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King & Queen and H.R.H. The Prince of Wales

King George V, Queen Mary and H.R.H. The Prince of Wales, taken during a visit to the Western Front in France. They are positioned in front of a large brick building with French windows. The King and Queen are ... More

Tanks on parade in London at the end of World War I, 1918

Photographer: Thomas Frederick Scales .Tanks on parade in London at the end of World War I, 1918.Dry plate glass negative .Reference No. 1/2-014078-G.Royal New Zealand Returned and Services' Association Collect... More

map from "Narratives of some Passages in the Great War with France, fr...

This image has been taken from scan 000376 from "Narratives of some Passages in the Great War with France, from 1799 to 1810. [With maps.]". The title and subject terms of this image have been generated from ta... More

map from "Narratives of some Passages in the Great War with France, fr...

This image has been taken from scan 000276 from "Narratives of some Passages in the Great War with France, from 1799 to 1810. [With maps.]". The title and subject terms of this image have been generated from ta... More

map from "Narratives of some Passages in the Great War with France, fr...

This image has been taken from scan 000034 from "Narratives of some Passages in the Great War with France, from 1799 to 1810. [With maps.]". The title and subject terms of this image have been generated from ta... More

map from "Narratives of some Passages in the Great War with France, fr...

This image has been taken from scan 000282 from "Narratives of some Passages in the Great War with France, from 1799 to 1810. [With maps.]". The title and subject terms of this image have been generated from ta... More

map from "Narratives of some Passages in the Great War with France, fr...

This image has been taken from scan 000157 from "Narratives of some Passages in the Great War with France, from 1799 to 1810. [With maps.]". The title and subject terms of this image have been generated from ta... More

map from "Narratives of some Passages in the Great War with France, fr...

This image has been taken from scan 000137 from "Narratives of some Passages in the Great War with France, from 1799 to 1810. [With maps.]". The title and subject terms of this image have been generated from ta... More

Hopi Indian home, Mishongnovi, Arizona, Stereoscope Card

Public domain image of personnel, army, group of people in uniform, parade, historic place, military activity, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Fo22937A, Sjöhistoriska museet Sweden

ABDUL HAMID var den andra av de två undervattensbåtar Thorsten Nordenfelt sålde till Turkiet vid mitten av 1880-talet (den första fick namnet ABDUL MECID): båda fartygen byggdes i sektioner i Storbritannien och... More

Military from "The Great War in England in 1897, etc"

This image has been taken from scan 000159 from "The Great War in England in 1897, etc". The title and subject terms of this image have been generated from tags, created by users of the British Library's flickr... More

Military from "The Great War in England in 1897, etc"

This image has been taken from scan 000301 from "The Great War in England in 1897, etc". The title and subject terms of this image have been generated from tags, created by users of the British Library's flickr... More

map from "Hannibal and the Great War between Rome and Carthage"

This image has been taken from scan 000094 from "Hannibal and the Great War between Rome and Carthage". The title and subject terms of this image have been generated from tags, created by users of the British L... More

For freedom during World War I postcard

Picryl description: Public domain photo of vintage YMCA postcard, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Pearl Harbor Attack, National Memorial - Photo 41

Public domain image of personnel, army, group of people in uniform, parade, historic place, military activity, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Lenna station under första världskriget.

Railway stations in Sweden Public domain photograph of a draisine, Swedish railroads, train track, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

GLVF.000663 during World War I, Swedish military forces

GLVF.000663 Public domain photograph - Swedish military forces 20th-century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Signalpatrull, A 6. I Sörmland. Sittande: C-E Suneson.

Lighthouse Little Diamond Island -- Maine

Caption: Looking northwesterly at dock, toward storehouse and old coal shed from deck of the Ilex. Date: 3/12/1930 District: 1 State: ME Maine -- Little Diamond Island

Active Fires - New Hampshire, National Forest Service photograph.

Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

The latest photograph of Mary Lee author of "It's a Great War"

Photograph of a woman in profile. She is wearing a dress with a beaded strap. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Tommy enjoys possession of newly captured Hun trench

British soldiers at the old German Front Line, during World War I. In front of a mound and standing in a network of trenches are groups of soldiers, mostly smiling and laughing. They are all wearing large ponch... More

Granatkastare. 12 cm. during World War I

Granatkastare. 12 cm. Public domain photograph of military forces, army, artillery, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The latest photograph of Mary Lee author of "It's a Great War"

Photograph of a woman in profile. She is wearing a dress with a beaded strap. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

UMFA54429:2180 Sverige. Public domain image.

Militär ur bevakningsstyrkan i Munkedal under första världskriget. Public domain photograph related to Russian military forces, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

UMFA54429:2177 Sverige. Public domain image.

Ateljefoto. Två militärer från Eksjö som var bevakningspersonal i Munkedal under första världskriget.

UMFA54429:2723 Sverige. Public domain image.

Förmodligen officer ur bevakningsstyrkan vid Kvistrum under första världskriget. Public domain photograph of 19th-century portrait, Sweden, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

UMFA54429:4892 Sverige. Public domain image.

Ateljefoto. Militär ur bevakningsstyrkan i Munkedal under första världskriget. Public domain photograph of cabinet, furniture, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

UMFA54429:5107 Sverige. Public domain image.

Ateljefoto. Militär ur bevakningsstyrkan i Munkedal under första världskriget. Public domain photograph of costume design, costume accessory, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

UMFA54429:4503 Sverige. Public domain image.

Militär ur bevakningsstyrkan vid Kvistrum, första världskriget. Ateljefo. Public domain photograph - military officer, member of armed forces, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

UMFA54429:5104 Sverige. Public domain image.

Ateljefoto. Militär ur bevakningsstyrkan i Munkedal under första världskriget. Public domain photograph of army uniform, military, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

UMFA54429:4888 Sverige. Public domain image.

Ateljefoto. Militär ur bevakningsstyrkan i Munkedal under första världskriget. Public domain photograph of army uniform, military, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

UMFA54429:4895 Sverige. Public domain image.

Ateljefoto. Militär ur bevakningsstyrkan i Munkedal under första världskriget. Public domain photograph of army uniform, military, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

UMFA54429:5103 Sverige. Public domain image.

Ateljefoto. Militärer ur bevakningsstyrkan i Munkedal under första världskriget. Public domain photograph of army uniform, military, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

UMFA54429:4504 Sverige. Public domain image.

UMFA54429:4893 Sverige. Public domain image.

Ateljefoto. Militär ur bevakningsstyrkan i Munkedal under första världskriget. Public domain photograph of cabinet, furniture, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

UMFA54429:5029 Sverige. Public domain image.

Ateljefoto. Militärpersonal ur bevakningsstyrkan i Munkedal under första världskriget. Public domain photograph of army uniform, military, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

UMFA54429:4501 Sverige. Public domain image.

Militärpersonal ur bevakningsstyrkan vid Kvistrum under första världskriget. Platsen är fotografens atelje.

UMFA54429:1907 Sverige. Public domain image.

Kökspersonal vid militärförläggningen, Kvistrum. Anläggningen byggdes vid första världskriget och blev sedan Nordbergska stiftelsens slöjdskola. Personalen troligen från Smålands regemente. De hade bevakningsup... More

UMFA54429:5106 Sverige. Public domain image.

Ateljefoto. Officer ur bevakningsstyrkan i Munkedal under första världskriget. Public domain photograph of costume design, costume accessory, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Artillery stripped trees and a signboard pointing the way for pack tra...

