Helmets Collection (page 6)

Lt Col P W O Gorman, SMO, East Africa, WW1
Lt Col P W O Gorman SMO (right), in East Africa during WW1. 1917

Captain Alexander, 140 IFA, Lindi area, East Africa, WW1
Captain Alexander, 140 IFA (left), Lindi area, East Africa, during WW1. 1917

WW1 - Australian Troops who captured Pozieres shortly after midnight on Sunday, July 23rd, 1916 with a " splendidly dashing" advance through shrapnel and machine gun fire. Date: 1916

Advertisements in Princess Ida programme, Gilbert & Sullivan, Savoy Theatre, London. circa 1880s

Group photo, Royal Sussex Regiment football team with ball and two trophies (unknown location). Date: circa 1920

Melchizedek bringing forth bread and wine
Melchizedek, King of Salem, bringing forth bread and wine and blessing Abram (Abraham) - Thomas Bankes Bible, Genesis 14.19. 1787

Dentist at work in a German trench
Dentist working on a soldiers tooth while he is in the trench. Date: 1915

Officers en route to convalescent home, East Africa, WW1
Officers en route to the Lady Colvile Convalescent Home in Nairobi, East Africa, during WW1. 1917

Covering fire near Salaita, German East Africa, WW1
Covering fire near Salaita, German East Africa, in March 1916, during WW1. The Battle of Salaita Hill took place on 12 February 1916, with a German victory. 1916

Major Harris with Field Ambulance Unit, WW1
Major Harris (seated), with ICFA (Field Ambulance Unit), East Africa, during WW1. 1917

Troilus and Cressida - title page - Cressida handed over to the Greeks. 1862

Clothes for Aviation from Gamages, 1931
Some of the clothing and equipment available for intrepid aviators from Gamages of Holborn. Includes the Hamble flying suit, aviation boots, overboots and the Alti helmet

Gieves outfitters advertisement for flying helmets & goggles
Advertisement for Gieves of Old Bond Street and Burlington Arcade, London, outfitters to the Royal Air Force, specifically promoting their flying helmets which are endorsed by female aviator

Three boys in military uniform on a greetings card. Date: circa 1890s

Guardsman on horseback on a Christmas card. circa 1890s

Aircraft Firefighters School, Stansted, Essex
Aircraft Firefighters School based at Stansted, Essex, where men and women from around the world were trained. Old aircraft were deliberately set ablaze to give crews realistic training

Firefighters hosing down a burnt-out car, with their fire engine and police cars in the background. Date: 1972

Government officials in a car, India
British colonial government officials in a car, India. Date: 1908

Battle of Hastings re-enactment. With cross-gartered jeans and dyed sackcloth doublets, the students of Kent and Sussex Universities re-enact the battle 900 years later. Date: 14 October 1066

Canadian Pacific cruise passengers with train in India
Canadian Pacific cruise passengers from the Empress of Australia cruise liner, standing in front on a train which offers them a special trip across India as part of their trip. Date: 1929

Caricature of Howard Paul, American writer and performer
Caricature of George Henry Howard Paul (1830-1905), American writer, playwright, comic actor and theatre manager, active in the UK

Police officers at Driving School with car and motorcycles
Police officers at the Police Driving School with a car and motorcycles. At this time, training courses were being run for WPCs in the use of a new type of lightweight motor scooter

Women police officers in Nijmegen March, Holland
Women police officers of the Met Police, together with a small boy in police uniform and helmet, taking part in a Nijmegen March in Holland. Date: circa 1950s

Policewomen recruits measured for height, London
Policewomen recruits in civilian clothes being measured for height by a woman police officer (possibly Inspector Alice B Clayden). Another woman police officer watches from behind a desk

Three police officers, Isle of Man, WW2
Three police officers in an informal group photo while serving at an internment camp, Port Erin, Isle of Man, during the Second World War. Their duties included luggage checks and guarding internees

Women police officers off duty in Section House
Women police officers off duty, relaxing in the Section House. Date: 1919

Two police officers on horseback, London
Two police officers, a man and a woman, on horseback in a London street. They are wearing protective helmets introduced in 1984. Women were appointed to the Mounted Branch in 1970. Date: circa 1984

Wedding group with police officers
Group photo of a police wedding, with the happy couple and some of the guests in civilian clothes, and five men in police uniform. Date: circa 1950s

Police officers with dogs, conducting a search, London
A group of police officers, male and female, belonging to the Special Patrol Group, with police dogs, conducting a search. The WPCs are wearing the Norman Hartnell uniform, introduced in 1968

Queen Elizabeth with Superintendent Peto, WW2
Queen Elizabeth accompanied by Superintendent D.O.G. Peto of the Metropolitan Police, taking part in a visit to Pembridge Hall Section House during the Second World War

Woman police officer Shirley Becke, London, WW2
Shirley Cameron Becke (nee Jennings, 1917-2011), later to become Commander of the Met Polices A4 (Women s) Branch from 1966 to 1973

Woman police officer in overcoat, London
A woman police officer in London, wearing a double-breasted overcoat (winter uniform), helmet with badge, white shirt and tie, duty armband and boots. Date: 1933

Woman police officer helmet, Stanley uniform, London
Aerial view of an early Metropolitan Police female officers helmet, part of the Stanley Uniform introduced in 1919. The helmet was made of cork and hard felt, with a large badge on the front

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