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Lieutenant of the Royal Horse Artillery in Full Dress. Painting by Malcolm Greensmith
Tsar Nicholas II with Kaiser Wilhelm IITsar Nicholas II and Kaiser Wilhelm II on board the German imperial yacht, Hohenzollern, on 4 June 1909. Nicholas had sailed on a barge fromm Shtandart to the Hohenzollern, stayed half and hour
Boys Band, Training Ship IndefatigableThe Boys Band of the Training Ship Indefatigable pose for their photograph in a field, near a tent -- probably at a local fete where they were performing
Sainsburys Shop 1914The store of J Sainsbury - Purveyors of High Class Provisions
Georgy Konstantinovich Zhukov, Soviet officer in the Red Army who played a decisive role during World War Two, including the capture of Berlin
Field Officer of the 12th Royal LancersField Officer (any officer from the rank of Lieutenant Colonel upwards) from the 12th Royal Lancers (Prince of Wales). Painting by Malcolm Greensmith
Lord Kitchener making a presentation to an Indian trooperField Marshal Horatio Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener, (1850 - 1916), a British Field Marshal, diplomat, and statesman, hands a colonial Indian cavalry soldier a medal
Recruitment poster for the British Army, showing four laughing and smiling soldiers marching along in their kilts, with rifles over their shoulders. Line up, boys! Enlist today
No. 1 War Hospital, Reading, BerkshireRear view of the entrance to the No. 1 War Hospital, Reading, Berkshire - the First World War deployment of Reading Union Workhouse. Several uniformed soldiers can be seen, one on crutches
We Are Not Downhearted by H. T. HardyWorld War One postcard showing a a group of children, dressed in the uniforms of French, British, Russian and Belgian soldiers, arm in arm and holding their individual countrys flags
Types of TerritorialsTypes of the Territorial Army wearing their various uniforms including the Highland Light Infantry (far left), Rifle Brigade and Royal Engineers
Life Guard - Lance Corporal - Mounted Review Order (wearing cuirass). Painting by Malcolm Greensmith
Sentimental German wartime postcardYou, Only you alone are my true love - a sentimental wartime postcard sent from a German soldier to his girl back home in Munich
Churchill / Horse / 1915WINSTON CHURCHILL He resigns his parliamentary seat to return to the army during the early months of the First World War
Arthur RansomeARTHUR RANSOME (1884 - 1967) First World War correspondent in Russia - later the author of the childrens book Swallows and Amazons (1930)
Imperialism Ww1Napoleon to Edward VII: " I wanted to create a French Empire, you a British one -- now theres going to be a German one!"
Kitchener / Army CelebsHoratio, Lord Kitchener 1st Earl Kitchener of Khartoum Soldier
Nelson on ShoreHORATIO, LORD NELSON standing on a rocky shore, while a line of warships sails past behind him
Horse drawn fire engineA horse drawn fire engine
Entrance, Christs Hospital SchoolPupils stand outside the entrance to Christs Hospital School
Victorian Scrap - Tattooing - an old custom in the navy. late 19th century
King George VPhotographic portrait of King George V of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (1865-1936), pictured in uniform, date unknown
Blitz in London -- bomb disposal at Charing CrossBlitz in London -- soldiers using a trolley to remove a land mine on Hungerford Railway Bridge, Charing Cross, on 17 April 1941
Soldier from the First City Troop, Philadelphia, in uniform and helmet with a plume, standing on a bluff over looking a river, perhaps the Schuylkill or the Delaware. Date 1839
Entrance to Alder Hey Hospital, LiverpoolThe entrance to Alder Hey Hospital, near Liverpool. Uniformed soldiers stand at the gate on the left. The hospital opened in 1915 to house chronic and bedridden patients from the West Derby Union
Lord KitchenerLord Horatio Kitchener, 1st Earl of Khartoum (1850 - 1916), military leader and statesman, pictured in uniform on the front cover of The Tatler
Officer and UnicyclistPolice Constable on point duty directing a member of Bertram Mills Circus to Olympia, Hammersmith, London
Kornilov / August 1917LAVR GEORGYEVICH KORNILOV Russian General and counter-Revolutionary, in August 1917
George Vi / Vandyk 1922GEORGE VI as Duke of York in 1922
Christian X / Danish RoyalCHRISTIAN X King of Denmark (1912-47)
Aviator John Alcock 1919Captain in the Royal Air Force, he was the pilot of the first direct transatlantic flight in June 1919 with navigator Arthur Whitten Brown
Prince Albert, Consort of Queen Victoria, looking dashing in his military uniform
Recruitment Poster - British MilitaryTHE MIDDLESEX REGIMENT, 57TH Regimental District - Headquarters, HOUNSLOW, 1900. Chromolithograph poster, printed by Gale and Polden Limited, 1900
Welcome at the White Tower, the restaurant in Percy Street in Bloomsbury, London established by John and Eileen Stais in 1939. It specialised in Greek and Macedonian dishes Date: 1966
Archers on horseback, Central AsiaWarrior archers (Batyrs) on horseback, Central Asia (Kazakhstan area)
Sayajirao III Gaekwad, Maharaja of BarodaSayajirao III Gaekwad (Shrimant Gopalrao Gaekwad) (1863-1939) The Maharaja of Baroda from 1875 to 1939, and a notable reformer
Advertisement for Bovril - nurses must use Bovril in place of beef tea as it is infinitely more nourishing. Date: late 19th century
Sons of George VEDWARD VIII and his brothers. From left, Prince George, Duke of Kent, the King (formerly Prince of Wales), Albert, Duke of York and Henry, Duke of Gloucester
Sable Fern, music hall singer and dancerSable Fern, music hall singer, dancer and actor, seen here in Boer War uniform. late 19th century
Austrian soldiers in uniform, WW1A selection of five Austro-Hungarian artillery soldiers and officers in uniform during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918
Smalls Lighthouse crew, Solva, South WalesThe three members of the Smalls Lighthouse crew at Solva, near Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire, Dyfed, South Wales
WW II - Admiral Karl Doenitz Donitz, German navyVintage photograph World War II - Admiral Karl Doenitz Donitz, German navy
Albert Victor, Duke of Clarence and Avondale (1864 - 1892) - elder son of Edward VII, died of pneumonia aged 28. Date: circa 1890
Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic - The Sprudel at the SpaKarlovy Vary or Carlsbad (Karlsbad), in western Bohemia, Czech Republic - The Sprudel (Mineral Hot Water Spring Fountain or Geyser) and Spa Attendants in their waterproof uniforms! Date: circa 1911
WW2 - Auxiliary Military Pioneer Corps at work in FranceWW2 - Men of the Auxiliary Military Pioneer Corps at work in France. Date: 1940s
Princess Elizabeth riding as Colonel of the Grenadier GuardsPrincess Elizabeth (1926-2022) (later Queen Elizabeth II) riding in the uniform of Colonel of the Grenadier Guards - pictured outside Buckingham Palace. Preparing to hold the reins of power
Changing of the Guard at Buckingham Palace - Christmas cardChanging of the (Scots) Guards at Buckingham Palace - Christmas greetings card design by Harry Payne for Raphael Tuck & Sons. Date: circa 1908
Communist China - training barefoot doctorsCommunist China - a military doctor trains three young women as so-called barefoot doctors, usually village-based farm workers trained in primary health care and basic hygiene, including acupuncture