Rifles Collection (page 5)

Five sailors on a cutout greetings card
Five sailors with rifles on a cutout greetings card. Date: circa 1890s

Russian Soldiers - Harbin, Heilongjiang Province, China
Harbin, China - the largest city of Heilongjiang Province - Russian Troops. In the territory which was formerly Northern Manchuria and which was heavily populated by Russians as well as Chinese

King?s African Rifles training with a light mortar, 1956
Photograph of King?s African Rifles training with a light mortar, 1956. Soldiers of the 4th (Uganda) Battalion undergo instruction in the use of a light mortar

4 / 4th Gurkha Rifles in action, Burma, 1945
Photograph showing 4/4th Gurkha Rifles in action, Burma, 1945. One of 11 photographs collected by CSM G R C Willis, 2nd Bn Royal Berkshire Regiment, Burma, 1945

Join Scotland?s Only Rifle Regiment, 1960 (c).Colour photolithograph recruiting poster, published by Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)

The Artists Rifles in Camp, 1884.Oil on canvas, signed and dated lower left Godfrey Merry 1884, by Godfrey Pitney Merry, (fl 1883-1915)

?The Territorial Army. Ready and waiting. ? poster
The Territorial Army. Ready and waiting.? 1987. Colour photolithograph recruiting poster, published by the Armed Forces Careers Office, CP(A) 516A, June 1987

Laz gang - Turkey
Predictably the Black Sea man, or the " Laz" as he is called with a mixture of affection and sneer, has become a stock figure of the Turkish social typology. This gang is from Rize

Bill Foyle, Essex farmer, surrounded by his collection of souvenirs, including a row of rifles, Native American Indian items, a buffalo head and various trophies. Date: 1964

Advertisement, C G Bonehill, Birmingham
Advertisement, C G Bonehill, Belmont Row, Birmingham, Guns and Rifles. 1890s

Rejected by the Inventions Board - Heath Robinson WW1
Rejected by the Inventions Board - III - A Device for Screw Stoppering the Enemys Rifles. Another elaborate and convoluted method of beating the dastardly Hun devised by William Heath Robinson in The

Naik Darwan Sing Negi in Great War Deeds, WW1
Naik Darwan Sing Negi of the Garhwal Rifles, Indian Army, leading round the traverses at Festubert on the Western Front, winning the Victoria Cross for his bravery

WW1 - Anzacs fighting near the Krithia heights, Gallipoli
WW1 - The Anzac troops gain fresh ground in Gallipoli as they storm the enemys line near the Krithia heights. The soldiers fight among the ridges of the road to Constantipole. Date: 1915

WW1 - Russian Infantry on the march in Poland, 1915
WW1 - Russian infantry battalion on the march in Poland with their kits and weapons during a Polish campaign. They show wearing the universal field-service dress

Neuve Chapelle, 1915 by Matania
Reproduction in The Sphere of a painting of the Battle of Neuve Chapelle by Fortunino Matania which he exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1918

Soldier of the German 14th Regiment, WW1
Soldier of the German 14th Regiment, 2nd Company, with bayoneted rifle. Date: 1914-1918

German soldier standing to attention, WW1
German soldier standing to attention with bayoneted rifle. Date: 1914-1918

Advertisements from The Illustrated London News, 1896
A page of advertisements from The Illustrated London News, 18th January 1896. Products promoted include Halfords curry powder

Young Private, 6th Battalion (City of London Rifles), WW1
Head and shoulders miniature portrait of a young Private, possibly of the 6th Battalion (City of London Rifles), by Alice James, RMS RWA (fl. 1887-1930)

Jemadar Mir Dast, WW1
Jemadar Mir Dast V.C. (1874 - 1945), soldier and Victoria Cross winner in the British Indian Army. During the First World War Dast was a Jemadar in the 55th Cokes Rifles (Frontier Force)

German trench during night action, WW1
Artists impression of a German trench and battlefield during night action, somewhere on the Western Front during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

Natives of Transjordania - nr. Jerusalem, Israel. Date: circa 1920s

The Lion Family, by Thomas Baines
The Lion Family among the Granite Hills between Shasha and Macloutsie Rivers, by Thomas Baines (1820-1875). (1 of 5) Date: 1872

