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Alexander Macomb
Major-general ALEXANDER MACOMB American military commander Date: 1782 - 1841

Andrew Burn, Military
Major-General ANDREW BURN British military commander during the Napoleonic Wars. Date: CIRCA 1815

Fall / Clumber Spaniels / 29
WITLEY ACTING MAJOR, Clumber Spaniel owned by Hedley. Date: 1929

Count Gleichen
Major-General Lord Albert " Edward" Wilfred Gleichen, KCVO, CB, CMG, DSO (15 January 1863-14 December 1937), British courtier and soldier."

Major Gordon W. Lillie, Pawnee Bill

Sir William Palliser
MAJOR SIR WILLIAM PALLISER Irish-born politician and inventor, MP for Taunton from 1880 until his death in 1882. Buried in Brompton Cemetery, London

Reception of the corps diplomatique at St James
A reception of the corps diplomatique at the royal court of St James Palace. Ambassadors and ministers mingle and chat in their official costumes

Dartmoor Prison mutiny, January 1932
An aerial view of Dartmoor Prison, Princetown, Devon, during a major disturbance there in January 1932. Smoke is pouring from the central part of the buildings

Major General George Meade (1815 - 1872) - Commander of the Federal Army of the Potomac during the American Civil War - Commander at the Battle of Gettysburg

Manual of Workhouse Cookery, cover
The cover of a well used copy of the Manual of Workhouse Cookery, marked Matrons Use in the top left corner. The book was published in 1901 alongside a major revision of workhouse diets

Richard Dimbleby (1913-1965), English journalist and broadcaster, widely acknowledged as one of the greatest figures in British broadcasting history

Bridlington Dramatic Troupe - The Majors
Scene in Bridlington of a troupe of actors in the roles of The Majors along with a Scottish Piper Boy

Troop Sergeant Major - 9th Lancers
A Troop Sergeant Major of the 9th (Queens Royal) Lancers. The Badge on his lower right arm denotes his position as the best shot in the squadron. Painting by Malcolm Greensmith

Squadron Sergeant Major - 5th Royal Irish Lancers (circa 1890). Medal ribbons worn: Egypt Medal (1882-89) and Khedives Star (1882-91)

Pipe Major of the Queens Own Highlanders (1961) in Full Dress. Formed by an amalgamation of the Seaforth and Camerons regiments. Painting by Malcolm Greensmith

Squadron Sergeant Major - 17th Lancers
A Squadron Sergeant Major of the 17th Lancers (Duke of Cambridges Own) - a Senior Scout. The medals he is wearing are The Distinguished Conduct medal

Champion South Devon Bull at the Royal Cornwall Show
A champion South Devon Bull and its minder at the Royal Cornwall Agricultural Show, which takes place at the beginning of June each year, at Wadebridge in North Cornwall

Champion hen at the Royal Cornwall Show
A man with his champion hen at the Royal Cornwall Agricultural Show, which takes place at the beginning of June each year, at Wadebridge in North Cornwall

Shire Horse Parade at the Royal Cornwall Show
A man with two horses at the Shire Horse Parade at the Royal Cornwall Agricultural Show, which takes place at the beginning of June each year, at Wadebridge in North Cornwall

First prize mare and foal at the Royal Cornwall Show
A mare and foal, winners of the first prize at the Royal Cornwall Agricultural Show, with their owners. The Show takes place at the beginning of June each year, at Wadebridge in North Cornwall

Champion bull at the Royal Cornwall Show
A champion bull and its minder at the Royal Cornwall Agricultural Show, which takes place at the beginning of June each year, at Wadebridge in North Cornwall

Champion sheep at the Royal Cornwall Show
A champion sheep and its minder at the Royal Cornwall Agricultural Show, which takes place at the beginning of June each year, at Wadebridge in North Cornwall

Presentation to Prince Charles, Royal Cornwall Show
A presentation is made to HRH the Prince of Wales by the Young Farmers Union at the Royal Cornwall Agricultural Show, which takes place at the beginning of June each year

Queen Mother at the Royal Cornwall Show
The Queen Mother makes a presentation to the winner of a Ridden Class at the Royal Cornwall Agricultural Show, which takes place at the beginning of June each year, at Wadebridge in North Cornwall

