Forward Collection (page 9)

German gunners moving 77mm field guns, WW1
German gunners moving 77mm field guns forward over rough ground using a combined horse and ox team on the Western Front during the First World War. Date: February 1918

British Commandos Advancing in Normandy; Second World War, 1
Photograph showing British Commando troops sprinting forward to attack German positions in Normandy, France, during June 1944

Falconry : Advancing
The falconer advances forward, encouraging the bird to fly. Date: 1930s

Dunderpate tries to put his best leg foremost, as advised by the pedlar, but finds it difficult. Date: 1938

German gunners hauling 21cm mortar howitzer, WW1
German gunners hauling a 21cm mortar howitzer gun into a forward position ready for action during the First World War. Date: March 1918

American troops and tanks, near Boureuilles, France, WW1
American troops and tanks of the 326th Battalion, 311th Tank Center, moving up to a forward area near 35th Division headquarters, Boureuilles, north eastern France, during the First World War

Australian troops, Second Battle of Gaza, WW1
Australian troops moving forward during the Second Battle of Gaza, Palestine, First World War. Date: 19 April 1917

American troops, 2nd Battle of Cambrai, France, WW1
American troops in action during the Second Battle of Cambrai, northern France, during the First World War. The men of the 30th Division are moving forward towards Premont under enemy barrage

Submarine Scout Airship2
The car of this submarine scout airship is evidently the fuselage of an aeroplane, its motor providing the forward power. Date: circa 1915

1889 Football Match
A forward player rises above the defenders to head the ball towards the goal. Date: 1889

Contented Farmer
VISIONS OF PROSPERITY A contented farmer contemplates his crops and looks forward to a fine harvest Date: 1880

Iron bridge, London Bridge Station, City of London
The massive iron bridge at London Bridge station, carrying the railway over the roadway and forward to Charing Cross. Date: 1863

Puma stalking forward

Forward, 1911
Construction of the town of Forward, Saskatchewan, Canada 1911, which is now a ghost town

Waiting for transports - Burma - 1944
British, West Africans and Gurkhas, the backbone of Wingates Burma Jungle forces, wait at the ramps to file into transports or gliders for the forward movement to Broadway

Two children play on a fence - Devon
Two young children climb up, and lean over, a fence leading into a large field, Devon. Photograph by Ralph Ponsonby Watts Date: 1920s

Lady Alexandra and Maud Duff
The daughters of Princess Louise of Wales, Duchess of Fife, Alexandra (1891-1959) and Maud (1893-1945) perched in a rather elaborate cane carriage

Forward
A grocer advises the new hand to add the date to the bill in these war tax times - a comment on the rising prices and taxes on goods during World War One

The Ashanti War (1873-74) - Lord Gifford and scouts on the A
Lord Gifford and advance scouts on the Adansi hills being warned by an Ashanti priest not to go forward. The second Ashanti War fought between, 1873-74, was between King Kofi Karikari

Chinese Soldiers rolling forward
A unit of Chinese soldiers, armed with swords and shields, performing a forward roll

Galloping a machine gun into action: A French Dragoon Mitrailleuse section dashing forward under fire

On the Belgian Frontier: German field guns being run forward to open fire

The beginning of the Somme offensive
British troops are shown marching across German trenches at the beginning of the Somme offensive of July 1916. Some soldiers are shown consolidating the captured positions

French infantry creeping forward on the Western Front
French infantry in the front line on hands and knees creeping forward to within charging distance. Two soldiers are seen in the foreground wearing steel helmets

Forward Flower Girl 1819
A rather forward flower girl asks a gentleman in the street " Buy my sweet roses?"

Aston Villa Football Club, 1891
Photograph of the Aston Villa Football Club during the 1891-1892 season. The image shows: Back row, left to right: G. Campbell (left half-back), an unknown bearded man, W

French Suffragettes in Paris, 1936
Photograph showing a policeman attempting to end a suffragette demonstration in the Rue Royale, Paris, 1936. The suffragettes had formed a human barrier across the road to stop traffic

Phillipss Toilet Aquarius
An advertisement from 1891 for Phillipss Toilet Aquarius, a new water container for wash stands where...no muscular effort required

Transporting patients through busy London streets
Method of transporting patients before the introduction of ambulances. In 1905 a proposal was put forward to Parliament to establish and maintain a street ambulance service

RAF F E 8
The Royal Air Force FE8 is a single-seat fighter, with a pusher engine so that a forward firing gun can be used without synchronisation

Woman Writes at Table
A lady leans forward to write a letter using a pen which she dips in an inkwell from time to time

Steam Ploughing 1870
STEAM PLOUGHING Using two 6-horse power engines, one at either end of the furrow, which move forward slowly, providing power to the plough via a cable

Arrested / Duke Gloucester
Richard II, suddenly galloped forward, leaving the Duke of Gloucester behind, who was instantly surrounded by a body of men, and arrested

French Schoolboys C1880
Three French schoolboys in the classroom: one of them is moving the clock forward in the hope that they will be able to go home early

L ATTAQUE
Led by their commander, wielding his sabre, French infantry move forward to attack the enemy, with bayonets fixed to their guns

Russian Soldier & Gun
A Soviet soldier moves forward, accompanying a field gun

Soviets in Vienna
Soviet troops pass the Austrian Parliament Building in the Franzensring, Vienna, as they push forward towards Germany

Erasmus / David Mortier
DESIDERIUS ERASMUS Dutch humanist, whose ideas looked forward to the Enlightenment

Germans in Serbia
Serbia : A German armoured car moves forward down a village street, lined on the left by burning or captured Serbian vehicles, on the right by victorious German tanks

German Artillery on Move
German horse-drawn artillery moves forward at breakneck speed - probably literally !

Hanrahan / Ireland Rugby
C J Hanrahan, Forward for Ireland

Briggs / Birmingham F ball
G R Briggs, Birmingham City Forward

Zeppelin Interior 2
Interior view of a Zeppelin in the course of a bombing raid on England : in the forward nacelle the commander issues orders as the ship approaches its target

British M. 1 Submarine
With its enormous forward gun and a sizeable one aft, the M.1 seems better suited to surface combat than to underwater operations

Crinoline Spoils Dancing
The men are forced out of the ballroom. There is barely enough room to accomodate the crinolined belles. A page in an attempt to serve tea tilts forward precariously

In Champagne Country
After holding the German advance on the Marne, French troops move forward through the champagne fields - where the vintage is being harvested, war or no war !

Running W / Rugby Ball
An attacking player charges forward with the ball, chased by two opposing players

Forward / Felix on the Bat
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