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Guards Collection (page 15)

Background imageGuards Collection: Duchess of York reviewing troops

Duchess of York reviewing troops
The Duchess of York (later Queen Elizabeth, wife of King George VI) reviewing troops. Date: circa 1930s

Background imageGuards Collection: Suffragette Holding Railings

Suffragette Holding Railings. Little girl clings to the railings, while policeman guards door of house. Captioned, I will see the Government. Date: circa 1908

Background imageGuards Collection: Peoples House

Peoples House. Fido the dog guards the entrance to the Peoples House - the Houses of parliament. Women with banners ask to be let in but Fido Asquith refuses, No

Background imageGuards Collection: Prince of Wales parades with Grenadier Guards, WW1

Prince of Wales parades with Grenadier Guards, WW1
Edward, Prince of Wales (later King Edward VIII, then Duke of Windsor), parades with his fellow Grenadier Guards (all of whom are considerably taller than him)

Background imageGuards Collection: Paris, France - Rue Castiglione et la Place Vendome

Paris, France - Rue Castiglione et la Place Vendome. Date: 1829

Background imageGuards Collection: Paris, France - La Bastille

Paris, France - La Bastille. Date: 1649

Background imageGuards Collection: Paris, France - Bastille

Paris, France - Bastille. Date: circa 1600

Background imageGuards Collection: Paris, France - Barriers and grants

Paris, France - Barriers and grants. Date: 1859

Background imageGuards Collection: Paris, France - Barriere des Champs Elysees

Paris, France - Barriere des Champs Elysees. Date: circa 1850

Background imageGuards Collection: Paris, France - Barriere d Enfer

Paris, France - Barriere d Enfer. Date: circa 1860

Background imageGuards Collection: Paris, France - Barriere de l Etoile, de Neuilly

Paris, France - Barriere de l Etoile, de Neuilly. Date: 1828

Background imageGuards Collection: Paris, France - Barriere de la Villette

Paris, France - Barriere de la Villette. Date: 1859

Background imageGuards Collection: Paris, France - Barriers, booths outside city limits

Paris, France - Barriers, booths outside city limits. Date: 1855

Background imageGuards Collection: Paris, France - Barriere de Clichy

Paris, France - Barriere de Clichy. Date: 1859

Background imageGuards Collection: Paris, France - Barriere de la Courtille, Belleville

Paris, France - Barriere de la Courtille, Belleville. Date: 1859

Background imageGuards Collection: Indian soldier stands guard during World War I

Indian soldier stands guard during World War I
Indian soldier stands guard outside a wire-enclosed British camp for Turkish prisoners in Mesopotamia during the First World War. Date: 1916

Background imageGuards Collection: Alfred Hutton

Alfred Hutton
Captain Alfred Hutton (1839 1910), Victorian officer of the Kings Dragoon Guards, writer, antiquarian and swordsman. He originated the first English revival of historical fencing. Date: 1903

Background imageGuards Collection: Opening of Kingsway and Aldwych, London

Opening of Kingsway and Aldwych, London, by King Edward VII, on 18 October 1905, with an archway provided by the London Fire Brigade

Background imageGuards Collection: Edward, Prince of Wales joins army at start of World War I

Edward, Prince of Wales joins army at start of World War I
On 8th August 1914, the Prince of Wales was gazetted to the Grenadier Guards as a lieutenant and immediately began daily training under war conditions with his regiment at Warley

Background imageGuards Collection: The King salutes sons regiment outside Buckingham Palace

The King salutes sons regiment outside Buckingham Palace
The Grenadier Guards, of which the Prince of Wales was lieutenant, receiving the salute of the King as they march past Buckingham Palace. 1914

Background imageGuards Collection: British sentries at railway tunnels at the start of WWI

British sentries at railway tunnels at the start of WWI
Once Germany had declared war on Russia, war with France was certain to follow, with the possibility that Great Britain could be forced into the conflict too

Background imageGuards Collection: Naval reserves called up at the outbreak of World War I

Naval reserves called up at the outbreak of World War I
Naval reforms inaugurated by Lord Fisher included the establishment of a Naval Reserve which could be added to the strength of the fleet whenever was necessary

Background imageGuards Collection: Soldiers guard Tilbury Docks at the outbreak of WWI

Soldiers guard Tilbury Docks at the outbreak of WWI
Once Germany had declared war on Russia, war with France was certain to follow, with the possibility that Great Britain could be forced into the conflict too

Background imageGuards Collection: Miniature - Major Sir Frederick FitzWygram, MC

Miniature - Major Sir Frederick FitzWygram, MC
Miniature portrait of Major Sir Frederick FitzWygram, M.C. 2nd Battalion Scots Guards. Born 1884, died 1920. Captured on the 17th May 1915 (Battle of Festubert) commanding F Company

Background imageGuards Collection: Document box of Cpt Rupert Wyndham Lewis, MC

Document box of Cpt Rupert Wyndham Lewis, MC
Document box belonging to Captain Rupert Wyndham Lewis, MC, Welsh Guards. Matt black finish with a red velvet lining. Firearms & Equipment

Background imageGuards Collection: Aynsley China Model of Horses Hoof - WWI

Aynsley China Model of Horses Hoof - WWI
Aynsley China Model of Horses Hoof, inscribed and bearing the Regimental badge of the Grenadier Guards. Number 21, Registered Number 444521. Commemorative Ware

Background imageGuards Collection: Embroidered badge of the Coldstream Guards

Embroidered badge of the Coldstream Guards, worked by Corporal Tom Hughes, 17321, 2nd Battalion Coldstream Guards, The Park, Hurley Common, near Atherstone, Warwickshire. Dated March 1917

