Commemorating Collection

Statue by Tommy Steele of the eponymous woman of the Beatles song, Eleanor Rigby, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Westbury White Horse
On the Downs at Westbury, Wilts is this Great White Horse commemorating the defeat of the Danes by Alfred at the Battle of Ethandune in 878

Card commemorating Graf Spee destruction, WW2
Card commemorating the destruction of the German cruiser, Admiral Graf Spee, on 13 December 1939 by HMS Exeter, Ajax and Achilles following the Battle of the River Plate. Date: 1939

16th century map of Venice showing the lagoon. Venice is a coastal city in the north-east of Italy. The main bulk of Venice is in the upper frame of the image

Saint Patrick
SAINT PATRICK postcard commemorating his coming to Ireland 1500 years previously

Mother Russia Statue - Battle of Stalingrad
Russia, Volgograd (Zaryzin, Stalingrad) - The Battle of Stalingrad Memorial (fought during World War Two between August - January 1942/43)

Card commemorating Zeebrugge and Ostend raid, WW1
Card commemorating British raids on German shipping at Zeebrugge and Ostend, 23 April 1918. Date: 1918

Prometheus statue, Rockefeller Center Plaza, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
USA, New York City, Manhattan, Prometheus statue, Rockefeller Center Plaza

Arch of Titus. Rome. Italy
Roman Art. Arch of Titus. Erected in the year 81 to commemorate the conquest of Titus against the Jews. It features carved scenes of the conquest and subsequent destruction of Jerusalem (AD 70)

Mother Russia Statue - Battle of Stalingrad Memorial
Russia, Volgograd (Zaryzin, Stalingrad). Battle of Stalingrad Memorial, Mamajev Kurgan Hill. Russian soldiers in battle statue and massive Mother Russia statue. Date: 2010

Cardiff, Mermaid Quay, 2009. Creator: Ethel Davies
‘ People Like Us a statue of a couple and dog in bronze overlooking the sea at Mermaid Quay, Cardiff Bay, commemorating the people who worked in the commercial port when it was known as Tiger

Police group on Coronation Day, 1911
A group of policemen pose for their photograph outside Hammersmith Police Station, west London, to commemorate the Coronation of King George V

The Romans (coloured engraving)
3630114 The Romans (coloured engraving) by German School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Romans. Illustration from Bilder aus dem Alterthume (Braun & Schneider, Munich)

Tunguska event stamp, 50th anniversary. This Soviet stamp of 1958 depicts the Russian mineralogist and Tunguska event researcher Leonid Kulik (1883-1942) at right

Pioneers of Italian aviation: Postcard commemorating an Aviation Meeting of 1911. Italy
5313782 Pioneers of Italian aviation: Postcard commemorating an Aviation Meeting of 1911. Italy.; SeM Studio/UIG.

French postage stamps commemorating the Bi-centennial of the first balloon ascent in 1783
5616995 French postage stamps commemorating the Bi-centennial of the first balloon ascent in 1783; (add.info.: 02/02/1783); Universal History Archive/UIG.

Pioneers of Italian aviation: Postcard commemorating the Great Aviatoria Meeting in Rimini from 27 to 31 August 1911
5313780 Pioneers of Italian aviation: Postcard commemorating the Great Aviatoria Meeting in Rimini from 27 to 31 August 1911. Italy.; SeM Studio/UIG.

A Victorian jewelled and gold-mounted black enamel memorial bangle; A Victorian gemset
1766482 A Victorian jewelled and gold-mounted black enamel memorial bangle; A Victorian gemset, gold and enamel demi-parure; An attractive cameo habille pendant; A gold mounted black glass

Surrey Zoological Gardens
2623677 Surrey Zoological Gardens; (add.info.: Hand-coloured lithograph of the Surrey Zoological Gardens, with a balloon ascending in the distance)

Stamp commemorating the Bicentennial of the Rattanakosin Kingdom of Thailand (or Siam), 1782
3507685 Stamp commemorating the Bicentennial of the Rattanakosin Kingdom of Thailand (or Siam), 1782; (add.info.: Stamp commemorating the Bicentennial of the Rattanakosin Kingdom which was the fourth)

British & French officers in conference, 5 Aug 1917. Creator: Bain News Service
British & French officers in conference, 5 Aug 1917. General Pelletier de Worllemont of the French Army and Prince Arthur of Connaught at the First Army commemoration service marking the fourth year

