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HMS Jervis Bay attacking the Admiral Scheer, Second WorlIllustration showing the Royal Navy armed merchant cruiser Jervis Bay (centre) steaming towards the German pocket-battleship Admiral Scheer, North Atlantic, November 1940
WW2 - Flower-Class Corvette in heavy seas - Atlantic ConvoyWW2 - Weather hazards which the convoy escorts in the Atlantic Ocean have to face in Winter - a Flower-Class Corvette, of 930 tonnes, being thrown high out of the water by a heavy sea. Date: 1943
USS Nevada, American battleship, Panama CanalUSS Nevada (BB36), American battleship, passing through Caillard Cut, Panama Canal, with a tug escort. Date: circa 1920
Lockheed P-38 Lightning in action; Second World War, 1944Illustration showing an US Air Force Lockheed P-38 Lightning shooting down a German aeroplane during the Second World War
HMS Helmsdale, North Atlantic, 1944Painting showing HMS Helmsdale, a River class Frigate of the Royal Navy, on convoy escort duty in the North Atlantic, 1944
Coronation. Guards Band Queens escortThe Band, part of the Queens escort, mounted by the Bands of the Irish and Scots Guards march off down Victoria Street. 1953
Police MotorcyclesMetropolitan Police motorcyclists esccorting an ambulance past Buckingham Palace in London
Thuggee Chief 1843Chief of the Thugs, captured by Captain Vallancey in Arcot disguised as a travellers escort
WW2 Christmas card, Escort! A Chelsea Pensioner looks in admiration at an RAF airman with an elegant woman on each arm. Date: 1941
1930s RAF biplane diving with the engine still runningRepublic P-47D-25-RE Thunderbolts of the 82nd Squadron 78th Fighter Group, 66th Fighter Wing, escorting Boeing B-176-25-VE Fortress Bomber over the Continent in 1945. Date: 1945
General Grants cavalry escort, City Point, Va. March, 1865. Group portrait with 5 buglers at left. Date 1865 Mar. printed later
Battle of Albert 1918An escort of the South Staffordshire Regiment, 37th Division, bringing German prisoners through Bucqnoy during the Battle of Albert
Goodyear K-Type -these so called blimps though slow were faster than U-Boats Used to escort Atlantic convoys
Swordfish torpedo-bombers on HMS Battler; Second World WarPhotograph showing Fairey Swordfish torpedo-bombers on the flight deck of HMS Battler, a British escort carrier, 1943. Date: 1943
Egypt - Cairo - A Lady of the Harem with escort Date: circa 1910s
HMS Wakeful - W-Class Destroyer Date: 1939
WW2 - Life onboard a corvette escort at sea - the ILN special artist C E Turner accompanied the vessel around various UK ports accompanying a merchant fleet. 1941
Sirdars Escort - Khartoum, SudanThe Sirdars Escort - Khartoum, Sudan. The Sirdar was the Commander in Chief of the Sudanese military forces. Date: 1910s
The Evolution of the British Aircraft Carrier - from cross-channel steamers to modern designs Date: 1946
The Colours and Escort, the Manchester Regiment Date: 1915
Royal Escort of Life Guards at St James's Palace, London Date: 1915
Ottoman Sultan going to the mosque. Turkey. Engraving by Lemaitre, Lalaisse and Chaillot. Historia de Turquia by Joseph Marie Jouannin (1783-1844) and Jules Van Gaver, 1840
Turkey. Escort of a provincial governor Pasha. EngravingOttoman Empire. Turkey. Escort of a provincial governor Pasha (higher rank in the Ottoman political and military system). Engraving by Lemaitre, Lalaisse and Montaut
RAF Avro Anson reconnaissance plane escorting King George VI and Queen Elizabeth across the English Channel, 19 July 1938 Date: 1938
HMS Escort, E-class destroyerRoyal Navy - HMS Escort, an E-class destroyer, built for the Royal Navy in the early 1930s. Although assigned to the Home Fleet upon completion
HMS Swiftsure - Swiftsure-class pre-dreadnought battleshipRoyal Navy - HMS Swiftsure, the lead ship of the Swiftsure-class pre-dreadnought battleship, moored up. Originally known as Constitucion, ordered by the Chilean Navy
Seen from the Box 1906Two ladies exchange comments while their male escort watches the action through his opera glass. Date: 1906
WW2 - Orders by means of the Ardente Loud HailerCaptain to Captain - The Commander of a Corvette at Sea giving orders by means of the Ardente " Loud Hailer, " which has a remarkable Acoustic Range 1941
WW2 - Destroyer escorting large convoy - AtlanticWW2 - A Royal Navy Destroyer escorting a large convoy through the German counter-blockade - The Battle of the Atlantic. Date: 1941
Carriage of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge in Queen Victorias coronation parade. Prince Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge, was uncle to Queen Victoria, and Princess Augusta of Hesse-Kassel
