Handed Collection

Grenadiers Mount Guard
Grenadier Guards mounting the Guard - the colours are handed to the officer in charge of the guard for the day; they will then be saluted, and the guard will march off with them

Sir Robin Knox-Johnston circumnavigates the globe
Sir Robin Knox-Johnston and his 32-foot ketch Suhaili, after completing a 312-day non-stop single-handed voyage around the world

SLOCUMs SPRAY
The boat which Joshua Slocum rebuilt and sailed single- handed round the world, 1895-1896

Walter Hagen at Muirfield 1929
American golfer Walter Hagen plays a left handed shot from a difficult position on the ninth hole at Muirfield, Scotland, his ball too close to a stone wall to hit in his usual right handed manner

David Lloyd George leaving Downing Street
Lloyd George pictured leaving Downing Street after his resignation with his wife and daughter Megan. His resignation announcement featured in the Court circular of 19th October

William Lillywhite
WILLIAM LILLYWHITE The Father of Modern Cricket A right-handed bowler, who played for Sussex in the 1820s. Date: early 19th century

J H King - Cricketer
John H King - left-handed cricketer for Leicestershire and England, making his debut for his country in 1909

New York City Depression
A scene in New York during the depression following the Wall Street Crash in 1929. Essential supplies are handed out to a line of impoverished citzens

Major H G Brackley being handed the de Havilland logbooks
Major H.G. Brackley being handed the logbooks of de Havilland DH84 Dragon, G-ACPX, by Hugh Blackman in May 1934. Date: 1934

USA / Met Opera / Stage
NEW YORK a performer takes a bow, as a bouquet of flowers is handed up

Walker at Trujillo
American soldier of fortune William Walker lands at Trujillo, Honduras : captured by British, he is handed to Honduras authorities who shoot him by firing squad 12 Sept

HMAS Yarra - River-Class Torpedo Destroyer
Royal Australian Navy - HMAS Yarra / HMS Yarra, a River-Class Torpedo Destroyer, making way at speed, on the River Clyde during manufacturers trials in 1910. Yarra was built by William Denny & Bros

The Irish Chiefs and Kings kneel before King Henry II (1133-1189) at Dublin, Ireland. In October 1171, King Henry landed with a large army in Ireland to establish control over both the Anglo-Normans

Shell Motor Spirit Silver Trophy, Samuel Cody Archive
EARLY AVIATION PIONEERS - THE SAMUEL CODY ARCHIVE: The Shell Motor Spirit Silver Trophy, 1912, by Mappin and Webb, hallmarked London 1912, with fine model of Cody?s Flyer, Type No

RMS Lusitania - ledger listing supplies prior to sailing
RMS Lusitania - rare hardbound ledger dated 28 June 1907 to 26 August 1907 relating to supplies and provisions for the Lusitania prior to sailing

Gordon Harker
Actor Gordon Harker (1885-1967) had a prolific film and stage career. Here he is being celebrated for his portrayal of Cockney characters. Date: circa 1932

Crowd of flat capped youths watching a street artist
This is a London street. The left handed artist is using chalk and his materials are on a cloth by his side. The postcard is one of the London Types series. Date: circa 1902

William the Conqueror with his ragtag army of Normans in 1066. William in chain mail suit of armor with mace and helmet on horseback

Underwater Wrecks Museum Salvaged Sherman tank
War wrecks in French waters became the property of the French Government and millions of tons of scrap iron were recovered by specialised firms

Quarterstaff fighting - England
A quarterstaff (plural quarterstaves), also short staff or simply staff is a traditional European pole weapon and a technique of stick fighting

Junkers Ju 88 D-1 / Trop FE-1598
(ex Royal Romanian Air Force) - Junkers Ju 88 D-1/Trop FE-1598 (Werk Nr. 430650 / HK959 / Baksheesh ), in outdoor storage / display at the National Museum of the United States Air Force

Young boy flees from the Duchess of York
April, 1928 - The Duchess of York in Chichester, Sussex at a charitable Garden Party - she was presented with purses, but this young lad, overcome by the occasion

Duke and Duchess of York visiting Docklands - April 1924
The Duke and Duchess of York visiting Docklands in April 1924. This picture shows the Duchess (1900-2002) (later Queen Elizabeth)

