War Office Collection

Mess, Columbia, between c1915 and c1920. Creator: Bain News Service
Mess, Columbia, between c1915 and c1920.

Seventh Prize Design for the War and Foreign Offices (John Dwyer, Architect): Premium, £100, 1857. Creator: Unknown
Seventh Prize Design for the War and Foreign Offices (John Dwyer, Architect): Premium, £100, 1857. Government buildings in Whitehall, London

Machine Gun Board of War Department - Tracy Dixon, Brig. Gen. Todd, Newton D. Baker... 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Machine Gun Board of War Department - Tracy Dixon, Standing Left; Brig. Gen. Todd, 2nd or 3rd from Left; Newton D. Baker, 4th from Right; Lawrence B. Benet, 3rd from Right; Maj. Gen

War Dept, between 1910 and 1920. Creator: Harris & Ewing. War Dept, between 1910 and 1920. Creator: Harris & Ewing
War Dept, between 1910 and 1920

War Dept, between 1910 and 1920. Creator: Harris & Ewing. War Dept, between 1910 and 1920. Creator: Harris & Ewing
War Dept, between 1910 and 1920

Pembroke-House, Whitehall-Gardens, the Office of the Minister-at-War, 1854. Creator: Unknown
Pembroke-House, Whitehall-Gardens, the Office of the Minister-at-War, 1854. Government buildings in London. The concentration of Government Offices which occupy a portion of the site of the extensive

New Year's Reception At White House - Army officers Leaving War Department For Reception, 1910
New Year's Reception At White House - General View of Army officers Leaving War Department For Reception, 1910

War Department Building at 21st and Virginia Avenue, N. W. Washington, D. C. ca. 1943. Creator: Unknown
War Department Building at 21st and Virginia Avenue, N.W. Washington, D.C. [Harrys Truman Building, completed in 1941]

Transference of the Wallace Sword from Dumbarton Castle to Sterling; Colonel Nightingale, represen Creator: Unknown
Transference of the Wallace Sword from Dumbarton Castle to Sterling; Colonel Nightingale, representing the War Office, handing over the swordto Dr. Rogers, at Stirling Castle, 1888

Farewell Banquet given by Civil and Military Officials of the War Office, on 5 November
1100367 Farewell Banquet given by Civil and Military Officials of the War Office, on 5 November, to the Duke of Cambridge (engraving) by Begg

Barracks, Dublin, published July 1795. Creator: James Malton
Barracks, Dublin, published July 1795

The inside of the Christmas and New Year card from the War Office, 1951 (photograph)
3604128 The inside of the Christmas and New Year card from the War Office, 1951 (photograph) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; Photo eDavid Pearson; English, out of copyright

A Christmas and New Year card from the War Office, 1951 (die-stamped)
3604126 A Christmas and New Year card from the War Office, 1951 (die-stamped) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; Photo eDavid Pearson; English, out of copyright

London: War Office, Whitehall (b / w photo)
6019331 London: War Office, Whitehall (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: War Office, Whitehall)

The Plans for the War Office (litho)
1042866 The Plans for the War Office (litho) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Plans for the War Office)

Return of Osman Pasha to Constantinople, "In the Courtyard of the War Office"(engraving)
1050014 Return of Osman Pasha to Constantinople, " In the Courtyard of the War Office" (engraving) by Nash, Joseph (d.1922); Private Collection; (add.info)

The New Government Offices (engraving)
1609283 The New Government Offices (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The New Government Offices)

The Welcome to Our Citizen Soldiers (litho)
1600319 The Welcome to Our Citizen Soldiers (litho) by Cleaver, Ralph (fl.1902); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Welcome to Our Citizen Soldiers, the Delayed Arrival of the CIV)

The Queens Jubilee Festival in London, Tuesday, 21 June (engraving)
1591237 The Queens Jubilee Festival in London, Tuesday, 21 June (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Queens Jubilee Festival in London, Tuesday, 21 June)

The Projected Government Buildings at Westminster and Kensington (engraving)
1598755 The Projected Government Buildings at Westminster and Kensington (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

The last photograph of Lord Kitchener, from The Illustrated War News
STC407121 The last photograph of Lord Kitchener, from The Illustrated War News, 14th June 1916 (sepia photo) by English Photographer

War Office, London (photo)
610314 War Office, London (photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: War Office, London); Look and Learn / Peter Jackson Collection

Design for the War Office, Pritchard and Seddon, Architects, Premium, £200 (engraving)
2771514 Design for the War Office, Pritchard and Seddon, Architects, Premium, £ 200 (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Design for the War Office)

Design for the War Office, Cuthbert Brodrick, Architect, Premium £100 (engraving)
2771459 Design for the War Office, Cuthbert Brodrick, Architect, Premium £ 100 (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Design for the War Office)

Design for the War Office, W G and E Habershon, Architects, Premium, £100 (engraving)
2771322 Design for the War Office, W G and E Habershon, Architects, Premium, £ 100 (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Design for the War Office)

War Office (b / w photo)
3628503 War Office (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: War Office. Illustration for The Descriptive Album of London)

Designs for the New Government Offices, the War-Office (Garling, Architect) (engraving)
1609281 Designs for the New Government Offices, the War-Office (Garling, Architect) (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Sixth Prize Design for the War-Office, Messers W G and E Habershon, Architects (engraving)
1609215 Sixth Prize Design for the War-Office, Messers W G and E Habershon, Architects (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