Background imageGuards Collection: WWI - Grenadier Guardsman throwing a Mills bomb

WWI - Grenadier Guardsman throwing a Mills bomb
First World War study of a Grenadier Guardsman throwing a Mills bomb. The wooden base has a metal badge of the Grenadier Guards and a blank silver plaque. Sydney Wilkinson

Background imageGuards Collection: Savoy China Jug - WWI

Savoy China Jug - WWI
Savoy China Jug, inscribed and showing a Private of the Grenadier Guards with the Kings Colour and Union Flag. On reverse, Shakespeare prose - This England never do

Background imageGuards Collection: Aynsley China Model of a large Shell - WWI

Aynsley China Model of a large Shell - WWI
Aynsley China Model of a large Shell, inscribed and bearing the Regimental device of the 4th Dragoon Guards. Registered Number 442388. Commemorative Ware

Background imageGuards Collection: Silk Regimental Badges

Silk Regimental Badges
A collection of silk Regimental Badges. The Buffs, The Prince of Waless (North Staffordshire Regiment) 64th & 98th Foot, The Northamptonshire Regiment, The Manchester Regiment, 1st Life Guards

Background imageGuards Collection: Group of soldiers with Station Master at Reading Station

Group of soldiers with Station Master at Reading Station
A group of soldiers (Grenadier Guards ) with the Station Master on a platform at Reading Station ( ). Photograph

Background imageGuards Collection: Sergeant of the Grenadier Guards in Marching Order

Sergeant of the Grenadier Guards in Marching Order
Plaster cast of a Sergeant of the Grenadier Guards in Marching Order. Ex family collection. George Edward Wade (1853-1933)

Background imageGuards Collection: Embroidered badge of the Welsh Guards

Embroidered badge of the Welsh Guards, worked by Private H. Gee, 13th Battalion Manchester Regiment and dated March 1917, Netley

Background imageGuards Collection: Officers playing cards at the Army & Navy Club, London

Officers playing cards at the Army & Navy Club, London
Wounded 1854-1918- Officers playing cards at the Army & Navy Club, London. The painting in the background is Saving The Colours by Robert Gibbs. It shows The Guards at Inkerman, 5th November 1854

Background imageGuards Collection: Bronze Statuette - Sgt Grenadier Guards in Marching Order

Bronze Statuette - Sgt Grenadier Guards in Marching Order
Bronze Statuette - Sergeant, Grenadier Guards, in Marching Order, by George Edward Wade (1853-1933). Wade sculpted a Peace Memorial with Bronze Figure of Christ at Quarry Bank, Staffordshire

Background imageGuards Collection: Bronze Statuette - Sgt Grenadier Guards in Battle Order

Bronze Statuette - Sgt Grenadier Guards in Battle Order
Bronze Statuette - Sergeant, Grenadier Guards, in Battle Order, by George Edward Wade (1853-1933). Wade sculpted a Peace Memorial with Bronze Figure of Christ at Quarry Bank, Staffordshire

Background imageGuards Collection: Peers of the Realm who had joined up, WW1

Peers of the Realm who had joined up, WW1
Double page spread from The Sketch showing portraits of peers of the realm who had joined up during the early weeks of the First World War

Background imageGuards Collection: Poster advertising International Festival, Brussels

Poster advertising International Festival, Brussels
Poster advertising International Guards Festival, Brussels, 7-9 June 1935, showing a marching military band of different nationalities. Date: 1935

Background imageGuards Collection: Edward VIII

Edward VIII (1894 - 1972), in naval uniform, founder of King Georges Silver Jubilee. After just one year Edward chose to abdicate the throne (January 1936 December 1936)

Background imageGuards Collection: Herbrand Russell

Herbrand Russell, 11th Duke of Bedford ( 1858 - 1940), son of Francis Russell, 9th Duke of Bedford. He gained the rank of officer in the service of the Grenadier Guards

Background imageGuards Collection: Masbadges - 2. The Welsh Guards-Goat

Masbadges - 2. The Welsh Guards-Goat
Masbadges! Regimental mascots and badges in one. II - The Welsh Guards-Goat. Date: 1918

Background imageGuards Collection: Masbadges - 5. The Scots Guards Robin

Masbadges - 5. The Scots Guards Robin
Masbadges! Regimental mascots and badges in one. No. 5 is the robin of the Scots Guards. Date: 1918

Background imageGuards Collection: Captain Wilkinson reading The Tatler

Captain Wilkinson reading The Tatler
Major Sir Nevile Rodwell Wilkinson, KCVO (26 October 186922 December 1940), British officer of arms (Ulster King-at-Arms), British Army officer, author and a dollhouse designer

Background imageGuards Collection: Coronation Edward VII & Alexandra returning from Abbey

Coronation Edward VII & Alexandra returning from Abbey
The state coach passing along St Jamess Street after the coronation of Edward VII, on their return from Westminster Abbey. Date: 9 August 1902

Background imageGuards Collection: Prince Edward of Wales at the front

Prince Edward of Wales at the front
During World War One, Prince Edward of Wales, (future Edward VIII) and then Duke of Windsor, was in Grenadier Guards. He would be at the front for months at a time

Background imageGuards Collection: The Prince of Wales at the outbreak of World War I

The Prince of Wales at the outbreak of World War I
Edward, Prince of Wales (the future King Edward VIII), in the uniform of a non-commissioned officer of the Oxford University Officer Training Corps

Background imageGuards Collection: Tatler cover - Prince of Wales, 1916

Tatler cover - Prince of Wales, 1916
Front cover of The Tatler with a photograph of the Prince of Wales, later King Edward VIII and then Duke of Windsor. He served with the Grenadier Guards during the First World War



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