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Background imageSentry Collection: Guard outside the entrance to Windsor Castle, Berkshire

Guard outside the entrance to Windsor Castle, Berkshire. Date: circa 1980s

Background imageSentry Collection: Wolves attack Russian soldiers during war with Japan

Wolves attack Russian soldiers during war with Japan
During the war with Japan, Russian sentries have another enemy to fight -- wolves ! Date: 1904

Background imageSentry Collection: The Letters of Eve, from the Tatler 1916

The Letters of Eve, from the Tatler 1916
The Letters of Eve in the Tatler, being the correspondence of the Hon. Evelyn Fitzhenry with her friend, the Lady Betty Berkshire. First World War period. 1916

Background imageSentry Collection: Fortress at Arusha, Tanzania, East Africa

Fortress at Arusha, Tanzania, East Africa
Fortress at Arusha, German East Africa (now Tanzania). Date: circa 1910

Background imageSentry Collection: British soldier standing sentry in a trench, WW1

British soldier standing sentry in a trench, WW1
A British soldier standing sentry in a trench on the Western Front during World War One. Date: circa 1916

Background imageSentry Collection: His Christmas Goose by Bruce Bairnsfather

His Christmas Goose by Bruce Bairnsfather
Illustration by Captain Bruce Bairnsfather showing a soldier on sentry duty looking hungrily at a goose, with the caption, You wait till I comes off dooty

Background imageSentry Collection: Palace of Prince George - Chania, Crete

Palace of Prince George - Chania, Crete. Although much of modern Greece had been independent since the 1820s, Crete remained in Ottoman hands

Background imageSentry Collection: Argostoli Prison, Kefalonia, Ionian Islands, Greece

Argostoli Prison, Kefalonia, Ionian Islands, Greece
Argostoli Prison on the island of Kefalonia, Ionian Islands, Greece. Date: circa 1910s

Background imageSentry Collection: German Christmas card with soldiers

German Christmas card with soldiers
A German Christmas postcard, depictng a jolly group of German soldiers sitting in a festive barracks building, opening letters and parcels from their loved ones around a table

Background imageSentry Collection: Guard / Buckingham Palace

Guard / Buckingham Palace
The entrance gateway to Buckingham Palace, London, showing one of the guardsmen on duty by the gates. These sentries are now stationed inside the courtyard

Background imageSentry Collection: A British sentry in Flanders, WW1

A British sentry in Flanders, WW1. 1914-1918

Background imageSentry Collection: Before Sebastopol Nov 1854 - The Sentry

Before Sebastopol Nov 1854 - The Sentry
Before Sebastopol Nov 1854. The Sentry. Pen and ink and watercolour by Lt (later Col) Henry John Wilkinson (1829-1911), 1st Battalion, 9th (The East Norfolk) Regiment of Foot, 1854

Background imageSentry Collection: Two soldiers on a stirrup-shaped New Year card

Two soldiers on a stirrup-shaped New Year card
Two soldiers, one of them on sentry duty, on a stirrup-shaped New Year card. Date: circa 1890s

Background imageSentry Collection: Greetings card in the shape of a sentry box with guard

Greetings card in the shape of a sentry box with guard
Greetings card in the shape of a sentry box with a guard standing in front. Date: circa 1890s

Background imageSentry Collection: Guardsman in a sentry box on a greetings card

Guardsman in a sentry box on a greetings card. Date: circa 1890s

Background imageSentry Collection: Princes house and sentry boxes, Tokyo, Japan, circa 1880s

Princes house and sentry boxes, Tokyo, Japan, circa 1880s. Date: circa 1880s

Background imageSentry Collection: Horseguards Parade, London - Cadiz Memorial

Horseguards Parade, London - Cadiz Memorial - a French mortar in the style of a Chinese dragon captured at the battle of Salamanca - presented by Spain to mark the lifting of the siege of Cadiz in

Background imageSentry Collection: Happy Families - Mr Thomas Atkins

Happy Families - Mr Thomas Atkins. circa 1940s

Background imageSentry Collection: Princess Charming by Arthur Wimperis and Lauri Wylie

Princess Charming by Arthur Wimperis and Lauri Wylie
Promotional postcard for Princess Charming adapted by Arthur Wimperis and Lauri Wylie from the Hungarian of Ferencz Martos; music Albert Szimal

Background imageSentry Collection: National Railway strike of 1911

National Railway strike of 1911
Double page spread of scenes in London of siege conditions, the great strike threatening to bring the whole railway service of Britain to a standstill

Background imageSentry Collection: Toy soldiers and cute girl on an audible greetings card

Toy soldiers and cute girl on an audible greetings card
Two toy soldiers and a cute girl on an audible greetings card -- Tweet, Tweet! Date: circa 1920s

Background imageSentry Collection: The Red Cross for the Russo-Japanese War

The Red Cross for the Russo-Japanese War
An ambulance dog supplied by Major Edwin Richardson, the renowned dog trainer to the Russian army during the Russo-Japanese war in 1904

Background imageSentry Collection: Major Richardsons sentry dogs advertisement

Major Richardsons sentry dogs advertisement
Advertisement for sentry and police dogs trained and supplied by Major Edwin Richardson, the renowned dog trainer, who in 1917

Background imageSentry Collection: Sphere cover - French War Dog on Guard

Sphere cover - French War Dog on Guard
Front cover of The Sphere magazine showing a French war dog in a trench keeping watch for enemy snipers or patrols wandering too close to the French lines. Date: 1916

Background imageSentry Collection: Early WW1 trenches in the Aisne district, October 1914

