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"HMS Invincible Returns from the Falklands in 1982: A triumphant homecoming after a courageous battle

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WW1 - Scottish soldiers return from combat
Scottish soldiers return from combat in 1916. Original version was held at the Musee du Luxembourg. See 10094865 for a colour version (cropped) Date: 1916

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WW1 - Return of the body of Heroine Nurse Edith Cavell into Dover Harbour on the R class destroyer HMS Rowena on 14th May 1919. Date: 1919

Background imageReturn Collection: The Girl I Left behind Me, 1880, (c1902). Creator: Unknown

The Girl I Left behind Me, 1880, (c1902). Creator: Unknown
The Girl I Left behind Me, 1880, (c1902). After a painting in the New Walk Museum & Art Gallery, Leicester. Soldiers returning victorious from the Napoleonic wars. From The Nations Pictures

Background imageReturn Collection: Straw-coloured fruit bats (Eidolon helvum) returning to daytime roost at sunrise

Straw-coloured fruit bats (Eidolon helvum) returning to daytime roost at sunrise. Kasanka National Park, Zambia

Background imageReturn Collection: The Return of the Prodigal Son, 1773, (1911). Artist: Pompeo Batoni

The Return of the Prodigal Son, 1773, (1911). Artist: Pompeo Batoni
The Return of the Prodigal Son, 1773, (1911). Painting held at the Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna. From Bibbys Annual 1911, [J. Bibby & Sons, Liverpool, 1911]

Background imageReturn Collection: September, 1939, Winston Churchill Returns to the Admiralty, 1939 (1955)

September, 1939, Winston Churchill Returns to the Admiralty, 1939 (1955). On 3 September 1939, Britain declared war on Germany

Background imageReturn Collection: The Return of the Prodigal Son, 1925. Artist: Jean Louis Forain

The Return of the Prodigal Son, 1925. Artist: Jean Louis Forain
The Return of the Prodigal Son, 1925. An etching from Modern Masters of Etching, by JL Forain, (The Studio, London, 1925)

Background imageReturn Collection: Transport with Napoleons body, 1841. Artist: Theodore Gudin

Transport with Napoleons body, 1841. Artist: Theodore Gudin
Transport with Napoleons body, 1841. Transport with Napoleons body on the way from the Saint Helena island back to France in 1840. Gudin, Theodore (1802-1880)

Background imageReturn Collection: The Fowler's Return, 1886. Creator: Peter Henry Emerson

The Fowler's Return, 1886. Creator: Peter Henry Emerson
The Fowler's Return, 1886. Plate: Plate XX

Background imageReturn Collection: The Return of Ulysses. Scene from Homer´s Ulysses, 1812. Creator: CW Eckersberg

The Return of Ulysses. Scene from Homer´s Ulysses, 1812. Creator: CW Eckersberg
The Return of Ulysses. Scene from Homer´s Ulysses, 1812

Background imageReturn Collection: David Returning Victorious after Defeating Goliath and the Philistines, 1671. Creator: Jan Steen

David Returning Victorious after Defeating Goliath and the Philistines, 1671. Creator: Jan Steen
David Returning Victorious after Defeating Goliath and the Philistines, 1671

Background imageReturn Collection: 8-oar shell race between Harvard and Cambridge, Cambridge, Mass. 1906, 1906

8-oar shell race between Harvard and Cambridge, Cambridge, Mass. 1906, 1906. Creator: Frances Benjamin Johnston
8-oar shell race between Harvard and Cambridge, Cambridge, Mass. 1906, 1906. Crew carrying shell

Background imageReturn Collection: The path to

The path to
Barré Thierry

Background imageReturn Collection: Fishwife waiting for her husband to return, Whitby

Fishwife waiting for her husband to return, Whitby - Victorian period

Background imageReturn Collection: Waiting for husband to return from fishing, Whitby

Waiting for husband to return from fishing, Whitby

Background imageReturn Collection: Fisherman's family waiting for his return

Fisherman's family waiting for his return Date: 19th century

Background imageReturn Collection: Scott's Antarctic Expedition Wilson, Bowers, Cherry-Garrard

Scott's Antarctic Expedition Wilson, Bowers, Cherry-Garrard
Scott's Antarctic Expedition Wilson Bowers and Cherry-Garrard on their return from Cape Crozier in 1911

