Rifle Collection (page 14)

Russian soldiers in action at the front, Russia, WW1
Russian soldiers in action at the front during the First World War. Date: circa 1917

Moujik (peasant) soldier during Revolution, Russia
A typical Moujik (peasant) soldier during the Revolutionary period, Russia. Date: circa 1917

Armed soldiers riding in a truck, Russian Revolution
Armed soldiers riding in a truck during the Russian Revolution. Date: 1917

Armed soldiers riding in a truck, Petrograd, Russia
Armed soldiers riding in a truck, Petrograd (St Petersburg), Russia, during the Revolution. Date: 1917

Duma messengers protected by guards, Petrograd, Russia
Duma messengers protected by armed guards, Petrograd (St Petersburg), during the Russian Revolution. The cars were used to travel at great speed around the city. Date: 1917

Big-Room, Enfield Rifle Factory. 1861

AVF Guard, Worcester Park, SW London (Surrey)
Army Volunteer Force Guard on parade with rifles, Worcester Park, SW London (Surrey). Date: circa 1907

French Zouave soldier. Date: 1852

Three guardsmen in an envelope on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

Little dog with toy gun on a New Year card
Little dog with a toy gun on a New Year card. circa 1890s

Huntsman and dog in winter scene on a Christmas card
Huntsman and dog in a winter scene on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

Woman and man in winter scene on a Christmas card
Woman and man in a rural winter scene on a Christmas card, with a sentimental verse. Date: circa 1890s

Toddler with nursery rhyme scene on a Christmas card -- Bye baby bunting, Fathers gone a-hunting, To get a little rabbit skin, To wrap the baby bunting in

Patients race, Quex House garden
Four patients are seen taking part in a race in the garden of Quex House, two nurses and a lady civilian are in the background watching

Hospital Sports, Quex House garden
Patients in shirtsleeves are playing the game of trying to eating an apple hanging from a string tied to a horizontal line

Toy soldiers and cute girl on an audible greetings card
Two toy soldiers and a cute girl on an audible greetings card -- Tweet, Tweet! Date: circa 1920s

Cartoon, Round figures, WW1
Cartoon, Round figures. A French gendarme officiously challenges a civilian man about his age. The document says 47, but he is sure the man looks nearer 50. Date: 1916

Cartoon, Zimmerwald pacifism, WW1
Cartoon, Zimmerwald pacifism. A man representing the Zimmerwald peace movement offers an olive branch to some French soldiers

Cartoon, First feelings, WW1
Cartoon, First feelings. A French soldier says that the first time he saw a German soldier he couldn t fire at him because he seemed too old to be shot. Date: 1916

Cartoon, Anxiety, WW1
Cartoon, Anxiety. A lady in a yellow dress and bonnet pulls the petals off a flower, wondering whether her soldier loves her or not. Date: 1916

Cartoon, A question of speed, WW1
Cartoon, A question of speed. A group of French soldiers relaxing by the roadside call out rude comments to a driver passing in a covered lorry. Date: 1916

Cartoon, The electric underpants, WW1
Cartoon, The electric underpants, showing a new invention by a German scientist. Not only do the underpants keep the soldier warm in the trenches

Cartoon, Translation, WW1
Cartoon, Translation. French and German soldiers discuss their respective systems. The system of getting by which the French call System D, is known by the Germans as System K! Date: 1916

Cartoon, The gourmands, WW1
Cartoon, The gourmands. Soldiers with a bowl of apples, a rabbit and a carrot promise a cook that when they return from patrol they will bring him some prisoners. Date: 1916

Cartoon, Soldier returning from leave, WW1
Cartoon, a French soldier returning from leave tells his colleague what it was like. At every point someone pointed to the Keep Quiet notice, although what he had said was entirely innocent

Cartoon, A sophisticated man, WW1
Cartoon, A sophisticated man. A French soldier about to depart on leave asks an African colleague to let him have some of his lice, so that he can show them to his friends and family in Belleville

Cartoon, Between two attacks, WW1
Cartoon, Between two attacks. French soldiers in a trench relax, eat, drink and play cards in a quiet moment on the Western Front. Date: 1916

Cartoon, French soldiers in quarters, WW1
Cartoon, French soldiers in quarters, standing in the street with their musical instruments (three drums and one violin). Three children watching them think that its better to play the drum

Cartoon, The soldier back from leave, WW1
Cartoon, The soldier back from leave. His colleague asks him if he told his wife all about their battles. He replies that he didn t have chance, she was talking all the time! Date: 1915

Comic scene in Hong Kong, China, showing a British officer in khaki uniform being carried down steep steps by two natives. Date: circa 1908

Cartoon, Siege de la Colonne de Pompee [Pompeys Pillar, a Roman triumphal column], Science in the Pillory, by James Gillray

Metropolitan Police Orphanage, Twickenham - Boys at Drill
Metropolitan Police Orphanage, Twickenham. The boys are lined up in the playground for rifle drill. Date: circa 1910

Shustoke Industrial School Rifle Team
The 1912 Miniature Rifle Shooting team from the Shustoke Industrial School for boys at Coleshill near Birmingham. Date: 1912

Kingswood Reformatory, Bristol - Band
Boys on rifle drill parade at the Kingswood Reformatory, near Bristol. The Schools Band stands alongside. Date: circa 1901

Tibetan horsemen, Tibet region, south west China
Tibetan horsemen in the Tibet region, south west China. According to the original caption, they are displaying their skills of horsemanship

Yi woman of China
A Yi militiawoman, belonging to one of Chinas many ethnic minorities. The Yi (or Lolo) live mostly in mountain areas. Date: 1953

Naval rifle range, Weihaiwei island, China
Naval rifle range, Weihaiwei (Weihai) island, China, when it was a British colony. Date: circa 1910

Michael O Leary, Irish Guards, in Great War Deeds, WW1
Lance-Corporal Michael O Leary of the Irish Guards, practically capturing the enemys position by himself and saving a British company by charging barricades

March past of soldiers on the Western Front, WW1
Officers standing on a platform, watching a march past of soldiers on the Western Front, WW1. Date: 1914-1918

Three men at a shooting range, with rifles, and telescopes on tripods. Date: circa 1930s

Two soldiers at a camp in winter. Date: circa 1940s

WW1 - French success at Steinbach, 3rd January 1915
WW1 - An illustration representing the French reclaiming Alsace from German occupation. The illustration recreates the scene by using the well-known fairytale Sleeping Beauty, to represent the event

WW1 - The Campaign in The Dardanelles, 1915
WW1 - Soldiers in action using heavy artilllery and firearms. Shelling one of the forts on the Gallipoli Peninsula. The troops make slow but steady progress towards Constantinpole. Date: 1915

WW1 - Night attack by the Turks on the Anzacs at Gallipoli
WW1 - The Battle of Chunuk Bair - Fought between the Ottoman defenders and troops of the British Empire. At the cliff faces at Gaba Tepe, the Turks attack the Australian lines at night

Indian farmer with rifle, woman with baby, monk in saffron robes.. Handcolored lithograph from Friedrich Wilhelm Goedsches Complete Gallery of Peoples in True Pictures, Meissen, circa 1835-1840

Lady with Rifle (Poss. Winchester), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. Date: 1900s

Man with Rifle (Poss. Winchester), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. Date: 1900s

Using socks to keep rifles in working order, WW1
A winters fighting expedient. A sock with the toe cut off and soaked in oil, used to cover the muzzle and keep a British soldiers rifle in good working order

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