Aerial View of the Western Front - W L Wyllie (1851-1931)

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19th Regiment (1st Yorks. North Riding) The Green Howards - Advance Arms

Home Page of the UK Re-enactment Group of the 19th Regiment (1st Yorks. North Riding) The Green Howards.

Durbar with Logar chieftains at Sherpur Cantonment, near Kabul in 1879

Public domain - wikipedia. Photograph taken by John Burke (1843-1900) in 1879, showing the Maidan or open space at the cantonment at Sherpur, situated a mile north of the city of Kabul, and the gathering of chieftains from Logar in Afghanistan for a durbar or meeting with the British.

French Bayonet Charge, 1914

Public domain - wikipedia

Studio photograph from around the turn of the 20th century; Newly commissioned ?German officers? Contact the editor if you can offer a more precise caption.

Wikipedia. No other information

American Civil War Union Soldiers reading mail and playing cards.

Public domain

Prince Blucher and the Duke of Wellington meet at the Battle of Waterloo (La Belle Alliance) on June 18, 1815

Original: Handschriftenabteilung, Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin ? Preu?ischer Kulturbesitz

Brusiloff and Staff from a contemporary newspaper or periodical

Public domain but cannot trace the precise source

HMS Eagle sinking; Wartime colour photograph 11 August 1942.

Sunk 11 August 1942 by 4 torpedoes from German submarine U73 while escorting a convoy to Malta (operation 'Pedestal'). Archive of the Fleet Air Arm.

HMS Victorious

HMS Victorious. Photo from website of Orkney Islands Council, Heritage & Museums

Seaforth Barracks, Liverpool

Public domain. Seaforth Barracks, Litherland opened in 1882 and closed 1958, originally being constructed as a cavalry barracks with accomodation for officers; married men, barrack blocks for 128 other ranks and stabling for 80 horses.

Jan van Chelminski (1851-1925) SOLDIERS READING A ROADSIDE NOTICE, 1875,Signed and dated 1875, oil on panel 25.5cm x 35.5cm (10in x 14in) depicting ?18th century ?Austrian cavalry in the field. Contact the editor if you can identify them!

Tommies Cheering - Western Front

Men of the Wiltshire Regiment cheer while heading toward the trenches on the Western Front, 1918. Public domain.

The Battle of Trafalgar (detail) by Clarkson Stanfield (1793 - 1867)

Public domain - wikipedia. Commissioned in 1836 for the United Services Club

Treaty of Ghent 1815 by A. Forestier. Date: ca 1915. Colour lithograph.

A Hundred Years Peace. The Signature of the Treaty of Ghent between Great Britain and the United States of America, Dec. 24th 1814. By A. Forestier. Date: ca 1915. Colour lithography.

The German High Seas Fleet, Caged in Scapa Flow, 1919 - W L Wyllie oil on canvas, 64cm x 120cm. MOD 4146 Crown copyright

Sgt. Chenery 8th Batallion. Wounded but still carrying on.

This photograph is from "Always a Fusilier" the history of the Royal Fusiliers.

Electrified Barbed Wire Fence

The British Army in Concord 1775, contemporary engraving

"Plate II. A view of the town of Concord." In: "The Doolittle engravings of the battles of Lexington and Concord in 1775." Hand colored engraving. Published 1775. Amos Doolittle (engraver) and Ralph Earl (artist). New York Public Library Digital Library. Collection Guide: Standard Reference(s): Deak 139; Deak 139.2 Digital ID:54388.

Churchill Tanks of 6th Guards Tank Brigade, Holland 1944

Churchill Tanks of 6th Guards Tank Brigade, Holland 1944. Note Panther fifth vehicle behind. Public domain.

New Zealand soldiers with a copy of New Zealand at the Front, 20 Nov 1917, Alexander Turnbull Library, Reference No. 1/2-012980-G

The Reading Experience Database (RED) was launched in 1996 at the UK Open University. Its mission is to accumulate as much data as possible about the reading experiences of British subjects from 1450 to 1945. Google Reading Experience Database to find out more.

Battle of Waterloo - William Sadler(1782-1839)

Wikipedia - public domain; original is at Pym's Gallery

Image of Wellington's signature

HMS Illustrious: The Attack on Taranto - Rowland Langmaid MOD 4057 Crown copyright

HMS Illustrious: The Attack on Taranto - Rowland Langmaid MOD 4057 Crown copyright - oil on canvas, 46cm x 92cm

Aerial View of the Western Front - W L Wyllie (1851-1931)

An aerial picture of the northern French battlefield dated 1915-16, showing a dogfight over the entrenched armies. MOD Crown copyright.

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