Relieved Collection

Military / Sentry Relieved
A sentry being relieved (Coldstream Guards)

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

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

General Lambarte of the Nationalist Army at Oviedo
General Lambarte (centre with beard), commander of the Nationalist Army that relieved Oviedo, pictured with Oviedo Nationalists, 1936

Steam locomotive Apollo, crew change, London
Steam locomotive Apollo (Britannia class) at a London station. Driver and fireman are relieved by fresh crew. Date: circa 1950s

WWI / IRON CROSS HERO
A German soldier, having been awarded the Iron Cross, returns home to his proud and relieved parents. Date: 1915

FRENCH IN VIETNAM
TUYEN-QUAN 15-20, 000 Chinese besieged this town, held by a garrison of French, Algerians and local allies, for 18 days before being relieved Date: 14 February - 3 March 1885

SIR HUGH PERCY 1742-1817
SIR HUGH PERCY 2nd Duke Percy. Fought in the American Revolution (1774- 1777), and whose timely arrival relieved the British troops under Colonel Smith. Date: 1742 - 1817

Cartoon, Georges Clemenceau post-WW1
Cartoon showing the French statesman Georges Clemenceau (1841-1929) kissing and hugging his people, relieved that the war is over. Date: 1919

Back from the Boer War - Scene at a London Terminus of a wounded soldie returning to his relieved family after his tour to Southern Africa. Date: circa 1901

On many Pennsylvania trains in the Philadelphia area, trainmen are relieved for service in the armed forces and replaced by women. Date 1943?

Parachutes 1960S
Sky divers are relieved when their parachutes open at 2000 feet above ground. Date: 1960s

Crusades / Malta Relieved
Malta is relieved by the Knights of St John Date: 26 October 1530

Dramatic rescue of a young girl
A colour illustration showing a relieved mother reaching out to a lifeboat man for her rescued daughter

Sir Henry Havelock / Music
Havelocks Triumphal march to relieve Cawnpore

Francesco II has Fun
Relieved of his royal responsibilities, Francesco II, former king of the Two Sicilies, takes refuge with the pope at Rome and enjoys himself during the Carnival

Relieving a Sentry
At the entrance to an infantry barracks, the sentry is relieved. A dog watches with interest

Frenchwoman 1558
The sombre grey of this ladys dress (reign of Henri II) is relieved by slashes and other ornamentation : it has a high lace collar and a cheeky matching cap

Holloway Prison / Mayhew
The treadmill (treadwheel) and oakum shed with a detachment of prisoners at work at the wheel, and those who have been relieved, are employed to pick oakum

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