Ranks Collection

The Coldstream Guards taking over the Colour
circa 1910s

Employees - Ford Motor Company, Detroit, Michigan, USA
The 36, 000 Employees of the Ford Motor Company, Detroit, Michigan, USA pose for a group photograph in front of the factory buildings

How to recognise rank in the Royal Navy-a wartime advert for Dunlop fort tyres. Date: 1941

Street Accordionists
Selected from the ranks of Londons street artists, these musicians perform on the kerb for a BBC broadcast

Submarine depot at Portsmouth Harbour
Pre-WWI submarine depot at Portsmouth Harbour

Suffragette, An Easter Prophecy. Suffragette hen with chick, rabbit and eggs. The hen carries a Votes for Women placard and the rhyme reads, When hens all join the suffrage ranks

British Soldiers escort German Prisoners - WWI
British Soldiers escorting German Prisoners, destined for internment in England - WWI Date: circa 1915

Turkish Troops - Gallipoli
Turkish troops - Gallipoli - firing down on allied positions from high in the mountains

The Zulu war. Fort Bengough. Church Parade of officers and n
British army ranks were substantially swelled by the NNC during the Zulu wars; their local knowledge of terrain and languages were invaluable

British soldier in uniform, 1915, WW1
A British private soldier, commonly known as a Tommy with annotations showing the tools and equipment that made up his kit when marching to the trenches during the First World War

The Welsh Guards leaving Buckingham Palace, London
circa 1910s

London and Middlesex fire brigade rank markings
The rank markings worn on senior and junior officers uniforms. The upper row were worn on officers walking-out uniform, the middle row were worn on their fire uniform

Trooping the Colour - the Queens last ride
Queen Elizabeth II riding at the Trooping the Colour ceremony for the last time in 1986 on her horse Burmese. 1986

London and Middlesex fire brigade rank markings
The rank markings worn on senior and junior officers uniforms. The upper row were worn on officers walking-out uniform, the middle row were worn on their fire uniform

Tsar Nicholas II and the Tsarevich Alexei, School at Bakhmut
Russia - Tsar Nicholas II and the Tsarevich Alexei Nikolaevich reviewing the children of the popular school Venus in Bakhmut, eastern Ukraine. Date: circa 1913

Corporal Instructing His Men
An illustration depicting a corporal shouting as his organised unit of men, accompanied with the following translated caption

Ranks of Rickshaws - Entrance to the Harbour Pier, Yokohama
Ranks of Rickshaws lined up at the Entrance to the Harbour Pier, Yokohama, Japan. Date: circa 1910s

King George VI in uniform - portrait photograph
King George VI (1895-1952) in uniform - portrait photograph by Hugh Cecil (1892-1939). Date: circa 1936

King George VI inspecting the Yeomen of the Guard
King George VI (1895-1952) inspecting the Yeomen of the Guard at Buckingham Palace. The Yeomen are under the Captaincy of Arthur Chichester, Colonel The Lord Templemore (1880-1953). Date: 1939

Circa 1900 Other Ranks Cap Badge White Metal
circa, 1900, Other, ranks, cap, badge, white, metal, gilding, Die, struck, front, description, stag, lodged, within, circular, closed, oak, wreath, half, scrolls, right, left, whole, upon, Maltese

Spain. Civil War. Obrers, camperols, soldats, intel.lectuals. Reforceu els rengles del Partit Socialista Unificat de Catalunya (Workers, farmes, soldiers, intellectuals)

Carriage of the Saxon minister, M. de Gersdorff, in Queen Victorias coronation parade. Handcoloured aquatint engraving from Fores Correct Representation of the State Procession on the Occasion of

Interval drinks at the Olympia, Paris, WW1
Interval drinks at the Olympia, a music hall in Paris, painting by Charles Henry Tenre, First World War, showing Allied soldiers of all nationalities and different ranks. circa 1918

WW1 - Turkish Lancers on horseback Date: 1914

Changing the Guard at St. Jamess Palace, London
Changing the Guard and Trooping the Colour on the Friary Court at St. Jamess Palace, London Date: circa 1920

WW1 - British troops crossing Westminster Bridge, London to entrain for active service. Date: 1917

Arturo Prat Monument, Plaza Intendencia, Valpariso, Chile
Valparaiso, Chile - Plaza Intendencia (Municipality Square) with the monument to Arturo Prat. Agustin Arturo Prat Chacon (1848-1879), was a Chilean navy officer

Royal Air Force badges of rank, WW1
The cap badges and sleeve stripes of the new uniform of the RAF in 1918. Date: 1918

WW2 Poster -- Army Officer and other badges
Distinctive Badges of Rank of Officers in the Army, showing corresponding ranks in Royal Navy, Army, & Royal Air Force. Colour lithograph published by Gale and Polden Limited, Aldershot

Employees - Ford Motor Company, Detroit, Michigan, USA
The 25, 000 Employees of the Ford Motor Company, Detroit, Michigan, USA pose for a group photograph in front of the factory buildings

Ministry of Health Poster - Evacuation
Shes in the Ranks too! Caring for Evacuees is a National Service circa 1942

St John Ambulance swagger stick and uniform details
A swagger stick and details of uniforms, with prices, for members of the St Johns Ambulance -- with military overtones

WW1 - French zouaves of the Armee d Afrique
WW1 - French Zouaves of the Armee d Afrique in their distinctive uniform. Date: circa 1910s

Boy soldier - attalion of The London Regiment
Photographic portrait showing a boy soldier, perhaps of a battalion of The London Regiment, full length, 1910 (c). Date: circa 1910

Churchill Roosevelt Club, Venice, Italy
Churchill Roosevelt Club, Lido beach resort, Venice, Italy, for British other ranks and American enlisted personnel. Date: circa 1945

New Viceroy of India greeted at the Gateway of India, Mumbai - The Governors Bodyguard, the 2nd Lancers and the Guard of Honour. Date: 1926

WWI Poster, Come into the ranks and fight
Come into the ranks and fight for your King and Country. Don t stay in the crowd and stare. You are wanted at the Front. Enlist today. Parliamentary Recruiting Committee poster. Date: 1915

WWI Poster, Halt! Who goes there?
Halt! Who goes there? If you are a friend, join the British ranks and help the brave lads at the front. Parliamentary Recruiting Committee poster. Date: 1915

WWI Poster, Fill up the Ranks
We re both needed to serve the Guns! Fill up the ranks! Pile up the munitions! Parliamentary Recruiting Committee poster showing the importance of the munitions worker as well as the need for troops

Prince Alexander of Teck (1874-1957), later Earl of Athlone, brother of Queen Mary, who had recently been promoted to the rank of Brigadier-General on General Staff

WWI Other Ranks badge - London Scottish Regiment
First World War Other Ranks badge belonging to the London Scottish Regiment, embossed with the Battle Honour - S. Africa 1900-02 and the motto Strike Sure. This has been made into a brooch

A French 75 mm shell case base
A French 75 mm. shell case base made into a British Army Other Ranks cap with Officers buttons of the Essex Regiment attached. Trench Art

WW2 - Prams with possessions return with Evacuees going home
WW2 - Prams containing possessions return to Euston, London, following Evacuees heading home after the passing of the V1 and V2 rocket attack scare - September 1944. Date: 1944

Other ranks shoulder belt plate, 1st West India Regiment, 1800 (c). Oval metal shoulder belt plate, inscribed, 1ST WEST INDIA / REGIMENT, with monogram in centre. Date: circa 1800

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