Sicily Gallery

Sicily - Messina Cathedral

Black and white Victorian lantern slide of 12th Century Norman Cathedral of Messina. King Conrad is buried inside, alongside several archbishops. The original structure has been rebuilt twice following an earthquake in 1908 and Allied bombings in 1943.. Slide number 34 of Box 106 entitled Sicily Date: circa 1890s

© The Boswell Collection, Bexley Heritage Trust / Mary Evans

Soldier about to go ashore during the invasion of Italy, Jul

Lantern slide showing a soldier about to go ashore during the invasion of Italy, July 1943; a pamphlet, the ?Soldiers? Guide to Sicily?, can be seen in the soldier?s pack. From a collection of British official war photographs relating to the 78th Division that were given to the 78th Division Battleaxe Club, who then developed slides of them. Associated with World War Two, Sicily (1943-1945). Date: 1943

© The National Army Museum / Mary Evans Picture Library

General Sir Richard England, army officer

Vintage 19th century photograph: General Sir Richard England, GCB, KH (1793 - 19 January 1883) was a British Army officer, born at Detroit, which was then part of Upper Canada. During the Napoleonic Wars he saw active service in Walcheren, Sicily, and at Waterloo, before commanding regiments and divisions in the Crimean War and in India