Convalescent British soldiers in France having a rest in a recreation ...
This photograph shows a lot of convalescent soldiers sitting at long tables which extend the length of the recreation hut. They are reading and writing letters. There have been attempts, presumably by the Red C... More
Ever resourceful Tommy, Flanders
Soldier collecting snow to melt for water, Western Front. In this photograph, a British soldier is shown filling a small mess tin with snow. The original caption explains that he was about to melt the snow to g... More
Allied Command Europe Rapid Reaction Corps troops prepare donated clot...
The original finding aid described this photograph as: [Complete] Scene Caption: Allied Command Europe Rapid Reaction Corps troops prepare donated clothes and other necessities for distribution to Serbian ref... More
British Army Private (PTE) Barbara Davis loosens the lug nuts on a fie...
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Camp Doha Country: Kuwait (KWT) Scene Major Command Shown: CFLCC Scene Camera Operator: SGT Kyran V. ... More
A British Army (UK) Medical Doctor examines the hands of a local Iraqi...
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Umm Qasr Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: LCPL Matthew R. Jones, USMC Release Status: Released... More
Royal Army (British) Corporal (CPL) Mike Heydon and CPL James Dunn, bo...
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: COMBINED ENDEAVOR Base: Lager Aulenbach State: Rheinland-Pfalz Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Camera Operator: S... More
An instructor from the Netherlands army discusses the
An instructor from the Netherlands army discusses the day's plan on day one of the 2015 Monte Kali Shooting Competition. Delta Company, 1st Battalion, 214th Aviation Regiment, located on Clay Kaserne in Wiesbad... More
Jordan Armed Forces Command Sgt. Maj. Salem Bani Mostafa,
Jordan Armed Forces Command Sgt. Maj. Salem Bani Mostafa, sergeant major of the Jordan Army, U.S. Army Command Sgt. Maj. John P. Salazar, Area Support Group – Jordan command sergeant major and Command Sgt. Maj.... More
Arthur Henri Poole - April 6, 1915
A group of officers at the Barracks in Waterford. ..Thanks to ofarrl ( http://www.flickr.com/photos/[email protected]/ ) and noonies12 ( http://www.flickr.com/photos/[email protected]/ ) for discovering that these gentl... More
American troops in France passing British men resting by the roadside
Columns of American troops marching along a road, France, during World War I. A long column of American troops are marching, four abreast behind an officer, along a road. They are carrying full kit and wearing ... More
Car in trouble after the thaw
Car being towed, France, during World War I. This image shows a car being towed through thick mud. As the car in front tries to pull the other free, a soldier lends a hand by pulling on the tow rope. A group of... More
Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig inspects guard at a Canadian Division H...
Item is a photograph from an album of World War One-related photographs in the William Okell Holden Dodds fonds. Brigadier General Dodds joined the Canadian Expeditionary Force in 1914 and was commanding office... More
Prince Rupert at Edgehill
Prince Rupert of the Rhine at the Battle of Edgehill.
Macdonough's victory on Lake Champlain and defeat of the British Army ...
Print shows the naval battle that ensued on Sept. 11, 1814, between American forces commanded by Thomas Macdonough and British forces commanded by Captain George Downie. The Americans emerged victorious and the... More
Tommy enjoys possession of newly captured Hun trench
British soldiers at the old German Front Line, during World War I. In front of a mound and standing in a network of trenches are groups of soldiers, mostly smiling and laughing. They are all wearing large ponch... More
H.M. the King of Montenegro and the Commander-in-Chief
King Nikola I Petrovic of Montenegro ( 1860-1918) has been photographed by John Warwick Brooke with Sir Douglas Haig, the Commander-in-Chief of the British forces. They are standing on the steps of a brick-buil... More
Sir Joseph Ward, General Sir Douglas Haig, Mr. Massey
From left to right, an unidentified uniformed man; Sir Joseph Ward, the Deputy Prime Minister of New Zealand; General Sir Douglas Haig, British Commander-in-Chief and William Massey, the Prime Minister of New Z... More
British Royal Marine Commandos with Alpha Company,
British Royal Marine Commandos with Alpha Company, 40 Commando Battle Group approach a building during Integrated Training Exercise 1-20 at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, Calif. Oct. 2... More
U.K. forces' Glock 17 pistols lay on a table as members
U.K. forces' Glock 17 pistols lay on a table as members of the U.K. forces and U.S. Soldiers train with their counterparts' weapons during a multinational training event on Chièvres Air Base, Belgium, March 16,... More
Gen. A. Hunter-Weston
Photograph shows Lieutenant-General Sir Aylmer Gould Hunter-Weston (1864-1940), a British Army general who served in World War I and later became a member of Parliament. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2011)
Tank in action, Flanders
A tank, with guns apparently firing, crossing a trench or shell-hole. The tank appears to be a Mark I type, nicknamed, 'Mother'. These were the first tanks used in action and were developed from a prototype dem... More
British field kitchen
Photograph shows British troops at field kitchens and dug-outs in "Sausage Valley," Somme River, France, during World War I. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2015 and Imperial War Museums website: http://www.iw... More
British soldiers assigned to Battle Group Poland speak
British soldiers assigned to Battle Group Poland speak to a Polish officer Oct. 17, 2017 at Bemowo Piskie Training Area, Orzysz, Poland. A group of delegates from several countries visit the U.S. led Battle Gro... More
Attack on Porto Rico
The English assault during the 1598 Battle of San Juan.
