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Christmas Truce / 1914 / Ww1A light of peace in the trenches on Christmas Eve as a German soldier approaches the British lines with a Christmas Tree and small paper lantern
WW2 Valentines Card, Cupid's TankA WW2 Valentines greetings card, the illustration shows Cupid painting a British infantry tank with my Valentine. There's still no weapon in the world as strong as Cupid's bow
Sunday Sport - World War Two Bomber Found on MoonFront cover of the Sunday Sport Newspaper - April 24th 1988 - World War Two Bomber Found on Moon *Note usage restrictions as outlined below* 1988
WW2 - Home Front - Woman in her Gas Mask. Date: circa 1941
Mills Bomb No 5 hand grenade, used during World War One, 1915. Oval cast iron segmented body with handle and split pin. Marked on base plate with grenade number and maker?s name P B and Company
British Army messager pigeon serviceTaking birds out: to the trenches by despatch-riders to let the pigeons fly for training. Regular going and coming supply service of birds between the pigeon homing lofts at Divisional
WW2 recruitment poster, Join the Wrens (Womens Royal Naval Service) and free a man for the Fleet. Printed for HMSO. Date: circa 1940
WW2 poster, To Victory -- With Our Help! Pilots profile with Hawker Hurricanes. Printed by Massey-Harris for distribution in England. Date: circa 1942
First Remembrance Day 1919On 11th November 1919, the first anniversary of Armistice day, the Britsh nation, in reponse to an invitation by King George V
German propaganda poster, WW1German propaganda poster, encouraging women to work in the Home Army during the First World War, for example by working in munitions factories to make grenades for soldiers to use. Date: 1914-1918
The Normandy Landings - 6th June 1944 - WW2. Note the American soldier in the landing craft holding a metal detector to sweep for landmines. Date: 1944
RAF Poster, Back Them Up! WW2RAF Poster, Back Them Up!, showing the capture of the German submarine U570 by a Lockheed Hudson plane of the British Coastal Command during the Second World War. 1941
British aircraft camouflage, 1941British aircraft camouflage, showing how the colours appear to merge into their surroundings, 1941. Date: 1941. Aircraft include Blenheim Bomber, Hudson Bomber, Wellington Bomber, Skua Bomber
Kaiser Wilhelm II, German Emperor, WW1Kaiser Wilhelm II (1859-1941), German Emperor, in uniform during the First World War. Postcard reproduction of a painting by Fischer. Date: 1914-1915
Art deco cover for Theatre World, March 1926Art deco cover for the magazine Theatre World, March 1926, Vol III no14. Artwork by Bovey. Date: 1926
Wings For Victory More Savings - More Wings. Poster encouraging Britains to save money, aiding the war effort, specificially in the construction of new Lancaster Bomber aircraft for the RAF
Battle of the Somme 1918Painting of British soldiers in the trenches at the Battle of the Somme on the Western Front in France during World War I in 1918
The British Fleet - Spithead, 1914Britains Bulwarks. The great fleet assembled at Spithead, Portsmouth - July 16th - 20th 1914 for King George Vs inspection, three weeks after the declaration of war against Germany
British soldiers 1917Men of the East Yorkshire regiment, silhouetted, make their way around shell craters at Frezenberg, during the Third Battle of Ypres
The Staffordshire Regiment (Prince of Wales ) (or simply " Staffords" for short) was an infantry regiment of the British Army, part of the Prince of Wales Division
Cutaway Diagram of the V-1 Flying Bomb; Second World WarCutaway diagram of the German V-1 Flying Bomb, showing the inner workings of this rocket propelled bomb, 1944
B-25 Mitchell Bomber taking off from Hornet; Second WorldPhotograph showing an American B-25 Mitchell medium bomber taking off from the aircraft carrier Hornet on 18th April 1942
HMS Duke of York firing a broadside; Second World WarPhotograph showing the Royal Navy battleship HMS Duke of York firing her 14-inch guns, whilst heavy seas break over her bows, sometime during the Second World War
