Hero Collection (page 13)

Recruitment during WW1 - E. Dwyer VC in Trafalgar Square
Lance-Corporal Edward Dwyer V.C. (1896-1916), pictured on a recruiting drive in Trafalgar Square in December 1915. Know as the Little Corporal

Robert Shaw Monument, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Robert Gould Shaw (1837-1863) Monument, Beacon Street, Boston, Massachusetts, USA. Depicting Shaw as commander of the all-black 54th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment

Funeral of Jack Cornwell, V. C in East Ham
The funeral cortege of Jack Cornwell V.C. leaving East Ham Town Hall and progressing down the High Street towards Manor Park Cemetery where he was buried

The Man Who Won the V. C. by Thomas Henry
An officer who has won the Victoria Cross is presented with a situation that finds him a little short of courage - a roomful of young women, eager to meet him. Date: 1915

Reverend Edward Noel Mellish V. C. M. C
The Reverend Edward Noel Mellish (1880-1962), Army chaplain during the First World War attached to the 4th Battalion of the Royal Fusiliers

Grave to An Unknown Hero in the Trenches - Ypres
Grave to An Unknown Hero in the Trenches. Mount Sorrel, Ypres. 386202 Acting Sergeant Herbert Gibson, Mm, 1St Northumbrian Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps. Born September 1889

A nurse watching over a French hero, 1915. Pascal Dagnan-Bouveret, (1852-1929)

Portrait of Edith Cavell. WW1
Portrait of Edith Cavell - Make Her Cause Of Mercy Your Own. By Eleanor M. Ross. The original drawing was exhibited at the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition in 1917

Captain Francis Grenfell, VC
Captain F. O. Grenfell V.C. of the 9th Lancers Details Grenfell was 33 years old, and a Captain in the 9th (Queens Royal) Lancers

Sketch cover - Duke of Westminster, hero of a VC action
Front cover of The Sketch magazine featuring, Major Hugh Arthur Grosvenor, 2nd Duke of Westminster (1879 - 1953), known as Bendor (or Bend Or, after his fathers winning racehorse)

Wolseley at Myat-Toons stronghold, Burma, 1853
Sir Garnet Wolseley(1833-1913) as a young officer in the British army, storming Myat-Toons stronghold, Burma, February 1853

Captain James Cook -- an allegory
Captain James Cook (1728-1779), explorer. An allegory, showing Neptune raising him up to Immortality, a Genius crowning him with a Wreath of Oak, and Fame introducing him to History

WW2 poster, Achtung! Achtung! The Lancaster strikes by night, the Fortress strikes by day. Date: 1940s

Captain Arthur Martin-Leake V. C. WW1
Lieutenant Colonel Arthur Martin-Leake, VC and Bar, VD, FRCS (4 April 1874 22 June 1953), English double recipient of the Victoria Cross

Tatler front cover featuring Captain Guynemer, 1917
Georges-Marie Guynemer (1894 - 1917), French military aviator, credited with the destruction of 53 enemy planes, pictured on the front cover of The Tatler

Tatler front cover, William Leefe Robinson, V. C. WW1
Lieutenant William Leefe Robinson, a member of the RFC No. 39 Home Defence Squadron, shot down a German airship on 2nd September 1916 above Hertfordshire

Captain Arthur Martin-Leake V. C
Lieutenant Colonel Arthur Martin-Leake, VC and Bar, VD, FRCS (4 April 1874 22 June 1953), English double recipient of the Victoria Cross

Pug Peter -- cover design, showing the eponymous hero in a crown and red cloak. Date: 1905

Funeral of unknown soldier, Paris, France
A ceremony for the funeral of an unknown soldier in Paris, France, attended by President Alexandre Millerand and other officials. Date: November 1920

Unknown soldier and heart of Gambetta, Paris, France
A special ceremony in Paris on Armistice Day 1920, when an unknown soldier was buried under the Arc de Triomphe and the heart of Gambetta (founder of the Third Republic) was placed in the Pantheon

Allied Forces activity in German territory, WW1
Two examples of Allied Forces activity in German territory during the early stages of the First World War. Above, debris from a German motor convoy

Lieutenant William Thomas Forshaw, V. C
Major William Thomas Forshaw, V.C. (1890-1943), British soldier and recipient of the Victoria Cross. Forshaw, formerly an assistant master at North Manchester Grammar School

Kitchener, French, and King Albert of Belgium, WW1
Portraits of Earl Kitchener (Secretary for War), Field-Marshal Sir John French (Inspector-General of the Forces), and King Albert of Belgium (with his troops at Liege)

