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World War I Collection (#7)

Background imageWorld War I Collection: Airborne

Airborne
3rd June 1919: NS-11 airship over the city (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageWorld War I Collection: Departing Soldiers

Departing Soldiers
May 1919: Canadian troops boarding Canadian Pacific liner Empress of Britain before leaving Liverpool (Photo by A. R. Coster/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageWorld War I Collection: Deserted Railroad

Deserted Railroad
30th September 1919: Main line signals at Waterloo Railway Station in London during the railway strike. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageWorld War I Collection: Skeleton Service

Skeleton Service
27th September 1919: The 12.30 leaving Waterloo Station in London for Portsmouth during the railway strike. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageWorld War I Collection: Wrecked Tank

Wrecked Tank
September 1919: A wrecked tank on the battlefield at Ypres. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageWorld War I Collection: Allied Trucks

Allied Trucks
September 1919: Allied trucks in a square in Lille. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageWorld War I Collection: Albert Ruins

Albert Ruins
September 1919: The ruins of the cathedral in Albert on the Somme, the site of fierce fighting during the first world war. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageWorld War I Collection: The Ruins Of Ypres

The Ruins Of Ypres
September 1919: The ruins of Ypres in Belgium, the site of three major battles during the first world war. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageWorld War I Collection: Somme Ruins

Somme Ruins
September 1919: The ruins of the cathedral in Albert on the Somme, the site of fierce fighting during the first world war. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageWorld War I Collection: Wrecked Crossing

Wrecked Crossing
September 1919: A wrecked railway crossing in Lens, France, the site of fierce fighting during the first world war. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageWorld War I Collection: Cloth Hall Ruins

Cloth Hall Ruins
September 1919: The ruins of the cloth hall and cathedral in Ypres, the scene of three major battles during the first world war. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageWorld War I Collection: Cenotaph Service

Cenotaph Service
27th July 1919: Crowds lining the streets during a war memorial ceremony at the Cenotaph in London. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageWorld War I Collection: HMS Furious

HMS Furious
July 1919: Aircraft carrier, His Majestys Ship Furious with the fleet at Southend, Essex. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageWorld War I Collection: HMS Queen Elizabeth with the fleet at Southend

HMS Queen Elizabeth with the fleet at Southend
July 1919: NS-7 airship over His Majestys Ship Queen Elizabeth with the fleet at Southend, Essex. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageWorld War I Collection: HMS Queen Elizabeth

HMS Queen Elizabeth
July 1919: An aircraft on the deck of the HMS Queen Elizabeth, moored with the fleet at Southend, Essex. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageWorld War I Collection: Welcome Home

Welcome Home
March 1919: Guards march through London after World War I. (Photo by A. R. Coster/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageWorld War I Collection: HMS Inflexible

HMS Inflexible
March 1919: Bridge of the British battlecruiser His Majestys Ship Inflexible at Sheerness, Kent. (Photo by A. R. Coster/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageWorld War I Collection: Skeleton Coach

Skeleton Coach
22nd May 1915: A burnt-out carriage balanced precariously on the rails after a troop train crashed at Gretna Green in south-west Scotland. Many soldiers were injured in the incident and 158 died

Background imageWorld War I Collection: Sub At Sea

Sub At Sea
24th January 1918: A mans legs and two heads looking over the tower on a British submarine at sea. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageWorld War I Collection: German Battleship

German Battleship
circa 1918: The KronPrinz Wilhelm, German battleship which was part of the surrendered German Navy. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageWorld War I Collection: Transport Workers

Transport Workers
March 1916: National Motor Volunteers board a London and North Western Railway bus at Potters Bar. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageWorld War I Collection: Flame Thrower

Flame Thrower
August 1915: The projection of liquid fire across a railway line by French troops. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageWorld War I Collection: Cavalryman

Cavalryman
2nd August 1917: A German cavalryman wearing a gas mask and carrying a long spear or pole - from two different ages of war. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageWorld War I Collection: US Guard

US Guard
27th March 1917: The armoured vehicle squadron of the US National Guard, in Washington DC with the US Capitol Dome viewable in the background. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageWorld War I Collection: St Mihiel

