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Photograph Collection (page 5)

Background imagePhotograph Collection: Machine Gun, Light, Arisaka, 6. 5 Mm Type 96

Machine Gun, Light, Arisaka, 6. 5 Mm Type 96
Type 96 (1936) 6. 5 mm light machine gun, 1936-1945. Introduced in 1936 as a replacement for the 11th Year Model, this gun was little better than the earlier type

Background imagePhotograph Collection: Rifle, Bolt Action, Arisaka, 6. 5 Mm Meiji 38Th Year

Rifle, Bolt Action, Arisaka, 6. 5 Mm Meiji 38Th Year
Specimen the South American parasitic catfish (Vandellia cirrhosa) which are known to enter the urethra of human bathers

Background imagePhotograph Collection: Rifle, Bolt Action, Smle, . 303 In Mk Iii*

Rifle, Bolt Action, Smle, . 303 In Mk Iii*
Short Magazine Lee-Enfield Mk III*. 303 in bolt action rifle, 1917; introduced in 1916 and differing from the Mk III in having the magazine cut-off omitted; two oil bottles in butt trap. Date: 1917

Background imagePhotograph Collection: Pistol, Self-Loading, 9 Mm P08

Pistol, Self-Loading, 9 Mm P08
Luger 9 mm self-loading pistol, with magazine 1939. Date: 1939

Background imagePhotograph Collection: 1st Btn Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders boarding HMS Ceylon

1st Btn Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders boarding HMS Ceylon
Photograph: 1st Btn Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders boarding HMS Ceylon, Hong Kong, August 1950 (at the same time as the 1st Btn Middlesex Regt. boarded the aircraft carrier Unicorn at Hong Kong)

Background imagePhotograph Collection: WW2 - British sniper watching for enemy movement in Caen

WW2 - British sniper watching for enemy movement in Caen
Photograph: British sniper watching for enemy movement in Caen, 1944 - Associated with World War Two, North West Europe (1944-1945). Collected by Mr L Simpson, 1945 (c). Date: 1944

Background imagePhotograph Collection: Royal Aircraft Factory RE8 reconnaisance aircraft

Royal Aircraft Factory RE8 reconnaisance aircraft
Photograph showing a Royal Aircraft Factory RE8 reconnaisance aircraft, right view, standing on a grass airfield with it?s crew in the cockpits, 1917-1918 (c)

Background imagePhotograph Collection: The wheelbarrow remote control detonation device

The wheelbarrow remote control detonation device
Photograph showing the wheelbarrow remote control detonation device in the bucket of a JCB being used to deal with a suspect device on the top deck of a double decker bus, Omagh district, 1975

Background imagePhotograph Collection: An Avre moving through close country

An Avre moving through close country
Photograph: An Avre moving through close country. From a photograph album containing 211 photographs compiled by Maj Wilfred Herbert James Sale, MC, 3/4 County of London Yeomanry (Sharpshooters)

Background imagePhotograph Collection: King?s African Rifles training with a light mortar, 1956

King?s African Rifles training with a light mortar, 1956
Photograph of King?s African Rifles training with a light mortar, 1956. Soldiers of the 4th (Uganda) Battalion undergo instruction in the use of a light mortar

Background imagePhotograph Collection: 1st Bn, Kings Royal Rifle Corps, Chitral Relief Force, 1895

1st Bn, Kings Royal Rifle Corps, Chitral Relief Force, 1895
Photograph: 1st Bn, Kings Royal Rifle Corps, Chitral Relief Force, 1895. The men are posing with a. 303 in. Maxim machine gun and. 303 in. Lee-Metford Magazine Rifle

Background imagePhotograph Collection: Cromwell tank

Cromwell tank
Photograph: Cromwell tank. From a collection of 80 photographs and 429 negatives taken and collected by Lt Col C J G Meade MBE, 8th Hussars, 1945-1953 (c). Associated with Korea (1950-1953)

Background imagePhotograph Collection: Visit of Gen Sir Gerald Walter Robert Templer to Turkey - 19

Visit of Gen Sir Gerald Walter Robert Templer to Turkey - 19
Photograph from an album of 26 photographs commemorating the visit of Gen Sir Gerald Walter Robert Templer to Turkey 2 July 1956 - 8 Jul 1956. Associated with the Turkish Army. Date: 1956

Background imagePhotograph Collection: A Churchill tank

A Churchill tank
Photograph: A Churchill tank. From a photograph album containing 211 photographs compiled by Maj Wilfred Herbert James Sale, MC, 3/4 County of London Yeomanry (Sharpshooters), 1944-1945

Background imagePhotograph Collection: Paratroopers of 2nd Parachute Regiment near Port Stanley

