Rifle Collection (page 16)

Sphere cover - British plane caught by German gun fire
A British aeroplane, caught making a daring raid over enemy lines and flying very low to drop bombs on German entrenched troops, is fired on by a machine gun as well as several rifles

Policeman with rifle
A man, presumably wearing police uniform, but with a leather harness with pouches or bags attached, and a very large rifle. Date: c. 1885

Sphere cover - His Xmas letter from the trenches, Matania
Front cover of The Sphere featuring an illustration by Fortunino Matania of a British soldier writing a letter home to his family at Christmas

Watch me make a fire-bucket of is elmet
Two British soldiers have a couple minutes to practise shooting

Soldiers in action on Western Front, WW1
Soldiers in action on the Western Front, firing their guns. Date: 1918

Robert Shaw Monument, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Robert Gould Shaw (1837-1863) Monument, Beacon Street, Boston, Massachusetts, USA. Depicting Shaw as commander of the all-black 54th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment

My Magazine cover - British WW1 soldier
Front cover of the childrens title, My Magazine featuring a British infantry soldier marching in profile. 1918

Suffragette Vive Les Suffragettes!. Young woman in Khaki uniform holds a rifle, with the caption, Vive les suffragettes! Take me with you Tommy Date: circa 1915

Indian and French soldiers near the front during WWI
A French officer explains the French carbine to Indian officers, near the front in France. Date: 1916

Indian soldiers on the road to Jerusalem during World War I
Photographs of Indian soldiers under General Allenbys command on the road to Jerusalem during World War I. Clockwise from top-left

Sentry dog, WW1
A sentry dog, which went out with the British Expeditionary Force in 1914. It was killed on the Aisne. Date: 1914-18

WW1 messenger dogs - training them under rifle fire
Messenger dogs of the British Army undergoing training under rifle fire, to mimic conditions under which they would have to carry messages on the Western Front. Date: 1914-18

Blitz in London -- night at an AFS station, WW2
Blitz in London -- a night-time scene in an AFS station, 19 September 1940, with an armed guard keeping watch over appliances kept ready to answer any emergency. Date: 1940

Tatler cover - Soldier at Gallipoli with grave
A moving front cover of The Tatler magazine featuring the silhouette of a soldier at Gallipoli visiting the grave of a fallen comrade who had gone west. Date: 1915

A Night Patrol just leaving their trench. On reverse of postcard - A sketch of a patrol just leaving our trench to visit the enemy lines at night. The Officer is leading

A group of soldiers of the Kings Royal Rifle Corps. Photograph

Church Lads Brigade presentation cup. The Church Lads Brigade boys wore military uniform at this time and were affiliated to the Kings Royal Rifle Corps

The Push The Rifle Grenade Stunt - German Field Postcard
The Push. The Rifle Grenade Stunt. Drawn on a German Field Postcard (Feldpostkarte). 386202 Acting Sergeant Herbert Gibson, Mm, 1St Northumbrian Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps

Mauser rifle butt, with badge of the Seaforth Highlanders
Mauser rifle butt, carved with the regimental badge of the Seaforth Highlanders. Standing on three bullet cartridge feet, together with a copper ashtray with a brass engraved emblem of the 9th

The Thirst for Reprisals
THE THIRST FOR REPRISALS. And me a rifle someone. I ll give these.s ell for this !. Captain Bruce Bairnsfather, 1St Btn. Royal Warwickshire Regiment (1888-1959)

Ashtray made from a German 45mm pom-pom shell
Most unusual ashtray made from a German 45 mm. pom-pom shell surmounted with three rifle rounds, engraved with the emblem of the town of Ypres. Trench Art

Rifle round ornament Souvenir from Vimy Ridge
Ornament made from rifle rounds engraved Souvenir from Vimy Ridge, France, embellished with an Edward VII copper halfpenny. Trench Art

Statue of a 1st World War Tommy wearing greatcoat, gor blimey cap, rifle slung over right shoulder. English School

Plate inscribed Gott strafe this barbed wire, WW1
Plate inscribed Gott strafe this barbed wire with a cartoon by Bruce Bairnsfather, 1st Battalion Royal Warwickshire Regiment (1888-1959). Bairnsfather Ware

Kings Royal Rifle Corps badge on matchbox holder, WW1
Kings Royal Rifle Corps badge on a brass matchbox holder. Trench Art

