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Early woman police officer, Mrs M B Crowle
Early woman police officer, Mrs Mary Beatrice Crowle, one of the first members of a special womens patrol set up at the start of the First World War

Rail Accident London
Crowds gather to watch workmen as they start to clear up the wreckage after an accident at Camden Road on the North London Railway. Date: 1864

Testing Guns 1930S
Testing guns in preparation for the Glorious 12th of August, the start of the grouse shooting season. Date: early 1930s

Crossing Mississippi
Settlers wagons are ferried across the Mississippi River, at the start of their long journey to the Golden West. Date: circa 1850

Start of Rennes Trial
The start of Dreyfus second court martial in Rennes, also to find him guilty Date: 1899

Schrepfer and Spirits
Johann Georg Schrepfer (also known as the baron de Steinbach) (1730-1774) conjures spirits at Dresden, but shoots himself when things start to go wrong Date: 1773

Old Testament bible scene: Siege of Jericho
The Israelites process round Jericho, blowing trumpets, much to the annoyance of the inhabitants, especially when their walls start tumbling down

Horses at starting line, Doncaster racecourse
Horses at the starting line, Doncaster racecourse, with a grandstand in the background. Date: circa 1910

Start of the Gold Cup race, Ascot
Start of the Gold Cup, Ascot, with eventual winner White Knight (left) and Bridge of Canney (right). The cup had been stolen two days earlier, while on display. Date: 1907

Opening from the Book of Exodus - Bedell Bible
Opening from the Book of Exodus - right hand page with text from the end of chapter 5 and the start of chapter 6 from the book of Exodus - Leabhuir na Seintiomna - Creator

West Flagler Kennel Club, Miami, Florida, USA, with all glass starting boxes. Date: 1940s

Barnardos Home Boys leaving Tilbury for Australia
Barnardos Home Boys aboard the tender Ballarat at the start of their emigration journey to Australia. Date: December 1922

Barnardos Home Boys at Tilbury en route to Australia
Barnardos Home Boys arriving at Tilbury at the start of their emigration journey to Australia. Date: December 1922

USS Tennessee, American cruiser, Falmouth, WW1
The American cruiser USS Tennessee at Falmouth in August 1914. She was en route to Europe and the Middle East, laden with gold

Woman athlete in starting position
A young woman athlete in starting position at a sports track. Date: circa 1930s

Women athletes on the starting line
Five women athletes on the starting line at a sports track, with spectators in the background. Date: circa 1930s

People at a sports event in a field, with a row of men about to set off in a sack race. Date: circa 1920s

Sopwith Tabloid single seater bomber, the best of RNAS front-line equipment at the start of the war. Seen here is serial no. 394. Date: circa 1914-1915

Sir Edward Grey in parliament on the eve of WWI
The Foreign Minister, Sir Edward Grey (1862 - 1933), making his momentous statement on the eve of World War I at the House of Commons. Date: 3rd August 1914

WW2 Christmas card, Tin Hats and the different people who wear them. Date: 1939

WW2 Christmas card, guard duty
WW2 Christmas card, soldier on guard duty with factories in the distance. Date: 1939

Belgian Refugees - WW1
Belgian refugees fleeing their homes following the German Army advance into Belgium rest by the roadside. Date: 1914

Edwardian boat trip
Photograph taken on a boat trip from unknown start point to Llandudno in North Wales Date: 1910

Group having tea at Tennis Tournament, Moorfield Tennis Club, Stockport. A picture of refinement and calm, just under a year before the start of World War One - this represents a high water mark of

WWI Poster, Defence of the Realm
Defence of the Realm at the Court at Buckingham Palace, 12th August 1914. A poster in the form of an announcement, confirming the new powers put in place on the outbreak of war. Date: 1914

Rejouissances des mexicains, au commencement du siecle (The rejoicing of Mexicans at the start of the Century). Celebration of the beginning of Aztec century, consisting of a 52-year cycle

