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C17 London HomeBuildings of the 17th century or so, in the Little Sanctuary, Thieving Lane, London. The ground floor is occupied by an ironmongers shop. Date: 17th century
C18 London HomeStreet frontage of a house in the Old Bailey, London, at one time occupied by the notorious thief Jonathan Wild. Date: early 18th century
Return to AlsaceEnfin de retour - a girl representing Alsace welcomes a French soldier who has toppled the German frontier sign and retaken the department occupied since 1870. Date: 1914
Cartoon, Crown Princes Army, WW1Cartoon, The Crown Princes Army, showing German soldiers looting a French house during the First World War. One of the soldiers comments that its less dangerous than taking cannons. Date: 1915
Danish King Walks 1940In occupied Copenhagen, King Christian X of Denmark continues to take his daily walk despite the presence of invading Germans. Date: April 1940
Russians in BalkansRussian troops advance into the Turkish-occupied Balkans in a snowstorm Date: January 1878
Occupation of Kowloon, Hong Kong by the BritishHong Kong : occupation of Kowloon by the British, after acquiring it by treaty Date: 1861
Lady on a busAlthough the last not least. Fat lady boarding a bus. Artist: Hylton Cock. (Cock was also an antique dealer who occupied the premises before World War 1 which is now The Taste of Raj on The Parade in)
Shaftesbury Home, Bisley - Bakery, Laundry and Garden BoysShaftesbury Home, Bisley - representatives of boys occupied in the homes bakery, laundry and garden departments. Date: 1890s
Japanese Artillery crossing a river in Manchuria, ChinaJapanese Artillery crossing a river in occupied Manchuria, China. Date: circa 1907
Heswall Girls Orphanage, LiverpoolThe Girls Orphanage at Heswall, near Liverpool occupied a Victorian folly known as Heswall Castle. Date: early 1900s
Sailors Orphans Home, HampsteadThe home for the orphaned children of sailors was founded in 1829 and from 1869 occupied premises in Hampstead
Girls Hall at Mullers Orphan Homes, Ashley Down, BristolGirls Hall in House 5 at George Mullers New Orphan Homes, Bristol. The girls are occupied in sewing. The room is decorated for Christmas and the walls adorned with improving mottos. Date: early 1900s
Nurses & patients, Winter Garden, Quex ParkNurses and patients in the Winter Garden, Quex Park. This room was used as the Hospital Mess. Nurse Fanny Watson is standing, second left
Airspeed AS 51 Horsa-these 24 await their compliment of troops and light vehicles before being towed to landing zones in occupied Europe
WW1 - St. Quentin, France under German OccupationWW1 - Place de Hotel de Ville, St. Quentin, France under German Occupation - the theatre being used as a War Cinema ( Kriegs-Kino ). Date: 1916
Clemenceau visits ruined and formerly-occupied AlsaceOctober 1918 - French Prime Minister Clemenceau visits ruined Alsace. Note the official German signs remaining on the formerly-commandered/occupied buildings. Date: 1918
German Officer in Liege, Belgium - 1915German illustration from a Berlin paper depicting the confident swagger of a German Officer in Liege, Belgium - 1915. Date: 1915
Scots Guards marching through Cologne, WW1The pipers of the Scots Guards playing troops through the streets of Cologne during the occupation of the Rhineland after the end of the First World War. Date: 1919
Typical Dutch scout during the Occupation, WW2A typical Dutch scout during the Occupation, Second World War. Date: 1940s
German soldiers entering Li觥, Belgium, 1914Three German soldiers creeping up the street in Li觥, Belgium, as the city is occupied after severe bombardment in 1914. Date: 1914
The Bystander in Occupation illustrated by H. L. OakleyA page showing The Bystander magazines regular column in 1919 - The Bystander in Occupation - reporting on news from occupied Germany in the aftermath of World War One
US blockade of MexicoThe United States blockades Mexico: the naval demonstration in the Gulf. The Mexican situation seen from above the port of Vera Cruz
Workhouse / Kitchener Hospital, Brighton, SussexPart of the Brighton workhouse in its First World War guise as the Kitchener military hospital. The H block as normally occupied by inmates classed as lunatics. Date: Circa 1916
