Wall Collection (page 17)

Polish Memorial, Cloth Hall, Ypres, Belgium
The memorial, which is on an outside wall, commemorates the Polish Forces who liberated Ypres in September 1944. In September 2016 researcher Chris Lock discovered that three Polish soldiers were not

British CWGC Cemetery Tyne Cot, Passchendaele, Belgium
This is the largest British War Cemetery in the world and was designed by Sir Hebert Baker (who designed the tomb of Cecil Rhodes in Delhi)

German gas attack 22 April 1915 Memorial
This is to the French 87th Territorial Infantry Division and is on the wall of Langemarck Town Hall. Date: 2016

Plaque to Capt Clement Robertson VC, Merlijn Restaurant
The memorial, on the wall of the restaurant, was unveiled on 29 April 2019 in the presence of Lt Gen A.D. Leakey, the British Ambassador Alison Rose

Plaque to Canadian Artillery D21 Battery, Zonnebeke
The plaque is on the outside wall of the re-built church. The battery was stationed in Zonnebeke during Third Ypres, October-November 1917

Sitting against a stone wall on a pebbly beach
Mother, daughter and (possibly) Grandmother sitting on a pebble beach against a stone wall with a small black pet dog. Date: circa 1930s

Rural scene - group of teenagers and young adults
A group of teenagers and young adults create a rural tableau near an old stone barn. Date: circa 1910s

Cheery cover of London Opinion magazine, May 1932, featuring a group of gaily dressed and very pretty young women sitting on a sea wall. Date: 1932

Miniature WW1 tank, Poelkapelle Memorial Wall Date: 2016

Canadian Memorial Plaque, wall of Mont des Cats Abbey Date: 2016

Road leading down to the beach at Beer, East Devon, with fishing boats and equipment. Date: circa 1960s

Aerial view of the sea front, Torquay, Devon. Date: circa 1960s

Holidaymakers on the harbour beach, St Ives, Cornwall, with boats on the water in the distance. Date: circa 1980s

Painted wall mural featuring a coastal scene - North Wales
Painted wall mural featuring a coastal scene - possibly North Wales - with steam train pier and distant mountains. Date: 1953

Cartoon, The Handwriting on the Wall. King William IV wonders if the Reform Bill has anything to do with him. The Reform Act, extending the franchise by just over 50 per cent

View of St Ives, Cornwall. 1952

View of Mevagissey Harbour, Cornwall, July 1963. 1963

La Porte de St Ouen, Boulevard Bessieres, Paris, France
La Porte de St Ouen, Boulevard Bessieres, at the border of the 17th and 18th arrondissements, Paris, France. It was a gate in the 19th century Thiers wall

La Porte de St Ouen, Paris, France
La Porte de St Ouen, at the border of the 17th and 18th arrondissements, Paris, France. It was a gate in the 19th century Thiers wall, and also gave its name to a Metro station (opened in 1911)

Advert, wrought-iron fireproof safes and deed boxes
Advert, wrought-iron fireproof safes, deed boxes and cash boxes. 1854

Advert, Waterlow & Sons, Patent Letter Copying Presses, mahogany stands, stationery cases, etc. 1854

Chorus line at the London Palladium
The Chorus Line in London Rhapsody musical at The London Palladium. 1937

Patent letter-copying presses. 1854

Girl with nanny, nurse or servant outside a house. circa 1900

Enid Lowe, actress, in London Rhapsody musical at The London Palladium. 1937

Belgian Piron Brigade Memorial, Opheusden, Holland
Opheusden was the centre of much fighting involving British, American and Belgian forces following the failure of Operation Market Garden to cross the Rhine at Arnhem

Anti-tank barrier on the Belgian frontier, Sept 1939
Photograph of a steel wall built on the border between Germany and Belgium as an anti-tank barrier. The Sphere describes its design as of " somewhat unique character"

Train passing under arch into Conway railway station 1848
Train passing under an arch into Conway railway station, Conway, North Wales. The arch has been cut through part of the original wall of Conway (Conwy) Castle

