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Military BadgeUlster impressions.Photolithograph after Joan Wanklyn, 1976.Published by Headquarters Northern Ireland, 1976.Shows 18 vignettes of the British Army on operations in Northern Ireland
LFDCA-LFB Lambeth HQ and Lambeth river stationA modernised Lambeth river fire station and the new fireboat London Phoenix, seen here from the north bank of the River Thames
Culpeper House LondonCulpeper House, 21 Bruton Street, London, a picturesque Georgian house and shop front, headquarters of the Society of Herbalists, named after Nicholas Culpeper (1616-1654) Date: 1960s
London Fire Engine Establishment, list of fire stationsFormed in 1833, the LFEE took over firefighting in London from the various Insurance Company fire brigades. It had 19 fire stations and its headquarters was located at Watling Street, City of London
LFB horse drawn steamer at modern LFB reviewLambeth, headquarters of the London Fire Brigade, hosted annual displays and regular reviews of the Brigade
Firefighters on parade in front of their appliance during a visit by Queen Elizabeth II to the Headquarters of the London Fire Brigade, Lambeth
LCC-LFB Fire display at Brigade HQ SouthwarkThe London Fire Brigade encouraged, for very many years, a good public image by opening its doors to the public to special fire brigade displays
LCC-LFB Recruit fireman training at Brigade HQ, SE1During the 1950s recruit firefighters were trained at the Brigade Headquarters, Lambeth. Here a fireman is undertaking a hook ladder drill on the stations nine-storey drill tower
LCC-LFB Recruit firefighters training at Brigade HQ SE1During the 1950s recruit firefighters were trained at the Brigade Headquarters in Lambeth. Here they are undertaking hook ladder drills on the stations nine-storey drill tower
LCC-MFB, HQ station, Southwark SE1The new headquarters of the Metropolitan Fire Brigade (MFB) opened in 1878 under its Chief Officer Captain Eyre Massey Shaw
Bedford Heavy Unit in the NFS (London Region)About 1000 of the pumps were built on a Bedford chassis and most were capable of pumping water at 700 gallons per minute
GLC-LFB - Croydon vehicle workshopsThe GLC-LFB was created on 1 April 1965. A series of photos was commissioned of each location, either within or absorbed into the enlarged London Fire Brigade
LCC-LFB Leyland Metz 100 foot turntable ladderLambeths (D61) turntable ladder at its base station, displayed in the Brigade headquarters drill yard
LCC-LFB Lambeth fire station with appliancesLambeth fire station (Brigade Headquarters) with pump-escape, pump and 100 foot turntable ladder. The station had three other appliances: an emergency tender, breakdown lorry and canteen van
LCC-LFB AFS Green Goddess pump, Lambeth HQA typical AFS (government design) Green Goddess pump, at drill in the yard of Brigade Headquarters station, Lambeth
NFS London Region control room and officers, WW2With the Fire Service nationalised in 1941 the London Fire Brigade was combined with its surrounding Fire Brigades to form the London Region of the NFS
LCC-LFB engines and crews, Whitechapel fire stationLocated at 27 Commercial Road, East London, Whitechapel fire station opened in 1874. It was also a superintendent station (district headquarters) and was known as Station No 27
LCC-LFB Dennis motorised fire pump and crewThe introduction of the Dennis fire appliances would see the creation of dual-purpose fire engines capable of carrying either the 50 foot wheeled escape or, as here, adapted as a pump
NFS 60ft hand-operated turntable ladder, WW2An Austin K4-Merryweather 60 foot hand-operated turntable ladder (TL). A total of 50 such appliances were built and mounted on Austin K4 chassis for the Home Office between 1942 and 1943
LFB wartime emergency appliance and trailer pump, WW2A Fordson Unit and trailer pump at the London Fire Brigade headquarters, Lambeth. These were just some of the 2000 adapted vehicles utilised as AFS fire appliances
LCC-MFB Headquarters station at Southwark SE1The Metropolitan Fire Brigade was created in 1866, having replaced the former London Fire Engine Establishment brigade
LCC-MFB funeral of Fireman Martin SpragueView of the funeral procession of Fireman Martin Sprague, who was killed in a fire
Recruitment Poster - British MilitaryTHE MIDDLESEX REGIMENT, 57TH Regimental District - Headquarters, HOUNSLOW, 1900. Chromolithograph poster, printed by Gale and Polden Limited, 1900
Mass jets at the LFB annual review at Lambeth HQLondon firefighters from East London demonstrating mass jets during the Annual Review display at the Brigades headquarters. Lambeth, SE1
WW1 poster, 20th London RegimentWW1 recruitment poster, 20th London Regiment (HQ Holly Hedge House, Blackheath), Praise for Territorials. Join your own local battalion at once. Date: 1914-1918
Nato Headquarters, Izmir, Turkey - now the Allied Air Component Command Headquarters Date: 1957
