Images Dated 2014

Matania - Last Absolution of the Munsters

The Last General Absolution of the Munsters at Rue du Bois - painting by Fortunino Matania. This painting relates to an incident in France in May of 1915, when the 2nd Battalion of the Royal Munster Fusiliers suffered very heavily at Rue du Bois, in the Pas de Calais close to Arras. The action was only one of many local attacks which ended disastrously through lack of support. Colonel Victor Rickard, recently appointed to command, was killed in the attack, as was his Adjutant, Captain Filgate. Both are represented in the picture, alongside Father Gleeson, who is shown giving the Absolution on the evening prior to the action taking place.
1915

© Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans

Handley Page Victor B1 XA930 taking off from Hatfield

Handley Page Victor B1, XA930, taking off from Hatfield on 14 July 1960 at 190, 000lb all-up weight assisted by de Havilland Spectre rockets. Date: 1960

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Iris, Iris xiphioides, Anglica

Iris, Iris xiphioides, Anglica. Chromolithograph from Algemeene Vereeniging voor Bloembollencultuur, Florilegium Harlemense. Tab 36. Date: 1899-1901

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