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Guards Collection (page 9)

Background imageGuards Collection: A melange of small photos of British soldiers

A melange of small photos of British soldiers
The regiments represented are - 7th Hussars, 3rd Dragoon Guards, Life Guards, Seaforth Highlanders, Gordon Highlanders, Royal Horse Artillery, Royal Scots Fusiliers, 16th Lancers. WW1 Date: circa 1914

Background imageGuards Collection: The Scots Guards passing the Victoria Memorial

The Scots Guards passing the Victoria Memorial after Changing Guard at Buckingham Palace, London by C.T. Howard

Background imageGuards Collection: Rural Guard on horseback, Cuba

Rural Guard on horseback, Cuba. Date: circa 1904

Background imageGuards Collection: The Lifeguardsman who Dropped It by H. M. Bateman

The Lifeguardsman who Dropped It by H. M. Bateman
One of H. M. Batemans most brilliant cartoons - a guard of honour at a wedding goes horribly wrong. 1935

Background imageGuards Collection: Death of Lt-Col William Miller of the 1st Guards

Death of Lt-Col William Miller of the 1st Guards at the Battle of Quatre Bras. One of 16 lithographs by J Atkinson depicting incidents of British bravery during the late campaigns on the continent

Background imageGuards Collection: One of 25 maps from a leather case presented to Gen Richard

One of 25 maps from a leather case presented to Gen Richard Vyse who commanded the King?s Dragoon Guards and the Cavalry Brigades at the Battle of Beaumont

Background imageGuards Collection: Royal Horse Guards

Royal Horse Guards
?Royal Horse Guards, Blues?, 1814. Aquatint by J C Stadler after Charles Hamilton Smith. From Charles Hamilton Smiths ?Costumes of the Army of the British Empire

Background imageGuards Collection: Hangar deck of HMS Illustrious

Hangar deck of HMS Illustrious
Copy photograph of the hangar deck of HMS Illustrious showing the hammocks of the three battalions en route to Egypt, 1951

Background imageGuards Collection: Last-minute training for men of the Irish Guards Battle Grou

Last-minute training for men of the Irish Guards Battle Group.One of 48 colour photographs taken by Sgt David John Miles, a reservist who volunteered to serve with 4 Armoured Brigade as Brigade

Background imageGuards Collection: Welsh Guards

Welsh Guards
One of 34 photographs associated with the Welsh Guards, 1950-1969.Showing canteen; sign-writer; carpenters; drivers; machine gunners; firing mortars; sport; welder; mess waiters

Background imageGuards Collection: Canteen with men of 7th Dragoon Guards and others

Canteen with men of 7th Dragoon Guards and others
Canteen with men of 7th Dragoon Guards, 3rd Hussars, Scots Greys and 10th Hussars.Watercolour by T P Chapman, 1886.Associated with the 10th Hussars. Date: 1886

Background imageGuards Collection: Good bye! The 3rd Battalion Grenadier Guards Leaving Waterlo

Good bye! The 3rd Battalion Grenadier Guards Leaving Waterloo Station, October 21st 1899. Chromolithograph after George Harcourt; published by ?Girl?s Own Paper?, October 1900. Date: 1899

Background imageGuards Collection: Soldier serving with The Irish Guards - Basra, Iraq

Soldier serving with The Irish Guards - Basra, Iraq
Digital photograph: A soldier serving with No 1 Company 1st Battalion The Irish Guards looks for possible Iraqi enemy positions as Royal Engineer technicians prepare to cap one of the burning oil

Background imageGuards Collection: Medieval costume

Medieval costume, from left to right: Byzantine Emperor Justinian with court officials and guards, Empress Theodora with court ladies, three people in Slavonic and Russian costume. Date: 6th century

Background imageGuards Collection: Crimean War, Sergeant Davies defending the colours

Crimean War, Sergeant Davies defending the colours
Crimean War -- Sergeant Davies (Poolfield Davis) of the Grenadier Guards defending the colours against Russian infantry at the Battle of Inkerman in 1854

Background imageGuards Collection: WW1 - United We Stand, Divided we fall

WW1 - United We Stand, Divided we fall. Patriotic postcard from the start of the First World War, showing a united stance by a sailor, a Scottish Highlander and a Life Guard Date: circa 1914

