Military Collection (page 15)

Lady Londonderry, WW1
Edith Vane-Tempest-Stewart, Marchioness of Londonderry DBE (3 December 1878 23 April 1959), noted society hostess, and, during the First World War director of the Womens Legion

1st Battalion Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers cricket team
Band of the 1st Battalion Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers, winners of the inter-company cricket shield. Date: 1910

Israel Putnam - 2
ISRAEL PUTNAM American military commander Date: 1718 - 1790

Sir John Meldrum
SIR JOHN MELDRUM Military commander in the Parliamentary army during the English Civil War. Date: ? - 1645

Meissonier on Location
ERNEST MEISSONIER French artist, famous for his military scenes, sketched at work in the open air, while his dog sleeps. Date: 1815-1891

Montague Earl Lindsey
MONTAGUE BERTIE, second earl LINDSEY Scottish military commander Date: 1608 - 1666

Jacques Duc De LA Force
JACQUES de CAUMONT, duc de LA FORCE French military commander, marechal de France Date: 1558 - 1652

The British Army Airship Beta and Hangar
The British Army Airship " Beta" and hangar. Served in northern France during the First World War. She had a 45-50 Clerget engine, a speed of 35 mph and a crew of three

To England! German dreams of an invasion by sea and air
To England! German dreams of an invasion by sea (warships) and air (a fleet of Zeppelins). Postcard sold to raise money for the German air war effort. Date: circa 1916

General Sir Horace Smith-Dorien
Portrait of General Sir Horace Lockwood Smith-Dorrien. In Command of the 2nd Army Corps British Expeditionary Force at the start of WWI. Date: circa 1914

Congratulations from Lord Kitchener to Sir John French
Postcard detailing the congratulations sent from Lord Kitchener to General Sir John French on August 25th 1914, at the very start of the First World War

Ramon Berenguer IV. Count of Barcelona (1131-1162). Painting. SPAIN. Barcelona. Montjuic Castle Military Museum

Ramon Berenguer I (1023-1076). Count of Barcelona and Girona (1035-1076). Painting. SPAIN. Barcelona. Montjuic Castle Military Museum

West Derby Union, Liverpool - Alder Hey Hospital
Ward blocks at Alder Hey Hospital. The hospital was opened in 1915 by the West Derby Union, Liverpool. Originally used for chronic and bed-ridden case, it later became a childrens hospital

14th Hussars - Colonel Brown Victoria Cross Re-enactment
Victoria Cross Re-enactment of the bravery of Colonel Edward Douglas Brown (Edward Douglas Browne-Synge-Hutchinson VC) (18611940) of the 14th Hussars - who

Military honours for dead of R101
French homage to Britains dead in the great airship R101 disaster: the moving final scene at Beauvais - Spahis saluting the coffins, borne on French artillery wagons

Private - 83rd Regiment of Foot. The regiment became the Royal Irish Rifles in 1881

Cavalry Bivouac
When French cavalry bivouac for the night, the horses are tethered near their weapons in case of a surprise attack by the enemy

Scots Guards Pipe Major
Pipe Major of the Scots Guards

Capitaine Vermeersch
CAPITAINE VERMEERSCH French military and explorer in central and west Africa

French Wwi Generals
General Emile Fayolle and General Paul Maistre, French generals in World War One

74th Regiment Armory, Buffalo, New York State, USA. circa 1900s

Pigeon as Military observer 1914
Miniature double camera with two lenses pointing in opposite directions was attached to the pigeon by harness to take automatic photographs at regular intervals over enermies ground. 1914

The Russo-Japanese War - Interior scene
The Russo-Japanese War of 1904-05 - an unusual card (awaiting final translation!) depicting an interior scene. Date: circa 1905

Cortes destroying his fleet. Colored engraving
Hernan Cortes (1488-1547). Spanish conqueror of Mexico. Cortes destroying his fleet, moored in the Villa Rica of the Vera Cruz, to prevent defections among his crew. Volume I. Engraving by J

France. Guard of National Convention (center), French Grenad
French Revolution (1789-1799). Guard of National Convention (center), French Grenadier Guard (left) and crippled (right). Colored engraving. 19th century

Canadians in Southampton
The Southampton contingent of the CCCF who were billeted near the docks at the Apollo Hotel. The Corps of Canadian Fire-fighters

A CCF crew
Crewing a British fire appliance somewhere outside Portsmouth. The Corps of Canadian Fire-fighters (also known as the Volunteer Corps of Canadian Fire-fighters and simply as CCCF)

George Heathfield Tomb
G A E HEATHFIELD military, depicted as the Preserver of Gibraltar Date: 1717 - 1790

HMT (Hired Military Transport) Ship Dunera, . Date: C1920s

WW1 - Duty and Honour bid us part - Joining up in 1914 - a British country gent leaves his Mother and joins up with many of his mates from the village. Date: 1914

French attack on German positions
A l Attaque. Tous les mondes a la bataille. (Everyone go to it). A French attack on German positions. C. E. Matras (French)

Belgian troops in a trench, Belgium, c 1917
Belgian troops in a trench, Belgium, c.1917. M. Dewart (Belgian)

Oval miniature - Harold Vaughan Tattersall
An oval miniature of an Officer of the North Staffordshire Regiment, Harold Vaughan Tattersall (b. June 27, 1887) by Katherine Sybil Haines (1885-?). Date: 1918

Duke & Duchess of Connaught visiting Red Cross hospital, WW1
The Duke of Connaught, together with his wife, visiting the Kings Canadian Red Cross Hospital near London during the First World War. Date: 1917

Allied Military Leaders receive Legion of Honour Grand Croix
Allied Military Leaders - WWII era. General Gamelin, Commander-in-chief of the Allied Armies; General Sir Edmund Ironside, Chief of the British Imperial General Staff; General Viscount Gort

Thessaloniki - Cretan Policeman, Jews and Serbian Officers Date: circa 1916

Church of England Service on a WWI battlefield for troops heading into the trenches - the Chaplain is officiating from a small field altar. Date: circa 1915

A fellow prisoner at Ruhleben. Frank Kremnitz

West India Regiment

The second prototype Scottish Aviation Bulldog G-AXIG
The second prototype Scottish Aviation Bulldog, G-AXIG, in Swedish military colours

NIGHTINGALE, Florence (1823-1910). British nurse and philanthropist. He organized military hospitals for the injured during the Crimean War (1854-55) and founded in London a nursery school

Greek triremes. Engraving. Warship appeared in 6th c. BC: It was used by Phoenicians, Greeks, Egyptians, Romans and Carthaginians

Portrait of the Prince Imperial
Photograph of Louis Napoleon, the Prince Imperial (1856-1871) as a young boy. Born as the heir to the French Imperial throne

Mortar Calculations - Fort Wright - Fishers Island, New York
Directing the range of the Mortars - Fort Wright - Fishers Island - New York, USA. Military Cadets using complex higher mathematical formulae and telephone instructions to work out the exact aiming

Procession of Horse Guardsmen - London Date: circa 1910s

Mounted guards destined for the Front - WWI
Mounted guards - British Military heading for the Western Front at the start of World War One. Date: circa 1915

Outward Bound. Sailing ship leaving harbour. Date: ca. 1847

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