First World War Collection

The Vindictive at Zeebrugge, 1918 (1919). Artist: Charles John De Lacy
The Vindictive at Zeebrugge, 1918 (1919). HMS Vindictive was a British Arrogant-class cruiser built at Chatham Dockyard. She was launched on 9 December 1897 and completed in 1899

How Piper Laidlaw won the Victoria Cross on September 25, 1915, (c1920). Creator
How Piper Laidlaw won the Victoria Cross on September 25, 1915, (c1920). Playing the 7th Kings Own Scottish Borderers out of their trenches at the Battle of Loos in the midst of the gas attack

Twixt Love and Duty, 1914. World War I postcard, showing a British officer saying farewell to a loved one and answering the call to duty

The crew of HMS Vindictive celebrating the Zeebrugge Raid on 23 April 1918. The Zeebrugge Raid was an attack carried out by the Royal Navy on the Belgian port of Zeebrugge

Map of Suvla Bay, Gallipoli peninsula, First World War, 1915, (c1920). Creator: Unknown
Map of Suvla Bay, Gallipoli peninsula, First World War, 1915, (c1920). After the Suvla Bay Landing: Approximate Positions of General Stopfords Divisions on the night of August 7, 1915

Soldiers playing cards in the trenches, First World War, c1916, (c1920). Creator: Unknown
Soldiers playing cards in the trenches, First World War, c1916, (c1920). An Interval of Peace: British bomb-gun section enjoying a hand at cards while the sentries keep watch through the periscopes

Map of the North Sea and the Baltic, c1914, (c1920). Creator: John Bartholomew & Son
Map of the North Sea and the Baltic, c1914, (c1920). Northern Europe at the start of the First World War, including parts of Norway, Sweden, Finland, Russia, Germany, Denmark

Humorous Europe Map in 1914, 1914. Private Collection

Tyne Cot Cemetery, Passchendaele Ridge, Belgium, World War I, c1918-1919. Artist: Realistic Travels Publishers
Tyne Cot Cemetery, Passchendaele Ridge, Belgium, World War I, c1918-1919. The cemetery stands on the spot Where 20, 000 British soldiers fell attacking German positions during the Battle of

British pilot Captain Albert Ball posing with trophies from his 43rd victory, 1917. Captain Ball was one of Britains most prolific fighter aces of the First World War

Curtiss OXX-6, V-8 Engine, ca. 1916. Creator: Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Company
Among the most successful early engines marketed in the United States were those designed and built by aviation pioneer and inventor Glenn Curtiss

Battle of the Somme, First World War, July 1916, (c1920). Creator: Unknown
Battle of the Somme, First World War, July 1916, (c1920). Map of northern France showing Successive Stages of Advance at the Fricourt Salient...British line in black, Enemy Defences [Germans] in red

Map showing approximately the area gained on the Thiepval Ridge... 1916, (c1920)
Map showing approximately the area gained on the Thiepval Ridge between September 14 and October 31, 1916, (c1920). The British line in northern France during the Battle of the Somme

Hooded British Territorials charging the German Trenches at Loos, September 25th, 1915, 1916. British troops in gas masks charged German trenches at the Battle of Loos on the Western Front

Concord. The Triple Entente, 1914. Creator: Anonymous
Concord. The Triple Entente, 1914. Found in the Collection of Russian State Historical Library, Moscow

The Baltic Sea and Its Approaches, First World War, c1915, (c1920). Map of part of northern Europe, showing sections of the coasts of Norway, Sweden, Russia, Germany and Denmark

Victory Bonds will help stop this. Kultur vs. Humanity, 1918
Victory Bonds will help stop this. Kultur vs. Humanity, published 1918 (colour lithograph). This refers to the sinking of the Red Cross transport ship Llandoverty Castle

Twin-Screw RMS Adriatic of the White Star Line, c1907. RMS Adriatic was an ocean liner of the White Star Line. She was the fourth of a quartet of ships measuring over 20, 000 tons

First line Gurkhas storming and capturing a German trench, World War I, 1914-1918. Artist: Crown
First line Gurkhas storming and capturing a German trench, World War I, 1914-1918. Stereoscopic card. Detail

First Blood in the Battle of the Somme, First Worlds War, 1 July 1916, (c1920). Creator: Unknown
First Blood in the Battle of the Somme, First Worlds War, 1 July 1916, (c1920)....the storming of Montauban [in northern France] over the sunken road in front of the village. Drawn by S. Begg

British soldiers on the Western Front, northern France, First World War, 1916, (c1920). After the Capture of Lesboeufs: British troops returning, headed by their fifes and drums

positions in the Battle of Verdun, northern France, First World War, 1916, (c1920)
French and German positions in the Battle of Verdun, northern France, First World War, 1916, (c1920). Solid red line indicates French

Ruins of the Cloisters at Messines, 1914. Artist: Adolf Hitler
Ruins of the Cloisters at Messines, 1914. Adolf Hitler often claimed to be a frustrated artist, and art was one of his major interests throughout his life

A Heroic Deed of the Royal Horse Artillery Near Compiegne, (1919). Creator: Unknown
A Heroic Deed of the Royal Horse Artillery Near Compiegne, (1919). Scene from the First World War: at the Battle of Nery in September 1914, the British 1st Cavalry Brigade and L Battery

