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Private Collection (page 17)

Background imagePrivate Collection: A history of a Field Ambulance

A history of a Field Ambulance
MOTLEY - A history of a Field Ambulance (2nd/1st West Lancashire Field Ambulance - The Wurties), June 1918. Also 5 printed menus of the WURTIES Annual Reunion Dinners with many drawings by William

Background imagePrivate Collection: A post at the cement works at Creek Cliffe, Kent

A post at the cement works at Creek Cliffe, Kent
The Chalk Pit Guard Room. A post at the cement works at Creek Cliffe, near the village of Cliffe on the Hoo peninsula in Kent, dated 29.12.15. 21017 Private P. J

Background imagePrivate Collection: Billet at Cliffe Fort, near the Cliffe on the Hoo peninsula

Billet at Cliffe Fort, near the Cliffe on the Hoo peninsula
Billet at 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

Background imagePrivate Collection: Sailing boats on the Thames

Sailing boats on the Thames. 21017 Private P. J. Hill, D Company, 20Th Battalion, The County Of London Regiment. Studied At Lambeth School Of Art, St. Oswalds Place, Upper Kennington Lane

Background imagePrivate Collection: Below decks - ship moored on Thames opposite Cliffe Fort

Below decks - ship moored on Thames opposite Cliffe Fort
Below decks on a ship moored in the Thames opposite Cliffe Fort, near the village of Cliffe on the Hoo peninsula in Kent. 21017 Private P. J

Background imagePrivate Collection: Two diggers playing frying-pans in front of their bell tents

Two diggers playing frying-pans in front of their bell tents
Australia will be there. Two diggers playing frying-pans (as musical instruments) in front of their bell tents with a wonderful parade of Australian animals and birds carrying rifles and saluting

Background imagePrivate Collection: Death Plaque in the name of Private Frederick George Styles

Death Plaque in the name of Private Frederick George Styles
Death Plaque in the name of 7134 Private Frederick George Styles, 1st Battalion, Princess Charlotte of Wales (Royal Berkshire Regiment). Born Lambeth, Surrey. Enlisted London

Background imagePrivate Collection: View of the Struma Valley toward the Belachitza Mountains

View of the Struma Valley toward the Belachitza Mountains
A view of the Struma Valley looking towards the Belachitza (Beles) Mountains, Salonika. There is also a sketch map on brown paper

Background imagePrivate Collection: Private W Cheetham bringing up fresh supplies of bombs

Private W Cheetham bringing up fresh supplies of bombs
Private W. Cheetham (1st Btn. Shropshire Light Infantry) bringing up fresh supplies of bombs under very heavy fire at the crater at Hooge - August 9th 1915

Background imagePrivate Collection: Private R Biggins attacking a crater at Hooge

Private R Biggins attacking a crater at Hooge
Private R. Biggins (2nd Btn. Notts. & Derby Regiment) leading an attack on a crater at Hooge on the 9th August 1915. The conspicuous bravery of Biggins was awarded with the DCM

Background imagePrivate Collection: Keeping his Hand In

Keeping his Hand In
KEEPING HIS HAND IN. Private Smith, the company bomber, formerly Shino, the popular juggler, frequently causes considerable anxiety to this platoon. Captain Bruce Bairnsfather, 1St Btn

Background imagePrivate Collection: Private Oscar Stanley Clark Blakstad

Private Oscar Stanley Clark Blakstad
Bust-length portrait of No. 552748 Private Oscar Stanley Clark Blakstad (1893-1917) of Princess Patricias Canadian Light Infantry in the uniform of the Legion of Frontiersmen. Clarke

Background imagePrivate Collection: Cartoon, Keeping his hand in, WW1

Cartoon, Keeping his hand in, WW1
Cartoon, Keeping his hand in. The professional instinct again. Private Smith, the company bomber (formerly Shinio, the popular juggler), frequently causes considerable anxiety to his platoon

Background imagePrivate Collection: Portrait of an unnamed soldier - WWI

Portrait of an unnamed soldier - WWI
Portrait of an unnamed soldier (with a moustache), c. 1916.529456 Private Sidney Dennant Moss, Rba, , (1884-1946), He Served With The 95Th Company Labour Corps

Background imagePrivate Collection: Private A C Crapper bringing up a limber of supplies, WW1

