Barracks Collection (#2)

Photocard, 1930s: The Kremlin, Moscow (coloured photo)
8671662 Photocard, 1930s: The Kremlin, Moscow (coloured photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Kremlin, Moscow)

Dagobert the barbet (colour litho)
8664101 Dagobert the barbet (colour litho) by Job, pseudonym for Onfray de Breville, Jacques (1858-1931); Private Collection; (add.info)

Model of a soldier's living quarters on Folly Island, South Carolina
3028891 Model of a soldier's living quarters on Folly Island, South Carolina, ; Private Collection; (add.info.: Model of a soldier's living quarters on Folly Island, South Carolina)

Soldiers quarters with camp beds, 18th century
3507854 Soldiers quarters with camp beds, 18th century; (add.info.: Soldiers quarters with camp beds, inside Fort George; 18th-century fortress, north-east of Inverness in Scotland)

The Tower of David, Phasaelus (engraving)
8638838 The Tower of David, Phasaelus (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Tower of David, Phasaelus)

A Bird's-eye View of the US Soldiers and Sailors Home, near Dayton (engraving)
8637262 A Bird's-eye View of the US Soldiers and Sailors Home, near Dayton (engraving) by American School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Manover / Maneuver (colour litho)
8666324 Manover / Maneuver (colour litho) by German School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Manover. Die regelmassig)

Beginning of the Portuguese Revolution, Porto, 1820 (colour litho)
8672970 Beginning of the Portuguese Revolution, Porto, 1820 (colour litho) by Gameiro, Alfredo Roque (1864-1935); Private Collection; (add.info.: Beginning of the Portuguese Revolution, Porto, 1820)

New Zealand, 1890s: Supreme Court and Victoria Bridge (b/w photo)
8662458 New Zealand, 1890s: Supreme Court and Victoria Bridge (b/w photo) by New Zealand Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Supreme Court and Victoria Bridge)

Horsham Barracks, Sussex, 1796-1815 (litho)
8676050 Horsham Barracks, Sussex, 1796-1815 (litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Plan of Horsham Barracks, Sussex, 1796-1815)

Germany, Hamburg, 1850s (engraving)
UTD4917264 Germany, Hamburg, 1850s (engraving); (add.info.: Germany, Hamburg, original page and original text : " Der Dragonerstall in Hamburg " (the house of the dragoons)

Soldiers quarters with camp beds, 18th century
3507853 Soldiers quarters with camp beds, 18th century; (add.info.: Soldiers quarters with camp beds, inside Fort George; 18th-century fortress, north-east of Inverness in Scotland)

Soldiers quarters at Fort George, 18th century
3507850 Soldiers quarters at Fort George, 18th century; (add.info.: stove; kettles and fireplace inside the soldiers quarters at Fort George; 18th-century fortress)

World War I: group of women visiting a barracks
3571406 World War I: group of women visiting a barracks by Unknown photographer, (20th century); (add.info.: Europe 1914-1918 World War I)

The town and port of Nassau, New Providence, Bahama Islands, 1864. Creator: Mason Jackson
The town and port of Nassau, New Providence, Bahama Islands, 1864. Engraving from a sketch by an officer of the 1st West India Regiment

Gen. Cole decorating marines, Parris Island, S.C. 10 June 1918. Creator: Bain News Service
Gen. Cole decorating marines, Paris Isl'd. [i.e. Parris Island], S.C. 10 June 1918 (date created or published later). Brigadier General Eli Kelley Cole (1867-1929)

Verdun - Barracks, between c1915 and 1918. Creator: Bain News Service
Verdun - Barracks, between c1915 and 1918. The Caserne d'Anthouard (barracks) in Verdun, France, showing roofs that were damaged during World War I

Fort Slocum, Shacks built for draft men, 1917. Creator: Bain News Service
Fort Slocum, Shacks built for draft men, 1917. Housing built for soldiers at Fort Slocum, a military post on Davids Island, New Rochelle, New York

Barracks of the Ministry of Communication and Transportation, Oka River, 1912. People posed in front of a barrack, near the river

