Entrance to the dockyard, PortsmouthEntrance to the dockyard at Portsmouth, where Lieutenant Commander Lionel Kenneth Phillip Buster Crabb (1909-1956) disappeared on 19 April 1956
Princess Elizabeth and Lt Philip Mountbatten - EngagementPrincess Elizabeth (later Queen Elizabeth II) (1926-2022) and Lieutenant Philip Mountbatten (later Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh) (1921)
StauffenbergCLAUS SCHENK GRAF VON STAUFFENBERG Lieutenant colonel on the General Staff and central figure among the conspirators of the July Plot
General George S. Patton, 1945Photographic portrait of Lieutenant-General George S. Patton (1885-1945), the American military commander, pictured in early 1945
T E Lawrence (Lawrence of Arabia) with camelsLieutenant Colonel Thomas Edward Lawrence (aka Lawrence of Arabia, 1888-1935), British Army officer best known for his liaison role during the Arab Revolt against Ottoman Turkish rule of 1916-1918
Colonel Rollet, French Foreign Legion, France, WW1Lieutenant-Colonel Paul-Frederic Rollet (1875-1941), General in the French Foreign Legion, Regiment de Marche. Seen here during the First World War, probably at Verdun, northern France
How to recognise rank in the Royal Navy-a wartime advert for Dunlop fort tyres. Date: 1941
The Zulu war. Scene of the Battle of Isandula (Isandhlwana)After the Battle of Isadhlwana. A description by Lieutenant Crealock reads, Day waned and the night hung over the hill, when we reached the last ridge, beyond which lay what had been our camp
Supermarine test pilots at High Post Aerodrome in March?Supermarine test pilots at High Post Aerodrome in March 1946: From left: Flt Lt P. Wigley DFC, Sqn Ldr W.J.G. Morgan DFC, Lt Cdr Jeffrey K. Quill AFC, Chief Test Pilot; Flt Lt Leslie R
Flight Lieutenant K. H. F Letford, DFOFlight Lieutenant Kenneth Harold Francis Letford, as he appeared in the Illustrated London News in 1949, when he was awarded a bar to his Distinguished Flying Cross for gallantry in assisting HMS
The Queen reviews the Grenadier GuardsAt the tercentenary parade of the Grenadier Guards at Windsor, the Queen turns to speak to Colonel Sir Thomas Butler, Lieutenant-Colonel of the Regiment. Date: 1956
T E Lawrence, Colonel Dawnay and Commander HogarthLieutenant Colonel Thomas Edward Lawrence (aka Lawrence of Arabia, 1888-1935), British Army officer best known for his liaison role during the Arab Revolt against Ottoman Turkish rule of 1916-1918
ILN Royal Wedding Number November 1947 by Terence Cuneo
St Michaels Mount - the island, village and harbourSt. Michaels Mount - the island, village and harbour, by Lieutenant Ernest Stafford Carlos (1881-1917), 8th Battalion Royal East Kents
T E Lawrence (Lawrence of Arabia)Lieutenant Colonel Thomas Edward Lawrence (aka Lawrence of Arabia, 1888-1935), British Army officer best known for his liaison role during the Arab Revolt against Ottoman Turkish rule of 1916-1918
Captain Charles UphamPortrait of double VC winner, Captain Charles Upham (). Born in New Zealand, Upham was a sheep farmer who distinguished himself during World War Two on two occasions
Paris / Eiffel Tower 1926French aviator Lieutenant Collot successfully flies his biplane beneath the Tour Eiffel, but in a moment he will hit a cable and crash fatally
Lieutenant-General Rowland, Lord Hill, 1819.Oil on canvas by George Dawe (1781-1829), 1819.Full-length portrait in general officers uniform, wearing Bath Star and Waterloo Medal
Elizabeth Ii / Philip 1947ELIZABETH II with her fiance, Lieutenant Philip Mountbatten, in 1947
Banastre Tarleton (1782)SIR BANASTRE TARLETON British soldier in the Revolutionary Wars in America (depicted here as Lieutenant Colonel)
Siege of LucknowLieutenant Macpherson leads a a charge by the 78th Highlanders to capture enemy guns at Lucknow. He was awarded the Victoria Cross
Captain Phillips & Lieutenant Yates, 8th Hussars. Captain Phillips of the 8th Hussars and Lieutenant Yates, full-length portrait, one seated on horse, the other standing by horse. Date 1855
The Queen as Captain-GeneralIn her role as Captain-General of the Honourable Artillery Company, the Queen presents new colours to Lieutenant F.H.B Layfield, right (Queens Colour) and Lieutenant J.S. Teakle (Regimental Colour)
Lieutenant of the Royal Horse Artillery in Full Dress. Painting by Malcolm Greensmith
Awarding Victoria CrossHis Majesty King George V investing 2nd Lieutenant C.L. Cox of the 150th Field Co. R.E. with the Victoria Cross at the 2nd Army Headquarters, Blendecques, France