Private A C Crapper bringing up a limber of supplies, WW1
Private A C Crapper bringing up a limber of supplies to the trenches under heavy fire. After the horses had bolted, 670 Private Crapper of the 1/4th (Hallamshire) Battalion

Background imagePrivate Collection: The Kangaroo Marines by Captain R W Campbell, WW1

The Kangaroo Marines by Captain R W Campbell, WW1
Book Cover mounted on card - The Kangaroo Marines by Captain R W Campbell - Author of Private Spud Tamson (published by Cassell)

Background imagePrivate Collection: Soldier writing, WW1

Soldier writing, WW1
Soldier writing, from the Sketch Book of 240455 Private George Barrow, 6th Battalion, Oxford & Bucks Light Infantry (formerly 7389, Royal Berkshire Regiment)

Background imagePrivate Collection: Soldier smoking pipe

Soldier smoking pipe - Bowler, Oxford & Bucks Light Infantry. From the Sketch Book of 240455 Private George Barrow, 6th Battalion, Oxford & Bucks Light Infantry (formerly 7389)

Background imagePrivate Collection: General Sir Horace Smith-Dorrien, WW1

General Sir Horace Smith-Dorrien, WW1
Portrait of General Sir Horace Smith-Dorrien with the British flag. By 240455 Private George Barrow, 6th Battalion, Oxford & Bucks Light Infantry (formerly 7389, Royal Berkshire Regiment)

Background imagePrivate Collection: Air raid over London seen from Trafalgar Square, WW1

Air raid over London seen from Trafalgar Square, WW1
Air-raid over London seen from Trafalgar Square. By 240455 Private George Barrow, 6th Battalion, Oxford & Bucks Light Infantry (formerly 7389, Royal Berkshire Regiment)

Background imagePrivate Collection: Roll of Honour of Private FG Outlaw, WW1

Roll of Honour of Private FG Outlaw, WW1
Roll of Honour of 18158 Private F G Outlaw, Z Company, 6th Battalion Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry, including photograph. Commemorative Art

Background imagePrivate Collection: Receipt for Workhouse Childrens Outing Subscription Receipt

Receipt for Workhouse Childrens Outing Subscription Receipt
Receipt made out to W.W. Brocklehurst for a subscription to the Childrens Outing fund at Macclesfield Workhouse. Outings for children had to be financed by private donations. Date: 1913

Background imagePrivate Collection: Private Jacob Epstein, WW1

Private Jacob Epstein, WW1
SIR JACOB EPSTEIN Sculptor (1880-1959) as a private in the British Army in 1917. Date: 1917

Background imagePrivate Collection: Its the Little Things that worry by Bruce Bairnsfather

Its the Little Things that worry by Bruce Bairnsfather
Its the Little Things that Worry What is so particularly annoying to Private Lovebird is, that he would not have had this bother with his dug-out if his leave had not been postponed A cartoon by

Background imagePrivate Collection: Our Artist with the Artists

Our Artist with the Artists
Members of the Artists Rifles with impressions of certain members of the corps by a fellow member (and magazine artist) Private J. H. Thorpe. Date: 1915

Background imagePrivate Collection: A Poet in Khaki - Edmund John

A Poet in Khaki - Edmund John
Private Edmund John (1883-1917), poet and soldier in the Artists Rifles during World War One. Photograph featured in The Bystander at the time his new book of poems

Background imagePrivate Collection: The Albergo Popolare in Milan

The Albergo Popolare in Milan
Milans Albergo Popolare, opened in 1901, was modelled on Londons Rowton Houses and provided cheap accommodation for working men

Background imagePrivate Collection: Petrol rations and oil tankers by G. H. Davis

Petrol rations and oil tankers by G. H. Davis
Petrol rations and oil tankers: an analysis for car owners during the Second World War. A diagrammatic explanation setting out the relative basic petrol allowances for private cars for August

Background imagePrivate Collection: Hon. Anthony and Mrs Vivian by Madame Yevonde

Hon. Anthony and Mrs Vivian by Madame Yevonde
The Hon. Anthony and Mrs Vivian by Madame Yevonde. Anthony Crespigny Claude Vivian, 5th Baron Vivian (1906-1991) and Victoria Ruth Mary Rosamund Oliphant (1907-1985) married in 1930

Background imagePrivate Collection: The Princes Club Racquet Courts, 1857

The Princes Club Racquet Courts, 1857
The Princes Club Racquet Courts at Hans Place, Belgrave Square, London. A private gentlemans club, designed by Mr. B. Burton, consisting of three courts, one of which is pictured here

