Reserve Collection (page 6)

MUSKRAT - swimming in lake (an old river bed) near river Negustyah (Ondatra zibethica L.). a tributary of river Bolshoi Ugan, near Ugut settlement; Uganskii Nature reserve, Siberia, Russia; spring

Tundra / Root Vole - feeds on plants at river Negustyah bank at night (Microtus oeconomus (Pall.)). (tributary of river Bolshoi Ugan) typical across Siberian plains; Uganskii Nature Reserve, Siberia

Northern Birch Mouse - explores willow branch, feeding on buds (Sicista betulina Pallas). river Negustyah bank, a tributary of river Bolshoi Ugan, near Ugut settlement; Uganskii Nature reserve

Northern red-backed VOLE, two young brothers feed on taiga-forest floor near river Negustyah (Clethrionomys rutilus Pallas)

Northern red-backed vole - on taiga-forest floor near river Negustyah (Clethrionomys rutilus Pallas). a tributary of river Bolshoi Ugan, near Ugut settlement; Uganskii Nature reserve, Siberia

Northern birch mouse feeds on bird cherry (Prunus padus L.) buds and flowers (Sicista betulina Pallas). river Negustyah bank, a tributary of river Bolshoi Ugan

R. A. F. Reserve Flying Club Display spectators
A page of sketches by H.H.Harris showing some of the guests and spectators at the inaugural display of the R.A.F. Reserve Flying Club at the Hatfield Aerodrome Date: 22 July 1933

WW1 Recruitment Poster -- Army Reserve
Proclamation regarding Army Reserve (Military Service Act, 1916) Army Form D 471/1, dated 10 February 1916. One of thirteen printed posters produced in Britain between August 1914 - March 1916

Poster - British Military
King Edwards Horse, The Kings Oversea Dominions Regiment, Special Reserve, Colonel in Chief His Majesty the King. Coloured chromolithograph poster after Hassall, 1908 (c)

Tempora Mutantur! Militancy at Buckingham Palace, 1914&1915
The Bystander contrasts the militancy of demonstrating suffragettes outside Buckingham Palace in the summer of 1914, before the outbreak of World War One

Naval reserves called up at the outbreak of World War I
Naval reforms inaugurated by Lord Fisher included the establishment of a Naval Reserve which could be added to the strength of the fleet whenever was necessary

Hand carved oak plaque entitled Unconquerable showing portraits of King Albert and Kaiser Wilhelm II. The Kaiser - So you ve lost all. King Albert - Not my Soul. Carved by Sergeant G

Officers playing cards at the Army & Navy Club, London
Wounded 1854-1918- Officers playing cards at the Army & Navy Club, London. The painting in the background is Saving The Colours by Robert Gibbs. It shows The Guards at Inkerman, 5th November 1854

Lord Graham, 1916
James Graham, 6th Duke of Montrose (1878 1954), Scottish nobleman, politician and engineer, pictured before he succeeded to the Dukedom during the First World War while serving as a commander in

Cambridge boat-race members during World War I
Many members of the Cambridge University boat-race team applied for commission within days of the outbreak of war, some for the Special Reserve and some for the Territorials. 1914

Post Office savings bank girls in Womens Reserve Ambulance
Girls of the Post Office Savings Bank in Blythe Road, West Kensington as part of the Womens Reserve Ambulance, with one of their number, Lieutenant Yates

Somme troops keep in reserve counter attack WWI
During battles of the Somme troops which had taken part in an attack were withdrawn from the front line as soon as possible and kept in reserve for counter attacks

Women as war-time firemen in their bunks
Members of the Womens Volunteer Reserve in bunks at the Holborn Union Workhouse for aged women, due to being in attendance day and night for duty. Date: 1916

British motor boat reserve at sea by G. H. Davis
A vessel of the British Royal Naval motor boat reserve (foreground) in action at sea during the First World War. Date: 1915

British troops in reserve trench, Western Front, WW1
British troops in a reserve trench on the Western Front in the snow during World War One. Date: circa 1916

Welsh Guards in trench near Guillemont, Western Front, WW1
Men of the Welsh Guards in a reserve trench near Guillemont, on the Western Front in France during World War One. Date: circa 1916