Background imageGuards Collection: Observation post near Berlin Wall, Berlin, Germany

Observation post near Berlin Wall, Berlin, Germany
Observation post with two guards near the Berlin Wall, Berlin, Germany. Date: 1960s

Background imageGuards Collection: Border guards in East Berlin, Germany

Border guards in East Berlin, Germany
A group of border guards in East Berlin, Germany, with the Brandenburg Gate and the Berlin Wall in the middle distance. Date: 1970s

Background imageGuards Collection: Louis Wain, Daddy Cat - Cat Town Guards

Louis Wain, Daddy Cat - Cat Town Guards
Louis Wain, Daddy Cat - Daddy joins the Cat Town Guards. circa 1910s

Background imageGuards Collection: Persepolis (Takht-e-Jamshid). Apadana Palace. Ruins. First

Persepolis (Takht-e-Jamshid). Apadana Palace. Ruins. First
Persian art. Achaemenid period. Apadana Palace. Ruins. First palace built under Darius I in the new capital, Persepolis. It stands on a plinth decorated with reliefs depicting the royal guard

Background imageGuards Collection: Coldstream guards

Coldstream guards, oldest regiment in the Regular Army in continuous active service. Date: 1894

Background imageGuards Collection: Up Guards and at Them

Up Guards and at Them
Wellington issues his famous command, Up Guards and at them ! leading to the decisive rout of Napoleons Garde Imperiale Date: 18 June 1815

Background imageGuards Collection: The Life Guards

The Life Guards
Four o clock parade of the 1st Life Guards at the Horse Guards Parade, Whitehall. Artist: Harry Payne Date: 1908

Background imageGuards Collection: Grenadier Guards, St Michaels Mount, Cornwall

Grenadier Guards, St Michaels Mount, Cornwall
Corps of Drums of the Grenadier Guards with Lord John Francis Arthur St Aubyn, 4th Baron St Levan (1919-2013), and his wife Lady Susan St Levan (d 2003), at their home on St Michaels Mount, Cornwall

Background imageGuards Collection: Fourth Guards Brigade in Great War Deeds, WW1

Fourth Guards Brigade in Great War Deeds, WW1
The Fourth Guards Brigade, including the Coldstream Guards, fighting the Germans in the narrow streets of Landrecies during the retreat from Mons

Background imageGuards Collection: WW1 - Canadian Volunteers

WW1 - Canadian Volunteers
WW1 - The Canadian Volunteers, also known as The Moose Jaw Legion of Frontiersmen, photographed in front of a band stand at their first appearance

Background imageGuards Collection: Edward VIII as Colonel-in Chief of the Guards regiments

Edward VIII as Colonel-in Chief of the Guards regiments
Edward VIII (1894 1972), shortly after his accession to the Throne, King Edward assumed the ranks of Admiral of the Fleet and Field-Marshal

Background imageGuards Collection: Lance-Corporal O Leary wins a Victoria Cross

Lance-Corporal O Leary wins a Victoria Cross
Irish soldier Michael John O Leary outstrips the rest of his assault party at great speed and reaches a German barricade, killing all five of a machine gun crew before they have a chance to turn

Background imageGuards Collection: Ambassador of Empire who has become King Edward VIII

Ambassador of Empire who has become King Edward VIII
His Majesty King Edward VIII (1894 - 1972), who succeeded his Father, the late King George V, on 20 January 1936, the first bachelor King to ascend the British throne for 176 years

Background imageGuards Collection: Abdication of King Edward VIII in 1936

Abdication of King Edward VIII in 1936
King Edward VIII of Britain (1894 - 1972), who resigned from 20 January to 11 December 1936, when he abdicated. " King Edward VIII

Background imageGuards Collection: Captain of the Irish Guards

Captain of the Irish Guards
A rectangular miniature, bust-length portrait of a Captain of the Irish Guards. English School

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

Prince of Wales with Grenadier Guards, WW1
EDWARD VIII Edward, Prince of Wales marching with the Grenadier Guards in 1914 outside Buckingham Palace. Date: 1914

