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Grenadiers Collection

Background imageGrenadiers Collection: The Last Stand of the Imperial Guards at Waterloo

The Last Stand of the Imperial Guards at Waterloo. General Hill calling on upon the Enemy to Surrender.Print by Riddle and Goughman after the painting by Robert Hillingford

Background imageGrenadiers Collection: Grenadiers Mount Guard

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

Background imageGrenadiers Collection: British Military Poster - Inter-war period

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

Background imageGrenadiers Collection: HRH Queen Elizabeth II - Trooping of the Colour

HRH Queen Elizabeth II - Trooping of the Colour
The Queen attending the Trooping of the Colour ceremony in her Coronation year, seen here riding to Horse Guards Parade on her official birthday to take the salute of the Brigade of Guards

Background imageGrenadiers Collection: Coldstreamers in a Great charge by the guards on the Somme

Coldstreamers in a Great charge by the guards on the Somme
On 15th September 1916, Guards including the Coldstreamers, Grenadiers and the Irish, captured Martinpuich, formerly in German hands and Courcelette and over 2300 prisoners. 15th September 1916

Background imageGrenadiers Collection: The German as a grenadier 1918

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

Background imageGrenadiers Collection: Russian Grenadier Guardsman on skis

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

Background imageGrenadiers Collection: Gosauzwang aqueduct in Goisern, Upper Austria, 1822

Gosauzwang aqueduct in Goisern, Upper Austria, 1822
The aqueduct called the Gosauzwang in Goisern, Upper Austria, 1822. It conveys brine from the Hallstadt salt mine to the boiling houses at Ischl and Ebensee. Acquedotto

Background imageGrenadiers Collection: Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna of Russia

Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna of Russia (1899 - 1918), third daughter of Tsar Nicholas II of Russia and Tsarina Alexandra Fyodorovna

Background imageGrenadiers Collection: Napoleon And His Grenadiers

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

Background imageGrenadiers Collection: Throwing Mills Grenades in Trenches 1917

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

Background imageGrenadiers Collection: FRANCO-PRUSS/LE BOURGET

FRANCO-PRUSS/LE BOURGET
The Prussian Grenadiers of the Queen Elisabeth regiment storm the French barricade at Le Bourget. 30 October 1870

Background imageGrenadiers Collection: Grenadiers and chasseurs in the Imperial Army, 19th century

Grenadiers and chasseurs in the Imperial Army, 19th century
Grenadiers and chasseurs in the German Imperial Army, 19th century. Granatieri e Cacciatori. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Antonio Verico from Giulio Ferrarios Costumes Ancient

Background imageGrenadiers Collection: Napoleon Bonaparte leading the grenadiers

Napoleon Bonaparte leading the grenadiers into the Council of Five Hundred in the coup of 18 Brumaire. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by George Cruikshank from The Life of Napoleon a Hudibrastic

Background imageGrenadiers Collection: Woman in grenadiers hat called the Victory

Woman in grenadiers hat called the Victory
Woman in grenadiers bicorn called the Victory of d Estaing, after French naval hero Charles Hector, comte d Estaing. Chapeau a la Grenade dit la Conquete de Destaing; Handcoloured copperplate

Background imageGrenadiers Collection: King Edward VII, Lying-in-State 1910

King Edward VII, Lying-in-State 1910
Page of two photographs of King Edward VII, King of Great Britain and Ireland and Emperor of India, top photograph, Lying-in-State in Westminster Hall, coffin guarded by Gentleman-at-Arms and Yeomen

Background imageGrenadiers Collection: Death of Edward VII - soldiers guard coffin 1910

Death of Edward VII - soldiers guard coffin 1910
While the body of the late King lay in state in the Throne room of Buckingham Palace, the guard was kept by the Grenadiers. Date: 1910

Background imageGrenadiers Collection: The British Grenadiers

The British Grenadiers
Illustration of the British Grenadiers in 18th century uniform. Date: 1905

Background imageGrenadiers Collection: Death of Edward VII - Lying-in-state 1910

Death of Edward VII - Lying-in-state 1910
Edward VII lying-in-state in the Throne room, Buckingham Palace. Keeping watch over the coffin were four Grenadiers, coffin covered with the pall used at the funeral of Queen Victoria

Background imageGrenadiers Collection: FRENCH INFANTRY / 1806

FRENCH INFANTRY / 1806
Infantry. Date: 1806

Background imageGrenadiers Collection: GRENADIERS AT MAGENTA

GRENADIERS AT MAGENTA
INDEPENDENCE WAR At the battle of MAGENTA, the French army under Macmahon defeats the Austrians led by Gyulai Date: 4 June 1859

Background imageGrenadiers Collection: French National Guard (Grenadiers)

French National Guard (Grenadiers) Date: 1850

Background imageGrenadiers Collection: British Indian Army representatives, WW1

British Indian Army representatives, WW1
British Indian Army representatives: 1st Duke of Yorks Own Lancers (Skinners Horse), Artillery Gunner Mountain Battery, 33rd Punjabis, 43rd Erinpura Regiment, and 101st Grenadiers

Background imageGrenadiers Collection: Types of grenades in WWI

Types of grenades in WWI
The Marten Hale hand grenade, which can be also fitted to any type of service rifle. Hale time grenade, bomb is thrown, the ignition of the time-fuse does not occur until the grenade reaches a

