Rescue Collection (page 4)

Dornier-Bell UH-1D Iroquois 71+98
Bundeswehr Heer (German Army) - Dornier-Bell UH-1D Iroquois 71+98 (msn 8318), of the Army Rescue Service, at Spangdahlem Air Base. Date: circa 1970

Rescue of Lieutenant-Colonel Macgregor Murray, Battle of Talneir (Talnar, Thalner), India, 1818, part of the Third Anglo-Maratha War (1817-1819). Date: 1818

Comic postcard, Young couple in the sea - Life Saving Date: 20th century

Return of the troops from serving in the Third Anglo-Ashanti War or First Ashanti Expedition (1873-1874, to rescue European missionary captives held in Kumasi), West Africa (Ghana). Date: 1874

Advance of Highlanders, Battle of Amoaful, 31 January 1874, Third Anglo-Ashanti War or First Ashanti Expedition (1873-1874, to rescue European missionary captives held in Kumasi)

Fight at Abracrampa, Third Anglo-Ashanti War or First Ashanti Expedition (1873-1874, to rescue European missionary captives held in Kumasi), West Africa (Ghana). Date: 1873

A Skirmish in the Forest, Third Anglo-Ashanti War or First Ashanti Expedition (1873-1874, to rescue European missionary captives held in Kumasi), West Africa (Ghana). Date: 1873

A Cape Coast King and His Court, Third Anglo-Ashanti War or First Ashanti Expedition (1873-1874, to rescue European missionary captives held in Kumasi), West Africa (Ghana). Date: 1873

On the Road to Kumasi, Third Anglo-Ashanti War or First Ashanti Expedition (1873-1874, to rescue European missionary captives held in Kumasi), West Africa (Ghana). Date: 1873

Battle before Magdala, Abyssinian War, Ethiopia (a rescue mission for the recovery of hostages). Date: 1868

Skirmish in a mountain pass, Lushai Expedition (1871-1872), India (a successful expedition to rescue British subjects who had been captured by the Lushais or Mizo people in north-east India)

Return of European captives after the storming of Magdala, Abyssinian War (a rescue mission for the recovery of hostages). Date: 1868

English Army on the march to Magdala, Abyssinia (Ethiopia), Abyssinian War (a rescue mission for the recovery of hostages). British forces took three months to advance across mountainous terrain

Westland Wessex HAR. 2 XR518
Royal Air Force - Westland Wessex HAR.2 XR518, of No.22 Squadron Search and Rescue squadron. Date: circa 1975

Shadows of a Great City by Joseph Jefferson and L R Sherwell. First produced in England, at the Princesss Theatre, 14 July 1887

Poster advertising the NSPCC, Diamond Jubilee Year Appeal - In 60 years the NSPCC has come to the rescue of 5.5 million children - please help us, if you can. Date: circa 1944

Paddles for Rescue Dinghies made by River Fire Service Men
Paddles for Rescue Dinghies made by the River Fire Service Men. Date: circa 1942

Rescue Workers playing basketball at a Depot. Date: circa 1942

Portrait - A Heavy Rescue Man. Date: circa 1941

Heavy Rescue Workers saving a victim. Date: circa 1941

Heavy Rescue Workers going into training. Date: circa 1941

An African tracker, wet from the lake, carrying a grysbok to safety in Southern Rhodesia, during Operation Noah, a large scale operation to rescue animals trapped in trees

British Expeditionary Force evacuating from Dunkirk, WW2
Men of the British Expeditionary Force embarking onto a destroyer in mid-Channel after the evacuation from Dunkirk, for their safe return to England. Date: 1940

Return of British Expeditionary Force from Dunkirk, WW2
The return of British Expeditionary Force from Dunkirk, northern France, showing harbour and destroyers crammed with troops following the evacuation. Date: 1940

Return of British and French troops from Dunkirk, WW2
A double-page spread, with scenes from the evacuation of Dunkirk, northern France, showing British and French troops safe in England after their ordeal, and civilians welcoming and helping them

The Treasure Ship in Fairy Seas, London Hippodrome
The Christmas production at the London Hippodrome, using its famous water tank to enact an underwater wcene about treasure seekers beneath the sea

Lawson Wood
Clarence Lawson Wood (1878-1957), successful illustrator and comic artist, best-known for his wily orang-utan Gran pop who was published in The Sketch

Sinking of HMS Courageous, September 1939
Photograph of aircraft carrier HMS Courageous as it sinks, having been torpedoed by a German submarine, 17 September 1939

Cartoon, The pantomime is coming
Cartoon, " The World" is withdrawn, but the pantomime is coming. Possibly a reference to an unsuccessful production coming to an end, just before the pantomime season begins

Three children, survivors of the Athenia, September 1939
Three young girls; Margot from London, Theodora from Toronto and Virginia from Detroit, photographed after being rescued from the transatlantic passenger liner, the Athenia

H. M. destroyer rescues passengers of the Athenia, Sept 1939
Sailors on a British destroyer are shown holding onto former passengers of the Athenia in a lifeboat, 1939. The Sphere comments on the swell which made the rescue operation more difficult

Lifeboats watching the Athenia as it sinks, Sept 1939
Illustration of overcrowded lifeboats as they watch the transatlantic ocean liner, the Athenia, sink. The ships are shown lighting flares

Barnsley Detachment Tankersley Brigade Rescue Party
Mine Fire at the Hamstead Colliery, Great Barr, Birmingham on 4th March, 1908. The Barnsley Detachment Tankersley Brigade Rescue Party

Third bas-relief of a 12th century sarcophagus. Knights fighting off wild men in bearskins beneath the walls of a city and rescuing a princess

Perseus rescuing Andromeda from the sea monster Cetus. On his shoulders is the helmet that made him invisible, his sword Harpe and under his cloak is the severed head of Gorgon Medusa

Lost and Found - Christmas 1880. 1880

Mr and Mrs George Hutchinson and two daughters - a family flying from New York to Edinburgh who had to be rescued off Greenland, September 1932. 1932

Illustration, The Rescue. late 19th century

America - Rescue OF Sevier, Knoxville
Rescue Of John Sevier in Knoxville 1782

The Rescue of Zouaves on board the Prince Jerome, on fire
Off the coast of Gibraltar, the ship the Prince Jerome is on fire, with men still on board as men in longboats try to rescue them, and put out the fire. Date: 1862

Lifeboat crew in action at sea, English coast
Lifeboat crew in action at sea on the English coast. Date: 1922

Decorative Card - Firefighter rescuing a woman

John Everett Millais, The Rescue - a fireman rescues three children and returns them to their mother. 1855

MFB firemen practising rescue techniques, with a man about to jump from an upper window. Date: circa 1890s

Balcony for saving lives and goods in case of fire
A Description of the new invented Balcony for saving the Lives and Goods of Persons whose Houses are on fire. Showing firefighters in action in the street below. Date: circa 18th century

LCC-MFB horse drawn escape cart and ladder
A horse-drawn 50ft wheeled escape ladder. These could be very quickly slipped by the crew and extended up to a window. Their sole purpose was rescue, and these units

Frozen lamb - Two children out in a snowy field rescue a frozen lamb. Artist: Millicent Sowerby Date: circa 1920

Lockheed HC-130H-LM Hercules 65-0985
United States Air Force - Lockheed HC-130H-LM Hercules 65-0985 (msn 382-4140). Built as an Aerospace Rescue aircraft, 0985 was converted to a WC-130H

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