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Gliders ready for Operation Market Garden Second World WarPhotograph showing gliders and men of the Allied Airborne Army, on an airfield somewhere in Britain, September 1944. On 17th September 1944 Operation Market Garden was put into action; a bold plan
British First Airborne dug in at Arnhem; Second World War, 1Photograph showing a unit of the British First Airborne Division, in shallow trenches along a road side near Arnhem, September 1944
Soldier of the British First Airborne in action in Arnhem; SPhotograph showing a soldier of the British First Airborne Division firing his Sten gun at Germans near Arnhem, Holland, September 1944
Major-General R. E. Urquhart in Arnhem; Second World War, 194Photograph showing Major-General R.E. Urquhart, Commander of the British First Airborne Division, standing outside his headquarters near Arnhem, the Hartenstein Hotel, September 1944
Allied Airborne Army Parachutes in Holland; Second World WarAerial photograph showing parachutes of the Allied Airborne Army floating down to earth and discarded ones, after landing, in Holland, September 1944
British Sentry keeping watch on Nijmegen Bridge; Second WorlPhotograph showing aan Irish Guardsman keeping watch on the Bridge at Nijmegen, September 1944. On 17th September 1944 Operation Market Garden was put into action; a bold plan devised by
Lord Louis Mountbatten (1900-1979), younger son of Prince Louis of Battenberg and Princess Victoria of Hesse. Lord Louis ultimately rose to the rank of First Sea Lord - a vindication of his father
Men of the British First Airborne Division in a glider; SecoPhotograph showing a unit of the British First Airborne Division in a glider on the way to Arnhem, September 1944. On 17th September 1944 Operation Market Garden was put into action; a bold plan
British First Airborne Troops using a mortar, Arnhem; SecondPhotograph showing men of the British First Airborne Division using a 3-inch mortar in one of the woods surrounding Arnhem, in Holland, September 1944
Edisons VitascopeThis was one of Edisons several ingenious but ultimately impracticable attempts to invent the motion picture
Wellington College Proposed WorkAn architectural drawing showing a proposed exterior design for a new dining hall and administrative block at Wellington College, Berkshire, ultimately
Pierrot And The Banker Part 1A series of illustrations portraying Pierrot the sad pantomime clown and a banker, in each scene, Pierrot tries to impress the banker carrying the bags of wealth via means of playing music
Perfectos No. 2 Cigarettes AdvertisementAn advertisement for John Player & Sons, a branch of the Imperial Tobacco Co of Great Britain and Ireland. The image is promoting Perfectos No
Colour Magazine Thoughts And OpinionsAn illustrative page header for a number of issues of Colour Magazine, for their thoughts and opinions page. It shows a man squiring ink on the left, which sends an artistic trail
Japan - The Kaminarimon ('Thunder Gate') - Asakusa, TokyoThe Kaminarimon ('Thunder Gate') - the outer of two large entrance gates that ultimately leads to the Senso-ji in Asakusa, Tokyo, Japan. Date: circa 1910s
Edmund Law, Bishop of CarlisleA portrait painting of Edmund Law, a priest in the Church of England, who ultimately became bishop of Carlisle from 1768, to his death in 1787
JOHN REDMOND (1856 - 1918), Irish statesman who did his best to keep order after the death of Parnell but ultimately failed to control the dissenting factions
UZZIAH CONTRACTS LEPROSYUzziah, king of Judah, contracts leprosy, from which, alas, he will ultimately die in 783 BC Date: circa 790 BC
ELAINE OF ASTOLATElaine comes to the little hermitage where Lancelot lies sick, where she will tend him, fall in love with him, and ultimately die for love of him
THE ROAD TO RUIN & DEATHThe Road To Ruin...and ultimately Death Date: 1828
CHARLES VI & WENCESLAUS CHARLES VI & WENCESLAUSGerman Emperor Wenceslaus of Luxembourg With Charles VI of france holding ultimately unsuccessful negotiations to end the Papal Schism (setting is probably Rheims Cathedral). Date: Ca 1390
Auster T. 7 WE600Auster T.7 WE600 at RAF Abingdon for the RAF 50th Anniversary. WE600 was delivered on 25 May 1951, later allotted maintenance serial 7602M and ultimately preserved at the Cosford Aerospace Museum