Albert, Duke of York - Brigade of Guards Ceremony
Prince Albert, Duke of York (future King George VI) (1895-1952) - July 1922 - regments of the Brigade of Guards receive new colours from King Gerge V - picture from the march after the ceremony which

PLAYING CARDS IN HOLLAND
Great interest is shown in a two-handed game of cards played in a Dutch tavern Date: 17th century

Anything Left handed - 65 Beak Street - Soho, London. Date: 1973

Poster, Cyprus crisis 1957, reward for arrest of Grivas
Poster, Cyprus crisis 1957, reward for the arrest of George Theodorou Grivas, and for arms handed in. Date: 1957

HMS Gloucester in Great War Deeds, WW1
HMS Gloucester of the British Royal Navy single-handedly fighting two German ships, the Goeben and the Breslau. Reproduction of a painting by Norman Wilkinson in Great War Deeds

India Pondicherry
Place Napoleon III : Pondicherry is a French possession, repeatedly taken by the British but generously handed back

Publius Horatius Cocles defending the Tiber bridge
Publius Horatius Cocles, an army officer of the Roman Republic, together with two companions, Spurius Larcius and Titus Herminius

VAD Hospital stores, Quex House
The Billiard Room of Quex House was used as the Hospital Stores during the War. Two VAD nurses are seated either side of a table. One is sewing, the other is writing

Boy in Hand-Me-Downs
A country boy, looking after geese, wears clothes handed down by his brothers, his father, even his grandfather - He ll grow into them soon enough ! Date: 1895

Ww1 / 1917 / German Gallant
THE WORLD LIBERATOR Gallant Germany, single handed, fights to rid the world of the hideous British Imperial octopus Date: April 1917

Buffy-tufted marmoset, Callithrix aurita (vulnerable), and red-handed tamarin, Saguinus midas.. Handcolored copperplate stipple engraving from Frederic Cuviers Dictionary of Natural Science: Mammals

English Man of Arms, 16th century, in suit of armor and helmet, with a pennant with three lions.. Handcolored illustration by E. Lechevallier-Chevignard, lithographed by A. Didier, L. Flameng, F

WW1 - British Tommies welcomed on arrival in France Date: 1914

Suffragette Procession Hyde Park. Leaflet/flyer addressed to Men and Women of Paddington and Willesden to Come and walk in the Great Procession to Hyde Park Today Sunday June 21st (1908)

Cricket Tom Emmett
Tom Emmett, the yorkshire cricketer. Date: circa 19th century

Cricket Charles Burgess Fry
The Cricketer Charles Burgess Fry Date: 1898

Student nurses practising three handed lift
Student nurses practising a three handed lift, supervised by a sub-officer of the fire prevention branch

Warren Bardsley
The Australian cricketer Warren Bardsley, an opening left handed batsman who played 41 Tests between 1909 and 1926. Date: circa 1909

Galloway Home, Whalley Range, Cheshire
Children stand in front of the Galloway Home at 34 Upper Chorlton Road, Whalley Range, near Manchester The home was established in 1875 by Miss Galloway who, for 35 years, ran it single-handed

Samuel Miller
SAMUEL WOOD - miller who had to operate his mill single- handed on account of how he lost the other one in an unfortunate accident, as depicted. Date: CIRCA 1737

A Pfalz DXII handed over to the allies in France under the Armistice terms and flown from France to Hawkinge, Folkstone

A RAF Short SC-5 Belfast CMk1 XR369 Spartacus takes-off
A RAF Short SC-5 Belfast CMk1, XR369, Spartacus, takes-off from the island of Gan in the Indian Ocean for the last time. The airfield was handed over to the Republic of Maldives on 29 March 1976

Maldivians wave goodbye for the last time as a RAF Short SC-5 Belfast, XR369, Spartacus, prepares to leave from the island of Gan in the Indian Ocean

Busycon contrarium, lightening whelk
Fossilised specimen of the Pilocene gastropod, originating from Florida, USA, 5 million years ago. The lightening whelk has a long siphonal canal

Saving a baby from flooded building, South Wales
A baby is handed to safety after houses were swept away when heavy rains hit the Aberdare area of South Wales. circa 1911

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