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"Embracing Precision and Discipline: Unveiling the Essence of Drill" The Welsh Guards stand tall, their poster epitomizing the art – a testament to unity and precision

Background imageDrill Collection: LFB Dennis dual-purpose pump, Lambeth HQ

LFB Dennis dual-purpose pump, Lambeth HQ
Lambeths (D61) pump at its base station, on display in Brigade headquarters drill yard. Side mounted pump outlets together with hose-reel tubing and two hook ladders can be seen

Background imageDrill Collection: SAMURAI TRAINING. Young Samurai in Japan training for the Satsuma Rebellion of 1877

SAMURAI TRAINING. Young Samurai in Japan training for the Satsuma Rebellion of 1877. Wood engraving, American, c1900

Background imageDrill Collection: REMINGTON: 10th CAVALRY. A Retiring Scout. Enlisted man of the 10th (Colored) Cavalry

REMINGTON: 10th CAVALRY. A Retiring Scout. Enlisted man of the 10th (Colored) Cavalry, known as Buffalo Soldiers, on maneuvers in Arizona. Wood engraving after Frederick Remington, 1888

Background imageDrill Collection: Jumping Sheet Drill - London Fire Brigade

Jumping Sheet Drill - London Fire Brigade Date: circa 1940s

Background imageDrill Collection: Jealousy by H. M. Bateman

Jealousy by H. M. Bateman
A dental patient sits prone in a the dentists chair with his mouth wide open while his dentist is momentarily distracted by the sight of workmen with much bigger drills across the road

Background imageDrill Collection: Hiking Outfits Advert

Hiking Outfits Advert
Advert for Lang & Norton, specialists in British made hiking outfits, including sensible walking shoes, khaki drill shorts and natty sleeveless pullovers

Background imageDrill Collection: Montenegro Soldiers

Montenegro Soldiers
Montengro soldiers at their weekly drill and inspection of weapons

Background imageDrill Collection: Barnardos Fire Drill, Woodford Bridge

Barnardos Fire Drill, Woodford Bridge
A boy is carried down a ladder during a fire drill at the Barnardos boys home at Woodford Bridge, Essex. Date: Date unknown

Background imageDrill Collection: A detachment of the 4th Gurkha (Rifle) Regiment, 1891 circa (b / w photo)

A detachment of the 4th Gurkha (Rifle) Regiment, 1891 circa (b / w photo)
5922758 A detachment of the 4th Gurkha (Rifle) Regiment, 1891 circa (b/w photo) by Unknown photographer, (19th century); National Army Museum

Background imageDrill Collection: Un Patron or The lesson of the Apprentice, 1888 (oil on canvas)

Un Patron or The lesson of the Apprentice, 1888 (oil on canvas)
3106536 Un Patron or The lesson of the Apprentice, 1888 (oil on canvas) by Buland, Jean Eugene (1851-1927); 102 x 82 cm; National Museum, Stockholm, Sweden; French, out of copyright

Background imageDrill Collection: Finsbury Rifles Dart Club, North London

Finsbury Rifles Dart Club, North London
Group photo, Finsbury Rifles Dart Club outside their headquarters and drill hall, 17 Penton Street, Islington, North London. Date: 1930

Background imageDrill Collection: LCC-LFB battery-electric pump-escape at Southwark

LCC-LFB battery-electric pump-escape at Southwark
An early electric wheeled escape ladder vehicle, Cedes battery-driven pump/50ft escape, based at Bow fire station, seen here in the drill yard at Southwark Headquarters

Background imageDrill Collection: LCC-LFB battery-electric pump-escape at Southwark HQ

LCC-LFB battery-electric pump-escape at Southwark HQ
An early electric wheeled ladder escape vehicle, a Cedes battery-driven pump/50 foot escape, based at Bow fire station, seen here in the drill yard of Southwark Headquarters

Background imageDrill Collection: Massey Shaw fireboat demonstrates pumping

Massey Shaw fireboat demonstrates pumping
Moored at its Blackfriars river station on the Victoria Embankment, the newly commissioned Massey Shaw fireboat demonstrates its massive pumping capacity by discharging a vast amount of water

