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Captain Cook Monument, Gisborne, North Island, New ZealandMonument to Captain James Cook at Gisborne, on the east coast of the North Island, New Zealand. The monument was erected in 1994
Lieutenant Rex Warneford - WWI Ace HeroOn 7 June 1915 at Ghent, Belgium, Reginald ( Rex ) Alexander John Warneford, VC (1891- 1915), a Royal Naval Air Service (RNAS) officer, flying a Morane-Saulnier Type L
Statue of soldier, Lenin Monument, Sevastopol, UkraineStatue of a soldier on the Lenin Monument in Sevastopol, Ukraine
Fountain and monument, Kiev, UkraineView 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)
Lenin Statue, Vladimir, RussiaStatue of the Communist leader Vladimir Ilyich Lenin (1870-1924) in front of a bank in the city of Vladimir, Russia
Lenin Monument, Sevastopol, UkraineStatue of the Communist leader Vladimir Ilyich Lenin (1870-1924) on the Lenin Monument in Sevastopol, Ukraine
Memorial to Russian Navy, Sevastopol, UkraineView of the Soviet Memorial to the Russian Navy of World War Two, in Sevastopol, Ukraine, with marines on parade. Sevastopol is where Russias Black Sea Fleet is based
Warneford attacks Zeppelin at GhentOn 7 June 1915 at Ghent, Belgium, Reginald Alexander John Warneford, VC (1891- 1915), a Royal Naval Air Service (RNAS) officer, flying a Morane-Saulnier Type L
Piotrowiezowa, a heroine of the January Insurrection at LodzPatriotic Polish postcard depicting Piotrowiezowa (of the House of Michaels Fall), a heroine of the January Insurrection at Lodz - 15th February 1863 - fighting against the Russians
Colonel Klobb(1857-1899)The chief administrator of Timbuktu in his military regalia. He was shot down and killed in his heroic confrontation with the Voulet-Chanoine Mission in 1899
Statue of the 8th Duke of Devonshire, Whitehall, LondonThe Marquis of Lansdowne unveiling a statue to the 8th Duke of Devonshire (Spencer Compton Cavendish, Lord Hartington, 1833-1908), Liberal politician
Guards take aim in Sidney Street, East LondonMembers of the First Battalion Scots Guards lying in the roadway, taking aim during the Sidney Street Siege (popularly known as the Battle of Stepney) in East London
Winston Churchill in Sidney Street, East LondonWinston Churchill, then Home Secretary, together with policemen and civilians, during the Sidney Street Siege (popularly known as the Battle of Stepney) in East London
General William Booth on provincial tourGeneral William Booth, founder of the Salvation Army, seen here in later life riding in an open topped car while on a tour of the provinces
A Night to Remember, book and film itemsThe book by Walter Lord, with an information folder and film poster advertising the 1958 film, A Night to Remember, starring Kenneth More, based on the Titanic disaster of 1912
Captain Rostron watch faceThe 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 workingsThe 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 artefactsA 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 postcardsA selection of eight postcards, relating to the rescue of RMS Titanic survivors by the RMS Carpathia
Captain Rostron watch inside coverThe 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 paperworkVarious paperwork, including a Certificate of Discharge, together with the silver RMS Carpathia medal (image side) presented to Thomas Alfred Holmes
Captain Rostron watch backThe 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 inscriptionThe 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 medalsSix 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 cupA 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 medalThe 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
RMS Carpathia Football ClubMembers of the RMS Carpathia football club, each one wearing the Carpathia Medal awarded to those who helped rescue survivors of the Titanic shipwreck in April 1912
Funeral of John CornwellThe funeral of John Travers Cornwell, the boy hero of the Battle of Jutland on the Chester, showing his body being conveyed through East London on way to Manor Park
Siege of AlkmaarThe Spanish besiege Alkmaar, but are foiled by the towns heroic resistance, which will come to symbolise the Dutch determination to win their independence from Spain
Opera Amadis De GreceA character in this heroic opera staged at Paris
William TellWILLIAM TELL Heroic Swiss patriot, shooting an apple off his son Walters head by order of the Austrian governor. Did it really happen ? Did he even exist ?
Pierre Loti / V Fair 1895PIERRE LOTI alias Louis-Marie-Julien VIAUD French naval officer and novelist
J Le M Boucicaut / BoillyJEAN LE MAINGRE BOUCICAUT Marshal of France
USA Harpers FerryLocated at the confluence of the Potomac and Shenandoah rivers, and scene of John Browns ill-considered, ill- fated but heroic gesture
The Zulu war. Alls Well, Sketch in Bromheads Post, NewZulu war sketches by an ILN special artist. Rorkes Drift was the scene of an heroic defence by the British in January 1879
Greece ThermopylaeScene of the battle in 480 BCE when 300 Spartans and 700 Thespians fought a heroic defensive action against invading Persians under Xerxes
D ANNUNZIO IN 1917GABRIELE D ANNUNZIO Italian writer, freshly decorated for his wartime achievements, with a dog of a size appropriate to his heroic self-image
Girl Saved from WaterA little girl is rescued from an early and watery grave by a brave and kindly lifeboatman
New York / Statue LibertyNew York: the Statue of Liberty in New York Harbour
Prisoners RegretsA revolutionary in prison looks back with nostalgia to the early, heroic days of the Revolution, before everything started to go wrong
Cavalry Versus TanksPoland : German tanks invading Poland are confronted by gloriously heroic but sadly ineffectual cavalry
Saying No to the HunWhen Germans interrogate Clotilde Boucry if there are any French soldiers in the village, she denies it even though she is in the act of taking food to them
Dog Saves MistressAt Poteaux, Mme Prevel is att- -acked by disgruntled employee Auguste Belloin, who knifes friend Francois when he inter- -venes but Porthos, Mme Ps Newfoundland knocks him down
Muse / Calliopethe Muse of Heroic Song
Dog Saves BoyA dog rescues a boy who has fallen into the water while retrieving his toy boat
German Pilot over UkA German pilot over England spots a group of Spitfires
Advert for Old Dog TrayAdvertisement for Old Dog Tray Fine Cut tobacco manufactured by Wellman and Dwire Tobacco Company, Quincy, Illinois
Medal for PartisanA splendidly bearded senior resistance fighter receives a medal for his heroic activities