Major Collection (page 28)

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

Battle of Krasnobrod
Fighting between the insurgents and the Russians at Krasnobrod, which will also be the scene of a major battle in World War Two

British Major and Lieutenant, near Arnhem; Second World War
Photograph showing a Major (on left) and Lieutenant of the British First Airborne Division in the woods near Arnhem, Holland, September 1944

Underground warfare
Men working a mine-drill in a gallery, making a bore-hole for a camoflaut or secondary chamber, intended to cause the enemy work to fall in

Listening for sounds of counter-mining
British soldier using a microphone to listen for evidence of enemy counter-mining underground. Underground mines became a major feature of warfare on the Western Front during World War I with miners

Lt. -General A. F. M. Browning, Major R. H. Cain and Lt. -Colonel
Photograph showing Lieutenant-General A.F.M. Browning, Commander of the British First Airborne (on left), talking to Major R.H. Cain (second right), the first V.C

American Indians. Sitting Bull, Sioux Chief
Inspirational leader of the Sioux, who, with Crazy Horse, coordinated major resistance against the Americans and defeated Custer

Lions attacking a Buffalo, South Africa, 1857
Engraving showing three lions attacking a large buffalo, as seen and sketched by Mr. Oswell and Major Vardon on a trip to South Africa, c.1857

John Wildman / Richardson
MAJOR JOHN WILDMAN Politician

Sebastopol, Batteries
A quiet night in Greenhill Batteries, commanded by Major Chapman

Cricket Match between Actors and Authors at Lords Cricket G
Illustration showing a number of the players in a one-day match between actors and authors held at Lords cricket ground, June 1905. The actors won the match by 8 wickets and 7 runs

The civil war in America: attack on the Confederate batterie
Attack on the Confederate batteries at Bull Run by the 27th and 14th New York regiments. The battle of Bull Run was the first major battle of the civil war, seen here from the Confederate side

The Defences of Charleston; American Civil War, 1863
Panorama showing the cannon and fortifications built by the Confederates at Charleston, in anticipation of a major engagement with the Federal Army

When Meteorites Crash
Every day 1000s of meteorites hit our planet : most are small, but if a large one were to fall into the ocean near a major city, the destruction would be immense

Life on the Stars 2
Sirius, brightest star in the Canis Major constellation, may well have developed a highly advanced civilisation with sophisticated technology

The end of the Zulu war. A colonial soldier in one of the sc
The siege of Morosis mountain; one of the last major incidents of the Zulu war

The Civil war in America: engagement between the 71st New Yo
The First Battle of Bull Run took place on July 21st 1861 and was the first major land battle of the Civil war. The Union army was defeated by Confederate General Stonewall Jackson

Broadmoor - view of the terrace where male prisoners were ab
Broadmoor opened as an asylum in 1863 to female patients and to male patients the following year. The building was designed by military engineer, Major General Joshua Jebb

Sir Henry Morton Stanley leaving Yambuya Camp during the Emi
Engraving showing Sir Henry Morton Stanley (1841-1904) (on right, wearing dark jacket) setting out from Yambuya Camp on the 28th June 1887 during the Emin Pasha Relief Expedition

Pavel Karl. Rennenkampf
PAVEL KARLOVICH RENNENKAMPF, Russian soldier who took part in many major military events including the Boxer rising, the war with Japan and World War One. Date: 1854 - 1918

Plans for the Crystal Palace
Conceived by Prince Albert, the Great Exhibition was intended as a celebration of British imperial and industrial might. Held in Hyde Park

Coronation of Queen Elizabeth
Elizabeth II, daughter of George VI was proclaimed queen in 1953. Her coronation was the first major royal event to be televised

House of Tomorrow
A cut-away of a design for the house of tomorrow in which electricity plays a major part

A vaccination station in Connaught, Ireland
During the late 19th and early 20th century, vaccinations were first introduced in controlling the spread of disease. This groundbreaking medical discovery was made by pioneers such as Pasteur has

Garde Imperiale
Uniforms of the VIELLE GARDE IMPERIALE, elite regiment of the French army. tambour-major (drum-bearer), general, porte- drapeau (standard-bearer) and Tambour-Maitre (drum-master)

Pawnee Bills Wild West
A poster for Pawnee Bills Historic Wild West Show. Pawnee Bill was Major Gordon W.Lillie, a contemporary of Buffalo Bill, and also an oilman and conservationalist

Chopin Nocturne No 4
The F major Nocturne no 4, interpreted by his friend Georges Sand

Plantago Major / Media
PLANTAINS

Krakatoa, after Effects 2
Three months after the major eruption, the atmosphere worldwide is affected : three views at sunset, made at 4.40, 5 and 5.15 PM show the effect of volcanic dust

Krakatoa, after Effects 1
Three months after the major eruption, the atmosphere worldwide is affected : three views at sunset, made at 4.10, 4.20 and 4.30 PM, show the effect of volcanic dust

Battle of Kandahar
At the battle of KANDAHAR, where the British under Roberts defeat the Afghans, Major White wins the Victoria Cross for his bravery

French Drum Major
Le Tambour-major (Drum major) in all his finery !

GREAT TIT
Great tit (Parus major)

Point to Point
A horse and jockey jumping a hurdle on the Four Burrows Point-to-Point, Trebuddanon, St. Columb Major, Cornwall, England

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