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St Michaels Mount - the island, village and harbourSt. Michaels Mount - the island, village and harbour, by Lieutenant Ernest Stafford Carlos (1881-1917), 8th Battalion Royal East Kents
Silhouettes from the Somme by H. L. OakleyVarious scenes on the Somme cut by famous silhouette artist, Captain H. L. Oakley showing the work to be done when pursuing the retreating Germans
Territorial Army camping at Oval cricket ground, WW1The Territorial Army camping at the Oval cricket ground in London on the outbreak of the First World War. Date: August 1914
Christmas parcels for the trenches 1916Army Post Office in Regents Park, was receiving a rate of half a million parcels for Christmas a day for the soldiers in the trenches
Brooding Soldier - Canadian Memorial, Vancouver Corner - WWIThe memorial commemorates the 18, 000 Canadian soldiers who withstood the first gas attack on April 22/24 1915 (Battle of Ypres), suffering over 2, 000 casualties
The Evening Wireless - Komarjan Bridge, WW1The Surrey Yeomanry on the Struma Valley Front, Salonika 1917-1918. The Evening Wireless - Komarjan Bridge. By Frank Algernon Stewart (1877-1945). 1917-1918
The great international university boat race On the river Thames (England) from Putney to Mortlake 4 miles 2 furlongs August 27th 1869
German machine gun in street, Grandpre, France, WW1German machine gun in a street in Grandpre, north eastern France, during the First World War. American troops of the 312nd Machine Gun Company, 78th Division, eventually entered the town
HMS Glorious cruiser and aircraft carrier, WW1HMS Glorious, British Royal Navy Courageous-class cruiser during the First World War, rebuilt as an aircraft carrier in the late 1920s. Launched in 1916, sunk in 1940. Date: circa 1920s-1930s
Lord Kitchener in a trench, Dardanelles, WW1Lord Herbert Kitchener (1850-1916) in a trench with others in the Dardanelles during the Gallipoli Campaign, First World War. Date: circa November 1915
T E Lawrence (Lawrence of Arabia)Lieutenant Colonel Thomas Edward Lawrence (aka Lawrence of Arabia, 1888-1935), British Army officer best known for his liaison role during the Arab Revolt against Ottoman Turkish rule of 1916-1918
2nd Scots Guards leaving Tower of London, WW1Men of the 2nd Scots Guards leaving the Tower of London to go into camp at Lyndhurst in the New Forest, for the formation of the 7th Division during the First World War. Date: 15 September 1914
Seaplane carrier pigeon, WW1A carrier pigeon housed on board a seaplane for the delivery of messages during the First World War. This particular bird delivered a message (no)
Astoria Column, overlooking the mouth of the Columbia River, Oregon, USA. The tower was built in 1926 with financing by the Great Northern Railroad and Vincent Astor
The Duchess of Portland photographed for the front cover of The Tatler looking very serene and practical in a nurses uniform
Grand Manan Island, CanadaFish Wharves and Warehouses, Seal Cove, Great Manan Island, New Brunswick, Canada
Silence sign outside Charing Cross HospitalA Quiet for the Wounded sign for traffic hanging outside Charing Cross Hospital in London during World War I
Newton Abbot - 1926Great Western Railway Station Newton Abbot Devon
Londons new amusement: Up and down the escalatorIllustration from 1911 of the first escalators ever installed on the underground, between the District and the Piccadilly line platforms at Earls Court station
The Great Western Railway service from PenzanceThe inaugural trip of the Great Western Railway service from Penzance. The new express service, which shortens the journey by forty minutes
Bamburgh Castle, perched on a basalt outcrop on the edge of the North Sea at Bamburgh, Northumberland, it played a great part in the Border Wars (with Scotland)
Great Auk ExtinctThe great auk or awk (PINGUINUS IMPENNIS) who lost its final battle for survival on a small island off Iceland in 1844, primarily due to over-hunting
The Cromer Express of the Great Eastern Railway carries its passengers into East Anglia
Caesar in a Storm at SeaJulius Caesar, sailing from Marseille to Epirus in northern Greece, behaves with great courage during a storm at sea
