Officer Collection (page 9)

Canada's Air Chief in Britain
Air Commodore Leigh Forbes Stevenson (1895-1989), in command of the Royal Canadian Air Force in Great Britain, with Wing Commander A. P. Campbell, a member of his staff. Date: 1940

Training regiment, Royal Armoured Corps
Cartoon by Mel depicting the officers of an army training regiment, part of the Royal Armoured Corps. Date: 1940

Two VCs and a DFC
Sergeant John Hannah, V.C. Pilot Officer C. A. H. Connor, D.F.C. And Flt. Lt. R. A. B. Learoyd, V. C. being celebrated for their achievements leading to Victoria Crosses

Air Marshal Sir Richard Peirse (1892-1970), recently appointed Commander-in-Chief of Bomber Command. Date: 1940

Air Marshal Billy Bishop
Air Marshal William Billy Bishop (1894-1956) was a Canadian pilot during World War I. During World War II he was involved with the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan. Date: circa 1940

Air Marshal Sir Charles Portal
Sir Charles Portal (1893-1971), recently appointed Chief of the Air Staff, with the rank of air chief marshal, and two members of his staff. Date: 1940

Rear Admiral Percy W. Nelles (1892-1951), of the Royal Canadian Navy (RCN). Date: circa 1940

Photograph of the cleaning of the General Gordon statue. Captioned, The Hero-Cleaning season: General Gordon's statue in Trafalgar Square recently underwent cleansing operations

Lieutenant General John Whitelocke, British army officer
Lieutenant General John Whitelocke (1757-1833), British army officer

Marshal Francois Achille Bazaine, French Army officer
Marshal Francois Achille Bazaine (1811-1888), officer of the French Army Date: 19th century

Henry William Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey, KG, British army officer and politician. Date: 1821

Major-General L C Dunsterville Date: 1920

Captain Richard Tyrrell, Irish Officer in the Royal Navy Date: circa 1800

Sergeant John Hannah, VC and Pilot Officer C. A. Connor
Royal Air Force Sergeant John Hannah, VC and Pilot Officer C.A. Connor, WW2 Date: 1942

Royal Air Force Pilot Officer K. W. MacKenzie, DFC
Royal Air Force Pilot Officer K.W. MacKenzie, DFC, inspecting wing of his Hurricane, WW2. Date: 1942

Royal Air Force Pilot Officer G. H. Bennions, WW2
Royal Air Force Pilot Officer G.H. Bennions leaving Buckingham Palace after receiving a decoration during the Second World War. Date: 1942

David Leslie, 1st Lord Newark, Royalist General
David Leslie, 1st Lord Newark (c1600-1682). He fought on behalf of Sweden, Russia, the Scottish Covenanters and the Scottish Royalists. Date: 17th century

BAC Lightning F. 3 XP696
BAC Lightning F.3 XP696 (msn 95120), of the Central Fighter Establishment, with Cadet Warrant Officer Jim Ashberry standing by the nose, on 27 September 1964. Date: 1964

Officer Training Corps had begun in 1902, in the wake of the Second Boer War. Photograph showing a parade of training officers. Date: 1917

Highland officer Georgeson, by Muirhead Bone, WW1
Lieutenant D H Georgeson, Seaforth Highlanders, Intelligence Officer 44th Brigade Headquarters, by Muirhead Bone, First World War. 1917

General Maude's grave, Baghdad, Iraq
Grave of Lieutenant General Sir Stanley Maude, North Gate War Cemetery, Baghdad, Iraq. He was Commander-in-Chief of the Mesopotamian Expeditionary Force, and died at Baghdad in November 1917

Fantastic Adventures - The Lavender vine of death
Cover of Fantastic Adventures, September 1948, featuring the story The Lavender vine of death by Don Wilcox. A huge purple monster devours a modern building

Djehapimu sarcophagus case. Egypt
Djehapimu sarcophagus case. High Royal official. Late Period. 746-332 BC. Granite. Neues Museum. Berlin. Germany

Chair in which died Mariano Alvarez de Castro (1749-1810). S
Mariano Alvarez de Castro (1749-1810). Spanish military. Chair in which he died. Castle of Saint Ferdinand. Figueres. Spain

Mausoleum who kept the remains of Mariano Alvarez de Castro
Mariano Alvarez de Castro (1749-1810). Spanish military. Mausoleum who kept the remains of Alvarez de Castro, before being buried in Figueres. Museum of City History. Girona. Spain

