Recruitment poster, Coldstream GuardsRecruitment poster, Smart Men Wanted for the Coldstream Guards, showing rates of pay, with Windsor Castle in the background Date: 1923
Rifleman of 95th (Rifles) Regiment of Foot at the time of the Crimean War. This regiment became the Rifle Brigade which changed to the 3rd Green Jackets (The Rifle Brigade)
Battle of the Pyrenees, 1813. Watercolour by Richard Simkin. The 95th Rifles (now Rifle Brigade) Pyrenees, 1813. Associated with the Peninsular War (1808-1814). Date: 1813
Ww1 Cartoon / Better Hole" Well, if you knows of a better ole, go to it!"
2nd Battalion, Rifle Brigade survivors" All that is left of them", the survivors of the original 2nd Battalion, Rifle Brigade which went out to France in 1914 with the original BEF (British Expeditionary Force)
Indian Smoothbore. 656 in musket, Pattern 1858Indian Smoothbore.656 in musket, Pattern 1858, lock dated 1856.Converted from a Pattern 1853 Enfield rifle-musket in India 1858 (c), this exceptionally rare item was part of an original issue of 10
Australian troops counter-attack at Amiens, WW1Australian troops hold the line at Villers Bretonneux nine miles east of Amiens during a German attack during the Battle of Amiens in April 1918
Three Coldstream Guards -- Crimean BravesThree Coldstream Guards posing in uniform, with their weapons, in a photograph entitled Crimean Braves. The men are Joseph Numa, John Potter and James Deal
The Guard Who Dropped ItA humorous illustration showing a terrified guardsman who has dropped his rifle. Bateman (1887-1970) was a popular artist and regularly contributed to the Sketch, the Tatler and the Bystander
WW2 poster, The British Commonwealth of Nations Together. 1941
Grand Hotel, Chowringhee Road, Calcutta, IndiaGrand Hotel, Chowringhee Road, Calcutta (Kolkata), India. Date: circa 1905
Coldstream Guards on a Christmas and New Year card, changing sentry duty in the snow. Date: circa 1890s
Territorial Army poster - Inter-war periodFor England and Freedom! Join the Territorial Army. Recruitment poster Number 8. Chromolithograph after Lance Cattermole, published by His Majestys Stationery Office, 1938. Date: 1938
Rifle Brigade in position, Western Front - WWIThe First Battalion of the British Rifle Brigade in position close to the German trenches under shell fire - WWI. Date: circa 1915
Peninsular War, with riflemen of 95th RegAn action during the Peninsular War, with riflemen of 95th (Rifle) Regiment acting as snipers, 1810 (c).Watercolour attributed to Denis Dighton
Austrian Kaiserjaeger soldier, WW1Austrian Kaiserjaeger (Tyrolean regiment) soldier during the First World War. He is wearing an Edelweiss flower in his cap. Date: 1914
The Thirst For Reprisals, by Bruce BairnsfatherAnd me rifle, someone. I ll give these -----s ell for this! Originally an amateur artist, Bairnsfathers cockney humour displayed in his view of the Front
Scottish Types - Deer Stalking, Clan McLean. 19th century
The Battle of the Balloons. A fanciful image depicting four balloons with flags and sails, their passengers in close aerial combat. The opponents appear to be British and French. circa 18th century
Irish soldier in a trench, Mesopotamia, WW1A soldier with the Royal Irish Fusiliers (Faugh-a-Ballagh) in a trench in Mesopotamia (now Iraq), teases a Turkish sniper by raising a pith helmet on his rifle during the First World War
The Zulu Wars. Zulu method of advancing to the attackLarge war party of Zulus with shields and spears held in front of them, including one with a rifle, running into battle
World War One soldiersOn les a souscrivez a la London County and Westminster Bank (Paris) Ltd : poster illustrated by three World War One soldiers, Scots Guard, French and British infantrymen in battle
Recruitment PosterRecruitment poster from the First World War depicting an unclaimed soldiers kit and uniform, waiting to be filled by a volunteer
John Paul JonesAmericans would be indignant to see their gallant naval hero portrayed on the London stage as a PIRATE ! - yet here he is, as acted by Mr Elsgood with bravo galore
Musket & Rifles 1800Muzzle loading musket and rifles A. Brown Bess & bayonet B. Brunswick rifle C. Enfield rifle & bayonet
The Royal East Kent Regiment - CorporalA Corporal of the East Kent Regiment (The Buffs). Painting by Malcolm Greensmith
German Rumpler-Taube plane, WW1A German Rumpler-Taube two-seater plane during the First World War. A crew member can be seen in the gunners seat, holding a rifle. Date: 1917-1918
Fitzwilliam Bewicke-Copley weddingScene at the wedding of Lord Fitzwilliam (Major Hubert Francis Fitzwilliam Brabazon Foljambe) to the Hon Gladys Bewicke-Copley, with an archway of swords provided by the Royal Horse Guards
Types of TerritorialsTypes of the Territorial Army wearing their various uniforms including the Highland Light Infantry (far left), Rifle Brigade and Royal Engineers
Poster : Rifle at Handworkers, Keep your Rifles Within Hands Reach !
Kurdish Gentlemen / IranTwo Kurdish men in traditional costume
Two men shooting in Scotland, possibly on the Balmoral estate. One of them is wearing a kilt
Dampier Shown BoomerangWilliam Dampier is shown a boomerang by an aborigine
Hoffmann / Man ShootingThe Story of the Man that Went out Shooting
Austrian soldiers in uniform, WW1A selection of five Austro-Hungarian artillery soldiers and officers in uniform during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918
B. S. A. Military Pattern Air RiflesB.S.A. Military Pattern Air Rifles, The Birmingham Small Arms Company Limited Date: circa 1910
B. S. A. Air Rifles, Birmingham Small Arms CompanyB.S.A. Air Rifles, The Birmingham Small Arms Company Limited Date: circa 1910
Colt Guns and Rifles - breech-loading arms. circa late 19th century
Boer soldiers firing, Second Boer War, South AfricaBoer soldiers firing at British soldiers during the Second Boer War (1899-1902), South Africa. Date: circa 1900
Short Rifle Diagram 1915Multi-part diagram, showing the complex working systems of a short rifle, taking a Lee- Enfield Mark III magazine. Date: 1915
King's Royal Rifle Corps Date: 1889
Three American soldiers, Camp Dodge, Iowa, WW1Three American soldiers (known as Doughboys) at Camp Dodge, Iowa, USA, during the First World War, with 1917 Enfield rifles
Crocodiles of a Squadron, 141st Regt, R. A. C. (The Buffs)Photograph: Crocodiles of a Squadron, 141st Regt, R. A. C. (The Buffs) Supporting the 1st Rifle Brigade in the Attack on St Joost, 21st January 1945
Short Magazine Lee-Enfield Mk III*. 303 in bolt action rifle, 1917; introduced in 1916 and differing from the Mk III in having the magazine cut-off omitted; two oil bottles in butt trap. Date: 1917
Robin in the trenches, WW1 by Philip DaddSat on the End of my Bayonet like a bloomin Christmas Card, he did. Illustration depicting an incident described by a private soldier, writing home during the winter campaign of 1914-15
Fruits of Idleness - a young man has passed out from drinking too much alcohol. circa 1830s
Italian soldier in white camouflage, WWICamouflage or protective colouring - an Italian soldier during the First World War in white dress rendering him difficult to spot in snowy conditions. 1918
Miss Pamela Maude (Mrs William La Touche Congreve)Miss Pamela Maude, the daughter of actor Cyril Maude, pictured at the time of her marriage to Captain William La Touche Congreve of the Rifle Brigade