Meeting of Boers at Paardekraal Held Every Years in Celebration of the Regaining of... c1900. Creator: Will B. Robinson
Meeting of Boers at Paardekraal Held Every Years in Celebration of the Regaining of their Independence, c1900. The monument, in Krugersdorp, South Africa

Nelson Day: Scene in Trafalgar Square, London, 1895, (c1900). Creator: Unknown
Nelson Day: Scene in Trafalgar Square, London, 1895, (c1900)....the Nelson column was decked with wreaths, in commemoration of the ninetieth anniversary of the Battle of Trafalgar [1805]'

Memorial in Austin Friars, London 1941, (1941). Creator: Anton Abraham van Anrooy
Memorial of the German invasion of the Netherlands, at the ruins of the Dutch Church in Austin Friars, London 1941, (1941)

Les fetes de la victoire en Belgique; le 22 juillet, a Bruxelles, M Poincare depose une... 1919. Creator: Unknown
Les fetes de la victoire en Belgique; le 22 juillet, a Bruxelles, M Poincare depose une couronne au pied de Monument aux Morts, 1919

Memorial column for Lieutenant Admiral M.A. De Ruyter in Debrecen, 1900-1950. Creator: Anon
Memorial column for Lieutenant Admiral M.A. De Ruyter in Debrecen, 1900-1950. Watercolour of the memorial column, founded in Debrecen (Hungary)

The Peace Commemoration - the Fireworks in Hyde-Park and the Green-Park, sketched from Kensington-Ga Creator: Unknown
The Peace Commemoration - the Fireworks in Hyde-Park and the Green-Park, sketched from Kensington-Gardens, [London], 1856. Celebrating the end of the Crimean War

The Peace Commemoration at Portsmouth - Triumphal Monument on Southsea Common, 1856. Creator: Unknown
The Peace Commemoration at Portsmouth - Triumphal Monument on Southsea Common, 1856. Celebrating the end of the Crimean War in Hampshire

The Peace Commemoration at Brighton - Fireworks on the Chain Pier, 1856. Creator: Edmund Evans
The Peace Commemoration at Brighton - Fireworks on the Chain Pier, 1856. Report in the "Brighton Herald" newspaper of celebrations marking the end of the Crimean War....signal rockets were

The Peace Commemoration at Lynn - the Fireworks in the Green-Park: the Grand Finale, 1856. Creator: Unknown
The Peace Commemoration at Lynn - the Fireworks in the Green-Park: the Grand Finale, 1856. Celebrating the end of the Crimean War in Norfolk:..a display of fireworks on the Tuesday market-place'

The Peace Commemoration at Lynn - School Children's Festival, in the Public Walks, 1856. Creator: Unknown
The Peace Commemoration at Lynn - School Children's Festival, in the Public Walks, 1856. Celebrating the end of the Crimean War in Norfolk

The Peace Commemoration: the Fireworks, sketched from the Mall, in St. James's Park, 1856. Creator: Unknown
The Peace Commemoration: the Fireworks, sketched from the Mall, in St. James's Park, 1856. Londoners celebrate the end of the Crimean War....the effect was something like that which would be

The Peace Commemoration: at Dublin - Fireworks in Phoenix Park, 1856. Creator: Unknown
The Peace Commemoration: at Dublin - Fireworks in Phoenix Park, 1856. Celebrating the end of the Crimean War in Ireland: brilliant scene around the Wellington Obelisk...[the programme promised

The Peace Commemoration - the Fireworks in Victoria-Park, 1856. Creator: Unknown
The Peace Commemoration - the Fireworks in Victoria-Park, 1856. Celebrating the end of the Crimean War in London. Twenty-one guns followed as a Royal salute

The Peace Commemoration at Portsmouth - the Bonfire on the Beach, 1856. Creator: Unknown
The Peace Commemoration at Portsmouth - the Bonfire on the Beach, 1856. Celebrating the end of the Crimean War in Hampshire. From "Illustrated London News", 1856

The Peace Commemoration at Plymouth - Rockets and General Illumination of the Fleet in the Sound - f Creator: Unknown
The Peace Commemoration at Plymouth - Rockets and General Illumination of the Fleet in the Sound - from a sketch by H. A. Luscombe, 1856

The Peace Commemoration - Country Visitors at the Illumination, 1856. Creator: Unknown
The Peace Commemoration - Country Visitors at the Illumination, 1856. Paris prepares to celebrate the end of the Crimean War

