Heroes Collection

Queen Elizabeth II presents Bobby Moore with World Cup
World Cup Final 1966. Queen Elizabeth II presenting the World Cup trophy to Englands Bobby Moore victorious after winning the game against West Germany in London on 30 July 1966. Date: 1966

England cricket team of 1885
Cricketers of the England eleven of 1885, with W G Grace at the centre, surrounded by Barnes, Lyttelton, Shrewsbury, Gunn, Bates, Steel, Read, Peate, Barlow and Ulyett. 1885

Cabral and Coutinho fly from Portugal to Brazil
Gabo Coutinho and Sacadura Cabral - Portuguese aviators who flew from Lisbon, Portugal to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil in 1922 in a Fairey IIIB Float plane- the first time this feat was achieved

Our heroes, and our flags. Date 1895 Dec. 12

Our heroes and our flag. Print showing full-length portraits of Robert E. Lee, Stonewall Jackson, and G.T. Beauregard with four versions of the Confederate flag surrounded by bust portraits of

Coastguards and civilians of Leysdown, Isle of Sheppey
Commemorative postcard, Heroes All! Five brave coastguards and two civilians of Leysdown, Isle of Sheppey, Kent, who rescued 20 members of the 2nd Walworth Boy Scouts Troop who got into difficulties

SMUGGLER
Though technically criminals, smugglers are often popular heroes, as is this fellow, Will Watch the Smuggler Bold who will die bravely in a fight with the revenue men

Peggy Prince received an M.B.E. after making two journeys out to sea in a canoe in order to rescue the crew of a crashed bomber, saving the wireless operators life. 1940

Gyorgy Zala, sculpture of the Archangel Gabriel holding the Holy Crown of St Stephen and and the apostolic double cross (Millennium Monument, Heroes Square, Budapest, Hungary). 19th century

Busts of seven principal heroes of the Trojan War. From left to right: Menelaus, Paris, Diomedes, Ulysses, Nestor, Achilles and Agamemnon. Sette principali Eroi della Guerra Trojana

Hermanville War Cemetery France
Two small children walk hand in hand past the gravestones of Hermanville War Cemetery, Normandy, France. First published The Sunday Times Date: 1988

Life of Martin Luther and heroes of the reformation!. Print shows Luther burning papal bull of excommunication, with vignettes from Luthers life and portraits of Hus, Savonarola, Wycliffe, Cruciger

Scott Souvenir Card
In memory of the Antarctic heroes, the late Captain Scott and his gallant comrades who perished March 1912 at the South Pole

Cover design, Famous Cricketers and Cricket Grounds, XIII
Cover design, Famous Cricketers and Cricket Grounds, Part XIII, edited by C W Alcock. With a portrait of Lord Hawke, and a photograph of Essex County Cricket Ground, Leyton. Date: 1895

Ramsgate lifeboat men on board stranded ship
Ramsgate lifeboat men with passengers on board a ship caught on the Goodwin Sands. Date: 19th century

Havelock conducting divine worship in a Burmese pagoda
Sir Henry Havelock (1795-1857) during the First Anglo-Burmese War (1824-1826), concerned about the spiritual welfare of his men, conducting divine worship in a Burmese pagoda. Date: circa 1820s

Washington DC, USA - Library of Congress Mural - Orpheus
Washington DC, USA - Mural Painting - The Greek Heroes by Walter McEwen (1860-1943). Found in the Library of Congress, Thomas Jefferson Building. Orpheus. Slain by the Bacchantes. Date: 1920

RMS Carpathia officers
Officers of the RMS Carpathia, with signatures. This was the ship that rescued survivors of the Titanic disaster on 15 April 1912

Military heroes of the Boer War

Heroes of the Boer War early 1900s

WW2 - Young Heroes Of The War
An illustrated front cover of a WW2 children's book, Young Heroes Of The War, written by Joseph Gollomb and Alice Taylor

WW2 - King George VI Decorating R. A. F. Heroes
A photograph which shows H.M. King George VI decorating WW2 heroes of the Royal Air Force, at Buckingham Palace. Date: circa 1940s

WW2 Lifeboatmen
An illustration which portrays a British WW2 lifeboatman, who are heroes in peace and doubly valiant in war. Date: circa 1941

RAF leaders during the reign of King George V
Royal Air Force leaders during the first 25 years of the reign of King George V: Salmond, Brancher, Trenchard, Bishop, Ball. Date: 1935

