Grenadier Collection

Queen Elizabeth II in uniform of Grenadier Guards
Queen Elizabeth II (born 1926), pictured on horseback in the uniform of the Grenadier Guards. Date: c.1953

Grenadiers Mount Guard
Grenadier Guards mounting the Guard - the colours are handed to the officer in charge of the guard for the day; they will then be saluted, and the guard will march off with them

British Military Poster - Inter-war period
Grenadier Guards, smart men wanted. Colour chromolithograph poster after A W Baylis, 1927. Published by HMs Stationery Office

Guards Saluting
The Grenadier Guards saluting the colour before going on guard for the day. Date: 1920s

Grenadier Guards at St Michaels Mount
The 2nd Battalion of the Grenadier Guards visit St Michaels Mount, West Cornwall

Gravestone in the Graveyard of Winchester Cathedral
Gravestone of Thomas Thetcher, a Grenadier in the North Regiment of the Hampshire Militia who died of a violent fever contracted by drinking Small Beer when hot on 12th May 1764

Grenadier Guards at a sham fight (training), moving up to support the fighting line. 1896

The Queen reviews the Grenadier Guards
At the tercentenary parade of the Grenadier Guards at Windsor, the Queen turns to speak to Colonel Sir Thomas Butler, Lieutenant-Colonel of the Regiment. Date: 1956

Grenadier Guards Depart
The Grenadier Guards march through Trafalgar Square, London, preparatory to departing for the Crimea whence many of them will not return

Drummer Boy / Grenadier
Drummer boy of the Grenadier Guards

Napoleonic War - Grenadier of the French Imperial Guard in Campaign Dress

Princess Elizabeth riding as Colonel of the Grenadier Guards
Princess Elizabeth (1926-2022) (later Queen Elizabeth II) riding in the uniform of Colonel of the Grenadier Guards - pictured outside Buckingham Palace. Preparing to hold the reins of power

Princess Elizabeth as Colonel of the Grenadier Guards, 1942
Princess Elizabeth, later Queen Elizabeth II, as Colonel of the Grenadier Guards. Her first formal engagement was on her 16th birthday, inspecting the Grenadier Guards as Colonel of this regiment

The Queen salutes on horseback
The Queen salutes whilst taking part in the Birthday Parade at Buckingham Palace after the ceremonial Trooping of the Colour. She wears the uniform of the Grenadier Guards. Date: 1956

Types from Belgian Army
Types of the Belgian army: carbinier, infantry of the line, artillery, guide and grenadier Date: World War One

Napoleonic War - Grenadier of the French Imperial Guard

Lance Corporal - Grenadier Guards
A Lance Corporal of the Grenadier Guards

Prince of Wales with the Grendiers Guards, 1914
Edward, Prince of Wales (1894-1972), King Edward VIII, Duke of Windsor, on a route march with the Grenadier Guards in 1914

The Retreat from Mons by W. B. Wollen
With the British regulars during the famous retreat from Mons in the opening weeks of World War I. In the narrow streets of Landrecies, soldiers of the Grenadier

FRENCH GRENADIER 1812
A GRENADIER A CHEVAL of the Garde Imperiale, in campaign uniform Date: 1812

Singer Castle, Dark Island, New York
Singer Castle, Dark Island, Hammond, near Grenadier Island, New York, USA. Date: 1910s

The German as a grenadier 1918
Two distinct kinds of grenades were used by the Germans in World War One, these were namely, those which rely on explosive effect alone, and those which supplement by bursting into fragments

France. Guard of National Convention (center), French Grenad
French Revolution (1789-1799). Guard of National Convention (center), French Grenadier Guard (left) and crippled (right). Colored engraving. 19th century

Russian Grenadier Guardsman on skis
Soldier of the Russian regiment of foot grenadiers of the Guard. A hunter-scout wearing skis. Date: 1900

Grenadier Guardsman, steam locomotive
Grenadier Guardsman, no. 6110, one of the Royal Scot type locomotives(operational here on the London Midland and Scottish Railway.) Built in 1927, no

