Cadet Collection (page 3)

The basis of training: aircraft identification, 1941. Artist: Cecil Beaton
The basis of training: aircraft identification, 1941. From Air of Glory, by Cecil Beaton. [His Majestys Stationery Office, London, 1941]

Pay parade, 1941. Artist: Cecil Beaton
Pay parade, 1941. From Air of Glory, by Cecil Beaton. [His Majestys Stationery Office, London, 1941]

Inoculation, 1941. Artist: Cecil Beaton
Inoculation, 1941. New recruits at an airbase line up to receive their inoculations. From Air of Glory, by Cecil Beaton. [His Majestys Stationery Office, London, 1941]

Kit distribution, 1941. Artist: Cecil Beaton
Kit distribution, 1941. New recruits arrive at an airbase and are issued with their kit. From Air of Glory, by Cecil Beaton. [His Majestys Stationery Office, London, 1941]

Arrival, 1941. Artist: Cecil Beaton
Arrival, 1941. New recruits arrive at an airbase. From Air of Glory, by Cecil Beaton. [His Majestys Stationery Office, London, 1941]

King George V as a yachtsman, c1935. Steering his racing cutter Britannia and inset as a cadet aboard the Bacchante. From The Illustrated London News Silver Jubilee Record Number 1910-1935

The Imperial Cadet Corps at the Durbar, 1903. Artist: Mortimer L Menpes
The Imperial Cadet Corps at the Durbar, 1903. Also known as the Imperial Durbar, the Delhi Durbar was held three times, in 1877, 1903, and 1911

A lecture on instrument flying at the Central Flying School at Upavon, Wiltshire, c1936 (c1937)
A lecture on instrument flying in progress at the Central Flying School at Upavon, Wiltshire, c1936 (c1937). The diagrams on the board represent turn indicators. From Wonders of World Aviation, Vol

6-inch gun drill, Royal Navy training establishment, Shotley, Suffolk, 1936. Known within the service as HMS Ganges, Shotley was Britains largest Royal Naval training establishment from 1905 until it

Reefing topsails on board the training ship HMS Impregnable, Devonport, Devon, 1896. Artist: WM Crockett
Reefing topsails on board the training ship HMS Impregnable, Devonport, Devon, 1896. HMS Impregnable was a second-rate ship of the line that became a training ship at Devonport in 1862

The lads of the training ship HMS Impregnable, 1896. Artist: WM Crockett
The lads of the training ship HMS Impregnable, 1896. HMS Impregnable was a second-rate ship of the line that became a training ship at Devonport in 1862

The Royal Military Academy cricket team, 1895 (1896). Artist: Hudson & Kearns
The Royal Military Academy cricket team, 1895 (1896). The team was captained by A Handley. A print from The Navy and Army Illustrated, 26th June 1896

Naval cadets on board HMS Britannia, Dartmouth, Devon, 1895 (1896). Artist: Gregory & Co
Naval cadets on board HMS Britannia, Dartmouth, Devon, 1895 (1896). Launched in 1860, the battleship HMS Prince of Wales was renamed Britannia

Prince Albert Victor and Prince George during the voyage of the Bacchante, 1881 (1964). Artist: Herbert Numan
Prince Albert Victor and Prince George during the voyage of the Bacchante, 1881 (1964). The two eldest sons of the Prince of Wales, the future King Edward VII, in naval uniform

Cadets shooting the sun, Royal Navy College, 1937. Cigarette card from The Navy series, produced by Senior Service Cigarettes, 1937

Prince Albert Windsor from age one to fifteen, c1896-1910. Photographs of King George VI (1895-1952) at various stages of his childhood

Navy cadet Prince Albert with Admiral Sir Lewis Beaumont, 1912. The future King George VI (1895-1902) served in the Navy from 1910 until 1918

Modest Mussorgsky, Russian composer, as a young man, late 1850s. Mussorgsky (1839-1881) as a cadet in the Preobrazhensky Regiment of the Imperial Guards

Aux Camp des Pupilles de la Republique, 1871. Cartoon published at the time of the Franco-Prussian War of 1870-1871. From a Private collection

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