The photographer has managed to produce, with careful use of composition and light, this startling and memorable image. The otherworldliness of this ravaged landscape, shrouded in clouds of dust or smoke, leave... More

Few of the American nurses in France

Nurses, stretching from one side of the photograph to the other, are milling around in front of the camera. They are all wearing long white dresses and neat square caps with their hair tied back except for two ... More

Heavy gun in action during World War I

Australian soldiers in action, Western Front, during World War I. This photograph of Australian troops shows four or five teams of horses racing towards a field gun. Each team consists of six horses pulling wha... More

Part of the church at Bethune during World War I

British soldier surveying the ruined church at Bethune, France, during World War I. Standing underneath a doorway, this lone British soldier looks upon the devastation wrought on the church at Bethune, in Picar... More

Natives of Manipur are greatly interested in the workings of a motor

A motorcar is parked to the left of the picture and is sitting with both sides of its bonnet open. There is a British soldier in the car, busy with the controls. Two Manipur soldiers are kneeling in front of th... More

Well advertised!, Flanders during World War I

A uniformed man looking at a price list and advertisement for a canteen. The sign has been made out of wooden slats and is fixed to a brick building. The advertisement on the right states 'STEP INSIDE! / AMERIC... More

Washing day on the banks of the Ypres-Comines Cana

Three soldiers hanging their clothes on a clothes line. Two lines have been strung up between trees or bushes. The three men are all in their shirtsleeves and are still wearing their steel helmets. The steel he... More

Rysk propagandabild från första världskriget.

Russian propaganda print from the First World War. Public domain photograph related to Swedish military, army, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Transport going over a wooden road built round a mine crater

Two carts, each pulled by a team of six horses, are travelling along a hastily constructed road. The road has been built to allow passage through a heavily cratered area. For every two horses, there is one unif... More

Mascot of the Royal Scots, Flanders

A young soldier of the Royal Scots Regiment holding a black goat kid. As the French farmers were forced to flee their homes many animals were inevitably abandoned. Some undoubtedly ended up in the cooking pot, ... More

Building a road to their camp, Flanders

According to the original caption these men are building a road. On the right of the photograph, a group of men are breaking up rocks using pickaxes. The rocks are then being loaded onto carts. Most of the men ... More

Prime Minister of New Zealand examining a British machine

William Massey, Prime Minister of New Zealand, being shown a British biplane. Standing next to him, smoking a cigar, is Sir Joseph Ward, Deputy Prime Minister of New Zealand. They are surrounded by a small grou... More

Ever resourceful Tommy, Flanders

Soldier collecting snow to melt for water, Western Front. In this photograph, a British soldier is shown filling a small mess tin with snow. The original caption explains that he was about to melt the snow to g... More

Athie Church partially destroyed by the Huns, Flanders

Athie Church after it had been bombed or shelled. All that appears to be left of the roof are the rafters. There is a large pile of rubble at the entrance to the church. Daylight can be seen through the door su... More

Machine-gun position which is holding the Germans

British machine-gun position, France, during World War I. There were at least 16 permanent appointments of official war photographers made after 1916. These positions were created in 1916 to gather propaganda i... More

Tysk propagandabild från första världskriget.

German propaganda print from the First World War. Public domain photograph related to Swedish military, army, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Carrying a wounded man down to an ambulance, Flanders

A soldier in a tin hat is carrying a wounded sergeant on his back down a steep muddy bank helped by a corporal wearing a tin hat with MGC on it. Three other soldiers watch and a Red Cross man waits on the road ... More

Text i album: "Artilleripjäs flyttas till batteriposition".

En franskt fotoalbum ”Documents de la section photographique de L’armée francaise” innehållande bilder från första världskriget.

[Littlefield Fountain, University of Texas at Austin]

Title: [Littlefield Fountain, University of Texas at Austin]...Creator: Richie, Robert Yarnall, 1908-1984...Date: February 4, 1949...Part of: Robert Yarnall Richie photograph collection...Place: Austin, Texas..... More

Rysk propagandabild från första världskriget.

Russian propaganda print from the First World War. Public domain photograph related to Swedish military, army, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Railway trucks under which a communication trench is dug, Flanders

Communications trench, Western Front, during World War I. A well-constructed communications trench. It has been dug to a depth of around two metres and the sides lined with horizontal poles, which are held in p... More

Germans destroy the beautiful Chatrau [sic] of Caulincourt and blew it...

