Queen Elizabeth II presents Bobby Moore with World CupWorld 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 1885Cricketers 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 BrazilGabo 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 SheppeyCommemorative 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
SMUGGLERThough 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
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
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
Hermanville War Cemetery FranceTwo 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 CardIn 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, XIIICover 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 shipRamsgate lifeboat men with passengers on board a ship caught on the Goodwin Sands. Date: 19th century
Havelock conducting divine worship in a Burmese pagodaSir 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 - OrpheusWashington 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 officersOfficers 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 WarAn 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. HeroesA photograph which shows H.M. King George VI decorating WW2 heroes of the Royal Air Force, at Buckingham Palace. Date: circa 1940s
WW2 LifeboatmenAn 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 VRoyal 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 DFCSergeant 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 CrossKing 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 BykovskyThe 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 1940Victory 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 ANCHISESAeneas 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 MarathonGraves 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 TavernView 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 heroesLysander 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 CompanyCaptain 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 HeroesSouvenir 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 AmbassadorEdmond-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 HeroesThe 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 1951Chinese children parade with banners of their two heroes: Mao and Stalin Date: 1951
Terra Java 1547 Date: 1547
AMBULANCE MEN / 1916The forgotten heroes... Ambulance men risk and lose their lives during World War One Date: 1916
Mulberry Harbour on the beach at Arromanches-les-BainsA 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, FranceChildren 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
RMS Titanic - Captain Smith and Jack PhillipsRMS Titanic - In Memoriam Captain Smith and Jack Phillips, postcard published by Bragg
