Forces Collection (page 19)

Charles Lord Cornwallis
CHARLES LORD CORNWALLIS son of the third earl Cornwallis, soldier, Postmaster General, Paymaster General of the forces, member of the Kit-Kat Club. Date: circa 1674 - 1722

Royalist Defence
A Royalist household defend themselves against the Parliamentary forces : the women help by loading the muskets for the men, watched by a King Charles spaniel. Date: circa 1645

S. Africans / Bardia / Wwii
Members of the Johannesburg regiment make camp after the fall of Bardia, where they had helped British and Indian forces defeat the Italians. Date: 1940

Russian General in Car2
During the war with Japan, Russian general Kuropatkin tours his forces by car. Date: December 1904

Social / Russian Barter
The economic crisis forces people to resort to barter Date: 1919

German Saxons Baptised
Charlemagne defeats the Saxons, and forces them to be baptised as Christians Date: circa 792

Rommel Letter, Bir Hakim
BIR-HAKEIM : message sent by Rommel to the Free French forces, inviting them to surrender (which they choose not to do, instead inflicting a serious defeat on the enemy) Date: 3 June 1943

Pierre G T Beauregard
Pierre Gustave Toussaint de BEAUREGARD Commander-in-chief of the Confederate forces during the American Civil War Date: 1818 - 1893

Constantine Kanaris
CONSTANTINE KANARIS Greek patriot, admiral, commander of the rebel forces Date: 1790 - 1877

Troops Land in Morocco
French naval troops cover the disembarking Spanish forces from Riff rebel fire, in the bay of Alhucemas Date: 1925

Revolution / Lisbon / 1931
Revolutionary actions in Lisbon. (Top Left) Rebels attack barracks. (Top Right) The government forces fight back. (Bottom) A group of the rebels. Date: 26 August 1931

Irish Campaign 1394
Ships bringing supplies to the English forces during King Richard IIs campaign in Ireland. Date: 1394

GERMANIAs NIGHTMARE
Germanias nightmare. Date: 1915

Edward Earl Sandwich
EDWARD, first earl of SANDWICH Naval commander, fought for the Parliamentary forces during the English Civil War. Date: 1625 - 1672

James Keith / British Mag
JAMES FRANCIS EDWARD KEITH Scottish soldier Commanded Prussian forces during Seven Years War - appointed Field Marshal by Frederick the Great. Date: 1696 - 1758

James Keith / Gwin
JAMES FRANCIS EDWARD KEITH Scottish soldier Commanded Prussian forces during Seven Years War - appointed Field Marshal by Frederick the Great. Date: 1696 - 1758

Hungary / 1849 / Kossuth
Kossuth leads his fellow Hungarians in the fight for independence against the Austro-Russian forces Date: 1849

Hungary / 1849 / Guyon
General Guyon (British soldier) fighting with the rebel Hungarians against German forces Date: 1849

Torch a German Village
Roman occupying forces torch a German village. Date: circa 170

Johann Friedrich von Sachsen defeated by Carl V
The protestant elector Johann Friedrich von Sachsen is defeated at Muhlberg by the imperial forces of Carl V Date: 1547

Webber Lifts Table
Jack Webber (1907-1940), English physical medium, raises a 20 kg table by manipulating gravity and etheric forces. Date: 1939

Western Canada - Bison, Wainwright Park, Alberta - now Canadian Forces Base Wainwright. Date: 1928

Allied Council of War
BOXER REBELLION A council-of-war at Peking between the leaders of the Allied forces Date: September 1900

Dutch 7th Regiment marching along a street. Date: 1906

We ve all joined the colours
Hand-coloured patriotic postcard of children joining the forces for World War 1. Artist: Ethel Parkinson 1913

London Barnardos Boys Recruiting
First World War card showing former Barnardos boys who had enlisted in the forces. Perhaps linked to War Office recruitment efforts. Date: circa 1917

