Private Gallery

The Royal Logistic Corps

The Royal Logistic Corps. The Royal Logistic Corps (RLC) was formed in 1993, by the union of the following British Army corps: Royal Corps of Transport, Royal Army Ordnance Corps, Royal Pioneer Corps, Army Catering Corps and the Royal Engineers Postal and Courier Service. The RLC comprises both Regular and Territorial Army units. Painting by Malcolm Greensmith

© Mary Evans/Malcolm Greensmith Collection

Lady Cynthia Colville with David, Philip and Jock

Lady Cynthia Colville, wife of the Hon. George Colville, younger son of the late Lord Colville of Culross pictured with her three sons, David, Phillip and Jock. Jock Colville served as Assistant Private Secretary to three Prime Ministers - Chamberlain, Churchill and Attlee. He was close to Churchill to whom he was also joint Principal Private Secretary and he kept a diary between 1939 and 1957 which chart his experiences close to the fulcrum of British political life. He served as Private Secretary to Princess Elizabeth (Queen Elizabeth II) from 1947 to 1949. Date: 1923

© Yevonde Portrait Archive/ILN/Mary Evans Picture Library

Guard Room (at gate), Cliffe Fort, Hoo peninsula, Kent

Guard Room (at gate), Cliffe Fort, near the village of Cliffe on the Hoo peninsula in Kent. 21017 Private P. J. Hill, D Company, 20Th Battalion, The County Of London Regiment. Studied At Lambeth School Of Art, St. Oswald'S Place, Upper Kennington Lane. Resided At 6 Amott Road, Peckham Rye, London In 1895

© David Cohen Fine Art/Mary Evans Picture Library