Lonsdale Gallery

Private Memorial, Old Lonsdale Church, Oosterbeek

The final fighting north of the River Rhine during the last stages of Operation Market Garden was in and around the small Arnhem suburb of Oosterbeek. On 19th September 1944 Major Lonsdale, Second in Command of 11th Parachute Regiment, gathered together men coming from every direction and addressed them from the pulpit in the church (hence the church's name). There were men from the 1st, 3rd and 11th Battalions, the South Staffords and some glider pilots and they became known as the Lonsdale Force. The church abounds with Memorials, both inside and outside, because it came to mean so much to those who assembled here. When the evacuation began, the route down to the river lay across the fields behind the church where this small symbolic poppy is. It shows the Arnhem bridge on the right, the River Rhine and the locations Driel, Oosterbeek and Arnhem. The legend is From the Sky they Came, On Land They Fought, then Over Water Under Deathly Threat, the Ones We'll Never Forget). It was placed in 2003. Date: 2006

© Holts Battlefield Collection / Mary Evans

The Lady of the Rose by Frederick Lonsdale

Promotional postcard for The Lady of the Rose by Frederick Lonsdale from Die Frau in Hermelin (The Lady in Ermine by Rudolf Schauer & Ernst Welisch, Theater des Westens, Berlin, 23/8/1919).; music Jean Gilbert. First produced at the Princes Theatre, Manchester, 26th December 1921 and Dalys Theatre, 21st February 1922. The lady steps out of the painting whenever a princely house is threatened. Artist: E. P. Kinsella. This image is for the revival at Dalys Theatre, 26th April 1929. Date: 1929

© The Michael Diamond Collection / Mary Evans Picture Library

Melbourne Hospital, Lonsdale Street

Black and white image of the exterior of the Wesley Church, Lonsdale Street, Melbourne, Australia. The hospital was rebuilt and renamed the Queen Victoria Hospital in 1911-1912. It closed in 1987 and was demolished in 1992-1993. The site is now referred to as Queen Victoria Village (also known as QV Village). Part of Box 100, Melbourne, Boswell Collection. Slide number 28. Date: circa 1890

© The Boswell Collection, Bexley Heritage Trust / Mary Evans