Unblocking the Somme. On the left of the picture is the raised, man-made wall of the river with soldiers standing on top. The river cuts across the image with two soldiers standing in it. The men are dwarfed by... More

Transport bringing up ammunition, Flanders

Team of horses transporting ammunition at night, France. This image shows a horse-drawn carriage moving along a road at night. There are four horses with two men controlling them, and one man sitting on the car... More

Trees that the Boche felled accross the road at Peronne

A road alongside the river has been blocked by felling the trees across it. A party of British soldiers are beginning clearing operations. One with an axe is chopping off some of the branches while others put ... More

One Tommy helps another out of the entrance to his dug-out or home

This photograph shows one soldier pulling another through a small hole, apparently from the cellar of a ruined house. The caption describes this as the entrance to a dugout. The conditions in this cellar may ha... More

Never ending flow of duck-boards which help to make the going easy ove...

Soldiers walking across a duckboard path, through a relatively un-muddy field. They are all carrying panels of duckboard, probably to lay another path or extend the one they are on. All the soldiers are wearing... More

Wash and brush up in the swamps of the Somme

Soldiers have been photographed washing at the edge of a flooded field or marsh in the Somme. The mud up to the thighs on their trousers shows how wet the conditions were in the trenches. These men are cheerful... More

V.A.D. at work in France, Flanders

V.A.D. nurse bandaging a soldier's hand, France. There are rows of trestle benches set up in a big wood-clad room. At the back of the photograph is a shelving unit containing pharmaceutical bottles and scales. ... More

V.A.D. dressing station, Flanders

Looking into a wooden-clad room. There are tables and trestle seats down either side of the room and a stove in the middle. There is a soldier having his hand bandaged by a nurse on the right. There is another ... More

Tommies watching the shelling near Wancourt, Flanders

Three soldiers are on a muddy ridge, one standing and looking through binoculars and two sitting down. One soldier is standing at the base of the mound. They are looking over the trenches into the distance wher... More

Heavy armoured cars ready to go up 15/9/16

Four tanks and their crews. Judging by the collection of fuel cans, holes in the ground, shovels, canvas sheets and the tent, it would appear that this is a tank camp. The combination of heat and fumes meant th... More

H.M. walking through Peronne during World War I

King George V and his entourage walking through a street in Peronne, France. The King is walking at the front of the group, with a uniformed man on either side. All of the men, including the King, are in unifor... More

Cavalry during World War I

Photographs depicting cavalry...digital.nls.uk/75206933 ( http://digital.nls.uk/75206933 )

Identified! WW1 hospital at Parc Wern (now Parc Beck), Swansea

During the Great War many stately houses were taken over as hospitals for injured soldiers (as the TV series Downton Abbey has shown), although it has to be said that the guys here look fit as a fiddle! (see co... More

H.M. the King. H.M. the Queen. H.R.H. the P. of W., Monsieur Poincare,...

From left to right this image shows the President of France, Monsieur Poincare; his wife Madame Poincare; the Prince of Wales; the British Ambassador to France, Sir Francis Bertie; Sir Douglas Haig; George V an... More

Tysk propagandabild från första världskriget.

German propaganda print from the First World War. Public domain photograph related to Swedish military, army, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Handley-Pages setting out to bomb the Germans

Handley-Page bombers on a mission, Western Front, during World War I. This photograph is attributed to Tom Aitken. The photographer had clearly been taken in one of the bombers as this photograph has been shot ... More

Tommy inspecting the grave of one of our fallen heroes

A British soldier kneeling next to a grave. The grave is marked by a small white cross adorned with flowers. The name on the cross is 'KNOWLES.' After the war, each country established its own War Graves Commis... More

Howitzer firing, Flanders during World War I

Howitzer gun firing, Messines, Belgium, 1917. This image shows a Howitzer gun being fired. The scene is shrouded in smoke or mist and there is a shell lying in the foreground. The British-designed Howitzer was ... More

French and British transport, Flanders

French and British transport units pass each other on a crowded road. The French, easily identified by their paler uniforms and ridged steel helmets, are on the left. On the right, a British transport cart is b... More

Member of the first Aid nursing Yeomanry oiling her car

A young woman in a coat or overall and with her hair hidden by a scarf, is refilling oil in her car engine. The car was made by D. Napier and son, the leading British manufacturer before the war. In 1905, Napie... More

Portuguese entering a gas trench

At the bottom right corner of the photograph is the entrance to a trench. It doesn't look very deep and is supported by sandbags up its sides. The background is dominated by the side of a steep hill. This is gr... More

View in Delville Wood during World War I

The splintered remains of Delville Wood, France. The photograph has no particular context- no landmarks or distinguishable features. It is taken up a slightly rising slope which continues until the horizon. The... More

Schabs, Sturmübungsplatz: Sturmkursübung.

