Leave Collection (page 8)

Map of YMCA shelters around London during WW1
A map showing the various YMCA huts available for soldiers and sailors in the capital on leave during the First World War, though The Graphic magazine, who published this picture

Mobilisation in France at the start of World War I
Crowds line the streets to wave goodbye to their countrymen as they set off to war. General mobilisation in France began once Germany had declared war on Russia, on the 1st August 1914. Date: 1914

Soldier and family at Victoria train station, WW1
Illustration showing soldiers either returning home from the front or returning to France at Victoria Station accompanied by anxious wives and families. Date: 1915

Enough of war plays - theatre in WW1 by Norman Morrow
A soldier back home on leave from the trenches is disgruntled to find that the entertainment on offer at the theatre is war-themed. He sees enough of that at the Front

H M Forces Overseas First Class Leave & Railway Ticket
H. M. Forces Overseas (in uniform) First Class Combined Leave and Railway Ticket. Leave granted from 27.1.16 to 3.2.16. Commemorative Art

Gods and Fighting Men by Edwin Morrow
An illustration from the Bystander of soldiers watching the opera from a high vantage point, all in full military uniform and showing a saddened expression. Date: 1916

Coming out of the trenches to go home on leave. 386202 Acting Sergeant Herbert Gibson, Mm, 1St Northumbrian Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps. Born September 1889

Leave !!! Whats that Somewhere in France. 386202 Acting Sergeant Herbert Gibson, Mm, 1St Northumbrian Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps. Born September 1889

Forty eight hours leave to get married, WW1
The wedding of Baroness Beaumont, elder daughter of Ethel, Lady Beaumont and the Hon. Bernard Fitzalan-Howard, elder son of Lord Howard of Glossop, which took place quietly at St

London to Dover train
Train about to leave Victoria bound for Dover. Date: 1900

London to Brighton train
Train about to leave Victoria bound for Brighton. Date: 1900

Boat train to Paris
The boat train to Paris about to leave Charing Cross. Date: circa 1900

Marylebone to Southport train about to leave Marylebone. Date: circa 1900

Poster, Walk Short Distances says Shanks Pony, and leave room for those who have longer journeys

Waiting for You in Blighty - WW1 postcard
Jolly First World War postcard showing a British soldier about to go home on leave the delights waiting for him in Blighty from pretty girls and a comfortable armchair to a cosy pub

Officers at a Supper Club by C. E. Peto
Before it was forbidden fruit to officers in uniform - at a supper club. Officers dance with ladies in skimpy evening dresses at a supper club. Date: 1915

Departure of Irish emigrants
Poverty-stricken Irish folk waiting on the railway platform for a train to take them to the port for embarkation to America or elsewhere

Knitting postcard, WW1
Humorous postcard from the First World War drawing on the theme of knitting. A soldier on leave is used to help a young girl wind her wool (no doubt used to knit comforts for troops)

A trench periscope at Aintree, WW1
Soldiers on leave from the front watch the Grand National at Aintree in a novel manner by using a trench periscope to look over the racecourse crowd. Date: 1915

Queen Alexandra serving at London Bridge buffet, WW1
Queen Alexandra pictured serving soldiers at the free buffet organised by Lady Limerick at London Bridge station in December 1915

Buffet for soldiers at Victoria Station, WW1
Various scenes at the free buffet for soldiers and sailors at Victoria railway station in London. The buffet, staffed by volunteers

Belgian soldiers wait for railway passes, WW1
Belgian Army troops, on leave in London, wait at Aldwych for railway passes to visit their refugee families. As many men who were granted leave from the front had relatives in England

The attraction of a man in khaki by Fish, WW1
Illustration showing fashionable types including a typical male nut (a leisured dandy), realise that men in uniform are far more likely to attract ladies

Free buffet for soldiers & sailor, Victoria station, WW1
The free buffet for soldiers and sailors at Victoria Station, staffed by volunteers during the First World War to provide free food and drink to soldiers and sailors returning from the Front

WW1 silhouette - soldier in the park
A silhouette showing a scene in a park with a British soldier seated on a bench in between two ladies. A small child, described as an enthusiast in the caption asks politely

