Lives Collection (page 3)

HMS Bulwark battleship, on 26th November 1914 conducting patrols in the English Channel, while anchored near Sheerness, she was blown up with loss of between 700 and 800 lives. Date: 1915

Judgment Day (Angelico)
THE CHOSEN - those who have lived good lives are picked out by the angels and led to their reward, an eternity of heavenly bliss Date: God knows

Three books, The Somme, Lille, Amiens
Three books, The Somme, Lille and Amiens, published by Michelin, 1919, dedicated to the memory of Michelin workmen and employees who lost their lives

Eternal Flame at Battle of Stalingrad Memorial
Russia, Volgograd (Zaryzin, Stalingrad). Battle of Stalingrad Memorial at Mamajev Kurgan Hill. The Memorial Hall of Honour with the Eternal Flame. Date: 2010

Careless Talk Costs Lives - World War II poster
A poster instructing civilians to " Keep it under your hat" and not to gossip, in case vital information is inadvertently passed to the enemy

Pericles Funeral Oration
Pericles delivers a funeral oration over the bodies of soldiers who have given their lives for Athens

Fate Magazine cover, Bridey Murphy in Ireland
Cover of Fate Magazine, depicting Bridey Murphy (alias Ruth Simmons, alias Virginia Tighe) -- the subject of a reincarnation experience visiting Ireland, home of the supposed Bridey Murphy

73d Str. and Shore Road, Bay Ridge, New York
View of the waterfront from the Shore Road in Bay Ridge, New York. Date: 1907

Queen Philippa interceding for the burghers of Calais
Queen Philippa interceding with her husband, Edward III, for the lives of the burghers of Calais. 1347

Fantastic Adventures - The Ice Queen
Cover of Fantastic Adventures, January 1943, featuring the story The Ice Queen by Don Wilcox. A young woman rides a white lioness holding a sword in her hands. Date: 1943

Fire brigade attend Woolworth store in Manchester
People watch from a safe distance as the fire brigade attends a fire at a Woolworth store in Manchesters Piccadilly Gardens, where ten lives were lost on 8 May 1979. Date: 1979

Comte De Chambord Exile
While Bourbon pretender le comte de CHAMBORD is exiled from France, he lives in this stately home at Frohsdorff, Austria. Date: 19th century

Social / Working Lancs Man
A Lancashire working man, who now lives " rent free", in his " own home" - an idealised family scene Date: 1861

ST Stephen - Butler lives
Stephen the deacon (? - circa 35) - First Christian martyr

Show Girls / Dolly Sisters
Betty Grable & June Haver camp it up in the Hollywood film of the lives of the Dolly Sisters looking very 1940s & blonde despite the fact the sisters were brunette Date: 1945

Joseph Van Ryckel
JOSEPH GELDOLPHE VAN RYCKEL Flemish hagiographer (author of lives of saints) Date: 1581 - 1642

Saint Barbara, a Christian virgin martyr, and one of 14 Holy Helpers. Date: circa 3rd century

Siege of Numantia 133 Bc
Scipio Africanus beseiges Numantia, a siege that lasted 9 years and cost the lives of most of the towns inhabitants. Date: 133 BC

Barnardos Migrants to Canada
A group of Barnardos boys, accompanied by staff, en route to new lives in Canada. Date: Date unknown

Northern entrance to Waterloo Station - Memorial Arch dedicated to the Employees of the london & South Western Railway Company who gave their lives during the First World War - unveiled by Queen Mary

Ruined Lives by Mrs F G Kimberley
Promotional postcard for Ruined Lives by Mrs F. G. Kimberley. First produced at the Grand Theatre, Brighton, 2nd September and Elephant & Castle Theatre, 9th September 1918

Two pages of a book, The Somme, Michelin
Two pages of a book, The Somme, Volume I, The First Battle of the Somme (1916-1917), published by Michelin, 1919, dedicated to the memory of Michelin workmen and employees who lost their lives

Title page, The Somme, Michelin
Title page, The Somme, Volume I, The First Battle of the Somme (1916-1917), published by Michelin, 1919, dedicated to the memory of Michelin workmen and employees who lost their lives

Book cover, The Somme, Michelin
Book cover, The Somme, Volume I, The First Battle of the Somme (1916-1917), published by Michelin, 1919, dedicated to the memory of Michelin workmen and employees who lost their lives

