British Army Collection (#7)

The ruined tower of Becordel Becourt, illustration from The Western Front, pub. by Country Life Ltd, 1917 (litho)
STC400452 The ruined tower of Becordel Becourt, illustration from The Western Front, pub. by Country Life Ltd, 1917 (litho) by Bone

On the Somme: Mud, illustration from The Western Front, pub. by Country Life Ltd, 1917 (litho)
STC400444 On the Somme: Mud, illustration from The Western Front, pub. by Country Life Ltd, 1917 (litho) by Bone, David Muirhead (1876-1953); Private Collection; (add.info)

A Railhead, illustration from The Western Front, pub. by Country Life Ltd, 1917 (colour litho)
STC403991 A Railhead, illustration from The Western Front, pub. by Country Life Ltd, 1917 (colour litho) by Bone, David Muirhead (1876-1953); Private Collection; The Stapleton Collection

On the Somme: near Mametz, illustration from The Western Front, pub. by Country Life Ltd, 1917 (litho)
STC400478 On the Somme: near Mametz, illustration from The Western Front, pub. by Country Life Ltd, 1917 (litho) by Bone, David Muirhead (1876-1953); Private Collection; The Stapleton Collection

Disembarking, illustration from The Western Front, pub. by Country Life Ltd, 1917 (litho)
STC400457 Disembarking, illustration from The Western Front, pub. by Country Life Ltd, 1917 (litho) by Bone, David Muirhead (1876-1953); Private Collection; The Stapleton Collection

The Highlanders Camp, 1870 (engraving)
1575619 The Highlanders Camp, 1870 (engraving); (add.info.: Engraving depicts soldiers and young boys of the Highlanders camp in Aldershot. Dated 1870); Universal History Archive/UIG

American Revolution, Loyalist -American Dragoon Saber
3073345 American Revolution, Loyalist -American Dragoon Saber; Private Collection; (add.info.: Dragoon Saber made by Loyalist James Potter in New York City)

British Grenadier officer's coat of an unknown regiment about 1775-80
3032455 -British Grenadier officer's coat of an unknown regiment about 1775-80; Private Collection; (add.info.: British Grenadier officer's red coat with green facings of an unknown regiment)

Hessian Fusilier Brass Cap from the American Revolution
3031449 Hessian Fusilier Brass Cap from the American Revolution; Private Collection; (add.info.: Hessian Fusilier Brass Cap from the American Revolution of the Regiment Von Knyphausen which was)

Brunswick sergeant's partizan and officer's spontoon
3031236 Brunswick sergeant's partizan and officer's spontoon.; Private Collection; (add.info.: Brunswick (Braunschweig )sergeant's partizan and officer's spontoon

British 15th Regiment of Foot soldier's waist belt with bayonet
3032379 British 15th Regiment of Foot soldier's waist belt with bayonet; Private Collection; (add.info.: British 15th Regiment of Foot soldier's waist belt with bayonet taken at the battle of)

Brunswick silver & gilt officers gorget of the type worn at Saratoga in 1777
3031369 Brunswick silver & gilt officers gorget of the type worn at Saratoga in 1777; Private Collection; (add.info.: American Revolution)

British officer's Wellington or Waterloo style shako 1812-1815
3036207 British officer's Wellington or Waterloo style shako 1812-1815; Private Collection; (add.info.: British infantry officer's "Wellington" or "Waterloo" style shako)

American Revolution, British Sergeant's Button
3073343 American Revolution, British Sergeant's Button; Private Collection; (add.info.: Silver plated British Sergeant's Button of the 28th Regiment of Foot)

The Battle of Corunna
2910927 The Battle of Corunna; (add.info.: 1809 Engraving depicting the Battle of Corunna, took place on 16 January 1809, when a French corps under Marshal of the Empire Nicolas Jean de Dieu Soult)

Hessian Fusilier cap, Found near the site of Fort Mercer, Red Bank New Jersey
3031452 Hessian Fusilier cap, Found near the site of Fort Mercer, Red Bank New Jersey; Private Collection; (add.info.: Hessian Fusilier cap, Found near the site of Fort Mercer)

Brunswick drum captured at the Battle of Bennington
3032356 Brunswick drum captured at the Battle of Bennington; Massachusetts State Archives, Boston, MA. USA; (add.info.: American Revolution)

The Battle of El Alamein, 1942 (oil on canvas)
NAM280922 The Battle of El Alamein, 1942 (oil on canvas) by Longstaff, William Francis (1879-1953); National Army Museum, London; (add.info.: British Infantry advancing, supported by a Sherman tank)