The War Loan (Poster), 1916. Artist: Vladimirov, Ivan Alexeyevich (1869-1947)
The War Loan (Poster), 1916. Found in the collection of the Russian State Library, Moscow

Steam yacht Liberty running east. Creator: Kirk & Sons of Cowes
Steam yacht Liberty running east. Liberty was built for Joseph Pulitzer in 1908. Designed by George Lennox Watson she was one of the largest private yachts of her day

Casualties from the front pass destroyed tanks, Villers-Bretonneux, France, World War I, 1918. Villers-Bretonneux was the scene of the first tank battle in history, on 24th April 1918

Advert for Carters wicker bath chairs and spinal carriages, 1916

Lord Fisher of Kilverstone, British Naval Commander, First World War, 1914. Artist: Haines
Lord Fisher of Kilverstone, British Naval Commander, First World War, 1914. Fisher (1841-1920) was Admiral of the Fleet. Illustration from The Great War HW Wilson, Vol I, (London, 1914)

Lord Fisher, British admiral, late 19th century, (1920). Artist: Russell
Lord Fisher, British admiral, late 19th century, (1920). John Arbuthnot Jackie Fisher, 1st Baron Fisher of Kilverstone (1841-1920) was First Sea Lord and Admiral of the Fleet

The Surrender of the German Fleet at Sunset on November 21, 1918, (c1920). Creator: Unknown
The Surrender of the German Fleet at Sunset on November 21, 1918, (c1920). German sailors lower the Imperial battle flag on one of the battleships after the First World War armistice

The Campbells are Coming! Brave Pipers Playing Highland Regiments to Victory, 1917
" The Campbells are Coming!" Brave Pipers Playing Highland Regiments to Victory, 1917. The tune of the The Campbells Are Coming was played by pipers at the Battle of Delville Wood

The Offensive on the Cambrai Front, November 1917, (1919). Creator: Unknown
The Offensive on the Cambrai Front, November 1917, (1919). Scene from the First World War, 1914-1919: One of the Tanks temporarily hung up in the German Second System on side of road near Ribecourt

Admiral Sir John Jellicoe, (1919). Creator: Unknown
Admiral Sir John Jellicoe, (1919). Portrait of Admiral Sir John Rushworth Jellicoe (1859-1935), British First Sea Lord during the First World War

The Cenotaph, Whitehall, London. The Cenotaph is the site of the annual national service of remembrance when those who fell in the Great War and subsequent conflicts are remembered

The Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria and his wife, Duchess Sophia, by Gavrilo Pr Artist: Anonymous
The Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria and his wife, Duchess Sophia, by Gavrilo Princip in Sarajevo, 28th June, 1914. From a private collection

Wounded but Victorious, c1916 (1919). Artist: Charles John De Lacy
Wounded but Victorious, c1916 (1919). A British battlecruiser being towed into port after the Battle of Jutland. The Battle of Jutland was the largest naval battle fought by the British Royal Navys

Fore-Cabin, H. M. S. Queen Elizabeth, Rosyth, 16 November, 1918, (1935). Artist: Sir John Lavery
Fore-Cabin, H.M.S. Queen Elizabeth, Rosyth, 16 November, 1918, 1918 (1935). After the painting by Sir John Lavery, R.A. From Modern Masterpieces Part 20. [George Newnes Ltd, London, 1935]

Dreadnoughts and hydroplane, British Grand Fleet, North Sea, First World War, 1914. Illustration from The Great War by HW Wilson, Vol I, (London, 1914)

Edith Cavell, British nurse and humanitarian, c1915, (c1920). Edith Cavell (1865-1915) helped hundreds of Allied soldiers escape from German-occupied Belgium during World War I

Belgians fleeing from Termonde, First World War, 1914, (1920). Illustration from The Illustrated War Record of the Most Notable Episodes in the Great European War 1914-1918, seventh edition

Field Marshal Douglas Haig reviewing Canadian troops, Drocourt-Queant, 31 August 1918, (1926)
Field Marshal Douglas Haig reviewing Canadian troops, Drocourt-Queant, France, 31 August 1918. Two days later the Canadians attacked and broke through the German defences of the Drocourt-Queant Line

Armando Diaz, Italian First World War general, (1926). Diaz (1861-1928) was Italian Chief of Staff from October 1917 until the end of the war

Horatio Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener, British Field Marshal, diplomat and statesman, 1902. Artist: G Lekegian
Horatio Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener, British Field Marshal, diplomat and statesman, 1902. Kitchener (1850-1916) regained the Sudan for Egypt by his victory at the Battle of Omdurman (1898)

Soldiers from the British Indian Army, France, c1915. The British Indian Army saw service in the Middle East and East Africa, at Gallipoli and on the Western Front

Barrage balloon, Somme, northern France, c1914-c1918. Photograph from a series of glass plate stereoview images depicting scenes from World War I (1914-1918)

Peace terms. You ve got to swallow it whether you like it or not, 1919
Peace terms. " You ve got to swallow it whether you like it or not", 1919. Private Collection

Map illustrating the Brest-Litovsk Treaties, First World War, c1918, (c1920). Creator: Unknown
Map illustrating the Brest-Litovsk Treaties, First World War, c1918, (c1920). Pink: Areas taken by Germany ; dark blue: Nationalities of self-determination ; light blue

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