Pith Collection (page 5)

General Sir W R Marshall, British army officer, WW1
Lieutenant General Sir William Raine Marshall (1865-1939), British army officer during the First World War. In November 1917 he succeeded General Maude as Commander in Chief of the Mesopotamian

Senegalese soldier in a trench, WW1
A Senegalese soldier in a trench during the First World War, location unknown. Date: 1914-1918

Heavy artillery in action in the desert, WW1
Heavy artillery in action in the desert during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

General Townshend in captivity after siege of Kut
General Sir Charles Vere Ferrers Townshend (1861-1924), British Indian Army officer, seen here (seated, centre) in captivity after the siege of Kut Al Amara in Mesopotamia (now Iraq)

British naval gun in action, Cameroon, Africa, WW1
A British naval 12-pounder gun in action in Cameroon, west central Africa, during the First World War. Date: circa 1914-1916

Howitzer in action in the desert, WW1
A 6 inch (30 cwt) Howitzer in action in the desert during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

British 60 pounder gun in action, Samarra, WW1
A British 60 pounder gun in action at Samarra, Mesopotamia (now Iraq) during the First World War. 1918

Shoes Polished, Cairo
A British officer has his shoes polished at Cairo. Date: 1885

Review in Batavia
His Excellency the Governor General and the Commanders of the Army and Navy in their carriage during a review at Batavia (Djakarta, Jakarta), Java, Indonesia. Date: 1930s

Fairground 1930S
A busy scene at a fairground, showing families milling around the rides, most of them wearing various types of hats - cloche, pith helmets, straw boaters, trilbys, etc. Date: early 1930s

Two couples sitting on a cliff top
Two middle class couples sitting on a cliff top. The women are dressed identically, and could be sisters or even twins. Their hats have dark veils which cover their eyes and noses

The Bridge Builders
The title page of Rudyard Kiplings short story The Bridge Builders, as it first appeared in the Illustrated London News Christmas issue, 1893

People on an outing in a punt, Middle East
A group of people enjoying an outing in a punt, somewhere in the Middle East. Most of them are wearing pith helmets. At the far end of the boat is a native man using a punting pole

Three little girls wearing toy hats, Scotland
Three little girls wearing toy hats -- a fez and two pith helmets -- standing on a hill somewhere in the Scottish countryside

Seven people and a dog, Middle East
Seven people -- four men and three women -- and a dog pose for an informal photo, with pith helmets in abundance, somewhere in the Middle East

RAF officer and wife with car, Middle East
An RAF officer and his wife standing at the side of a motor car, somewhere in the Middle East

Eleven people in a garden wearing pith helmets -- six men and five women. One of the men is wearing shorts, and another man is in jodhpurs; the women are wearing ankle-length skirts

Soldier inspecting destroyed train, Iraq
A soldier inspecting the debris of a destroyed train, somewhere in Iraq

RAF officers arriving at a railway station in Iraq
RAF officers and others arriving at a railway station, somewhere in Iraq

Armoured trains Warspite and Valiant, Iraq
Two armoured trains, Warspite and Valiant, somewhere in Iraq, with a British soldier standing proudly alongside

Soldier inspecting sabotaged train, Iraq
A soldier and his dog inspecting a sabotaged train, somewhere in Iraq

Armoured truck and support vehicle, Middle East
An armoured truck and a support vehicle with soldiers, somewhere in the Middle East

Polo player on his pony
Side view of a polo player on his pony, with his polo stick resting on his shoulder and a pith helmet on his head

Car in front of equestrian statue, Middle East
A car parked in front of an unidentified equestrian statue, somewhere in the Middle East

Gott Strafe the Turks by George Ranstead
A British soldier in tropical uniform including pith helmet struggles with his kit through the heat. Its likely he is part of the Army defending Suez or is part of the Gallipoli Campaign

Winston Churchill in Mombasa
As under-secretary for the colonies, Winston Churchill arrives at Mombasa on his tour of Africa. Here, he is welcomed by the Governor of the East African Protectorate(wearing the spiked helmet)

The Occupation of Egypt
A humouous postcard entitled The Occupation of Egypt - depicting two Egyptian men supporting a very rotund woman as she takes a ride on a donkey to see the Pyramids

Gambia - Bathurst
Bathurst, Gambia River - the landing of the British Governor: His inspection of the Frontier Force - who are paying the military honours

Colonial gent plays tennis, Iran
A colonial gentleman standing in a hard tennis court, Bushire (Bushehr), on the south west coast of Iran. At the time of this photograph the city had been under British occupation for five years

Awarding the War Cross - Dardanelles
The awarding of the War Cross to allied soldiers in the Dardanelles - 16th July 1915. Engineers Park, Sed Dur-Bahr, Turkey

Humourous postcard - Foreign Tourists
A funny cartoon, lampooning tourists to Egypt as Pigeons plucked by Egyptian Vultures

Stanley in Africa: the vanguard attacked
The Emin Pasha Relief Expedition was much harassed by the frequent attacks of the forest dwarfs armed with poison arrows, which wounded several members of the expedition

First experiences with Mazambonis people
Stanley comes into conflict with Mazambonis people on the Emin Pasha relief expedition in central Africa. Natives, armed with bows, arrows and spears

Afghanistan - Khyber Pass - Border Sign
A fantastic photograph showing a group of British soldiers at the Afghan border at the Khyber Pass, standing and sitting around a sign which reads

Fishing in India
A wonderful photograph showing colonial life in India in the early 1920s. A British diplomatic service gentleman fishes from the comfort of a wicker chair by the banks of a wide Indian river

Colonel Ralph Ponsonby Watts (1892 - 1991)
Colonel Ralph Ponsonby Watts - a photograph taken during his journey from Kashmir through the Himalayan Mountain Pass to Kashgar in Chinese Turkestan

Turkey, Chanak - British Fleet Sports Final. A rather funny game is in progress between the 8th Flotilla and HMS Emperor of India

Rhodesia - Zimbabwe - Cheetah Hunting
A colonial European hunter and his prize bag - a cheetah - in Rhodesia (Zimbabwe), East Africa

Mounted English Cavalry soldier in Cairo
Mounted English Cavalry soldier in front of the Sultan Hassan Mosque in Cairo

Mizon / Congo Explorer
Lieutenant Mizon, French explorer of the Congo region

W. Edrich and N. W. D. Yardley going out to bat, Lahore, 1937
Photograph of W. Edrich and N.W.D. Yardley walking out to open the innings for the Lord Tennyson XI, in the match against an All-India XI, held at Lahore, 1937

The Zulu War. The camp bazaar
Zulu women in native dress selling goods to British soldiers in a British camp. British officers in pith helmets observe the scene

Lord Roberts / Menpes 1 / 5
FREDERICK SLEIGH 1st EARL ROBERTS British soldier in South Africa during the Boer War

Sudan Wars / An Attack
British soldiers with guns and bayonets repel a charge by native Sudanese forces bearing far less advanced weaponry

Mounted Troops in Iraq
British cavalry and their allies in action in the deserts of Iraq. Mounted troops are best suited to cope with the difficult desert terrain and Iraqi climate

Roberts Enters Pretoria
Lord Roberts enters Pretoria triumphantly after the Boer capitals surrender. After Mafekings earlier relief, many thought the war over but it dragged on two years longer

WW1 / 1915 / EAST AFRICA
In East Africa, the British learn that the Germans are tougher enemy than they expected

Trooper on a Camel / 1884
A trooper of the Kings Royal Rifles in the Camel corps, 1884

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