Alcock & Brown - 3Captain Alcock and Lieutenant Brown terminate their successful first crossing of the Atlantic by air by crashing their Vickers Vimy in an Irish bog
Mannerheim line WWIILieutenant Platan, an officer from Helsinki in command of this sector, points forward into no mans land, explaining Finnish strategy during World War II in Finland
Afghan Futtehabad 1879At the battle of Futtehabad during the Afghan War, Lieutenant Hamilton of the Guide Corps is awarded the Victoria Cross for his brave cavalry charge
Caruso as PinkertonSigned self-caricature by the opera singer Enrico Caruso : Caruso as Lieutenant Pinkerton
Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh in 1927Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, born 10th June 1921, son of Prince Andrew of Greece and Princess Alice of Battenburg. Consort of Queen Elizabeth II. Pictured wearing a sailor suit in 1927
The Night Watch, 1662, by Rembrandt (1606-1669)Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn (1606-1669). Dutch painter. The Night Watch, 1662. Rijksmuseum. Amsterdam. Holland
Mrs Flash Kellett, wife of Lieutenant Colonel Edward Orlando Kellett and formerly Helen Myrtle Dorothy Atherley, drawn by Olive Snell
Winston Churchill, Lieutenant Colonel of Scots FusiliersWinston Churchill (centre) as Lieutenant Colonel of the 6th Battalion Royal Scots Fusiliers in 1916 during the First World War. Date: 1916
Filming Scott of the Antarctic, with John Mills as Captain Scott RN, James Robertson Justice as Petty Officer Taff Evans, and Kenneth Moore as Lieutenant Evans
Royal Wedding 1947 - crowd in Trafalgar SquareA section of the vast crowd which assembled in London to greet Princess Elizabeth and her bridegroom, Lieutenant Philip Mountbatten on 20 November 1947
Royal Wedding 1947 - honeymoon at BroadlandsBroadlands, near Romsey in Hampshire, the home of Earl Mountbatten, where Princess Elizabeth and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh spent the first part of their honeymoon
Lieutenant Philip Mountbatten announcement of his engagementLieutenant Philip Mountbatten (Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, consort to Queen Elizabeth II of Britain). At the age of 26
Caricature of a Lieutenant Colonel of the Army Service CorpsFirst World War caricature of a Lieutenant Colonel of the Army Service Corps. Godfrey H. Brennan
James FarquharsonLieutenant-colonel JAMES R FARQUHARSON Scottish soldier - seemingly also something of a playboy... Date: CIRCA 1883
Lieutenant-Colonel Peter Norman Nissen, Nissen hut inventorLieutenant-Colonel Peter Norman Nissen(1873-1930), mining engineer, and inventor of the Nissen hut, and the Nissen stamp for crushing gold ores
Pilot (on first job) This war-flying seems easy, but WW1Pilot (on first job). This war-flying seems easy, but I wish people would not test their guns quite so close. By Lieutenant George Arthur Hyde, MC
Lieutenant and Mrs Vernon Castle, dancersVernon Blythe Castle (1887-1918), and American wife, Irene (nee Foote), ballroom dancers, performers and dance teachers, pictured in 1917 when he was serving in the British Army in the Royal Flying
The Conscientious Exhilarator, by BairnsfatherThe Conscientious Exhilarator " Every encouragement should be given for singing and whistling" - (Extract from a Military Manual ) That painstaking fellow, Lieut
Tatler front cover of Sir Robert Baden-PowellFront cover of The Tatler with a portrait of Lieutenant-General Sir Robert Stephenson Smyth Baden-Powell (1857-1941), military leader and founder of the Boy Scout movement. Date: 31st January 1934
Royal Wedding 1947 - Archbishop of CanterburyThe Most Rev. Rt. Hon. Geoffrey Francis Fisher, Archbishop of Canterbury (1887 - 1972), who officiated at the marriage of Princess Elizabeth to Lieutenant Philip Mountbatten at Westminster Abbey
British Howitzer inspected by Maharaja of Patiala, WW1A British 12 inch Mark III railway Howitzer being inspected by the Maharaja of Patiala (Maharaja Bhupinder Singh, 1891-1938) on the Western Front near Borre in France during the First World War
Colonel Newcombe and Railway Raiding PartyLieutenant Colonel Newcombe (1878-1956) - A friend of T.E. Lawrence (Lawrence of Arabia) who served in the Second Boer War
Royal Wedding 1947 - the cakeWedding cake made by Mr F. Schul of McVitie and Price in Harlesden, London for the wedding of Princess Elizabeth to Lieutenant Philip Mountbatten in November 1947