Girls Sewing at St Cuthberts Home, DarlingtonGirls occupied at needlework at the St Cuthberts Home, Cleveland Avenue, Darlington, County Durham. The home was opened by the Waifs and Strays Society in 1893. Date: 1920s
On the bridge of a big liner by G. H. DavisOn the bridge of a big liner. Diagrammatic view showing the positions occupied by the seven men whose job it is to watch the course and progress of a large vessel. 1912
Allied occupation of French North Africa by G. H. DavisThe Allied Anglo-American occupation of French North Africa during the Second World War. A contour map of the Algerian and Tunisian coasts, with distances from Algiers to important sites
Madagascar strategic island by G. H. DavisMadagascar, the strategic island to Allied communications in the East, occupied by British forces, forestalls a Japanese plot during the Second World War
Shangai 1940A street scene in the International Settlement, Shanghai. The surrounding parts of Shanghai had been occupied by the Japanese in 1937
Three scenes in German occupied Vise, Belgium, WW1Three scenes in German occupied Vise, Belgium, at the start of the First World War. Top left: a damaged house, with German soldiers in the street
German weapons found in Essen 1945Essen in Germany, was a target for bombing due to its industrial centre. In April 1945 Essen was occupied by allied troops
Illustration, Jersey in Jail, praying for deliveranceIllustration, Jersey in Jail, showing people praying for deliverance with a cross on the wall behind them. Date: 1940-1945
Illustration, Jersey in Jail, farmingIllustration, Jersey in Jail, showing people farming -- Within a year, very few were still working on the land. Date: 1940-1945
Illustration, Jersey in Jail, man and two womenIllustration, Jersey in Jail, showing a thin man whose trousers are too big for him, chatting with two women -- Very few have any superfluous fat of their own. Date: 1940-1945
Illustration, Jersey in Jail, freedomIllustration, Jersey in Jail, showing people celebrating their freedom at the end of the war. Date: 1940-1945
Illustration, Jersey in Jail, squadrons overheadIllustration, Jersey in Jail, with people excited to see British squadrons flying overhead, giving them hopes of liberation. Date: 1940-1945
TOTEN HALLRemains of the Manor House denominated The LORDSHIP OF TOTEN HALL now vulgarly called TOTTENHAM COURT and occupied by the Adam and Eve Tea House and Gardens. Date: 1813
Slavers Raiding a Village on the Aruwimi River, Central AfriEngraving showing Arab slavers raiding a village beside the Aruwimi River, as seen from the Yambuya Camp occupied by Sir Henry Morton Stanleys Emin Pasha Relief Expedition, 1888
Pluto Pipe-Lines across the Channel by G. H. DavisSeries of illustrations showing the workings of the Pluto ( Pipe Line Under The Ocean ) pipes across the English Channel which pumped millions of gallons of petrol from Great Britain to France during
Belgium / TienenDistant view of Tienen (sometimes Thienen) looking peaceful enough, though it will be occupied by the German invaders in World War One. Date: 17th century
Frances IrbyFRANCES IRBY (nee Wright) second wife of Frederick Paul Irby, naval officer - evidently she occupied herself with sketching during his long absences at sea. Date: ? - 1852
The Mosque at Alupka, Crimea, UkraineThe Mosque at Alupka, Crimean peninsula, currently subject to a territorial dispute between the Russian Federation and Ukraine. Date: circa 1908
China - Manchuria, during Japanese occupation - local Chinese people (dock workers?) eating and drinking at the harbour. Date: circa 1910
Japanese Funeral Procession at Dalian, Liaoning Province, China - during the period of Japanese occupation - mid-1930s. Date: circa 1920
German troop parade in Namur, Belgium - WWIGerman troop parade in Namur, (occupied) Belgium - WWI. Namur fell after only three days fighting in 1914 and the town was occupied by the Germans for the rest of the war. Date: circa 1914
Syria - Aleppo - under occupation by the Turks. Date: circa 1910s
View from Kipling Pagoda - Moulmein - The site has been occupied by a pagoda since 700AD. Gold pagoda under repair. Wide terraces with dipping roofed steps leading down the steep hill
The Japanese Army occupied Vragaeschensk. The Japanese army marching through Blagoveshchensk, Russia, with airplanes overhead. Date 1919