St Mihiel
13th September 1918: American soldiers, of the 18th Infantry Machine Gun Battalion, advance through the ruins of St Baussant, France, on their way to the St. Mihiel Front

Background imageWorld War I Collection: Bulgarian Cavalry

Bulgarian Cavalry
22nd October 1915: Bulgarian cavalry riding through Uskub, after the towns capture from Serbian forces. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageWorld War I Collection: Canadian Recruits

Canadian Recruits
1st September 1915: A crowd of eager Canadians outside Toronto Town Hall, during a military recruitment campaign. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageWorld War I Collection: a Ambulances

a Ambulances
1st July 1915: A group of a Ambulances gather in a square in Paris, before leaving for the Front. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageWorld War I Collection: Naval Reserves

Naval Reserves
1st August 1914: A boatload of Naval Reserves leaves the pier at Cowes, bound for active service. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageWorld War I Collection: U-Boat

U-Boat
circa 1916: A German U-Boat. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageWorld War I Collection: Signing On

Signing On
29th August 1914: Recruits swearing in to join the Royal Fusiliers at the Tower of London, at the start of WW1. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageWorld War I Collection: Married Men Protest

Married Men Protest
March 1916: A show of hands as a vote is taken, during an attested married mens protest meeting at Tower Hill, London. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageWorld War I Collection: Always Remembered

Always Remembered
circa 1920: A sand blaster cutting the names of some of the 11, 500 missing, on the Vimy Ridge Memorial. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageWorld War I Collection: German Fleet

German Fleet
23rd June 1917: German torpedo craft and submarines with their supply ship. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageWorld War I Collection: Peace Ship

Peace Ship
January 1916: The peace ship Oscar II chartered by Henry Ford, from which he tried to negotiate peace in Europe. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageWorld War I Collection: German Merchant Ship

German Merchant Ship
April 1919: The German merchant ship Bremen which surrendered to the Allies. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageWorld War I Collection: Whitby Abbey

Whitby Abbey
December 1914: Whitby Abbey after being shelled by German battlecruisers on 16th December. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageWorld War I Collection: Wilson In London

Wilson In London
December 1918: American President Woodrow Wilson (1856 - 1924) parades through Trafalgar Square, cheered by crowds of Londoners. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageWorld War I Collection: Peace Procession

Peace Procession
July 1919: British tanks in Westminster Bridge Road, London, taking part in the Peace Procession. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageWorld War I Collection: Recruitment Drive

Recruitment Drive
July 1915: Irish war hero Sergeant O Leary, VC, entering Hyde Park, London, on the Great Recruitment Drive. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageWorld War I Collection: USS Arizona

USS Arizona
January 1917: The Arizona is launched as America prepares to enter World War I. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageWorld War I Collection: USS Alabama

USS Alabama
March 1917: The USS Alabama, at sea as America prepares for War. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageWorld War I Collection: Flu Epidemic

Flu Epidemic
A man sprays the inside of a bus of the London General Omnibus Co with anti-flu preparation during the flu epidemic which followed the First World War, London, 2nd March 1920. (Photo by H. F)

Background imageWorld War I Collection: Friedrich Der Grosse

Friedrich Der Grosse
21st November 1918: The surrender of the German Fleet to Admiral Beatty at Scapa Flow in the Orkneys. The German ships were scuttled by their crews on 21st June 1919

Background imageWorld War I Collection: Women Fire-Fighters

Women Fire-Fighters
March 1916: Members of the Women of the Fire Brigade put a fire escape into position. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageWorld War I Collection: Superdreadnought HMS Audacious sinks off the North Irish coast

Superdreadnought HMS Audacious sinks off the North Irish coast
27th October 1914: Superdreadnought HMS Audacious sinks off the North Irish coast after hitting mines. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageWorld War I Collection: Menin Road

Menin Road
September 1919: A group of people and a vehicle on the Menin Road, running through war-devasted landscape. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageWorld War I Collection: Lusitania

Lusitania
circa 1914: The British steamship, Lusitania sunk by a German submarine on the 7th May 1915 with the loss of 1198 lives. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)



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