Khaki Collection (page 6)

La Baionnette cover - French impression of British officer
Front cover design for La Baionnette, an issue focusing on the British Tommy. Showing a stereotypical English soldier in khaki uniform, smoking a pipe. Date: 1916

Cartoon, Humour, WW1
Cartoon, Humour, showing two fashionable French women chatting with an English soldier. They say it must bother him to kill Germans. He replies no, they ve been used to it for a long time. Date: 1916

Cartoon, Epic song, WW1
Cartoon, Epic song. A pretty French woman sits at a table, with four British soldiers hovering nearby. She says its typically the soldier she likes the look of most who doesn t understand French

Cartoon, Sharing a drink, WW1
Cartoon, a French soldier and a British soldier share a drink of Pinard (cheap wine or plonk), enjoying a break from fighting. Date: 1916

Cartoon, The little English knife, WW1
Cartoon, The little English knife. A French soldier in a trench on the Western Front tells his English colleague that he is faithful to his Rosalie (the name for his bayonet)

Cartoon, During the bombardment, WW1
Cartoon, During the bombardment. A British soldier eats from a hamper during a bombing raid. He tells another soldier, Jim, that when he eats quickly he gets the hiccups -- can he suggest a remedy

FA Cup winners - Sheffield United, 1915
FA Cup winners in 1915, Sheffield United. The back of this card reads: " Played at Manchester in a murky gloom quite in keeping with the surroundings associated with the second year of the Great

Vesta Tilley in khaki
Vesta Tilley (1864-1952), born Matilda Alice Powles, music hall actress whose speciality was male impersonations. During the First World War, she earned the nickname

Comic scene in Hong Kong, China, showing a British officer in khaki uniform being carried down steep steps by two natives. Date: circa 1908

King George V and others at first Armistice anniversary
King George V and other royal mourners taking part in the first Armistice anniversary (first Remembrance Day), 11 November 1919. Date: 1919

Art nouveau style coral on the seabed. Date: circa 1920s

Huntley Wright in khaki
Huntley Wright (1868-1941), actor and comedian, pictured with his young daughter in 1915 after receiving his Army commission. 1915

Concert in the War Zone for soldiers and others, France, WW1
Concert in the War Zone for the boys in khaki and blue. British soldiers, nurses and others listen to an open air concert in the shade of trees, somewhere in France. Date: 1915

H. A. Beals military vest advertisement, WW1
Advertisement for a top hole military vest, made in rainproofed khaki drill, soft as silk, warm as fur, windproof, insect-proof, tear proof and only weighing four ounces

WW2 birthday card, couple on a stile
WW2 birthday card, couple hugging on a stile. Date: circa 1942

WW2 birthday card, home on leave
WW2 birthday card, a soldier home on leave hugs his wife, as his slippers warm in front of the fire. Date: circa 1942

WW2 birthday card, dog in uniform, passed by censor (inside). Date: circa 1942

WW2 birthday card, baking a cake. Date: circa 1942

WW2 greetings card, ATS woman on phone
WW2 pop-up greetings card, ATS (Auxiliary Territorial Service) woman on the phone. Date: circa 1942

WW2 birthday card, soldier drinking water
WW2 pop-up birthday card, soldier drinking water. Date: circa 1942

WW2 greetings card, smiling soldier
WW2 pop-up greetings card, smiling soldier in khaki uniform. Date: circa 1942

WW2 greetings card, Thumbs up
WW2 pop-up greetings card, Thumbs up! Date: circa 1942

WW2 Christmas card, Good Cheer -- a sailor, an airman and a soldier queue up for a welcome cup of tea at the NaFI. Date: 1941

WW2 Christmas card, Whats the use of worrying -- dog in khaki uniform. Date: 1941

WW2 greetings card, OHMS, showing a soldier picking up litter from a lawn -- his contribution to the war effort! Date: circa 1942

WW2 greetings card, Home Guard -- The Mayor and Corporation. Date: circa 1942

WW2 Christmas card, air raid shelter scene
WW2 Christmas card, scene of celebration in an air raid shelter (ARP, Civil Defence). Date: circa 1942