The Border Regiment, Uniforms and Colours - Private (1756), Drummer, 55th Regiment (1792), Grenadier, 55th Regiment (1767) Date: 18th century

Grenadier Guards, Sergeant and Drummer in State dress Date: 1915

Napoleon And His Grenadiers
A comical illustration which shows Napoleon Bonaparte tugging the ear of one of his grenadier guardsmen. Date: circa 1901

Types of Soldier, Russian Army
8 examples of the types of soldier from different sections and ranks of the Russian Army, and the varying uniforms and equipment they hold

Grenadier Guards Drum Major wearing bearskin hat Date: 1894

Grenadier Guards Drummer Boy wearing bearskin hat Date: 1893

Throwing Mills Grenades in Trenches 1917
Drawing showing the proper way in which a hand grenade should be thrown, safety pin removed, holding the lever down then pulling back, and lobbing it high into the air towards the enemies trenches

George V last journey at Norfolk
King George V last journey from his Norfolk home to London; The funeral procession leaving the Church of St Mary Magdalene, Sandringham, Norfolk, where the King was lying-in-state

On 13th November 1887 a demonstration organised by the Social Democratic Federation and the Irish National League in Trafalgar Square in London turned into a riot after police

Ursula Packe, daughter of Sir Edward and Lady Packe, before her marriage to Mr Peter Clifton, Grenadier Guards. Madame Yevonde was a prolific and ground-breaking society portrait

Queen Victoria Lying-in-State 1901
Queen Victoria's coffin draped with state robes, guarded by Ist Grenadier Guards, at Osborne House for ten days. Date: January 1901

Boer Leaving Waterloo Events Africa South War
boer, leaving, waterloo, events, africa, south, war, 21, september, 1899, troop, movements, 3rd, battalion, grenadier, guards, leave, station, death, glory, british, soldiers, troops, goodbye, kiss

Bravery of Private Samuel Johnson of the Green Howards, Capture of Belle Ile, Brittany, France, 1761, during the Seven Years War (1756-1763)

Grenadier of the Foot Guards with grenade and match alight, Battle of Prestonpans (or Battle of Gladsmuir), East Lothian, Scotland, 21 September 1745, during the Jacobite Rising. Date: 1745

Photograph of Grenadier Hotel, Hove, Sussex. The main side of the print (shown here) depicts: Face on view of the pub. The back of the print (available on request) details

Double page spread from The Illustrated London News showing photographs of the royal family at the Windsor Horse Show, Princess Elizabeth in her capacity as Colonel of the Grenadier Guards

Roughhead grenadier and hollowsnout grenadier
Roughhead grenadier or onion-eye grenadier, Macrourus berglax 1 and hollowsnout grenadier, Coelorinchus caelorhincus (Lepidoleprus coelorhinchus) 2

Extinct fossil shells
Extinct fossil Nautilus triangularis 1, bellybutton nautilus, Nautilus macromphalus 2, Nautilus bisiphites 3, massive Orbulites shell 4

Knight in robes of the Order of the Golden Fleece
Knight in ceremonial robes of the Distinguished Order of the Golden Fleece and crosses and emblems of high chivalric orders. Toison d oro ed altri ordini cavallereschi

ILN cover, Trooping the Colour 1947
Front cover of The Illustrated London News featuring King George VI and Princess Elizabeth (Queen Elizabeth II) on horseback at the Trooping the Colour ceremony on Horse Guards Parade in honour of

Princess Elizabeth at Trooping the Colour 1947
Queen Elizabeth II, then Princess Elizabeth, in a specially designed uniform as Colonel of the Grenadier Guards on horseback at the Trooping of the Colour ceremony in June 1947

Russian military corps: Jannisary, cadet and infantry
Russian military: Polish Jannisary in turban 6, cadet corps under Catherine 7, guardsman under Alexander 8, grenadier 9, and officer 10

Pomegranate flower, Punica granatum
La Grenadier a fleurs simples. Pomegranate flower, Punica granatum. Handcoloured etching from Pierre Joseph Buchoz Collection precieuse et enluminee des fleurs les plus belles et les plus curieuses

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