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Recruitment poster, Join the Royal Artillery and know the pride of being a gunner. 1940s
Boy with two guns, Balham, SW LondonA little boy with two guns (possibly real ones!) on a Balham street, SW London. Date: circa 1961
L Battery, Royal Horse Artillery. How our gunners won the VC and silenced the fire of the German guns in face of overwhelming odds Retreat from Mons, 1st September 1914
New British Sten gun by G. H. DavisThe Sten gun: the new British machine gun, introduced during the Second World War, explained in detail. It is a simplified Tommy-gun that fires almost any type of 9mm ammunition at 550 rounds per
British 25-pounder field gun by G. H. DavisConsidered at the time to be the best field gun in the world: the British 25-pounder. Diagrammatic drawings of a famous British weapon
Painting by Hs Power, artillery and horses at Ypres, WW1Painting by the Australian war artist Harold Septimus Power (1877-1971), showing artillery going into action before the Battle of Ypres
HMS Duke of York firing a broadside; Second World WarPhotograph showing the Royal Navy battleship HMS Duke of York firing her 14-inch guns, whilst heavy seas break over her bows, sometime during the Second World War
John Moses BrowningJOHN MOSES BROWNING American inventor of automatic pistols, rifles etc : shown with one of his machine guns
At the Front - World War One recruitment posterRecruitment poster during World War I featuring a dramatic picture of horses pulling guns rearing up in fright at a shell explosion just a few feet away
British Guns dash through French townA British Artillery piece is rushed at a gallop through the market-place of a French town, the square surrounded by shell damaged buildings
The Gun Who Picked up his Bird by H. M. BatemanEtiquette gone awry during a shoot when one man retrieves his own bird rather than allowing the gundogs to do so. The result is an utterly incensed gundog
Soviet propaganda poster: a Red Army officer, fearing civil disorder during a strike, asks the citizens to hand in their weapons
Machine gun diagramsFull page diagrams and illustration showing the workings of the Hotchkiss and Lewis machine-guns, used widely by the British army during World War I
A Dreadnought firing her great guns. Date: circa 1910s
British gunners, Battle of the Somme, WW1British gunners in action during the Battle of the Somme, First World War. Their guns are on " Percy Scott" mountings, with rather colourful camouflage paint. Date: 1918
Boer War; ColensoBATTLE OF COLENSO Buller fails to dislodge the Boers from their positions and has to retire, abandoning ten guns
Boy in school uniform with figurehead at seasideBoy in school uniform with a ships figurehead at the seaside. Date: circa 1920s
HMS Ajax, British battleship, at MaltaHMS Ajax, British King George V-class battleship, seen here at Malta. Date: circa 1919
Polish cavalry at the start of World War TwoPoland as a military power: cavalry, tanks and infantry (part of a spread in the Illustrated London News). Polands impressive horse cavalry are seen here, probably the best in Europe (the ILN says)
German machine gun in street, Grandpre, France, WW1German machine gun in a street in Grandpre, north eastern France, during the First World War. American troops of the 312nd Machine Gun Company, 78th Division, eventually entered the town
HMS Queen Elizabeth, British battleshipHMS Queen Elizabeth, British dreadnought battleship, launched 1913, served during the First and Second World Wars, decommissioned 1948. Date: 20th century
Italian recruitment poster, Second World War, featuring two soldiers asking the viewer what they are doing for the war effort. 1940s
Painting by Hs Power, War, WW1Painting entitled War by the Australian war artist Harold Septimus Power (1877-1971), showing soldiers on horseback, pulling heavy artillery across a field
Model of HMS Victory of 1737Model of HMS Victory, as displayed in the South Kensington Museum, 1865. HMS Victory, launched in 1737, was a three-decker first-rate warship of 100 guns
Winston Churchil visiting gun sites, England, 1944Winston Churchill visiting anti flying bomb defences in June 1944. Seen here at a gun battery in southern England. The caption on the back of the photograph reads, " The Prime Minister today
H H Sheikh of Kuwait Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-SabahThe 10th Monarch of Kuwait (between 1921-1950), H H Sheikh Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah (1885-1950) - pictured in October 1933 firing the anti-airplane machine guns - mounted on the rail for demonstration