Two VCs and a DFC
Sergeant John Hannah, V.C. Pilot Officer C. A. H. Connor, D.F.C. And Flt. Lt. R. A. B. Learoyd, V. C. being celebrated for their achievements leading to Victoria Crosses

The Motor Picture Book, Fire Engines Past and Present Date: 1930

Fallen solder's mother receiving Victoria Cross
King George V presenting the Victoria Cross Buckingham Palace, London to Mrs Warner for her son Private Edward Warner, Bedfordshire Regiment, who won the decoration for most conspicuous bravery

Spanish Civil War (1936-1939). Marino mercante, raza de heroes, salud! (Merchant sailor, race of heroes, hail!). Poster by Ortega edited in Valencia by the CNT. SPAIN. Salamanca

Spnaish Civil War (1936-1939). Loor for heroes. Poster by Arturo Ballester edited by CNT

Nikita Khrushchev with Tereshkova and Bykovsky
The Russian Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev waving from an open-topped car between the cosmonaut heroes Valentina Tereshkova and Lieutenant Colonel Valery Bykovsky

Marshal-Admiral Togo (1848 - 1934), served as a gensui or admiral of the fleet in the Imperial Japanese Navy and became one of Japan's greatest naval heroes. Date: 1905

Victory Parade in London 1940
Victory of the Battle of the River Plate, where HMS Ajex, Exerter Achilles fought in the South Atlantic on 13 December 1939, as the first naval battle of the Second World War

AENEAS AND ANCHISES
Aeneas visits his dead father Anchises in the Underworld, and is shown a vision of the glorious heroes of Rome who will be his descendants

Graves of Greek heroes who defeated Persians at Marathon
Graves of the Greek heroes who defeated the Persians at Marathon, Greece

Shadows of a Great City by Joseph Jefferson and L R Sherwell. First produced in England, at the Princesss Theatre, 14 July 1887

Castle Tavern
View of the Castle Tavern, Kentish Town road, London. This pub was present by 1651 and was rebuilt in 1848. In 1861 and earlier, it is listed at 23 Providence Place, Kentish Town

Lysander, Agesilaus II, Hercules and other heroes
Lysander and Agesilaus II of Sparta (top) and Hercules in lionskin with club at a sacrifice with Deiphobus, King of Amiclea in Laconia, and his wife (bottom). Vasi rappresentanti Ercole

Captain Woodward, 1st Australian Tunneling Company
Captain Oliver Woodward was one of the heroes of the underground war at Hill 60. He had trained as a mining engineer and during his military career won the MC and two bars

Souvenir handkerchief, Garden Party of VC Heroes
Souvenir handkerchief, of the Garden Party and March of the VC Heroes to Buckingham Palace, London, Saturday 26 June 1920. 1920

America - Citizen Genet French Revolutionary Ambassador
Edmond-Charles GenÛ┤áAKA Citizen Genet French Revolutionary Ambassador Feted In Washington. Date: 1793

Wing Commander Guy Gibson (Dambusters)
Wing Commander Guy Penrose Gibson, VC, DSO & Bar, DFC & Bar (12 August 1918 19 September 1944), first Commanding Officer of the Royal Air Forces No

Mexico - Guadalajara - The Monumento a los Ninos Heroes
The Monumento a los Ninos Heroes (Monument to the Boy Heroes) commemorates the 1847 battle between the United States and Mexico at Chapultepec Castle in Mexico City

CHINESE CHILDREN 1951
Chinese children parade with banners of their two heroes: Mao and Stalin Date: 1951

Terra Java 1547 Date: 1547

AMBULANCE MEN / 1916
The forgotten heroes... Ambulance men risk and lose their lives during World War One Date: 1916

Mulberry Harbour on the beach at Arromanches-les-Bains
A section of one of the World War Two Mulberry Harbours on the beach at Arromanches-les-Bains, Normandy, France Date: 1988

Arromanches-les-Bains, Normandy, France
Children play on a World War Two tank above the Normandy town of Arromanches-les-Bains. The beach was the scene for one of the main D Day Landings in June 1944

John Hannah and Roderick Learoyd
The front cover of The Bystander features John Hannah and Roderick Learoyd, two R.A.F. pilots who recently received the Victoria Cross. Hannahs V.C

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