Early WW1 trenches in the Aisne district, October 1914
Interior view of a trench constructed by the British in the Aisne district, an early example of the trench system which would come to dominate warfare on the Western Front during the First World War

Background imageSentry Collection: A French Sentry and his War Dog on Duty

A French Sentry and his War Dog on Duty
An outpost on duty in France with a French war dog, which acted as an extra pair of ears while on sentry duty. Date: 1915

Background imageSentry Collection: An Airedale sentry dog supplied to Navy by Major Richardson

An Airedale sentry dog supplied to Navy by Major Richardson
A dog trained and supplied by Major Edwin Richardson for duty with the Navy at the Rock of Gibraltar and at points all around the coast

Background imageSentry Collection: A sentry dog with the Norfolk regiment

A sentry dog with the Norfolk regiment
An Airedale terrier posing with two men of the Norfolk Regiment who used him as a sentry dog. The dog was killed on the Aisne in 1914. Date: 1914

Background imageSentry Collection: His Initiation, by Bairnsfather

His Initiation, by Bairnsfather
His Initiation No 99988 Private Blobs (on sentry-go) feels that he has at last stumbled across the true explanation of that somewhat cryptic expression

Background imageSentry Collection: British and Italian sentries in Italy by Matania, WW1

British and Italian sentries in Italy by Matania, WW1
The Dual Guard - Camerati in Armi. A town in Northern Italy where both British and Italian troops were quartered and the guarding of which was shared by both

Background imageSentry Collection: Ringing the gas alarm on the Western Front by Philip Dadd

Ringing the gas alarm on the Western Front by Philip Dadd
A British gas sentry rings a medieval church bell bearing figures of saints and armorial insignia (formerly hung in the shattered belfry shown in the background)

Background imageSentry Collection: Indian soldier stands guard during World War I

Indian soldier stands guard during World War I
Indian soldier stands guard outside a wire-enclosed British camp for Turkish prisoners in Mesopotamia during the First World War. Date: 1916

Background imageSentry Collection: Indian soldiers on the road to Jerusalem during World War I

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

Background imageSentry Collection: Training dogs at the British War Dog School, WW1

Training dogs at the British War Dog School, WW1
Part of the training ground at the War Dog School, which trained dogs in readiness for serving at the front during First World War in various roles such as sentries and messengers

Background imageSentry Collection: Sentry dog, WW1

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

Background imageSentry Collection: Colour poster - British Military

Colour poster - British Military
Making his Mouth Water, 1899. Colour photolithograph reproducing a poster advertising Wright & Greig Ltd, Distillers, Glasgow, Roderick Dhu Whisky, made by Tom Browne and Co

Background imageSentry Collection: A Distinguished Visitor by Will Owen

A Distinguished Visitor by Will Owen
Sentry: Who goes there? His Reverence: Army chaplain Sentry: Pass, Charlie Chaplin A case of mistaken identity in an army camp

Background imageSentry Collection: A study of German prisoners being guarded by French sentry

A study of German prisoners being guarded by French sentry
A study of German prisoners being guarded by a French sentry. Jean-Jacques Berne-Bellecour (1874-1939)

Background imageSentry Collection: Tea Caddy in the form of a sentry box

Tea Caddy in the form of a sentry box. Each of the four sides have an image of one of the Allied soldiers - England, Russia, France, Belgium plus flags on the lid. Commemorative Ware

Background imageSentry Collection: A Black Watch soldier on sentry duty - Salonika 1917

A Black Watch soldier on sentry duty - Salonika 1917. Robert Houston, Rsw (1891-1942)

Background imageSentry Collection: A French sentry

A French sentry. 386202 Acting Sergeant Herbert Gibson, Mm, 1St Northumbrian Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps. Born September 1889

Background imageSentry Collection: No Possible Doubt Whatever

No Possible Doubt Whatever
NO POSSIBLE DOUBT WHATEVER. Sentry : Alt ! Who goes there He of the bundle : You shut yer.mouth, or I ll.come and knock yer.head off ! Sentry : Pass, friend !. Captain Bruce Bairnsfather, 1St Btn

Background imageSentry Collection: Cartoon, No possible doubt whatever, WW1

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

Background imageSentry Collection: Cartoon, A Hot Idea - Officer and Sentry, WW1

Cartoon, A Hot Idea - Officer and Sentry, WW1
Cartoon, A Hot Idea - Officer: (going his rounds) And what would you do in case of fire? Sentry: Ave a bloomin good warm sir!. By Charles Crombie

Background imageSentry Collection: Generals French and Joffre at the Front, 1914

Generals French and Joffre at the Front, 1914
General French and General Joffre directing operations at the Western Front in October 1914 : " you never know where they are... very often only a single sentry betrays their temporary shelter

Background imageSentry Collection: Tatler Christmas front cover, 1918

Tatler Christmas front cover, 1918
Front cover of The Tatler magazines Christmas number, 1918, featuring two graceful ballerina dancers flanking a sentry on guard (who looks quite surprised to see them there). Date: 1918

Background imageSentry Collection: A Clever Ruse by Heath Robinson

A Clever Ruse by Heath Robinson
Two cunning German officers bamboozle a British sentry by disguising themselves as humble farming folk, while their cannon is a very convincing bull. Date: 1915

Background imageSentry Collection: No Possible Doubt Whatsoever by B Bairnsfather

No Possible Doubt Whatsoever by B Bairnsfather
A cartoon by Bruce Bairnsfather, showing a sentry and an encumbered soldier meeting in the night. Clearly, the soldier with the huge pack is not in the mood for it right now, thank you very much



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