Escort Collection (page 3)

Lloyd George on edge of mine crater, Western Front, WW1
Lloyd George and Lord Reading on the edge of a mine crater during a visit to the Western Front in France, World War One. Date: circa 1916

The Royal Navys little ships by G. H. Davis
Bearing the brunt of the war at sea: the Royal Navys little ships. Showing an armed fishing trawler, an armed yacht, an escort vessel and a destroyer -- the little ships keeping the seas open

British hospital ship under escort, WW1
British hospital ship under escort of a destroyer and a coastal motor boat during the First World War, Date: 1914-1918

Frontier Raiders under military escort, NWFP
Frontier Raiders ( Loosewallahs ) - religious fanatics from the border territory of the NWFP, under military escort by British Indian Colonial soldiers. Date: circa 1920s

The Russian Tsars Cossack Bodyguards from Terek and Kuban. Date: circa 1897

Cossack Imperial Guardsmen to Tsar Nicholas II
Four Cossack Imperial Guardsmen to Tsar Nicholas II of Russia. Date: circa 1905

Hue, Vietnam - Chief of the Royal Guard and his Retinue Date: circa 1910s

Macedonia - Young Turk Revolutionaries
The Flag of Freedom escorted by Young Turkish Revolutionaries - based in Macedonia. Date: 1908

Two BAC Lightnings escort a Myasishchev M-4 Bison

A Fairey Swordfish is prepared for take-off from the escort carrier HMS Battler in May 1943. Date: 1943

Short Sunderlands on escort duty

History of France. 19th c. Sadi Carnot, president of the French Republic, going to a military parade, a typical ceremony of the 14th of July celebrations. 1891

Nicolas Ii / Uniforms 96
NIKOLAY ALEKSANDROVICH TSAR NICOLAS II (1894-1917) In six uniforms: Cossacks, two types of Hussars, Horseguards, Cossack Escort, and Preobajensky Regiment Date: 1868 - 1918

Escort by Helen McKie - World War II
An old Chelsea Pensioner in his distinctive red uniform looks on aghast as a smart RAF airman escorts two pretty girls. Date: c.1940

Police guard MP at 5, 000 slate club share out

Soldiers escorting carts during railway strike
Soldiers escorting delivery carts through London (in the Waterloo area) during the railway strike. 1911

Police escorting cart during Dock Strike, London
Police escorting a cart during the London Dock Strike. During the strike it was practically impossible for any transport to be moved without a police escort

Curtained litter and cavalry exercise, Persia
Two Persian images. The first, entitled Takht-e-Ravan, shows a curtained litter being escorted by horsemen. The second, entitled The Key Kaj Exercise, shows two horsemen

Royal Wedding 1947 - procession to the Abbey
Princess Elizabeth with her father King George VI, in the Irish Coach, drive out of Parliament Square towards Westminster Abbey followed by their Sovereigns Escort of Household Cavalry

Royal Wedding 1947. The Scene at Westminster
The scene at Westminster after the marriage of Princess Elizabeth and Lieutenant Philip Mountbatten, Duke of Edinburgh at the Abbey on 20 November 1947

German prisoners marching, Balkan Front, WW1
German prisoners under British escort, being marched to a railhead on the Balkan Front, at the time of the Battle of Machukovo during the First World War. Date: September 1916

Wounded soldier on muddy road, Macedonian Front, WW1
A wounded soldier is helped along a muddy road by two colleagues on the Macedonian Front during the First World War. Date: circa 1916-1917

Destroyer at Speed 2
A torpedo boat destroyer of the Royal Navy traveling at 36 knots. Their high speed and manoeuvrability make these ships ideal for scouting and escort duties. Date: circa 1914

Prince Mirko rides into Podgorica, Montenegro
Prince Mirko and his escort, enter Podgorica, Montenegro on horseback Date: circa 1905

Berlin Riots & Kaiser
German workers, rioting in Berlin, are cleared away by the police to allow the passage of Kaiser Wilhelm who rides by with an armed escort. Date: 1892

Blessing a Swiss Chapel
Blessing a new chapel in the village of Appenzell Canton, Switzerland. Our picture shows the clergy in their 18th century costumes, with a police escort. Date: 1930s

German Gotha bomber and Albatros Scout, WW1
A German Gotha heavy twin-engined bomber (left) and a small single-seater fighter Albatros Scout as escort, on an airfield during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

German Hannover CL. II crashed biplane, WW1
An American photograph of a German Hannover CL.II escort fighter biplane, brought down on its nose behind American lines north west of the heights of Montfaucon in the Argonne, eastern France

British DH6 biplane escorting convoy of ships, WW1
A British DH6 biplane escorting a convoy of ships during the First World War. Date: 1917-1918

Allied troops in Baghdad, Mesopotamia, WW1
Allied troops marching through Baghdad, Mesopotamia (now Iraq) during the First World War, with Turkish prisoners under escort, and crowds of arab spectators on either side. Date: circa 1917

HMS Vanoc, British destroyer at sea, WW1
HMS Vanoc, British V-class destroyer, launched 1917, served during the Second World War as a long-range escort ship. Date: 20th century

Coronation. Queen Mothers mounted escort
the Queen Mothers mounted escort moving off down Victoria Street. 1953

Kaiser Wilhelm II and Family
Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany (1859-1941) with his wife Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein and their daughter Victoria Louise of Prussia (18921980) (third from right - aged 7)

Coronation. Coach Escorts - West Door Abbey
Coaches and escorts at West door of Abbey. Commonwealth Prime Ministers 1953

Coronation. Queen Mothers escort moves away
the Queen Mothers escort mounted by the Household Cavalry moves off down Victoria Street. 1953

Coronation. Escort of Guards
The Escort of Brigade of Guards move off down Victoria Street. 1953

Travel / Camel / India
Travellers and their escort in the province of Kattywar, India Date: 19th century

Car jumpers escort Nahas Pasha to the royal wedding
Cairos youth escort Nahas Pasha, the recently deposed premier, when he returned to the city for the royal wedding of King Faruk to Queen Farida

Policewoman with evacuee children
A policewoman helping evacuee children find their train out of London during the Second World War

Judges carriage with police escort, Haverfordwest, Wales
A judges horse-drawn carriage with a police escort in New Bridge and Victoria Place, Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire, Dyfed, South Wales

The Royal Train Pilot

Departure of troops by the London and Birmingham Railway
Troops departing from Euston Station, London, to Manchester and other industrial districts of Lancashire to supress the riots and strikes there

Getting Ready for a Formal Evening, 1928
Illustration showing a fashionable young woman getting ready, with the help of her maid, for a formal evening event as her more mature escort waits patiently on a sofa

President Jefferson Davis leaves his escort; American Civil
Engraving showing the President of the Confederate States, Jefferson Davis, bidding farewell to his escort towards the end of the American Civil War

President Jefferson Davis bidding farewell to his escort, 18
Image showing the President of the Confederate States, Jefferson Davis, and bidding farewell to his escort at the end of the American Civil War, 1865

A Delegate Travels
Delegates travelled from one part of Paris to another with a large protective escort

Coup : Napoleon Elysee
On the morning of 2 December, Louis Napoleon leaves the Palais de l Elysee with a military escort

Running the blockade
Illustration by S. Begg showing a wagon of supplies being conveyed over Tower Bridge under police escort during the London Dock Strike of 1911

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