Signal Collection (page 5)

A Certificate from the Overseas Club in 1916. Inscribed A Signal Wish from the School Children of the Empire who sent Christmas Gifts to Our Brave Soldiers and Sailors

Two British soldiers in a trench, WW1
Two British soldiers in a trench on the Western Front during World War One, waiting for the signal to attack. Date: circa 1916

Signal Hill Oil Field and Long Beach, California, USA
Signal Hill Oil Field on the horizon, with Long Beach in the foreground, California, USA. Date: 20th century

Naval Signal Flags - Greeting - Christmas Postcard. The translation of this flag series translates as: Keep a Bright. Look Forward (signalled by International code). Date: circa 1910s

Horseracing - Waiting for the Starters Signal Date: circa 1910s

Italian Fiat 15 Ter chassis with photoelectric unit, WW1
An Italian Fiat 15 Ter chassis with an auto-photoelectric unit attached, in use during the First World War. Date: 1915

Admiral Beatty and Flag-Captain Chatfield
Admiral of the Fleet Sir David Richard Beatty, 1st Earl Beatty (1871-1936) and Admiral of the Fleet Alfred Ernle Montacute Chatfield

Conway Castle and railway, Conwy, North Wales
Back view of a train passing under an arch into Conway railway station, Conwy, North Wales. The arch has been cut through part of the original wall of Conway (Conwy) Castle

Japanese Vice-Admiral Togo and Signal men. Heihachiro, Marquis Togo (1838 - 1934) - Japanese naval commander whose defeat of the Russian fleet at Tsushima (in May 1905 - interestingly)

Capture of Chipilly Ridge 1918
Capture of Chipilly Ridge by the 58th (London) Division, Royal Field Artillery Signallers with heliograph etc. in a German trench captured on the previous day on the Western Front in France during

Waterloo Station Signal Box, London, 1936
Photograph showing the then-new electric signal box installed at Waterloo Station, London, in 1936

Steam Train at Churston Station on the Brixham Branchline, Devon

Steam train at Acton, West London, on the Great Western Railway. Date: circa 1920s

French Railway Alphabet - C for Cantonnier (trackman). 19th century

French Railway Alphabet - A for Aiguilleur (signalman or pointsman). 19th century

Ceuta from signal station - Black and white view from high inland over buildings towards lakes. Date: circa 1890s

Signal Station - Black and white signal station on mountain peak Date: circa 1890s

Signal Station Gibraltar - Black and white rock/sea Date: circa 1890s

Signalisation - signals
Navigational signals, road and train signs. Date: 1930

Railway station, Delanson, Schenectady County, NY State, USA
Railway station (Delaware and Hudson line), Delanson, Schenectady County, New York State, USA. circa 1910

Down Road, Signal Hill, Wilberforce, Sierra Leone, Africa
The Down Road, Signal Hill, Wilberforce, near Freetown, Sierra Leone, West Africa. Date: circa 1920

U. S. Lease and Lend Equipment Reaches Midlands
Photograph:U. S. Lease and Lend Equipment Reaches Midlands. American Lease and Lend equipment including sperry projectors artillery, (Anti-Aircraft)

Gibraltar - The Signal Station. Date: circa 1910s

ANCXF Signal Office, Minden, Germany
Man working in the ANCXF (Allied Naval Commander Expeditionary Force) Signal Office, Minden, Germany, August 1945, at the end of the Second World War. 1945

The Safety of Londons Underground and Tube Railways
Automatic devices for preventing accidents: the safety of Londons Underground and Tube Railways. How the element of danger from human error or illness is eliminated by mechanical means

Cabot Tower - St. Johns, Newfoundland and Labrador
Cabot Tower is a tower in St. John s, Newfoundland and Labrador, situated on Signal Hill. Construction of the tower began in 1898 to commemorate the 400th anniversary of John Cabots discovery of

New Moshi railway line, East Africa
Tracks on the New Moshi railway, Tanga Moshi line, East Africa (now in Tanzania). 1916

Cartoon, New Bridge from Sparkbrook to Smallheath
Cartoon, The New Bridge from Sparkbrook to Smallheath (Small Heath), Birmingham. Dr Hugh Thomas and Labourer Tipper. 1888

USA - Showing The Narrows St. John s
USA - Showing The Narrows St. Johns - Showing The Narrows St. John s. The Narrows, the only entrance to St. Johns Harbour, Newfoundland, is a narrow channel between the Southside and Signal hills

London and North Western Railway - Signal Boxes, Old & New
London and North Western Railway - Signal Boxes, Old and New methods. Date: 1908

Signal Station, Hong Kong, circa 1880s. Date: circa 1880s

Occupied Germany - German children sent packing from a signal Office run by occupying forces. Date: 1946

Railway enthusiast couple in Essex
The Station Master, one half of a railway enthusiast couple in Essex, looks down the tracks before allowing the train to depart. Date: 1960s

Radio-controlled tortoise
A woman operates a remote control device for Toddle the tortoise. The aerial picks up a signal and makes the arm holding the lettuce (and Toddle!) swing left or right

Canakkale, Turkey - General View from the Signal Station of the British Royal Naval HQ. Date: 1923

Naval Signals - Commercial Code Signalling - How are you?
Naval Code Signals - Signalling Flags - How are you? Commercial Code Flags (1857-1900). How are you is signalled (apprently) by the code letters D, W and F. Date: circa 1900

Happy Families - Mr Parker. circa 1940s

Happy Families - Master Parker. circa 1940s

Markleinische House, 1727, by Hildebrandt. Vienna
Austria. Vienna. Markleinische House, 1727. By Johann Lukas von Hildebrandt (1668-1745)

Chapel of the Pilgrims. Pontevedra. Spain
Spain. Pontevedra. Chapel of the Pilgrims. 1778. Built by Antonio Scouto. Exterior

United States. The American Civil War (1861-1865). The batteries in the federal army from the shores of the James River, giving the signal approximation of Merrimac and two Confederate steamers

WW2 leaflet, Warship Week, The Signal Is Save
WW2 leaflet, Warship Week, The Signal is Save. The Navys Here. In support of the National Savings Movement and the Warship Week Campaign. Date: 1942

WW2 poster, The Signal Is Save, with four naval flags and a warship in the background. Date: 1940s

Alexandria, Egypt - The Semaphore - Fort Mex. Date: circa 1905

American Signal Box Int
The interior of a signal box using Saxby and Farmers system of switches and signals. The standing man shifts the levers, his colleague uses the telegraph. Date: 1875

Signalling Balloons
Using balloons of different colours at different heights is an effective way of signalling if you re not in a hurry, the sky is clear and the enemy doesn t shoot them down. Date: Late 19th century

National Flags and international code of signals flags circa 1910

Railway line disappearing into the distance. Date: 1970s

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