Rank Gallery

Lord Louis Mountbatten

Lord Louis Mountbatten (1900-1979), younger son of Prince Louis of Battenberg and Princess Victoria of Hesse. Lord Louis ultimately rose to the rank of First Sea Lord - a vindication of his father who had been forced to resign the same office in 1914 for having a German name, an injustice Lord Louis never forgot

© Charlotte Zeepvat/ILN/Mary Evans Picture Library

1937 Coronation - A Sea of Coronets

Henry, Duke of Gloucester, wearing the coronet of a Prince of the Blood Royalwhich is similar to that of an Heir-apparent but without the arch and orb, seated in the South Transept in front of a large assembly of peers who are grouped in order of rank. The ducal coronet, set around with eight gold strawberry leaves, the marquess's coronet with four silver balls and four golden strawberry leaves and the earl's coronet with eight silver balls raised upon points and strawberry leaves set between, can all be seen in this picture. Date: 1937

© Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans

Sad End of a German Spy Behind the British Line, WW1

The Sad End of a German Spy Behind the British Line. He foolishly endeavoured to obtain information from our sign boards!! The General Staff at this time were so persistent in our labelling every defensive work or secret road that the whole thing became a huge joke. Annotated on back of picture - A Skit on a system which at first useful has now grown to an absurdity as not only are they confusing to the Infantry (to whom they are intended as a guide), but they also give all our confidential positions away to any spies, to any Germans who may capture one of the posts, the whole surrounding military features are at a glance exposed. By Lieutenant Major John Empson Tindall, MC (b.1885). He joined the Royal Engineers as a Lieutenant and rose to the rank of Captain in the 1st Home Counties Field Company, Royal Engineers (later the 490th Field Company, Royal Engineers), 8th Division, BEF and then became Major commanding the 505th (Wessex) Field Company, 57th Division, BEF

© David Cohen Fine Art/Mary Evans Picture Library