British officers dining in trench, Western Front, WW1
British officers dining in a reserve trench on the Western Front before moving up the line during World War One. Date: circa 1916

Gordon Highlanders playing cards, WW1
Gordon Highlanders playing cards in a reserve trench before moving up the line on the Western Front during World War One. Date: circa 1916

Gordon Highlanders in trench, Western Front, WW1
Gordon Highlanders cutting up rations in a reserve trench before moving up to the front line on the Western Front during World War One. Date: circa 1916

Cartoon, Polish view of German reservists, WW1
Cartoon depicting a satirical Polish view of the German reservist army (or Landsturm) with makeshift weapons including pitchforks during the First World War. Date: September 1914

Naval reservist on duty, Sidmouth beacon light, WW1
A fisherman who is a naval reservist on night duty under the Sidmouth beacon light in the early weeks of the First World War

Mealtime in British reserve trench, Western Front, WW1
Mealtime in a British reserve trench on the Western Front during World War One. Date: circa 1916

Soldiers of German Landsturm leave Berlin, WW1
Soldiers of the German Landsturm (reserve army) leave Berlin by train during the early stages of the First World War. On arrival at their barracks they will be issued with weapons

Game Reserves - Transvaal
Three Zebra and a pair of Gnu at a watering hole in a Transvaal Game Reserve, South Africa Date: 1941

A captured gun being transported 1916
A German position gun captured during the battle of the Somme, by the French army passing through French reserve lines, drawn by ten horses ridden by helmeted and cloaked French artillery drivers

The General Strike - civil constabulary reserve 1926
A unit of new recruits to the new civil constabulary reserve, equipped with steel helmets, truncheons and armlets, leaving headquarters at Buckingham Gate in London during the General Strike

The General Strike - demobilisation of volunteers 1926
Colonel St. John Fox, Commandant of the Headquarters Central Division of the Metropolitan Special Constabulary Reserve, addressing the division (including regulars)

Australia - New South Wales - Woy Woy. The Township viewed from the reserve. Date: circa 1920s

French reservists at Verdun await orders - WWI
French reserve forces behind the front line at Verdun await their orders. Date: circa 1916

Avro 621 Tutor K3244 at 23 Elementary
Avro 621 Tutor, K3244, at 23 Elementary and Reserve FTS, Rochester

Hawker Hunter F6s of No92 Squadron (Sqn Ldr R.H.B. Dixon), based at Middleton St George, provide that years reserve aerobatic team of RAF Fighter Command

RAF Volunteer Reserve pilot undertaking instruction on a Link Trainer, Gatwick, circa 1940. By relating the position of the students aircraft to marks on a chart

Womens Volunteer Reserve - Fire-fighting Drill at a London
Uniformed members of the Womens Volunteer Reserve perform a fire-fighting drill watched by seated workhouse inmates. The location is unnamed but may be a workhouse at Edmonton. Date: 1916

NFS (London Region) Communications caravan, WW2
Firewomen control officers inside a communications caravan on location at an NFS training exercise in Northwood. Middlesex

Salon des Armees, reserve aux artistes du front. Au profit des oeuvres de guerre. Jardin des Tuileries. A soldier holding a small wooden statue of winged victory that he has been carving

Wanted 25, 000 student nurses, US Student Nurse Reserve

Farm to win over there - Join the US Boys Woking Reserve Young men 16 to 21 - The army behind the Army. Poster showing a boy plowing, with a battle in the background. Date 1917

Band of 10th Veteran Reserve Corps, Washington, DC, April, 1865. Group portrait of 15 uniformed band members holding instruments, with two drums in foreground. Date 1865 Apr. printed later

Drum corps of 10th Veteran Reserve Corps, Washington, DC, April, 1865. Group portrait of about 30 men, some holding instruments and others reading, writing, and playing cards. Date 1865 Apr

La Reserve de Roubion, Marseilles, France. Date between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900

Band of 9th Veteran Reserve Corps, Washington, DC, April, 1865. Group portrait of 17 uniformed men posed in a semicircle and holding instruments, with two drums in foreground. Date 1865 Apr

Silhouette of a Royal Naval Reserve Lieutenant

British and French sailors interned in Holland, WW1
British and French sailors interned in Holland during the First World War. One of them is being given a close shave. Date: 21 November 1914

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