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Women police officers at a bowling alley, possibly taking part in a competition. They are, from left to right, Margaret Newbon, Monica Ryan, Jennifer Smith, Alison Blair and WPS Roberta Strickland
Barbara Denis de Vitre, Assistant HMI, visiting GermanyAssistant HMI (His/Her Majestys Inspectorate of Constabulary) Barbara Denis de Vitre, on a postwar visit to Germany, where she was an expert consultant on the employment of women in the German police
Barbara Denis de Vitre, Assistant HMI, Stuttgart, GermanyAssistant HMI (His/Her Majestys Inspectorate of Constabulary) Barbara Denis de Vitre, on a postwar visit to Germany, where she was an expert consultant on the employment of women in the German police
Women police officers singing in choir, Met Police, LondonWomen police officers singing in the first womens choir, Met Police, London. The conductor is Sybil Hill. Date: circa 1948
Two women police officers mounting horses, LondonTwo women police officers in the process of mounting their horses in a Central London street. Women were appointed to the Mounted Branch in 1970. Date: circa 1977
Woman police officer on bicycle, Met PoliceWoman police officer (mobile officer) riding a bicycle along a country road, wearing uniform with a duty armband. Date: circa 1950s
Woman police officer with car and radio, Egham, SurreyWoman police officer (mobile officer) on duty in Egham, Surrey, standing by a police car and speaking on a handheld radio
Two police officers with motorcycles, LondonTwo police officers (one male, one female: Margaret Cheesley) with motorcycles, Epsom, Surrey. At this time, training courses were being run for WPCs in the use of a new type of lightweight motor
Women police dog handlers with drug sniffer dogs, LondonTwo women police dog handlers with drug sniffer dogs, Met Police, London. They are (left) Sandra Kertzen with Snoopy, and (right) Lyn Nicholson with Barry
Woman police officer in reflective uniform, LondonWoman police officer in yellow reflective jacket and dark trousers, holding a white protective helmet with visor. Date: circa 1990s
Woman police officer in uniform, LondonWoman police officer in woollen V-neck jumper and trousers, together with the reinforced bowler hat introduced in 1985. Date: circa 1985
Woman police officer in coat and bowler hat, LondonWoman police officer in a coat from the mix and match uniform introduced in 1977, together with the reinforced bowler hat introduced in 1985. Date: circa 1985
Woman police officer in Bather uniform, LondonWoman police officer posing in the Bather style uniform which was worn from 1946 to 1968 -- double-breasted overcoat (winter wear), white shirt and tie, peaked cap with badge, and duty armband
Women police officers in new Hartnell uniform, LondonTwo women police officers (WPS Josie Seed and WPS Marjorie McIntyre) in the newly designed Norman Hartnell uniform, introduced in 1968 to try to encourage recruitment. Date: late 1960s
Woman police officer at Piccadilly Circus, London, surrounded by pedestrians on a busy day. She is wearing the new style Norman Hartnell uniform, introduced in 1968. Date: circa late 1960s
Woman police officer outside police station, LondonWoman police officer (Peggy Spalton) standing outside a London police station. Date: circa 1960s
Woman police officer in portrait photoWoman police officer (Winnie Gould) in a portrait photo, in the Bather style uniform which was worn from 1946 to 1968 -- four-buttoned jacket with matching material belt, white shirt and tie
Two women police officers walking along London streetTwo women police officers (Sergeant Neale, left, and Constable Cooper, right) walking along a London street. Date: circa 1960s
Woman police officer and woman with handbag, LondonWoman police officer talking to a young woman with a handbag outside a shop on a London street, and making notes in a notebook. Date: circa 1960s
Woman police officer standing by mounted policeman, LondonWoman police officer standing by a mounted policeman just off Hammersmith Bridge, West London. Date: circa 1950s
Woman police officer and woman with handbagWoman police officer, Sergeant Greta Drinkwater (nee Saban), talking to a woman with a handbag in a London street. Drinkwater would rise to the rank of Chief Superintendent
Two women police officers in a London streetTwo women police officers (Valerie Fenner, left, and Sarah Phillips, right) walking along a London street with a wrought iron gate in the background. Date: circa 1950s