Public domain photograph of Austro-Hungarian troops during World War One, army, military, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Up in the air in a Handley-Page, showing another Handley-Page making f...

Handley-Page bombers on a mission, Western Front, during World War I. This photograph, which appears to have been taken from the cabin of a Handley-Page bomber, is attributed to Tom Aitken. It shows another Han... More

Clearing away mud on the Somme, Flanders

Two soldiers standing knee deep in liquid mud in a trench on the Somme. They have bowl-shaped shovels with long handles, which they are using to try and scoop away some of the mud. It must have been backbreaki... More

Ausbau des erstürmten Grabens - Österreichische Nationalbibliothek pub...

Picryl description: Public domain image of military personnel, conscription, group of people in uniform, armed forces, infantry, war activity, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Active service stable during World War I

A rather primitive form of outdoor stable with a soldier grooming a horse. With no stable roof to protect the horses from adverse weather, it is likely that the horses were not in a good physical state, as illu... More

Member of the First Aid Nursing Yeomanry cleaning ... car, Flanders

A member of the First Aid Nursing Yeomanry and her van, during World War I. This photograph unfortunately has no further information about the situation or the lady pictured. It would be interesting to know wha... More

Where the flour is made into dough, Flanders

This photograph shows a large wooden warehouse set up for making dough for bread for the army. Large wooden troughs set on trestles were used for mixing the dough. All ingredients such as water would have been ... More

Race for French children is never forgotten by Tommy

Young children taking part in a race, at a Black Watch sports day. The winner has touched the finishing line, with the rest of the runners in hot pursuit! These children were very likely from a nearby village o... More

Wounded Tommy showing his helmet with a piece blown out

Soldiers who have had their wounds dressed are sitting along a bank, drinking tea. One of them, who has a bandaged head, is being shown his damaged steel helmet by one of the First Aid workers. The photographe... More

Havoc caused by our guns at Serre, Flanders

The devastated remains of a factory. The damage was most likely caused by shellfire. Unfortunately the original caption does not tell us exactly what this building once housed. It does, however, admit that the ... More

Snap at a seaside resort during World War I

British soldier building sandcastles with a little boy, in France, during World War I. This shows a 'Tommy' playing at building sandcastles with a little boy on a beach in northern France. The boy is dressed in... More

Tysk propagandabild från första världskriget.

German propaganda print from the First World War. Public domain photograph related to Swedish military, army, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

British cavalry passing the ruins of Albert cathedral, France, during ...

British cavalry passing the ruins of Albert cathedral, France, during World War I. World War I provided endless striking subjects for a photographer as skilled as Tom Aitken. There is something very funereal ab... More

H.M. watching the Australian sports

King George V is standing in the foreground, watching as soldiers take part in a sports day event. The men taking part are in full uniform and are carrying full packs. The exercise shown here is possibly part o... More

All is quiet on our front during World War I

Wooden duckboards snake across a field behind a sandbag and barbed wire wall. The entrance to a dugout is just visible on the edge of the photo. Groups of soldiers are standing in the outcrops with aimed rifles... More

Cross roads blown up by the Germans near Tincourt, Flanders

A large water-filled crater where, according to the existing caption, there was once a crossroads. Next to the crater a group of soldiers stand and look at the devastation caused...Scenes such as this were comm... More

Men of the K.O.Y.L.I. playing cards, Flanders

Soldiers are playing a relaxing game of cards. Positioned in a circle round the cards, they are stretched out on the ground. A small pile of money has been placed in the middle. One soldier looks over his shoul... More

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