British women in Army Camp, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
British women in Army Camp, between c1910 and c1915

R.R. follows British advance, 31 Oct 1918. Creator: Bain News Service
R.R. follows British advance, 31 Oct 1918 (date created or published later). Railroad construction during World War I, described by the Imperial War Museum as "Battle of the Drocourt-Queant

Wounded British in trench, 18 Aug 1918. Creator: Bain News Service
Wounded British in trench, 18 Aug 1918. Wounded British soldiers of the 27th Brigade, 9th Division, in a trench at a regimental aid post near Outtersteene Ridge following the formation's

British gun in action, 6 July 1918. Creator: Bain News Service
British gun in action, 6 July 1918 (date created or published later). British troops with large artillery guns near a house, probably during World War I

British clearing ground for Howitzer, between 1914 and 1918. Creator: Bain News Service
British clearing ground for Howitzer, between 1914 and 1918. British soldiers preparing place for a howitzer artillery piece, probably during World War I

British tank on 5th Ave. 25 Oct 1917. Creator: Bain News Service
British tank on 5th Ave. 25 Oct 1917. The British Mark IV Tank "Britannia" which was brought to New York City where it was renamed the Liberty and put on exhibit to help sell war bonds

British engineers repairing bridge, between c1915 and 1918. Creator: Bain News Service
British engineers repairing bridge, between c1915 and 1918. British engineers fixing a bridge, probably during World War I

British loading pontoon boats with ammunition, 22 Apr 1917. Creator: Bain News Service
British loading pontoon boats with ammunition, 22 Apr 1917. British Royal Artillery gunners loading pontoon boats on the River Scarpe with shells near a light railway engine passing on the line near

British building railroad, 28 Jul 1917. Creator: Bain News Service
British building railroad, 28 Jul 1917. British soldiers laying a light railway line near Boesinghe, Belgium, July 28, 1917 during the Battle of Passchendaele (the Third Battle of Ypres)

British military bridge, Flanders, 5 Aug 1917. Creator: Bain News Service
British military bridge, Flanders, 5 Aug 1917. British infantry soldiers crossing the bridge over the Yser canal at Boezinge, West Flanders, Belgium, August 5, 1917

British guns bombard Germans, Aug 1916. Creator: Bain News Service
British guns bombard Germans, Aug 1916. Three 8 inch howitzers of 39th Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery (RGA), firing from the Fricourt-Mametz Valley during the Battle of the Somme

Thomas, Haig, Joffre, Lloyd George, 12 Sept 1916. Creator: Bain News Service
Thomas, Haig, Joffre, Lloyd George, 12 Sept 1916. Lloyd George, British Minister of Munitions; Gen. Douglas Haig, Commander-in-Chief of the British Army; Gen

Sir Arthur Sloggett, Queen Mary, Prince of Wales, 11 Jul 1917. Creator: Bain News Service
Sir Arthur Sloggett, Queen Mary, Prince of Wales, 11 Jul 1917. Shows (left to right): Brigader-General Anthony Ashley Cooper, Mabel Ogilvy, Countess of Airlee; Queen Mary, Edward VIII

British officers luncheon in wrecked village, 1917 25 April 1917. Creator: Bain News Service
British officers luncheon in wrecked village, 1917 25 April 1917. British officers eating lunch in the ruins of a building at E´treillers, Aisne, France on April 25, 1917 during World War I

British training - mechanics, between c1915 and 1918. Creator: Bain News Service
British training - mechanics, between c1915 and 1918. An armourer's shop which repairs rifles and bicycles at Tadworth Camp, England during World War I

British Cavalry after attack on enemy, 21 Apr 1917. Creator: Bain News Service
British Cavalry after attack on enemy, 21 Apr 1917. Surrey Yeomanry (Queen Mary's Regiment) troops after an attack near Vermand, France during World War I

British training, tailor shop, 17 Aug 1917. Creator: Bain News Service
British training, tailor shop, 17 Aug 1917 (date created or published later). Soldiers at a tailor's shop cutting out cloth, Tadworth Camp, England, during World War I

British Cavalry passing thro wrecked village, 21 Apr 1917.. Creator: Bain News Service
British Cavalry passing thro wrecked village, 21 Apr 1917. Surrey Yeomanry (Queen Mary's Regiment) troops riding on horseback through the ruined village of Caulaincourt, France during World War I

