Volunteer Collection (#2)

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

Doctor, U.S. Volunteer Life-Saving Corps, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Doctor, U.S. Volunteer Life-Saving Corps, between c1910 and c1915. U.S. Volunteer Life-Saving Corps. The doctor's commitment to service during that era is commendable

Encampment and review of the Suffolk Volunteer Corps at Lowestoft, 1865. Creator: Unknown
Encampment and review of the Suffolk Volunteer Corps at Lowestoft, [Suffolk], 1865. 'It is the practice of the volunteer corps of Norfolk and Suffolk to camp out...in the summer

Inspection of Civil Service Volunteers by the Prince of Wales...Quadrangle of Somerset House, 1864. Creator: Unknown
Inspection of Civil Service Volunteers by the Prince of Wales in the Quadrangle of Somerset House, [London], 1864. '...a vast quantity of coloured bunting had been employed in...the decoration of

Opening of the new head-quarters of the 1st Surrey Rifle Volunteers, at Camberwell, 1865. Creator: Unknown
Opening of the new head-quarters of the 1st Surrey Rifle Volunteers, at Camberwell, [London], 1865. 'Our Illustration shows the interior of the drill-shed...when the place was formally opened by

The National Rifle Association prize meeting at Wimbledon: Mr. Sharman...winner, Queen's Prize
The National Rifle Association prize meeting at Wimbledon: Mr. Sharman, 4th West York Rifle Volunteers, winner of the Queen's Prize, 1865. Engraving from a photograph by Mr. Herbert Watkins

Garibaldi in England: Garibaldi receiving an address at the Nine Elms railway station, 1864. Creator: Unknown
Garibaldi in England: Garibaldi receiving an address at the Nine Elms railway station, 1864. View of '...the interior of the large goods' shed at the Nine Elms station of the London

"The Ramsgate Life-boat: Morning after a Heavy Gale - Weather Moderating"...by E.W Cooke
"The Ramsgate Life-boat: Morning after a Heavy Gale - Weather Moderating" - from the picture by E.W Cooke. R.A., 1864. Engraving of a painting

The Volunteer Review: the High-Street of Guildford on Easter Sunday, 1864. Creator: Unknown
The Volunteer Review: the High-Street of Guildford on Easter Sunday, 1864. 'The town consists principally of this main street, which runs up the steep hill on the east bank of the River Wey

Cupid supplicates Pallas to let him become a volunteer
5893182 Cupid supplicates Pallas to let him become a volunteer.; (add.info.: Cupid supplicates Pallas to let him become a volunteer)

New Hampshire Volunteers Forage Cap
3501326 New Hampshire Volunteers Forage Cap; Private Collection; (add.info.: An early war forage cap of a soldier in Company F of the 9th New Hampshire Volunteers); © Don Troiani

A shipwrecked sailors being rescued by the Volunteer Life Brigade, 1850
3330611 A shipwrecked sailors being rescued by the Volunteer Life Brigade, 1850; (add.info.: Engraving depicting a shipwrecked sailors being rescued by the Volunteer Life Brigade)

Union troops, 1863
1580696 Union troops, 1863; (add.info.: Union Volunteer Refreshment Saloon of Philadelphia. Print shows Union troops during the American Civil War disembarking from ferries in Philadelphia)

The review by Her Majesty of Rifle Volunteers at Edinburgh, 1860 (engraving)
1579682 The review by Her Majesty of Rifle Volunteers at Edinburgh, 1860 (engraving); (add.info.: Engraving depicting the review by Her Majesty of Rifle Volunteers at Edinburgh)

A scene from Tom Brown's Schooldays
5307726 A scene from Tom Brown's Schooldays'.; (add.info.: Engraving depicting a scene from Tom Brown's Schooldays': Tom as volunteer Night Fag)

The American yacht Volunteer built to race for the American Cup, 1850
3331161 The American yacht Volunteer built to race for the American Cup, 1850; (add.info.: Portrait of the American yacht Volunteer built to race for the American Cup)

The review by Her Majesty of Rifle Volunteers at Edinburgh, 1860 (engraving)
1579681 The review by Her Majesty of Rifle Volunteers at Edinburgh, 1860 (engraving); (add.info.: Engraving depicting the review by Her Majesty of Rifle Volunteers at Edinburgh)

The Elkington Challenge Shield, 1870 (engraving)
1575587 The Elkington Challenge Shield, 1870 (engraving); (add.info.: Engraving of the Elkington Challenge Shield. This shield was presented to the volunteers of Warwickshire by Major Elkington)

