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Quartermaster Collection

Background imageQuartermaster Collection: Music cover, In the Quartermasters Stores

Music cover, In the Quartermasters Stores (My Eyes are Dim I Cannot See), words and music adapted by Box, Cox and Bert Read. 1940

Background imageQuartermaster Collection: German bomb damage in Colchester

German bomb damage in Colchester
A photograph of Quartermaster-Sergeant Radjohn and his wife and baby son among the wreckage in their back-yard caused by a German bomb in February 1915

Background imageQuartermaster Collection: With the Army, Derby recruit measured for uniform, WW1

With the Army, Derby recruit measured for uniform, WW1
A Derby recruit in civilian clothes is measured up for his uniform during the First World War. Date: 1916

Background imageQuartermaster Collection: Royal Huntsmen, Yeoman, Prickers and Foresters in

Royal Huntsmen, Yeoman, Prickers and Foresters in Queen Victorias coronation parade. Handcoloured aquatint engraving from Fores Correct Representation of the State Procession on the Occasion of

Background imageQuartermaster Collection: La France Maritime - Quartermaster

La France Maritime - Quartermaster (in full dress uniform). 19th century

Background imageQuartermaster Collection: Group of Belgian and British soldiers at Quex Park

Group of Belgian and British soldiers at Quex Park, with three members of the VAD staff. The Belgian men are wearing civilian clothes. All the British soldiers are in army uniform

Background imageQuartermaster Collection: Society / Frontiersmen 20C

Society / Frontiersmen 20C
Quartermaster Snowden Ward, of the Legion of Frontiersmen Date: 1908

Background imageQuartermaster Collection: Richard, Lord Airey

Richard, Lord Airey
RICHARD, LORD AIREY General; quartermaster-general to the Crimean army Date: 1803 - 1881

Background imageQuartermaster Collection: Officers of the Birchington VAD

Officers of the Birchington VAD
The Officers of the Birchington VAD Detachment (Kent/178) standing outside the front door of Quex House. They are (left to right) Alice Cobb, Quartermaster (married to Harold Cobb)

Background imageQuartermaster Collection: Members of Birchington VAD

Members of Birchington VAD. Seated (l-r) Mary Holmes (Lady Superintendent), Hannah Powell-Cotton (Commandant), Alice Cobb (Quartermaster). Standing (l-r) Elsie Alice Smith, Florence Perfect, ?, ?

Background imageQuartermaster Collection: Nurses & Doctor, Quex Park

Nurses & Doctor, Quex Park
Nurses of the Birchington VAD, together with Medical Officer, Dr Harry Worthington, outside Quex House in early 1915. Seated (left to right) are Alice Cobb, Quartermaster, Hannah Powell-Cotton

Background imageQuartermaster Collection: Red Cross quartermaster in his office, WW1

Red Cross quartermaster in his office, WW1
A Red Cross quartermaster in his office, used as a Christmas greetings card in 1918. Date: 1918

Background imageQuartermaster Collection: German army medic or quartermaster, WW1

German army medic or quartermaster, WW1
German army medic or quartermaster sitting at a table with items set out on shelves, and cutout images of Kaiser Wilhelm and the Crown Prince. Date: circa 1914

Background imageQuartermaster Collection: Lieut-General Sir John Steven Cowans by Percival Anderson

Lieut-General Sir John Steven Cowans by Percival Anderson
Lieutenant-General Sir John Steven Cowans, KCB, MVO (1862 - 1921), Quartermaster-General adn member of the Army Council during the Great War in a pencil portrait by Lieutenant Percival Anderson

Background imageQuartermaster Collection: Miss Muriel Perry, Soldiers Free Buffet at Victoria Station

Miss Muriel Perry, Soldiers Free Buffet at Victoria Station
Miss Muriel Perry, the capable quartermaster of the Sailors and Soldiers Free Buffet at Victoria Station during the First World War, where 200, 000 men were fed at a cost of one penny per head

Background imageQuartermaster Collection: US Quartermasters office, Charleston, South Carolina

US Quartermasters office, Charleston, South Carolina. Date photographed between 1861 and 1865, printed later

Background imageQuartermaster Collection: Quartermaster Hill, 4th Light Dragoons, the horse taken imme

Quartermaster Hill, 4th Light Dragoons, the horse taken immediately after the winter season. Quartermaster Hill, seated on horse, facing left. Date 1855

Background imageQuartermaster Collection: Captain Francis Baring, Fusilier Guards, Deputy Assistant Qu

Captain Francis Baring, Fusilier Guards, Deputy Assistant Quartermaster General, attached to the Light Division. Francis Baring, three-quarter length portrait, standing with hand on sword

Background imageQuartermaster Collection: Keep the stars shining for Uncle Sam - Join the Quartermaste

Keep the stars shining for Uncle Sam - Join the Quartermaster Corps. Poster showing Uncle Sam in a quartermasters uniform. Date 1919

Background imageQuartermaster Collection: Survivors of the Titanic disaster

Survivors of the Titanic disaster
Various photographs of Titanic survivors, including Mr G. Pregnall, Quartermaster W. Wynn, Mr W. Major, Mr Joughin, Mr Threlfall, Mr Gough, Mr. F. Prentice, Mr E. Brown, Mr. W

Background imageQuartermaster Collection: Titanic - Westminster Inquiry - Sphere front cover

Titanic - Westminster Inquiry - Sphere front cover
Front cover from The Sphere magazine showing a scene from the Westminster Titanic inquiry, held shortly after the sinking of the ship on April 15th 1912

Background imageQuartermaster Collection: Quartermaster General - Sir Walter Venning, 1939

Quartermaster General - Sir Walter Venning, 1939
Lt. General Sir Walter Venning (seated), whose job was to supply the British Army with everything it needed from big guns to flea powder, during World War Two. Pictured at the War Office with Lt

Background imageQuartermaster Collection: Silhouette of Captain Garrett, QMC USA

Silhouette of Captain Garrett, QMC USA
Silhouette of an American officer, Captain Garrett, QMC (Quartermaster Corps)

Background imageQuartermaster Collection: Quartermasters tent with shell hole in foreground, WW1

Quartermasters tent with shell hole in foreground, WW1
A Quartermasters tent on a transport field during the First World War, showing a hole in the foreground made by a shell which fell within twenty yards but did no damage. Date: 1916

Background imageQuartermaster Collection: Ginger the dog attempting to board the ship, British Arctic

Ginger the dog attempting to board the ship, British Arctic
Engraving showing the dog Ginger attempting to board one of the ships of the British Arctic Expedition of 1875-1876. Ginger, like all the dogs of the expedition

Background imageQuartermaster Collection: Military / French Dress

Military / French Dress
French Quartermaster-Sergeant of the Lancers


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