Training Collection (#11)

Polar Star, 1911. From British Sports and Sportsmen Part 1. [British Sports and Sportsmen, London, 1911]

U. S. Naval Training Station, Administration Building. San Diego, California, c1941
U.S. Naval Training Station, Administration Building. San Diego, California, c1941. From San Diego, California. [Herz, California]

The Dog Potters, 1926. Eton OTC (Officer Traing Corps) developed from earlier Eton volunteers (or Dog Potters ). From Eton College by Christopher Hussey. [Country Life, London, 1926]

Military Police: A machine gun section, 1914. From The Beautiful Rio De Janeiro by Alured Gray Bell. [William Heinemann, London, 1914]

The Benjamin Constant Training Cruiser and the dreadnought Minas Geraes in Rio Harbour, 1914. From The Beautiful Rio De Janeiro by Alured Gray Bell. [William Heinemann, London, 1914]

The New Army in training at the Farriers School, 1915. From The Manchester Guardian History of the War Vol. III - 1915.. [John Heywood Ltd, London, 1915]

The New Army in training: A rest by the roadside, 1915. From The Manchester Guardian History of the War Vol. III - 1915.. [John Heywood Ltd, London, 1915]

Recruits to the Grenadier Guards at physical drill at Caterham, where the Brigade of Foot Guards de
Recruits to the Grenadier Guards at physical drill at Caterham, 1915. Caterham is a town in the Tandridge District of Surrey, England where the Brigade of Foot Guards depot was established

An open-air lecture in the Parks, Oxford, 1915. From The Manchester Guardian History of the War Vol. III - 1915.. [John Heywood Ltd, London, 1915]

Recruits learning the use of the bayonet, 1915. From The Manchester Guardian History of the War Vol. III - 1915.. [John Heywood Ltd, London, 1915]

Artillery recruits having the mechanism of an 18-pounder explained to them, 1915. From The Manchester Guardian History of the War Vol. III - 1915.. [John Heywood Ltd, London, 1915]

German women being trained as tramway workers in Berlin, 1915. From The Manchester Guardian History of the War Vol. III - 1915.. [John Heywood Ltd, London, 1915]

Maligawa Elephant and Mahouts, c1890, (1910). Artist: Alfred William Amandus Plate
Maligawa Elephant and Mahouts, c1890, (1910). From The Hundred Best Views of Ceylon. [Plate Ltd, Colombo, Kandy & Nuwara Eliya, 1910]

Guardia Rural Cabana, c1910

Trepanning a Recruit, 1791 (1909). Artist: George Keating
Trepanning a Recruit, 1791 (1909). After George Morland (1763-1804). From British Military Prints, by Ralph Nevill. [The Connoisseur, London, 1909]

The Hon. Artillery Company Assembled for Ball Practice at Childs Hill, c1820-1870, (1909). Artist: Robert Havell
The Hon. Artillery Company Assembled for Ball Practice at Childs Hill, c1820-1870, (1909). After George Foster. From British Military Prints, by Ralph Nevill. [The Connoisseur, London, 1909]

Review of The Hon. Artillery Company, 1829 (1909). Artist: Robert Havell
Review of The Hon. Artillery Company, 1829 (1909). After George Foster. Scene of Honourable Artillery Company passing in review before Prince Augustus Frederick, Duke of Sussex

Assault Course, 1940-1942, (1943)
Assault Course, 1943. Training was provided for commandos, brigade groups in the assault role, formations in follow up and the RAF

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

An instructor explaining engine details to a pupils at Sealand Aerodrome, Flintshire, c1936 (c1937)
An instructor explaining engine details to a group of pupils at the Service Flying Training School at Sealand Aerodrome, Flintshire, Wales, c1936 (c1937). From Wonders of World Aviation, Vol

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

Ground Instruction in map reading, c1935 (c1937). The instructor explains to his pupils how to fold a map for reading in the air

Flying boats and floatplanes from aircraft carriers of the Royal Navy, c1936 (c1937)
Flying boats and floatplanes from aircraft carriers of the Royal Navy during exercises in the Mediterranean, c1936 (c1937)

Servants fire brigade at the Hotel Cecil, London, c1903 (1903). The Hotel Cecil was built between 1890 and 1896 between the Thames Embankment and the Strand

Horse with Rarey fittings, c1905 (c1910). The Rarey technique is a method of calming horses that have become vicious and fearful of humans due to abusive handling or other traumatic events

