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Background imageBritish Military Collection: HMS Victory at Portsmouth

HMS Victory at Portsmouth
" Vintage engraving from 1878 showing HMS Victory at Portsmouth. HMS Victory is a 104-gun first rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, laid down in 1759 and launched in 1765

Background imageBritish Military Collection: Admiral Horatio Nelson

Admiral Horatio Nelson
Vintage engraving of Horatio Nelson one of Englands great national heros. The victor at Battle of Trafalgar, the Battle of the Nile and Battle of Copenhagen

Background imageBritish Military Collection: Petty Officers and Seamen of the Royal Navy, 1891

Petty Officers and Seamen of the Royal Navy, 1891
Vintage colour engraving of Petty Officers and Seamen of the British Royal Navy, dressed in various styles of military uniform. The Graphic, 1891

Background imageBritish Military Collection: Mountjoy at the boom

Mountjoy at the boom
Vintage engraving from 1875 showing the armed merchent ships the Mountjoy and Phoenix breaking through the boom at the Siege of Derry, which place in Ireland in 1689

Background imageBritish Military Collection: HMS Bounty

HMS Bounty
Vintage engraving showing the crew of HMS Bounty landing at Otaheite (Tahiti). HMS Bounty became infamous when on 28 April 1789 the crew mutinied

Background imageBritish Military Collection: HM Submarine B3

HM Submarine B3
The Royal Navy submarine HMS B3, circa 1918. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageBritish Military Collection: Wreak of HMS Wager Hamiltons fight with sealion

Wreak of HMS Wager Hamiltons fight with sealion
Vintage engraving showing a scene from Wreak of HMS Wager

Background imageBritish Military Collection: Winter quarters of HMS Discovery

Winter quarters of HMS Discovery
" Vintage engraving from 1878 showing the Winter quarters of HMS Discovery. HMS Discovery was a wooden screw storeship, formerly the whaling ship Bloodhound

Background imageBritish Military Collection: HMS Briton at Pitcairn Island

HMS Briton at Pitcairn Island
" Vintage engraving showing HMS Briton at Pitcairn Island

Background imageBritish Military Collection: Duke of Wellington at the Garonne

Duke of Wellington at the Garonne
An engraving from " The Heroes of England: Stories of the Lives of Englands Warriors by Land and Sea" edited by John G. Edgar and printed in 1859: published by Bickers & Son

Background imageBritish Military Collection: Wellington at Waterloo (1859 engraving)

Wellington at Waterloo (1859 engraving)
Taken from a painting by A. Cooper R.A. this engraving appears in " The Heroes of England: Stories of the Lives of Englands Warriors by Land and Sea" edited by John G

Background imageBritish Military Collection: 10th (Prince of Wales Own Royal) Hussars

10th (Prince of Wales Own Royal) Hussars
British soldier of the 10th (Prince of Wales Own Royal) Hussars. 19th Century

Background imageBritish Military Collection: Blockade of Boston

Blockade of Boston
Vintage engraving from 1861 showing the Plan of the Blockade of Boston during the American Revolutionary War

Background imageBritish Military Collection: Acoustic Early Warning

Acoustic Early Warning
A British military sound locator in use at an airfield in southern England, 12th August 1930

Background imageBritish Military Collection: Henry VIIIs warship

Henry VIIIs warship
Vintage engraving from 1876 from an orginal by Holbain. A warship of Henry VIII King of England leaves Dover on route to France

Background imageBritish Military Collection: Defoe in the pillory (XXXL)

Defoe in the pillory (XXXL)
Defoe in the pillory from the original painting by Eyre Crowe.Engraved by JC Armytage around 1860

Background imageBritish Military Collection: The Cathedral Precinct Gate, Canterbury

The Cathedral Precinct Gate, Canterbury, Kent. Illustration from " Picturesque Europe - The British Isles" published by Cassell Petter & Galpin in 1875 (price 2/6d)

Background imageBritish Military Collection: HMS Warspite at Woolwich

HMS Warspite at Woolwich
HMS Warspite, the Marine Societys Training Ship in the River Thames at Woolwich, London. The Marine Society was founded in 1756 because of a shortage of volunteers for the British navy

Background imageBritish Military Collection: Nelson (XXXL)

Nelson (XXXL)
" Portrait of Viscount Horatio Nelson(1758-1805), engraved by W.Finden from the original of Hoppner(1758-1810). and published by J.Tallis in 1855.Now in the public domain."

