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Building a fishing boat, St Ives, Cornwall
Andrew Besley, boat builder, building a 20 foot traditional wooden fishing boat at St Ives, Cornwall. It is designed to work off a steep pebble beach of the kind found in East Devon

Policemen on horseback
Two policemen on horseback, with a crowd of people in London

Policemen on duty in London
Several policemen on duty, trying to control a large but friendly crowd of people on a London street

Military police group photo, Welsh Regiment
A group photo of military police belonging to the Welsh Regiment

The political crisis in Egypt
Portraits of Abbas Pasha, the Khedive of Egypt, and Lord Cromer (Sir Evelyn Baring) the British political agent and Consul-General in Egypt

Training a police dog - catching a fleeing burglar. A police dog and handler lie in wait, ready to pounce on a burglar making his escape out of a ground floor window

Soldiers at Euston Station during 1912 railway strike
A posse of uniformed soldiers with rifles lie down for a rest on the cobbled courtyard outside Euston Station, Central London, during a railway strike in 1912

Capture of the Cato Street Conspirators
The capture of Cato Street conspirators in their hayloft hideout as depicted by George Cruikshank in 1820. Police entering the loft shouted, We are Peace Officers. Lay down your arms

Trackside Railway Warning Sign
Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway - Trespassers will be Prosecuted by order - Railway trackside warning sign

Kensington & Chelsea District School, infirmary
In 1876, the London Borough of Kensington and Chelsea established a District School for pauper children at Banstead, Surrey (later known as Beechholme)

Ken Searle, police historian, wearing the tunic and winter helmet of 1910-1936. He is holding a summer issue helmet (1910-1936, left)

Met Police PC and WPC, suburban scene
Two Metropolitan Police officers, a PC and a WPC, walking along a suburban pathway in a residential area of London. The woman has a large walkie talkie radio at her waist

Met Police officer on his car radio
A Metropolitan Police officer stands by his car with the door open, about to speak on his car radio

Met Police officer on his radio, London
A Metropolitan Police officer speaking on his radio in Trafalgar Square, Central London, with the church of St Martin in the Fields behind him. A WPC is speaking to a woman in the background. (2 of 2)

Met Police PC and WPC, urban scene
Two Metropolitan Police officers, a PC and a WPC, walking along a busy urban street in Central London. They both carry a set of handcuffs at their waists

42nd Highlanders (The Black Watch)
Colour Sergeant of 42nd Highlanders (The Black Watch) (The Royal Highland Regiment) - wearing full battle order. He is wearing the double-breasted (short-lived) doublet

Battle of Oppy WWI
German troops advancing in extended order, shells can be seen bursting in the distance while other troops take cover in a shell hole during World War I on the Western Front

Police dog handler and dog, Camborne, Cornwall
A police dog handler training a young Alsatian dog in a field at Camborne in Cornwall

Lance Corporal of the Life Guards
A Lance Corporal of the Life Guards (Mounted Review Order). Painting by Malcolm Greensmith

Strikers rally in London, with mounted police
A strikers rally in London during the national transport strike, with mounted police on hand to keep order

Bible presented to King George V
Detail of the cover of a Bible presented to King George V by the British and Foreign Bible Society

Prince of Wales (later Edward VIII) Knight of the Garter
The Prince of Wales (later Edward VIII and Duke of Windsor) invested as Knight of the Garter. Seen here at the centre of the photograph, wearing a large plume of white feathers

Middle Eastern Dervish Group
Rifai Dervishes - a Dervish order founded by Shaykh Sayyid Ahmad ar-Rifai (1119-1182). Traditional Dervish order found with a marked prescence in Syria, Egypt, Kosovo and Albania

Charcoal works - Quay de Grenelle, Paris
Piles of wood at a charcoal works, Paris

Charcoal production - wood storage, France
Charcoal works at Quay de Grenelle, Paris. A horse-drawn wagon is loaded up

Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester (1901 - 2004) inspecting a mobile canteen presented to the British Red Cross and Order of St