Background imageReturn Collection: The Bunnies return home after their accident

The Bunnies return home after their accident Date: 1924

Background imageReturn Collection: The Bunnies return from Shopping

The Bunnies return from Shopping Date: 1924

Background imageReturn Collection: The King and Queen returning from Westminster Abbey

The King and Queen returning from Westminster Abbey. Date: 1902

Background imageReturn Collection: WW2 - The Iris Sets Out For Dunkirk

WW2 - The Iris Sets Out For Dunkirk
An illustration for a WW2 children's short story, We Will Return, written by R. Ernest Bailey. The image shows some British wartime crewmembers of a vessel named Iris

Background imageReturn Collection: WW2 - A Father's Return

WW2 - A Father's Return
An illustration for a wartime children's short story book, The Adventure Book For Girls. The image shows a pair of tennis playing children surprised to see their father return home

Background imageReturn Collection: White Star Line, RMS Olympic, dinner menu card (back)

White Star Line, RMS Olympic, dinner menu card (back)
Signed First Class dinner menu card (back) for Titanic?s sister ship RMS Olympic dated September 20th 1911. This is a significant date as Olympic collided with Royal Naval cruiser HMS Hawke

Background imageReturn Collection: WW2, Returning Troops

WW2, Returning Troops
An illustration which shows a British WW2 soldier with luggage slung over his back and shoulder, smoking a cigarette as he readies himself to return home, aided by the lady in blue. Date: circa 1941

Background imageReturn Collection: Drunk young man unable to find the right (real!) keyhole

Drunk young man unable to find the right (real!) keyhole
Italian comic postcard - a young man (rather worse for wear) returns home after a posh (yet boozy) night out only to be befuddled by his less-than-pleased (but pretty cunning) wife

Background imageReturn Collection: Boeing RB-17G Flying Fortress 531

Boeing RB-17G Flying Fortress 531
CIA / Air America - Boeing RB-17G Flying Fortress 531 (msn 8440, ex 44-85531). at Clark Field in the Philippines, either before, or after, covert missions over Tibet

Background imageReturn Collection: Modernist House At Wimbledon

Modernist House At Wimbledon
A photograph of a modernist house located at Wimbledon, designed in 1935 by architects Rose Elisabeth Benjamin and Eugen Carl Kaufmann

Background imageReturn Collection: Dunfermline Abbey Roadway From Tower Hill

Dunfermline Abbey Roadway From Tower Hill
This architectural perspective sketch shows the proposed return to the original disposition of the ancient roadway from Tower Hill, i.e

Background imageReturn Collection: Return From The Fields

Return From The Fields
A portrait sketch of a farmer carrying a basket, alongside his wife who has a large sack on her back, having accomplished their task in the fields. Date: circa 1901

Background imageReturn Collection: Laundresses, The Return Of The Washhouse

Laundresses, The Return Of The Washhouse
An illustration of some laundresses carrying heavy bundles of sheets and clothing to the wash house. Date: circa 1901

Background imageReturn Collection: Corporal Instructing His Men

Corporal Instructing His Men
An illustration depicting a corporal shouting as his organised unit of men, accompanied with the following translated caption

Background imageReturn Collection: Queen Victoria and Guards at Buckingham Palace, London

Queen Victoria and Guards at Buckingham Palace, London
Queen Victoria receiving the Guards at Buckingham Palace on their return from the Crimean War, 1860 Date: 1860

Background imageReturn Collection: Music cover, Jeannette et Jeannot, The Soldier's Return

Music cover, Jeannette et Jeannot, The Soldier's Return, by Charles William Glover, illustration by John Brandard. (2 of 2) Date: mid-19th century

Background imageReturn Collection: Vietnamese Patriotic Poster - Liberating their homeland

Vietnamese Patriotic Poster - Liberating their homeland
Vietnamese Patriotic Poster - Children returning to liberate their homeland Date: 1975

Background imageReturn Collection: White Star Line, RMS Titanic - framed advert and glass model

White Star Line, RMS Titanic - framed advert and glass model
White Star Line, RMS Titanic - original framed advertisement for the ship's return voyage from New York on 20 April 1912, and a modern glass model of the ship on a stand, 11 inches

Background imageReturn Collection: Queen Mary's Personal Secretaire Bookcase, HMS Medina

Queen Mary's Personal Secretaire Bookcase, HMS Medina
Queen Mary's Personal Secretaire Bookcase - The Royal Yacht, HMS Medina, 1911-1912 Coronation Expedition to India for the Durbar. Designed and made for Her Majesty by Waring and Gillow