Background imageGrenadiers Collection: Lieutenant-Colonel Robert Watson

Lieutenant-Colonel Robert Watson. One of a set of six unsigned oil paintings on canvas attributed to Giuseppe Chiesa (d 1789), 1769-1771 (c)

Background imageGrenadiers Collection: Swiss Grenadiers

Swiss Grenadiers
SWISS Grenadiers of the 1st regiment and fusiliers of the 2nd and 3rd regiments involved in a skirmish

Background imageGrenadiers Collection: Jam-tin, hand-throwing grenade 1914

Jam-tin, hand-throwing grenade 1914
British soldiers in the early part of World War One at the front. Using Jam-tin, a home-made grenade which was made with jam and bully beef tins filled with small pieces of iron

Background imageGrenadiers Collection: French bracelet grenade

French bracelet grenade, which hooked around the throwers wrist with a strap or thong. Innocuous while in the mans hand, the jerk as the grenade extends the strap

Background imageGrenadiers Collection: Trench warfare WWI

Trench warfare WWI
During a lull in the Bolshevik artillery, German Grenadiers attack along a funnel in the trenches

Background imageGrenadiers Collection: Grenadiers of the XLIId or Royal and XCIL

Grenadiers of the XLIId or Royal and XCIL
Grenadiers of the XLIId or Royal and XCII OR / Gordon Highlanders. Aquatint by J C Stadler after Charles Hamilton Smith. From Charles Hamilton Smiths

Background imageGrenadiers Collection: Funeral of Edward VII - Grenadiers marching

Funeral of Edward VII - Grenadiers marchingGrenadiers marching - Soldiers marching. Part of Box 127 Boswell Collection - Funeral of Edward VII. Date: 1910

Background imageGrenadiers Collection: Grenadier guardsman drumming on a Victorian scrap

Grenadier guardsman drumming on a Victorian scrap. Date: circa 1890s

Background imageGrenadiers Collection: Railway strike 1911: London lines being guarded

Railway strike 1911: London lines being guarded
Great Western Railway was being protected by Grenadiers against any vandalism coursed by protesters. August 1911

Background imageGrenadiers Collection: German soldiers ready to through hand grenade

German soldiers ready to through hand grenade
German soldiers looking through loopholes behind their trenches, waiting for the right moment to through their hand-grenades. Date: 1917

Background imageGrenadiers Collection: The secret of the German offensive 1918

The secret of the German offensive 1918
This diagram shows several types of grenades the Germans were using during World War One, Besozzi grenade which had a 5 seconds time fuse, Pear-shaped grenade

Background imageGrenadiers Collection: Spain (1833). Province Royal Guard. Grenadiers

Spain (1833). Province Royal Guard. Grenadiers (1) and Hunterss (2), . Litography. SPAIN. Madrid. National Library

Background imageGrenadiers Collection: Spanish Army. Province Grenadiers of the Royal

Spanish Army. Province Grenadiers of the Royal

Background imageGrenadiers Collection: Spain (1833). Royal Guard. Grenadiers on horseback

Spain (1833). Royal Guard. Grenadiers on horseback, artillery and cuirassiers. Litography. SPAIN. Madrid. National Library

Background imageGrenadiers Collection: Spain (19th c. ). Grenadiers of the Royal Guard

Spain (19th c. ). Grenadiers of the Royal Guard
" Spain (19th c.). Grenadiers of the Royal Guard. Picture of " Colecci󮠤 e uniformes del Ejercito Espa񯬦 quot; ", by Marquis of Zambrano. Litography. SPAIN. Madrid

Background imageGrenadiers Collection: Halt of the Grenadiers Rochambeau in Union Square New York

Halt of the Grenadiers Rochambeau in Union Square New York. Decoration day May 30, 1884. Date c1884 Jul. 18. Halt of the Grenadiers Rochambeau in Union Square New York. Decoration day May 30, 1884

Background imageGrenadiers Collection: Russian Grenadiers, 1853

Russian Grenadiers, 1853
Engraving of Russian officers, Grenadiers, shortly before the outbreak of the Crimean war, 1853. Date: 1853

Background imageGrenadiers Collection: Infantry Regiment 18th C

Infantry Regiment 18th C
Military manoeuvres : three infantry regiments are led by a man on horseback. Three regiments of grenadiers follow at the back. Date: Circa 1760

Background imageGrenadiers Collection: Tatler cover - Queen on parade, 1953

Tatler cover - Queen on parade, 1953
The Queen attending the Trooping of the Colour ceremony in her Coronation year, seen here riding to Horse Guards Parade on her official birthday to take the salute of the Brigade of Guards

Background imageGrenadiers Collection: Allies Shoulder to Shoulder at Ypres

Allies Shoulder to Shoulder at Ypres
French infantry charging alongside Irish Guards and Grenadiers at Ypres during the First World War. Drawn from a description by Private P

Background imageGrenadiers Collection: A column of British grenadiers

A column of British grenadiers
British grenadiers, armed with what the caption described as the most deadly weapon of this murderous war, marching towards the front lines in July 1916

Background imageGrenadiers Collection: An Officer and Private of Russian Grenadiers

An Officer and Private of Russian Grenadiers

Background imageGrenadiers Collection: Battle of Magenta - 4

Battle of Magenta - 4
French grenadiers dispute the railway bridge at Magenta with the Austrians

Background imageGrenadiers Collection: French Grenadiers

French Grenadiers
Grenadiers of the Garde Imperiale in action in falling snow at the indecisive battle of Eylau against a combined Russian and Austrian army



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