Remembrance Collection

WW1 / C 1919 / POPPY FIELD
In Flanders Fields... The poignant scene of a field full of poppies after the First World War. (Illustration after original, image 10053676, by Willy Werner.) C.1919

First Remembrance Day 1919
On 11th November 1919, the first anniversary of Armistice day, the Britsh nation, in reponse to an invitation by King George V

Tomb of the Unknown Warrior, 1920
Four sentries stand with heads bowed at the grave of the unknown soldier following the ceremony in Westminster Abbey on Armistice Day, 11 November 1920. 1920

The Cenotaph, Whitehall, London Date: circa 1987

Monument to the Royal Fusiliers, High Holborn, London
Monument to the Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) who fell in the Great War, High Holborn, London

Tomb of the Unknown Warrior in Westminster Abbey
A Nameless Grave in Britains Valhalla - symbol of the supreme sacrifice of the Empires Manhood. People paying their respects at the grave of the unknown soldier, interred on Armistice Day

The Last Post by C. E. Turner
Buglers sounding the Last Post at 9pm before the British monument to fallen soldiers at Ypres, the Menin Gate. Date: 1930

In Memoriam - scene in Tewkesbury Abbey, WW1
A lone woman stands alone in front of a roll of honour, with the Union flag hanging over it inside Tewkesbury Abbey in Gloucestershire during the First World War. Date: 1919

Opening ceremony, Menin Gate, Ypres, Belgium
Opening ceremony of the Menin Gate, Ypres, Belgium, by Field Marshal Lord Plumer, 24 July 1927. 1927

Christmas card, Lamplighter. 19th century

Leaflet advertising Remembrance Day, 11th November 1927. Wear a Flanders Poppy - British Legion Appeals Department, 26 Eccleston Square, London SW1. Commemorative Art

Front cover of the Sphere Scott Memorial Number
Front cover of The Sphere, Memorial Number of the Scott Antarctic Expedition showing a sombre scene of a group of men praying by a cairn topped with a cross in memory of Captain Scott, who died

War Memorial outside the Royal Exchange in the City of London, erected in 1920

Ww1 Wife with Medal
In a suburban home in the south of London a war widow observes the two minutes silence by reverent contemplation of her dead husbands medal

Khaki Chums Christmas Truce Cross, St Yvon, Belgium
At Christmas 1914, over the 24th/25th December, a truce was held here between the 1st Battalion the Warwickshire Regiment and the 7th Bavarians in which Bruce Bairnsfaher took part

Cortege of the Unknown Warrior passing the Cenotaph in London

Cinema advertisment: Disabled ex-servicemen making poppies for Earl Haig's Appeal in the 1920s Date: circa 1930s

Disabled ex-servicemen making poppies for Earl Haig's Appeal in the 1920s Date: circa 1930s

The Garden of Remembrance and City Hall, Belfast, Northern Ireland. Date: circa 1920s

Victorian mourning card, Edgar George Pottle
Victorian mourning card, In Loving Remembrance of Edgar George Pottle, MRCS LRCP, who died April 9th, 1880, aged 40, interred in the family grave, at Highgate Cemetery

King George V at the unveiling of the Cenotaph, 1920
King George V stands facing the Cenotaph during the unveiling ceremony on Armistice Day, 11 November 1920. Facing him are his three eldest sons, the Prince of Wales, Prince Albert and Prince Henry

Shadows in Whitehall, by Bruce Bairnsfather
Shadows in Whitehall An unusually serious subject for Captain Bruce Bairnsfather, known for his Old Bill cartoons in The Bystander magazine; ghostly soldiers guard the cenotaph in Whitehall, London

Denis Healey, Labour politician, wearing a poppy
Denis Healey (Denis Winston Healey, Baron Healey, b 1917), British Labour politician, served as Secretary of State for Defence 1964-1970 and Chancellor of the Exchequer 1974-1979

Clement Richard Attlee, Armistice Day procession
Clement Richard Attlee, 1st Earl Attlee (1883-1967), British Labour politician, Labour Party leader 1935-1955 and Prime Minister 1945-1951

LADY AT TOMB
Of joys departed, not to return, how painful the remembrance... - illustration to a poem by Burns. Date: early 19th century

WORLD WAR ONE MEMORIAL
The Shadow of Remembrance': A statue of a World War One soldier casts a shadow over a memorial tablet, Liverpool, England. Date: 1930s

Traffic at Ludgate Circus is halted and passers-by stand still to observe a minute's silence on Armistice Day Date: 1926

REMEMBERING THE DEAD
On the anniversary of the battle of Marne, French villagers decorate a war grave with the Tricolore flag Date: 1915

Memorial Cross on Islay, Hebrides; to the men of the "Otranto", wrecked on this coast in 1917. Most gravestones read "Unknown sailor, known only to God". Date: 20th century

CANINE GRAVESTONE
The grave of Marquise and Tony deceased dogs of Princesse Lobanof, in the Asnieres-sur-Seine dog cemetery on the outskirts of Paris, France. Date: 1930s

The Cenotaph, Whitehall, London - floral tributes
The Cenotaph, Whitehall, London - some of the floral tributes lain beneath the monument on Remembrance Day. Designed by Edwin Lutyens

WW2 - After announcing the Victory, General de Gaulle is acclaimed by the crowd and salutes the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. Date: 1945

If ye break faith with us who die, we shall not sleep, though poppies grow in Flanders fields. The mother, widow and little daughter of a British soldier who died early in World War One visit his

Musicians Memorial Chapel, St. Sepulchres Church
circa 1910s

Unveiled Cenotaph, War Memorial 1920
Various photographs of George V revealing the Cenotaph War memorial in Whitehall, London. Showing the King placing a wreath at the bottom of the memorial

Chairman of the Ypres Last Post Committee with bugles
The Ceremony of the Last Post, in which firemen buglers play the Last Post under the Menin Gate at 8pm each night is, in its simplicity, one of the most moving acts of Remembrance in the world

Remembrance Tree No. 73, Ypres Entry Route East Date: 2016

Nanjing, China - The Mausoleum of Sun Yat-Sen
Nanjing, China - The Mausoleum and Remembrance Hall of Dr. Sun Yat-Sen (1886-1925). Chinese politician, physician and philosopher who provisionally served as the first president of the Republic of

Lady with lanterns
Remembrance. Art Deco illustration of lady with lanterns. Artist: Pearl Forbes MacEwen. Date: circa 1930

King Albert of Belgium unveiling WW1 Memorial, Zeebrugge
King Albert of Belgium unveiling the First World War memorial at Zeebrugge. 1925

Gift card, Remembrance. Date: 20th century

Service of Dedication by the Bishop of London at the Field of Remembrance, Westminster, London, November 1935. 1935

Snow scene and ferns on a remembrance card with embossed floral edging. Date: circa 1900s

Girl and dog on a paper lace friendship card with ornate white and gold surround -- A Friendly Remembrance. Date: circa 1890s

Battlefields pilgrimage 1928, pilgrims at Vimy
A group of Home Counties pilgrims on the steps of the Canadian Memorial at Vimy, listening to a War Graves Commission guide describing the fighting

People You See: The Flag Seller. From Teddy Bear (5 June 1965; reprinted 1 August 1970). Original artwork loaned for scanning by the Illustration Art Gallery. Date: 1965

Remembrance postcard with sailing boats and holly. Date: circa 1910s

The Shrine of Remembrance - Melbourne, Australia
The Shrine of Remembrance - The National War Memorial of Victoria - Australia - WW1 Shrine and Memorial Complex in Melbourne. Dedicated by HRH The Duke of Gloucester on 11th November 1934 Date: 1934

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