Advert for Shoolbreds service clothing 1915
Warm and durable khaki service winter clothing for World War One. 1915

WWI Poster, Join the brave throng that goes marching along
Join the brave throng that goes marching along. Parliamentary Recruiting Committee poster designed for a large hoarding, depicting six smiling soldiers in khaki. Date: 1916

WWI Poster, Come lad, slip across and help
Come Lad, slip across and help. Parliamentary Recruiting Committee poster 1916, making light of the real dangers of war. Date: 1916

WWI Poster, Make us as proud of you as we are of him
WWI Parliamentary Recruiting Committee Poster, Make us as proud of you as we are of him! Poster issued August 1915. Date: 1915

WWI Poster, Surely you will fight
WWI Parliamentary Recruiting Committee Poster, Surely you will fight for your King and Country. Come along, boys, before it is too late. Date: 1915

WWI Poster, Men, to delay is dangerous
WWI Parliamentary Recruiting Committee Poster, Men, to delay is dangerous when your country needs you. Enlist Now. Date: 1915

WWI Poster, Come with me, Boys (Welsh version)
WWI Parliamentary Recruiting Committee Poster, Come with me Boys (Welsh version). Depicting a smiling soldier in khaki uniform. Date: 1915

Patons Khaki knitting wools advertisement, WW1
Advertisement for Patons Khaki knitting wools during the First World War, specifically for knitting comforts for troops at the front

Women drivers of the RAF, WW1
Drivers roll call at a south London garage of the Royal Air Force. The women are pictured lined up in khaki uniform. Date: 1918

Advert for Peter Robinsons practical garment
The land for the Land. Ideal skirt for gardening, agricultural and general country wear, made in Khaki water proofed dungarine fitted with huge pockets. 1916

Cutting sixty khaki uniforms at once, WW1
Scene at a garment manufacturer in New Jersey, USA, which was able to turn out 50, 000 khaki uniforms a day for Allied troops by a cutting process which allowed sixty pieces of fabric to be cut at

Mens Wear during WW1, August and February by J. H. Thorpe
The contrast in clothing worn by British soldiers in the trenches in August and in February. The soldier on the left wears the familiar khaki tunic, breeches and puttees

WW1 knitting - patriotic postcard
" We Must All Do Something for Our Country!" Two children sit on a doorstep knitting comforts for soldiers out of khaki wool

Finnish boy scout writing in a notebook
Finnish boy scout sitting on a pile of wood, writing in a notebook. He wears a khaki uniform with a pale blue scarf, and a skull cap of sky blue crossed with white

Women WW1 WaC. A pair of ducklings wearing Khaki hats of the Womens Auxiliary Army Corps, cry W.A.A.C, W.A.A.C, A Happy Easter to you. Date: circa 1916

Post Woman Delivering WW1. Post woman hands letter to chap in Khaki with caption, A nice post to get hold of. Drawn by Fred Spurgin. Date: circa 1917

Suffragette Vive Les Suffragettes!. Young woman in Khaki uniform holds a rifle, with the caption, Vive les suffragettes! Take me with you Tommy Date: circa 1915

Khaki puttee footless stockings, WW1
Pattern for some khaki puttee hand knitted stockings to make for soldiers during the First World War to replace shop-bought puttees. Date: c.1915

WW2 Poster -- Your Friends Are Needed Now
Your Friends Are Needed Now. Urge Them To Join The ATS. Recruitment poster, Auxiliary Territorial Service. Colour photolithograph by Frank Newbould, published by HMSO

WW2 Poster -- Theres a grand job waiting
Theres a grand job waiting - you can still volunteer, ATS. Recruitment poster, Auxiliary Territorial Service. Colour photolithograph, artist unknown, published by HMSO. Date: 1940

WW2 Poster -- Tablet day
Tablet day! Colour lithograph poster after 2nd Lt Stacey Hopper. Medical related poster for British soldiers on active service in Italy

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