Two women police officers in London, WW2Two women police officers on duty wearing air raid helmets on a London street during the Second World War. They are WPCs Ivy Baxter and Beatrice Gargrave (both joined June 1937). Date: 1940s
Woman police officer W Gould in uniform, LondonWoman police officer Winifred Gould (joined August 1931) in a studio photo with painted backdrop. She is wearing the recently updated Stanley uniform -- a white shirt and tie were introduced
Women police officers at work, WEC, London. They are Sergeant Patricia May Atkinson (seated left, joined August 1946), and Constables Ada Sandy (joined July 1928)
Woman police officer Beatrice Wills, LondonPortrait photo of Beatrice Wills (nee Wakefield), an early woman police officer. She joined the force in January 1919, and is seen here wearing the Stanley Uniform, introduced in that year
Tangee lipstick advertisement, 1939A smiling woman wearing a military helmet and a red Tangee lipstick, " for Beauty on Duty" ! Date: 1939
Italian Military Poster, WW1Fate tutti il vostro dovere! (Everyone do your duty.) Colour photolithograph published by the British Library, 1981. Reproduces an Italian home front poster designed by Mauzan
The General Strike - Guards return from duty 1926Londoners watching a procession of The 1st Brigade of Guards, with massed bands, marching through the City past the Royal Exchange and Mansion House
His Christmas Goose by Bruce BairnsfatherIllustration by Captain Bruce Bairnsfather showing a soldier on sentry duty looking hungrily at a goose, with the caption, You wait till I comes off dooty
WW2 - American Red Cross Clubmobile - UKMision Completed WW2 - American Red Cross Clubmobile (USAF) - Somewhere in Great Britain. American airforce personnel relaxing after a sortie with coffee and doughnuts
Boys Dining Room at Hollybrook House, SouthamptonBoys on duty stand to attention in the dining room at the Southampton Unions Hollybrook House childrens home. The home housed pauper children away from the workhouse. Date: Date unknown
Queen Elizabeth II at an RAF Coronation Review, 1953Queen Elizabeth II on her tour of inspection during the RAF Coronation Review at Odiham, Hampshire in July 1953. She is pictured talking to Observer Commander, E. J. B
Queen Elizabeth II at her desk, 1959Queen Elizabeth II at work at her desk at Buckingham Palace. The Queen opens her dispatch box of State papers. Behind the box on the desk are a number of family photographs
Police at a Tonypandy colliery, Glamorgan, South WalesNumerous policemen (nicknamed Devonshires) on duty at a colliery engine house in the Tonypandy area of Glamorgan, South Wales, during the riots of 1910
Met Police officer at Piccadilly Circus, LondonA Metropolitan Police officer on duty at Piccadilly Circus in Central London, speaking on his walkie talkie radio. There are neon advertisements for Coca Cola, Cinzano, Skol, Volkswagen
The Sphere Memorial Number of the Scott Antarctic ExpeditionFront cover of The Sphere Memorial Number of the Scott Antarctic Expedition in which Captain Scott and his four comrades perished after being beaten to the South Pole by Norwegian, Roald Amundsen
A Royal Navy Ship Waving Goodbye to Japan, 1890Engraving showing the Officers and men (background) of a Royal Navy Warship waving goodbye to Japan and various well-wishers in small junks
Guard / Buckingham PalaceThe entrance gateway to Buckingham Palace, London, showing one of the guardsmen on duty by the gates. These sentries are now stationed inside the courtyard
London Police BoxPolice boxes used to adorn the East and West corners of Trafalgar Square and were the smallest police stations in London. The lamps at the top came from HMS " Victory"
Woman police officer Marion Macmillan in Northern IrelandWoman police officer Marion Macmillan, Head of the Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC) Women Police Branch in Northern Ireland, seen here shaking hands with a VIP at a womens parade
A British sentry in Flanders, WW1. 1914-1918
At Dutys Call, by Fred C Harcourt, touring to various theatres, including the Gaiety Theatre, West Hartlepool. Other plays by Harcourt are mentioned: The Patriot, Jeanne d Arc, Enlisted
WW2 - USA - For God (Prince of Peace) and For Country Date: 1943
WW1 recruitment poster, Join the US MarinesRecruitment poster, Do Your Duty, Join the US Marines, help them defend America on land and sea. circa 1918
London Policemans First Day at Point DutyWith The Force - London Policemans First Day at Point Duty. Date: 1907
Urchin, policeman and puppy -- e ain t lost, I found im. early 1900s
Two soldiers on a stirrup-shaped New Year cardTwo soldiers, one of them on sentry duty, on a stirrup-shaped New Year card. Date: circa 1890s