Subaltern Collection

Winston Churchill and his daughter unite for the war effort
Mr. Churchill at a London gun site during a raid:drawing made on the spot. The premier watches his daughter, subaltern Mary Churchill, in the control room

WW II - Princess Elizabeth working as a mechanic
World War II - Princess Elizabeth, later Queen Elizabeth 2nd training as a secoond subaltern in the ATS - working as a mechanic, taking out the plugs of a car

Geoffrey Keyes and his father
Admiral of the Fleet Sir Roger Keyes, with his son Geoffrey in a the full dress uniform of a subaltern in the Royal Scots Greys

E. Hodgson, A. Heber-Percy, Jock Fletcher, Albuhera Barracks
Dante Edward Pemberton Hodgson OBE LM (1904-1978), A. Heber-Percy and Jock Fletcher (The subalterns leave Roster) at the Albuhera Barracks, Aldershot, Hampshire. Date: 1932

Bravery of Private Samuel Johnson of the Green Howards, Capture of Belle Ile, Brittany, France, 1761, during the Seven Years War (1756-1763)

George Robert Gleig
GEORGE ROBERT GLEIG English Chaplain-General, and author of The subaltern. Date: 1796 - 1888

No. 2: People We Don t Envy by George Studdy, 1915
No. II: The Army Service Corps subaltern compelled to deliver a lecture on Supplies to a contingent of men recruited from grocers, butchers, provision dealers etc. Date: 1915

WW1 - British Subaltern buys supplies
WW1 - The text accompanying the illustration translates to the British Subaltern asking the French shop keeper, " Could you please give me bread, butter and cheese for Mass

WW1 - Cartoon - The hero of the day
WW1 - A illustration making a joke out of the the rank of a Subaltern, seen as the lowest rank in the British army during WW1

2nd Lieutenant Percival Anderson
Lieutenant Percival Anderson, the famous artist (though I ve struggled to find any biographical details), whose pencil portraits of beautiful women were very well known

Young officer instructed to dance, 1918
Illustration from the Letters of Eve column in The Tatler showing a young subaltern being told to dance (in no uncertain terms) by his commanding officer, Colonel Firebrand! Date: 1918

Subaltern Stunts in Rome by H. L. Oakley
Scenes in Rome and Florence during World War One as witnessed by the silhouette artist, Captain Harry Lawrence Oakley. Caption reads, As leave to " Blighty" is not very plentiful

Subaltern Stunts in Silhouette by H. L. Oakley
A series of silhouette scenes by the famous silhouette artist, Captain H. L. Oakley showing officers enjoying some leisure time during World War One

Subaltern stunts by H. L. Oakley
A double page spread of silhouette vignettes by the famous silhouette artist, Captain Harry Lawrence Oakley, featuring scenes during a WW1 subaltern officers ten days leave in England

Wartime courtship by George Ranstead
A young subaltern and his sweetheart flirt with each other across a table. She asks him when he first fell in love with her to which he replies

German prisoner of war camp, a subalterns sketches
Sketch by Lieut. J. F. Watton, showing a British officer asleep in a bunk inside the prisoner of war camp Oflag VII. C/H. It is one of several pictures sketched by Watton

Princess Elizabeth training as an ATS officer
Princess Elizabeth (Queen Elizabeth II), Second Subaltern in the ATS, training as officer, changes the wheel of a vehicle maintenance class. Date: 1945

Mary Churchill christens a canteen, 1944
A Church Army Mobile Canteen was named The Second Front by Subaltern Mary Churchill, A.T.S at a ceremony on Horse Guards Parade. Miss Churchill is seen with Captain G.A Bucknell, the Rev

Mary Churchill visits the Church Army H. Q 1944
Subaltern Mary Churchill, A.TS, youngest daughter of Winston Churchill, lunched with the Reverend H.H Treacher, head of the Church Army, when she inspected hostel adjoining the headquarters. 1944

All-Services Club celebrates anniversary, 1944
Anthony Eden looks in on the anniversary party of the All-Services Club, of which his wife is the president. Subaltern Mary Churchill, youngest daughter of Winston Churchill

French Marshal / Subaltern
French Marshal and Subaltern 1704 - 1730

Blighted Blighty
The sad sufferings of a subaltern on leave who finds that everyone on the Home Front is obsessed with the war and with " doing their bit" including girlfriends who have become nurses

The Zulu war. Reinforcements for Natal
Subaltern on watch and troops below decks enjoying their dinner. British soldiers on their way by ship to South Africa to provide reinforcements for the British army

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