Fallen Collection (page 4)

Map of Okinawa island by G. H. Davis
Okinawa island, the Key to Japan, whose capital, Naha, had just fallen towards the end of the Second World War. It was a vital base for the air war on Japan. Date: 1945

Cavalry pack horse takes a fall, Western Front, WW1
A cavalry pack horse takes a fall down a steep bank on the Western Front in France during World War One. Three soldiers try to help the animal up. Date: circa 1916

Lone British gunner near Mons, Belgium, WW1
The Last Gunner -- a lone British gunner of the Royal Field Artillery in action near Mons, Belgium, during the First World War. He carried on valiantly after all his colleagues had fallen

Cartoon satirising German soldiers, WW1
Cartoon satirising German soldiers during the First World War: Goot gracious me! Here kom der 16th Royal Scots. Date: 1914-1915

The final moments of Hayreddin Barbarossa, Ottoman Admiral
A fanciful depiction of the final moments of the life of Hayreddin Barbarossa (Barbarossa Hayreddin Pasha) (1478-1546), Ottoman Admiral of the fleet. Date: 1546

Falling down the stairs - the end result is the same
Voice from above - " Whist, Mick! Are yer for faalen down shtairs?" Mick - " Uts arl roight, oi was comin down, anyhow!" Date: 1896

Ruins at Hisarlik / Troy
Ruins at Hisarlik (" Place of Fortresses" ), the modern name for the site of ancient Troy. The unoccupied archaeological site lies approximately 6.5 km from the Aegean Sea

Battle of Uhud (23rd March 625). Hind, woman of Abu-Sufiyan and other pagan women of Mecca mutilate the fallen in Uhud. Miniature Painting. TURKEY. Istanbul. Museum of Turkish and Islamic Arts

The Doctors dream
Having fallen asleep in a room lined with books, Dr Syntax dreams that the books have grown wings and heads of various acquaintances and are flying around above him. Date: 1813

Kathleen Clifford - Who is Number One?
Still from Paramount Picture Production Who Is Number One? - starring Kathleen Clifford (1887 - 1962) in the role of Aimee Villon

Collapsed Scout at 1948 London Olympics
Scout collapsed through heat exhaustion whilst holding a Liechtenstein nationality sign at the 1948 London Olympics held at Wembley Stadium. 1948

Lucifereans Defy Christ
Lucifereans (worshippers of the fallen angel Lucifer) transfix the Christian host (the body of Jesus) with a dagger, as a gesture of defiance Date: circa 15th century

Beauty in spite of the beast: blossoming fruit trees, 1917
" Symbolising the spirit of France: these fruit trees, though sorely wounded declined to die." A page from the Summer Number of the Graphic

The Ramesseum - mausoleum of Pharoah Rameses II, Luxor
The Ramesseum, the mausoleum of Egyptian Pharoah Rameses II, with the fallen statue of Rameses, Thebes (Luxor), Egypt - famed as the part-inspiration for the poem Ozymandias by Percy Bysshe Shelley

WW2 - Bomb-damaged Basilica of St Lawrence Outside the Walls
WW2 - the bomb-damaged Basilica of St Lawrence Outside the Walls (San Lorenzo Fuori le Mura) in Rome, Italy. Visited by the Pope on 19th July 1943. Date: 1943

House of Mercy, West Yorkshire - Hospital and Chapel
Hospital and chapel at the Horbury House of Mercy, a home for penitent fallen women. Date: early 1900s

House of Mercy, West Yorkshire - Retreat House
Retreat House at the Horbury House of Mercy, a home for penitent fallen women. Date: early 1900s

House of Mercy, West Yorkshire - Saints Garden
Saints Garden at the Horbury House of Mercy, a home for penitent fallen women. Date: early 1900s

House of Mercy, West Yorkshire - Chapel
Chapel interior at the Horbury House of Mercy, a home for penitent fallen women. Date: early 1900s