COMRADE IN WHITEThe Comrade in White - also known as Jesus - comforts a wounded soldier as he is assisted by a Red Cross officer 1915
RFC (Officers) Graduation Certificate, WW1RFC (Officers) Graduation Certificate, Central Flying School, Upavon, Wiltshire, dated 19 November 1917, for Flight Lieutenant H W Auerbach, signed by Lieutenant Colonel Strange
Paddle steamer La Marguerite, off Penmaenmawr, with Great Orme in the distance. Date: circa 1907
Soho, London - Beak Street W1, viewed from Great Pulteney Street. 1973
Soho, London - Old Compton Street W1 - Cinerama and London Casino (now the Prince Edward Theatre). Photographed at night. 1973
Great bustard, Otis tarda (vulnerable), and common ringed plover, Charadrius hiaticula.. Handcolored copperplate stipple engraving from Dumont de Sainte-Croixs Dictionary of Natural Science
Baldwins knitting leaflet, WW1Knitted Comforts for Men on Land and Sea - front cover of a booklet published by J & J Baldwin s, yarn manufacturers of Halifax
Patons knitting wools advertisement, WW1 comfortsAdvertisement for Patons Alloa knitting wools during the First World War featuring a Red Cross nurse busy knitting and the words, Every Woman Can Help. Date: c.1915
Book of patterns: Women & War - How to knit and crochetBook of patterns: Women & War- How to knit and crochet, articles neccesary to the Health and Comfort of our Soldiers and Sailors. Associated with World War One, Home Front (1914-1918). Date: 1918
Cheese dish - BairnsfatherwareCheese dish with lid made by the Girls of Staffordshire during the Winter of 1917/1918 when the Boys were in the trenches fighting for liberty and civilization
Ten postcards Ypres, Before, During and After the WarTen postcards. Ypres, Before, During and After the War - Series. No. 3. Photographed by Antony of Ypres. Commemorative Art
Writing desk set with Duralium metal from Zeppelin L32Writing desk set with glass inkwells, together with a piece of Duralium metal from Zeppelin L32 and a silver plaque engraved L32, Billericay, September 23rd 1916. Commemorative Ware
The Cornish Riviera Express, circa 1930The Cornish Riviera Express hauled by King George V, a locomotive of the Great Western Railway. Date: c. 1930
Gun transport exercise, Wentworth Woodhouse, YorkshireAn emergency gun transport exercise taking place at Wentworth Woodhouse, Lord Fitzwilliams residence at Rotherham, Yorkshire
Scottish troops take part in Victory parade in Paris - WWIScottish regiments taking part in the Victory parade in Paris following the end of World War One - 14th July 1919. The soldiers march below the Arc de Triomphe. Date: 1919
New Pavilion Saltair and bathers, Salt Lake City, USAThe New Pavilion Saltair (built in 1926) and bathers on Great Salt Lake, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA. The first Saltair, completed in 1893
Portrait of Anne Page Croft in Red Cross uniform, WW1Portrait of Anne Page Croft in Red Cross uniform. She was War Treasurer and Secretary to the Ware Division of the British Red Cross until 1919. By Florence Kate Upton (1873-1922)
Pinguinus impennis, great auk1 of 6 shots of Dr Leachs 139 great auk (Pinguinus impennis) egg held in the Natural History Museum at Tring. The great auk was hunted to extinction in the middle of the 19th Century
Unveiling of the Menin GateUnveiling of the memorial, Menin Gate, commemorating the 56, 000 British soldiers who died fighting at Ypres during the First World War. Date: 1927
The Great Fight for the Championship
Charge of the mounted brigade at El-Mughar, 1917Charge of the mounted brigade at El-Mughar during the British advance on Jerusalem during World War One, part of the larger Battle of Junction Station which saw the British capture the railway
Flags and Ships of the Great Steamship Companies, 1932Illustration of the Flags and Ships of the Steamship Companies offering ocean cruises in 1932, with a map of their routes. Lloyd Triestino, Booth, Nippon Yusen Kaisha, P.&O. Coast, B.&N
German Rumpler-Taube plane, WW1A German Rumpler-Taube two-seater plane during the First World War. A crew member can be seen in the gunners seat, holding a rifle. Date: 1917-1918
Great Pabst Brewery - Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The inset image is the brewery in 1844 - quite different from the main factory seen in 1909! Date: 1909