Guards Collection (page 24)

British Cavalrymen
Photograph of several Dragoon guards of the Queens Bays during the First World War. The colour image was published by the Illustrated London News to show their readers how the British khaki uniforms

British cavalrymen on horseback
A photograph of Dragoon guards of the Queens Bays mounted during an exercise. The colour image was published by the Illustrated London News to show their readers how the British khaki uniforms

Russian Guards
The Polish frontier is heavily guarded by Russian forces, who make the best of things by relaxing in taverns

Border Skirmish
Intermittent fighting continues on the frontier between Greece and Turkey : an encounter between Greek guerillas and Turkish border guards

H. M. Stanleys Anglo-American Expedition to Central Africa
Engraving showing a scene, during Sir Henry Morton Stanleys Anglo-American expedition of 1874-1877, in the Central African forest

Captured German aeroplane
A captured German aeroplane on view on the Horse Guards Parade in London

British Embark 1793
The British Guards embark to fight the French who have invaded Holland

Passenger Train
An early passenger train, showing guards seated on the roofs of each coach. Date: 1830s

Greek Military
Greek troops in the field : two are wearing the traditional dress still used in ceremonial situations such as guards of honour

Reluctant Guards
Gardes Nationales who refuse to join the Communards are deprived of their weapons

ALBERT I (1875 - 1934)
ALBERT I With wife Elisabeth, opening the Antwerp Exhibition (probably of 1930)

French Palace Guard 17C
One of the French Kings guards that attend in the palace - possibly to Louis XIV

Jason Subdues the Dragon
He subdues the dragon that guards the Golden Fleece

Mastiff (Reinagle)
A formidable-looking mastiff on a long chain guards a carpenters works on the south bank of the Thames

Republican Guards
Guards of the federal republic in the streets of Madrid, as civil war breaks out again between the republican government and Carlist legitimists

Papal Jubilee / Milcha
He grants to the Milcha the commission of guards to the Santa Porta of St Peters Rome, while it is opened during the papal Jubilee

Guarding Frontiers
When war breaks out between Prussia and Austria, Switzerland guards her frontiers against any infraction or invasion

Swiss Guards
By tradition, the Vatican is guarded by Swiss mercenaries in those fancy uniforms : here, a cart-load of Swiss soldiers gallop to Rome to enlist in the popes service

Lenins Hq at Smolny
A field gun guards the entrance to the Smolny Institute, a former girls school where Lenin makes his headquarters and where he will proclaim the new regime

Red Guards Armed
On the eve of the Bolshevik revolution, Red Guards arm themselves with whatever weapons they can lay hands on and pose for a group photo looking ever so determined

Red Guards Petrograd
The Red Guard spend much of the time driving round the streets of Petrograd waving their guns for the benefit of photographers

Wounded Guards Visited
Tsar Alexander II assassinated by nihilists : members of the royal family visit soldiers who were wounded when the mine exploded

Red Guards Seize Tank
Putilov Red Guard commandeer a tank from the Junkers (Young Cadets), name if after Lieutenant Schmidt a hero of the 1905 rising, and strike dramatic poses for the camera

Red Guard at Smolny
Red Guards from the Putilov factory, on the steps of the Smolny Institute, a former girls school, from which Lenin will proclaim his coup

Costume, Royal Bodyguard
ROYAL BODY GUARDS Officer, Gentlemen at Arms Yeoman of the Guard Ensign, Yeomen of the Guard

Three-Headed Dog / Cerberu
Dante & Virgil throw a sop to Cerberus, the dog who guards the entrance to Hell, thus ensuring that he ll not attack them as they pass

Military / Review / Russia
Parade by the Guards of the Cossack Regiment attended by Csar Nicholas II at Tsarskoe Selo

Wellington at Waterloo
Wellington encourages his men, supposedly with the rallying cry Up guards and at em !

Banque De France, Paris
The Banque de France, Paris

Gulliver Transported
Gulliver is transported by the Lilliputians: " We rested at night with 500 guards on each side of me, half with torches, & half with bows & arrows."

Winter Palace Occupied
Bolsheviks encamped in the Winter Palace in Petrograd

Lenin Inspecting Guards
VLADIMIR LENIN Russian statesman, inspecting guards on an official occasion

Sitting Bull
Sioux leader of Strong Heart warrior society, participated in battle of Little Big Horn, later with Buffalo Bills Wild West Show; finally shot by Native American guards

Sphinx Guard Dardanelles
The Turkish sphinx guards the Dardanelles

Prince of Wales 1914
EDWARD VIII Photograph of Edward, Prince of Wales, later Duke of Windsor, dressed as a second lieutenant of the Grenadier Guards during the First World

Wwi / Pte Boyd / 1914 / Deeds
Private J.Boyd of the Irish Guards single-handedly captures an enemy machine-gun. He is subsequently awarded the D.C.M

16th C Yeoman of Guard
A Yeoman of the Guards during the reign of Elizabeth I is depicted on horseback

Soviet Woman Pilot
A female Soviet pilot is congratulated after a successful mission. She is a member of the Tamanski Guards Air Corps, an all-female group

KRIEGSPIEL PLAYED
Brigade of Guards playing Kriegspiel at Horse Guards

Whitehall / Lantern Slide
The Horse Guards at Whitehall by night

Military / Dress / 18th Cent
BRITAIN a member of the Second Dragoon Guards

Coldstream Guards Band
The band of the COLDSTREAM GUARDS enters Buckingham Palace, London

Heliodorus and Angels
Emperor Seleucis II sends Heliodorus to plunder the Temple of Jerusalem, but he finds it under the protection of angelic security guards who drive him out with canes

Siege of Sidney Street
Various scenes from the Siege of Sidney Street

Eglon Murdered
The Moabite king Eglon is treacherously murdered by Ehud, one of the Judges of Israel, who escapes the kings guards

Wwi / 1915 / Bridge Sentry
A German sentry guards a railway bridge

Danish Military Habits
Danish military habits (showing shin guards) depicted on a Saxon reliquary

George Wyndham (Tinted)
George Wyndham statesman and man of letters, Eton, Coldstream Guards

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