Bayonet practice, British training, 16 Aug 1917. Creator: Bain News Service
Bayonet practice, British training, 16 Aug 1917 (date created or published later). Soldiers being instructed on the use of the bayonet by charging dummies at Tadworth Camp, England during World War I

King George V on Butte De Warlencourt, 12 Jul 1917. Creator: Bain News Service
King George V on Butte De Warlencourt, 12 Jul 1917. King George V with General Sir Julian Byng, Commander of the Third Army at the 6th Battalion, Durham Light Infantry Memorial, Butte de Warlencourt

British artillery officers mess on captured ground, 10 Jun 1917. Creator: Bain News Service
British artillery officers mess on captured ground, 10 Jun 1917. British artillery officers mess tent in front of Kemmel, Belgium, June 10, 1917, during the Battle of Messines during World War I

British soldiers feed horses, Apr 1917. Creator: Bain News Service
British soldiers feed horses, Apr 1917. British soldiers gathering oats for their horses near Fricourt, Somme, France, April 1917 during the Battle of Arras, in World War I

King Geo. studies trench bombs, 7 Jul 1917. Creator: Bain News Service
King Geo. studies trench bombs, 7 Jul 1917. British officers explaining trench mortar to King George V and Edward, Prince of Wales at the Trench Warfare School, Helfaut, France during World War I

British troops resting on road, between c1915 and 1918. Creator: Bain News Service
British troops resting on road, between c1915 and 1918. British troops resting on a road during World War I

France - in a front line trench, 1917. Creator: Bain News Service
France - in a front line trench, 1917. British troops in a trench in France during World War I

British wiring parties in rain, Sept 1916. Creator: Bain News Service
British wiring parties in rain, Sept 1916. British soldiers taking unbarbed concertina wire to the forward area, near Hamel, September 1916 during the Battle of the Somme in World War I

Gen. Sir Ian Hamilton on a destroyer, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Gen. Sir Ian Hamilton on a destroyer, between c1910 and c1915. Sir Ian Standish Monteith Hamilton (1853-1947), a British Army general the deck of a ship with others

British tank, 15 Sept. 1916. Creator: Bain News Service
British tank, 15 Sept. 1916. A British tank at the Battle of Flers-Courcelette, in the Somme, France on September 15, 1916 during World War I

King Geo. views Peronne, 13 Jul 1917. Creator: Bain News Service
King Geo. views Peronne, 13 Jul 1917. King George V, Edward, Prince of Wales, and Gen. Julian Byng visiting the ruins of Peronne, France during World War I

Maj. Richardson & British Red Cross dogs, between 1914 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service. Maj
Maj. Richardson & British Red Cross dogs, between 1914 and c1915. Lieutenant Colonel Edwin H. Richardson with Red Cross war dogs during World War I

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"The British Army: A Legacy of Courage and Resilience" From the Last Stand of the 44th Regiment at Gundamuck during the Retreat from Kabul in 1841 to the British army advancing at the Battle of Waterloo in 1815, these iconic moments epitomize the indomitable spirit of the British Army. The image EVNT2A-00183 captures a pivotal moment in history when The Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders formed The Thin Red Line at Balaclava in 1854. Their unwavering bravery became legendary, inspiring generations to come. In 1939, amidst looming darkness, The Westland Lysander took flight. This aircraft played a crucial role during World War II and its creator remains unknown but their contribution is forever etched into history. Another remarkable event occurred in 1789 when John Trumbull depicted "The Sortie Made by the Garrison of Gibraltar. " It symbolizes not only an act of defiance but also showcases Britain's stronghold on territories like Rock of Gibraltar within its vast empire. Field Marshal Lord Roberts stands tall as Commander-in-Chief during South Africa's tumultuous times in 1902. His leadership exemplified dedication and strategic brilliance that led his forces through challenging battles with honor. Amidst modern advancements, we witness Slingsby Skylark 2 soaring high above us – a testament to technological progress within our armed forces. Innovation continues to shape our defense capabilities for a safer future. Yet it is not just cutting-edge machinery that defines our military might; it is also seen in everyday heroes like Sergeant Ewart from Scots Greys. His figure immortalized through studies for paintings represents countless soldiers who fought valiantly throughout history. Even heavy recovery vehicles like the Foden 6x6 play an essential role behind-the-scenes ensuring operational efficiency and safety for all troops on duty. Lastly, let us not forget those who parade with pride and precision.