Battle of Bothwell Bridge
The 1679 Battle of Bothwell Bridge.
Mark IX Amphibious Conversion, with two men alongside it, at Welsh Har...
This shows two men alongside the amphibious conversion of the Mark IX Tank, during it’s experimental trials at Welsh Harp Reservoir.
London opinion "Your country needs you" / Alfred Leete.
Print shows a front facial view of Lord Kitchener with his arm and fingers pointing at the viewer. Promotional goal: Gt. Brit. J44. 1914. Exhibited: "Everybody's Uncle Sam" at the Oval Gallery, Library of Cong... More
Wounded soldiers of the British Army. Dernancourt, France
British Photographs of World War I
British at Etaples buying from natives
Photograph shows British troops at Étaples, France with women selling food, during World War I. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2012)
British, French and Italian wounded soldiers in a group, as cheery as ...
Allied wounded after a battle near Rheims, France, during World War I. Allied soldiers, many wearing slings or medical dressings, pose for the camera. Despite their injuries, most manage to appear cheerful. The... More
Troops in steel helmets moving along a communication trench fully equi...
Equipped British soldiers in a trench, France, during World War I. Eight soldiers walk towards the camera in single file. They are all carrying different pieces of large equipment. The trench they are walking i... More
The Worcesters going into action
Photograph shows British troops marching and waving their helmets in greeting. Printed on front: Official photograph; Crown copyright reserved; Daily Mail War Pictures, 33. In collection: British postcards, b... More
His Majesty's Army ... vacancies exist
Recruiting poster for British Army shows four Army units, Hussars, Highlanders, Infantry and the Army Service Corps. Drawings of soldiers in uniform by Ernest Ibbetson and John McNeill.
Observation balloon ascending
This arresting image clearly shows the outline and parts of the British airship. Britain's airships were only partly rigid, at the front and the back, unlike Germany's completely rigid Zeppelin. Both sides used... More
British Army's gift to Queen Mary
Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
[Field Marshall Sir Douglas Haig, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing ...
J224687 U.S. Copyright Office.
As members of the news media look on, two FV432 armored vehicles assig...
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: DESERT SHIELD Country: Saudi Arabia(SAU) Scene Camera Operator: GUNNERY SGT. C. Archuleta Release Status: Released to Public ... More
Several Royal Army (British) vehicles, many with IFOR markings, are pa...
The original finding aid described this photograph as: [Complete] Scene Caption: Several Royal Army (British) vehicles, many with IFOR markings, are parked in a staging area. In the foreground are an AWD Bedf... More
Reading Room, Elise Sandes Soldiers Home, Curragh Camp
We managed to date this one because of the religious verse (Acts, XV.II: "We believe that thro' our Lord Jesus we shall be saved") on the blackboard. In the top right corner is 16.7.16 or 16 July 1916! ..Any id... More
The End of Balaclava Harbor - Attributed to Felice Beato
Public domain photograph James Robertson Cameron, Scottish, 19th-century early photography, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description James Robertson was a Scottish photographer active ... More
The End of Balaclava Harbor - Attributed to Felice BeatoFXD
Public domain photograph James Robertson Cameron, Scottish, 19th-century early photography, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description James Robertson was a Scottish photographer active ... More
Captain S.W. Onslow and Lieutenant Ward, 12th Regiment, British Army
Public domain vintage photo of New Zealand, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Two British Tommies have an impromptu game of nap among the ruins of a...