Thomas Cochrane at home
Major Thomas Cochrane is the fortunate owner of a beautiful villa, the Villa Reve d Or, at Cannes, where these photographs were taken

Drum Major of the Grenadier Guards
A Drum Major of the Grenadier Guards in Full Ceremonial Dress

Roger Aytoun and Duc d Angouleme
THE GREAT AND THE SMALL ARE THERE Caricature by John Kay of Roger Aytoun and the Duc d Angouleme Date: 1797

Benjamin Raspail / Gill
Benjamin Raspail (1823-1899) French painter, engraver, politician and monoped, son of Major Franois-Vincent Raspail (1794-1878)

Gun inspection 1915
6th Siege Battery, 6 inch BL 30 cwt howitzer gun being examined by Inspector of Munitions, Major Browne, after No. 3 gun had burst on the Western Front in France during World War I on 17th March 1915

Henry Bakerlate, Yeoman of the Guard
Sergeant-Major Henry Bakerlate of the 61st Regiment, Yeoman of the Guard. he enlisted in 1842, and is still in good health on the occasion of his 83rd birthday

Major General Julian Byng / Stamp
(Major General) Field Marshal JULIAN HEDWORTH GEORGE BYNG, 1st Viscount Byng of Vimy (1862 - 1935) Prominent British Army officer who served as Governor General of Canada

Major General The Earl of Cavan / Stamp
Field Marshal FREDERICK RUDOLF LAMBART, 10th Earl of Cavan (1865 - 1946) (Field Marshal LORD CAVAN) Successful British commander during the First World War

Major R R Willis VC recipient 2 / Stamp
RICHARD RAYMOND WILLIS VC (1876 - 1966) English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British

Major O Leary VC recipient 3 / Stamp
MAJOR MICHAEL JOHN O LEARY VC (1890 - 1961) Irish recipient of the Victoria Cross, the most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British

Major General CVF Townshend / Stamp
Major General Sir Charles Vere Ferrers Townshend, British Indian Army Officer

Allied Troops parading - Chanak, Turkey - led by a group of drummer and a Drum Major

Squadron Sergeant Major (Scout) - 17th (Duke of Cambridges Own) Regiment

Gage Pasha
Important men in Egyptian life in the 1910s and 1920s (5/6). Gage Pasha - a British Major General, serving in Egypt (1908-10) as an advisor to the Egyptian Army

Harwich Terminus
The Great Eastern Railway terminus and hotel at Harwich, Essex, one of the major ports for crossing to continental Europe

Banting in the Yeomanry. A rotund Troop-Sergeant Major complains to a captain about being too fat for his jacket

Chitral Bridge 1895
The bridge at Chitral. Major Biddulph states that " half a mile above the fort is an excellent bridge protected by a stone tower at each end." One tower is shown here

Come on, Major, he won t bite by Merlin Enabnit
Blonde pin up girl by Merlin Enabnit (1903-1979) wearing a black strapless dress with the skirt split to reveal shapely stockinged legs. By her feet is a small Pomeranian-type dog

Major John Cook VC (d. 1879)
Engraved portrait of Major John Cook VC (d.1879) of the 5th Gurkha Rifles, pictured c.1875

Earl of Athlone
Major General Alexander Augustus Frederick William Alfred George Cambridge, 1st Earl of Athlone, formerly Prince Alexander of Teck (14 April 1874-16 January 1957)

Prince Alexander of Teck, Earl of Athlone
Major General Alexander Augustus Frederick William Alfred George Cambridge, 1st Earl of Athlone, formerly Prince Alexander of Teck (14 April 1874-16 January 1957)

Touring in Germany with the Prince of Wales: Major Cadogan, the Princes Equerry

King George VI, Sir A. Lascelles and Major-General Laycock
Photograph showing King George VI (centre) with Sir A. Lascelles (left) and Major-General Laycock on the bridge of HMS Arethusa, crossing the English Channel, 16th June 1944

Victoria Cross, The New Order of Valour
Special colour supplement from the ILN, June 1857 to commemorate the introduction of the Victoria Cross, a new order of valour first bestowed by Queen Victoria upon Crimean War veterans

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