Volunteers Collection (page 4)

French women enlisting for war work in Germany, 1940-1944. Faced with a decline in the supply of forced labour from occupied Poland and Russia, the Nazis demanded that France send 250

Citizens of Paris outside a German labour recruitment office, 1940-1944. Faced with a decline in the supply of forced labour from occupied Poland and Russia, the Nazis demanded that France send 250

Men without Name, 20th century. Soldiers of the French Foreign Legion on patrol in the desert. The French Foreign Legion was established in 1831 as an elite unit of foreign volunteers

The French Foreign Legion in their camp, c1910. The French Foreign Legion was established in 1831 as an elite unit of foreign volunteers

The Changing of the Guard, The French Foreign Legion, c1910. The French Foreign Legion was established in 1831 as an elite unit of foreign volunteers

Soldiers of the French Foreign Legion, Syria, 20th century. The French Foreign Legion was established in 1831 as an elite unit of foreign volunteers

Soldiers of the French Foreign Legion at a railway yard, Syria, 20th century. The French Foreign Legion was established in 1831 as an elite unit of foreign volunteers

Soldiers of the French Foreign Legion stacking logs, Syria, 20th century. The French Foreign Legion was established in 1831 as an elite unit of foreign volunteers

Soldiers of the French Foreign Legion travelling by wagon, Syria, 20th century. The French Foreign Legion was established in 1831 as an elite unit of foreign volunteers

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

The French Foreign Legion, Syria, 20th century. The French Foreign Legion was established in 1831 as an elite unit of foreign volunteers

Officers of the French Foreign Legion, Syria, 20th century. The French Foreign Legion was established in 1831 as an elite unit of foreign volunteers

The French Foreign Legion on manoeuvres, Boudenib, Morocco, 1911

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

Volunteer your Assistance!, 1920. Artist: Vladimir Mayakovsky
Volunteer your Assistance!, 1920

The courageous action of Eustache de Saint-Pierre at the Siege of Calais, 1346. A scene from the 100 Years War, in which Edward III of England, having finally taken Calais

Enlistment of volunteers into the National Guard, Place du Pantheon, Paris, 1870-1871
Enlistment of volunteers into the National Guard, Place du Pantheon, Paris, Franco-Prussian war, 1870-1871. From a private collection

Battle of Dijon, Franco-Prussian War, 23rd January 1871. Giuseppe Garibaldis red-shirted Italian volunteers fighting with the French against the Germans at the Battle of Dijon

Volunteer women drivers in a Wolseley, donated towards the war effort, Cambridge, World War I, 1915

Volunteer English woman driver washing down her ambulance, Cambridge, World War I, 1915. The ambulance, a converted Wolseley, was donated towards the war effort

Defence of Paris: students going to man the barricades, Franco-Prussian War, 1870. Artist: Frederick Barnard
Defence of Paris: students going to man the barricades, Franco-Prussian War, 1870. After the disastrous defeat of the French at Sedan and the capture of Napoleon III

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

Womens Land Army lifting a crop, World War II, 1940. The Womens Land Army was established to meet the demand for agricultural labour caused by the absence of male farm workers on active service

British girls of the Womens Land Army learning to plough with a tractor, World War II, 1939-1945. The Womens Land Army was established in June 1939 to meet the demand for agricultural labour caused

Walt Whitman (1819-1892), American poet, c1880s. Acted as a volunteer nurse during the American Civil War. From Scribners Monthly, (New York, 1880)

Volunteers on board ship for the Boer War, 1900. Officers of the City of London Imperial Volunteers on board ship ready to sail for South Africa to serve in the 2nd Boer War (1899-1902)

Invasion, indeed!... 1859
Invasion, indeed! Thats a Game Two can Play at!-Why, to hear these Poodles Talk, one would Think my Bull-dog was Dead!, 1859. John Bull stands by a board displaying bills for volunteers

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