Carriage of the Duke of Sussex in Queen Victoria sCarriage of Prince Augustus Frederick, Duke of Sussex, uncle to Queen Victoria, in Queen Victorias coronation parade. With escort of Life Guards, grooms in livery, carriage drawn by six bay horses
Queens Equerry and Mounted Band of the HouseholdQueens Equerry and Mounted Band of a regiment of the Household Brigade in Queen Victorias coronation parade. Handcoloured aquatint engraving from Fores Correct Representation of the State Procession
Fifth Carriage of the Royal Household in Queen Victoria sFifth Carriage of the Royal Household in Queen Victorias coronation parade. Two Maids of Honor, Hon. Miss Rice and Hon. Miss Murray, Groom of the Robes, Captin Francis Seymour, Clerk Marshal, Hon
Queen inspecting her Scottish bodyguardQueen Elizabeth II inspecting her Royal Company of Archers, the Queens Bodyguard for Scotland at Holyroodhouse in June 1953. Escorting the Queen is the Col. the Earl of Stair, and Col
Roger David Casement, diplomat and Irish nationalistRoger David Casement (1864-1916), diplomat, humanitarian activist, poet, Irish nationalist and leader of the Easter Rising of April 1916
Two May-September couples dancing at a ballTwo May-September couples at a ball. The old and ugly partners have arranged the company of two young, good-looking escorts, who flirt with each other
Lady Golds EscortIllustration of a visit to a London theatre. Artist: Aubrey Beardsley Date: 1894
HMS Ravager, escort carrier, with aircaft on deckHMS Ravager (D70), escort carrier, with aircaft (Grumman Avenger) on deck. Date: circa 1944
Escort of Cavalry resting 1847An escort of cavalrymen stop at a pulque shop, on the road between San Martin and Puebla. Various soldiers rest on their horses or stand by them
British RE8 biplane with French Nieuport 27, WW1British RE8 biplane with French Nieuport 27 fighter escort, First World War. Watercolour by Lieutenant Richard Barrett Talbot Kelly. circa 1916
RACIAL TYPES / CIRCASSIANA Circassian soldier of the Czars Escort uses his horse as cover during a firefight. Date: circa 1890
Charles, Duke of OrleansArtists interpretation of of Charles, Duke of Orleans, captured in the Battle of Agincourt (1415), under escort to the Tower of London. From a 15th century engraving. Date: 1415
WW2 - Nairana-class Escort Carrier - HMS Nairana. She was built at John Brown & Company shipyards in Clydebank, Scotland. When construction started in 1941 she was intended as a merchant ship
March of Unemployed Men and Women - Demo in Hyde ParkThe National Hunger March of September October 1932 was the largest of a series of hunger marches in Britain in the 1920s and 1930s
Stavanger, Norway - A family of ducks get a police escortA Mummy duck and her family of baby ducklings receive a Police Escort as they stride confidently along the streets of Stavanger, Norway, gathering quite a crowd! circa 1930s
Bangkok, family and escort - Thailand - Mr. Sit and the Ministry of Finance birds (Mr. Sit was our escort provided by the Bank of Thailand) Date: 1952
Coronation 1953, Queen accepts pearl sword at Temple BarThe newly crowned Queen Elizabeth II taking part in a traditional ceremony at Temple Bar in Fleet Street, London on 12 June 1952, 10 days after her Coronation
Police escorting a cart during Dundee riots, ScotlandPolicemen escorting a cart to the docks during riots in Dundee, Scotland. Strikers trying to prevent the delivery of coal fought with the police and rioted: four constables were seriously injured
Escort for the Ambassador - MoroccoThe Sultans troops escorting a European Ambassador - Morocco
Disabled GirlThe driver stands by the open door of his van as he waits for the female escort to help a disabled girl on crutches to step off the pavement. Date: 1930s
French royal family are brought back from VarennesDuring the French Revolution, the French royal family are brought back to Paris from Varennes, after their unsuccessful attempt to escape the country. Date: 22 June 1791
Morane-Saulnier BB two-seat biplaneMorane-Saulnier BB two-seat reconnaissance and escort fighter biplane with two observer-operated Lewis guns. Date: circa 1915-1916
Fokker G1-23 of these escort fighters were available at the time of the German invasion in May 1940, when most were destroyed on the (on the ground)
Au camp de Souilly - Verdun, 1916 German prisoners with a mounted French escort. Jean-Jacques Berne-Bellecour (1874-1939)
French cartoon, German prisoners, WW1First World War cartoon entitled German prisoners, showing French soldiers escorting German prisoners away from Colmar, a town on the border between France and Germany. Date: 1915
Escort by Helen McKie - World War IIAn old Chelsea Pensioner in his distinctive red uniform looks on aghast as a smart RAF airman escorts two pretty girls. Date: c.1940
British DH6 biplane escorting convoy of ships, WW1A British DH6 biplane escorting a convoy of ships during the First World War. Date: 1917-1918
