Flanders Collection (page 2)

Russian troops advancing in France during World War I

Russian troops drilling for the defence of Riga, Latvia, WWI
Russian troops drilling for the defence of Riga, Latvia, World War I

Artillery piece on the move in northern France during World War I

Siberian Infantry returning from the front, WWI, World War I

Indian cavalry giving a display in Flanders World War I
Indian cavalry giving a display in Flanders during World War I

Russian cavalry during World War I

Indian soldiers with turbans British army, c1900

World War I - tank in a bomb crater

Black colonial soldiers in training during World War I

Cartoon by Bruce Bairnsfather in the style of Egyptian Hieroglyphs. Showing British soldiers making sandbags, bringing in ration supplies and ready to fight in the trenches. Date: 1916

If ye break faith with us who die, we shall not sleep, though poppies grow in Flanders fields. The mother, widow and little daughter of a British soldier who died early in World War One visit his

Poet and Doctor Colonel John McCrae Memorial
McCrae, who served in the Boer War, is popularly remembered as the author of what is probably the best-known poem of the First World War -In Flanders Fields

The Indian Memorial, Menin Gate Ramparts, Ypres
This white stone memorial was unveiled on 10 November 2002 as part of the Flanders India 2002 Partnership Year by Major-General A.J. Bajwa, who had come all the way from India for the ceremony

Memorial to poet and musician Ivor Gurney, Belgium
Similar in design to those for Ledwidge and Chavasse, the memorial was unveiled on 12 September 2007, the initiative of Piet Chielens and the Friends of the In Flanders Fields Museum

The Izjer Tower seen through the Pax Gate, Dixmuide
Listed as an International Peace Centre, the Tower is a symbol of Flemish Nationalism which came to a head during the First World War. The Towers history goes back to the 18th Century

Preserved Yorkshire Trench - Boesinge
This was first explored in February 1992 by a local group called The Diggers. Gradually an important trench and dug-out system was uncovered

Ruysselede Reformatory, West Flanders - Inmates Parade
Inmates on parade at the Boys Agricultural Reform School at Ruysselede Reformatory at Ruysselede, West Flanders, Belgium. Date: circa 1909

Ruysselede Reformatory, West Flanders - Apprentice Workshops
Boys with bicycles outside the apprentice workshops of the Boys Agricultural Reform School at Ruysselede, West Flanders, Belgium. Date: circa 1909

Ruysselede Reformatory, West Flanders - Refectory
Inmates lay tables in the refectory at the Boys Agricultural Reform School at Ruysselede, West Flanders, Belgium. Date: circa 1909

Ecole de Bienfaisance, Beernem - Facade
The facade of the Ecole de Bienfaisance (School of Charity) at Beernem, West Flanders, Belgium. Date: early 1900s

Ecole de Bienfaisance, Beernem - Utility Room
Girls at laundry work in the utility room of the Ecole de Bienfaisance (School of Charity) at Beernem, West Flanders, Belgium. Date: early 1900s

Ecole de Bienfaisance, Beernem - Older Girls
Older girls at the Ecole de Bienfaisance (School of Charity) at Beernem, West Flanders, Belgium. Date: circa 1909

Ecole de Bienfaisance, Beernem - Aerial View
An aerial view of the Ecole de Bienfaisance (School of Charity) at Beernem, West Flanders, Belgium. Date: early 1900s

St Marys Church, Iffley, Oxfordshire - the Font
St Marys Church, Iffley, Oxfordshire, dating back to the 12th century - the Font, made of Tournai marble from Flanders. Date: circa 1845

Philip van Artevelde of Ghent addressing the people during the Flemish revolt against the French, as reported in Froissarts Chronicles. circa 1381

Count of Flanders, Comte de Flandre. Chromolithograph from Loredan Larcheys Ancien Armorial Equestre de la Toison d Or et de l Europe au 15e siecle