Five Imperial patients, Winter Garden, Quex Park
Five Imperial patients outside the front of the Winter Garden, Quex Park. They are wearing hospital blues the uniform worn by patients who were in the Imperial forces

The Grand Duke Nicholas Nicolaievitch
Grand Duke Nicholas Nikolaevich of Russia (1856 1929), Russian general in World War I. A grandson of Nicholas I of Russia, he was commander in chief of the Russian armies on the main front. 1914

WW2 poster, King Georges Fund for Sailors
WW2 poster, Help all who go down to the sea in ships, their families and their dependants by sending a donation to King Georges Fund for Sailors, Trinity House, London EC3. Date: 1944

WW2 poster, Books are needed now
WW2 poster, An appeal from the Prime Minister, books and magazines for the Forces are needed now. Date: 1944

WW2 poster, Follow your trade in the fighting forces
WW2 recruitment poster, Follow your trade in the fighting forces -- listing the different trades in the Navy, Army and Air Force. Date: early 1940s

Cartoon, Encounter, WW1
Cartoon, Encounter. A young soldier meets his uncle who seems younger than when he last saw him. The uncle replies that he was in the territorial army

Pope Field, Fort Bragg, North Carolina, USA
Visiting aircraft at Pope Field, Fort Bragg, North Carolina, USA, a field artillery post and US Army training camp. Date: 1940s

The Lord Mayors Show during World War Two
Various scenes of the Lord Mayors Show in London during the Second World War; clockwise from top left- the King takes the salute of the free french forces; Indian troops marching at the head of

Constantine Kanaris and his wife Despina
Constantine Kanaris (1790-1877), Greek patriot, admiral, commander of the rebel forces and his wife Despina Maniatis. Date: 1862

RAF recruitment poster, Battle of Britain Show
Recruitment poster, Learn about life in the RAF at the Battle of Britain Show. Date: circa 1950s

Naval Division in Great War Deeds, WW1
The Royal Marine and Naval Brigades (Naval Division) of the British Royal Navy being guided by Colonel Seely in a car, leaving Antwerp after their gallant defence

Allied Invasion forces gather
The scene in an English village in May 1944, as the Allied forces gather in preparation for the invasion of the continent

WW1 - Commodore Bigsworth drops bombs on zeppelin, 1915
WW1 - Air Commodore Arthur Wellesley Bigsworth (1885-1961) was a pioneer aviator who had a distinguished military career in the service of the British armed forces

Nieuport Ni 28 single-seat fighter, first flown in June 1917, used by the American Expeditionary Forces from early 1918. Seen here is a development machine with dihedral on the upper wings only

Bloch-SNCASO MB 700-first flown in April 1940, the sole MB 700 had only flown 10 hours when it was destroyed by German forces

Concert in the War Zone for soldiers and others, France, WW1
Concert in the War Zone for the boys in khaki and blue. British soldiers, nurses and others listen to an open air concert in the shade of trees, somewhere in France. Date: 1915

French and British forces in the Dardanelles during WWI
Allied soldiers in Gallipoli during the First World War. Date: 1915

WW1 - Private and Commercial Vehicles Commandeered - Hyde Park, London. Date: 1914

Group photo, British Army of the Rhine (BAOR), including Lieutenant Colonel Herbert Ernest Fooks (1888-?), front row, third from right. Date: 1928

WW2 greetings card, Best of Luck
WW2 greetings card, Wishing you the Best of Luck, showing a soldier, a sailor and an airman with flags. Date: circa 1942

Inter-Allied Fraternisation - British and French in Flanders
WW1 - Inter-Allied Fraternisation - The Friends of Today, not the Foes of Waterloo - British and French soldiers fraternising in Flanders. Date: 1915

German Officer in Liege, Belgium - 1915
German illustration from a Berlin paper depicting the confident swagger of a German Officer in Liege, Belgium - 1915. Date: 1915

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