Background imageDrill Collection: Inner components of an electric drill

Inner components of an electric drill
Electric drill opened to show its interior components

Background imageDrill Collection: WORLD WAR II: NURSES. U. S. Army nurses advance through a cloud of smoke in a gas mask drill

WORLD WAR II: NURSES. U. S. Army nurses advance through a cloud of smoke in a gas mask drill during training at Scott
WORLD WAR II: NURSES. U.S. Army nurses advance through a cloud of smoke in a gas mask drill during training at Scott Field, Illinois. Photograph, c1942

Background imageDrill Collection: Advertisement for Dormer / The Sheffield Twist Drill and Steel Co. Ltd. Summerfield Street, 1951

Advertisement for Dormer / The Sheffield Twist Drill and Steel Co. Ltd. Summerfield Street, 1951
Image from The Sheffield Twist Drill and Steel Co. Ltd. Employees Handbook (Local Studies PAMP 605 S)

Background imageDrill Collection: LFB-AFS parade for an exercise

LFB-AFS parade for an exercise
Part of the Civil Defence Corps, until it was disbanded in the late 1960s, the Auxiliary Fire Service consisted of volunteer firefighters who would attend a fire station for drill and training

Background imageDrill Collection: Hornsby's ten-row seed drill for corn

Hornsby's ten-row seed drill for corn
5307810 Hornsby's ten-row seed drill for corn.; (add.info.: Engraving depicting Hornsby's ten-row seed drill for corn. This had rubber delivery tubes for slides to regulate the flow of seed)

Background imageDrill Collection: An engraving depicting a cross-section of geological strata, showing how

An engraving depicting a cross-section of geological strata, showing how, when water is trapped between two impermeable
5311334 An engraving depicting a cross-section of geological strata, showing how, when water is trapped between two impermeable layers, AB and CD

Background imageDrill Collection: Engraving depicting an ingenious Indian Fire Drill, 19th century (engraving)

Engraving depicting an ingenious Indian Fire Drill, 19th century (engraving)
3522028 Engraving depicting an ingenious Indian Fire Drill, 19th century (engraving); (add.info.: Engraving depicting an indigenous Indian Fire Drill)

Background imageDrill Collection: An engraving depicting the drilling of needle eyes: in this operation

An engraving depicting the drilling of needle eyes: in this operation, the punched eye was drilled smooth so that it
5311326 An engraving depicting the drilling of needle eyes: in this operation, the punched eye was drilled smooth so that it did not cut the thread

Background imageDrill Collection: Drill, Mandrillus leucophaeus (Papio leucphaeus). Endangered. Handcoloured steel engraving by W.H

Drill, Mandrillus leucophaeus (Papio leucphaeus). Endangered. Handcoloured steel engraving by W.H
FLO4987989 Drill, Mandrillus leucophaeus (Papio leucphaeus). Endangered. Handcoloured steel engraving by W.H. Lizars after an illustration by James Stewart from Sir William Jardine's

Background imageDrill Collection: Drill, Mandrillus leucophaeus. (Wood baboon, Simia Papio sylvicola) Endangered

Drill, Mandrillus leucophaeus. (Wood baboon, Simia Papio sylvicola) Endangered
FLO4640998 Drill, Mandrillus leucophaeus. (Wood baboon, Simia Papio sylvicola) Endangered. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from " The Naturalist's Pocket Magazine, " Harrison

Background imageDrill Collection: Boring machine, 1927 (photo)

Boring machine, 1927 (photo)
2392215 Boring machine, 1927 (photo); (add.info.: Science. Boring machine.Photo in: Je Sais Tout, France, June, 1927.); Photo © CCI

Background imageDrill Collection: A turnip drill

A turnip drill
5311964 A turnip drill; (add.info.: Engraving depicting a turnip drill. Dated 19th century.); Universal History Archive/UIG

Background imageDrill Collection: Germain Sommeiller's (1815-1871) compressed air rock drill used in the Mont Cenis

Germain Sommeiller's (1815-1871) compressed air rock drill used in the Mont Cenis and St Gothard railway tunnels
530610 Germain Sommeiller's (1815-1871) compressed air rock drill used in the Mont Cenis and St Gothard railway tunnels. Sommeiller engineer of Mont Cenis tunnel