Judges carriage with police escort, Haverfordwest, WalesA judges horse-drawn carriage with a police escort in New Bridge and Victoria Place, Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire, Dyfed, South Wales
Kurdish Horseman / RoyalA Kurdish Horseman - One of the escort during a Royal Hunt in 19th century Persia
Gold Escort leaving for Melbourne, AustraliaThe Gold Escort leaving Castlemaine Camp in Victoria, Australia, for Melbourne
Suffragettes Arrested LondonA line of policemen escort arrested suffragettes through St. Jamess Park, London, following the demonstration outside Buckingham Palace. Date: 1914
Yemeni Delegation - Official Visit to Naples, Italy - Staff / Escort to the Royals and High-ranking officials. Photograph outside the Hotel Excelsior. Date: circa 1928
Funeral of Edward VII - Escort of 9 KingsEscort of 9 Kings - General view of Escort of Nine Kings. Part of Box 127 Boswell Collection - Funeral of Edward VII. Date: 1910
Funeral of Edward VII - Kingly EscortKingly Escort - Kingly Escort. Part of Box 127 Boswell Collection - Funeral of Edward VII. Date: 1910
Cartoon, Two precautions are better than one, WW1Cartoon, Two precautions are better than one. A rich and fashionable young woman goes out with two escorts, a rich Swedish man and a rich Dutchman
Two women police officers escorting woman, LondonTwo women police officers, one of them a sergeant, escorting a woman into a London police station. The notice board on the left displays a few Reward posters. Date: circa 1950s
Disabled BoyA female escort helps a boy on crutches, who is with his sister. They are probably leaving a special centre or school for disabilities and are about to get into a van. Date: 1930s
Theatre IntervalDuring the interval, a lady in a simply enormous hat is given a hand with her cloak by her escort Date: 1910
Holding up Pay EscortHolding up the pay escort - the stagecoach is attacked from people hidden on the hillside Date: 1895
Jameson Raid / CrossingTHE JAMESON RAID Dr Jameson and his escort cross the frontier into the Transvaal, hoping to trigger a rising of the Uitlanders against the Boers : vainly. Date: 29 December 1895
HMS Resolution in rough seas. Launched in January 1915. From 1916 to 1919, she served in the 1st Battle Squadron (United Kingdom) of the Grand Fleet
Escort sharing a drink with a clientLorraine Cameron, part-time escort, 1966. Date: 1966
Cartoon, He was phoning from the tobacco shop, WW1Cartoon, He was phoning from the tobacco shop. A supposedly deaf and dumb man is caught on the telephone, arrested as a spy and escorted through the street, much to the delight of the children
The Lord Mayors Show during the First World WarThe Lord Mayors Show during World War I showing captured German guns, an aeroplane of the RFC, and contingents representing Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa and the West Indies
Queen Mary visiting a field hospital, WW1Queen Mary and others visiting a field hospital, WW1, escorted by a nurse. Date: 1914-1918
Royal Aircraft Factory two-seater RE 7, first flown in early 1915, used as a light bomber, an escort fighter and for reconnaissance, but withdrawn by the end of 1916 because of design problems
Republic P-47N -the long ranged N model designed to escort B-29 raidng Japan was just entering service at wars end
Republic P-47D-surplanted by the P-51 Mustang as an escort fighter, the P-47 became a very effective (on the ground) attack type
Queen Victorias Diamond Jubilee - The Queens EscortQueen Victorias Jubilee Procession, London - Black and white Victorian lantern slide of Queen Victorias mounted escort marching through large crowds along a London street. Part of Box 260 Jubilee
German reservists arrested at Folkestone, August 1914, WW1German reservists marching under armed guard after being arrested at Folkestone when they were about to embark for Flushing
Pilot (on his first escort), WW1Pilot (on his first escort). I wish these FE s, or whatever they are, would not go so far East. By Lieutenant George Arthur Hyde, MC, Kings Royal Rifle Corps and 54 Squadron Royal Flying Corps
Mr Balfour on visit to captured village, Western Front, WW1Arthur James Balfour on a visit to a captured village on the Western Front during World War One. He served as British Foreign Secretary from 1916 to 1919. Date: circa 1916
Mr Balfour watching aeroplane in flight, Western Front, WW1Arthur James Balfour watching an aeroplane in flight during a visit to the Western Front during World War One. He served as British Foreign Secretary from 1916 to 1919. Date: circa 1916
Mr Balfour on visit to Western Front, WW1Arthur James Balfour on a visit to the Western Front during World War One. He served as British Foreign Secretary from 1916 to 1919. Date: circa 1916