Soyer's Barrack Cooking Apparatus, 1858. Creator: Unknown
Soyer's Barrack Cooking Apparatus, 1858. Improved technology to improve soldiers diets during the Crimean War. The...kitchen was opened by the late much-lamented chef de cuisine, Alexis Soyer

Edinburgh Castle, from the Corn Exchange, in the Grassmarket, 1860. Creator: Smyth
Edinburgh Castle, from the Corn Exchange, in the Grassmarket, 1860. The castle...consists of a series of irregular fortifications, and although, before the invention of gunpowder

Quarters for infantry at the camp of Chalons - from a drawing by M. Beaucé, 1860. Creator: Unknown
Quarters for infantry at the camp of Chalons, [France] - from a drawing by M. Beauce, 1860. It must not be supposed that the barracks here represented are for all the infantry

Taranaki (New Plymouth), the village-capital of the province of New Plymouth, North Island... 1860. Creator: Unknown
Taranaki (New Plymouth), the village-capital of the province of New Plymouth, North Island, New Zealand, 1860. The district...has been termed "the Garden of New Zealand;"

Journees inoubliables a Strasbourg; Le 10 novembre 1918, l'avenement de la republique... 1918. Creator: Unknown
Journees inoubliables a Strasbourg; Le 10 novembre 1918, l'avenement de la republique allemande est proclame par un orateur militaire a la porte d'une caserne, 1918

Christmas-Day in the Crimea - Dinner of Captain Brown's Company, 57th Regiment - sketched by J. A. Crowe, 1856....the mess-tables of the regiments more resembled those of England than

Ceremony of Placing the Guards Crimean Colours in the Chapel of the Wellington Barracks, 1857. Creator: Unknown
Ceremony of Placing the Guards Crimean Colours in the Chapel of the Wellington Barracks, [London], 1857. A special guard was...formed on the parade...with the six colours

The Barracks, Fort Oglethorpe, Chicamauga [i.e. Chickamauga-Chattanooga National... c1900-1910. Creator: Unknown
The Barracks, Fort Oglethorpe, Chicamauga [i.e. Chickamauga-Chattanooga National Military] Park, Ga. between 1900 and 1910

La lecture au cantonnement d'un bon communique, 1916. Creator: Lucien Jonas
La lecture au cantonnement d'un bon communique, 1916. From "Collection de la Guerre IV. L'Illustration Tome CXLVIII

New Barracks, Fort Monroe, Va. between 1900 and 1910. Creator: Unknown
New Barracks, Fort Monroe, Va. between 1900 and 1910

Fancy Bazaar at the Wellington Barracks, St. James's-Park, 1856. Creator: Unknown
Fancy Bazaar at the Wellington Barracks, St. James's-Park, 1856. Fundraising in London. The committee of ladies who during the last two years have been occupied in the praiseworthy task of

Inspection of the Royal Sappers and Miners at Brompton Barracks, Chatham, by Sir John Burgoyne, 1856 Creator: Unknown
Inspection of the Royal Sappers and Miners at Brompton Barracks, Chatham, by Sir John Burgoyne, 1856. More than ordinary interest attached to the occasion

The Casemates before Naarden, 1814, 1814. Creator: Pieter Gerardus van Os
The Casemates before Naarden, 1814, 1814

Soldiers Reading-Room, St. Mary's Barracks, Chatham, 1856. Creator: Unknown
Soldiers Reading-Room, St. Mary's Barracks, Chatham, 1856. The annual return of between three and four thousand soldiers from India and the British Colonies - who, either from impaired health

The bombproof barracks in Vlissingen, 1850-1870. Creator: Johan Conrad Greive
The bombproof barracks in Vlissingen, 1850-1870. Dutch naval base at the mouth of the River Schelde

The Barracks, Fort Brady, Sault Ste. Marie, Mich. between 1900 and 1910. Creator: Unknown
The Barracks, Fort Brady, Sault Ste. Marie, Mich. between 1900 and 1910

Soldiers barracks, Fort Monroe, Va. between 1900 and 1906. Creator: Unknown
Soldiers barracks, Fort Monroe, Va. between 1900 and 1906

