Rifles Collection (page 7)

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

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

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

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

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

Royal West Kents in Great War Deeds, WW1
The Queens Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) gallantly holding a road on the Western Front at a critical time. Reproduction of a painting by A C Michael in Great War Deeds

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 - Comrades in victory
WW1 - A French and British comrade on the battlefield congratulating each other after their victory. Date: 1916

WW1 - India for the King
WW1 - Indian army fight as part of the British empire. An Indian from the Indian calvary and two other soldiers, charge with full force to fight for the King. Date: 1914

WW1 - Advancing to the front, France
WW1 - A Highland battalion in formation, marching over a small canal, passing through a French village on their way to the trenches. Date: circa 1915

WW1 - The repulse of a Zeppelin raid in Poland
WW1 - The army on the ground are seen positioned by a slope running down a railway track. Soldiers on foot and on horses, aim their rifles attack the enemy above

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

WW1 - Subsidiary wars in Africa - Northern Rhodesian rifles
WW1 - Subsidiary wars in Africa - The Northern Rhodesian rifles, a combined force of Northern Rhodesians and Belgians build a bridge over the Lusemfwa River in Zambia. Date: 1915

WW1 - German Prussian Guard driven back to their trenches
WW1 - The Canadian 90th Winnipeg Rifles in action after suffering heavily from the Huns gas tactics. Rushing from their trenches

WW1 - German attack under the cover of the white flag
WW1 - A scene during the fighting at St. Julien on the Western Front. As reported by the 90th Winnipeg Rifles, the Germans dressed in the uniforms of the dead Canadian Scottish troops

The Three Musketeers - Canadian sharpshooters, WW1
" The Three Musketeers" of Princess Patricias Own (Princess Patricias Canadian Light Infantry) firing from a mound with a fine view of the German first line trenches

Queen Victoria Rifles training in Hampstead streets, WW1
Members of the Queen Victoria Rifles practising Swedish drill in the streets of Hampstead, which they were using as a training ground, arousing much public interest in the process! 1914

Pat O Keefe, WW1
British boxer and Middle Weight boxing champion of England, Pat O Keefe (1183-1960) pictured after joining the 1st Surrey Rifles and assisting the training of troops at Camberwell in 1915. Date: 1915

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

Eton College Office Training Corps drilling before lessons
Schoolboy members of the Officers Training Corp at Eton College going through an early morning drill before beginning the days studies in 1915. Date: 1915

Group of boy scouts, Cyclists Rifles Brigade, in a field. Date: circa 1910

Group photo, British soldiers and civilians, WW1
Group photo, British soldiers (including two young women in uniform, with rifles) and civilians, at a camp. Date: circa 1914

Cartoon, Mutiny, WW1
Cartoon, Mutiny -- French children playing war games, some of them representing the German enemy. They are in the Rue St Vincent, Montmartre, Paris, near the Sacre Coeur. Date: 1915

Cartoon, Return to the Front, WW1
Cartoon, Return to the Front, showing a group of French soldiers sharing stories about how they spent their four days of leave. Date: 1915

Bruce Bairnsfather cartoon, So Obvious
Captain Bruce Bairnsfather, WW1 cartoon, So obvious, published in the Bystander, 1916. Date: 1916

WWI Poster, US Food Administration
Design by Harvey Dunn, Victory is a Question of Stamina, Send the Wheat, Meat, Fats, Sugar, the fuel for Fighters. United States Food Administration poster. Date: 1917

Diamond Jubilee - Trinidad Mounted Rifles in Hyde Park
Queen Victorias Diamond Jubilee - Black and white Victorian lantern slide of mounted Trinidad Rifles marching through Hyde Park. In the foreground is a serviceman mounted on a horse

Diamond Jubilee - New South Wales Mounted Rifles
Queen Victorias Jubilee Procession, London - Black and white lantern slide of mounted Rifles marching through large crowds along a London street. Part of Box 260 Jubilee. Date: 1897

Queen Victorias Diamond Jubilee - Cape Mounted Rifles
Queen Victorias Jubilee Procession, London - Black and white Victorian lantern slide of mounted Cape Rifles marching through large crowds along a London street. Part of Box 260 Jubilee. Date: 1897

The Growth of Democracy, by Bairnsfather
The Growth of Democracy Colonel Sir Valtravers Plantagenet gladly accepts a light, during a slight lull in a barrage, from a private in the Benin Rifles

British soldiers during a period of rest - Western Front
Photograph of British soldiers during a period of rest. Men walking past are carrying rifles and towels but no equipment. A variety of headwear is shown, including service caps, cap comforters

Group photo, Mayo, Yukon Territory, Canada
Group photo outside the Hotel Royal Alexandra (proprietor Oscar Letourneau), Mayo, Yukon Territory, Canada, 11 October 1919. According to the inscription, those pictured are about to leave

Training native soldiers in Uganda, WW1
Page from the Sphere magazine showing photographs of the drilling of recruits in Uganda for the Kings African Rifles. The Sphere comments that they make splendid soldiers - keen

Sphere cover -Crew of tank inspecting German anti-tank rifle
The crew of a British tank pictured inspecting a captured anti-tank rifle which, when put to use, was entirely ineffective upon its intended victim

Women WW1 Joan of Arc
A poster appealing to the women of Britain to buy war savings certificates to help Save your Country, as Joan of Arc had saved France in the past. Once again the artist uses the iconic image of St

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

The Communication Trench
British soldiers dash past a gap in the sandbag wall of a communication trench, keeping their heads down so as not to attract the attention of snipers. Date: 1915

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

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

Trench Scene- Easier Said than Done
A shell if falling near a trench, while one soldier has hiccups, and is asking the soldier on the right " Say or doing something to startle me, Arry"

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