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Major Collection (page 11)

Background imageMajor Collection: WWI pen and ink and pencil sketches

WWI pen and ink and pencil sketches
A collection of First World War pen and ink and pencil sketches drawn by the artist when stationed in France and Flanders with the Northumberland Fusiliers

Background imageMajor Collection: Silver Menu holder - Ulster Volunteer Force badge

Silver Menu holder - Ulster Volunteer Force badge
Silver Menu holder belonging to Major L. G. Tempest Stone, CMG, containing the Ulster Volunteer Force badge and engraved on base - RCM Major L. G. Tempest Stone, South Belfast Ulster Club, 1914

Background imageMajor Collection: Jean-Jacques Berne-Bellecour Folio of artwork

Jean-Jacques Berne-Bellecour Folio of artwork
A folio of 24 hand-coloured i, mostly titled. And one original watercolour of a Tommy in full battledress standing on ground marked Deutschland unter alles. Signed No. 164 of 250

Background imageMajor Collection: Pro Italia - Allies and Brothers-In-Arms for Justice

Pro Italia - Allies and Brothers-In-Arms for Justice. Drawn for an Italian Celebration on Italian Day, 7th October 1915, and disposed of in the streets in the form of a souvenir pocket handkerchief

Background imageMajor Collection: Caricatures at a gas school by Lieut. Fred May, WW1

Caricatures at a gas school by Lieut. Fred May, WW1
Some Up-to-Date Gas-Coves, who are teaching the Boches the Game of Tit for Tat. Caricatures by Lieutenant Fred May of various men at a famous gas school (in an undisclosed location in Britain)

Background imageMajor Collection: Motorists at Brooklands by The Tout

Motorists at Brooklands by The Tout
Caricatures of prominent figures in the motoring world trapped by The Tout at Brooklands. From left, Julian Orde, Jimmy Percy, Edward Manville, Harvey du Cros (founder of Dunlop tyres)

Background imageMajor Collection: Clarissa Tennant

Clarissa Tennant
Clarissa Madeleine Georgiana Felicite Tennant (1896-1960), daughter of 1st Baron Glenconner pictured staring into the fire

Background imageMajor Collection: Major Ranjisinghi Jamsaheb of Nawanagar, WW1

Major Ranjisinghi Jamsaheb of Nawanagar, WW1
Ranjitsinhji Vibhaji (1872 1933), popularly known as Ranji, Indian prince and Test cricketer who played for the Sussex English cricket team

Background imageMajor Collection: Colonial volunteers inspected by Major-General Bethune, WW1

Colonial volunteers inspected by Major-General Bethune, WW1
Major-General Bethune inspecting colonial volunteers on the Horse Guards Parade wearing their civilian clothes, including, at one end, a man in top hat and tails

Background imageMajor Collection: Lady Evelyn Graham by Madame Yevonde

Lady Evelyn Graham by Madame Yevonde. She was formerly Lady Evelyn Catherine King (1896-1974), daughter of the 3rd Earl of Lovelace. She married Major-General Miles Graham in 1918

Background imageMajor Collection: Margaret Leicester-Warren by Madame Yevonde

Margaret Leicester-Warren by Madame Yevonde
Margaret Alice Leicester-Warren (?-1964) by Madame Yevonde. She had recently become engaged to Major Oliver William Hargreaves Leese of the Coldstream Guards. They married in 1933. Date: 1932

Background imageMajor Collection: Operation Mincemeat - possessions of Major Martin

Operation Mincemeat - possessions of Major Martin
Personal possessions of Major William Martin, found when his body was washed ashore in Spain on 30th April 1943 carrying sensitive documents

Background imageMajor Collection: Helen Wills Moody (USA) on court at Wimbledon

Helen Wills Moody (USA) on court at Wimbledon
Helen Wills Moody walking on to court at Wimbledon 1938, where she went on to win the womens singles title. During the 1920s and 1930s Moody won 31 major titles

Background imageMajor Collection: Lady Diana Cooper, 1922

Lady Diana Cooper, 1922
Photographic portrait of Lady Diana Cooper (1890-1981), previously Lady Diana Manners and later Diana, Viscountess Norwich, the English actress, society figure and then wife of Duff Cooper

Background imageMajor Collection: David Stewart

David Stewart
Major-general DAVID STEWART of Garth : Scottish military commander. Date: 1712 - 1829

Background imageMajor Collection: Young Franco in Uniform

Young Franco in Uniform
FRANCISCO FRANCO Spanish General and dictator, here as a young Major in army uniform (centre), with two unnamed colleagues. Date: 1892 - 1975

Background imageMajor Collection: Major G. P. Bulman, CBE, FRAeS, Royal Aeronautical Societ?