A statue of Joan of Arc. French female folk hero

Man harvesting in a field, He Also Serves, WW1
He Also Serves. A man harvesting in a field at the start of the First World War. The verse below says: He serves no less who toils to save / The harvest for his native land. Date: August 1914

Fruit Label -- Winnethou, depicting the fictional Native American Indian hero, Winnetou. Date: 20th century

Lifeboat man in cork lifebelt
A lifeboat man wearing a cork lifebelt

Gen. Sir George W. A. Higginson, Vanity Fair, Spy
General SIR GEORGE WENTWORTH ALEXANDER HIGGINSON (1826-1927) Long living British army general and Crimean War hero, serving more than 30 years in the Grenadier Guards

Kirchoffer Photo
KIRCHOFFER French fencing-master, author of books on his art, war hero whose legs had to be amputated : photo 1904. Date: circa 1904

Sergent Hoff Photo
SERGENT HOFF - Military hero of the Siege of Paris, subsequently appointed guardian of the Soldat Inconnu buried beneath the Arc de Triomphe. Photo 1872. Date: CIRCA 1870

Wellington and Battle
WELLINGTON as military hero - labels bear the names of some of his Peninsula victories, and he is seen directing a battle : this is before Waterloo. Date: 1814

Mikhail Skobelev
MIKHAIL SKOBELEV Russian military commander, known as the hero of Geok Tepe. His son Dmitri was also a soldier. Date: 1843 - 1882

Sir Robert Sale - 2
SIR ROBERT SALE British military commander in India, the hero of Jellalabad which he defended for four months against unfriendly Afghans. Date: 1792 - 1845

Umberto Nobile 1926
UMBERTO NOBILE Italian aviator with many notable feats including Arctic flights. We have several pictures of his activities. Date: 1885 - 1978

Don Quixote Statue
The statue of Cervantes hero Don Quixote, and his long- suffering sidekick, Sancho Panza, Plaza de Espana, Madrid, Spain. Date: 1930s

Salusbury Pryce Humphrey
SALUSBURY PRYCE HUMPHREYS Captain in the Royal Navy during the Napoleonic wars. A striking face - a good model for a naval hero ! Date: circa 1812

Havana, Cuba - Statue of General Maximo Gomez (1836-1905) - a war hero from the Dominican Republic who fought tirelessly for Cuban independence in both the 1868

Oishi Yoshio, Chief of the Forty Seven Ronin
Beautiful Japanese promotional postcard for the Toyo Kisen Kaisha Shipping Company which ran services between San Francisco, China and Japan

Green Beans - Advertorial postcard for Dutch Hero Company
Advertorial postcard for the Dutch Hero Company, featuring some green beans. Date: circa 1930s

Lettuce - Advertorial postcard for Dutch Hero Company
Advertorial postcard for the Dutch Hero Company, featuring a green lettuce. Date: circa 1930s

Russian Polar Explorer - Ernst Teodorovich Krenkel
A superb portrait of Ernst Teodorovich Krenkel (1903-1971) - a Soviet Arctic explorer, radio operator, doctor of geographical sciences (1938)

Russian Polar Explorer - Petr Petrovich Shirshov
A superb portrait of Petr Petrovich Shirshov (1905-1953) - hydrologist, Doctor of Geographic Sciences (1937), Full Member of the USSR Academy of Sciences (1939)

Ivan Dmitrievich Papanin - Russian Polar Explorer
Ivan Dmitrievich Papanin (1894-1986) - Russian Polar Explorer, Scientist, Counter (Rear) Admiral. Winner of 9 Orders of Lenin and Twice a Hero of the Soviet Union. Date: 1933

Joseph Speckbacher - Tyrolean freedom fighter
Joseph Speckbacher (1767-1820) - Tyrolean freedom fighter, a leading figure in the rebellion of the Tyrol against Napoleon. Date: circa 1809

Bermuda - The Grave of Sir George Somers - St George s
Bermuda, a Brtish Overseas territory in the North Atlantic Ocean - The Grave of Sir George Somers (15541610), an English naval hero - at St George s

Medals of Valour for Heroes of Pit Disasters
Postcard celebrating (with a poem) the medals of Valour awarded by King Edward VII to the Heroes of the Pit Disasters at Whitehaven

The Grave of Rob Roy - Balquhidder, Stirling, Scotland
The Grave of Rob Roy in the Graveyard of the kirk - Balquhidder, a small village in the Stirling council area of Scotland

de Havilland DH87B Hornet Moth, SE-ALE. The artwork on the cowling depicts Super-grandfather, the hero of a Swedish series

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