The Parliamentary Debate on the Conduct of the War, 17 March (engraving)
1629487 The Parliamentary Debate on the Conduct of the War, 17 March (engraving) by Cleaver, Ralph (fl.1902); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Parliamentary Debate on the Conduct of the War)

Transference of the Wallace Sword from Dumbarton Castle to Stirling (engraving)
1041735 Transference of the Wallace Sword from Dumbarton Castle to Stirling (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

A Meeting of the War Office Council at the War Office (litho)
1043849 A Meeting of the War Office Council at the War Office (litho) by Maud, William T. (1865-1903); Private Collection; (add.info.: A Meeting of the War Office Council at the War Office)

The Dark Side of Victory, a Daily Scene at the War Office (litho)
1043239 The Dark Side of Victory, a Daily Scene at the War Office (litho) by Calkin, Lance (1859-1936); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Dark Side of Victory, a Daily Scene at the War Office)

The New Government Offices (engraving)
1051683 The New Government Offices (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The New Government Offices)

Punch cartoon: Hugh Childers, English Liberal politician (engraving)
6034946 Punch cartoon: Hugh Childers, English Liberal politician (engraving) by Sambourne, Edward Linley (1844-1910) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Punch cartoon: Hugh Childers (1827-1896)

Seventh Prize Design for the War and Foreign Offices (John Dwyer, Architect) (engraving)
1609265 Seventh Prize Design for the War and Foreign Offices (John Dwyer, Architect) (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

The Committee appointed to consider the Conduct of Business in the War Office (b / w photo)
1600503 The Committee appointed to consider the Conduct of Business in the War Office (b/w photo) by English Photographer

Design for the War Office, J Dwyer, Architect, Premium £100 (engraving)
2771471 Design for the War Office, J Dwyer, Architect, Premium £ 100 (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Design for the War Office, J Dwyer)

War Office, Pall Mall (b / w photo)
733697 War Office, Pall Mall (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: War Office, Pall Mall.); Look and Learn / Peter Jackson Collection; English

Mr James Lewis Thomas, late Chief Surveyor, War Office (b / w photo)
1596868 Mr James Lewis Thomas, late Chief Surveyor, War Office (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Mr James Lewis Thomas, late Chief Surveyor)

The late Disastrous Fire in Constantinople (engraving)
2772257 The late Disastrous Fire in Constantinople (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The late Disastrous Fire in Constantinople)

British War Minister and French Generalissimo: Lord Kitchener and General Joffre
STC407122 British War Minister and French Generalissimo: Lord Kitchener and General Joffre, from The Illustrated War News, 1916 (b/w photo) by English Photographer

Members of the British public reading news of the Boer War outside the War Office, London (colour litho)
3099101 Members of the British public reading news of the Boer War outside the War Office, London (colour litho) by Meaulle

The New Government Offices (engraving)
1609077 The New Government Offices (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The New Government Offices)

Out with the Berkshire Yeomanry (engraving)
1590424 Out with the Berkshire Yeomanry (engraving) by Woodville, Richard Caton II (1856-1927) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Out with the Berkshire Yeomanry)

Design for the War-Office (engraving)
2785785 Design for the War-Office (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Design for the War-Office)

The Rioting in the West End of London, 8 February (engraving)
1061830 The Rioting in the West End of London, 8 February (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Rioting in the West End of London, 8 February)

Why a New Land Torpedo was rejected by the War Office (litho)
1048564 Why a New Land Torpedo was rejected by the War Office (litho) by Ralston, William (1848-1911) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Why a New Land Torpedo was rejected by the War Office)

Museums and Art Galleries in London used to house government departments during World War I (b / w photo)
6015412 Museums and Art Galleries in London used to house government departments during World War I (b/w photo) by English Photographer

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"Unveiling the History: Exploring the War Office Through Time" Step into a journey through time as we uncover captivating glimpses of the renowned War Office. From its humble beginnings at the War Department Building in Washington, D. C. , to its grand presence in Rome during 1890, this institution has left an indelible mark on history. Witness moments of significance as Colonel Nightingale symbolically transfers the Wallace Sword from Dumbarton Castle to Sterling, showcasing bravery and honor. The Farewell Banquet given by Civil and Military Officials pays tribute to the Duke of Cambridge, highlighting camaraderie within this esteemed establishment. Delve further into history with James Malton's depiction of Barracks in Dublin from 1795, offering a glimpse into military life during that era. Meanwhile, Christmas and New Year cards from 1951 provide a heartwarming touch amidst times of conflict, reminding us that even amidst war there is room for joy and unity. The iconic London: War Office photograph captures the essence of Whitehall's architectural marvels while lithographs reveal intricate plans for this monumental structure. Immerse yourself in scenes like Osman Pasha's return to Constantinople within "In the Courtyard of the War Office, " evoking emotions tied to triumphs and challenges faced by those who served. Lastly, be captivated by "The New Government Offices" engraving which showcases modernity blending seamlessly with tradition—an embodiment of progress within this historic institution. And finally, witness lithographs depicting "The Welcome to Our Citizen Soldiers, " honoring those who have dedicated their lives to protect our nations' values. Join us on this visual odyssey through time—a testament to valorous individuals whose stories are etched forever within these walls—the illustrious saga that is The War Office.