Queen Elizabeth reviews female LFB dispatch rider, WW2Visit to LFB by Queen Elizabeth and Princess Elizabeth. Queen Elizabeth reviews a female dispatch rider at the Lambeth Headquarters of the London Fire Brigade
LCC-LFB horse drawn 75ft turntable ladder (TL)Shand Mason (Blackfriars) supplied the London Fire Brigade with this hand operated 75 foot turntable ladder on a four wheel horse drawn carriage
Queen Elizabeth II opening the new LFB HeadquartersQueen Elizabeth II with Commissioner Ronald James Dobson at the opening of the new London Fire Brigade Headquarters at 169 Union Street, London SE1
GLC-LFB Eastern Command Control UnitThe GLC-LFB was created on 1 April 1965. A series of photos was commissioned of each type of fire engine, either within or absorbed into the enlarged London Fire Brigade
GLC-LFB - Ford Cortina staff car at Lambeth HQThe GLC-LFB was created on 1st April 1965
LCC-LFB Recruit firemen training at Brigade HQ, SE1During the 1950s recruit firefighters were trained at the Brigade Headquarters, Lambeth
GLC-LFB Centenary Royal Review at Lambeth HQTo celebrate the 100 years of the London Fire Brigade, Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip reviewed the London Fire Brigade at Lambeth headquarters
The London Salvage Corps HQ, 40-42 Watling StreetBuilt in 1907 and located in the City of London, the headquarters station of the London Salvage Corps until it moved to its new premises in 1960
NFS (London Region) mobile kitchen vehicleDonated to the London Region of the NFS by the Canadian Red Cross, the mobile kitchen unit displayed at the Regional (Brigade) Headquarters, Lambeth, SE1 is seen here with its side canopies extended
Government supplied NFS pump escape and trailer pumpA grey pump escape and trailer pump prior to having its NFS station identification number painted on the side. Seen here at the London Fire Brigade headquarters in Lambeth
St Johns Gate ClerkenwellSt Johns Gate, in Clerkenwell, Middlesex, now within central London, is one of the few tangible remains from Clerkenwells monastic past
Finsbury Rifles recruiting HQ, North London, WW1Finsbury Rifles recruiting headquarters and drill hall, 17 Penton Street, Islington, North London, around the start of the First World War. Date: circa 1914
Copper Miners Strike - Calumet, Michigan, USA. Industrial action by Copper Miners of the Western Federation of Miners
LCC-LFB battery-electric pump-escape at SouthwarkAn early electric wheeled escape ladder vehicle, Cedes battery-driven pump/50ft escape, based at Bow fire station, seen here in the drill yard at Southwark Headquarters
GLC-LFB - Turntable Ladder at Brigade HQThe GLC-LFB was created on 1 April 1965. A series of photos was commissioned of each type of fire engine, either within or absorbed into the enlarged London Fire Brigade
London Fire Brigades organisation and equipmentA selection of small drawings of the events that take place in 1937
Queen Elizabeth II inspecting firefightersVisit of Queen Elizabeth II to the Headquarters of the London Fire Brigade, Lambeth
LCC-LFB Dual purpose appliances (pump escape)Introduced into the London Fire Brigade in 1934, dual purpose appliances meant that the ladders the fire engines carried were interchangeable
LFB Dennis dual-purpose pump, Lambeth HQLambeths (D61) pump at its base station, on display in Brigade headquarters drill yard. Side mounted pump outlets together with hose-reel tubing and two hook ladders can be seen
LCC-LFB vehicle repair workshops, Lambeth HQThe London Fire Brigade vehicle repair and maintenance workshops located within the extensive headquarters complex in Lambeth, SE1
LCC-LFB major control unit at Lambeth HQMajor control unit, based at Brigade Headquarters, Lambeth, with dedicated operational control unit staff. The unit attended all major fires and incidents
LCC- MFB motorised senior officers carAt the turn of the century motorised transport was making its presence felt in Londons fire brigade, Seen here is Superintendent Cs Egerton
LCC-LFB Vehicle and equipment workshops complexThe Headquarters complex at Lambeth SE1 had extensive vehicle and equipment workshops. Maintenance, repair and restoration work could be undertaken by highly skilled mechanics and craftsmen
Members of the Canadian Fire Service join the NFS, WW2Detachments from the Canadian Fire Service arrive in the UK to supplement National Fire Service numbers. Groups were allocated to the various Fire Regions
HMS Warrior R31Royal Navy - HMS Warrior R31, a Colossus-class light aircraft carrier, in March 1946. (Warrior was loaned to the Royal Canadian Navy from 1946 to 1948 as HMCS Warrior)
General William Booth, Salvation Army HeadquartersWilliam Booth (1829-1912), British founder of the Salvation Army
Royal Overseas League HQ - Courtyard and Entrance, London. Date: circa 1910s
Finsbury Rifles Dart Club, North LondonGroup photo, Finsbury Rifles Dart Club outside their headquarters and drill hall, 17 Penton Street, Islington, North London. Date: 1930
