Garrison Collection

Zulu War Rorkes Drift
RORKEs DRIFT Lieutenant-Colonel Russell and his men arrive at the garrison to find that Bromhead, Chard and their men have held out against a massive Zulu attack the previous day

WW1 poster, Types of the British Army, Dismounted Branches, showing the various uniforms. Date: 1914-1918

Peninsula War: Badajoz
PENINSULA WAR British troops under Wellington and General Picton, storm the garrison at Badajoz

Siege of Gibraltar - 1
The Spanish and French besiege Gibraltar 1779 to 1783 : the biggest attack involves 48 vessels and 100, 000 men, but is repulsed by the garrison under general Eliott. Date: 13 September 1782

Wartime poster, The British Colonial Empire (Ceylon)
Wartime poster, The British Colonial Empire, featuring a member of the Ceylon Garrison Artillery, with the Ceylon badge below, and the names of all the colonial countries listed on either side. 1940s

Stretcher party crossing the Menin road. Gunner F.J. Mears, B.E.F. Royal Garrison Artillery, Died 1929

Stretcher party crossing the Menin Road at Gheluvelt, by Gunner F J Mears, BEF, Royal Garrison Artillery (d. 1929). Date: 1914-1918

Recruitment poster for H M Army
Recruitment poster for His Majestys Army, showing different forms of transport and equipment

Army Intelligence Satire
Cartoon on the comparitive intelligence of British Privates and Officers. the Sergeant-Major stating hes " ad orficers whats d more h intellec than what you got!"

India - Deolali - British Garrison
British Garrison at Deolali (Devlali), in Nashik District in the state of Maharashtra, India - British soldiers and Officers outside the Billiard Room

A British Airman
A portrait oil painting of a British military airman, identified as Lieut. Reginald Theodore Carlos Hoidge, a Canadian First World War flying ace, credited with 28 victories

General Bullers return from the Boer War
General Sir Redvers Buller driving through the decorated streets of Aldershot. Lady Audrey Buller is seen sitting beside her husband

Professor Dales balloon adventure at Gibraltar, 1889. An interesting balloon ascent was performed on 7th December 1889 by the aeronautic Professor Dale

Surrender of Pondicherry (Puducherry), India, after a siege lasting from 4 September 1760 to 15 January 1761, part of the Third Carnatic War

Thames and Medway Military Police, WW1
Group photo of Thames and Medway Military Police, WW1 Date: circa 1915

44th Regiment at Gundamuck
In 1841 the 44th was in Kabul where uprising endangered the garrison. Constantly attacked, without shelter or food, the force waded in deep snow through narrow passes for four days trying to reach

The military barracks at Pompeii
Excavation of the military barracks with Doric columns at Pompeii, 18th century, buried under volcanic ash from Vesuvius. Handcoloured copperplate engraving after J.B

The gate and military barracks at Pompeii
Excavation of the city gates of Pompeii, and military barracks with Doric columns, buried under volcanic ash from Vesuvius. Handcoloured copperplate engraving after J.B

Church Parade, All Saints Church, Aldershot, Hampshire
Church Parade, Royal Garrison Church of All Saints, Aldershot, Hampshire, with a military band marching and playing. Date: circa 1910s

The Arrival of Maximilian at Gibraltar
As Maximilians ship passes on his way to Veracruz to become Emperor of Mexico, the English garrison at Gibraltar fires a salute under the orders of Queen Victoria to celebrate. Date: 1864

Queens Avenue, Aldershot, Hampshire
Aldershot, Hampshire, Queens Avenue. Date: circa 1914

British Garrison Parade Ground, The Bluff, Yokohama, Japan 1870s. Date: 1870s

View of the interior of the new military chapel in Woolwich, London. Sadly the church was hit by a V-1 flying bomb in 1944 and largely destroyed by fire. Date: 1863

British forces bombard the French garrison at Flushing, on the island of Walcheren. Flushing is taken, but the Walcheren Expedition fails. Date: August 1809

Defeated King 1400 Date: 1400

SPANISH LEAVE PARIS
Henri IV watches the Spanish garrison leaving Paris Date: 1594

