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Wirecutter, No 1 Mk I (Short Magazine Lee-Enfield) 1917 (c). Date: circa 1917
Diagram of the German Super-Zeppelin 1916New improved at the time Super-Zeppelin, giving increased speed, additional strength and greater handiness in movement. Able to release 60 bombs with sliding hatch beneath. 1916
Richard I at the Siege of Acre by MataniaRichard I at the Siege of Acre on horseback jumps over a horse swinging his axe through the air about to strike two men. Date: 1191
Submarine D 1 with HMS Drake in her wakeBritish submarine " D 1" with H.M.S. " Drake" following in her wake. All the latest British submarines during the First World War period were fitted with wireless telegraphy
A Tale of Two Tanks by Heath Robinson, WW1 cartoonA wartime cartoon by William Heath Robinson showing two tanks charging into battle, only to crash head on, fly conjoined into the air and fall to earth, shattered into pieces. Date: 1917
The American Suction Tank, WW1 Heath RobinsonThe American Suction Tank for drawing the enemy from his dug-out. An idea for a new form of weapon, based on a correspondents suggestion to William Heath Robinson during the First World War
WW1 - Russian Officer using a Periscope to get a (safer) view of the enemy above the trench Date: circa 1916
Jam-tin, hand-throwing grenade 1914British soldiers in the early part of World War One at the front. Using Jam-tin, a home-made grenade which was made with jam and bully beef tins filled with small pieces of iron
British troops repelling a German liquid fire attack, WW1Fighting the flames on the battlefield - British troops repelling a German liquid fire attack. German soldiers, armed with flame throwers
How a Submarine Dives & Rests on Sea Floor, WW1Diagrams showing how a submarine or U-boat dives below the water and rests at the bottom of the sea. Date: 1917
French bracelet grenade, which hooked around the throwers wrist with a strap or thong. Innocuous while in the mans hand, the jerk as the grenade extends the strap
Germans showing guns on the Lusitania 1915The sinking of the Cunard ocean liner RMS Lusitania occurred on 7 May 1915 during the First World War, by a German U-boat, hitting the Lusitania twice with torpedoes, sinking within 18 minutes
Swan Fountain Pen advertisement, World War OneAdvertisement for Swan fountain pens the business mans pen...now the soldiers pen with the product placed in front of a silhouette of a battalion charging forward with bayonets fixed. Date: 1916
First day of the Somme - fixing bayonetsThe Lancashire Fusiliers in a trench seen fixing bayonets, ready for action on the first day of the Battle of the Somme (1 July 1916). 1916
Two British soldiers in a trench, WW1Two British soldiers in a trench on the Western Front during World War One, waiting for the signal to attack. Date: circa 1916
Transformation of the Royal Navy by G. H. DavisThe transformation of the Royal Navy: some present-day vessels typical of those which are being developed to meet the conditions of modern warfare. Date: 1953
Anti-tank mines by G. H. DavisAnti-tank mines: a deadly defensive weapon in mechanised warfare during the Second World War. Types of British and German land mines -- a desert minefield being laid, and in operation. Date: 1942
Davis non-recoil gun by G. H. DavisThe Davis non-recoil gun: its possibilities in air warfare during the Second World War. Date: 1942
Sinking of the LusitaniaThe sinking of the Cunard ocean liner RMS Lusitania on 7 May 1915, by torpedo off the south-west of Ireland, the German act which more than all else determined Americas entry into the First World
Larkhill Camp, Salisbury Plain, WiltshireThe Royal School of Artillery (RSA), formerly the School of Instruction for Royal Horse and Field Artillery (Larkhill), is the principal training establishment for artillery warfare in the British
WW2 - Bombs dropped by the RAF on HamburgUnexploded Bombs (Blasting bombs and Flash (Flare) bombs) dropped by the RAF on Hamburg (Harburg District) during raids in 1941 during World War Two Date: 1941
FuegiansThree Fuegians: Fuegia Basket, Jemmy Button and York Minster. Jemmy Button is centre right portrait. Taken from Charles Darwin: The Man and his Warfare