British soldiers playing cards in a ruined town near Rheims, in France, during World War I. The devastation caused by the fighting on the front line, yet also conveys the attitude that the British government we... More
British despatch rider, Flanders
A British army dispatch rider sitting on his motorcycle, apparently looking at a map. The painting and logo on the frame below the cross bar suggest that this motorcycle is a Triumph. Triumph produced some 30,... More
Stacks of food, etc.
Boxes of food supplies being piled up. The number of boxes is so vast that the men working there are dwarfed by the sheer size of the stores. Boxes are being unloaded from two horse-drawn carts and a truck. In ... More
Field kitchen & Tommies resting
Photograph shows field kitchens and British troops resting on the road between Neuville and Wancourt, France during the Battle of Arras, April 29, 1917. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2015 and similar image a... More
France - in a front line trench
Photograph shows British troops in a trench in France during World War I. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2015)
Soldiers of the British Army (United Kingdom) march for a "pass and re...
The original finding aid described this photograph as: [Complete] Scene Caption: Soldiers of the British Army (United Kingdom) march for a "pass and review" during the opening cermonies of exercise Central As... More
Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig
Item is a photograph from an album of World War One-related photographs in the William Okell Holden Dodds fonds. Brigadier General Dodds joined the Canadian Expeditionary Force in 1914 and was commanding office... More
John Quartley's Battle of Towton
Engraving of Edward IV extolls his troops to fight their Lancastrian foes at the Battle of Towton (29 March 1461). This was first published in: Grant, James (1880) [1878] "Chapter XVI" in British Battles o... More
Troops moving up at eventide - men of a Yorkshire regiment on the marc...
Five soldiers silhouetted against the sky. Rays of sun burst through dark clouds to create a dramatic and atmospheric shot. They are all wearing steel helmets, and three of them are clearly carrying rifles and ... More
Tanks passing dead Germans who were alive before the cavalry advanced ...
This photograph suggests how hardened some soldiers must have become to the suffering that was around them every day in World War I. In this picture the bodies of German soldiers are clearly visible, but none o... More
Martha Bell Monument, Guilford Courthouse National Military Park
Dedicated 1928. Matha McFarland was born in present-day Alamance County, North Carolina. Her first marriage was to John Mcgee, a wealthy farmer and trader. After McGee's death she married William Bell and moved... More
Her Majesty The Queen visits HQ ARRC
The Queen arrives and meets British Army Lt. Gen. Tim Evans, the commander of Allied Rapid Reaction Corps, as the Lord Lieutenant of Gloucester looks on. (DoD photo by Sgt. Mike O'Neill, British Army, NATO)
British Soldiers from the Princess of Wales' Royal
British Soldiers from the Princess of Wales' Royal Regiment perform maintenance on their Warrior Tracked Armored Vehicle in preparation of Allied Spirit VIII Jan. 19, 2018. Allied Spirit VIII includes approxima... More
Patrol Kenya
British Army patrol crossing a stream during the Mau Mau rebellion. The soldiers carry a variety of weapons, including the X8E1 (Belgian-made 7.62mm FN FAL) (1st and 2nd soldiers from right); the 9 mm Sten Mk5 ... More
Tanks showing some of their antics during the King's visit to their He...
British tanks on training manoeuvres, in France, during World War I. This photograph of an advancing tank dwarfing British troops, gives an idea of the scale of tanks, and the power they brought to the front li... More
Gal. Douglas Haig
Inter-Allied Conference, Versailles, France, July 1918. This photograph, which has a French press stamp, shows Field Marshal (Earl) Haig (1861-1928) and other delegates at the Inter-Allied Conference at Versail... More
A left side view of a British Army AH. Mark 1 Gazelle helicopter hover...
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: CHECKERED FLAG '83 Base: Ahlhorn Air Base Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT G. Dennis Plummer ... More
US Air Force (USAF) AIRMAN First Class (A1C) Antramese Robinson (left)...
