British Army Collection (page 20)

Gas Alarm!, Loos, France, World War I, c1915-c1918. Artist: Realistic Travels Publishers
Gas Alarm!, Loos, France, World War I, c1915-c1918. On 22 April 1915, during the Second Battle of Ypres, the Germans released 168 tons of chlorine gas over a four mile front

First aid dogs, World War I, c1914-c1918. Artist: Realistic Travels Publishers
First aid dogs, World War I, c1914-c1918. Dogs with first aid equipment and stimulants off to find wounded in inaccessible parts of no mans land. Stereoscopic card. Detail

Sappers and miners at work, Ypres salient, Belgium, World War I, c1915-c1917. Artist: Realistic Travels Publishers
Sappers and miners at work, Ypres salient, Belgium, World War I, c1915-c1917. Digging a tunnel under Hill 60. Hill 60 was a strategically important high point on the southern edge of the Ypres

British cavalry troops resting in a French village, World War I, c1914-c1918. Artist: Realistic Travels Publishers
British cavalry troops resting in a French village, World War I, c1914-c1918. As the war settled into a pattern of static trench warfare cavalry became increasingly tactically irrelevant

A regiment of Allenbys cavalry behind the line, Ypres, Belgium, World War I, c1914-c1917. General Edmund Alllenby commanded the Cavalry Corps of the British Expeditionary Force on the Western Front

Stretcher bearers caring for wounded at an improvised first aid post, World War I, c1914-c1918. Stereoscopic card. Detail

Indian bombers holding an important trench near Neuve Chapelle, France, World War I, c1914-c1918. Indian troops under German shell fire. Stereoscopic card. Detail

Troops and supplies are rushed from a railhead to the firing line, World War I, c1914-c1918. Lorries and London buses in the background. Stereoscopic card. Detail

A battery of Royal Field Artillery enjoying a few hours rest in a wood, World War I, c1914-c1918. Stereoscopic card. Detail

Shattered remains of a luckless howitzer blown up by a direct German hit, World War I, c1914-c1918. Stereoscopic card. Detail

British gunners donning masks as protection against German gas shells, World War I, c1914-c1918. The board on the right of the photograph identifies the men as being from the 8th Battery

Soldiers filling their water bottles at the town pump La Gorgue, France, World War I, c1914-c1918. Men of the Seaforth Highlanders Regiment. Stereoscopic card. Detail

Ruins of Ypres, Flanders, Belgium, World War I, c1914-c1918. Artist: Realistic Travels Publishers
Ruins of Ypres, Flanders, Belgium, World War I, c1914-c1918. Ypres was on the front line for most of the war and was the site of three major battles

The capture of a German blockhouse, Croisilles, France, World War I, c1917-c1918. Artist: Realistic Travels Publishers
The capture of a German blockhouse, Croisilles, France, World War I, c1917-c1918. During the assault on the Hindenburg Line. Stereoscopic card. Detail

The capture of a German machine-gunner, Croisilles, France, World War I, c1917-c1918. During the assault on the Hindenburg Line. Stereoscopic card. Detail

A section of Seaforth Highlanders snatching a moments respite, World War I, c1914-c1918. Stereoscopic card. Detail

Troops waiting in a trench near Arras, France, World War I, c1914-c1918. Artist: Realistic Travels Publishers
Troops waiting in a trench near Arras, France, World War I, c1914-c1918. British Army soldiers waiting for a creeping artillery barrage to lift. Stereoscopic card. Detail

Holding the line at Dickebusch, Flanders, Belgium, World War I, 7 June 1917. Artist: Realistic Travels Publishers
Holding the line at Dickebusch, Flanders, Belgium, World War I, 7 June 1917. Before the assault on Messines Ridge. Stereoscopic card. Detail

British troops going over the top, Flanders, Belgium, World War I, c1914-c1918. Artist: Realistic Travels Publishers
British troops going over the top, Flanders, Belgium, World War I, c1914-c1918. During an assult on Wytschaete Wood. Stereoscopic card. Detail

British troops on the Yser Canal, Flanders, Belgium, World War I, c1914-c1918. Artist: Realistic Travels Publishers
British troops on the Yser Canal, Flanders, Belgium, World War I, c1914-c1918. Carrying supplies over a destroyed bridge. Stereoscopic card. Detail

British troops attacking Germans isolated in a captured village, World War I, c1914-c1918
British troops attacking a group of Germans isolated in a captured village, World War I, c1914-c1918. Stereoscopic card. Detail

Attending to the wounded on the Menin Road, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium, World War I, c1914-c1918. During stiff fighting around Zonnebeke

British troops occupying Houthulst Forest, Flanders, Belgium, World War I, c1914-c1918. Stereoscopic card. Detail

The battle around the village of Gheluvelt, Flanders, Belgium, World War I, c1914-c1918. Gheluvelt is near Ypres, the site of three major battles during the war. Stereoscopic card. Detail

British troops advancing through gas, Passchandaele, Ypres, Belgium, World War I, c1914-c1918. Stereoscopic card. Detail

Impression of a body in the ground, Billericay, Essex, World War I, 1916. Artist: Realistic Travels Publishers
Impression of a body in the ground, Billericay, Essex, World War I, September 1916. Impression made by a member of the crew of a German Zeppelin shot down over the town who fell from the airship