India - Elephant travelling - the start, Gwalior
Black and white. An elephant kneeling beside an ornate archway with a simple carriage on its back. In the carriage are two apparently British men in suits and hats

Fishermen - start their activities early in the morning. Kilwa Kisiwani - Tanzania

ILN front cover - start of Thames Embankment works
Front cover of The Illustrated London News depicting the commencement of the Thames Embankment works near Westminster Bridge in February 1864. Date: 1864

Graphic front cover - visitors to Channel Tunnel works
Front cover of The Graphic newspaper with engravings showing scenes of a visit to the preliminary tunnelling works near Dover for the start of the Channel Tunnel in 1882

German postcard, athletes carrying flags
German postcard showing athletes carrying flags at the start of a sports tournament. Date: 1920s

Suffragette Charlotte Despard Caravan Tour. Charlotte Despard in the Womens Freedom League caravan, reading telegrams of congratulations on the start of the tour. Date: 1908

Cricket Match, England v Australia 1902
The first test match of the season the batsman makes no runs and returns to the bench. Great start. Date: 1902

WW1, Graphic front cover, the spectre of war 1 August 1914
The Fear that is in all mens minds. Front cover of The Graphic from 1 August 1914 showing Prime Minister Asquith addressing the House of Commons as Britain teetered on the brink of war with Germany

Fleets of motorcyles at the outbreak of war
At the start of World War I the petrol-driven motor was used for the first time for haulage of big guns, ammunition wagons, food and baggage trains, Red Cross ambulances

The new army at drill in Hyde Park at the start of WWI
In the six weeks between 4th August and 15th September 1914, over 501, 000 recruits were enlisted into the British Army. The training was essentially practical

Enlisting in Kitcheners Army at the start of World War I
On 6th August 1914 the House of Commons unanimously sanctioned an increase of the Army by 500, 000 men and recruiting for the first 100, 000 men of Kitcheners army began on 7th August

German prisoners of war in Great Britain at the start of war
Immediately after the declaration of war, most of the German and Austrian residents of military age in Britain were made prisoners and confined within barbed wire compounds under military guard

Edward, Prince of Wales joins army at start of World War I
On 8th August 1914, the Prince of Wales was gazetted to the Grenadier Guards as a lieutenant and immediately began daily training under war conditions with his regiment at Warley

The brass plate at the German Embassy removed during WWI
A sign of diplomatic relations breaking down at the outbreak of World War One was the removal of the brass plate at the German Embassy in London

Cricket Batting
A player comes to hes crease as he is about to start batting. Date: 1892

Lord Kitchener and Lord Haldane arriving at the War Office
Mr Asquiths departure from precedent in calling Lord Kitchener, a soldier and member of the opposite party, to the office of Secretary for War met with enthusiastic approval

Westminster Fusiliers mobilised at the start of WWI
Westminster Fusiliers, at the outbreak of World War I, waiting for their troop train in Waterloo Station, London. Date: 1914

King and Queen outside Buckingham Palace, WWI
On the afternoon of 3rd August 1914, the King and Queen drove from Buckingham Palace along the Mall, and were greeted by their subjects with cheers, especially when they passed the German Embassy

Crowds assembled in London on the outbreak of WWI
Crowds assemble close to the House of Commons in London, during the afternoon of the August Bank Holiday (3rd August 1914) when war was practically inevitable. Date: 1914

British sentries at railway tunnels at the start of WWI
Once Germany had declared war on Russia, war with France was certain to follow, with the possibility that Great Britain could be forced into the conflict too

Mobilisation in France at the start of World War I
Crowds line the streets to wave goodbye to their countrymen as they set off to war. General mobilisation in France began once Germany had declared war on Russia, on the 1st August 1914. Date: 1914

War fever in Berlin, Germany
While the issue of peace or war with Russia was hanging in the balance, a frenzy of war fever gripped Berlin. Date: 1914

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