Heroes Collection (page 3)

Ukraine. Sevastopol. St. Vladimirs Cathedral. Built in the aftermath of the Crimean War as a memorial to the heroes of the Siege of Sevastopol (1854A?i?1855). Neo-Byzantine

Sevastopol. Monument to the Scuttled Ships
Ukraine. Sevastopol. Monument to the Scuttled Ships. 1905. By A.G. Adamson, V.A. Feldman and O.I. Enberg. Sevastopol bay

Monument to the heroes of the communist Ukraine. Sevastopol
Ukraine. Sevastopol. Monument to the heroes of the communist Ukraine

Monument to the Defense of Sevastopol in the Second World Wa
Ukraine. Sevastopol. Monument to the Defense of Sevastopol in the Second World War. 1941-1942

Brass Crosby & R Oliver
BRASS CROSBY, Lord Mayor of London, with Alderman Richard Oliver : quarreling with Parliament re publication of debates, they were sent to the Tower but became public heroes Date: 1725 - 1793

Recruiting at Kelsey s
Two heroes recruiting at Kelseys enjoy a snack. Date: 1797

Lima, Peru - Cripta de los Heroes Date: circa 1920

Cartoon, the French aviator as hero, WW1
Cartoon, the French aviator as hero -- everyone admires him! Date: 1915

Cartoon, Stoicism, WW1
Cartoon, Stoicism -- a French aviator impresses two fashionable women with his toughness during a bombardment. Date: 1915

Cartoon, French aviator in a bar, WW1
Cartoon, a French aviator with two admiring women in a bar. Oh, he has some little wings! Yes, just like Cupid! Date: 1915

Victoria Cross exploits in the Indian Mutiny
Some Victoria Cross exploits in the Indian Mutiny -- Private Dempsey rescuing Ensign Erskine (centre), Mr Mangles dressing Taylors wound (top left)

View of River Loukouga, tributary of Lake Tanganyika, Africa
View of a sailing boat on the River Loukouga (Lukuga), a tributary of Lake Tanganyika, Africa, at the time of John Hanning Spekes expedition to discover the Great Lakes of East Africa

Samuel Baker, explorer in East Africa, with his wife Florence, near the Karuma Falls. The natives assume he is Spekes brother, because their beards are similar. Date: circa 1864

Baker, Speke and Grant, explorers in East Africa
Samuel White Baker, John Hanning Speke and James Augustus Grant, explorers in East Africa, enjoying a civilised meal together under an awning. Date: 1863

Sarah Martin conducting a service in Yarmouth Gaol
Sarah Martin (1791-1843), dressmaker, conducting a Sunday service for prisoners in the Tollhouse Gaol, Great Yarmouth. Date: circa 1830s

Elizabeth Fry and Anna Buxton visiting women prisoners at Newgate Prison, London. Anna Buxton is seen kneeling in prayer. Date: 1813

Lieutenant Henry Anstruther, Battle of Alma, Crimean War
Lieutenant Henry Anstruther with the colours of the Royal Welsh Fusiliers at the Battle of Alma, during the Crimean War. A moment later he was shot dead. Date: 1854

Return of hostages at end of first Afghan War
The return of military and civilian British hostages towards the end of the first Afghan War. They had been held by Akbar Khan. Date: 1842

Henry Havelock in action during first Afghan War
Henry Havelock in action against the forces of Akbar Khan during the first Afghan War. Date: 1842

Man reporting boat in trouble, Penzance, Cornwall
A man on horseback, reporting a boat in trouble during a storm, Penzance, Cornwall. Date: circa 1870s

Eldred Pottinger in Herat, Afghanistan
Eldred Pottinger (1811-1843), Anglo-Indian soldier and diplomat, in Afghanistan, helping a local commander at Herat during a conflict. Date: circa late 1830s

Queen Victoria awarding medals in Hyde Park, London, to those who had fought in the Indian Mutiny, the Crimean War and other conflicts. Date: 1857

Robert Moffat, missionary to Africa
Robert Moffat (1795-1883), Scottish Congregationalist missionary to Africa. Date: circa 1870s

Cartoon, British Tars, towing the Danish Fleet into Harbour; the Broadbottom Leviathan trying to swamp Billys old Boat, & the little Corsican tottering on the Clouds of Ambition, by James Gillray

Why aren t they in the Honours List? H. M Bateman WW1 cartoon
" Civilian Heroes of the Great War" Batemans WWI illustrations often mock the upper classes for their oblivion to the true extent to which ordinary people were suffering during the war

Cartoon, Heros recruiting at Kelsey s, or, Guard Day at St James s, by James Gillray. Two officers, one tall and thin, the other very young, sit facing each other eating sweets at a confectioner s

Page design, my heroes, School Silhouettes
Page design for my heroes, in School Silhouettes, once owned by a female student of Fayetteville High School, New York, USA. Depicting a young man kicking a football high into the air

WW1 - Kitchener congratulates heroes of Dardanelles Campaign
Colonel Henry Elliott Chevallier Kitchener, 2nd Earl Kitchener (1846-1937) - congratulating heroes of the Dardanelles Campaign. Date: circa 1916

VCs filing past tomb of the Unknown Warrior
A hundred winners of the Victoria Cross filing past the grave of the Unknown Warrior after the burial service in Westminster Abbey on Armistice Day, 11 November 1920. Date: 1920

Italian dogs of war, decorated for military services
Italian dogs of war, decorated in honour of their military services, passing through the streets of Milan in a picturesque procession. Date: 1920

Texas Heroes Monument, Galveston, Texas, USA, in memory of those who died in the Texas Revolution (Texas War of Independence, 1835-1836)

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

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

A Rough Sea around Sally Port, Portsmouth
A Rough Sea around Sally Port (When Nelson embarked and other heroes), Portsmouth. 386202 Acting Sergeant Herbert Gibson, Mm, 1St Northumbrian Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps

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

Lt. Brandon, Royal Flying Corps
Flight-Lieutenant Alfred de Bathe Brandon (1883-1974), New Zealand born lawyet and aviator. Credited with bringing down the first Zeppelin (L-15) during the First World War

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

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)

Cartoon, Knights of the Air, WW1
First World War cartoon entitled Knights of the Air, showing Kaiser Wilhelm II and Field Marshal Von Hindenburg with a scene of destruction behind them

The dedication of the Cenotaph. Whitehall, London
The Cenotaph, Whitehall, London. Designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens, the permanent structure was built from Portland stone between 1919 and 1920 by Holland, Hannen & Cubitts

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 Trojan War: Achilles Death. ca. 1470. Left scene. The Trojans charging against the besiegers. Detail of struggle of heroes, including Agamemnon and Ajax Telamon

Spain. Crown of Aragon. Conquest of Majorca (1232)
" Spain. Crown of Aragon. Conquest of Majorca (1232). James I going to the conquest. Illustration of " Glorias espa񯬡 s" (Spanish Heroes) by Carlos Mendoza (c.1880)

Cubas heroes and their flag. Portraits of Maximo Gomez, Gen. Antonio Maceo, Josae Marta, Salvador Cisneros, and Gen. Calixto Garcia. Date c1896

Heroes in Ebony - The captors of the Rebel steamer Planter, Robert Small, W. Morrison, A. Gradine and John Small. Group portrait of four men. Date 1862

Return of the guards from the Crimea, street sketch
Return of the Grenadier guards from the Crimean War, a street sketch in London with the guards being greeted enthusiastically by civilians

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