Sevres Vase presented to H.R.H. Prince Albert by His Imperial Majesty the Emperor of the French, 185 Creator: Unknown
Sevres Vase presented to H.R.H. Prince Albert by His Imperial Majesty the Emperor of the French, 1856. Porcelain vase...designed to commemorate the Great Exhibition in Hyde-park

"Repose Un Soldat Francais Mort Pour la Patrie 1914-1918"'. Creator: Unknown
"Repose Un Soldat Francais Mort Pour la Patrie 1914-1918"'. From "L'Album de la Guerre 1914-1919, Volume 2" [L'Illustration, Paris, 1924]

Le "Soldat Inconnu" de Belgique; le roi Albert, debout, a droite, dans son uniforme de... 1921
Le "Soldat Inconnu" de Belgique; le roi Albert, debout, a droite, dans son uniforme de guerre, casque en tete, salue la depouille sacree, apres l'inhumation, 1921

Le "Soldat Inconnu" de Belgique; le tombe du "Soldat inconnu" belge au pied de la... 1922
Le "Soldat Inconnu" de Belgique; le tombe du "Soldat inconnu" belge au pied de la colonne du Congres, a Bruxelles, 1922

Le "Soldat Inconnu" Americain; le cercueil contenent la depouille glorieuse arrive... 1921. Creator: Unknown
Le "Soldat Inconnu" Americain; le cercueil contenent la depouille glorieuse arrive a l'amphitheatre du cimetiere national d'Arlington

Le "Soldat Inconnu" Americain; dans l'amphitheatre d'Arlington: les plus hautes... 1921
Le "Soldat Inconnu" Americain; dans l'amphitheatre d'Arlington: les plus hautes personnalites americaines et les hommes d'Etat etrangers autour de la glorieuse depouille, 1921

Le "Soldat Inconnu" Americain; les corps quitte le Capitole pour etre transporte au... 1921
Le "Soldat Inconnu" Americain; les corps quitte le Capitole pour etre transporte au cimetiere national d'Arlington, le Pantheon des Etats-Unis, 1921

Le "Soldat Inconnu" Americain; au Capitole de Washington: le president Harding dispose... 1921
Le "Soldat Inconnu" Americain; au Capitole de Washington: le president Harding dispose sur le cercueil le ruban de la Croix de guerre americaine, 1921

Le "Soldat Inconnu" Americain; au Havre: le transport du cercueil a bord de l "Olympia", dans une chapelle de drapeaux a l'arriere du croiseur, 1921

Le "Soldat Inconnu" Americain; la chapelle ardente ou le corps reposa d'abord a l'hotel... 1921
Le "Soldat Inconnu" Americain; la chapelle ardente ou le corps reposa d'abord a l'hotel de ville de Chalons-sur-Marne, 1921

Le "Soldat Inconnu" italien; Place de Venise: la glorieuse biere est portee par seize... 1921
Le "Soldat Inconnu" italien; Place de Venise: la glorieuse biere est portee par seize officiers a l'Autel de la Patrie

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"Commemorating the Legends: A Journey through Time and History" Step into a world where stories are etched in stone, where memories are immortalized. From the haunting melody of Eleanor Rigby to the majestic Westbury White Horse, each commemoration whispers tales of triumph and tragedy. Inscribed upon a card lies the destruction of Graf Spee, a poignant reminder of the sacrifices made during World War II. As we unravel an ancient 16th-century map of Venice, we uncover secrets hidden within its labyrinthine canals. Saint Patrick's legacy lives on as his name echoes through generations, celebrated for bringing light to Ireland's darkest days. The Mother Russia Statue stands tall amidst the ruins of Stalingrad, honoring those who fought valiantly in one of history's most brutal battles. A card commemorating Zeebrugge and Ostend raid transports us back to World War I when brave souls sailed into treacherous waters with unwavering courage. The Arch of Titus in Rome bears witness to centuries past, reminding us that even empires rise and fall. The Battle of Stalingrad Memorial reveals another facet of Mother Russia's strength as she emerges from adversity like a phoenix rising from ashes. Cardiff's Mermaid Quay captures our imagination with its enchanting beauty crafted by Ethel Davies in 2009. As we gaze upon a group photograph taken on Coronation Day in 1911, we glimpse into an era long gone but not forgotten - police officers standing united under their duty to protect and serve. Colored engravings bring alive scenes from ancient Rome; warriors marching proudly alongside chariots racing towards glory. These commemorations bind us together across time and space; they remind us that our collective history is woven intricately into every fiber of our being.