Kit Collection (page 6)

Hazel Collapsible Military Kit Bag, WW1
First World War advertisement for the Hazel Collapsible Military Kit Bag. Date: 1918

Advertisement for Wurlitzer musical instuments. Available for home trial, easy payment on credit available. Date: 1923

Burberry R. A. F. kit advertisement, World War One
Advertisement for an R.A.F. kit from Burberrys of Haymarket, First World War. Date: 1918

Gordon Highlander cleaning his kit, Western Front, WW1
A soldier of the Gordon Highlanders cleaning his kit on the Western Front during World War One. Date: circa 1916

Increasing supplies for lifeboats by G. H. Davis
Increasing the water and food supplies for ships lifeboats during the Second World War. New measures for saving the lives of crews of ships sunk in the Battle of the Atlantic. Date: 1941

Nurses on board boat for Belgium, WW1
A group of nurses on board a boat destined for the British Field Hospital in Belgium during the First World War. Those wearing riding kit are ambulance wagon drivers. Date: 1914

Grenadier Guards in London 1914
The 2nd Battalion Grenadier Guards march through London in their campaign kit. They are headed by Major Edward Henry Trotter (1872-1916), who had lost an arm during the Second Boer War

Round the clock with a bomber squadron. The bomber pilot and captain starts his day with a wash; he sets out with his crew on the back of a vehicle; the crew climb a ladder to board the aircraft

Tea on the lawn at Ranelagh
A typical scene at tea-time at Ranelagh on a polo Saturday, showing smart society seated at outdoor tables. Formerly the old Kit-Kat Club, Ranelagh

Miniature Golf at the Kit-Cat
An attractive addition to the pleasures of dining at the Kit-Cat Restaurant in Haymarket, central London; an entertaining nine-hole golf course in miniature, laid out in the Bray Room

Boy standing in garden with rugby ball, Eltham, London
A boy standing in a garden wearing sports kit, with a rugby ball under his arm, at Eltham, south-east London. Date: 1933

New LFB recruit marking his gear
A new LFB recruit, having been kitted out with his uniform, is marking his gear with his name

Japan - Three Geisha Girls playing traditional instruments - two on drums and one playing the Shamisen. Date: circa 1904

Newfoundland, Canada - Catch of Salmon & fishermans tackle
Newfoundland, Canada - A Catch of Salmon and associated angling tackle. Date: 1902

Childrens Mixed Hockey Team - London, late 19th century. Date: circa 1890s

British Tommies in German dug-out trenches - WWI
British Tommies in captured German dug-out trenches - WWI Date: circa 1916

Injured footballer - Aston Villa
Cartoon postcard of an injured footballer entitled The Result of the Match by Martin Anderson ( Cynicus ) - this was template over-printed with the details of various teams, in this case

Sir Freddie Laker and Skytrain model kit

Loading of weapons on the Tornado aircraft in combat survival kit

GLC LFB Breathing apparatus communications set
Battery operated communications equipment for use with compressed air breathing apparatus sets. Microphones are fitted into the specially adapted full face masks

A womens war workers football team, 1918
Ladies of the Humber Company Limited football team during World War One. 1918

Farrier - Blacksmith preparing horseshoes Date: circa 1910s

A womens war workers football match at Barnes, 1917. The upper picture shows play by the Harrods Company forwards, and the lower one, the Sterling firms team

French Cavalry - Just prior to WWI
French Cavalry - pictured just prior to WWI - on manoeuvres. Under a law passed in 1912, the French cavalry increased in size to 91 regiments of 52 squadrons each

Erdington Cottage Homes Girls Netball Team
Girls 1926-27 netball team at Erdington Homes, Birmingham. The homes were opened in 1899 by the Aston Union to house pauper children away from the main workhouse which occupied an adjacent site

The Old Curiosity Shop, Kit behind bars
The Old Curiosity Shop by Charles Dickens, first published in the weekly serial Master Humphreys Clock from 1840 to 1841 and then as its own book in 1841