Japanese soldiers in uniform
Japanese soldiers. A colonial trooper (left) and a member of the Elite Infantry (right). circa 1906

Austrian troops in trenches, Eastern Front, WW1
Austrian troops in trenches in the snow, on the Eastern Front during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

German Skutari Detachment inspection, Albania, WW1
The German Skutari Detachment during an inspection of troops, Scutari, Albania, First World War. Date: circa 1914

Serbian troops, Battle of Kolubara, Serbia, WW1
Serbian troops begin to attack the Austro-Hungarian enemy during the Battle of Kolubara, First World War. Date: December 1914

Gurkha troops going over the top, Palestine, WW1
Men of the 3/3rd Gurkha Rifles, 75th Division, going over the top on the Palestine Front during the First World War. Date: December 1917

Burmese soldier with rifle and bayonet, WW1
A Burmese soldier, probably a member of the Burma Rifles, a regiment of the British Indian Army, formed in 1917 during the First World War. Seen here posing for his photo with rifle and bayonet

Arnaut soldier, Ottoman Empire
An Arnaut Soldier, viewed from the rear, with a musket slung over his shoulder. He carries a tobacco pipe with a very long stem in his right hand

Trabzon, Turkey - Men of the Laz Tribe
Laz costumes worn by a group of heavily armed men at Trabzon on the Black Sea coast in north-eastern Turkey. The capital of Trabzon Province

Revolutionary Group - Young Turk Revolution
Young Turk Revolution. Men/chiefs/army from Taurus (Eastern Turkey) pictured the during revolution with their leader Schoud ja-i-Nizam

Cross-Section / Air Rifle
Air-gun - section through the rifle showing the method of loading

Spartacist Troops / 1919
Armed workers on their way to occupy the newspaper district, Berlin. This was part of the failed Spartacist uprising

World War One Training
British soldiers on rifle practice. They are all wearing puttees (cloth wound round the lower part of the legs to support the ankles and to keep dirt out of their boots)

Aka Khel, Pashtun Afghan tribe, NW Frontier
Men of Aka Khel, a Pashtun Afghan tribe on the North West Frontier. Date: circa 1890s

Picnickers, Sancti Spiritu, Argentina, South America
Picnickers at Los Robles (The Oak Trees) Ranch, Sancti Spiritu, Santa Fe province, Argentina, South America. Some of them are from the Chisholm family: James, Peter, Robert and Sandy. Date: 1909

When the War is Over, Maggie (3) WW1
When the War is Over, Maggie -- a British soldier on the Western Front thinks of his love as he takes part in combat alongside his colleagues. (3 of 3) Date: 1914-1918

Letter of confirmation, unfit for military service, WW1
Letter of confirmation declaring Harold Auerbach (1897-1975) unfit for military service, 15 October 1915. He had applied for enlistment in the Artists Rifles. 1915

WW2 - Sunset on Western front - British soldiers on guard. Date: circa 1942

Man posing with rifle, wearing civilian clothes and a Company A, 8th Infantry Regiment badge on his hat. circa 1910

Old Bill and Co
As Old Bill looks ready to fend off a German invasion, an officious old woman asks, " Shouldn t a great, grown, hulking man like you be doing something towards the defence of his country

Road Communications in Afghanistan. Sketch No 1. Map showing details of railways, roads and telegraph lines. Published by General Staff, India, February 1939

Grave of an unknown British soldier near Ginchy
Photograph: Grave of an unknown British soldier near Ginchy. Shows a cross and grave marked with two rifles, on one of which is hung a service cap

Vickers gun in Talbot lorry - (operations near Jamalabad)
Photograph: Vickers gun in Talbot lorry - (operations near Jamalabad). Shows two men in a truck with a gun pointing out of the front

Weapon training while on safari
Photograph of weapon training while on safari. One of 41 photographs taken by Lt Roger Perkins, 4th (Uganda) Bn King?s African Rifles, 1956-1957

Safari by A Company, 4th Bn Kings African Rifles
Photograph of a safari by A Company, 4th Bn Kings African Rifles, from the Sudan border, Northern Karamoja to Morote 210 days away, 1956

Tending a grave near Mametz Wood, August 1916. Lantern slide from a box of 80 lantern slides associated with the Western Front, 1916-1917. Lee Enfield rifles (SMLEs) stacked

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