Guards Collection (page 6)

Band on the 2nd Dragoon Guards, India 1866
19th century vintage photograph: Band on the 2nd Dragoon Guards, India 1866

Officers of the 2nd Dragoon Guards, India, 1866
19th century vintage photograph: Officers of the 2nd Dragoon Guards, India, 1866

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

Scenes from the islands of West Africa, 1820
Christopher Columbus in the Azores looking toward America 28, birds in the Canary Islands 29, and Napoleon Bonapartes prison Longwood House on St. Helena 30

Carriage of the Charge d Affaires of Mexico in
Carriage of the Charge d Affaires of Mexico, Colonel Almonte, in Queen Victorias coronation parade. Handcoloured aquatint engraving from Fores Correct Representation of the State Procession

Squadron of Life Guards cavalry in Queen Victoria s
Squadron of Life Guards cavalry in Queen Victorias coronation parade. Handcoloured aquatint engraving from Fores Correct Representation of the State Procession on the Occasion of the August Ceremony

Queens Equerry and Mounted Band of the Household
Queens Equerry and Mounted Band of a regiment of the Household Brigade in Queen Victorias coronation parade. Handcoloured aquatint engraving from Fores Correct Representation of the State Procession

Captain General of the Royal Archers and Life Guards
Captain General of the Royal Archers, Duke of Bucleugh, General of the Lifeguards, ensigns and mounted Life Guards in Queen Victorias coronation parade

Fifth Carriage of the Royal Household in Queen Victoria s
Fifth Carriage of the Royal Household in Queen Victorias coronation parade. Two Maids of Honor, Hon. Miss Rice and Hon. Miss Murray, Groom of the Robes, Captin Francis Seymour, Clerk Marshal, Hon

A Squadron of Life Guards. Household Brigade, in Queen Victorias coronation parade. Handcoloured aquatint engraving from Fores Correct Representation of the State Procession on the Occasion of

Mounted Band of the Household Brigade in Queen Victoria s
Mounted Band of the Household Brigade in Queen Victorias coronation parade. Handcoloured aquatint engraving from Fores Correct Representation of the State Procession on the Occasion of the August

A squadron of Life Guards in Queen Victorias coronation parade. Household cavalry mounted on horseback with bearskins, breastplates and swords

Belgian Headstones Houthulst Belgian Military Cemetery
This War Cemetery is maintained by the War Graves Department of the Belgian MOD. It is on the edge of the Houthulst forest which Napoleon called he key to the Low Countries

Scene at the Tower of London with female visitors in the company of a Yeoman of the Guard or Beefeater, while soldiers in Guards uniform adjust their bearskin helmets. Date: c.1910

Waterloo, decisive charge of the Guards, 18 June 1815
Battle of Waterloo, decisive charge of the Guards, 18 June 1815. 1815

Horse Guards, London
Painting of Horse Guards Parade. Artist: C Schmidt Date: circa 1902

Reginald Jecks, performer, in military costume
Reginald Jecks, performer, of the Reg Jecks and Vera Vivian Variety Theatre Company, seen here in military costume. circa 1920s

Major H. E. J. Lister Memorial, Hechtel-Eksel
Major Lister joined the Welsh Guards as a soldier, although he was an ordained priest with a Parish at Purle. He then went to Sandhurst and in October 1939 was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant

Veldhoven Liberation Memorial and HCR Memorial
The Operation Market Garden plan required that the Guards Armoured Division, which was leading the ground advance north, should advance at maximum speed in order to cross the river bridges as soon as

Guards Memorial Plaque, Nijmegen Bridge, Holland
The Cornelius Ryan book, A Bridge Too Far has at its centre the final struggle at the bridge at Arnhem, which was indeed a Bridge Too Far

Irish Guards Memorial plaque, Joes Bridge
This is on a small stone plinth beside the canal. The crossing here is known as the De Groote Barrier and the bridge was taken one week before Operation Market Garden began

Music cover, The Life Guards Polka by C C Amos. circa 1860

Music cover, The Guards Quadrille by Bushez. 19th century

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

Trooping of the Colour, 1919
Page from The Sphere reporting on the Trooping of the Colour ceremony, which took place on 3 June 1919, on King George Vs birthday. 1919

Suit of armour belonging to John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster. Special shaped cuirass to deflect lances, pass guards on shoulders

Tattooed or scarified guards at the door to the Queens Palace, Tandi, Angola. There are 500 guards, with three at the main door: two seated with clubs, and one standing with spear, bow and arrows

Captain of the Hungarian Guards, 18th century. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Giarre and Stanghi from Giulio Ferrarios Costumes Ancient and Modern of the Peoples of the World, Florence, 1847

Cortege of a Mughal ruler in India. Mogul and courtiers riding in palanquins on elephants, guarded by cavalry and infantry

Chief Warder, Tower of London. circa 1900

Music cover, Chanson d Amour Waltz, by J P Clarke, Bandmaster of Her Majestys Scots Guards, played with great success at the International Health Exhibition (London, 1884). Date: late 19th century

Mounted guards in Madrid, Spain, April 1931
Mounted guards in Madrid in April 1931, when Spain was declared a Republic. 1931

Front page of the Military Mail, 4 December 1903
Front page of the Military Mail and Volunteer Review for 4 December 1903, showing advertisements, with a photo of guards in Whitehall, London, in the middle

Life Savers on a Continental beach
Life savers stationed on an unidentified Continental beach in 1923. Any adventurous swimmer who dared to swim out a little further than what was deemed perfectly safe was forcibly rescued often with

King George IV lying in state, Windsor Castle. Date: 1830

Funeral of a Plantation Guard
A double line of guards stand by the coffin of a plantation guard, ready to proceed, with a squad of soldiers behind them as a funeral procession

New Minister arriving at the Senate House in Rio de Janeiro
One of the new ministers going into the senate house in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. People watch as the new minister arrives in a carriage, two guards on horseback accompanying him

The King of Mosquitia in Council 1847
A council session for the King of Mosquita, George Augustus Frederic II. The king sits at the farthest end of the council table, only 14, surrounded by 3 child guards with halberds

The benediction of Maximilians Body at Capuchin Church
Various nobles stand in attendance as the bishops perform the benediction on the body of Emperor Maximilian, at the Capuchin Church in Vienna

State Coach in Royal Pageant, Reopening of Parliament
State Coach, containing the King and Queen, in the Royal Pageant from Buckingham Palace to Westminster for the reopening of Parliament, London. Date: 1922

Guards on duty at Vatican when Pope Pius XII elected
Noble Guard on duty at the Vatican in Rome when Pope Pius XII was elected, 2 March 1939. 1939

Music cover, The Guards Waltz by D Godfrey, dedicated to Lt Col Sir Charles Russell of the Grenadier Guards. 19th century

Advertisement, H O Strong, Guards for Circular Saws
Advertisement, H O Strong & Co, Norfolk Works, Bristol - Guards for Circular Saws. 19th century

Dog soldier and two cats on a greetings card with a tab pull. Date: circa 1890s

Statuette of British soldier in marching order, WW1
Statuette, Sergeant of the Grenadier Guards in Marching Order, by George Edward Wade, plaster with bronze finish, First World War. 1914-1918

Ancient and Modern, Tower of London, London
Ancient and Modern uniforms at the Tower of London, London. Date: circa 1930s

Return from Changing of the Guard, London
Returning from the Changing of the Guard, Buckingham Palace, London. Date: circa 1930s

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