Easter Rising / Liberty HqLiberty Hall, Dublin, the rebel headquarters after the storming. Date: May 1916
Footballers Battalion attending HQ at Kingsway for pay, WW1Mr F. J. Wall, secretary of the Football Association, sits at a table at the associations headquarters, ready to pay members of the Footballers Battalion
LCC-LFB battery-electric pump-escape at Southwark HQAn early electric wheeled ladder escape vehicle, a Cedes battery-driven pump/50 foot escape, based at Bow fire station, seen here in the drill yard of Southwark Headquarters
LCC- MFB Blackheath fire stationBlackheath fire station, located at Brigade Street, Tranquil Vale, SE3 (very near the Mary Evans Picture Library), with the escape ladder stored at the side
LCC-LFB Motorised pump escape at Southwark HQThe pump escape of No 1 station, the Brigade Headquarters fire station located at Southwark Bridge Road SE1
LCC-LFB firefighters with old hose cartFour LCC-LFB firefighters with a 60-year old hose cart, 17 August 1938. The cart was housed in the HQ in Cherry Garden Street
Retirement party for Jenny Denny, one of two tea / coffee ?Retirement party for Jenny Denny, one of two tea/coffee ladies at the headquarters of the Royal Aeronautical Society
Where General Birdwood lived with his staff, HQ at AnzacDug outs at Anzac Cove where General William Birdwood and his staff lived during the Gallipoli Campaign
The new chamber in the London County Council (L)The new chamber in the London County Council (L.C.C.). Photograph showing the London's representatives in session. Date: July 1922
Stenographic Institute HQ, Florence, Tuscany, ItalyStenographic Institute Headquarters, Florence, Tuscany, Italy. Date: circa 1902
The Commandery Hall, Worcester - the Royalist Headquarters during the deciding battle of the English Civil War - the Battle of Worcester 1651. Date: 1651
Church Army HQ, Edgware Road, London, Victorian period Date: late 19th century
The Committee Room at RNLI headquarters, Victorian period Date: late 19th century
Russo-Turkish War (1877-1878). Bessarabia. The quarters of the grand duke Nicholas (1831-1891), commander-in-chief in Chisinau (formerly known as Kishinev). Engraving
France. Paris Commune (18 March to 28 May 1871)France. Paris Commune. Popular revolutionary movement that took power in Paris from 18 March to 28 May 1871, as a result of the Franco-Prussian War. Storming of the streets of Paris
Franco-Prussian War (1870-1871). Exterior viewFranco-Prussian War (1870-1871). During the war, the city of Bordeaux temporarily (from 8 February to 20 March 1871) became the seat of the French government
Siege of Barcelona in 1472. Carried out byIberian Peninsula. Catalan Civil War (1462-1472)
Coffered ceiling in the Scuola del Santo, Padua, 16th centuryCoffered ceiling in the Scuola del Santo, Padua, Italy, 16th century. The Scuola del Santo or Scoletta was the headquarters of the Archconfraternity of St Anthony of Padua
Cuban War of Independence (1895-1898). Island of Cuba. La Esperanza. Seat of the called Cuban Government (Republic of Cuba), in the province of Puerto Principe. Photoengraving
Saint Petersburg - General Staff Building, Moyka River CanalRussia, Saint Petersburg. View of the General Staff Building on the bank of the Moyka River Canal. It was constructed between 1819 and 1829. Eastern Facade. Engraving by Lemaitre and Traversier
Russia, Saint Petersburg. The Admiralty building square. The Admiralty acquired its modern appearance after it was rebuilding between 1806 and 1823 by the architect Adrian Zakharov
Venezuela, Caracas. Palace of the Academies. Exterior of the new building to be used as a university, academy, library and museum. Founded by the president of the country, Guzman Blanco
Yamagata Aritomo - inspection tour to Mukden, ManchuriaTwo admirals and six generals surrounding Duke Yamagata Aritomo (1838-1922) ( also known as Yamagata Kyosuke, a Japanese field marshal, twice-elected Prime Minister of Japan)
Serai, old Turkish Headquarters, Basra, Iraq, WW1Serai, old Turkish Headquarters, Basra, Iraq, during the First World War. circa 1916
NRF headquarters building. Date: 1965
Hamburg Police HeadquartersThe building housing the Hamburg Police Headquarters (on the 9th floor), on Karl-Muck-Platz (now Johannes-Brahms-Platz). Date: 1960
Sir John French with his ADCs at General headquarters - WW1Sir John French with his ADCs at General headquarters during the First World War
Daily Mirror HQ Holborn Circus London - probably 1960s
RAF (Royal Air Force) HQ, Uxbridge, Middlesex - aerial viewRAF (Royal Air Force) Headquarters, Uxbridge, Middlesex - aerial view. Date: circa 1930s
WW2 - British Fighter StationAn educational illustration which provides an aerial view of a British WW2 Royal Air Force fighter station, highlighting important sections including refuelling areas, runways