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: RAF Lakenheath State: Suffolk Country: United Kingdom (GBR) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT William Greer, USAF Release Status: Released to Public C... More
One of the tanks waiting to move forward
Fighting in Champagne. Troops with an Allied tank preparing to go into action, in France, during World War I. British and the French soldiers with one of the tanks that were at the cutting edge of new military ... More
Group of German prisoners with the regimental pet that was captured at...
German prisoners posing for the camera. In the middle of the group there is a dog, probably a pet or mascot. All of the men are in uniform. Whilst the majority of them look sombre, one or two manage a smile. ..... More
Corner of the great heap of bombs and stores let by the Germans when t...
This photograph, probably taken by John Warwick Brooke shows a pile of helmets, bombs and ammunition stores abandoned by the German forces when the Allies captured St Pierre Divion on 13th November, 1916. After... More
Dame Maud McCarthy, Matron-In-Chief of the British Army Nursing Corps ...
Title from unverified caption data on negative or negative sleeve. Date based on date of negatives in same range. Gift; Harris & Ewing, Inc. 1955. General information about the Harris & Ewing Collection is avai... More
Royal Army (British) Troop Commander, Lieutenant (LT) Kate Milner (for...
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: COMBINED ENDEAVOR Base: Lager Aulenbach State: Rheinland-Pfalz Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Camera Operator: S... More
Monk's siege of Tantallon
The 1651 siege of Tantallon Castle, which led to the ruin and abandonment of the castle.
Defeat of the British army [...] Défaite de l'armée Anglaise [...] / /...
Print shows a scene during the battle of New Orleans between the British under General Edward Pakenham and the Americans under Major General Andrew Jackson, with Mississippi River in the foreground. "Drawn on t... More
Anti-aircraft gun in action during the battle, Flanders
Soldiers silhouetted against the sky. They are preparing to fire an anti-aircraft gun. On the right of the photograph a soldier is being handed a large shell for the gun. ..The Battle of Broodseinde (October 19... More
Charlottesville, Virginia. Meeting of a committee of ten studying the ...
Picryl description: Public domain image of the British Empire armed forces, 19th-20th century war and military conflict, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Military Police enjoying a meal, Flanders
Three men from the military police pausing for something to eat and drink. They are sitting in the entrance to a shelter constructed from wooden crates. The crates double as shelves, and one is being used as a ... More
Party of our brave stretcher bearers who were laid low by a German she...
British stretcher bearers killed by a German shell in Peronne, France, during World War I. Bodies lie in a ruined French street with the remains of the stretcher they were carrying twisted between them. The lar... More
Group of women carpenters. British army in France. 6-30-1917
British Photographs of World War I
Gen. F.W.R. [i.e., B.] Landon
Photograph shows Major-General Frederick William Bainbridge Landon (b. 1869) who served in the British Army during the Benin Expedition 1897 (medal second from left) and in the South African War 1899-1902 (meda... More
[British troops in Baghdad, Iraq on March 11, 1917 during World War I]
Public domain historical photo, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Army of Occupation - The British Army crosses into Germany. Detachment...
Photographer: Underwood & Underwood Army of Occupation
The VLADIMIR VASLYAEV, a Russian commercial RO-RO- Container (Gearless...
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: JOINT ENDEAVOR Base: Split Country: Croatia (HRV) Scene Camera Operator: SGT Brian Gavin Release Status: Released to Public ... More
Royal Army (British) STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Kelvyn Thompson (left), Squ...
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: RAF Lakenheath Country: United Kingdom (GBR) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT William Greer, USAF Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military... More
Arthur Henri Poole - Waiting at the barracks door - the Waterford Mili...
While the sentry (in full uniform but without his rifle) stands guard, and his colleague in "undress" uniform looks on, the new recruits wait in anticipation! A candid image from Poole to start the week. It wa... More
The Battle of Towton by John Quartley
Engraving of Edward IV extolls his troops to fight their Lancastrian foes at the Battle of Towton (29 March 1461). This was first published in: Grant, James (1880) [1878] "Chapter XVI" in British Battles o... More
Young Drexel's Flying School in Old England; Aviator Latham May Quit t...