Variety of pistols, incl Colts Deringer pistol / PeacemakerA variety of pistols, including Colts Deringer pistol, the Snapchance Revolver, a full-size cartridge, a US Cavalry Colt Sa (Single Action Army - Peacemaker).45 revolver (circa 1877)
The Battle of the Balloons. A fanciful image depicting four balloons with flags and sails, their passengers in close aerial combat. The opponents appear to be British and French. circa 18th century
HMS Royal Sovereign, British battleshipHMS Royal Sovereign, British Revenge class battleship, launched 1915, served in the First World War and part of the Second World War
HMS Queen Elizabeth, British battleshipHMS Queen Elizabeth, British dreadnought battleship, launched 1913, served during the First and Second World Wars, decommissioned 1948. Date: early 20th century
Design and motto of the Royal Artillery -- UbiqueDesign and motto of the Royal Artillery, showing a crown, ornate initials RA in mirror image, a field gun, and the Latin word Ubique, meaning Everywhere
British battleshipsIllustration of unidentified British battleships at sea during World War Two, with guns firing
Captain Charles UphamPortrait of double VC winner, Captain Charles Upham (). Born in New Zealand, Upham was a sheep farmer who distinguished himself during World War Two on two occasions
German Armoured Vehicles; Second World War, 1944Illustration showing a selection of German armoured vehicles used during the Battle for Normandy in 1944. The vehicles shown include Panther and Tiger tanks (left foreground)
British Infantry and Tanks, Reichswald; World War Two, 1945Photograph showing British infantry riding on Sherman tanks towards the Reichswald area, Germany, February 1945. On the left of the image anti-tank guns and their crews can be seen
Kurdish Gentlemen / IranTwo Kurdish men in traditional costume
STICK EM UPStick em up ! Boys playing with guns on the street
The War of the WorldsTHE WAR OF THE WORLDS The Martians fire their gas- guns
Siege of LucknowLieutenant Macpherson leads a a charge by the 78th Highlanders to capture enemy guns at Lucknow. He was awarded the Victoria Cross
Gun transport exercise, Wentworth Woodhouse, YorkshireAn emergency gun transport exercise taking place at Wentworth Woodhouse, Lord Fitzwilliams residence at Rotherham, Yorkshire
HMS Repulse with Sopwith Pup, WW1Stern view of HMS Repulse showing a Sopwith Pup biplane on the aft turret during the First World War. Date: 1916-1918
Soldiers doing target practice on a shooting rangeA group of men doing target practice on a shooting range before the outbreak of the First World War. Their success or otherwise is written up on various blackboards
Two men shooting in Scotland, possibly on the Balmoral estate. One of them is wearing a kilt
Arming the Ulster Volunteer Force: Gun-running scenes at LarThe scene at Larne(20 miles from Belfast), where over 200 tons of guns and ammunitions were unloaded from the disguised steamer Mountjoy by the Ulster Volunteer Force
British First Airborne Troops march towards Arnhem; Second WPhotograph showing men of the British First Airborne Division marching into Arnhem with their guns and equipment, after landing outside the town, September 1944
Edward VII Hunting BirdsEdward as Prince of Wales shooting at Birchills Wood during his visit to Chatsworth
Browning Machine GunBROWNING American inventor John Moses Browning with one of his machine guns
Guns for American BoysGuns for American boys
Guns at MaiwandBATTLE OF MAIWAND Saving the guns : though the British force was defeated by the Afghans, they were able to retreat to Kandahar in relatively good order
Battle of Passchendale60 pounder guns in action near Langemarck, Belgium in the first Battle of Passchendale during World War I on 12th October 1917
Royal Field Artillery in Great War Deeds, WW1Captain Douglas Reynolds, Driver J H C Drain and Driver F Luke of the Royal Field Artillery, saving the gun from hostile fire at Le Cateau, for which they won the Victoria Cross
HMS Good Hope in Great War Deeds, WW1HMS Good Hope of the British Royal Navy going down with her last guns firing, in an action against overwhelming odds off the coast of Chile, South America
B. S. A. Military Pattern Air RiflesB.S.A. Military Pattern Air Rifles, The Birmingham Small Arms Company Limited Date: circa 1910
B. S. A. Air Rifles, Birmingham Small Arms CompanyB.S.A. Air Rifles, The Birmingham Small Arms Company Limited Date: circa 1910
Puss on a 12-inch gun: a cat on a royal navy ship during World War One. 1917
WW2 Poster -- ATS Eyes Of The GunsATS Eyes Of The Guns. Recruitment poster, Auxiliary Territorial Service. Colour photolithograph by Beverley Pick, published by HMSO. Showing women helping with anti-aircraft defence. Date: 1940