Background imageReturn Collection: RMS Titanic - letter to James Moody's sister

RMS Titanic - letter to James Moody's sister
RMS Titanic - highly significant and historically important letter to Sixth Officer James Moody's sister. Dated 7 May 1912

Background imageReturn Collection: A week of political stories

A week of political stories
Headlines of different newspaper for the week. The Pall Mall Gazette, The Globe, The Daily Telegraph and the Evening standard all giving the top stories for that week. The left image is of Mr

Background imageReturn Collection: Mafeking officers return

Mafeking officers return Date: 1900

Background imageReturn Collection: General Bullers return from the Boer War

General Bullers return from the Boer War
General Sir Redvers Buller driving through the decorated streets of Aldershot. Lady Audrey Buller is seen sitting beside her husband

Background imageReturn Collection: Brownies of the Sea Maiden celebrate their return home

Brownies of the Sea Maiden celebrate their return home Date: 1910

Background imageReturn Collection: Gruline House, Isle of Mull, Scotland

Gruline House, Isle of Mull, Scotland
This photograph shows Gruline House, the home of Governor Lachlan Macquarie, located in the Isle of Mull, Scotland, in which he resided on his return from New South Wales

Background imageReturn Collection: Return to the Somme, 1916

Return to the Somme, 1916
This lithograph shows the scene of soldiers returning to the Somme valley, a battle in which the Australians contributed to in late July 1916, attacking the German positions at Pozieres

Background imageReturn Collection: Caricature illustrations, of the return from the United States of Mr John Redmond, by H M Bateman

Caricature illustrations, of the return from the United States of Mr John Redmond, by H M Bateman. Captioned, The Dictator's Return'

Background imageReturn Collection: Fairchild C-119F-FA Flying Boxcar O-18037

Fairchild C-119F-FA Flying Boxcar O-18037 (msn 10915, 51-8037), at Wright Field, Wright-Patterson AFB, for display at the Air Force Museum, with Boeing KB-50J 49-0389

Background imageReturn Collection: British Productions films 1929 and 1930

British Productions films 1929 and 1930 - The Bondman, The First-Born, The Wrecker, The Burgomaster of Stilemonde, The Woman in White, The Blue Peter, Albino the Outcast, When Knights Were Bold

Background imageReturn Collection: Ivor Novello and Isabel Jeans in film, The Return of the Rat

Ivor Novello and Isabel Jeans in film, The Return of the Rat
Ivor Novello and Isabel Jeans in Gainsborough Pictures film, The Return of the Rat, directed by Graham Cutts Date: 1929

Background imageReturn Collection: Heinkel He 111 H-20 WerkNummer 701152

Heinkel He 111 H-20 WerkNummer 701152
Heinkel He 111 H-20/R1 WerkNummer 701152, a troop-carrying version seen before restoration for display at the RAF Museum Hendon, London marked as NT+SL




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"HMS Invincible Returns from the Falklands in 1982: A triumphant homecoming after a courageous battle, marking a momentous return for the brave souls who fought for their nation's honor. " "Mallory and Irvine at the Second Step, Everest, 1924: Legends of mountaineering making their daring ascent towards greatness. Their valiant efforts still echo through time as we remember their audacious return to conquer the world's highest peak. " "Erebus and Terror, Franklins last trip: The haunting tale of exploration turned tragedy unfolds as these ill-fated ships make their final journey. Their eerie return reminds us of the perils faced by those who dared to venture into uncharted territories. " "Portsmouth, Southsea & Isle of Wight Aviation Poster: An invitation to embark on an airborne adventure awaits. Let your imagination take flight as you explore new horizons and experience the thrill of returning safely back down to earth. " "The Return from Calvary (colour litho): A poignant depiction capturing Christ's ultimate sacrifice and his triumphant resurrection. This vivid artwork serves as a powerful reminder that even in darkness, hope will always find its way back into our lives. " "REMBRANDT, Harmenszoon van Rijn, called (1606-1669): Celebrated master painter whose brushstrokes brought life to countless canvases. His artistic genius continues to captivate audiences worldwide with each stroke serving as a testament to his unparalleled talent and everlasting legacy. " "Three Coldstream Guards -- Crimean Braves: Heroes adorned in red uniforms march proudly upon their victorious return from Crimea. These gallant soldiers embody resilience and valor amidst adversity while reminding us of the sacrifices made for freedom's sake. " "Persephone & Demeter: Mythical figures entwined in a tale of love lost and found again.