FRENCH IN VIETNAM
TUYEN-QUAN 15-20, 000 Chinese besieged this town, held by a garrison of French, Algerians and local allies, for 18 days before being relieved Date: 14 February - 3 March 1885

Roberts Heights, Pretoria, Transvaal, South Africa
Officers Club and cricket ground, Roberts Heights, a British garrison town near Pretoria, Transvaal, South Africa. Date: circa 1905

Thirty Years War (1618-1648). The Surrender of Julich. 1621. Ambrosio Spinola with Diego Felipe de Guzman, receives the keys from the Dutch governor. By Jusepe Leonardo, 1635. Prado Museum. Madrid

Battle of Bizani - Surrender of Ottoman Garrison at Ioannina
The surrender of the Ottoman garrison of Ioannina (Jannina) after the Battle of Bizani fought between the Greek and the Ottoman forces during the last stages of the First Balkan War. Date: 1912

Royal Garrison Artillery - 55 Company - Cork Club, England. Date: 1908/9

Tatler cover - Henry Ainley and his new wife
Henry Hinchliffe Ainley (1879-1945) English Shakespearean stage and screen actor, , pictured in uniform in 1918 with his new bride, second wife Elaine Fearon. The marriage would later be dissolved

China - Weihai (Port Edward) - Rendition back to China
China - Shandong province - Weihai (Port Edward) - Street decorated to celebrate the rendition back to Chinese control. Under British rule from 1898 until 1930. Date: 1930

Tabriz Uprising, Iran
Shot-torn and pillaged Tabriz, and the army of the revolutionaries: the Ark, its garrison and its archaic cannon

Bermuda - Dockyard - looking south
HMD Bermuda (Her/His Majestys Dockyard) - the principal base of the Royal Navy in the Western Atlantic between American independence and the Cold War - looking south Date: circa 1910s

Chaubatia Ridge, Uttarakhand, India
Colonial army garrison and hill station at Chaubatia Ridge, near Ranikhet, Uttarakhand, India. circa 1910

German troops in Kiero, Finland, WW1
German troops with cars outside the Russian garrison church in Kiero, Finland, towards the end of the First World War. Date: circa 1918

Kings Hill, Harrismith, Orange River Colony, South Africa
Officers Quarters (British garrison), Kings Hill, Harrismith, Orange River Colony, South Africa. Date: circa 1905

Cantonments, Harrismith, Orange River Colony, South Africa
Cantonments (British garrison), Kings Hill, Harrismith, Orange River Colony, South Africa. Date: circa 1905

Passage of Col de Sfa in Biskra, Algeria
Nomads stand with their camels whilst travelling through the passage Col de Sfa in the deserts of Biskra, Algeria. Biskra was a French garrison town, known for its Saharan oasis. Date: circa 1910s

Soldiers home, Potchefstroom, NW Province, South Africa
Soldiers home (connected to a British garrison), Potchefstroom Cantonments, NW Province, South Africa. Date: circa 1905

The R. G. A. landing guns at Canakkale, Turkey
The Royal Garrison Artillery (RGA) landing guns at Canakkale, Turkey Date: 1923

U. S. Marine Corps who fought at Wake Island
Group photo of the 47th Platoon of the U.S. Marine Corps, who defended America during the Japanese naval and air attacks on Wake Island in December 1941

William Lloyd Garrison
WILLIAM LLOYD GARRISON American journalist and reformer; became leader of radical abolitionists Date: 1805 - 1879

Drogheda Massacre
Cromwell besieges and takes Drogheda, ordering massacre of the garrison, some 3000 men (mostly English) Date: 12 September 1649

Rupert at Leicester
SIEGE OF LEICESTER Prince Rupert orders the city to surrender : but the garrison refuses Date: 30 May 1645

World War One Hot Air Balloon - Royal Garrison Artillery, Lydd, Romney Marsh, Kent, England. Used for observing the effects of shell fire Date: 1915

The Royal Garrison Church, Portsmouth, Hampshire, England. Date: 1900s

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