German trench defences, WW1 1915Example of a German trench defences employed in World War One: caltrops, chevaux des frise, shields, barbed wire and deep dug outs(some as much as 25 to 30 feet below the surface). Date: 1915
Aerial photograph of trenches and mine craters, WW1Aerial photograph (British) of trenches, mine craters and shell pitted ground, somewhere on the western front during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918
Tabriz Uprising, IranShot-torn and pillaged Tabriz, and the army of the revolutionaries: the Ark, its garrison and its archaic cannon
Soldiers in trench with fixed bayonetsA group of soldiers in a trench with fixed bayonets, during the First World War
German stormtroopers WWIGerman storm troopers avoiding the mud in the trenches during World War I in Romania
Trench warfare WWIDuring a lull in the Bolshevik artillery, German Grenadiers attack along a funnel in the trenches
Admiral Alfred Friedrich von Tirpitz (1849-1930)Photographic portrait of Admiral Alfred Friedrich von Tirpitz, pictured when serving as Secretary of State for the Imperial German Navy, 1909
Abu Yusuf using gunpowder, MoroccoMOROCCO - Abu-Yusuf, Sultan, use gunpowder to bombard Sidi- Mesa
Diagram of electric searchlight 1916Diagram of electric searchlight for defence for night-time attack from Germans. Date: 1916
The Graphic Christmas Number 1914, front coverFront cover of The Graphic, 1914, its first Christmas number of the Great War, featuring two aeroplanes, the top one a German Taube, flying against a dark, ominous sky
Replace ships that have been sunk by German u-boats 1917The first steps of the great programme of shipbuilding which is designed to counter the ruthless submarine warfare of the German attack
Diagram of Zeppelin 1916The new features of the engines of frightfulness. Showing the observation car with observer lying upon a woollen mattress and the Zeppelin system of gas control. Date: 1916
Warfare in the future - as predicted in 1932An impression of what warfare might look like in 2032, as predicted by The Modern Boy magazine in 1932. It suggests that invading troops might attack via a shell
Hugh Dalton, 1940Hugh Dalton (later Lord Dalton), then Minister for Economic Warfare. 1940
Karnak, Luxor, Egypt - Victory Tableau - Ramesses IIKarnak Thebes (modern Luxor), Egypt - a wall relief (from the Victory Tableau) illustrating Pharoah Ramesses II smiting his enemies! Date: circa 1910s
Ghostly green cloud gas rolling towards the trench 1915Heavy green gas clouds traveling slowly from the German lines rolled into the trenches. Soldiers choking from the fumes covering their faces with their hands and scarves. Date: 1915
The Rainbow Alliance of Allied forces during WW1. Date: circa 1916
Capturing German news: Irish answering enemy tauntsCapturing German news designed to undermine their allegiance: Irish answering enemy taunts in 1916. The taking of the placards: Munster fusiliers cross no-mans land by night
Funeral of Edward VII - Naval ContingentNaval Contingent - Sailors marching with reversed arms. Part of Box 127 Boswell Collection - Funeral of Edward VII
Defence against the deadly long-range missiles 1958Illustration by George Horace Davis, showing some ideas for missile interception, based on radar, computers, satellite and missile rockets in the future, and the continuing need for manned aircraft
Austrian cavalry entering village in Russian Poland 1915Peasants of an invaded countryside, stand meekly outside their houses, hats in hand, hardly daring to look up at the new terror. 1915
Mahdist War - Sudan Campaign - Gordons Warfare - Soldiers and horses walking along by river - British ship on water. Part of Box 244 Boswell Collection - Sudan War. Date: 1881 - 1889
Royal Edward torpedoed August 1915The first British transport ships to be sunk in the First World War, Royal Edward owned by the Canadian Northern Steamship Company
Peninsular War (1808-1814)Conquest and plunder of the monastery of Montserrat by French troops, 1811. Lithography, 19th century
Pigeon PostA German soldier with a carrier pigeon, used for delivering messages during warfare. Date: 1930s
Training War DogsThe animal-loving British train dogs not to fear gunfire, so that they can be used in warfare. Date: 1925