Erdington Cottage Homes Girls Hockey Team
Girls 1926-27 hockey team at Erdington Homes, Birmingham. The homes were opened in 1899 by the Aston Union to house pauper children away from the main workhouse which occupied an adjacent site

The Young Ones, rock and roll band, Walton, Essex
Three guitarists, a drummer and a vocalist who formed The Young Ones rock and roll band in Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex. 1963

Battle dress of the British Army, 1939
Front and back view of a trooper in the British Army with annotations pointing out key features such as the helmet cover to prevent reflections when wet, the anti gas sheet, gas mask at alert

The Old Curiosity Shop, Quilp mocks the figurehead
The Old Curiosity Shop by Charles Dickens, first published in the weekly serial Master Humphreys Clock from 1840 to 1841 and then as its own book in 1841

The Old Curiosity Shop, Kit darts off
The Old Curiosity Shop by Charles Dickens, first published in the weekly serial Master Humphreys Clock from 1840 to 1841 and then as its own book in 1841

Metropolitan police officer and dog with shopkeeper
A Metropolitan police officer with his Alsatian dog chats with a shopkeeper in front of his shop. late 20th century

Samurai Armour - Japan
A Japanese man wearing full Samurai Armour and holding his katana sword, surrounded by the military kit of a member of the Samurai order, including longbow (yumi) and arrows, saddle, travelling case

American troops boarding USS Charles, Southampton, WW1
American troops of the 342nd Infantry Regiment boarding the USS Charles (formerly the USS Harvard) at Dock 20, Southampton, towards the end of the First World War. Date: 27 September 1918

Kits Coty House, a Neolithic chambered tomb on the A229 road from Maidstone to Rochester, Kent, England. Date: BC

Polish infantryman
A Polish infantryman in full war kit complete with shovel. The Illustrated London News calls him a type of soldier who can endure privation, make long marches without difficulty

French troops on quayside, Salonika, WW1
French troops of the 84th Regiment halted on the quayside at Salonika (Salonica, Thessaloniki, Greece) during the First World War. Date: circa 1916

Rear Admiral Sir Christopher Cradock
Rear Admiral Sir Christopher " Kit" George Francis Maurice Cradock (1862-1914), British admiral who served in the Boxer Rebellion and during the First World War

French trench at Sava, Cameroon, Africa, WW1
View of a French trench at Sava, Cameroon, west central Africa, during the First World War. Date: 1914

1960s fashion, wearing Ronald Paterson for the polo
A girl hugs her polo player boyfriend wearing a casual dress by Ronald Paterson in brilliant turquoise shantung. The dress is sleeveless

Troops halted during a march, South Africa, WW1
South African troops halted on a march and resting with their kit during the First World War, probably near the frontier with German South West Africa (now Namibia). Date: circa 1915

Soldiers on leave at a railway station, WW1
Soldiers with their kit, on leave at a railway station (possibly a London terminus), during the First World War. There is a sign for exchanging French money into English currency for officers

Soldiers on leave changing their money, WW1
Soldiers on 14 days leave changing their French money into English currency at the change box on a railway station platform during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

Kit Bag contents - US Navy
The correct way that a member of the US Navy should pack his kit bag. A card from the US Training Center - Great Lakes, Illinois, USA. Date: circa 1930s

RAF air cadet lugging kit
An RAF trainee air cadet during World War Two lugging his kit into camp at night at RAF Heaton Park, Manchester

Policemen with gas masks
A group of London policemen kitted up with gas masks and respirators (in canvas bags), prior to the outbreak of World War Two

Gott Strafe the Turks by George Ranstead
A British soldier in tropical uniform including pith helmet struggles with his kit through the heat. Its likely he is part of the Army defending Suez or is part of the Gallipoli Campaign

Captain Robert Falcon Scott (1868 - 1912), British Polar explorer, pictured in kit and on skis in the Antarctic, prior to embarking on his ill-fated expedition to reach the South Pole in which he

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