Growth of the submarine by G. H. DavisThe growth of the submarine from 1901 to 1912. In chronological order, they are: 1901-2 Holland Class, 1903-5 A Class, 1904-6 B Class, 1906-9 C Class, 1911 D Class and 1912 E Class
With the field guns on the Western Front. A visit to a British battery. With the British Army on the Western Front - published in 1916 for Tatler and Sphere.. Fortunino Matania, Ri (1881-1963)
Three men in traditional Greek Costume - Athens, Greece. Date: circa 1910s
Colt Guns and Rifles - breech-loading arms. circa late 19th century
Startling Stories scifi magazine cover - Green-headed AliensTHE THREE PLANETEERS, by Edmond Hamilton. Two green-headed aliens, fly a spacecraft whilst under fire from groups of humans with ray-guns Date: 1940
Belfast riots, August 1920A double page spread from the Illustrated London News, reporting on rioting in Belfast that began on the night of the 23rd August, and continued for a week
British six-pounder gun by G. H. DavisThe British six-pounder gun: explanatory drawings. It was an efficient field and anti-tank gun of high velocity, used for example against Rommels German army in the desert, Second World War
British monitor HMS Terror, WW1HMS Terror, a British Erebus-class monitor (small warship), seen here during the First World War. Launched 1916, served during the First and Second World Wars, damaged and sunk off Damah, Libya
Sultan Osman Dreadnought - Ottoman NavyDreadnought of the Imperial Ottoman Empire - The Sultan Osman Date: circa 1910s
Great Crane at Woolwich Arsenal, south east LondonThe Great Crane at the Arsenal, Woolwich, south east London, used to lift sections of large guns
Greens Motors charabanc outing, Haverfordwest, South WalesA Greens Motors charabanc outing, with five charabancs in total, makes its way through the streets of Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire, South Wales
British troops WWIIPictures of the 4th Border Regiment who held a large sector of the Somme during a vital stage in the German advance. They were an ordinary Infantry Battalion
Tunisia - Arab BazaarTunisia - an Arab dealer sitting in his shop, surrounded by his wares (pretty much everything you can imagine) including drapes, rugs, pots, a stuffed baby crocodile, swords, guns
A Sixty-Five Pounder Opening Fire, by James McBey, WW1" Zero". A Sixty-Five Pounder Opening Fire, drypoint print by James McBey, First World War. Referring to a bombardment in Palestine in the early morning of 19 September 1918. 1920
Great Crane at Woolwich Arsenal, in south east London, London, laying in marsh land between Greenwich and Gravesend. The majority of heavy guns for the Navy
British battleship firing its gunsHurling one-ton shells twenty miles. A British battleship fires its 16 inch guns which are able to hurl shells twenty miles across the ocean. Date: 1932
USS Pensacola, American cruiserUSS Pensacola (CA24), American heavy cruiser. Date: 1930s
WW2 - Surcouf Submarine of the Free French Navy. The largest submarine ever built until surpassed by the first Japanese I-400-class submarine in 1943
Afridi Tribesman of the Khyber Pass, NWFPAfridi Tribesman (Afreedis / Abaorteans) - a Pashtun (Pathan) tribe from the Khyber Pass region posing with his long rifle. Date: circa 1920s
German machine gun WWIMachine gun post in a front line trench during the withdrawal to the Siegfried line on the Western Front during World War I Date: February 1917
Group photo, crew of HMS Marshal NeyA large group photo, officers and crew of the Monitor ship HMS Marshal Ney. Date: circa 1915
Pilot (on first job) This war-flying seems easy, but WW1Pilot (on first job). This war-flying seems easy, but I wish people would not test their guns quite so close. By Lieutenant George Arthur Hyde, MC
Blenheims and Messerschmitts by G. H. DavisThe fight between Bristol Blenheims and Messerschmitt 110 destroyer planes over the North Sea during the Second World War
Royal Horse Artillery - Gun TeamRoyal Horse Artillery Gun Team - Horse artillery differs from field artillery in that the whole gun detachment is mounted and the gun and wagon aretherefore freed from the load of men
Bringing up the GunsAn Australian battery going into action during World War One. Date: 1920s
Coastal defence battery near Middelkerke, Belgium, WW1A gun of the Cecilie coastal defence battery near Middelkerke in West Flanders, Belgium, during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918
British troops in a trench, Salonika Front, WW1British troops in a trench in the hills on the Salonika Front during the First World War. Date: circa 1916-1917
