Home Coming Collection

Odysseus returns to his wife Penelope
Odysseus returns to his wife, Penelope, and his dog, Argos

Odysseus returns to his wife, Penelope

The Trench-to-Town Express by A. C. Michael
A busy scene at Victoria Station, London during 1915 showing a soldiers train bringing officers and men on furlough (leave) from the war zone to home

World War veterans homecoming and carnival, London, Ohio (see general caption). Date 1938 Summer

Music Hall interior, Royal Surrey Gardens, 1856
Dinner for 2, 000 guards, recently returned from the Crimean War, held at the concert hall at the Royal Surrey Gardens. Date: 1856

HRH Prince of Wales (future King Edward VIII) - home-coming
HRH Prince of Wales (centre) (future King Edward VIII) (1894-1972) - appears on the balcony of Buckingham Palace on his return from a tour of Canada and The United States - 1st December, 1919

The Lighter Side by Bernard Hugh
A Tommy (on furlough pending discharge): Blimey! I should fancy I had my bathing costume on. A soldier returning home weighed down with a greatcoat, boots, rifle

Home for Christmas by Matania
Home for Christmas - a real Santa Claus at the door. Many surprise visits home characterised the Christmas of 1915. Owing to late arrivals

Troops leaving for the Front
Emotional scene at Victoria train station in London, showing soldiers bidding farewell to their loved ones before departing for the Front in France

Kenilworth Cigarettes ad, World War I
Advertisement for Kenilworth Cigarettes with an illustration by Fred Pegram depicting a soldier saying goodbye to his wife or sweetheart before he departs for the Front by train

Arms and the Man by Edwin Morrow
Sub-titled - A suggestion for patriotic girls who wish to show their sympathy with the wounded in a practical way. A courting couple during World War I find an ingenious way of walking arm in arm by

Over the Top by Bernard Hugh
The demobilisation of the army at the end of World War I was a slow process as this picture, from January 1919 confirms. Some units remained to police the Rhineland region

Haigs homecoming from the Western Front
Field Marshal Douglas Haig(1861-1928), 1st Earl Haig, with his wife Dorothy(1879-1939) and two eldest daughters Alexandra(1907-1997) and Victoria(1908-1993) at Kingston

Warm welcome for British Calvalry men
Kisses from grateful women for gallant men. British cavalry men are greeted by joyful French women in the village of Monchy in France after the battle of Arras

Christmas Leave
Two soldiers return home to join in the peace celebrations in time for Christmas. They are accompanied by a number of ravishing women with newly cropped hair

Roses of Victory
Elegant lithograph by Shepperson showing a young woman with a basket of roses welcoming the victorious British troops home

A Christmas Visitor
A woman is interrupted from her Christmas decorations by the sight of her husband returning home from the war. A truly filmic moment

A Soldiers Homecoming
A soldiers homecoming from the battlefields of France during World War I. Three sons return home to wives, mothers, sisters and sweethearts

Frederik VI Returns
Frederik VI ill-advisedly sides with Napoleon in his wars, costing his country Norway and more : his homecoming to Copenhagen is applauded, none the less

Falklands / Return
Veterans of the conflict are kissed by their wives and girlfriends on their return to Britain

Soldiers Warm Welcome
A returning French soldier gets a warm welcome from his girl; she has dressed up for the occasion

German Troops Return
German troops march over a bridge on their way back home from the war

Coming home Again
A mother and her children interrupt their work in the fields to wave at a train of soldiers returning from the war

Churchgoing / Charity 19C
A comfortably-off London family returns from church to their Christmas dinner: Papa is charitably disposed towards a barefoot girl Date: 1855

Fathers Homecoming
Father comes home from work, with his tools in a bag slung over his shoulder : his family are pleased to see him again

Sailors Homecoming 1880S
A motherly welcome for a young sailor home for Christmas leave. A hug from mamma in the parlour is surrounded by a frame of seaweed

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