Death of Mariano Alvarez de Castro (1749-1810)
Mariano Alvarez de Castro (1749-1810). Spanish military. Corpse of Alvarez de Castro. Drawing after a painting by T. Munoz Lucena

Advertisement for Aristoc silk stockings. An elegant woman talking and enjoying a drink with two officers. The advertisement reads: "A woman in war-time must combine duty with beauty

Ww1 Wwi World War One First 1st Great I Reginald
ww1, wwi, world, war, one, first, 1st, great, i, reginald, alexander, john, vc, victoria, cross, royal, naval, air, service, rnas, officer, aircraft, test, testing, flight, henry, beach, newman

State funeral procession of King George V
King Edward VIII (later Duke of Windsor), in the funeral procession of his late father, King George V, in London. With his three brothers, the Duke of Gloucester (left)

Paris, France - Invalides, Tombeau de Napoleon. 1853

French Monument Monuments Coupole Dome Cupola
french, monument, monuments, coupole, dome, cupola, national, empire, invalides, invalids, history, war, architecture, tomb, tombs, death, bonaparte, remains, granite, quartsize, ashes, excavation

Spanish Civil War (1936-1939). La Patria en peligro llama a su hijo (The Homeland in Danger Calls her Son). Poster with republican border guards (1936)

Funeral of Anzac soldier, Western Front, WW1
Funeral of an Anzac soldier on the Western Front during World War One. Date: circa 1916

Anti-riot police, Belgium 1981
An anti-riot officer in attendance outside the Brussels HQ of NATO in Belgium, where anti-nuclear weapons demonstrations were anticipated. Date: 1981

Field Marshal August von Mackensen, German army officer
Field Marshal August von Mackensen (1849-1945), German Army officer, seen here in later life in full ceremonial uniform, including a death's head on his hat. Date: circa 1930s

Adverts for Women's Military and Civil Clothing WWII
Two adverts for women's clothing first from Moss Bros for the Auxiliary Territorial Service Officer's uniform made from Barathea or Whipcord, supplied read to wear

Scott Peter Bald Balding Sir Markham 1909 1989
scott, peter, bald, balding, sir, markham, 1909, 1989, british, english, ornithologist, ornithology, birds, conservation, conservationist, painter, artist, naval, navy, officer, sailor, olympic

Ronald MacKenzie Scobie, British Army officer
Lieutenant-General Sir Ronald MacKenzie Scobie (1893-1969), British Army officer. He served with the Royal Engineers during the First World War

Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, President of Turkey
Mustafa Kemal Ataturk (1881-1938), Turkish army officer, revolutionary statesman, and founder of the Republic of Turkey as well as its first President. Seen here wearing an astrakhan hat

Rupert Murdoch, media magnate
Rupert Murdoch (Keith Rupert Murdoch, b 1931), Australian-born American media magnate and the founder, Chairman, and Chief Executive Officer of News Corporation. Date: 1981

Admiral Graf Von Spee 1914
Admiral Graf Von Spee (1861 1914), naval officer of the German Kaiserliche Marine, Died on the 8 December 1914, on SMS Scharnhorst, South Atlantic, off the Falkland Islands. Date: 1914

Fighting at the Barricades; Paris Commune 1871
A bowed but resigned officer caught behind the lines, in effect Between two fires, during fighting between the French Army and the Paris Commune, 1871

Captured Republican Troops near Bilbao; Spanish Civil War, 1
Photograph showing a group of captured Nationalist troops, wearing dark berets, roped together at the wrist being, interrogated by a Nationalist officer, near Bilbao, 1936

Photograph showing a Nationalist infantry unit, led by their officer (on left, with pistol), running across open ground towards a ruined house during the Spanish Civil War, 1936

Captain Sir John Franklin
Sir John Franklin (1786 - 1847), British Royal Navy officer and explorer of the Arctic. Wearing his Royal Navy uniform, pictured shortly before departing on his ill-fated Arctic expedition of 1845

Herbert Kitchener
Horatio Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener (1850 - 1916), Irish-born senior British Army officer and colonial administrator. Date: 1902

POLICE OFFICER AND DOG
A Metropolitan Police officer dog handler and his Weimaraner dog discover the dead body of a missing person Date: June 1974

The man of today lays aside his frivolous evening dress clothes & dons a uniform - in this case an officer's uniform. Date: 1915

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