The Pianola Piano advertisement, WW1
Advertisement for the Pianola Piano, depicting a lady at the keyboard surrounded by appreciative army officers for, in times of anxiety (it)

Tatler front cover - Miss Vesta Tilley
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

Miss Muriel Perry, Soldiers Free Buffet at Victoria Station
Miss Muriel Perry, the capable quartermaster of the Sailors and Soldiers Free Buffet at Victoria Station during the First World War, where 200, 000 men were fed at a cost of one penny per head

On the Leave Train by Bruce Bairnsfather
On the " Leave" Train You will never quite realise how closely we are bound to our French ally until you have had the good fortune to travel on one of those " leave" trains - six

Anthony Wilding in Paris, 1915
Photograph of New Zealand tennis player, Anthony Frederick Wilding, Wimbledon Mens Champion in 1910, 1911, 1912 and 1913. His championship run came to an end in 1914 when he was beaten by Australian

Children dreaming of Santa
Santa leaving the childrens bedroom after leaving Christmas presents. Date: circa 1910

1916 - Just arrived by Lawson Wood
A British soldier alights from a train at a station only to be met by his wife and a surprise addition to the family. Date: 1915

Eve walks out with Uncle Fred wearing his volunteer armbands
Illustration by Annie Fish to illustrate Letters of Eve in The Tatler. The eponymous Eve is walking out with her Uncle Fred who always aggressive

Bairnsfather on leave by Marcel Poncin
The Face at the Window. A humorous, and entirely imaginative, drawing of Captain Bruce Bairnsfather, famous soldier cartoonist and creator of Fragments from France

Subaltern Stunts in Rome by H. L. Oakley
Scenes in Rome and Florence during World War One as witnessed by the silhouette artist, Captain Harry Lawrence Oakley. Caption reads, As leave to " Blighty" is not very plentiful

Subaltern stunts by H. L. Oakley
A double page spread of silhouette vignettes by the famous silhouette artist, Captain Harry Lawrence Oakley, featuring scenes during a WW1 subaltern officers ten days leave in England

Kings Fifth Court at Buckingham Palace, London
The London Season of 1912: the Kings Fifth Court at Buckingham Palace. A diagrammatic view showing the progress of the debutante from the moment she enters the building to the time she leaves. 1912

Comic wartime scene, Western Front, WW1
Comic wartime scene on the Western Front, showing a happy soldier going on leave (left), and an unhappy soldier returning (right). Date: December 1915

Bruce Bairnsfather in his workroom at Bishopton
Bruce Bairnsfather, soldier cartoonist, best known for his creation, Ole Bill, in The Bystander, pictured at work in his workroom at Bishopton, Avon during leave. Date: 1916

British Tommy on leave returns home to his family
From a Somme dugout to the Home Fireside A British Tommy on leave returns home to his family - just in time for Christmas Dinner. Date: 1916

At the Base, WW1 silhouettes by H. L. Oakley
A curious mixture of English and French types at base in Northern France during World War One captured in silhouette by Captain H. L. Oakley whose work featured in The Bystander

Rotten Row crowded with khaki by Fish
Hyde Park re-echoes the war note in every corner. Rotten Row is crowded with khaki, and squads of recruits decorate the open spaces

Soldiers of German Landsturm leave Berlin, WW1
Soldiers of the German Landsturm (reserve army) leave Berlin by train during the early stages of the First World War. On arrival at their barracks they will be issued with weapons

Embarkation of troops at Gravesend
The Parting. Embarkation of British troops at Gravesend, for foreign service. A soldier takes leave of his girl. Date: 1846

Poilu en permisson, WWII
A French soldier helps his younger sister to gather in vines, having been given special leave from the Army during harvest time. Date: 1939

The Armageddon reservists leaving London, WW1, Matania
" The Armageddon Reservists Leaving London" This picture by Fortunino Matania shows German reservists leaving London from Victoria station

Habitual Criminals Bill
As a result of the Habitual Criminals Bill which has recently passed through the House of Lords, constables were authorised to summarily apprehend, without warrant, ticket-of-leave men

Victoria and Albert visit Ireland
The Royal visit to Ireland: Queen Victoria and Prince Albert leaving Kingstown. Date: 1849

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