Background imageDrill Collection: Small portable wood drill which could be clamped to bench or table. Engraving, London, 1888

Small portable wood drill which could be clamped to bench or table. Engraving, London, 1888
866102 Small portable wood drill which could be clamped to bench or table. Engraving, London, 1888.; (add.info.: english engraving); Universal History Archive/UIG

Background imageDrill Collection: United States Civil War, Illustration from 1862 Manual of Bayonet Exercise

United States Civil War, Illustration from 1862 Manual of Bayonet Exercise
3027492 United States Civil War, Illustration from 1862 Manual of Bayonet Exercise; Private Collection; (add.info.: United States Civil War, Illustration from Manual of Bayonet Exercise, by George B)

Background imageDrill Collection: United States Civil War, Illustration from 1862 Manual of Bayonet Exercise

United States Civil War, Illustration from 1862 Manual of Bayonet Exercise
3027512 United States Civil War, Illustration from 1862 Manual of Bayonet Exercise; Private Collection; (add.info.: United States Civil War, Illustration from Manual of Bayonet Exercise, by George B)

Background imageDrill Collection: Science. Energy. Electric drill in a factory. Imagery from a series on the Wonder of Electricity

Science. Energy. Electric drill in a factory. Imagery from a series on the Wonder of Electricity, France, c.1910
2638745 Science. Energy. Electric drill in a factory. Imagery from a series on the Wonder of Electricity, France, c.1910.; Private Collection; (add.info.: Sciences. Coll. Part.); Photo © CCI

Background imageDrill Collection: Ploughing, rolling and harrowing using horses, sowing seed broadcast

Ploughing, rolling and harrowing using horses, sowing seed broadcast and with Abbe Soumille's seed drill (Fig 4)
531497 Ploughing, rolling and harrowing using horses, sowing seed broadcast and with Abbe Soumille's seed drill (Fig 4). Fig1 is type of plough invented by Jethro Tull

Background imageDrill Collection: A surgeon performing trepanation and various surgical instruments, lever by Jean louis Petite

A surgeon performing trepanation and various surgical instruments, lever by Jean louis Petite, easel, trestle clamps
FLO4611817 A surgeon performing trepanation and various surgical instruments, lever by Jean louis Petite, easel, trestle clamps, cauterizer and round and triangular plates

Background imageDrill Collection: H. Sims conducting searchlight tattoo, Aldershot, between c1910 and c1915

H. Sims conducting searchlight tattoo, Aldershot, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
H. Sims conducting searchlight tattoo, Aldershot, between c1910 and c1915. H. Sims at a searchlight tattoo, a concert and military drill illuminated by torches, at Aldershot army camp

Background imageDrill Collection: Toronto recruits drilling at armory, between c1914 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service

Toronto recruits drilling at armory, between c1914 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Toronto recruits drilling at armory, between c1914 and c1915. Canadian soldiers drilling at the armory, Toronto, Canada, during World War I

Background imageDrill Collection: Formula One World Championship, Rd 3, Chinese Grand Prix, Practice Day, Shanghai, China

Formula One World Championship, Rd 3, Chinese Grand Prix, Practice Day, Shanghai, China, Friday 15 April 2011
McLaren await a pit stop. Formula One World Championship, Rd 3, Chinese Grand Prix, Practice Day, Shanghai, China, Friday 15 April 2011

Background imageDrill Collection: Ice Fishing

Ice Fishing
Carlos_Grury_Santos

Background imageDrill Collection: Volley firing, U.S. Naval Academy, between 1890 and 1901. Creator: Unknown

Volley firing, U.S. Naval Academy, between 1890 and 1901. Creator: Unknown
Volley firing, U.S. Naval Academy, between 1890 and 1901

Background imageDrill Collection: Returning from drill, Hampton Roads, between 1890 and 1901. Creator: Unknown

Returning from drill, Hampton Roads, between 1890 and 1901. Creator: Unknown
Returning from drill, Hampton Roads, between 1890 and 1901

Background imageDrill Collection: Inspection of the City of London Militia, 1858. Creator: Unknown

Inspection of the City of London Militia, 1858. Creator: Unknown
Inspection of the City of London Militia, 1858....the Royal London Militia (the whole of the regiment having attended Divine service at St)

