Rifle Collection (page 18)

Wolverhampton Royal Orphanage
Older boys carry out rifle drill while younger ones look on at the Wolverhampton Royal Orphanage. Date: Date unknown

Money and munitions by G. H. Davis
Money and munitions: an illustrated armament catalogue. Pictures showing the various costs of the weapons used during the Second World War, ranging from a battleship at 8, 000

Hunting giraffe
The Fall of the Giraffe. A giraffe is shot at close range by a hunter who has dismounted from his horse. Date: 1884

British soldier fishing with bayoneted rifle, WW1
A British soldier fishing in a canal with his bayoneted rifle after fighting at Mons, Belgium, in the early days of the First World War. Date: 1914

Comic wartime scene, Western Front, WW1
Comic wartime scene on the Western Front, showing a happy soldier going on leave (left), and an unhappy soldier returning (right). Date: December 1915

Silhouette of man and dog out hunting
Silhouette of a man and his dog out hunting partridge with a rifle. Date: 20th century

German Red Cross soldiers in Berlin, WW1
German Red Cross soldiers marching along a Berlin street in the early stages of the First World War. Date: September 1914

Prince Henry as a private at Eton OTC, WWI
Prince Henry, later Duke of Gloucester (1900 - 1974), third son of King George V and Queen Mary, pictured as a private in the Eton College Officers Training Corps, where he was at camp at Tidworth

Larrabee, actor, in Salary Jane
An actor named Larrabee in a film called Salary(?) Jane. Date: 20th century

Cartoon, German soldier with two women, WW1
Cartoon, Vae Victoribus, showing an invading German soldier on friendly terms with two local women near Vise, Belgium, during the early days of the First World War. Date: September 1914

Drilling recruits in Temple Gardens, London, WW1
Drilling recruits in Temple Gardens, London, at the start of the First World War, while a tennis match goes on in the background

Cartoon, The Change in Ireland, WW1
First World War cartoon, The Change in Ireland. Before the outbreak of war, John Bull was caught uncomfortably between the Ulstermen and the Nationalists

Soldiers drilling 1914
Soldiers drilling in a Hull street, watched by members of the public August 1914

Advertisement for Burberry weatherproof clothes, showing a young woman leaning against a country wall in a jacket and long skirt described as a shooting gown

Scots guards at the Siege of Sidney Street
Scots guards on the Streets of London during the Siege of Sidney Street in 1911. Date: 1911

Book cover design, La Vanghetta del Fante
Book cover design by Duilio Cambellotti, La Vanghetta del Fante by Giuseppe Zucca, showing an Italian light infantryman carrying a spade (the title also means Jack of Spades). Date: circa 1920

British and American soldiers, Western Front, WW1
British and American soldiers getting ready for a musical evening on the Western Front in France during World War One. Date: circa 1916

US Marine Corps private, WW1
A US Marine Corps private in First World War uniform (postcard photo of museum exhibit). Date: 1918

Polish soldier, WW1
A Polish soldier during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

Portrait of a German soldier, WW1
Portrait of a German soldier during the First World War. He is sitting with his backpack and helmet between his feet, and his rifle resting against his arm. Date: April 1918

German soldiers advancing through cornfield, WW1
German soldiers advancing through a cornfield with bayoneted rifles during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

Japanese snipers in an advanced position in southern China during the Sino-Japanese War Date: 1937-1945

Arthur Winnington-Ingram (1858 - 1946)
The Bishop of London, Dr Arthur Winnington-Ingram, Chaplain of the London Rifle Brigade, pictured in uniform, having declared his intention to accompany the battalion in the field. Date: August 1914

Recruitment postcard, England expects, , WW1
Recruitment postcard during the First World War: England expects that every man will do his duty. Be Prepared. Date: circa 1914

French and German contrasts, WW1
Postcard contrasting the French and German attitudes towards the enemy during the First World War -- German barbarity and French generosity. Date: 1914-1918

Patriotic postcard, Czech Army in Russia, WW1
Patriotic postcard showing the Czech Army in Russia during the First World War, gun in hand, protecting their homeland against murderers. Date: 1914-1918

Poster, Czechoslovak Recruiting Office, WW1
Poster issued by the Czechoslovak Recruiting Office during the First World War, giving hopes of a national revival. Date: 1914-1918

Patriotic British postcard, bayonet practice, WW1
First World War patriotic postcard, showing an imaginary German soldier standing behind the dummy used for bayonet practice

Kremlin Guard - 1900s
A soldier of the Kremlin guard, holding a bayonet rifle and wearing full military dress. Date: 1900 s

Cartoon, The Motor Dreadbike, WW1
Cartoon, The Motor Dreadbike, authorised and approved by the Army Council. An imaginary armoured motorcycle for use during the First World War. Date: September 1914

Transport methods used by soldiers, WW1
Methods used by soldiers for transporting their equipment during the First World War. Showing a French cyclist scout aiming his rifle with his cycle on his back

Ivan Ivanovitch, the Russian Tommy Atkins, WW1
Ivan Ivanovitch, the Russian Tommy Atkins at the start of the First World War. A typical Russian soldier smiles and salutes. Date: August 1914

Belgian soldier, WW1
A Belgian soldier during the First World War. Date: circa 1917

Man Attacking Another Man
In this picture a 17th century man holding a rifle or a musket is attacking an older man holding a pistol by grabbing his beard

17th Century Couple Meeting at Night
This picture shows a man and woman meeting and talking by a tree at night. It shows a countryside landscape with a farmhouse in the background

Two soldiers doing bayonet practice, India
Two soldiers in a clearing, doing bayonet practice, India. Date: 1918

Soldier with bayoneted rifle, India
Soldier with a bayoneted rifle, India. Date: 1918

British army in action in India
Men of the British army in action in India. Date: 1918

Soldiers in gas masks, Western Front, WW1
Soldiers in gas masks on the Western Front during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

Boy on sentry duty
A boy in a tin helmet with a rifle on his shoulder, playing at being on sentry duty. Date: circa 1940s

Postcard, Czech soldier and dancer, WW1
Postcard showing a Czech soldier with his rifle, being entertained by a dancer (probably French) during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

Postcard, Czechoslovak Recruiting Office, WW1
Patriotic postcard issued by the Czechoslovak Recruiting Office during the First World War, showing a Czech soldier appealing to his fellow-countrymen living in America to join him

British soldiers on the Somme, France, WW1
Two British soldiers on the Somme, France, during the First World War -- a greeting inside a wartime Christmas card. Date: November 1916

Scottish troops at Contalmaison, France, WW1
Scottish troops at Contalmaison, France, during the First World War. Date: September 1916

Soldier with rifle and bayonet
Soldier of the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers in winter uniform in Tientsin (now Tianjin) in China, standing to attention with rifle and fixed bayonet. Date: C.1911

German soldier in China, probably in the German concession in Tientsin (Tianjin). Date: C.1911

British guard in Peking, China
British guard in Peking (now Beijing), China, with rifle and bayonet Date: 1911

English public schoolboys at Bisley
Boys from Harrow School and University College firing at 500 yards as volunteer marksmen at Bisley. The National Rifle Association was established in 1860 to encourage

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