Background imageBritish Military Collection: Nelson Conflict with a spanish launch

Nelson Conflict with a spanish launch
A scene from the life of Lord Nelson - Nelson Conflict with a spanish launch

Background imageBritish Military Collection: Nelson volunteers to board a prize

Nelson volunteers to board a prize
A scene from the life of Lord Nelson - Nelson volunteers to board a prize

Background imageBritish Military Collection: HMS Chichester

HMS Chichester
" Vintage engraving from 1878 showing HMS Chichester a 52-gun fourth rate launched in 1843, but laid up that year. She was lent as a training ship in 1866 and was sold in 1889."

Background imageBritish Military Collection: HMS Challenger Antarctic Ice

HMS Challenger Antarctic Ice
" Vintage engraving from 1878 showing HMS Challenger Antarctic Ice

Background imageBritish Military Collection: HMS Centaur at Diamond Rock Martinique

HMS Centaur at Diamond Rock Martinique
" Vintage engraving from 1878 showing a Chinese Junk at Singapore. HMS Centaur was a 74-gun third rate of the Royal Navy, launched on 14 March 1797"

Background imageBritish Military Collection: Engines of HMS Warrior

Engines of HMS Warrior
Vintage engraving showing the Engines of HMS Warrior, 1861

Background imageBritish Military Collection: HMS Inflexible

HMS Inflexible
Vintage engraving showing HMS Inflexible off Gilkicker Point in Hampshire England, 1881. HMS Inflexible was a Victorian ironclad battleship carrying her main armament in centrally placed turrets

Background imageBritish Military Collection: British Royal Navy Warship HMS Collingwood

British Royal Navy Warship HMS Collingwood
Vintage engraving of the British Royal Navy Warship HMS Collingwood. HMS Collingwood was an ironclad battleship of the Victorian Royal Navy. She was the first example of the Admiral class

Background imageBritish Military Collection: HMS Alert in the Ice

HMS Alert in the Ice
" Vintage chart of the world from 1884 showing HMS Alert stuck in the ice

Background imageBritish Military Collection: Wreak of HMS Wager Flourished a cutlass

Wreak of HMS Wager Flourished a cutlass
Vintage engraving showing a scene from Wreak of HMS Wager

Background imageBritish Military Collection: Wreak of HMS Wager - Captain shoots Mr Cozens

Wreak of HMS Wager - Captain shoots Mr Cozens
Vintage engraving showing a scene from Wreak of HMS Wager

Background imageBritish Military Collection: HMS Alert stuck in the Ice

HMS Alert stuck in the Ice
" Vintage engraving from 1878 showing HMS Alert stuck in the winter ice. HMS Alert was a 17-gun wooden screw sloop of the Cruizer class of the Royal Navy, launched in 1856 and broken up in 1894

Background imageBritish Military Collection: Examining a haul on HMS Challenger

Examining a haul on HMS Challenger
" Vintage engraving from 1878 showing scientists and sailors examining a haul on board HMS Challanger

Background imageBritish Military Collection: Duke of Wellington (XXXL)

Duke of Wellington (XXXL)
Portrait of Arthur Wellesley 1St Duke of Wellington (1769-1852) From a picture at Jr Wildman Engraved and published by J&F Tallis in 1850

Background imageBritish Military Collection: Marines Playing Cards

Marines Playing Cards
British Royal Marines enjoy a game of cards before leaving Portsmouth for China, circa 1930. (Photo by FPG/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageBritish Military Collection: Illustration of Harrier Jump Jet

Illustration of Harrier Jump Jet

Background imageBritish Military Collection: Sunlight And Soldiers

Sunlight And Soldiers
22nd March 1943: British soldiers carrying their luggage walk along the platform at a railway station in war-time London. (Photo by Harry Todd/Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Background imageBritish Military Collection: British In Jerusalem

British In Jerusalem
British soldiers patrol the streets of Jerusalem at the time of a visit by Lord Balfour, 2nd April 1925

Background imageBritish Military Collection: Battle of Bunker Hill

Battle of Bunker Hill
" Vintage engraving from 1861 showing the Plan of the Battle of Bunker Hill

