Mons Collection

L Battery, Royal Horse Artillery. How our gunners won the VC and silenced the fire of the German guns in face of overwhelming odds Retreat from Mons, 1st September 1914

Angels of Mons [Pearse]
The so-called Angels of Mons halt the German advance at Mons, Belgium - the first engagement of World War One

Angels of Mons, cover design for piano music
Angels of Mons (Reve Mystique), cover design for solo piano music by Sydney C Baldock, inspired by rumours of angelic intervention in the fighting (Battle of Mons, Belgium)

The charge of the 9th Lancers at a German battery near Mons

Wwi / 1914 / Mons / Cavalry
9th Lancers of the British cavalry in action at a German battery near Mons, France

Lancers of the 5th Royal Irish Lancers leaving Mons
Lancers of the 5th Royal Irish Lancers, 3rd Cavalry Brigade, 2nd Cavalry Division leaving Mons in 1919. The 5th Lancers (attached to the Canadian Corps)

The Retreat from Mons by W. B. Wollen
With the British regulars during the famous retreat from Mons in the opening weeks of World War I. In the narrow streets of Landrecies, soldiers of the Grenadier

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

Mons Meg cannon, a medieval cannon built in 1449 in Mons, Belgium (Wallonia), given as a gift to King James II of Scotland in 1457, and now located at Edinburgh Castle. Date: mid-15th century

German shell bursting in Mons en Chaussee, France on 20th March 1917

The First Commander inspecting troops in Mons during WW1 Date: circa 1916

WW1 Inspecting troops in Mons Date: circa 1916

Mons Meg, Edinburgh Castle, Edinburgh, Scotland, Victorian period

The Heroic Stand of L Battery, RHA, at Nery, France
The Heroic Stand of L Battery, RHA, skirmish at Nery, northern France, part of the Retreat from Mons, 1 September 1914, First World War Date: 1915

Mons. Dupre At The Organ Of Notre-Dame
This painting portrays the French organist, Marcel Jean-Jules Dupre, playing the grand organ inside the Notre-Dame in Paris. Date: circa 1920

Missale Romanum
A picture of the Missale Romanum, the liturgical book of the Roman Rite that contains the texts and rubrics for the celebration of the Mass

Ancient bombard or gun called Mons Meg. Copperplate engraving from Francis Groses Military Antiquities respecting a History of the English Army, Stockdale, London, 1812

WW1 - Mons and our Masterly Move - 1914
WW1 - Mons and our Masterly Move - Field Marshall Sir John Frenchs Historical Dispatch explained. A pictorial map showing the famous British Expeditionary Force (BEF)

MONS The French Revolutionary Army enters the city Date: 7 November 1792

Royal Horse Artillery in Great War Deeds, WW1
Sergeant-Major Dorrell and Sergeant Nelson of the Royal Horse Artillery, remaining alone to work the last gun of L Battery during the retreat from Mons

Battle of Mons 1914
German forces attempt to cross the Mons-Cond頃 anal by throwing pontoons across the water. Several times this was done

Angel of Mons / Music
The Angel of Mons depicted on the cover of a valse by Paul Paree

Be-medalled General Sir H. Smith-Dorrien
General Smith-Dorrien Commanded the British Second Corps that stopped the Germans at Mons. Date: circa 1915

Portrait of General Sir John French against a Union flag
Sir John commanded the BEF throughout the Retreat from Mons. His love letters during that time to his mistress in England, were auctioned at Sothebys in 1976. WW1 Date: 1914

Wwi / 1914 / Mons / Red Book
The German advance at Mons Date: August 1914

Fourth Guards Brigade in Great War Deeds, WW1
The Fourth Guards Brigade, including the Coldstream Guards, fighting the Germans in the narrow streets of Landrecies during the retreat from Mons

Coloured cotton print - The Angel of Mons
Coloured cotton print depicting the image of The Angel of Mons appearing to the men of the British Expeditionary Force. Commemorative Art