Wall mural of fallen comrades at Belfast
Belfast. Wall mural of fallen comrades of Lt Col William Bucky McCullough - 2nd Batt U. F. F West Belfast Brigade in the end corner of the terrace house. Date: 2011

Statues in Muzeon Sculpture Park, Moscow, Russia
Two women view statues in the Muzeon Sculpture Park, Moscow, Russia. In the centre is a statue of Felix Dzerzhinsky (1877-1926), Polish-Russian agitator and head of the secret police

Rider thrown from his horse. circa 1825

Crimean War, British troops entering the Redan
Crimean War -- British troops entering the Battle of the Great Redan -- Colonel Windham with Daniel Mahoney and Cornellis. 1855

The ruin of Babylon - Revelation 18. circa 1688

The Idol of Dagon - 1 Samuel 5. circa 1690

Wilson Memorial, Matoppo, Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe)
Wilson Memorial, Matoppo (Matopo, Matobo, Matopos Hills), Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe), commemorating the loss of Major Allan Wilson and his Shangani Patrol in the First Matabele War (1893-4)

Anglo-Boer War Memorial, Maritzburg, South Africa
Anglo-Boer War Memorial, Maritzburg (Pietermaritzburg, Natal), South Africa. Date: circa 1911

Anglo-Boer War Memorial, Wynberg, South Africa
Anglo-Boer War Memorial, Wynberg, Cape Town, Cape Colony (now in Western Cape Province), South Africa. Date: circa 1910

Anglo-Boer War Memorial, Oudtshoorn, South Africa
Anglo-Boer War Memorial, Oudtshoorn, Western Cape Province, South Africa. Date: circa 1908

Falling To - and In by H. M. Bateman
The Small Boy: Ma! Ma! Quick Ma! Come ere; babys eating all the plum-pudding mixture. Occupational hazard during Christmas food preparation in a busy family home, as imagined by H. M

Susi - sitting on a log, chewing a twig. 1950s

Susi - standing behind a fallen tree trunk. 1950s

Pigs in a car on a postcard -- one of them has fallen off the back. Date: circa 1890s

Three dogs on bicycles on a greetings postcard -- one of them has fallen off. circa 1890s

Lisnahay Cromlech Co. Antrim, Chamber and Fallen Capstone - a view of a broken Dolmen with a man leaning on the Capstone. (Location: Northern Ireland: County Antrim: Lisnahay South td.)

Baalbek, Lebanon - The massive stone courses of the walls Date: circa 1910s

Baalbek, Lebanon - Temple of Jupiter - Six golden pillars Date: circa 1910s

Baalbek, Lebanon - The Temple of Jupiter - Panorama Date: circa 1910s

Baalbek, Lebanon - The Temple of Jupiter Date: circa 1910s

Italy. Rome. Gianicolense Mausoleum, erected in honor of fallen patriots during the Italian Unification. 20th century

Italy. Rome. Mausoleum Gianicolense, erected in honor of fallen patriots during the Italian Unification

World War II (1939-1945). Allied bombs fall on German territory during the war. Allied Museum. Berlin. Germany

Egypt. Blocks of stone fallen from one of three satellite pyramids of the Great Pyramid of Khufu or Cheops in the Giza Necropolis. 4th Dynasty. 26th century B.C. Old Kingdom

The guards who were guarding the tomb fell frightened through the resurrection of Jesus. Codex of Predis (1476). Royal Library. Turin. Italy

Four young children topple a Japanese handcart as a prank - much to the consternation of the driver, who has whacked his chin on the handle and seen his vegetables fly out all over the road

Snap Playing Card - Man skating, about to trip over another man who has fallen down. circa 1910s

Pink and white flowers with beetles on a New Year card. Date: circa 1890s

Four frogs on bicycles with flowers on a greetings card
Four frogs on (or falling off) pennyfarthing bicycles with flowers on a greetings card. Date: circa 1890s

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