Background imageBritish Military Collection: Pack Mules

Pack Mules
Pack mules, used by Allied forces in Belgium during World War I, circa 1916. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageBritish Military Collection: Pack Horse

Pack Horse
A pack horse used by British forces during World War I, Belgium, circa 1916. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageBritish Military Collection: RAF Munitions Trains

RAF Munitions Trains
Consignments of depth charges (foreground) and 4000-pound bombs being taken by train from a munitions store of the RAF Maintenance Command, which is housed in a disused undergound quarry, England

Background imageBritish Military Collection: Blue, British Culture, British Military

Blue, British Culture, British Military, Brown, Camouflage, Capital L, Dorling Kindersley Prints, 85594605

Background imageBritish Military Collection: 20th century, battleship, british military, cannon, front view, history, horizontal

20th century, battleship, british military, cannon, front view, history, horizontal
20th century, battleship, british military, cannon, front view, histo, Dorling Kindersley Prints, 98193219

Background imageBritish Military Collection: William Hogarths England

William Hogarths England
Vintage engraving by William Hogarth, England

Background imageBritish Military Collection: Second Boer War - Battle of Belmont

Second Boer War - Battle of Belmont
Vintage engraving of a plan of the Battle of Belmont an engagement of the Second Boer War on 23 November 1899, where the British under Lord Methuen assaulted a Boer position on Belmont kopje

Background imageBritish Military Collection: Illustration of Vickers Vimy, 1st World War bomber

Illustration of Vickers Vimy, 1st World War bomber

Background imageBritish Military Collection: Illustration of Sopwith Camel, 1st World War biplane

Illustration of Sopwith Camel, 1st World War biplane

Background imageBritish Military Collection: Illustration of Hawker Hurricane fighter plane, 2nd World War

Illustration of Hawker Hurricane fighter plane, 2nd World War

Background imageBritish Military Collection: Illustration of Sopwith 1 1 / 2 Strutter, 1st World War biplane

Illustration of Sopwith 1 1 / 2 Strutter, 1st World War biplane
Illustration of Sopwith 1 1/2 Strutter, 1st World War biplane

Background imageBritish Military Collection: Gas Mask Squad

Gas Mask Squad
A detachment of soldiers stationed in the Home Counties undergoing revolver training in suburbia

Background imageBritish Military Collection: Horse Landing

Horse Landing
1915: British troops landing horses from a ship at Salonika to move to the Balkan battle front. (Photo by Central Press/Getty Images)

Background imageBritish Military Collection: Snipers

Snipers
18th May 1918: Soldiers of the 168th Infantry 42nd Division fire shots from hiding in Badonviller. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageBritish Military Collection: Machine Gunners

Machine Gunners
Gas-masked men of the British Machine Gun Corps with a Vickers machine gun during the first battle of the Somme. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageBritish Military Collection: Military Lunch

Military Lunch
August 1916: Members of the Red Cross attend Mr R Monds record entertainment for wounded soldiers at Comba Park in Sevenoaks. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageBritish Military Collection: Recruiting Day

Recruiting Day
October 1915: A military parade through the streets of London, part of an army recruitment drive during World War I. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageBritish Military Collection: Unprepared For Action But Willing To Fake It

Unprepared For Action But Willing To Fake It
A soldier with a primitive gas mask brandishes a cane as a gun while on guard outside a hospital, Harrogate, Yorkshire, July 1915. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageBritish Military Collection: Captured Plane

Captured Plane
25th June 1917: The opening ceremony of the National Welfare Exhibition. A captured German Fokker monoplane is on display. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageBritish Military Collection: Military Leisure

Military Leisure
30th July 1917: Convalescing soldiers watch a ladies cricket match at Hurlingham. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageBritish Military Collection: Guns On Show

Guns On Show
October 1918: Sandbags protect the guns at the Feed The Guns show in Trafalgar Square, London. (Photo by A. R. Coster/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageBritish Military Collection: A Tank On Trial

A Tank On Trial
5th March 1918: British Army tank trials in Lincolnshire. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageBritish Military Collection: Kitchener Inspects