Theodore Roosevelt (later US President) as Colonel of the 1st United States Volunteer Cavalry
528563 Theodore Roosevelt (later US President) as Colonel of the 1st United States Volunteer Cavalry, one of three volunteer regiments raised to fight in the Spanish-American War, 1898

Queen Elena of Savoy posing with her daughters Jolanda and Giovanna in the gardens of the Royal Palace in Rome
3560578 Queen Elena of Savoy posing with her daughters Jolanda and Giovanna in the gardens of the Royal Palace in Rome, surrounded by a group of Red Cross nurses and medical officers

The End of the Provisional Government; Lenin's Red Guard on the streets of Petrograd, 1917 (b/w photo)
3331003 The End of the Provisional Government; Lenin's Red Guard on the streets of Petrograd, 1917 (b/w photo); (add.info.: Photograph of members of the Red Guards)

Exterior view and ten interior views of Citizens Volunteer Hospital, 1863
1574984 Exterior view and ten interior views of Citizens Volunteer Hospital, 1863; (add.info.: Exterior view and ten interior views of Citizens Volunteer Hospital)

The Volunteer Artillery at Shoeburyness, 1870 (engraving)
1580771 The Volunteer Artillery at Shoeburyness, 1870 (engraving); (add.info.: Engraving depicts the volunteers at Shoeburyness. Dated 1870); Universal History Archive/UIG

The arrival of the Emperor and the Melazzo with British volunteers for Garibaldi, 1860 (engraving)
1579568 The arrival of the Emperor and the Melazzo with British volunteers for Garibaldi, 1860 (engraving); (add.info.: Engraving depicting the arrival of the Emperor)

Capron's battery in action at The Battle of Las Guasimas, Spanish-American War of 1898 publ. 1900 (print)
2967888 Capron's battery in action at The Battle of Las Guasimas, Spanish-American War of 1898 publ. 1900 (print) by American School

The Rough Riders, members of 1st United States Volunteer Cavalry, at The Battle of Las Guasimas
2967887 The Rough Riders, members of 1st United States Volunteer Cavalry, at The Battle of Las Guasimas, The Spanish-American of 1898 War, publ

A VAD Rest Station, illustration from The Western Front, pub. by Country Life Ltd, 1917 (litho)
STC400442 A VAD Rest Station, illustration from The Western Front, pub. by Country Life Ltd, 1917 (litho) by Bone, David Muirhead (1876-1953); Private Collection; The Stapleton Collection

Two supervisors at the Grand National high hurdles in Liverpool
3572892 Two supervisors at the Grand National high hurdles in Liverpool by Unknown photographer, (20th century); (add.info.: Liverpool, Great Britain 1940 ca)

A London volunteer cleaning his rifle
5312160 A London volunteer cleaning his rifle; (add.info.: Cartoon depicting a London volunteer cleaning his rifle ready for the annual summer manoeuvres in Hyde Park)

Women volunteers making bandages and crutches during World War One, from The Pageant of the Century, pub.1934
3502767 Women volunteers making bandages and crutches during World War One, from The Pageant of the Century, pub.1934; (add.info.: Women volunteers making bandages and crutches during World War One)

Nelson, when a Lieutenant in the Lowestoft volunteering to board a prize, 1809 (line engraving)
1579728 Nelson, when a Lieutenant in the Lowestoft volunteering to board a prize, 1809 (line engraving); (add.info.: Line engraving of Nelson)

Dr Roussell of Geneva giving woman direct blood transfusion from a volunteer, 7 February 1882
530639 Dr Roussell of Geneva giving woman direct blood transfusion from a volunteer, 7 February 1882. After the birth of premature twins in December 1881

Lady Baird & wounded at Chambery, 19 June 1918. Creator: Bain News Service
Lady Baird & wounded at Chambery, 19 June 1918 (date created or published later). Lady Constance Barbara Baird at the Hopital Militaire Belge (Belgian Military Hospital) at Chambe´ry

The War in America: recruiting in New York: the Irish Zouaves, 1862. Creator: Unknown
The War in America: recruiting in New York: the Irish Zouaves, 1862. Scene at a recruiting-office at Mozart Hall, Broadway

Queen Mary visits ambulance corps, 6 Jul 1917. Creator: Bain News Service
Queen Mary visits ambulance corps, 6 Jul 1917. Queen Mary of Teck inspecting VADs in St. John Ambulance Hospital at Etaples, France on July 6th 1917 during World War I

Women's Motor Corps, May 1917. Creator: Bain News Service
Women's Motor Corps, May 1917. The members of the Women's Motor Corps of the National League for Women's Service at the 71st Regiment Armory, New York City, May 1917, during World War I