Major G. P. Bulman, CBE, FRAeS, Royal Aeronautical Societ?
Major G.P. Bulman, CBE, FRAeS, Royal Aeronautical Society President 1950-1951 and his wife arrive at the 1951 Royal Aeronautical Society Garden Party at White Waltham Aerodrome on 6 May by a Westland

Background imageMajor Collection: Somewhere in France A concert behind the lines

Somewhere in France A concert behind the lines
Somewhere in France. A concert behind the lines. With the British Army on the Western Front - published in 1916 for Tatler and Sphere.. Fortunino Matania, Ri (1881-1963)

Background imageMajor Collection: The Communication Trench

The Communication Trench. With the British Army on the Western Front - published in 1916 for Tatler and Sphere.. Fortunino Matania, Ri (1881-1963)

Background imageMajor Collection: In a British advanced observation post

In a British advanced observation post. How artillery fire is observed and corrected. With the British Army on the Western Front - published in 1916 for Tatler and Sphere

Background imageMajor Collection: How the Staff is informed of movements at the Front

How the Staff is informed of movements at the Front. A scene in a stately French chateau. With the British Army on the Western Front - published in 1916 for Tatler and Sphere

Background imageMajor Collection: The famous 4 days retreat from Mons

The famous 4 days retreat from Mons. How the wounded helped the wounded between Le Cateau and Landrecies. With the British Army on the Western Front - published in 1916 for Tatler and Sphere

Background imageMajor Collection: Winter conditions in the Yser country

Winter conditions in the Yser country. A scene on the snow-covered road leading to the rear. With the British Army on the Western Front - published in 1916 for Tatler and Sphere

Background imageMajor Collection: The King at the Front

The King at the Front. With the British Army on the Western Front - published in 1916 for Tatler and Sphere.. Fortunino Matania, Ri (1881-1963)

Background imageMajor Collection: Major James L Cordes, Chief Test Pilot, Handley Page

Major James L Cordes, Chief Test Pilot, Handley Page
Major James L. Cordes, Chief Test Pilot, Handley Page (under the umbrella) at the 1939 Royal Aeronautical Society Garden Party at the Fairey Aviation Aerodrome, Great West Road, Hayes, Middlesex

Background imageMajor Collection: Pratt & Whitney R-4360 Wasp Major radials

Pratt & Whitney R-4360 Wasp Major radials in final assembly prior to test

Background imageMajor Collection: A sectioned Pratt & Whitney R-4360 Wasp Major radial

A sectioned Pratt & Whitney R-4360 Wasp Major radial

Background imageMajor Collection: Halford, Lord and Lady Trenchard and de Havilland

Halford, Lord and Lady Trenchard and de Havilland
From left: Major Frank Halford, Lord and Lady Trenchard and Sir Geoffrey de Havilland in front of the first prototype de Havilland Comet airliner, 1 March 1950, following their flight

Background imageMajor Collection: LFDCA-LFB Brigade Command and Control Unit

LFDCA-LFB Brigade Command and Control Unit
An interior view of the Brigades major command and control unit in Battersea Park, London

Background imageMajor Collection: LFDCA-LFB Mercedes Command Support Unit

LFDCA-LFB Mercedes Command Support Unit
Pictured at Battersea Park, the CSU from the Southern Command headquarters at Croydon was staffed by two junior officers and attended incidents that required four pumps or more

Background imageMajor Collection: LCC-LFB Major fire, Farringdon Street EC4

LCC-LFB Major fire, Farringdon Street EC4
Fire seriously damages a Farringdon Street office building in Clerkenwell, City of London. Two turntable ladders are at work together with the 15 pumps

Background imageMajor Collection: GLC-LFB HQ Major Control Unit

GLC-LFB HQ Major Control Unit
The GLC-LFB was created on 1 April 1965. A series of photos was commissioned of each type of fire engine, either within or absorbed into the enlarged London Fire Brigade