Background imageDrill Collection: Artillery Practice before the Prince of Wales at Malta, 1876. Creator: Unknown

Artillery Practice before the Prince of Wales at Malta, 1876. Creator: Unknown
Artillery Practice before the Prince of Wales at Malta, 1876....exhibition of practice with the powerful batteries of artillery mounted at Fort St

Background imageDrill Collection: Gun practice on board H.M.S. 'Brilliant', 1860. Creator: Unknown. Gun practice on board H.M.S

Gun practice on board H.M.S. "Brilliant", 1860. Creator: Unknown. Gun practice on board H.M.S
Gun practice on board H.M.S. "Brilliant", 1860. British seamen in the Naval Reserve: scene showing...a gun's crew at lever target-practice - in the act of laying the gun for

Background imageDrill Collection: Returning from drill, Hampton Roads, between 1890 and 1901. Creator: William H. Jackson

Returning from drill, Hampton Roads, between 1890 and 1901. Creator: William H. Jackson
Returning from drill, Hampton Roads, between 1890 and 1901

Background imageDrill Collection: Encampment at Delft, August 1787, (1787). Creator: P.A. Robart

Encampment at Delft, August 1787, (1787). Creator: P.A. Robart
Encampment at Delft, August 1787, (1787). Afbeelding van het Burger-Leger, zoo als hetzelve heeft Gecampeerd na by de stad Delft: van den 21sten tot den 30sten Augustus 1787'

Background imageDrill Collection: U.S.S. Maine, signal drill, (1896?). Creator: William H. Jackson

U.S.S. Maine, signal drill, (1896?). Creator: William H. Jackson
U.S.S. Maine, signal drill, (1896?)

Background imageDrill Collection: U.S.S. Brooklyn, Marine guard signal drill, (1897?). Creator: Unknown

U.S.S. Brooklyn, Marine guard signal drill, (1897?). Creator: Unknown
U.S.S. Brooklyn, Marine guard signal drill, (1897?)

Background imageDrill Collection: U.S.S. Brooklyn, Marine guard bayonet drill, (1897?). Creator: Unknown

U.S.S. Brooklyn, Marine guard bayonet drill, (1897?). Creator: Unknown
U.S.S. Brooklyn, Marine guard bayonet drill, (1897?)

Background imageDrill Collection: U.S.S. Brooklyn, Marine guard company drill, (1897?). Creator: Unknown

U.S.S. Brooklyn, Marine guard company drill, (1897?). Creator: Unknown
U.S.S. Brooklyn, Marine guard company drill, (1897?)




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"Embracing Precision and Discipline: Unveiling the Essence of Drill" The Welsh Guards stand tall, their poster epitomizing the art – a testament to unity and precision. Journey deep into Geevor Tin Mine in Cornwall, where miners masterfully maneuver through narrow tunnels with unwavering focus – drill at its rawest form. On Training Ship Arethusa in Greenhithe, Kent, young cadets learn the compass drill, honing their navigation skills while embracing discipline on the high seas. In Lambeth HQ LFB150's annual review, firefighters showcase their mastery over hoses during intense training drills – a display of bravery and preparedness. Knotting Class aboard Training Ship Arethusa in Greenhithe sees aspiring sailors perfect intricate knots with meticulous attention to detail – an essential skill for life at sea. Blacksmiths forge metal outside their workshop, employing rhythmic movements that embody both strength and precision – a true embodiment of the art of drill. At Brigade HQ SE1, LCC-LFB recruits undergo rigorous fireman training drills under expert guidance – preparing them for any challenge that may come their way. GLC-London Fire Brigade's Clerkenwell fire station serves as a hub for dedicated firefighters who engage in relentless drills to ensure swift response times during emergencies. A firefighter practices hook ladder maneuvers with utmost concentration - mastering this crucial technique can mean saving lives when every second counts. Levant Mine witnesses skilled miners executing flawless drilling techniques on July 11th, 1894 - showcasing generations of expertise passed down through time. Amidst history's tapestry lies Rip Bits factory in Sheffield during World War II; female workers embrace drills as they contribute to Britain's war effort with unwavering dedication (1941).