Heroic fireman rescuing girl from fireHeroic fireman rescuing a girl from a fire. Date: 19th century
German propaganda poster, WW1German propaganda poster, encouraging women to work in the Home Army during the First World War, for example by working in munitions factories to make grenades for soldiers to use. Date: 1914-1918
WW2 poster, Fly with the RAFWW2 poster, Men in reserved occupations can now fly with the RAF as pilot or observer. Apply nearest combined recruiting centre. Date: 1941
Army Chaplain in Great War Deeds, WW1An Army Chaplain holding a night service on the battlefield, with a packing case as an altar and a tin mug as a chalice. Reproduction of a painting by A C Michael in Great War Deeds
The Last Man, Hans Bohrdt - Propaganda - German navy officerIn 1915 Hans Bohrdt created his most famous illustration which is called " The Last Man". The image shows a German navy officer holding up a German flag as his ship sinks because he would
Piper Daniel Laidlaw V. CPiper Laidlaw won the V.C. at Loos (World War I) on 25th September 1915: During the worst of the bombardment, seeing that his company was somewhat shaken from the effects of gas
German postcard, Kaiser Wilhelm and Hindenburg, WW1German propaganda postcard, Germanys Pride, depicting Kaiser Wilhelm II and Field Marshal Von Hindenburg standing side by side in uniform during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918
WW1 poster, Enlist in the Navy, All Together - Allied sailors of six nationalities. Date: 1917
Leonidas I (died 480 BC). King of Sparta. Monument in SpartLeonidas I (died 480 BC). Also known as Leonidas the Brave was a Greek hero-king of Sparta, the 17th of the Agiad line King of Sparta[
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
WW2 greetings card, Corporal Joan PearsonWW2 greetings card, Corporal J.D.M. Pearson, official war picture by Laura Knight, official war picture from the National Gallery
WW2 poster, The Merchant Navy was there! Merchant Navy Comforts Service. Date: 1940s
Flora MacDonald, Scottish Jacobite heroine, friend and helper of Charles Edward Stuart (Bonnie Prince Charlie)
Douglas Bader - Flying Ace of WW2Group Captain Sir Douglas Robert Steuart Bader (1910-1982) - Royal Air Force flying ace during the Second World War. A postcard produced for the (Royal)
First English Civil War: Siege of Lathom House, 1644Royalist stronghold Lathom House in Lancashire defies Parlimentarian pressure and raises the royal standard. The ensuing siege lasted three months, but was eventually lifted
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
A Night to Remember, film posterPoster advertising the 1958 film, A Night to Remember, starring Kenneth More, based on the Titanic disaster of 1912
Andrew Jackson / On HorseAndrew Jackson 7th president of the United States
Body Culture / BuildingCharles Atlass body-building programme: " No other physical instructor in the world has ever dared to make such an offer!" Date: 1932
Moscow, Russia - Entrance to the Ochotni Rjad Station with a statue of a heroic male figure set into a streetside alcove near the entrance
Fame Visits the Heroic Unknown DeadFame hovers over a makeshift grave on the former Western Front choosing an unknown soldier to be buried in Westminster Abbey in the tomb of the unknown warrior
Communist Factory WorkerA young man, the ideal of the heroic communist worker, working at a complicated piece of machinery in a cellulose paper factory in Balakhna, Russia
HMS Good Hope in Great War Deeds, WW1HMS Good Hope of the British Royal Navy going down with her last guns firing, in an action against overwhelming odds off the coast of Chile, South America
WW2 poster, Merchant Navy Comforts ServiceWW2 poster advertising the Merchant Navy Comforts Service, which organised parcels of food, drink, clothing and other comforts during the war. Date: 1940s
French Cavalry 1805French cavalry during the Napoleonic era. Date: circa 1805
Sir Douglas Bader playing golfGroup Captain Sir Douglas Robert Steuart Bader (1910-1982), RAF pilot during the Second World War despite having lost both legs in a crash in 1931
Statue of Emperor Augustus, Rome, ItalyStatue of the Roman Emperor Augustus (Julius Caesar Augustus, 63 BC - 14 AD), in Rome, Italy
Soviet propaganda poster from World War TwoSoviet propaganda poster, TASS Window no. 469. An heroic young female partisan resists the invading Germans. A patriotic poem by Vasyl Lebedev-Kumach appears below the image
Alexander the Great, King of Macedon, Diving BellAlexander the Great, King Alexander III of Macedon. He is said to have used a diving vessel for seeing underwater
Rodolfo Gaona Jimenez, Mexican bullfighterRodolfo Gaona Jimenez (1888-1975), Mexican bullfighter, known as the Caliph de Leon. He moved to Spain in 1908. Date: circa 1910
The Maquis (French Resistance) attack a group of German soldiers. Date: 1944
9th Lancers at Elouge, August 1914. Date: 1914
WW1 poster, Join the Navy, the Service for Fighting Men. Date: circa 1917
Duke of Wellington commemorative plate with surround featuring important events and battles. 19th century
Heroic deeds of the War - Corporal Josephine M C RobinsHeroic deeds of WW2 - Corporal Josephine M C Robins, a member of the Womens Auxiliary Air Force (WaF). Awarded the Military Medal (MM)
Peter the Great, Equestrian Statue, St PetersburgView of the equestrian statue to Peter the Great (1672 - 1725) in St Petersburg, Russia. Known as the Bronze Horseman, it was installed in 1782
Recruitment poster, join the Regular Army
The Long, Long DriftIllustration by Raymond Sheppard to an article entitled: The Long, Long Drift by John Prebble, relating to the The Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition of 1914-17
Alexander the Great, King of MacedonAlexander the Great, King Alexander III of Macedon. Humiliated, Gadifer and Betis retreat from Alexanders army
Male Type / Naked BeauteA naked man in heroic classical pose
Death of Romulus, founder of RomeThe death of Romulus, founder of Rome
Washington crossing the Delaware RiverWashington and his army crossing the Delaware River, prior to the Battle of Trenton
Lance-Corporal Jarvis in Great War Deeds, WW1Lance-Corporal Charles A Jarvis of the Royal Engineers, winning the Victoria Cross by fixing a firing charge for the demolition of a bridge, under heavy fire
Turkish poster celebrating defence of Gallipoli, WW1Turkish poster celebrating the defence of Gallipoli against the Allies during the First World War. Date: 1915
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
Admiral Raby wins the Victoria CrossCommander Raby R.N. Boatswains mate Henry Curtis and John Taylor (Captain Forecastle), win the Victoria Cross for their heroic rescue of a soldier of the 57th regiment
Red Army recruitment poster, showing a Soviet sailor and soldiers fighting: Forward to the Don!