Paratroopers of 2nd Parachute Regiment near Port Stanley
Photograph showing paratroopers of 2nd Parachute Regiment near Port Stanley following the ceasefire order, 14 Jun 1982. Note the new fibre helmets, with and without camouflage

Background imagePhotograph Collection: 4 / 4th Gurkha Rifles in action, Burma, 1945

4 / 4th Gurkha Rifles in action, Burma, 1945
Photograph showing 4/4th Gurkha Rifles in action, Burma, 1945. One of 11 photographs collected by CSM G R C Willis, 2nd Bn Royal Berkshire Regiment, Burma, 1945

Background imagePhotograph Collection: Parachute drop - 11th Bn The Parachute Regiment

Parachute drop - 11th Bn The Parachute Regiment
Photograph of parachute drop. From album of 183 photographs with newspaper cutting and ephemera, 11th Bn The Parachute Regiment, 8th Bn Middlesex Regiment, TA, 1947-1957. Date: 1957

Background imagePhotograph Collection: Korean War - Sioux helicopter

Korean War - Sioux helicopter
Photograph: Sioux helicopter. From an album of 110 photographs mainly taken by Lt (later Maj) Geoffrey Norton, 1st Bn Middlesex Regiment (Duke of Cambridge?s Own), Korea, 1950-1951. Date: 1951

Background imagePhotograph Collection: 1st Bn Middlesex Regiment, Korean War

1st Bn Middlesex Regiment, Korean War
Photograph from an album of 101 photographs, with newspaper cuttings, 1st Bn Middlesex Regiment (Duke of Cambridge?s Own), Cyprus, 1955-1958. Date: 1957

Background imagePhotograph Collection: Tommy gun practice. Tony Troiano, Arthur Cook Brian Darch

Tommy gun practice. Tony Troiano, Arthur Cook Brian Darch
Photograph: Tommy gun practice. Tony Troiano, Arthur Cook Brian Darch. Shows three men standing on a tank, one of them firing a gun and two others standing behind

Background imagePhotograph Collection: Yomping

Yomping
Photograph: Yomping. A line of British troops winding up a rocky hillside, Falklands, 1982. One of fourteen copy photographs of British Army

Background imagePhotograph Collection: Volvo 202

Volvo 202
Photograph: Volvo 202. Volvo 202 Oversnow vehicle with a column of commandos trailing behind on foot, Falklands, 1982. One of fourteen copy photographs of British Army

Background imagePhotograph Collection: Normandy: Churchill tank waits in ambush

Normandy: Churchill tank waits in ambush
Photograph: Normandy: Churchill tank waits in ambush. A Churchill tank awaits possible enemy counter-attack in a ruined Normandy village, scene of much bitter fighting recently

Background imagePhotograph Collection: Some invasion craft and a tank submerged

Some invasion craft and a tank submerged
Photograph: Some invasion craft and a tank submerged during the initial stages of the invasion. Shows the beach showing submerged vehicles

Background imagePhotograph Collection: Tanks off-loading from an LCT

Tanks off-loading from an LCT
Photograph: Tanks off-loading from an LCT. From a photograph album containing 210 photographs compiled by Maj Wilfred Herbert James Sale, MC, 3rd/4th County of London Yeomanry (Sharpshooters), 1944

Background imagePhotograph Collection: Commandos doing close quarter and unarmed combat

Commandos doing close quarter and unarmed combat
Photograph showing commandos doing close quarter and unarmed combat, Commando Basic Training Centre, Achnacarry, Inverness-shire, 1941-1943. Associated with World War Two (1939-1945). Date: 1943

Background imagePhotograph Collection: 15th Scottish Division advance on the river Elbe

15th Scottish Division advance on the river Elbe
Photograph showing 15th Scottish Division advance on the river Elbe, tanks and armoured vehicles crossing a bridged crater, 13th April 1945

Background imagePhotograph Collection: Three armoured cars from 2nd Troop, ?A? Squadron

Three armoured cars from 2nd Troop, ?A? Squadron
Photograph of three armoured cars from 2nd Troop, ?A? Squadron. 15/19th Kings Royal Hussars, at Tanjong Camp, Malaya, October 1956

Background imagePhotograph Collection: 40mm Bofors Light a guns on Mark II mountings

40mm Bofors Light a guns on Mark II mountings
Photograph: 40mm Bofors Light a guns on Mark II mountings and Ducks stockpiled in England prior to D Day. Associated with D Day, World War Two, North West Europe (1944-1945)

Background imagePhotograph Collection: Indian tank crew astride their Sherman tank

Indian tank crew astride their Sherman tank
Photograph of an Indian tank crew astride their Sherman; photograph from collection covering Middle and Far East, World War Two

