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HMS Repulse with Sopwith Pup, WW1Stern view of HMS Repulse showing a Sopwith Pup biplane on the aft turret during the First World War. Date: 1916-1918
HMS Indefatigable sinking, Battle of Jutland, WW1HMS Indefatigable, British battlecruiser, launched 1909, served during the First World War, seen here sinking during the Battle of Jutland. Date: 31 May 1916
Sopwith F1 Camel biplane on an airfield, WW1A British Sopwith F1 Camel fighter biplane on an airfield during the First World War. Date: 1918
HMS Swift, British destroyer leader, WW1HMS Lord Nelson, British predreadnought battleship, launched 1906, served in the First World War, decommissioned 1919. Date: early 20th century
HMS Royal Sovereign, British battleshipHMS Royal Sovereign, British Revenge class battleship, launched 1915, served in the First World War and part of the Second World War
SMS Bayern sinking after being scuttled, Scapa Flow, WW1The German battleship SMS Bayern sinking after being scuttled in Gutter Sound, Scapa Flow, Scotland after the end of the First World War. Date: 21 June 1919
Women working during the First World War. Above: in a weapons factory, filling shells with explosives. Below: an outdoor scene with a woman bus conductor
Major James McCudden, Royal Flying Corps, WW1Major James Thomas Byford McCudden (1895-1918), officer and pilot in the Royal Flying Corps during the First World War. He received more medals for gallantry than any other British airman serving in
Sir Douglas Haig in his headquarter train, FranceField Marshal Sir Douglas Haig (1861-1928) in his headquarter train in France during the First World War, with maps of France and Belgium behind him. Date: circa 1918
Baron Manfred von Richthofen, German air ace, WW1Baron Manfred Albrecht Freiherr von Richthofen (1892-1918), also known as the Red Baron, legendary German fighter pilot during the First World War
George V with military leaders during First World WarKing George V in army uniform with British and French military leaders during the First World War. They are standing outside General Joffres chateau at Beauquesne in northern France
British tanks in Oosthoek Wood, Belgium, WW1Two British tanks passing through Oosthoek Wood, near Elverdinghe, Belgium, on the Western Front during the First World War. Date: 11 September 1917
Paul Emil von Lettow-Vorbeck, German army officerPaul Emil von Lettow-Vorbeck (1870-1964), general in the Imperial German Army and commander of the German East Africa Campaign during the First World War
George L Clowser and Swainston Adamsonl. to r. George L Clowser and Swainston Adamson joint managers; James J Berkley chief engineer Date: 1856
Locomotive no 538 0-6-0 tank engine
Locomotive no 1007 4-2-2 eight foot single express engine
Victoria Diamond Jubilee celebration bookmarkA beautifully embroidered silk bookmark to commemorate Queen Victorias Diamond Jubilee
Soldiers doing target practice on a shooting rangeA group of men doing target practice on a shooting range before the outbreak of the First World War. Their success or otherwise is written up on various blackboards
Taffs Well Viaduct, near Cardiff, Glamorgan, South WalesView of Taffs Well Viaduct, also known as Walnut Tree Viaduct, near Cardiff, Glamorgan, South Wales. This was a railway viaduct crossing the canal
West London Union Workhouse, Upper Holloway, LondonThe West London Union workhouse on Cornwallis Road in Upper Holloway, North London, was erected in 1864. The architects were Searle, Son and Yelf
Monument to the Royal Fusiliers, High Holborn, LondonMonument to the Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) who fell in the Great War, High Holborn, London
V Beach at Gallipoli WWIA View of V Beach taken from the SS River Clyde at Gallipoli during World War I
Rhinos attack a LionCurse of the Great White Rhino. Two rhinos charge and attack a Lion. Pen and Ink (with wash) preliminary sketch by Raymond Sheppard
Sultan Mehmed V Reshad of Turkey & alliesSultan Mehmed V Reshad of Turkey (1844 - 1918), pictured with Kaiser Wilhelm II, the King of Bulgaria and Franz Joseph of Austro-Hungary; the four rulers of the Central Powers in World War I
Sultan Mehmed V Reshad of Turkey & alliesSultan Mehmed V Reshad of Turkey (1844 - 1918), pictured with Kaiser Wilhelm II, and Franz Joseph of Austro-Hungary; the three emperors of the Central Powers in World War I
No. 1 War Hospital, Reading, BerkshireRear view of the entrance to the No. 1 War Hospital, Reading, Berkshire - the First World War deployment of Reading Union Workhouse. Several uniformed soldiers can be seen, one on crutches
We Are Not Downhearted by H. T. HardyWorld War One postcard showing a a group of children, dressed in the uniforms of French, British, Russian and Belgian soldiers, arm in arm and holding their individual countrys flags
Duston War Hospital, NorthamptonshireThe west wing of the Northampton County Lunatic Asylum in its First World War guise at Duston War Hospital. The building was designed by Robert Griffiths and opened in 1876 on Berrywood Road, Duston
Percy House Military Hospital, Isleworth, MiddlesexA view of Percy House School which served as a Military Hospital during the First World War. The school, for pauper children, was established by the Brentford Union in 1883 on Twickenham Road
Wounded Indian Troops - Royal Pavilion, BrightonIndian soldiers wounded in action during the First World War, convalesce in the Royal Pavilion at Brighton
The Victoria Terminus, Bombay, opened in 1929 by the Governor of Bombay, Sire Frederich Sykes. The train station served the main lines of the Great Indian Peninsular Railway
The crew of a German submarine - First World WarThe hideous crew (!) of a German U-boat Submarine, poking their head out from the viewing platform, with the periscope in front. A very direct Allied propaganda postcard
Sentimental German wartime postcardYou, Only you alone are my true love - a sentimental wartime postcard sent from a German soldier to his girl back home in Munich
Londons Masonic LodgesLondon Masons meet in front of a board representing the many Lodges of Great Britain
Library of AlexandriaPtolemy I Soter inaugurates the great library at Alexandria Date: circa 370 BC
Hollywood hair dressing salon, Miss Annie Ondra having her hThe Hollywood hairdressing salon of the British Hollywood. Mme Franzi Jaschke attending to Miss Annie Ondra in the great film studios at Elstree
Switzerland St BernardThe hospice of the Great Saint Bernard, where the monks keep dogs to rescue travelers lost between Switzerland and Italy
First locomotive, passing Great Grimsby ChurchThe first locomotive passing Great Grimsby Church, on the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway
King Alfred ReadingKING OF THE WEST SAXONS King Alfred reading
Wilfrid Michael VoynichWILFRID MICHAEL VOYNICH Lithuanian bookseller who 1912 discovered a coded manuscript, still undeciphered, supposed by some to contain information of great occult significance
Catherine the Great / CoupWith the support of the Imperial Guard, Catherine the Great overthrows her husband, Peter III, to become Empress of All Russia
MAPS / BRITAIN / 1763An accurate map of Great Britain and Ireland from the best authorities
The Cromer Express of the Great Eastern Railway carries its passengers into East Anglia
Riverboat Great RepublicThe elegant Mississippi paddle steamer Great Republic
Map / Europe / Greece 323Bcthe Empire of Alexander
Womens Rights / NewspaperSelling The Suffragette and advertising Christabel Pankhursts Book - The Great Scourge and How to End it. Date: c1908
Magna Carta / RogersKing John, pressured by the barons and threatened with insurrection, reluctantly signs the great charter on the Thames island of Runnymede
Alexander the GreatALEXANDER THE GREAT King of Macedon, Greece depicted as a sun-god