Rifle Collection (page 2)

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 Dadd
Sat 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, WWI
Camouflage 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

British soldier bears to the firing line WWI
Double page showing a British private soldier, commonly know as a Tommy, showing a diagram of tools and equipment that he would have carried when marching to the trenches in World War One. 1915

Turkish poster celebrating defence of Gallipoli, WW1
Turkish poster celebrating the defence of Gallipoli against the Allies during the First World War. Date: 1915

Canadian World War One Patriotic Postcard. " Here Comes Canada!" Date: circa 1916

Crusoe & Footprint
Crusoe finds the footprint of Friday and realises that he is not the only inhabitant of the island

King's Royal Rifle Corps Date: 1889

MacNaughton tartan. circa 1846

Lord Roberts inspects Rugby School OTC
Lord Roberts, former Commander-in-Chief of the British Army and recipient of the Victoria Cross during the Indian Mutiny, visits Rugby School in February 1906 where he inspects the schools Rifle Club

Boys Brigade Member posing with rifle
Boys Brigade Member in distinctive uniform and cap - posing with rifle and wearing a silver cross medal. Robert Hellis (1835-1895)

Pilot (on first job) This war-flying seems easy, but WW1
Pilot (on first job). This war-flying seems easy, but I wish people would not test their guns quite so close. By Lieutenant George Arthur Hyde, MC

Newfoundland, Canada - Hunting Caribou. Date: 1902

WW1 recruitment poster with silhouette
World War One recruitment poster with silhouette -- Loyal Talk Won t Beat Kaiser, Krupp, Kultur, Trained Men Will! Enlist Now! Showing a determined soldier with a bayoneted rifle. 1914-1918

Sarwani Soldier
A Sarwani (or Sherwani) tribesman. The Sarwani are a Batani Pashtun tribe settled in Afghanistan, Pakistan and India. Date: circa 1910

Tommy Guardsman in full war-paint 1914
A Guardsman ready to take his place in the firing - line. The field service kit of the British infantryman in detail, with diagram. Date: 1914

Young soldiers or cadets on manoeuvres
A group of young soldiers or cadets -- the one in the foreground holds a rifle and has a camouflaged face. Perhaps they are taking part in a training exercise or are on manoeuvres

National Service - cadet with a rifle
A young cadet on National Service with a rifle and a camouflaged face, perhaps taking part in a training exercise or on manoeuvres

Greece, Crete - Traditional Costume
Gentleman wearing traditional Cretan costume holding a rifle

Will They Never Come? World War One poster
World War One recruitment poster using a photograph from the Weekly Dispatch showing a bloodied and bandaged British soldier who having just dispatched the enemy with his rifle simultaneously

Lance Corporal - Grenadier Guards
A Lance Corporal of the Grenadier Guards

Actions of the Somme Crossings 1918
Actions of the Somme Crossings, Nesle Sector. Men of the 20th British Division and of the 22nd French Division in hastily dug rifle pits covering a road at the Battle of the Somme on the Western

Infantrymen of the U. S. Mars Task Force - 1944
Infantrymen of the U.S. Mars Task Force unit attack Japanese troops in the Burma Road Sector, 80 miles north of Lashio

British and Indian soldiers - WWI allies (2 / 3)
Comrades at Arms British and Indian troops fighting together during WWI

Warrior of the native American Indian Tribe, the Lipan, c. 18
Illustration showing a Lipan native American Indian brave on horseback, with head band and buckskin suit, carrying a rifle

British Infantry 1810
British Infantry during the Peninsular War

Examing German Prisoner
Two British soldiers examine a German prisoner in a captured German trench hoping to gain information on further attacks

Four riflemen in action. 1868

1st Battalion Rifle Brigade
" Pleased to meet you!" Photograph showing some men of the 1st Battalion Rifle Brigade " standing-to" in their trench in anticipation of an attack by Germans January 1915

Army patrol in Malaya, 1957
Photograph of an Army patrol in Malaya, 1957.From an album of photographs covering military and social aspects of army life in Malaya, 1957. Date: 1957

The German as a grenadier 1918
Two distinct kinds of grenades were used by the Germans in World War One, these were namely, those which rely on explosive effect alone, and those which supplement by bursting into fragments

Tiger attempting to reach big game hunter
A Tiger attempts to get at a big game hunter, sat rather precariously on a tree branch

Gallipoli trench WWI
Royal Navy Division Sector Lieutenant C.H. Parkes RNVR with Periscope rifle (sniperscope) at Gallipoli during World War I

Private - 83rd Regiment of Foot. The regiment became the Royal Irish Rifles in 1881

The pilot (on his first balloon strafe), WW1
The pilot (on his first balloon strafe). This, I think, is a case for a dud engine. By Lieutenant George Arthur Hyde, MC, Kings Royal Rifle Corps and 54 Squadron Royal Flying Corps

Pilot (on his first job) Chaps: I think I ve got a sitter
Pilot (on his first job). Chaps: I think I ve got a sitter here. By Lieutenant George Arthur Hyde, MC, Kings Royal Rifle Corps and 54 Squadron Royal Flying Corps

Pilot (experiencing Archie for the first time), WW1
Pilot (experiencing Archie for the first time) !!. !!!.. !!!! By Lieutenant George Arthur Hyde, MC, Kings Royal Rifle Corps and 54 Squadron Royal Flying Corps

Cretan Military Leader
A Greek Cretan patriot

Look-out in 1917
A soldier in a look-out post in a trench using a camouflaged periscope to keep watch on the British Front in France during World War I in 1917

Congo River
An encampment on the river bank : a European, rifle under his arm, is chatting with natives

Russian Soldiers Oath
A Soviet soldier makes the Soldiers Oath, kissing his rifle

Racial / Canada / Courrier
A French Canadian hunter or courrier du bois with a rifle and a hatchet Date: 1891

WW II - Japanese navy officer surrenders on Okinawa
Vintage photograph World War II - Japanese navy officer surrenders to American soldiers on Okinawa

American soldiers shake hands w. Russians River Elbe, 1945 W
American soldiers of the First Army shake hands with Russian counterparts as the two sides meet at Torgau on the River Elbe, 1945 World War II

Uniform of Officer and Sergeant of the Seaforth Highlanders (Rosshire Buffs, Duke of Albany s) - formed in 1778 by Earl of Seaforth. Date: 1942

British soldier in uniform, 1915, WW1
A British private soldier, commonly known as a Tommy with annotations showing the tools and equipment that made up his kit when marching to the trenches during the First World War

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