Kit Collection (page 7)

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

C. D Aarvold 1928
Carl Douglas Aarvold(1907-1991), Cambridge University rugby Captain and English International, here wearing his rugby kit and British Lions blazer

Stock Exchange cadets, World War II
New camping kit evolved by the Stock Exchange cadets an worn by one of the boys on the Home Front in England during World War II

Unusual small car and chaps
Three lads with a bizarre-looking small vehicle, possibly a toy car or kit car?

Education, Technical training
Two very lucky schoolboys from Sevenoaks School Technical Centre build a most amazing motorised crane from a mechano kit

West Bromwich Albion Football Team - 1888
The West Bromwich Albion Football team, winners of the Football Association Cup in 1888, beating Preston North End 2-1 in the final. They are pictures with a Mr J C Newbury - A Good Friend of the Team

Boys Club gym class group photograph circa 1925
A formal gym class group photograph featuring 18 boys from a Boys Club of circa1925, standing and sitting outside with their group leader standing proudly to the left

Painting of a sailor with his kit, a monkey on his shoulder and a parrot in a cage. His shipmates appear to have just dropped him off onto dry land

Officers of the Dreadnought wearing war winter kit for active service

Prince of Wales at Nairobi station
The Prince of Wales in his safari kit. The Prince returned early from an African trip, when he received news of King George Vs illness in 1928. Edward, born in 1894, was Georges eldest son

KIT CARSON

C. B. Fry, 1902
Photograph of Charles Burgess Fry (1872-1956), the English all-round sportsman, pictured in his Southampton Football Club kit in 1902

Kit Cat Club
A gathering of the Kit-Kat Club, a London political and literary society which was the centre of opposition during Queen Annes Tory ministry (1710-14)

Soldiers tabloid first aid pack
Medical equipment in a handy portable case made for soldiers, war correspondents, airmen and explorers. The kit contains Kola compound that supresses hunger and thirst

Tall Soldier Ridiculed
Quarter-Master Sergeant scares a tall young private with the cutting line " What 15 boots? Why, when they shoots you they ll have to push you over"

Officer Awoken Cartoon
Circumstances Alter Cases. An officer is awoken early much to his displeasure, but it is not his blithering idiot batman who is at fault, but an incoming shell

Sale of Deserters Kit
The sale of a deserters kit in barracks

Climber Uses First Aid
The prudent climber - and Germans are ALWAYS prudent - carries a first-aid kit with him in case of accident, for accidents may befall anyone, even a German

Girl & Boy / Football Kit
Girl and boy. Boy is wearing a striped football shirt with shorts boots and long socks and is holding a football under his arm

Ghost Detection Kit
Ghost detection equipment designed and built by John Cutten : wind vane - Solenoid - Cameras - Thermostat - Tape recorder - Photo-electric cell - microphone

French Kit Inspection
French cavalrymen set out their kit ready for inspection by the brigadier

Dryden / Blaupunkt / 77A
Advertisement for Blaupunkt cigarettes -- woman in polo kit

Village Shop 1960S
A young boy being served in a well-stocked village shop, including sweets in jars, Homepride flour, Kit-Kat chocolate bars etc

Dog at Crufts
A Dog Study - but not " This Weeks Studdy!" A small dog takes a few moments beauty sleep with his exhibition kit, after a tiring day at the Crufts show

Dancing at the Kit-Kat
Dancers and diners at the Kit- Kat Club in the Haymarket, London : membership costs you seven guineas - equivalent to several hundred pounds today

Reservist (Hot Sweat!)
A Reservist

Sailors Off on Leave
The smiling boys of the H.M. Training ship Arethusa off on leave for their Christmas holidays with their kit-bags slung over their shoulders

SMOKERS KIT 1930S
A Smokers Kit, including a tin of Your Mixture tobacco from Selfridges store, Dutch Panatella cigars, Players Navy Cut Medium 100 cigarettes, lighter, pipe, etc

Machine Gun Section
A machine-gun section of the Grenadier Guards, wearing their field service kit. Eight men to man a single machine gun ?

Sport / Footballer Photo
Anonymous footballer in kit with football

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