Background imageGuards Collection: Female impersonator in trench pantomime, WW1

Female impersonator in trench pantomime, WW1
Fair but False -The Coldstream " Girl." A Remarkable Impersonation in a trench pantomime. Among the numerous female impersonators among soldiers providing entertainment for the troops

Background imageGuards Collection: Margaret Leicester-Warren by Madame Yevonde

Margaret Leicester-Warren by Madame Yevonde
Margaret Alice Leicester-Warren (?-1964) by Madame Yevonde. She had recently become engaged to Major Oliver William Hargreaves Leese of the Coldstream Guards. They married in 1933. Date: 1932

Background imageGuards Collection: Procession in Central London

Procession in Central London
Aerial view of the Silver Jubilee procession in Central London, with flags and garlands. Date: 1935

Background imageGuards Collection: French cartoon, German prisoners, WW1

French cartoon, German prisoners, WW1
First World War cartoon entitled German prisoners, showing French soldiers escorting German prisoners away from Colmar, a town on the border between France and Germany. Date: 1915

Background imageGuards Collection: The General Strike - Guards return from duty 1926

The General Strike - Guards return from duty 1926
Londoners watching a procession of The 1st Brigade of Guards, with massed bands, marching through the City past the Royal Exchange and Mansion House

Background imageGuards Collection: Household Brigade - Officer of the British Life Guards

Household Brigade - Officer of the British Life Guards
An Officer of The Life Guards (LG) (the senior regiment of the British Army and part of the Household Cavalry, along with the Blues and Royals), pictured with his young son

Background imageGuards Collection: George V pictured in erman uniform with Kaiser Wilhelm II

George V pictured in erman uniform with Kaiser Wilhelm II
King George V pictured in German uniform alongside his cousin Kaiser Wilhelm II (in the uniform of the British Dragoon Guards!)in 1912

Background imageGuards Collection: Edward VIII in military uniform

Edward VIII in military uniform
Prince Edward of Wales (1894-1972), later King Edward VIII, Duke of Windsor, as second lieutenant of the Grenadier Guards in 1914. Date: 1914

Background imageGuards Collection: Major Burton, 5th Dragoon Guards

Major Burton, 5th Dragoon Guards. Adolphus Burton, full-length portrait, wearing uniform, seated on a horse. Date 1855

Background imageGuards Collection: Royal wedding 1893 - the departure

Royal wedding 1893 - the departure
The departure of the Duke of York and his bride from Buckingham Palace.Earlier, George Duke of York(later King George V)(1865-1936) had married Princess May of Teck(later the Duchess of York)

Background imageGuards Collection: Royal Wedding 1986 - Guards in procession

Royal Wedding 1986 - Guards in procession
Guards in their famous bearskin helmets march in formation in the procession for the royal wedding between Prince Andrew, Duke of York

Background imageGuards Collection: Communist demonstration in Vienna, Austria

Communist demonstration in Vienna, Austria
The security forces try to prevent a group of communist demonstrators advancing in the direction of Kolingasse and Horlgasse in the Schottenkreuzung area, Vienna, Austria. Date: 15 June 1919

Background imageGuards Collection: Hanoi, Vietnam - Garde Indigene

Hanoi, Vietnam - Garde Indigene (Native Guards) Date: circa 1901

Background imageGuards Collection: Officer of the 1st Prussian Guards in parade uniform

Officer of the 1st Prussian Guards in parade uniform
The Corps D elite of the German army whose suprement effort the British repulsed on 11th November 1914: officer of the 1st Prussian Guards in parade uniform Date: 1914

Background imageGuards Collection: Convicts being searched, Portland Prison, Dorset

Convicts being searched, Portland Prison, Dorset
Portland Prison, Dorset, opened in 1848 as a public works prison for convicts who were employed in quarries in the area. This view shows prison officers searching convicts on their return from work

Background imageGuards Collection: Quarries, Portland Prison, Dorset

Quarries, Portland Prison, Dorset
Portland Prison, Dorset, opened in 1848 as a public works prison for convicts who were employed in quarries in the area. This view shows small groups of men cutting stone by hand while prison



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