A dogs education
Three young girls train a small white dog who sits obediently on the table in front of them. One of the girls takes the dogs paw and orders him to be quiet by holding her finger against her lips

Archduke Albert of Austria (1559-1621), also known as Albert VII, shown wearing the Austrian Order of the Golden Fleece, and a splendid ruff

Lioness Cub in Scarf
A lioness cub wears a scarf and keeps close to the hot water pipes in order to keep warm in her chilly London zoo

The Janisary Tree - Constantinople, Turkey
The Janisaries Tree - Constantinople, Turkey. A tradition has grown up that this tree was planted at the founding of the Janisary order

Life Guard - Dismounted Review Order
A Life Guard - Dismounted Review Order (as he would be for dismounted sentry duty). Painting by Malcolm Greensmith

Royal Air Travel by Thompson
A Vickers-Pegasus Viastra all-metal monoplane fitted with two Bristol Pegasus engines built to the order of the Prince of Wales for personal use in this country and abroad

Duke of Windsor and Mrs Simpson at Chateau de Cande
A smiling Duke of Windsor poses for photographers with Mrs Wallis Simpson at the Chateau de Cande, near Tours, France in May 1937

Abdication crisis: front cover of the Daily Mirror
Front cover from the Daily Mirror, 11th December 1936 depicting the new king, George VI arriving at his home at 145, Piccadilly, London

Wallis Simpson in 1927
Mrs Ernest Simpson (Bessie Wallis Warfield Simpson), pictured in 1927 when wife of Commander Earl Wingfield Spencer of the US Navy, shortly before her divorce

Edward, Prince of Wales with Albert, Duke of York
Edward, Prince of Wales (1894-1972), later King Edward VIII, Duke of Windsor with his younger brother, Albert, Duke of York (1895-1951), later King George VI

The Prince of Wales and Wallis Simpson
A photograph of the Prince of Wales and Wallis Simpson near Split, during the royal cruise down the Damatian coast in 1935

Duke and Duchess of Windsor wedding souvenir postcard
Souvenir postcard celebrating the wedding of the Duke of Windsor, formerly King Edward VIII to Wallis Simpson on 3rd June 1937

H. M. Bateman in his studio
Henry Mayo Bateman at work in his studio. Bateman (1887-1970) was a popular artist and regularly contributed to The Sketch, The Tatler and The Bystander

Accomplishments on the Mail Order System
A promising young studend of the Correspondence College for Skating taking the first course. Please note: Credit must appear as Courtesy of the Estate of Mrs J.C.Robinson/Pollinger Ltd/ILN/Mary Evans

Spring-Cleaning in Full Swing II
The dis-order of the bath showing a couple decorating and spring cleaning the bathroom. Please note: Credit must appear as Courtesy of the Estate of Mrs J.C.Robinson/Pollinger Ltd/ILN/Mary Evans

Quarantine Precautions
passengers washing their clothes on board the royal Mail companys steamer Neva, off Buenos Aires, by order of the health officer

A casual worker shovelling stones from his cell
This intriguing image entitled, The sieve in the wall: in the casual ward, shows a casual, or a man who receives temporary relief in a workhouse that is not his own parish shovelling stones he has

The Order in Council
The daily newspapers scatter in fright as the spectral presence of Prime Minister Asquith, the censorious bogey man emerges above them

The Duchess of Gloucester inspecting nurses
The Duchess of Gloucester (1901-2004), in the uniform of deputy commander-in-chief of the order of St. John of Jerusalam. Formerly Lady Alice Montagu Douglas-Scott, she married George Vs third son

London Coal Exchange Trader, 1890
Illustration showing a trader at the London Coal Exchange making an entry in his order book, 1890

Nelsons devotion to his friend Hardy
Captain Horatio Nelson ordering the Minerva to slow under the guns of the Spaniards in order that Hardy might be saved. Hardy had gone to the rescue of a sailor who had fallen overboard

Nelsons supreme hour at Trafalgar, 21 October 1805
This picture illustrates Admiral Nelson giving an order on H.M.S. Victory during the Battle of Trafalgar on 21 October 1805

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