Parade Collection (page 16)

The Volunteer Review, c1850s. In times of danger, men who do not belong to the army have sometimes served as volunteers. Colour plate taken from the book Pictures of English History

Departure of the Guards for the Crimea, 1854 (1899). The Crimean War lasted from 28 March 1854 until 1856 and was fought between Imperial Russia on one side and an alliance of Britain, France

First volunteer review in Hyde Park, London, 1899. Volunteers for the Boer War. An engraving from James Taylors The Victorian Empire, William Mackenzie, (London, 1899)

Parade at the Opera Place, Berlin, (detail), c1817-1857. Artist: Franz Kruger
Parade at the Opera Place, Berlin, (detail), c1817-1857

St Augustines Parade, Bristol, c1810. Artist: Samuel Jackson
St Augustines Parade, Bristol, c1810

Suleiman Pasha, 1847. Artist: Jean Adolphe Beauce
Suleiman Pasha, 1847. Born Joseph Anthelme Seve, Suleiman Pasha (1788-1860) was a former officer of the army of Napoleon Bonaparte who converted to Islam

Military Review with Ibrahim Pacha, Champ de Mars, Paris, c1846 (1847). Artist: Gerard Corbiau
Military Review with Ibrahim Pacha, Champ de Mars, Paris, c1846 (1847). The son of Muhammad Ali Pasha, Ottoman Viceroy of Egypt, Ibrahim Pasha (1789-1848) visited Western Europe in 1846

The flag of the 1st Regiment of the French Foreign Legion, 1914. The flag is inscribed with the names of battles in which the Legion fought, including Sevastopol (1855), Kabylia (1857)

Parading of the flag of the French Foreign Legion, Sidi Bel Abbes, Algeria, 28 April 1906. The 2nd Regiment of Spahis arrive. The Spahis were regiments of cavalry raised in North Africa

The French Foreign Legion parading through the streets of Sidi Bel Abbes, Algeria, 1906. Sidi Bel Abbes was the Legions headquarters from 1931-1961. French postcard

French Foreign Legion review, Paris, 14 July 1939. Soldiers of the Legion parading on Bastille Day on the 150th anniversary of the French Revolution. French postcard

Paul Painleve reviewing French Foreign Legion troops, Morocco, c1926. Painleve was French Minister for War at the time. French postcard

Flag of the 1st Regiment of the French Foreign Legion, Sidi Bel Abbes, Algeria, 1933. Artist: Boumendil
Flag of the 1st Regiment of the French Foreign Legion, Sidi Bel Abbes, Algeria, 1933. The flag is inscribed with the names of battles in which the Legion fought, including Sevastopol (1855)

German officers at the Arc de Triomphe during the victory parade, Paris, June 1940. Paris fell to the Germans on 14 June 1940

German victory parade after the capture of Paris, June 1940. General Georg von Kuechler, commander of the 18th Army in the invasion of the Low Countries and France

French soldiers being awarded the Legion d Honneur, Mulhouse, France, 10 February 1945. Troops receiving decorations from General de Gaulle

German military parade in Paris, June 1940. General Kurt von Briesen watching from the top of the Arc de Triomphe as the parade passes along the Avenue Foch

German military band at the parade on the Place de l Etoile, Paris, June 1940. The Germans entered Paris on 14 June

German military parade along the Champs Elysees during the occupation, Paris, 1940-1944

General von Bock saluting German troops parading past the Arc de Triomphe, Paris, 14 June 1940
General von Bock saluting German troops parading past the Arc de Triomphe, Paris, on 14 June 1940, the day that the city fell to the Nazis

German soldiers on the Champs Elysees, Paris, 14 June 1940. A column of German troops in motorcycles with sidecars heading towards the Arc de Triomphe on the day that Paris fell to the Nazis

German forces parading along the Champs Elysees, Paris, 14 June 1940. Viewed from the top of the Arc de Triomphe, a column of German army vehicles on the Champs Elysees on the day that Paris fell to

German soldiers marching in Paris, 14 June 1940. A parade of German troops on the day Paris fell to them

German soldiers marching past the Arc de Triomphe, Paris, 14 June 1940. General Fedor von Bock reviews a parade of the victorious German troops on the day Paris fell to them

German troops marching past the Arc de Triomphe, Paris, 14 June 1940, the day the city fell to the invaders

German troops parading before the German commandant of Paris, 8 July 1941
German troops parading before the German commandant of Paris, General Ernst von Schaumburg, 8 July 1941

Officer inspecting a mounted detatchment of the French Foreign Legion, Syria, 20th century. The French Foreign Legion was established in 1831 as an elite unit of foreign volunteers

Grand victory parade, Paris, France, 14 July 1919. French postcard

Marshals Foch and Joffre during the grand victory parade, Paris, France, 14 July 1919. Joffre, Commander-in Chief of the French Army at the beginning of the First World War and Foch

Tanks in the great victory parade, Paris, France, 14 July 1919
Tanks in the great victory parade, France, 14 July 1919. French postcard

The great victory parade, Paris, France, 14 July 1919. French postcard

The Troop Parade during the Grand Parade, Tuileries Palace, 19th century

Parade of the Young Pioneers, Red Square, Moscow, 1972

Parade in Red Square, December 1947, Moscow, Russia

May Day Parade, Red Square, Moscow, 1972

Carnaval de 1871; Wilhelm I of Prussia entering Paris, February 1871
Carnaval de 1871 ; Wilhelm I of Prussia entering Paris, February 1871. Wilhelm I of Prussia was proclaimed the first Emperor of a united Germany in a ceremony in the Hall of Mirrors at Versailles

Entrance of Charles VIII into Naples, 12th May 1495 (19th century). From the Palace of Versailles, France

Tsar Nicholas II reviewing the parade of the pupils of Moscow in the Kremlin, Russia, 1912. Artist: K von Hahn
Tsar Nicholas II reviewing the parade of the pupils of Moscow in the Kremlin, Russia, 1912. Found in the collection of the Russian State Film and Photo Archive, Krasnogorsk

British troops parading on the esplanade, Calcutta, India, mid 19th century

Members of the Womens Volunteer Defence Corps being trained in rifle drill, World War II, 1940. Small arms were in short supply

Parade of the Troops during the Grand Parade, Tuileries Palace, 19th century

General Joseph Joffre handing out medals, Alsace, France, 1915
General Joseph Joffre handing out medals to French colonial troops, Alsace, France, 1915. Joffre commanded the Frances army during the first two years of the First World War

Siege of Paris, 1870-1871. Cartoon depicting a scene during the Prussian Siege of Paris in the Franco-Prussian War (1870-1871)

George William Frederick Charles, 2nd Duke of Cambridge, British soldier, c1885. Artist: Richard Simkin
George William Frederick Charles, 2nd Duke of Cambridge, British soldier, c1885. A cousin of Queen Victoria, the Duke of Cambridge (1819-1904) commanded a division in the Crimean War of 1853-1856

Annexation of the Orange Free State, 2nd Boer War, 28 May 1900. Lord Roberts, British commander-in-chief, announced the annexation of the Orange Free State on 24 May 1900

What a Pity the Race of Centaurs has become Extinct!, 1866 Artist: George du Maurier
What a Pity the Race of Centaurs has become Extinct!, 1866. An illustration of how the world would look like if centaurs still existed

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