Hare Street Roman RoadA Roman road at Hare Street, Cottered, Hertfordshire, England. Slightly curved, it appears to point ultimately toi Braughing Camp, an old earthwork. Date: 1930s
Vultee Model 48 -rejected by the British the type ultimately served with the Chinese
GALVEZ Y GALLARDO, Jos頤e (1720-1787). SpanishGALVEZ Y GALLARDO, Jos頤 e (1720-1787). Spanish lawyer, a colonial official in New Spain (1764-1772) and ultimately Minister of the Indies (1775-1787)
Robespierre and FlowersMAXIMILIEN ROBESPIERRE French revolutionary statesman, whose arrogance ultimately took him, too, to the guillotine. Date: 1758 - 1794
Fouquier-Tinville - 3ANTOINE QUENTIN FOUQUIER- TINVILLE - French lawyer, revolutionary statesman who condemned countless victims to the guillotine but ultimately became one of them himself. Date: 1746 - 1795
Fouquier-Tinville - 2ANTOINE QUENTIN FOUQUIER- TINVILLE - French lawyer, revolutionary statesman who condemned countless victims to the guillotine but ultimately became one of them himself. Date: 1746 - 1795
Saint Jestin (Smith)ST JESTIN AB GERAINT Welsh saint, son of naval hero Geraint ab Erbin, became a monk in Anglesey and ultimately made a saint. Date: 6th century
Battle of Smolensk between Napoleon and Bagration; the Russians ultimately evacuate the town after firing it Date: 17 August 1812
Crete RevoltEncampment of insurgents : the people of Crete, predominantly Christian, seek to throw off Turkish rule : they win some victories but are ultimately unsuccessful
Crete Revolt - 2Turkish camp in Souda Bay : the people of Crete, predominantly Christian, seek to throw off Turkish rule : they win some victories but are ultimately unsuccessful
Crete Revolt - 3The insurgents besiege Castel- Skiphos. The people of Crete, predominantly Christian, seek to throw off Turkish rule : they win some victories but are ultimately unsuccessful
Enlisting for WarEnlisting for Charles XIIs rash war with Russia : though initially successful, he will ultimately be decisively defeated at Poltowa in 1709
Crete Revolt - 4The battle of Saint-Hieromeli is one of many bitter engagements between the insurgents and the Turks, but the insurrection will ultimately fail
Allied Airborne Gliders after landing in Holland; Second WorAerial photograph showing gliders of the Allied Airborne Army after they had landed on Holland, September 1944. On 17th September 1944 Operation Market Garden was put into action; a bold plan devised
British Tanks on Nijmegen Bridge; Second World War, 1944Photograph showing the Sherman tanks of the British 30 Corps crossing Nijmegen Bridge, as part of Operation Market Garden, September 1944
British Major and Lieutenant, near Arnhem; Second World WarPhotograph showing a Major (on left) and Lieutenant of the British First Airborne Division in the woods near Arnhem, Holland, September 1944
British First Airborne troops using a 75mm gun, Arnhem; SecoPhotograph showing a soldier of the British First Airborne Division firing a 75mm gun at an enemy position near Arnhem, September 1944
British and American troops stacking dynamite on the NijmegePhotograph showing British and American troops stacking dynamite charges against the railing of Nijmegen Bridge, September 1944
The Prussian Army advance at the Battle of Sadowa; Seven WeeIllustration showing the army of the Crown Prince of Prussia advancing at the Battle of Sadowa during the Seven Weeks War (or Austro-Prussian War) of 1866
Prince Oleg in ActionPrince Oleg and the Varangians disembark : ultimately they will control Kiev and Novgorod
Margaret PotterMARGARET POTTER She was born in Glasgow in 1596, and lived to a great age - but we are not told when she ultimately died
ANN LEE Religious enthusiast who became member and ultimately leader of Shaker sect (as Mother Ann ) with which she emigrated to America
Laurence PortraitMonseigneur LAURENCE, bishop of Tarbes, the cleric ultimately responsible for the Catholic Church in the Lourdes region at the time of Bernadettes alleged visions
Spion Kop / Warren BathAt SPION KOP, Sir Charles Warren insists on his morning bath before the battle, in which his division performs well though the action is ultimately unsuccessful