Soldiers Collection (page 11)

Prayer before returning to the Front
British soldiers pray in St Martin-in-the-Fields church, London, before leaving from Charing Cross Station for the trenches

The Padre and his old church
A British Artillery chaplain during the Somme advance of 1918 surveys the ruins of a Nissen hut which once served as a makeshift church in 1916

British troops at Gallipoli WWI
British troops attacking at Gallipoli during World War I

Lewis Gunner WWI
A soldier with a Lewis gun at Gallipoli during World War I

Second Battle of Bullecourt 1917
Australian soldiers loading an 18 pounder gun at the second Battle of Bullecourt (Battle of Arras) on the Western Front in France during World War I in May 1917

Battle of Rosieres 1918
Artillery passing through the village street at Henencourt. A concentration of 17th Division as Vth Corps reserve at the Battle of Rosieres on the Western Front in France during World War I in March

Look-out in 1917
A soldier in a look-out post in a trench using a camouflaged periscope to keep watch on the British Front in France during World War I in 1917

Soldiers writing home
British soldiers on the Western Front write letters to home

United Arts Volunteer Rifles, 1916
United Arts Volunteer Rifles constructing defences at Woldingham during World War I in 1916

Western Front, France, 1918
Telephone and pigeon men in a shell hole. Telephone lines are broken so messages have to be sent by carrier pigeons on the Western Front in France during World War I on 25th April 1918

Western Front, France, 1918
Australian horseman and British tank on the Western Front in France during World War I on 1918

Armistice between Turkey & the Allies
The signing of the Armistice between Turkey & the Allies on 30th October 1918 at Mudros. Ahmet Izzet Pasha (1864 - 1937). Izzet negotiated the Turkish Armistice at the end of World War One

British Soldiers on a ship bound for Russia; First World War
Photograph showing a group of British soldiers leaning over the rail on the deck of a transport ship bound for Russia, 1916

The devestating power of a big land-mine
A photograph of several British soldiers walking through the enormous crater left behind by the explosion of a large land-mine at High Wood, during the Somme offensive of 1916

British at Waterloo
British soldiers form a square and defend themselves for five hours against cavalry attacks

Army Recruitment Yorks
A recruitment demonstration by the army in Doncaster, Yorkshire using a trampoline

Molding Lead Soldiers
In a toy factory, workers mold lead soldiers

Izvestia Distributed
Copies of the Moscow newspaper Izvestia (it means messages or reports) are distributed to soldiers of the Red Army. Fortunately, many of them can read

Soldiers Marching
SOLDIERS MARCHING British troops advancing cross-country : some of them have their wives and even children with them, to say nothing of their luggage !

Trans=Siberian Railway
Mounted soldiers at a crossing watch a train of the Trans- Siberian Railway steams through the snow

Russian Soldiers Return
Red Army troops return home to Moscow where they receive a warm welcome

Russian Soldier and Dog
Soviet soldiers are befriended by a stray dog

Crossing Caucasus
Soviet soldiers cross the Caucasus Mountains on the way to the front

Stalingrad Red Trench
Russian soldiers entrenched

Medals / Gold Donated 1917
RUSSIAN REVOLUTION - Petrograd : Soldiers donate medals and gold to the cause of the Revolution

Pyrrhus fighting the Romans at Beneventum
Pyrrhus, King of Epirus, fighting the Romans, led by the consul Manius Curius Dentatus, at the Battle of Beneventum, near Benevento in southern Italy

Combined Operations by David Wright, showing a model surrounded by pictures of soldiers. Wright produced a series of over 160 illustrations or pin-ups for The Sketch during the 1940 s

The war in Denmark
The interior of West Duppel church, used by Prussian soldiers as a dormitory

Communism in Russia 1934
Standing by to hoist the flag when Europe turns communist may mean a long wait, but at least its a steady job!

Ww1 Gun Emplacement / 1918
A British gun emplacement on the Western Front: a Howitzer camouflaged under netting

George V Visits Dug-Out
George V visiting a captured German dug-out during the First World War

British Tank / 1932
Two soldiers wearing gas masks, with an anti-aircraft gun, stand in front of a new British tank

Nurse Praying / 1915
A French Red Cross nurse prays for the safety of the French soldiers and hopes that only a few are sent to her care

Iovanovitch / Serb Heroine
Sophia Ivanovich volunteers to serve in the Serbian army so long as hostilities against the Turks persist : she is engaged to marry the gentleman behind her

Ww1 Senegambia Soldiers
Two African soldiers of the Monde and Wolof peoples of Senegambia, serving with the French army during World War One

British Artillerymen
British Heavy artillerymen on the Western Front during World War One

Gambling / Dice / USA / 1863
American Civil War soldiers are punished for gambling by being compelled to gamble

Roman Foot Soldiers
TWO FOOT SOLDIERS with ornamented helmets and shields, one with a curved horn

Norwegian Cavalry
NORWAY Norwegian cavalry in the early morning

Wellingtons Funeral
The Civic Authorities in the Duke of Wellingtons funeral procession passing down Fleet Street, London & the offices of Punch. The road is flanked by armed soldiers

British Tommies Welcomed
A British tommy is given a warm welcome by civilian French women

Jesus on Cross C15
Mary swoons, soldiers play dice, Jesus and his companions slowly die

Classical Myth / Amazon
With bow and arrow

Hannibal in battle with his war elephants
SECOND PUNIC WAR : Hannibal, the Carthaginian leader, goes into battle against the Romans with his war elephants

Gauls defeat Romans on the River Allia
The Gauls defeat the Romans in battle on the River Allia

French soldiers 1690
A pair of French soldiers

Group of Marathas during the Third Anglo-Maratha War (1817-1819), between the British East India Company and the Maratha Empire, India. Date: 1818

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