Arras Collection (#4)

Head-On Collision
Two trains of the Ligne du Nord meet face to face near Arras, with distressing consequences for the coaches and wagons, though the two locomotives survive ! Date: 1864

Four men on a bench at golf club, believed to be Llandudno at Whit week 1913. Second from left is the photogrpahers brother Edgar who was to become a WW1 casualty just 4 years later

Hat factory sewing machine at Battersbys Stockport Hat works, destined for delivery to their other factory near Arras, France Date: circa 1908

British bombing party clear trenches near Roeux
" Forward the Bombers!" - British bombing party clear Germans from their trenches near Roeux. The attacks on the village of Roeux were part of the Battle of Arras (9th April - 17th May 1917)

World War I. Battle of Arras
First World War (1915). Battle during a storm in the north of Arras, seen from Mont Saint-Eloy. Picture by Georges Scott (21st August 1915)

YMCA hut in Arras, WW1
The battered belfry at Arras and in front of the ruins, a little YMCA hut with its red triangle sign conveying a welcome to any Allied soldiers seeking a place of rest

20 postcards in a booklet entitled Arras - Avant la guerre. Commemorative Art

Serviette ring with the Coat of Arms of Arras. Trench Art

Serviette ring with a brass shield engraved Arras. Commemorative Ware

Christmas and New Year card - XII Division, 1917-1918. Loos, Quarries, Hohenzollern, Somme, Ovillers, Pozieres, Arras, Monchy. Commemorative Art

A curved stem pipe, finely hand carved - WWI
A curved stem pipe, finely hand carved by and belonging to Driver P. S. Wilson, a lorry driver with the Army Service Corps. during the First World War

Wailly, near Arras July 18 Ruins of church and street sc
Wailly, near Arras. July 18. Ruins of church and street scene. Aerial formation in the sky. 3 miles East of Arras - Route 16

Letter opener Engraved Arras
Letter opener. Engraved Arras. Trench Art

Bugle owned by Buglers Bowman of Royal Hampshire Reg
Bugle belonging to Bugler 8994 S. Bowman of the Royal Hampshire Regiment. Stamped with a broad arrow and dated Arras, 1917/1918. Firearms & Equipment

Trench maps belonging to Sergeant Ernest Blaikley
Trench maps belonging to 2903 Sergeant ERNEST BLAIKLEY, 28th Battalion London Regiment (Artists Rifles) (1885-1965). Attached S.O. & S

Quintagonal WWI photo frame
Quintagonal photo frame containing round swivel frame engraved in brass with the names and dates - Mons 1914 : Marne 1914 : La Basse 1915 : Ypres 1914/15 : Arras 1915 : Vimy 1917

Daily Mail coloured map of part of the Western Front
Daily Mail coloured print of a map of part of the Western Front from Bethune and La Bassee in the North to Albert and Peronne in the South with Arras in the centre of the map

Six-sided offertory or collecting box, WW1
Six-sided offertory or collecting box belonging to West Kent Regiment - stamped Arras 1917, No. 140535. Trench Art

WW1 inkwell, model of a tank, engraved Souvenir of France and Arras, Somme, Flandres, Ypres. Trench Art

British observation balloon being launched, Arras, WW1
A British observation balloon being launched at Arras, France, 5 September 1915, by Louis Dauphin (1885-1926). Date: 1915

Winter rations for British troops in the trenches 1917
British commissariat methods: Army ration corps supplying hot food to the men in the trenches at the Battle of Arras on the Western Front in France; serving hot stew in bad weather often added very

Church tower at Bethune, Western Front, WW1
View of the church tower and other damaged buildings at Bethune on the Western Front in France during World War One. Date: circa 1918

Interior of Arras Cathedral after German shell fire, WW1
View of the interior of Arras Cathedral after German shell fire, on the Western Front in France during World War One, taken from the altar at the east end. Date: circa 1917

British officers resting after Arras, Western Front, WW1
British cavalry officers resting after fighting at Arras on the Western Front in France during World War One. Date: circa 1917

British wiring party passing large gun, Arras, WW1
A British wiring party passing a large gun mounted on a train near Arras, France, on the Western Front during World War One. Date: circa 1916

WWI - British Infantryman at Arras Date: 1915

British soldiers in captured dugout, France, WW1
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Perrenot De Granvelle 2
ANTOINE DE PERRENOT French churchman, bishop of Arras, cardinal and statesman Date: 1517 - 1586

Perrenot De Granvelle 3
ANTOINE DE PERRENOT French churchman, bishop of Arras, cardinal and statesman. Date: 1517 - 1586

Kemble as Hamlet - 2
JOHN PHILIP KEMBLE the great classical actor as Shakespeares Hamlet, just after he has fatally stabbed the imprudent Polonius behind the arras. Date: 1757 - 1823

Mother Child 1860s Oil wood 12 3 / 4 x 8 7 / 8 32. 4 22. 5 cm
Artokoloro

Siege Arras Plan View 1641 Etching state ii Prints
Artokoloro

Plan view city Arras depicting siege horsemen
Artokoloro

Castle Arras, near Alf, on the Moselle (c. 1833). O Connor, James Arthur 1792-1841. Date: 1833 (circa)

Map of Arras, France
MAP OF ARRAS, FRANCE

Surrender of the Landgrave of Hesse, 1547, Dirck Volckertsz Coornhert, Maarten van Heemskerck, 1555 - 1556

Mirandor finds a wounded man near Arras, France, Caspar Luyken, Pieter van Rijschooten, 1695

Portrait of Carolus Clusius at the age of 75, Jacob de Gheyn (II), 1601

Arras Grenades
May 1917: British grenade explosions during the Battle of Arras on the Siegfried Line. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)

WORLD WAR I: HOTEL, c1918. Hotel De Ville destroyed during the Great German Drive of March 1918 at Arras, France. Photograph, c1918

WORLD WAR I: ARRAS. View of destroyed homes in Arras, France. Photograph, c1916

WWI: BATTLE OF ARRAS, 1917. Canadians preparing for an advance during the Battle of Arras, April-May 1917, during World War I. Photograph

WORLD WAR I: WESTERN FRONT. Map depicting the battle line when the German offensive of March 21, 1918 was launched, the furthest point reached in that advance

WWI: ARRAS, c1919. Grand Place of devastated Arras, section visited by peace
WWI: ARRAS, c1919. " Grand Place" of devastated Arras, section visited by peace conference delegates, France. Stereograph, c1919

Aerial view showing the remains of Arras, France. Photograph, c1916
WORLD WAR I: VIEW OF ARRAS. Aerial view showing the remains of Arras, France. Photograph, c1916

Siege of Arras, 1640, under Louis XIII. Arras taken by the French 10 August 1640. Francois Flameng (1856-1923): Guache and wash

Departement of Pas-de-Calais, France, True Colour Satellite Image
Satellite view of the departement of Pas-de-Calais, France. It borders the Strait of Dover in northern France. This image was compiled from data acquired by LANDSAT 5 & 7 satellites

PEACE OF ARRAS, 1482. A herald proclaims the Peace of Arras, the treaty of 1482 bewteen Philip the Good of Burgundy and Louis XI of France, which predetermined the northern frontier of modern France

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