Lone British gunner near Mons, Belgium, WW1
The Last Gunner -- a lone British gunner of the Royal Field Artillery in action near Mons, Belgium, during the First World War. He carried on valiantly after all his colleagues had fallen

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

Caricature of the French actor and singer Claude Marius
Caricature of the French actor, singer and stage manager Claude Marius (Duplany), known to English audiences as Mons. Marius. He acted regularly at the Strand Theatre, London

Edward Harold Begbie
EDWARD HAROLD BEGBIE Journalist, notable for writing a book affirming the reality of the Angels of Mons during World War One. Date: 1871 - 1929

Dragon of Mons, 1132
Gilles de Chin slays the Dragon of Mons, aided by his dogs and a mysterious Woman in White Date: 1132

Interior Hall in the Town Hall, Mons, Belgium, dating back to the 15th century. Date: circa 1910

Altarpiece in Church of St Waudru, Mons, Belgium
Altarpiece in the Church of St Waudru (St Waltrude), Mons, Belgium, dating back to the 15th century. Date: circa 1910

British soldiers looking at German timetable in Mons station
Two British soldiers stand looking at the railway timetable -written in German - at Mons station at the end of the First World War

The Retreat from Mons with a preface by Field Marshal Lord French. Published by the Riverside Press, Cambridge, 1917. Book

Cpt Francis Grenfell VC (9th Lancers) - Retrieving the guns
The Taking of the Guns. Captain Francis Grenfell of the 9th Lancers retrieving the guns of 119th Battery Royal Field Artillery at Audregnies, during the Battle of Mons, 24th August 1914

Mons - The History of the Immortal Retreat
A Premier Presentation Brochure for Mons - The History of the Immortal Retreat directed by Captain Walter Summers, produced by British Instructional Films Limited

Plate - Out since Mons - WWI
Plate with foliate design around rim. Inscribed - Out since Mons: Well, what sort of a night ave yer ad Novice (but persistent optimist: Oh alright. Ad to get out and rest a bit now and again)

A straight stem pipe, finely hand carved - WWI
A straight stem pipe, finely hand carved by and belonging to Driver P. S. Wilson, a lorry driver with the Army Service Corps. during the First World War. Signature on base of pipe - P. S. WILSON

Bairnsfather Ware ashtray - Out since Mons Grimwades
Bairnsfather Ware ashtray. Out since Mons. Grimwades Made by the Girls of Staffordshire. on reverse. Minor cracking. Bairnsfather Ware

Quintagonal WWI photo frame
Quintagonal photo frame containing round swivel frame engraved in brass with the names and dates - Mons 1914 : Marne 1914 : La Basse 1915 : Ypres 1914/15 : Arras 1915 : Vimy 1917

The Long and the Short of It - UP LAST DRAFT, WW1
The Long and the Short of It - UP LAST DRAFT: I suppose you as to be careful ow you looks over the parapet about ere. OUT SINCE MONS: You needn t worry

Captain Francis Grenfell retrieving the guns at Audregnies
The Taking of the Guns. Captain Francis Grenfell of the 9th Lancers retrieving the guns of 119th Battery Royal Field Artillery at Audregnies, during the Battle of Mons, 24th August 1914

Charge of Ninth Lancers during great retreat from Mons
The charge of the Ninth Lancers during the Great Retreat from Mons to Cambrai in World War One, in a rather patriotic British depiction

British soldier fishing with bayoneted rifle, WW1
A British soldier fishing in a canal with his bayoneted rifle after fighting at Mons, Belgium, in the early days of the First World War. Date: 1914

Mons 1914
Nighttime on the battlefield at Mons on 23 August. German searchlights seek out movement on the British lines, in order to guide their artillerys fire

Gordon Highlanders marching through Plymouth, WW1
Men of the Gordon Highlanders marching through Plymouth, with Colonel W E Gordon leading them on horseback, and civilians following them on either side, in the early days of the First World War

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