Wind up at 2 AD, WW1
Wind up at 2 AD. By Lieutenant George Arthur Hyde, MC, Kings Royal Rifle Corps and 54 Squadron Royal Flying Corps

Aerial combat, WW1
Aerial combat (four planes in picture). By Lieutenant George Arthur Hyde, MC, Kings Royal Rifle Corps and 54 Squadron Royal Flying Corps

The early show, WW1
The early show. By Lieutenant George Arthur Hyde, MC, Kings Royal Rifle Corps and 54 Squadron Royal Flying Corps

Pilot (on his first escort), WW1
Pilot (on his first escort). I wish these FE s, or whatever they are, would not go so far East. By Lieutenant George Arthur Hyde, MC, Kings Royal Rifle Corps and 54 Squadron Royal Flying Corps

That evening star-shell - Bairnsfather
Cartoon, That evening star-shell. Oh, star of eve, whose tender beam falls on my spirits troubled dream. From Fragments from France - No. 5, published by The Bystander in 1916

Cartoon, No possible doubt whatever, WW1
Cartoon, No possible doubt whatever. Sentry Alt ! Who goes there? He of the bundle You shut yer mouth, or I ll come and knock yer ead off. Sentry Pass friend! From Fragments from France - No

Statuette of a 1914 Tommy
Bronze statuette of a 1914 Tommy, English School. Date: 1914

In a moment of victory, WW1
In a moment of victory, by F.H.K

Infantryman, WW1 Rifle Brigade Memorial
Infantryman, part of the First World War Rifle Brigade Memorial at Grosvenor Gardens, London, SW1. By John Tweed (1869-1933)

Le Tommy Anglais and Types Canadiens, WW1
Le Tommy Anglais and Types Canadiens, by Jean-Jacques Berne-Bellecour (1874-1939), drawn for Dans Les Lignes Anglaises, published 1917. Date: 1917

Bronze Statuette - Sgt Grenadier Guards in Marching Order
Bronze Statuette - Sergeant, Grenadier Guards, in Marching Order, by George Edward Wade (1853-1933). Wade sculpted a Peace Memorial with Bronze Figure of Christ at Quarry Bank, Staffordshire

Bronze Statuette - Sgt Grenadier Guards in Battle Order
Bronze Statuette - Sergeant, Grenadier Guards, in Battle Order, by George Edward Wade (1853-1933). Wade sculpted a Peace Memorial with Bronze Figure of Christ at Quarry Bank, Staffordshire

Bronze Maquette for the Kings Royal Rifle Corps Memorial
Bronze Maquette for the Kings Royal Rifle Corps. Memorial at Winchester

German ashtray, WW1
German ashtray with a German soldier lying on his front aiming his rifle. Trench Art. Date: circa 1914

Two Austrian infantrymen, WW1
Statuettes of Austrian infantrymen. Date: circa 1914

The Hand of Friendship - British Tommy & Tirailleur Algerien
The Hand of Friendship - British Tommy and Tirailleur Algerien, c.1914. By Richard Caton Woodville, RI (1856-1927). Date: circa 1914

Cartoon, A Busmans Holiday, WW1
WW1 cartoon, A Busmans Holiday, by Lawson Wood (1878-1957). He served In France for nearly three years as an officer in the Kite Balloon Wing of the Royal Flying Corps, and at GHQ. Date: 1914-1918

Royal Flying Corps airmen attack a German monoplane, 1914
British army airmen of the Royal Flying Corps attacking a German monoplane in 1914. The pilot is seated behind the observer in the British biplane; the observer repels attack and fires on the enemy

Louis Mansfield, Port Pirie, South Australia
Louis Mansfield, boy scout of Port Pirie, South Australia, with rifle

A Foster, 1st West Australian Scout Troop
A Foster, member of 1st West Australian Scout Troop, with rifle

Cartoon, Fritz to Wilhelm, WW1
Cartoon, Fritz to Wilhelm during the First World War -- I didn t want to do it, but you made me. Date: 1914

Cartoon, German soldier with mask of Culture, WW1
Cartoon, German soldier with a mask of Culture (Kultur) during the First World War. Date: 1914

Masbadges - 3. The Kayahah
Masbadges! Regimental mascots and badges in one! In this case the hare of the Kings Royal Rifle Corps. Date: 1918

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