The Wilbur and Orville Wright Papers is a collection of documents related to the Wright brothers, two American inventors who are credited with building and flying the first successful powered airplane. The coll... More
Tommies eating in a trench, Flanders
Soldiers is gathered in a small section of trench. In the foreground, one man slices a loaf of bread and another holds a container, possibly filled with soup or stew. Invariably, food arrived in the trenches da... More
Soldiers from the British army's 7th Armour Brigade inspect their FV43...
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: DESERT SHIELD Country: Saudi Arabia(SAU) Scene Camera Operator: GUNNERY SGT. C. Archuleta Release Status: Released to Public ... More
British soldiers deployed in support of Operation Inherent
British soldiers deployed in support of Operation Inherent Resolve, talk with an Iraqi security force member during the building of a bridge in Mosul, Iraq, March 20, 2018. The United Kingdom Bridge Training Te... More
Remote Marathon, Afghanistan
Runners compete in the 2013 Marine Corps Marathon Forward at Camp Leatherneck, Afghanistan Oct. 27. More than 300 runners participated in this year's marathon. This is the fifth year a satellite marathon has be... More
[Plan of the country at and in the vicinity of Forts Lee and Independe...
Scale ca. 1:160,000. Title from Philip Lee Phillips' A list of maps of America. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Has watermarks. Shows British and Hessian troop positions in eastern Bergen County, New Je... More
A surprise to themselves / Gillam.
Illustration shows, at center, a Mahdi soldier and a Chinese soldier gloating over recent victories; on the left the British army is routed by Mahdi forces in the Sudan, and on the right, the French army is rou... More
H.M. the King. H.M. the Queen. H.R.H. the P. of W., Monsieur Poincare,...
From left to right this image shows the President of France, Monsieur Poincare; his wife Madame Poincare; the Prince of Wales; the British Ambassador to France, Sir Francis Bertie; Sir Douglas Haig; George V an... More
King visits the men who man the tanks at the Front
King George V visiting tank crews at the Front, in France, during World War I. In the photograph, King George V is on the right of the leading group of officers, in military uniform. Haig appears to be in the f... More
Gen. Douglas (British Army) watching movements of the enemy and direct...
British Photographs of World War I
Cavalry patrols advancing over open country near Mory
Cavalry advancing briskly over very flat countryside. Each man holds the reins in his left hand keeping his right hand free for his lance. Cavalry patrols could cover the ground quickly, but each horse presente... More
The Duke of Connaught inspects the 56th Brigade, British Army, in Flan...
British Photographs of World War I
British troops in France
Photograph shows British soldiers in a train during World War I, France. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2011)
British tanks going forward to check the German advance, Flanders
The advantages of caterpillar tracks on tanks can be clearly seen here. These four tanks are travelling through a churned up and boggy mess with relative ease. The soldiers travelling on them also look relaxed.... More
Gen. Sir Herbert Plumer
Photograph shows Field Marshal Sir Herbert Plumer (1857-1932) who was an officer in the British Army during World War I. He later served as High Commissioner of the British Mandate for Palestine (1925-1928). (S... More
Gen. P.M. Carnegy, George Grantham Bain Collection
Photograph shows Major General Sir Philip Mainwaring Carnegy (1858-1927) who served in the British Army during World War I. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2012) Title from data provided by the Bain News Serv... More
Maj. Gen. Sir J.S. Cowans
Photograph shows Sir John Stephen Cowans (1862-1921), British Quartermaster General from 1912 to 1919, and a member of the British Army Council during World War I. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2012)
Ceremonies - Preparedness Day, Washington, D.C. - British General talk...
Photographer: Harris & Ewing Ceremonies - Preparedness Day, Washington, D.C.
A busy day on the Red Cross bus line, which carries wounded soldiers f...
Title and note information from Red Cross caption card. Group title: Mutiles, England. On caption card: D-3. Data: New England. 11/18. N.W. Division 11/18. Gift; American National Red Cross 1944 and 1952. Gener... More
Left to right, standing: Lt. Charles R. Codman, 96 Aero Sqdrn, 59 Marl...
Title and notes from Red Cross caption card. Group title: Prisoners, Germany. Date based on date of negatives in same range. Gift; American National Red Cross 1944 and 1952. General information about the Americ... More
British army aeroplanes, George Grantham Bain Collection
Title and other information transcribed from caption card and item. George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress).