Heroes Collection (page 4)

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

Genearl Franco and other heroes of the Spanish Civil War
Genearl Franco and other heroes of the fascist uprising in Spain. 1936. " Glorious heroes of the great crusade saving Spain" 1936

Our great American naval heroes

Our countrys heroes. Date c1880 Feb. 6

In memory of our fallen heroes

Our baseball heroes - captains of the twelve clubs in the National League. Print showing bust portraits of the captains of the twelve baseball teams in the National League

Famous heroes of the kabuki stage played by frogs. Ukiyo-e print illustration showing frogs dressed in costume acting out scenes from kabuki plays

Return of the guards from Crimea, Parliament Street
The return of the Guards from the Crimean War: the welcome in Parliament Street, London, where bouquets of flowers were thrown. Date: 1856

Reunion of the heroes of the Battle of Grahovac
The surviving Montenegrin heroes of the Battle of Grahovac of 28th April to 1st May 1858 meet at Cetinje, Montenegro. At Grahovac, Grand Duke Mirko Petrovic-Njegos, led a strong army of 7

American officers on horseback in Paris, WW1
American officers riding through Paris during the First World War. Some of them are holding bouquets of flowers. Date: 1917-1918

Raymond Poincare decorating wounded soldiers
Raymond Poincare (1860-1934), French President, decorating wounded soldiers at the Invalides, Paris, during the First World War. Date: circa 1915

Hercules strikes Cacus
Page of text with marginal drawing, showing Hercules with a large club about to strike at Cacus (the bearded man on the right) who is pulling a bull backwards by the tail. 1543

Lantern / Zulu / Heroes 1879
Heroes of Rorkes Drift: Smith-Dorrien, Bromhead, Dartnell and Chard Date: 1879

Soldier and sailor, United Service Waltz music cover

Minstrels sing stories of heroes
Minstrels sang of the famous deeds of heroes. A medieval minstrel with a celtic harp sings stories to a rapt audience of men, women and children

Uruguayan jewellery shop trade card
An advertising card for Biarritz Jewels in Montevideo, Uruguay during World War Two, featuring a saluting woman in uniform and a ship decorated with the Stars and Stripes and a Union Jack

Memorial Service to the Polar Heroes at St Pauls Cathedral
A birds-eye view of the interior of St. Pauls Cathedral during the memorial service to Captain Scott and his four companions who lost their lives on the return from their failed attempt to be

War veterans in Pyongyang, North Korea
Three veterans of the Korean War (1950-1953) pose for their photo in Pyongyang, capital of North Korea. Two are in their uniforms, one is in a suit

Honouring Antarctic Heroes
Officers of the Scott Expedition to the South Pole facing the camera after receiving their medals from the King at Buckingham Palace on July 26th 1913

Captain Oates
LAWRENCE EDWARD GRACE OATES Member of Captain Scotts expedition which reached the South Pole in January 1912; lost his life in a blizzard on the return trip

Memorial plaque to Captain Scott
A memorial tablet in bronze to Captain Robert Falcon Scott and his companions, unveiled by the Prime Minister in 1916 in St

Fountain and monument, Kiev, Ukraine
View of a fountain in Independence Square (Maidan Nezalezhnosti) with a monument to the legendary founders of the city of Kiev, the three brothers Kyi (also Kiy, Kij or Kyj)

Triumphal arch in Bucharest, Romania
View of the triumphal arch in Bucharest, Romania. It was inaugurated in September 1936, and is dedicated to the heroes of the War of Independence, and of the two World Wars

Heroes Square, Vienna - Anschluss
Heroes Square in Vienna with a war memorial against background of Museum of Natural History

Captain Rostron watch face
The face of an 18 carat gold Tiffany watch presented to Captain Rostron of the RMS Carpathia, as a token of gratitude from three of the survivors rescued by the Carpathia on 15 April 1912 shortly

Captain Rostron watch workings
The inner workings of an 18 carat gold Tiffany watch presented to Captain Rostron of the RMS Carpathia, as a token of gratitude from three of the survivors rescued by the Carpathia on 15 April 1912

Early aviation artefacts
A selection of early aviation artefacts associated with Louis Bleriot and Alcock & Brown. There are two pieces of wood from the plane in which Bleriot flew the English Channel in 1909

Selection of Titanic postcards
A selection of eight postcards, relating to the rescue of RMS Titanic survivors by the RMS Carpathia

Captain Rostron watch inside cover
The inside cover of an 18 carat gold Tiffany watch presented to Captain Rostron of the RMS Carpathia, as a token of gratitude from three of the survivors rescued by the Carpathia on 15 April 1912

RMS Carpathia medal and paperwork
Various paperwork, including a Certificate of Discharge, together with the silver RMS Carpathia medal (image side) presented to Thomas Alfred Holmes

Captain Rostron watch back
The back of an 18 carat gold Tiffany watch presented to Captain Rostron of the RMS Carpathia, as a token of gratitude from three of the survivors rescued by the Carpathia on 15 April 1912 shortly

Captain Rostron watch inscription
The inscription on an 18 carat gold Tiffany watch presented to Captain Rostron of the RMS Carpathia, as a token of gratitude from three of the survivors rescued by the Carpathia on 15 April 1912

RMS Carpathia medals
Six examples of the silver RMS Carpathia medal, showing both the image and inscription sides, presented to crew members of the ship that rescued survivors from the Titanic disaster in April 1912

Captain Rostron silver cup
A silver cup presented to Captain Rostron of the RMS Carpathia, as a token of gratitude from John B Thayer Junior, who was one of the survivors rescued by the Carpathia on 15 April 1912 shortly after

RMS Carpathia medal
The silver RMS Carpathia medal (image side) presented to Thomas Alfred Holmes, 3rd Engineer on the ship that rescued survivors from the Titanic disaster in April 1912

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