Background imagePrivate Collection: Nine wartime silhouettes

Nine wartime silhouettes. From the top left: unidentified man, Royal Navy surgeon, two American nurses. From the bottom left: unidentified woman, 8th American Air Force, Cook Wren, American WaC

Background imagePrivate Collection: Prince Henry as a private at Eton OTC, WWI

Prince Henry as a private at Eton OTC, WWI
Prince Henry, later Duke of Gloucester (1900 - 1974), third son of King George V and Queen Mary, pictured as a private in the Eton College Officers Training Corps, where he was at camp at Tidworth

Background imagePrivate Collection: US Marine Corps private, WW1

US Marine Corps private, WW1
A US Marine Corps private in First World War uniform (postcard photo of museum exhibit). Date: 1918

Background imagePrivate Collection: British aeroplanes for private ownership by G. H. Davis

British aeroplanes for private ownership by G. H. Davis
Aircraft for the owner-pilot: British aeroplanes designed and built solely for private ownership. Showing 1945 examples of the family aeroplane of the future -- sturdy, reliable, and easy to fly

Background imagePrivate Collection: Protection of the home from air raids by G. H. Davis

Protection of the home from air raids by G. H. Davis
Countering the air raid menace: the protection of the home during the Second World War. Refuges from bombs in every home: types of private shelters. Date: 1940

Background imagePrivate Collection: Mill Hill School, portico and terrace

Mill Hill School, portico and terrace
The portico and terrace of Mill Hill school, north west London, an independent school founded in 1807 Date: 1956

Background imagePrivate Collection: Mill Hill School, Classroom block

Mill Hill School, Classroom block
A view of Mill Hill School, an independent school in north west London. Shown here is the main classroom block, known as the Marnham Block

Background imagePrivate Collection: Mill Hill School, Portico and lawn

Mill Hill School, Portico and lawn
A view of the Portico, and Head Masters Lawn, at Mill Hill School, London, an independent school founded in 1807 Date: 1956

Background imagePrivate Collection: Woman in goggles outside hotel

Woman in goggles outside hotel
A smiling young woman wearing a woollen dress and goggles on her head stands outside Brighton House, a private hotel

Background imagePrivate Collection: Sir Sidney R. Greville, Vanity Fair, Spy

Sir Sidney R. Greville, Vanity Fair, Spy
The Hon. SIR SIDNEY ROBERT GREVILLE (1866-1927) Assistant Private Secretary to the Under-Secretary of State for India 1887

Background imagePrivate Collection: The Royal Academy Exhibition, London, 1922

The Royal Academy Exhibition, London, 1922
Crowd of visitors at the Private View Day of the Royal Academy Exhibition, Burlington House, London, 1922. This was the scene in Gallery XI which, for the first time

Background imagePrivate Collection: The Unknown by Bert Thomas

The Unknown by Bert Thomas
Old Lady (to wife of popular actor): Tell me, dear, what is your husband like in private life? Wife: Hes never had one. This cartoon was specially drawn for The Sketch. Date: 17th October 1928

Background imagePrivate Collection: The General Strike - hitching a lift

The General Strike - hitching a lift
The Private Motorist does his bit to help people reach their work: An owner-driver at Southfields taking girls aboard. Girls hitching a ride to work during the General Strike

Background imagePrivate Collection: Optimistic Sundial

Optimistic Sundial
An optimistic sundial on the side of a private house at South Holmwood, Surrey, England : Let others tell of storms and showers, I mark the sunny morning hours... Date: 19th century

Background imagePrivate Collection: Mansion Interior

Mansion Interior
One of the fireplaces and private bar of the Mayfair (London) mansion of City financier Clarence Hatry, jailed for fraud. Date: 1930s

Background imagePrivate Collection: Luxury Swimming Pool

Luxury Swimming Pool
The luxury outdoor private swimming pool of the Mayfair (London) mansion of City (of London) financier Clarence Hatry, jailed for fraud. Date: 1930s

Background imagePrivate Collection: Home Library Bookcase

Home Library Bookcase
A young woman chooses a book from her home library bookcase. Date: early 1930s

Background imagePrivate Collection: Grooming a Terrier

Grooming a Terrier
A lucky wire-haired terrier is groomed on a table by two women at a private dog hotel (boarding kennel). Date: early 1930s



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