Harley-Davidson AdvertLeslie Parkhurst sits astride the Harley-Davidson that took him to a new motor-cycle world land speed record at Daytona Beach, Florida
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
National Savings Group wartime posterConvoy your country to victory : save and lend through our National Savings Group. World War II poster illustrated by warship flying the Royal Navy ensign
Wartime pig food posterWe Want Your Kitchen Waste - poster encouraging the saving of food scraps for use as pig food, to be collected by the council. It also feeds poultry
Keep a Pig posterPoster from the Small Pig Keepers Council encouraging the keeping of pigs during wartime - save waste and make food - illustrated by a man in cardigan and hat with a bucket of slops for the pig
Womens Land Army PosterPoster recruiting women to the National Service Womens Land Army during World War One, depicting a land girl guiding a plough across a field
See the World posterSee The World - And Get Paid For Doing It - an army recruitment poster showing two soldiers enjoying the benefits of a foreign posting 1914-1918
WRAF Recruitment posterPoster for the Womens Royal Air Force, detailing the need for Clerks, Waitresses, Cooks, Experienced Motor Cyclists and in many other capacities 1914-1918
Sikh Soldier Ww1A Sikh officer from India, fighting with the Allies in World War One
LUSITANIAAt the time of her launch in 1907, she was the largest vessel in the world : her sinking by a U-boat in 1915 continues to inspire conspiracy theories
Maps / World / EratosthenesThe world as known to Eratosthenes
Angels of Mons, cover design for piano musicAngels of Mons (Reve Mystique), cover design for solo piano music by Sydney C Baldock, inspired by rumours of angelic intervention in the fighting (Battle of Mons, Belgium)
Myth / German and NorseThe wolves Skoll (repulsion) and Hati (hate) pursue Sol (sun) and Mani (moon) across the skies; if they should catch them, the world will be plunged again into darkness
Alexandria LibraryScholars examine the scrolls of the library of Alexandria, the greatest collection of the ancient world, burnt in 47 and finally destroyed by Moslem general Amrou 22 December 640
Norton. Isle of Man TT500cc Norton racing at the Isle of Man TT, an annual motorcycle event run on the Isle of Man in May/June of most years since 1907. It regarded as one of the most dangerous racing events in the world
Avro 683 Lancaster B-1RAF Battle of Britain Memorial Flight Bbmf Avro 683 Lancaster B-1 City of Lincoln and 617 Squadron Avro Vulcan B-2 flying in formation over Lincoln Cathedral, UK Date: 1980s
Hawker Hurricane Mk 2D flying above cloud with Anti-Tank Cannon Date: 1940s
WW2 - Map of Beirut, Lebanon - with Military locationsEnd of WW2 - Map of Beirut, Lebanon showing Military locations important for a British serviceman stationed in the city at the end of the Second World War
A Miner Success by Bruce Bairnsfather, WW1 cartoon" They must ave ad some good news or somethin, Alf; you can ear em cheerin quite plain." Two British Tommies, Bill and Alf
Bernard MontgomeryField Marshal Bernard Law Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein, (1887 1976), Montgomery was in command the 3rd division assault on Northern France in 1944
British Guns dash through French townA British Artillery piece is rushed at a gallop through the market-place of a French town, the square surrounded by shell damaged buildings
British Military Recruitment Poster, WW1Recruitment poster printed by Gale and Polden Limited, 1914 (c). Associated with Princess Louises Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders. Recruits wanted. Date: 1914
Blitz - Fire at Surrey Commercial Docks, RotherhitheWarehouses ablaze (the left wing of the No.8 warehouse) following the heavy enemy bombing raids on the Surrey Commercial Docks in Rotherhithe
WWI German gas mask, c 1918, in its original metal containeFirst World War German gas mask, c. 1918, in its original metal container. With a supply of silicone window panes, the instructions translate from German to for humidity, don t wipe
WW2 poster -- gas attack, with instructions on how to put on your gas mask, what to do if the gas rattles sound, and what to do if you get gassed. Date: 1940s