What Roman London may have looked like -- on the north bank of the River Thames, surrounded by a wall built by the Romans. Date: 1st century

Romans in Britain - Hadrian, Temples, Christianity
Romans in Britain - Emperor Hadrian, Hadrians Wall, roads, temples and Christianity. (2 of 4) 1st century

Wall Plaque to Canadian 1st Parachute Bn, Normandy
This is on the wall of house No.3 rue de l Eglise, behind the church and the local War memorial, in Bricqueville/Robehomme

Plaque to 3rd Parachute Squadron RE, Troarn, Normandy
This is on the wall of the Tourist Office and was put up by the citizens of Troarn in honour of the officers and men of the Squadron who at dawn on the 6 June 1944

Liberation of the 1st Town Hall, Benouville, Normandy
This plaque, on the wall of the Mairie just up the road from what became known as Pegasus Bridge, claims that Liberation came at 2345 hours on 5 June

Mulberry Harbour anchor Asnelles, Gold Beach
In the foreground is a board carrying a description of the action here at Asnelles on D-Day, where the Essex and Sherwood Yeomanry came ashore

Pierre Clostermann Memorial, Bazenville, Normandy
Clostermann, the First Free French pilot to land in Normandy (ALG B2), held the DFC and Bar and the Legion d Honneur. The Memorial is in the shape of a Spitfire wing

British 3rd Infantry Division Plaque Sannerville Normandy
The wall commemorates the Divisions part in Operation Goodwood, 18-21 July 1944. Nicknamed Montys Ironsides, between D-Day and the end of the war, the Division had over 11, 000 casualties

Aerial plan of the Roman fort at Richborough, Kent, site of the Claudian invasion of Britain in 43 AD. Date: 1843

Remains of Roman fort at Richborough, Kent
Remains of the Roman fort (north wall) at Richborough, Kent, site of the Claudian invasion of Britain in 43 AD. Date: 1843

River Duddon at Duddon Sands, Cumbria, Lake District
The River Duddon at Duddon Sands, West Cumbria, Lake District. The river, which flows south-westwards through the Lake District, inspired Wordsworth to write several poems

Chapel (now Holy Trinity Church) at Seathwaite, Cumbria
Chapel (now rebuilt as Holy Trinity Church) at Seathwaite, Cumbria. Date: 1843

Giovanni Cimabue, Italian artist
Giovanni Cimabue (Cenni di Pepo, c1240-1302), Italian artist and designer of mosaics, based in Florence, Italy. Date: 13th century

Wall paintings of the 16th century, Italy
Wall paintings of the 16th century: foliage patterns from Raphaels Rooms in the Vatican, Rome, (left and right), and vase and flowers from the Palazzo del Te, Mantua

Antique wall painting from the House of Black Walls, Pompeii
Antique Trompe l oeil wall painting with figures, column, plinth and festoons from the House of Black Walls, Casa de Bronzi, Pompeii, excavated by Professor Zahn, December 4, 1833

Antique wall painting from Herculaneum. Handcoloured lithograph by Cordes after an illustration by Wilhelm Zahn from his Ornament of All Classical Art Eras, Ornamente aller klassischen Kunst-Epochen

Wall mosaics of the 12th century from Monreale Cathedral, Sicily. Handcoloured lithograph by Cordes after an illustration by Wilhelm Zahn from his Ornament of All Classical Art Eras

Antique wall painting from the House of Zephyr
Antique Trompe l oeil wall painting from the House of Zephyr and Flora, or the Casa del Naviglio or Casa delle Baccanti, in Pompeii, excavated 1826

Antique mosaics from Herculaneum, and antique wall painting from Pompeii. Handcoloured lithograph by Cordes after an illustration by Wilhelm Zahn from his Ornament of All Classical Art Eras

Wall mosaics from the 12th century in Sicily: large central mosaic from the Chiesa della Martorana, Palermo, and details of mosaics in Monreale Cathedral. Handcoloured lithograph by A

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