Background imagePhotograph Collection: Formal surrender by Japanese Generak Itagahi of his sword

Formal surrender by Japanese Generak Itagahi of his sword
Photograph of the formal surrender by Japanese Generak Itagahi of his sword, Kuala Lumpur, 1946. Part of a collection of official photographs from the Middle and Far East, World War Two

Background imagePhotograph Collection: Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery with Marshal Rokossovsky

Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery with Marshal Rokossovsky
Photograph of FM Bernard Montgomery with Marshal Rokossovsky, 10 May 1945.From a collection of 23 official photographs relating to the campaign in Northwest Europe, World War Two

Background imagePhotograph Collection: Argentine soldiers waiting to surrender at Port Stanley

Argentine soldiers waiting to surrender at Port Stanley
Photograph showing Argentine soldiers waiting to surrender their weapons at Port Stanley after the capitulation, 1982.Associated with South Atlantic (Falklands War) (1982). Date: 1982

Background imagePhotograph Collection: Presentation of colours to the 2nd Bn, 15th Punjab Regiment

Presentation of colours to the 2nd Bn, 15th Punjab Regiment
Photograph of the presentation of colours to the 2nd Bn, 15th Punjab Regiment by Mohammad Ali Jinnah Qaid-i-Azam, Peshawar, Pakistan, 15 Apr 1948

Background imagePhotograph Collection: Boy soldier - attalion of The London Regiment

Boy soldier - attalion of The London Regiment
Photographic portrait showing a boy soldier, perhaps of a battalion of The London Regiment, full length, 1910 (c). Date: circa 1910

Background imagePhotograph Collection: A regimental dinner, 1920s

A regimental dinner, 1920s
Photograph: A regimental dinner, 1920s (c).British and Indian officers attend a regimental dinner with their wives. The regiment

Background imagePhotograph Collection: Suffragette Militants Smashed Windows

Suffragette Militants Smashed Windows
Photograph of the damage inflicted on the plate glass windows of the shipping line Hamburg - Amerika. The building in Cockspur Street was attacked in March 1912 during the W.S.P.Us window smashing

Background imagePhotograph Collection: Swedish dancers Kai Reiners and Emy Agren in Faun and Nymph

Swedish dancers Kai Reiners and Emy Agren in Faun and Nymph
Photograph of Swedish dancers Kai Reiners and Emy Agren in their celebrated dance number Faun and Nymph, 1923. They appeared at the London Coliseum in July 1923. Date: 1923

Background imagePhotograph Collection: Dwarf Zebu bull, Gambier Bolton

Dwarf Zebu bull, Gambier Bolton
Dwarf Zebu Bull photogrpaph by Gambier Bolton, F Zs 553, held at The Natural History Museum at Tring

Background imagePhotograph Collection: Great auk, Pinguinus impennis

Great auk, Pinguinus impennis
The great auk, Pinguinus impennis, is one of the most powerful symbols of the damage humans can cause. The species was driven extinct as a result of centuries of intense human exploitation

Background imagePhotograph Collection: Broken Hill skull, Homo heidelbergensis

Broken Hill skull, Homo heidelbergensis, discovered in Africa in 1921. The skull belonged to an adult male and may be 200, 000 to 300, 000 years old

Background imagePhotograph Collection: Railway Station, Wearhead, County Durham

Railway Station, Wearhead, County Durham
Railway Station, Wearhead, Bishop Auckland, near Cowshill, County Durham, England. British Railways NE Region (Formally North Eastern Railway)

Background imagePhotograph Collection: Kodachrome 35mm Film and Transparencies

Kodachrome 35mm Film and Transparencies from 1938/39 in the collection of the Kodak Museum at Harrow, England. The location of the collection is unknown since the closure of film production

Background imagePhotograph Collection: Early Kodachrome Sheet Film

Early Kodachrome Sheet Film

Background imagePhotograph Collection: 1899 Box Camera and Film

1899 Box Camera and Film Date: 1899

Background imagePhotograph Collection: Frederick F. Geach and Alfred Russel Wallace (right)

Frederick F. Geach and Alfred Russel Wallace (right)
Photographed in 1862 this photograph shows Wallace with Frederick Geach, a mining engineer, who Wallace met in Timor in 1861. Geach became one of Wallaces closest friends

Background imagePhotograph Collection: Martin Alister Campbell Hinton (1883-1961)

Martin Alister Campbell Hinton (1883-1961)
Portrait of Martin Alister Campbell Hinton, a zoologist and keeper of zoology at the British Museum (Natural History). From Piltdown, A Scientific Forgery

Background imagePhotograph Collection: A collection of birds feathers

A collection of birds feathers
Contour feathers, wing coverts and tail coverts from several different species of birds



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