The Victoria Cross, 1941. The Victoria Cross was instituted in 1856 for all ranks of the British army and navy. It was first conferred by Queen Victoria on 62 men in June 1857

Giving water to a wounded pal, Hooge, Ypres, Belgium, World War I, 1914-1918. Artist: Realistic Travels Publishers
Giving water to a wounded pal, Hooge, Ypres, Belgium, World War I, 1914-1918. Allied soldiers beside a shattered German block house. Stereoscopic card detail

Officer watching his men file into a dug-out to avoid a German strafe, World War I, 1914-1918. Stereoscopic card detail

Joss-House, Chapoo, Death of Colonel Tomlinson, China, 1842 (c1857). Artist: Thomas Abiel Prior
Joss-House, Chapoo, Death of Colonel Tomlinson, China, 1842 (c1857). Sketched on the spot by Captain Stoddart RN. Colonel Nicholas R Tomlinson of the 18th (Royal Irish)

West Gate of Ching-keang-foo (Zhenjiang), China, 21 July 1842 (c1857). Artist: MJ Starling
West Gate of Ching-keang-foo (Zhenjiang), China, 21 July 1842 (c1857). Sketched on the spot by Captain Stoddart RN. British troops disembarking from boats at the Battle of Chinkiang during the First

The Sortie Made by the Garrison of Gibraltar, 27 November 1781 (c1857). Artist: J Rogers
The Sortie Made by the Garrison of Gibraltar, 27 November 1781 (c1857). Spanish and French forces besieged Gibraltar from 1779 until 1783

Defeat of the Floating Batteries at Gibraltar, 1782 (c1857). Artist: G Stodart
Defeat of the Floating Batteries at Gibraltar, 1782 (c1857). General Sir George Eliott is on horseback pointing to the battle between the British and the Spanish land and sea forces

Battle of Salamanca, Spain, 22 July 1811 (c1857). Artist: DJ Pound
Battle of Salamanca, Spain, 22 July 1811 (c1857). The Battle of Salamanca was an important victory in the Peninsular War for an Anglo-Portuguese army under the Duke of Wellington over Marshal

Battle of Talavera, Spain, 27-28 July 1809 (c1857). Artist: DJ Pound
Battle of Talavera, Spain, 27-28 July 1809 (c1857). The British and Spanish army commanded by Wellington won an indecisive victory over the French commanded by Napoleons brother Joseph Bonaparte

Battle of Vitoria, 21 June 1813 (c1857). Artist: DJ Pound
Battle of Vitoria, 21 June 1813 (c1857). The victory for Wellington and his Spanish and Portuguese allies at Vitoria was decisive in bringing about the defeat of the French in the Peninsular War

The attack upon the French camp on the hills of Famars near Valenciennes, 23 May 1793 (c1857). Artist: J Rogers
The attack upon the French camp on the hills of Famars near Valenciennes, 23 May 1793 (c1857). A scene from the Battle of Famars, during the Flanders campaign of the War of the First Coalition

Christmas Day menu, 2nd Battalion the Kings Regiment, Iraq, 1926

Studio portrait of a soldier of C Company, 2nd Battalion the Kings Regiment, Iraq, 1926

Group portrait of C Company, 2nd Battalion the Kings Regiment, Iraq, 1926. In front of the men are several trophies, including the C Company Challenge Shield

Battle of Rorkes Drift, Natal, Zulu War, 1879 (1951). In the aftermath of their victory at the Battle of Isandlwana, the Zulus mounted an attack on the British border post at Rorkes Drift

The cook house of the 8th Hussars, Crimean War, 1855, (1951). Artist: Roger Fenton
The cook house of the 8th Hussars, Crimean War, 1855 (1951). A print from 100 Years in Pictures, A panorama of History in the Making, text by DC Somervell, Odhams press Limited, London, 1951

Tirah, General Sir William Stephen Alexander Lockhart, Scottish soldier, 1898. Artist: Spy
Tirah, General Sir William Stephen Alexander Lockhart, Scottish soldier, 1898. Lockhart (1841-1900) served at the Khyber Pass and in Kabul, later being appointed Commander-in-Chief in India in 1898

Football team of the 1st Royal Scots (Lothian Regiment), 1896. The holders of the Army Football Association Challenge Cup. A print from The Navy and Army Illustrated, 11th December 1896

A good fall, wrestling display, Aldershot, Hampshire, 1896. Artist: Gregory & Co
A good fall, wrestling display, Aldershot, Hampshire, 1896. A print from The Navy and Army Illustrated, 30th October 1896

The flying mare outside, wrestling display, Aldershot, Hampshire, 1896. Artist: Gregory & Co
The flying mare outside, wrestling display, Aldershot, Hampshire, 1896. A print from The Navy and Army Illustrated, 30th October 1896

The body holt and neck double, wrestling display, Aldershot, Hampshire, 1896. Artist: Gregory & Co
The body holt and neck double, wrestling display, Aldershot, Hampshire, 1896. A print from The Navy and Army Illustrated, 30th October 1896

The Convivially Genial CO, 1896. A print from The Navy and Army Illustrated, 30th October 1896

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