Background imageMajor Collection: GLC-LFB - Fire at the Grocers Hall, City of London

GLC-LFB - Fire at the Grocers Hall, City of London
A major fire at the Grocers Hall in the City of London. Firefighters work from a slated roof, attacking the fire through a hole made in the slates

Background imageMajor Collection: LCC-LFB Major building fire in St Pancras Way, NW1

LCC-LFB Major building fire in St Pancras Way, NW1
Appliances lined up the street in St Pancras Way, NW1, having responded to a serious fire in a warehouse (out of the picture)

Background imageMajor Collection: LCC-LFB Major building fire in Cannon Street EC4

LCC-LFB Major building fire in Cannon Street EC4
The gutted remains of a corner building affected by this serious fire in Cannon Street, London EC4. The building is blackened by the intensity of the heat and smoke

Background imageMajor Collection: LCC-LFB Aftermath of major building fire in Hackney

LCC-LFB Aftermath of major building fire in Hackney
The scene of a fire in Cambridge Heath Road, Hackney, East London, which seriously damaged the upper two floors of a commercial and business outlet

Background imageMajor Collection: LCC-LFB Major fire, Nelson Street, Whitechapel

LCC-LFB Major fire, Nelson Street, Whitechapel
Firefighters using wheeled escape ladders and extension ladders to gain access to the adjoining commercial premises affected by a fire in Nelson Street, Whitechapel, East London

Background imageMajor Collection: Blitz in London -- Bessborough Place, Pimlico, WW2

Blitz in London -- Bessborough Place, Pimlico, WW2
Blitz in London -- fire brigade heavy unit and a trailer pump in the foreground of a major fire in Bessborough Place, Pimlico, SW London following a bombing raid

Background imageMajor Collection: Enola Gay presented to the Smithsonian

Enola Gay presented to the Smithsonian
The superfortress bomber Enola Gay, the first aircraft to carry the atomic bomb in war when it dropped the bomb Little Boy over Hiroshima, Japan in World War Two

Background imageMajor Collection: Major Burton, 5th Dragoon Guards

Major Burton, 5th Dragoon Guards. Adolphus Burton, full-length portrait, wearing uniform, seated on a horse. Date 1855

Background imageMajor Collection: Royal Wedding 1986 - the Queen and Major Ronald Ferguson

Royal Wedding 1986 - the Queen and Major Ronald Ferguson
Queen Elizabeth II travels with Major Ronald Ferguson in an open top landau carriage through the crowd lined streets of London following the marriage of her son, Prince Andrew

Background imageMajor Collection: Lady Moira Combe

Lady Moira Combe, the daughter of the Lord and lady Clonmell, had married Major Henry Combe D.S.O in 1920. The portrait of Lady Moira Combe depicts her in a stereotypical 1920s cloche hat

Background imageMajor Collection: The Australian Cricket Team 1899

The Australian Cricket Team 1899. Back row V Trumper, H Trumble, AE Johns, WP Howell, Major Wardill, MA Noble, F Laver, CE M Leod

Background imageMajor Collection: Brigadier General Macarthur and Major Wolf in Germany

Brigadier General Macarthur and Major Wolf in Germany
Brigadier General Douglas Macarthur (1880-1964), American army officer of the 84th Brigade, 42nd Division, and his Chief of Staff, Major Walter B Wolf, at Sinzig in Rhenish Prussia, Germany

Background imageMajor Collection: Chief Scout Major General Michael Walsh

Chief Scout Major General Michael Walsh in Scout uniform Date: circa 1982

Background imageMajor Collection: Signpost at Bluff, South Island, New Zealand

Signpost at Bluff, South Island, New Zealand
The signpost at Stirling Point, Bluff, South Island, New Zealand, showing distances to major cities around the world. Bluff is the southernmost town in New Zealand

Background imageMajor Collection: Pipe Major - Royal Scots Dragoon Guards

Pipe Major - Royal Scots Dragoon Guards
Pipe Major of the Royal Scots Dragoon Guards (Carabiniers and Greys) in Full ceremonial dress. Painting by Malcolm Greensmith

Background imageMajor Collection: Troop Sergeant Major - Royal Scots Greys

Troop Sergeant Major - Royal Scots Greys
Troop Sergeant Major (Rough Rider) of the Royal Scots Greys (2nd Dragoons). Painting by Malcolm Greensmith



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