British and Italian troops were quartered and the guarding of which was shared by both

The Munition Girl WW1. Woman pushing trolley loaded with shells, Out for Victory. The Munition Girl, England Expects every Woman to do her duty. circa 1916

Suffragette Hammer in Pocket Policeman. Wily suffragette with half concealed hammer sees her chance as policeman sleeps whilst on duty. Although the suffragettes have nt votes

Suffragettes and a Policeman. Willing suffragettes Who would not be on duty? thinks the policeman who sweeps the suffragette off her feet

WW1 Recruitment Poster -- England Expects
Printed recruitment poster No 1: England Expects Every Man To Do His Duty and Join The Army Today. Issued by the Parliamentary Recruiting Committee. Date: 1914

Indian soldiers on the road to Jerusalem during World War I
Photographs of Indian soldiers under General Allenbys command on the road to Jerusalem during World War I. Clockwise from top-left

Colour poster - British Military
Making his Mouth Water, 1899. Colour photolithograph reproducing a poster advertising Wright & Greig Ltd, Distillers, Glasgow, Roderick Dhu Whisky, made by Tom Browne and Co

Daddy, what did You do in the Great War? British Military Recruitment Poster, WW1
Recruitment poster, Daddy, what did You do in the Great War? Colour lithograph, after Savile Lumley, published by the Parliamentary Recruiting Committee, Poster No 79

Two AFS firefighters exchange experiences, WW2
Two AFS (Auxiliary Fire Service) firefighters exchange experiences after coming off duty. Date: circa 1941

Our Wide-Awake Navy by Charles Robinson, WW1
The Perils of a submarine duty off Folkestone. An officer manning a submarine off the British coast is distracted by the attentions of several bathing beauties during the First World War. Date: 1915

Army Orders from General Sir Hs Rawlinson
1. A copy of Army Orders from General Sir H. S. Rawlinson, Commanding Officer, 4th Army listing Immediate Rewards, dated 1st March 1919 to 40 recipients of the Military Medal. 2

Bone china cup and saucer - WWI
Bone china cup and saucer manufactured by Diamond China, England. Shows the flags of the Allies, the centre vignette shows a Royal Naval battleship with an aeroplane

Telephone duty at White Horse Hotel. Through the long night watches. 21017 Private P. J. Hill, D Company, 20Th Battalion, The County Of London Regiment. Studied At Lambeth School Of Art, St

Brass plaque given to all Belgian veterans
Salus - Patriae - Suprema - Lex (the well-being of the Fatherland is the highest duty). Brass plaque given to all Belgian veterans who were under fire during the Great War - 1914-1918

A Black Watch soldier on sentry duty - Salonika 1917. Robert Houston, Rsw (1891-1942)

Off to perform a sad duty A burial party
Off to perform a sad duty. A burial party. 386202 Acting Sergeant Herbert Gibson, Mm, 1St Northumbrian Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps. Born September 1889

2nd Cpl D McArthur reconnoitering craters - Givenchy Ridge
2nd Corporal D. McArthur (176th Company, Royal Engineers) and his Officer returning from reconnoitering mine craters around the Givenchy Ridge - October 13th 1915

Cartoon, No possible doubt whatever, WW1
Cartoon, No possible doubt whatever. Sentry Alt ! Who goes there? He of the bundle You shut yer mouth, or I ll come and knock yer ead off. Sentry Pass friend! From Fragments from France - No

Matchbox cover inscribed In memoriam - Kitchener, WW1
Matchbox cover inscribed " In memoriam - Kitchener, born 24th June 1850, drowned 5th June 1916. He did his duty." Trench Art

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