Count of Flanders, Comte de Flandre, with standard. Chromolithograph from Loredan Larcheys Ancien Armorial Equestre de la Toison d Or et de l Europe au 15e siecle

Ribboned peony of Flanders, Paeonia moutan vittata
Ribboned peony of Flanders, hybrid, Paeonia moutan vittata, var. rubanee de Flandre. Handcoloured lithograph by L. Stroobant from Louis van Houtte and Charles Lemaires Flowers of the Gardens

Caper bush or caper shrub, Capparis spinosa. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from William Curtis Botanical Magazine, London, 1795

Prince of Wales lights lamp, Talbot House Toc H, Belgium
The Prince of Wales (the future King Edward VIII) lighting the Lamp of Maintenance at Talbot House Toc H, Poperinge, Flanders, Belgium, 15 December 1922. 1922

Town Hall and Church Tower, Dixmude, Belgium
Town Hall and Church Tower, Dixmude (Diksmuide), West Flanders, Belgium. early 20th century

La Digue, Duinbergen, Knokke-Heist, West Flanders, Belgium
La Digue (The Dyke), Duinbergen, Knokke-Heist, West Flanders, Belgium. Date: circa 1950s

British transport pushing forward in Flanders, WW1
British transport pushing forward in Flanders during the First World War. 1914-1918

British troops, Battle of Flanders, WW1
British troops advancing over ground churned up by shell fire, Battle of Flanders, First World War. 1914-1918

Count of Flanders, 1582.. Handcolored copperplate engraving from Robert von Spalarts Historical Picture of the Costumes of the Principal People of Antiquity and of the Middle Ages (1796)

FLANDERS SEEKD HELP / 1382
Earl of Flanders soliciting the aid of Charles VI of France, to defeat the Flemings Date: 1382

WWI - circa 1919 - Poppy Field
In Flanders Fields... The poignant scene of a field full of poppies after the First World War. Date: circa 1919

NUN OF VISIT. / FLANDERS
NUN OF THE VISITATION in Flanders

100 Years War and Sir Godfrey Conquering Amiens
Sir Godfrey of Harcourt defeats the men of Amiens Date: 1356

Map of Central and South America. Theatrum Orbis Terrarum by Abraham Ortelius (1527-1598). First Edition. Antwerp, 1574

World Map by Rumold Mercator (1512-1594)
Orbis Terrae Compendiosa Descriptio. World map, 1587. Detail of America. By Rumold Mercator (1545-1599)

Soldier with two refugee children, Tournai, Flanders, WW1
A British solder holding two refugee children, a girl and a boy, at Tournai, Flanders, during the First World War. 26 October 1918

A Dupuis head and shoulders of a Flanders sailor
French artist Emile Dupuis produced three series of postcards between 1914 and 1915. They were Nos Allies (our Allied soldiers)

Full lemgth image of the Maharajah Sir Pratap Singh
The Maharajah was a career officer in the Indian Army and Commanded his forces in Flanders in 1914. WW1 Date: 1914

Menin Road, Ypres, by William Hugh Duncan Arthur, WW1
Menin Road, Ypres, 1917, drawing by William Hugh Duncan Arthur, First World War. Showing a number of disabled British tanks at the Battle of Ypres. 1917

Belgian war orphans with Father Syoens WWI
Group photograph of Belgian war orphan children brought to Detroit, U.S.A during World War One. Father Syoens, pastor of Our Lady of Sorrows, Roman Catholic Church

The Monkey Painter, ca. 1660, by David Teniers the Younger
David Teniers the Younger (1610-1690). Flemish painter. The Monkey Painter, ca.1660. Prado Museum. Madrid. Spain

The Defenders of the Eucharist, ca. 1625, by Peter Paul
Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640). Flemish painter. The Defenders of the Eucharist, ca. 1625. From left to right: Saint Ambrose, Saint Augustine, Saint Gregory the Great (Doctors of the Church)

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