Raiders Collection

Viking Ships /
Dawn raiders

the General Locomotive
The General featured in a dramatic Civil War incident; captured 1862 by the Andrews Raiders, it was recaptured after a 90-mile chase. Now at Chattanooga Depot, Tennessee

Scottish Border Raiders
Scottish raiders cross the border

HMS Leviathan, Drake-class armoured cruiser
Royal Navy - HMS Leviathan, a Drake-class armoured cruiser. HMS Leviathan was one of four Drake-class armoured cruisers built for the Royal Navy around 1900

Doolittle & his Tokyo Raiders, 1942 Date: 1942

Martians Invade New York
Martian raiders using a terrible weapon of concentrated sunlight attack the city of New York

The Chocolate Soldiers, Chumpie Gets Married
A wartime children's story book illustration which shows Chumpie the trumpeter, of the Chocolate soldiers, marrying Charlotte, the General's daughter, who finally approves of their union

The Chocolate Soldiers, Chumpie's Plan
A wartime children's story book illustration which shows Chumpie the trumpeter, of the Chocolate soldiers, using a large magnifying glass to empower a beam of sunlight towards the approaching

The Chocolate Soldiers Vs Marzipan Raiders
A wartime children's story book illustration which shows a battle between the Chocolate soldiers and the Marzipan raiders. Date: circa 1940s

WW2 - This Above All
An illustrated front cover for a WW2 story book, This Above All, written by Eric Knight. The image shows a wartime couple, looking worriedly to the skies by a cliff's edge

WW2 - British Fighter Plane Destroys Enemy Raider
An illustration showing some British WW2 fighter planes intercepting and destroying enemy raiders attempting to cross our coast. Date: circa 1940s

Raiders Passed!
An illustrated front cover for Raiders Passed!, written by John Hunter, no. 1 in the pulp fiction series, The Sexton Blake Library. Date: circa 1940s

The Highland Raiders
This oil painting depicts a number of figures situated around a campfire by some rocky edges in Scotland, an old man is holding up a bird by the legs

HMS Leviathan, Drake-class armoured cruiser
Royal Navy - HMS Hornet, an Acheron-class Destroyer that served during the First World War and was sold for breaking in 1921. She was the seventh Royal Navy ship to be named Hornet

Monument in National Cemetery, Chattanooga, Tennessee, USA
Monument to the Andrews Raiders in the National Cemetery, Chattanooga, Tennessee, USA, with a model of The General locomotive on top of the plinth, relating to a dramatic capture

B-17G - PB-1W Texas Raiders cockpit
B-17G / PB-1W N7227C Texas Raiders, the cockpit. Date: 1992

B-17G - PB-1W Texas Raiders interior view rearwards
B-17G / PB-1W N7227C Texas Raiders, view rearward past the waist gunner positions. Date: 1992

B-17G - PB-1W Texas Raiders Bombardier station
B-17G / PB-1W N7227C Texas Raiders, view forward past the Bombardier station. Date: 1992

Douglas-Long Beach B-17G - PB-1W Flying Fortress N7227C
Douglas-Long Beach B-17G-95-DL / PB-1W Flying Fortress N7227C Texas Raiders (msn 32517, ex 44-83872, ex BuAer 77235), of the Confederate Air Force at Midland Airport on 28 September 1992

WW1 - Whales mistaken for submarines
The bodies of hundreds of whales, sharks, and other large fish, mistaken for submarines in the zealous hunt for German raiders, now lie strewn along the Atlantic coast

Viking Longship
A Viking Longship heading across the sea to plunder and conquer... Date: circa 12th century

The first German air-raid by three Zeppelins, dropped bombs in Yarmouth, Kings Lynn and near the royal estate at Sandringham in Norfolk, wreaking buildings and killing civilians

Attack on Brighthelmstone (Brighton) by French raiders
Attack made by French raiders on the village of Brighthelmstone (Brighton, Sussex) in June 1514. Almost every building was burnt to the ground. 1514

British naval convoy system by G. H. Davis
The method of safeguarding the freedom of the seas: the British naval convoy system at work. Making the high seas safe for Allied