WW1 - Comrades of the war
WW1 - Two comrades of war reunite. A contrast between the two comrades, illustrating their lives and the people they have become after the war. A surprise to both, and perhaps awkward too. Date: 1919

Favourite Sayings - The Cats foot
Black and white lantern slide of a woman shaking her fist at a man holding a jug. Painted background shows a pub which the man may be about to enter.. Part of Box 197 Sayings, Boswell Collection

Order of Service Booklet for those who died during the War
Order of Service Booklet from the service at St. Pauls Cathedral on Friday May 2nd 1919. In Memory of the Officers, Warrant Officers, Non-Commissioned Officers and Men of the Cavalry and Yeomanry

Memorial to the men from Klein Almerode
Ehren Tafel (In Memoriam). A Memorial to the men from Klein Almerode with the names and portraits of fifty-two of its men who gave their lives for the Fatherland in the Great War. German School

WW2 poster, We re working for our lives
WW2 poster, We re not only working for our living, we re working for our lives. Design by Victor Hicks. Date: 1940s

Life saving guide for seamen by G. H. Davis
For those in peril on the sea: a Government guide designed to save the lives of shipwrecked seamen during the Second World War

Inside a British submarine by G. H. Davis
Inside a British submarine in use during the Second World War: what happens during the hours of darkness and in daylight. The lives of underwater crews

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

British submarine A7 which failed to come to the surface
Diagram of British submarine A7 which failed to come to the surface while exercising in Whitsand Bay, Cornwall, was one of the oldest submarines left (at the time)

The volunteer life brigade at work : life saving at sea
The late storm: the volunteer life brigade at work. Rocket life-saving apparatus kept ready for use whereby a rocket is fired to throw a line over the ship in trouble from the shore

The San Francisco earthquake of April 18, 1906
Cartoon showing a globe-headed American character nursing his bandaged head; a humorous look at the effects of the San Francisco earthquake on the American economy

Kubsang (Lydekker)
(prionodon pardicolor) This beautiful creature is probably the Oriental Linsang, which lives in south-east Asia : it is related to the Civet. Date: 1893

Pocket Gopher
This is probably Bottas pocket gopher (thomomys bottae) but there are other pocket gophers with quite different latin names. This one lives in Mexico. Date: circa 1880

Cinema Queue 1935
Queueing to see Gary Cooper in the film Lives of a Bengal Lancer, England. Date: 1935

Royal Engineers Memorial Arch, Chatham, 1860
Engraving showing an ornate classical arch erected at Brompton Barracks, Chatham, in memory of the Royal Engineers who lost their lives in the Crimean War, 1854-6. Date: 1860

Roger North
ROGER NORTH Lawyer and statesman, attorney-general, author of Lives of the Norths. Date: 1653 - 1734

Mouron De Rety
CONSTANT MOURON DE RETY Frenchman who not only saved the lives of 14 shipwrecked persons, but won the favour of Louis XVIII by his devotion to the Bourbon family. Date: 1761 - ?

Comic Postcard - Woman bemoans lack of male interest
Comic Postcard - Woman bemoans and mourns the loss of 500 men in a (fictional) disaster, not that it appears she is (unfortunately) a magnet for male interest! Date: circa 1910

PLUTARCH (45-125). Greek writer, philosopher
" PLUTARCH (45-125). Greek writer, philosopher and historian. Frontispiece of a French edition of the work " Life of the Noble Greeks and Romans"

Some Barnardos Emigrants
A promotional picture showing some of the children from Barnardos homes destined to emigrate to new lives overseas. In 1872, Thomas Barnardos childrens homes began sending children to Canada

Alban Butler, Hagiograph
ALBAN BUTLER Churchman and hagiographer, author of Lives of the Saints. Date: 1711 - 1773

Blitz in London -- funerals of AFS firefighters, WW2
Blitz in London -- the funerals of auxiliary firefighters (AFS) who were killed on duty whilst serving during WW2. The names of the 300 plus men

The pigmies attack; but the government still lives. Illustration shows President McKinley standing on the steps to the US Capitol, holding up two flags

For you - they are giving their lives over there - For them - you must give every cent you can spare 2nd war fund - May 6-11

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