Kitchener Inspects
1st March 1915: The parade of various sections of the New Army of 12, 000 men, recruited in Liverpool, south Lancashire and West Cheshire, opposite St Georges Hall

Background imageBritish Military Collection: Military Aviation At Hendon

Military Aviation At Hendon
Monoplanes at a naval and military aviation review at Hendon Aerodrome, North London, 28th September 1912. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageBritish Military Collection: Funeral Procession

Funeral Procession
May 1915: The funeral procession after the railway crash at Gretna Green in Scotland, where 158 soldiers were killed. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageBritish Military Collection: Winter Drill

Winter Drill
March 1916: The Inns of Court OTC (Officers Training Corps) carrying out a drill on Londons Hampstead Heath during a snowy winter. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageBritish Military Collection: Going to Horse Guards

Going to Horse Guards
October 1915: Army recruits going to Horse Guards Parade. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageBritish Military 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 imageBritish Military 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 imageBritish Military 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 imageBritish Military Collection: Off To The Front

Off To The Front
January 1915: Soldiers waving good bye to loved ones as they leave Victoria Station, London. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageBritish Military Collection: X1 Submarine

X1 Submarine
The newly-commissioned British HM Submarine X1 leaves Chatham dockyard, 12th September 1925. (Photo by Brooke/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageBritish Military Collection: HMS Sturgeon

HMS Sturgeon
The Royal Navy submarine HMS Sturgeon (73S) is launched from Chatham Dockyard in Kent, 8th January 1932. (Photo by Douglas Miller/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageBritish Military Collection: HM Submarine M1

HM Submarine M1
The Royal Navy M Class submarine HMS M1, circa 1925. She sank during manoeuvres in the English Channel in 1925, with the loss of all 69 crew members. (Photo by Gill/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageBritish Military Collection: HM Submarine X1

HM Submarine X1
The newly-commissioned Royal Navy submarine HMS X1 leaves Chatham Dockyard in Kent, 12th September 1925. (Photo by Brooke/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageBritish Military Collection: Desert Army

Desert Army
19th October 1939: Stripped to the waist, Tommies of the British forces toil in the heat of the midday sun, in the shadow of the Egyptian pyramids. (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images)

Background imageBritish Military Collection: Radar dishes

Radar dishes
Abandoned RAF Stenigot radar dishes, Lincolnshire, UK

Background imageBritish Military Collection: Midget Submarine

Midget Submarine
A midget submarine (background), which has been transported from Gosport in Hampshire to Londons Olympia for the Boys and Girls Exhibition, August 1956

Background imageBritish Military Collection: Strike-Breaking Convoy

Strike-Breaking Convoy
Armoured cars and troops at Hyde Park Corner, London, preparing to escort a food convoy through London at 6am on the seventh day of the General Strike, 10th May 1926. (Photo by E)

Background imageBritish Military Collection: Mule Convoy

Mule Convoy
British troops transporting equipment on a convoy of mules, during World War I, Belgium, circa 1916. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageBritish Military Collection: Horses On Battlefield

Horses On Battlefield
Draught horses at an allied camp on a battlefield on the Western Front during World War I, circa 1916. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageBritish Military Collection: Chelsea Hospital Chapel

Chelsea Hospital Chapel
The pipe organ in the chapel at Chelsea Royal Hospital, a retirement and nursing home for British soldiers in Chelsea, London, November 1923

Background imageBritish Military Collection: British Mark IV Tank at Cambrai, France

British Mark IV Tank at Cambrai, France
A British Mark IV tank on the battlefield at Cambrai, France, World War One, 1917. (Photo by Realistic Tavels/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageBritish Military Collection: Bert Hardy (1913 -1995) Art Prints

Bert Hardy (1913 -1995) Art Prints
Fine Art Storehouse Picture Post: Bert Hardy (1913 -1995) Art Prints

Background imageBritish Military Collection: Members of the British army driving through Aden

Members of the British army driving through Aden. Original Publication: Picture Post - 9105 - RAF And Cameron Highlanders In Aden - unpub. (Photo by Bert Hardy/Getty Images)

Background imageBritish Military Collection: World War 1 Centenary

World War 1 Centenary
London, England - 5th May 2014. Poppies painted on the rotunda next to the First World War memorial in Stockwell South London



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