Samuel Ruther. Crockett
SAMUEL RUTHERFORD CROCKETT Tireless Scottish novelist - The stickit minister, The raiders and many more - with an unfortunate tendency to write in dialect. Date: 1860 - 1914

Wwi / Air Raid on Paris
L HEURE DU TAUBE French civilians in the Jardins du Luxembourg watch the skies for German air raiders in the dreaded Taube monoplane Date: 1916

The Plunger by D H Higgins
Promotional flyer for The Plunger by D. H. Higgins. First produced at the Opera House, Burnley, 5th August and Elephant & Castle Theatre, 2nd October 1893

Brandenberg, Hptm, pilot and leader of KG 3 The England Raiders

Those Raiders at the Seat of War by Bruce Bairnsfather
Those Raiders at the Seat of War " I wish the ell you d put a cork on that blinkin pin of yours, Bert!" A cartoon by Captain Bruce Bairnsfather in The Bystander Date: 1917

Wireless cabin on a Zeppelin by G. H. Davis
How the night raiders talk -- the wireless cabin on a Zeppelin airship. Date: 1915

Searchlight command by G. H. Davis
Searchlight command: the men who point the way for Britains anti-aircraft guns and night fighters during the Second World War

Keeping track of German raiders by G. H. Davis
Keeping track of German raiders during the Second World War: the method pictorially explained, from the moment their approach is noted until the sounding of the alert in the threatened areas

Blackout warning by G. H. Davis
A blackout warning: how one light may help raiders during the Second World War. Date: 1940

Aerial minefields by G. H. Davis
Aerial minefields to baffle raiders: a new form of barrage. Major Muirs idea for a minefield of small bombs supported by free balloons. Date: 1939

British night fighters by G. H. Davis
Methods of Britains night fighters during the Second World War: the element of surprise. Clear, dark nights are ideal for hunting enemy raiders

German air raiders caught out by G. H. Davis
How German air raiders are caught in the toils of British defence during the Second World War. The effect of the anti-aircraft barrage on raiding bombers

Aerial fog trail by G. H. Davis
The aerial fog trail which often reveals high-flying raiders. The involuntary sky writing effect produced by raiders and fighters at great heights may be caused by exhaust condensation or reduced

Canteen van - tea for anti-aircraft gun crew
Raiders overhead! Mugs of tea provided from a canteen car - the greatest boon to anti-aircraft crews, who, month after month stuck by their guns and shot down so many Luftwaffe aircraft

Frontier Raiders under military escort, NWFP
Frontier Raiders ( Loosewallahs ) - religious fanatics from the border territory of the NWFP, under military escort by British Indian Colonial soldiers. Date: circa 1920s

Union Cavalry leaders & raiders: Averill, Kilpatrick, Rauls, Gregg, Sheridan, Custer, Streight, Grierson, Wilson, Stoneman, Merritt, and Torbert. Date between 1860 and 1870

D those Raiders
Damn those Raiders! The searchlight from a German Zeppelin flying over the English coast spoils a tender clifftop moment between a soldier and his sweetheart. circa 1917

Vikings attack tower
Marauding Viking raiders are frustrated in their attacks on an Irish tower, and some rip off their armour in order to make easier an attempt to clamber up the walls. Date: Circa 800 A.D

Saxons ambush Danes
Danish raiders attempt to cross the Thames, but are ambushed by Alfreds Saxons, who completely rout them and capture their booty Date: 9th Century A.D

Viking ships in the Humber estuary, which was the border between Northumbria and the kingdoms to the south Date: Circa 800 A.D

Train robbers in America
Train robbers steal $12000 in New Mexico

French Fight Moroccans
Conflict with the French and raiders from Morocco on the Algerian-Moroccan border

Maes-How (Scotland)
Maes-how tomb near the Stones of Stenness and the Ring of Brodgar on the Orkney Mainland. The stucture dates to c.3000 BC. Nordic raiders

Viking Raiders on Coast
Viking raiders slay and rob on English soil Date: 800 - 1000

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