Rifles Collection (#54)

Soldiers asleep in railway carriage during rail strike
During the 1911 rail strike two soldiers of the South Staffordshire Regiment take a nap in one of the unused railway carriages. 1911

Sea cadet training, Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex
A senior cadet in the sea cadet unit based at Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex, instructs four junior cadets on the correct way to present arms with rifles. circa 1960

Montenegrin soldiers singing warsongs
Montenegrin soldiers singing war songs outdoors, by the light of the moon

Armed Afghan Tribesmen, Afghanistan Date: 1903

War memorial - Archangel, Russia
Russia, Arkhangelsk (or Archangel) - War memorial commemorating the lives lost of Russian soldiers on the Eastern Front during World War One. 2010

Australia - Victorian Mounted Rifles
Victorian Mounted Rifles - Troops of the British Empire series. At the end of the row is the regimental mascot, a real kangaroo!!

Crocodile Shooting Party - Sudan
How many Sudanese marksmen does it take to shoot a crocodile.... Date: circa 1910s

German troops in trench near Sereth, Romanian Front, WW1
German troops manning a trench near the Sereth (Siret) River on the Romanian Front during the First World War. Date: July 1917

Turkish infantry marching, WW1
Turkish infantry on the march during the First World War. Date: 1917

Austrian troops in trench, Eastern Front, WW1
Austrian troops in a trench on the Eastern Front during the First World War. Some are holding rifles, others have hand grenades ready to throw. Date: circa 1914

American troops marching to Chateau Thierry, France, WW1
American troops marching to Chateau Thierry, northern France, during the First World War. A woman is washing her clothes in the foreground. Date: circa 1918

Austrian defence lines, advance on Plevje, WW1
Austro-Hungarian defence lines during the advance on Plevje (Pljevlja, Montenegro), on the eastern front during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

Panama Police Date: circa 1910s

Jerusalem - Palestinian men and boys - labelled here as being from Trans-Jordania Date: circa 1930s

The Vicars Shooting Party
The Vicar, the Curate, the Organist and the Verger pop out for a spot of rabbit shooting on Saturday afternoon, accompanied by their Jack Russell terriers. Date: circa 1910

5th Royal Irish Lancers - Scouts Date: 1910s

American troops with tanks, France, WW1
American troops of the 107th Regiment Infantry, 27th Division, in action behind tanks near Beauquesne, Somme, northern France, during the First World War. Date: 13 September 1918

Russian soldiers with regimental colour, Salonika, WW1
Russian soldiers with the regimental colour at Salonika (Salonica, Thessaloniki, Greece) during the First World War. The banner is made of white silk, with an embroidered motto saying God is with us

Austrian artillery in the Italian Alps, WW1
Austrian artillery in the Italian Alps at Zugna Torta during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

Austrian soldiers ready to fire, Galicia, WW1
Austro-Hungarian soldiers getting ready to fire from a shallow trench in Galicia on the Eastern Front, during the First World War. Date: 1914-1915

Guard of Honour, Ecole Militaire, Montreuil, France, WW1
A Guard of Honour of the 1st Artists Rifles parade for inspection by King George V at the Ecole Militaire, Montreuil (Allied headquarters), northern France, during the First World War. Date: July 1917

French trench facing Turkish positions, WW1
A French trench facing Turkish positions during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

Australian infantry opposite Hindenburg Line, France, WW1
Australian infantry attacking beyond their barrage, opposite the Hindenburg Line in north eastern France, during the First World War

Albanian Battalion - Ottoman Imperial Army, Istanbul, Turkey Date: circa 1910

Captured weapons in Villers-Cotterets, France, WW1
Allied soldiers looking at piles of captured German weapons in the main square of Villers-Cotterets, northern France, towards the end of the First World War. Date: 27 July 1918

French General at review of Russian troops, WW1
A French General, together with Russian officers, at a grand review of Russian troops during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

Japanese Army Women
Japanese women army recruits receiving instruction in the use of rifles. Date: 1930s

Dog and Cat Soldiers
Dog and cat recruits with their rifles over their shoulders. Date: early 1930s

Austrian troops in trench, Eastern Front, Poland, WW1
Austrian troops in a trench on the Eastern Front near Opatowice, Poland, during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

French troops on quayside, Salonika, WW1
French troops of the 84th Regiment halted on the quayside at Salonika (Salonica, Thessaloniki, Greece) during the First World War. Date: circa 1916

German navy entering Brussels, Belgium, WW1
Men of the German Naval Corps entering Brussels, Belgium, during the First World War. Date: 1914

British line trenches by the sea, Salonika, WW1
British line trenches by the sea at Salonika (Salonica, Thessaloniki, Greece) during the First World War. Date: circa 1916-1917

British troops at Hosh Issa, Egypt, WW1
British troops marching with fixed bayonets through Hosh Issa (or Isa), Egypt, during the First World War. They belong to the 1/4th Northamptonshire, 1/5 Bedfordshire

Defending Willebroek Canal, Belgium, WW1
Belgian troops defending the Willebroek Canal, Belgium, during the German advance on Antwerp, First World War. Showing men resting their rifles on sandbags piled up along the banks

American troops marching through Neufchatel, WW1
American troops marching through Neufchatel, northern France, on their way to battle during the First World War. Date: 1917-1918

American troops marching along a road, France, WW1
American troops marching along a country road in northern France during the First World War. Date: 1917-1918

American troops near Beauquesne, Somme, France, WW1
American troops in action near Beauquesne, Somme, northern France, during the First World War. Date: 13 September 1918

Turkish infantry drilling, Yedikule, Turkey, WW1
Turkish infantry drilling at Yedikule (Fortress of the Seven Towers), near Istanbul, Turkey, during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

Serbian troops relaxing, WW1
Serbian troops relaxing during a break from fighting, First World War. Date: 1914-1918

Serbian troops on battlefield, WW1
Serbian troops on a battlefield during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

Turkish infantryman, WW1
A Turkish infantryman during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

Russian infantry crossing a ford, WW1
Russian infantry crossing a ford during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

Turkish troops in action near Braila, Romania, WW1
Turkish troops in action near Braila, Romania, during the First World War. Date: February 1917

Russian troops march through Galician town, WW1
Russian troops marching through a Galician town on the eastern front during the First World War. Date: circa 1915

Turkish infantry, WW1
Men of the Turkish infantry during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

American troops training with tanks, France, WW1
American troops of the 107th Infantry Regiment, 27th Division, training with tanks near Beauquesne, Somme, northern France, during the First World War

American and French allies with rifles, France, WW1
Scene at an American army camp in France during the First World War, showing French and American soldiers discussing the handling of their respective rifles. Date: 1917-1918

Australian troops marching near Amiens, France, WW1
Australian troops marching along a road to the trenches near Amiens, northern France, during the First World War. Date: September 1916

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