Pith Collection (page 3)

Visit Egypt advertisement, 1929
Advertisement promoting Egypt as a travel destination with an illustration of a glamorous couple posing against a backdrop of the Sphinx and the pyramids at Giza. Date: 1929

Government officials in a car, India
British colonial government officials in a car, India. Date: 1908

Canadian Pacific cruise passengers with train in India
Canadian Pacific cruise passengers from the Empress of Australia cruise liner, standing in front on a train which offers them a special trip across India as part of their trip. Date: 1929

Caricature of Algernon Syms, actor
Caricature of Algernon Syms (?-1915), actor. 1880

Travellers Drown / Mekong
A French General and Doctor and native crew drown in the Mekong River rapids, Vietnam Date: 1910

Somaliland Canal 1930S
A man in a pith helmet walks along a canal in Somaliland, East Africa, during the British Protectorate period. Date: early 1930s

Wolseley / Garnet / Vf 1874
GARNET JOSEPH 1st VISCOUNT WOLSELEY British army officer Date: 1833 - 1913

Four people with a tractor in a field, transporting hay. Date: circa 1920s

Ships moored near the coast, with people visible on deck on the right. Date: circa 1920s

Sailing boat entering a harbour, with men in pith helmets on the deck of a ship in the left foreground. Date: circa 1920s

World War Two Soldiers in Pith Helmets, Burma. Date: 1940s

Men camping with two terrier dogs
A group of nine men camping and picnicking in a field with two terrier dogs. Date: circa 1900s

British soldiers during a period of rest - Western Front
Photograph of British soldiers during a period of rest. Men walking past are carrying rifles and towels but no equipment. A variety of headwear is shown, including service caps, cap comforters

Savages feel our muscle, Taiwan, 1890
Natives of the hill country of Bankimsing, Formosa(today Taiwan), explore the possessions of some English visitors that they encounter

Visit by Kaiser Wilhelm II, Gibraltar
Visit by the German Kaiser, Wilhelm II, to Gibraltar. Date: 1904

British artillery marching, Gibraltar. circa 1910s

Crew of HMS Cornflower, British minesweeping sloop
Four crew members of HMS Cornflower, British minesweeping sloop. Date: circa 1920s

Large group photo of boy scouts, Hong Kong, China, with a large building behind them. Date: early 20th century

Inspection of boy scouts at Loyola Camp, British Honduras
A visiting VIP inspects the guard of honour of the Holy Redeemer Boy Scouts Troop at Loyola Camp, British Honduras (now Belize), Central America, 22 May 1951. Date: 1951

Sea Scouts taking part in an activity, Gibraltar

River steamer with passengers, Egypt
River steamer belonging to Tramways du Caire, with passengers, both civilian and military, in Egypt. Date: early 20th century

London Fire Brigade band members with trumpets
Members of the LCC-London Fire Brigade band, standing in a row with their fanfare trumpets. The pith helmets seen here were later replaced with brass helmets

Bahamas scouts on Empire Day, May 1914. Date: 1914

Scouts and guides on church parade, Bermuda. Date: circa 1920s

Bahamas cubs and scouts on parade

Bahamas scouts marching behind band
Bahamas scouts marching behind a band

Bahamas scouts with band
Bahamas scouts with a band on a parade ground

Bahamas cubs and scouts, Nassau, Bahamas
Bahamas cubs and scouts marching along a road in Nassau, Bahamas

Aynsley China Model of a Pith Helmet - WWI
Aynsley China Model of a Pith Helmet, inscribed with the badge of the West London Rifles (4th Battalion Middlesex Regiment). Number 2, Registered Number 442812. Commemorative Ware

Captain H V Kershaw, Boy Scout Commissioner for Nairobi, British East Africa

Scouts of the 1st Nilgiri Troop, India
Scouts of the 1st Nilgiri Troop (The GOMO) at work

British troops respond to an attack in Burma, 1890. Date: 1890

Scouts on Belgian Childrens Day, Pune, India
Scouts of the 1st Kirkee (Khadki) and 1st Poona (Pune) Troops on Belgian Childrens Day, Poona (Pune), India, 10 July 1916. Date: 1916

Waiting for Daddy by Lawson Wood, WW1 postcard
Waiting for daddy. I must take care of mummy now. Illustration on a postcard showing a patriotic little boy wearing a pith helmet

British soldier writing a letter or in a diary 1915
Front cover, showing a British soldier in a tropical uniform and pith helmet, sitting down for a few quiet moments writing a letter or in a diary. 1915

Teasing the Turk, WW1
An Irishman in a trench during the Dardanelles teases the Turkish enemy with a pith helment on his rifle, peeping over the parapet. Date: 1915

Artillery exercise, India. Date: circa 1890s

Water cart, Tientsin (Tianjin), China. Date: 1861

Tatler front cover - Lord & Lady Curzon in India
George Nathaniel Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston (1859 - 1925), British Conservative statesman, Viceroy and Governor General of India and Foreign Secretary, pictured with his first wife

British troops with elephants, India
British troops travelling with elephants in India. Date: 1918

British troops on a boat, India
British troops on a boat in India. Date: 1918

British army in action in India
Men of the British army in action in India. Date: 1918

Military men on board ship
A large number of military men in pith helmets on board ship

Royal Inniskillings in India
Soldiers from the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers in India wearing military uniform and pith helmets. Date: C.1913

Inniskillings in transit
The Inniskilling Fusiliers, stationed in China, are recalled to Europe to fight in World War One. Here photographed in transit at Tientsin (now Tianjin) docks

British guard in Peking, China
British guard in Peking (now Beijing), China, with rifle and bayonet Date: 1911

British soldiers with a donkey in China
British soldiers of the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers, during their posting to China, pose in a garden; one of them rides a donkey as though on a cavalry charge. Date: C.1911

WW1 - British soldiers land fish killed by shell Dardanelles
WW1 - Two British soldiers landing a fish killed by an Asiatic Annie shell fired from Turkish Fort Gunners during the Dardanelles Campaign

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