Fort McHenry, Cement Gun Used in Building Camp, 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Fort McHenry, Cement Gun Used in Building Camp, 1917

Fort McHenry, Cement Gun Used in Building Camp, 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Fort McHenry, Cement Gun Used in Building Camp, 1917

Fort McHenry - Groups, 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Fort McHenry - Groups, 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Fort McHenry - Groups, 1917

Fort McHenry - Groups, 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Fort McHenry - Groups, 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Fort McHenry - Groups, 1917

Soissons; La Caserne de Soissons (ancienne Abbaye), 1915. Creator: Francois Flameng
Soissons; La Caserne de Soissons (ancienne Abbaye), 1915. From "L'Album de la Guerre 1914-1919: Volume I" [L'Illustration, Paris, 1926]

Des femmes dans les casernes; Au bureau de la mobilisation : le classement des fiches, 1916. Creator: Unknown
Des femmes dans les casernes; Au bureau de la mobilisation : le classement des fiches, 1916. From "Collection de la Guerre IV. L'Illustration Tome CXLVII

Des femmes dans les casernes; Aux ecritures, 1916. Creator: Unknown
Des femmes dans les casernes; Aux ecritures, 1916. From "Collection de la Guerre IV. L'Illustration Tome CXLVII. La Guerre Janvier, Fevrier, Mars, Avril, Mai, Juin 1916"

Des femmes dans les casernes; La sortie, 1916. Creator: Unknown
Des femmes dans les casernes; La sortie, 1916. From "Collection de la Guerre IV. L'Illustration Tome CXLVII. La Guerre Janvier, Fevrier, Mars, Avril, Mai, Juin 1916"

Military Training, 1917 or 1918. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Military Training, 1917 or 1918. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Military Training, 1917 or 1918

The Statue of General Gordon at the Brompton Barracks, Chatham; The Prince of Wales Unveiling the Creator: Unknown
The Statue of General Gordon at the Brompton Barracks, Chatham; The Prince of Wales Unveiling the Statue, 1890. From "The Graphic. An Illustrated Weekly Newspaper", Volume 41

Tower of London, 1961. Creator: Unknown
Tower of London, 1961. Ground plan of the Tower of London, with key indicating building periods: Roman; William I & II, c.1086-97; Richard I, 1189-99; Henry III, 1216-72; Edward I

The New Marlborough Barracks, Dublin, 1891. Creator: Unknown
The New Marlborough Barracks, Dublin; Where Prince George of Wales at the time when he is considered to have contracted the Typhoid Fever, 1891. From "The Graphic

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"Barracks: A Tapestry of History and Heroism" Step into the past as we unravel the captivating tales woven within the walls across England. From Chichester to Sheffield, Lewisham to Worthing, these military strongholds have witnessed moments that shaped our nation. In 1812, a map of Chichester revealed the strategic importance in safeguarding our borders. As Florence Nightingale emerged as "The Lady With The Lamp, " her unwavering dedication shone brightly even within the confines of Woolwich Barracks. During times of conflict, barracks became targets themselves. The Germans meticulously marked bombing targets on an Ordnance Survey map copied from north Sheffield. Meanwhile, Sussex experienced turmoil during The Salvation Army Riots at Worthing, where order was restored amidst chaos. ASC Barracks in Grove Park stood tall as a symbol of unity and resilience. Nearby Chatham's General Gordon Statue paid tribute to a hero who inspired countless soldiers with his bravery and leadership. Transport yourself back to 1905 when Woolwich Barracks bustled with activity; its vibrant atmosphere mirrored by Ruthuen Barracks' rich history elsewhere. Nether Hallam's street map offers glimpses into everyday life surrounding these bastions of strength. On anniversaries like that of the Battle of Ortigara, thousands embarked on pilgrimages honoring fallen heroes - reminding us all that courage transcends time and place. Witnessing The Coldstream Guards taking over the Colour evokes profound respect for those who protect our freedoms selflessly. Barracks stand not only as physical structures but also as symbols etched deep into our collective memory - testaments to sacrifice, camaraderie, and duty beyond measure. Let their stories echo through generations so we may forever cherish their significance in shaping our shared heritage.