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Volunteer Collection

Background imageVolunteer Collection: Meaghers Zouaves

Meaghers Zouaves
Illustration of one of Meaghers Zouaves, a member of the 69th New York regiment of volunteer Civil War soldiers, 1860s. Zouaves were soldiers who wore unusual uniforms

Background imageVolunteer Collection: Zouave Corps Volunteers March, PA, 1860s

Zouave Corps Volunteers March, PA, 1860s
Illustration depicting a drum march by volunteers of the Zouave Corps, uniformed in turbans and leggings, planning to fight in the Civil War, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1860s

Background imageVolunteer Collection: Charleston Zouaves

Charleston Zouaves
Illustration of one of the Charleston Zouaves, a member of a South Carolina regiment of volunteer Civil War soldiers, 1860s

Background imageVolunteer Collection: Soup Kitchen

Soup Kitchen
9th March 1867: A vast queue of poor people waiting for a morsel of food in the Spitalfields soup kitchen, in Londons East End. (Photo by HultonArchive/Illustrated London News/Getty Images)

Background imageVolunteer Collection: Union Volunteer

Union Volunteer
Illustration of a Union volunteer soldier during the American Civil war (1861 - 1865) engraved by John C. McRae. (Photo by Kean Collection/Getty Images)

Background imageVolunteer Collection: Signing For Work

Signing For Work
May 1926: Volunteers signing up to work during the General Strike of 1926, at the Foreign Office, London. (Photo by Central Press/Getty Images)

Background imageVolunteer Collection: Guards Band

Guards Band
15th August 1928: The 1st Battalion Prince of Wales Volunteers leaving Waterloo Station headed by the Guards Band, on their way to Buckingham Palace

Background imageVolunteer 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 imageVolunteer Collection: Dublin 1916

Dublin 1916
3rd May 1916: Volunteers clearing debris in Dublin after the Easter Rising. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageVolunteer Collection: Collection Tin

Collection Tin
A volunteer collecting money in the rain for The Church Army

Background imageVolunteer Collection: Church Army

Church Army
A collector for the Church Army shakes a can for contributions

Background imageVolunteer Collection: Civil Defence Poster

Civil Defence Poster
4th October 1952: A poster encouraging recruitment to the Civil Defence volunteers, against the background of bomb devastation around St. Pauls Cathedral in the City of London


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