Colonel J.H. Wells swearing in woman motorist, 29 May 1917. Creator: Bain News Service
Colonel J.H. Wells swearing in woman motorist, 29 May 1917. Women in the motor corps of the National League of Women's Service taking the oath of allegiance at the 71st Regiment Armory

Major Connell inoculating woman motorist, 29 May 1917. Creator: Bain News Service
Major Connell inoculating woman motorist, 29 May 1917. Major Connell, surgeon of the 71st Regiment, inoculating one of the three hundred women in the Women's Motor Corps of the National League

English women motor volunteers inspected, between c1915 and 1918. Creator: Bain News Service
English women motor volunteers inspected, between c1915 and 1918. Women driver volunteers standing in front of automobiles during World War I, in England

British Voluntary Aid detachment dressing station, 27 Jun 1917. Creator: Bain News Service
British Voluntary Aid detachment dressing station, 27 Jun 1917. A British Red Cross Society Voluntary Aid Detachment (VAD) Dressing Station, Abbeville, France on June 27, 1917 during World War I

British Voluntary Aid ambulance drivers at front, 27 Jun 1917. Creator: Bain News Service
British Voluntary Aid ambulance drivers at front, 27 Jun 1917. Group of British Red Cross Society Voluntary Aid Detachment (VAD) and First Aid Nursing Yeomanry Women's Transport Service (F.A.N.Y)

Volunteers, New York, 1917 and 1918. Creator: Bain News Service
Volunteers, New York, 1917 and 1918. Soldier volunteers during World War I, New York City

American Nurse, American ambulance, Paris, between 1914 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
American Nurse, American ambulance, Paris, between 1914 and c1915. An American nurse with a patient in Paris, France during World War I

Ulster Volunteers, Belfast, 8 Apr 1916. Creator: Bain News Service
Ulster Volunteers, Belfast, 8 Apr 1916 (date created or published later). Ulster volunteer soldiers from Belfast marching in the street during World War I

American Volunteers, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
American Volunteers, between c1910 and c1915. American recruits holding an American flag during World War I

Dr. Mary Crawford, 11 Oct 1914. Creator: Bain News Service
Dr. Mary Crawford, 11 Oct 1914. Dr. Mary Crawford of Brooklyn, New York who was part of a group of doctors who went to help at the American Ambulance Hospital in Paris during World War I

Doctors & families going to war zone, 10/17/14, Dr. Mary Crawford, 17 Oct 1914. Creator: Bain News Service
Doctors & families going to war zone, 10/17/14, Dr. Mary Crawford, 17 Oct 1914 (date created or published later). A group of American doctors including Dr

At German Consulate, New York, 1914 April or May. Creator: Bain News Service
At German Consulate, New York, 1914 April or May. German Americans at the German Consulate in New York City as part of German mobilization before World War I

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"Volunteer: A Legacy of Courage and Service" In the tumultuous history of our world, the spirit of volunteerism has shone brightly through various chapters. From the UVF - Ulster Volunteer Force Poster to Gun Running by Ulster Volunteer Force, individuals have stepped forward selflessly to protect their communities and fight for what they believe in. During WW2, brave souls like the AFS despatch rider and messenger risked their lives on the frontlines, ensuring vital messages reached those who needed them most. The Acton Volunteer Fire Brigade with appliances battled against raging flames during the Blitz in London, embodying resilience amidst chaos. Even in times of civil unrest such as the CIVIL WAR: UNION SOLDIER era, volunteers like Union soldiers armed themselves with rifles and bayonets to defend their nation's unity. Their unwavering dedication captured in a photograph from c1862 serves as a testament to their sacrifice. Women too played an integral role during wartime; Women of Britain - World War Two poster stands as a reminder that female volunteers contributed significantly towards victory. Similarly, World War I recruitment posters called upon men from all walks of life to join forces for a common cause. The Royal Proclamation 1914 echoed throughout nations, inspiring countless individuals to become part of something greater than themselves. Organizations like First Aid Nursing Yeomanry (FANY) provided essential medical aid on battlefields where every second counted. Through powerful recruitment posters urging citizens into action, societies rallied together under one banner – volunteerism. These images served not only as calls for help but also symbols representing unity and strength during challenging times. From UVF gun runners protecting their community's interests to courageous firefighters battling infernos or soldiers defending freedom – these diverse examples remind us that volunteering is more than just lending a hand; it is an embodiment of bravery and selflessness etched into our collective memory forever.