Mr. Francis Clark, The Queens Gillie, with three of her favourite dogs, c1899, (1901). Artist: GW Wilson and Company
Mr. Francis Clark, The Queens Gillie, with three of her favourite dogs, c1899, (1901). From V.R.I. Her Life and Empire, by The Marquis of Lorne, K.T. [Harmsworth Bros Ltd. London, 1901]

Launce and his Dog, 1903, (1903). Artist: Philip William May
Launce and his Dog, 1903, (1903). A scene from Two Gentlemen of Verona by William Shakespeare. From The Pall Mall Magazine Volume XXXI, edited by George R. Halkett

Provoking Fidelity L education de petit chien, 1775. Artist: Louis Marin Bonnet
Provoking Fidelity L education de petit chien, 1775. From The Connoisseur Volume XLII. [The Connoisseur Ltd. London, 1915]

The Making of a Lawn-Tennis Player, 1937. From The Childrens Golden Treasure Book for 1937, edited by John R. Crossland and J. M. Parrish. [Odhams Press Ltd. London, 1937]

Training, 1820s, Artist: G Hunt
Training, 1820s. After James Pollard (1792-1867). From Connoisseur Extra No. 5 - Old Sporting Prints by Ralph Nevill [The Connoisseur Magazine, London, 1908]

Training, 1820s, (1907). Artist: G Hunt
Training. After James Pollard (1792-1867). From The Connoisseur Vol. XVIII [Otto Limited, London, 1907.]

Air observer receiving bombing training, 1940. From Our Air Force published by Ward, Lock & Co. Ltd. 1940

Starting on an instructional flight in a Miles Magister. The pupil is in the rear cockpit, 1940. The Miles M.14 Magister was a British two-seat monoplane

Wireless Operator Inside Latest Type of Training Machine, 1940. From Our Air Force published by Ward, Lock & Co. Ltd. 1940

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

Etons amateur firemen practising a hose drill, Berkshire, c1922. A print from Peoples of all Nations, Volume III, edited by JA Hammerton, The Fleetway House, London, c1922

A class of seamen at ammunition instruction, Whale Island, Portsmouth, Hampshire, 1896. Artist: Russell & Sons
A class of seamen at ammunition instruction, Whale Island, Portsmouth, Hampshire, 1896. A print from The Navy and Army Illustrated, 26th June 1896

Torpedo instruction on board HMS Theseus, 1896. Artist: W Gregory
Torpedo instruction on board HMS Theseus, 1896. Four sailors with a Whitehead torpedo. The Theseus was a cruiser launched in 1892

At drill with a 6 inch quick firing gun on board the battleship HMS Resolution, 1896. Artist: Gregory & Co
At drill with a 6 inch quick firing gun on board the battleship HMS Resolution, 1896. A print from The Navy and Army Illustrated, 15th May 1896

Army reserve men at musketry drill at the Tower of London, 1896. Artist: W Gregory
Army reserve men at musketry drill at the Tower of London, 1896. A print from The Navy and Army Illustrated, 17th April 1896

Repel boarders exercise, Sheerness Gunnery School, Kent, 1896. Artist: Gregory & Co
Repel boarders exercise, Sheerness Gunnery School, Kent, 1896. A print from The Navy and Army Illustrated, 21st February 1896

Display by the Aldershot gymnastic staff, Hampshire, 1896. Artist: Gregory & Co
Display by the Aldershot gymnastic staff, Hampshire, 1896. A print from The Navy and Army Illustrated, 31st January 1896

Royal Navy Maxim gun practice at Whale island, Portsmouth, Hampshire, 1896. Artist: Gregory & Co
Royal Navy Maxim gun practice at Whale island, Portsmouth, Hampshire, 1896. A print from The Navy and Army Illustrated, 17th January 1896

Ambulance drill on board the cruiser HMS Tartar, 1896. Artist: W Gregory
Ambulance drill on board the cruiser HMS Tartar, 1896. A print from The Navy and Army Illustrated, 17th January 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

Naval training on shore; forming a rallying group, 1896. Artist: W Gregory
Naval training on shore; forming a rallying group, 1896. A print from The Navy and Army Illustrated, 3rd January 1896

Display by the staff of the Aldershot gymnasium, Hampshire, 1895. Artist: Gregory & Co
Display by the staff of the Aldershot gymnasium, Hampshire, 1895. The physical training of the soldier. A print from The Navy and Army Illustrated, 20th December 1895

Gunners of field artillery drilling with a 12 pounder, 1895. Artist: Gregory & Co
Gunners of field artillery drilling with a 12 pounder, 1895. A squad of gunners, in field service uniform, during training in the New Forest

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