Courageous Collection

Attack of the Ulster Division, 1 July 1916, (c1930). Creator: James Prinsep Beadle
Attack of the Ulster Division, 1 July 1916, (c1930). Scene from the Battle of the Somme in northern France during the First World War

Scotland for Ever; the charge of the Scots Greys at Waterloo, 18 June 1815
Scotland for Ever ; the charge of the Scots Greys at Waterloo, 18 June 1815. The attack by the Royal Scots Greys cavalry regiment on the French 45th infantry was immortalised in this famous painting

Perseus and Medusa statue at Loggia dei Lanzi, Florence, Tuscany, Italy

In Manus Tuas Domine!, 1879, (1918). Artist: Briton Riviere
In Manus Tuas Domine!, 1879, (1918). Painting held at the Manchester City Galleries, Manchester. From Bibbys Annual 1918, edited by Joseph Bibby. [The Priory Publishing Press, Liverpool, 1917]

How Piper Laidlaw won the Victoria Cross on September 25, 1915, (c1920). Creator
How Piper Laidlaw won the Victoria Cross on September 25, 1915, (c1920). Playing the 7th Kings Own Scottish Borderers out of their trenches at the Battle of Loos in the midst of the gas attack

The Gordon Highlanders. How Piper Findlater won the V. C. at Dargai, 1897, (1939)
The Gordon Highlanders. How Piper Findlater won the V.C. at Dargai, 1897, (1939). The Storming of the Dargai Heights by the 1st Gordon Highlanders and the Gurkhas, 1897

The Last Man, Hans Bohrdt - Propaganda - German navy officer
In 1915 Hans Bohrdt created his most famous illustration which is called " The Last Man". The image shows a German navy officer holding up a German flag as his ship sinks because he would

Loss of HMS Courageous by G. H. Davis
The loss of HMS Courageous: one of the Royal Navys aircraft carriers sunk by a German submarine. A sectional drawing of the vessel, showing amidships the boiler room section

WW2 greetings card, Corporal Joan Pearson
WW2 greetings card, Corporal J.D.M. Pearson, official war picture by Laura Knight, official war picture from the National Gallery

Flora MacDonald, Scottish Jacobite heroine, friend and helper of Charles Edward Stuart (Bonnie Prince Charlie)

HMS Glorious cruiser and aircraft carrier, WW1
HMS Glorious, British Royal Navy Courageous-class cruiser during the First World War, rebuilt as an aircraft carrier in the late 1920s. Launched in 1916, sunk in 1940. Date: circa 1920s-1930s

Dorando Pietri finishing the first modern Olympic marathon, London, 1908. The marathon at the London Olympics of 1908 was run in ususually hot conditions

Tandem skydivers, Waldviertel, Austria

HMS Courageous, British battlecruiser, WW1
HMS Courageous, British battlecruiser, launched 1916, served during the latter part of the First World War, converted to use as an aircraft carrier during the late 1920s

Will you follow me, men?, c61 AD, (1905). Artist: As Forrest
Will you follow me, men?, c61 AD, (1905). The British Queen Boudicca (or Boadicea) of the Iceni encourages her soldiers to fight the Romans

Soviet propaganda poster from World War Two
Soviet propaganda poster, TASS Window no. 469. An heroic young female partisan resists the invading Germans. A patriotic poem by Vasyl Lebedev-Kumach appears below the image

Agnes, Countess of Dunbar (1312?-1369), known as Black Agnes, 1338 (early 20th century). She is seen on the battlements at the defence of Dunbar Castle in 1337-1338 when her husband

The Campbells are Coming! Brave Pipers Playing Highland Regiments to Victory, 1917
" The Campbells are Coming!" Brave Pipers Playing Highland Regiments to Victory, 1917. The tune of the The Campbells Are Coming was played by pipers at the Battle of Delville Wood

Driving A Cow Before Her, Laura Secord Passed The American Sentries, c1909, (c1920). Artist: Joseph Ratcliffe Skelton
Driving A Cow Before Her, Laura Secord Passed The American Sentries, c1909, (c1920). Laura Secord (1775-1868) Canadian heroine of the War of 1812

Corporate J. L. Dawson VC
Corporal James Lennox Dawson VC of the Royal Engineers (1891-1967) pictured performing the action for which he was awarded the Victoria Cross in October 1915

Starry Gazey Pie, Mousehole, Cornwall
A mouthwatering example of a Starry Gazey Pie, served up on Tom Bawcocks Eve (23 December) at Mousehole in Cornwall. The dish, with fish heads and tails sticking out of it, is unique to Mousehole

Red Army recruitment poster, showing a Soviet sailor and soldiers fighting: Forward to the Don!

WW1: The Hartmannswillerkopf bugle (illustration)
8684967 WW1: The Hartmannswillerkopf bugle (illustration) by Job, pseudonym for Onfray de Breville, Jacques (1858-1931); (add.info)

WW1: Bullet contempt (illustration)
8684962 WW1: Bullet contempt (illustration) by Job, pseudonym for Onfray de Breville, Jacques (1858-1931); (add.info.: Events of the war 1914-1918 illustration Job The contempt for bullets Facts of)

Private William Jones defending one of the wards in the field hospital at the Battle of Rorke's Drift
UIG5419907 Private William Jones defending one of the wards in the field hospital at the Battle of Rorke's Drift, South Africa in January 1879 during the Anglo-Zulu War

The death of Emerson Hamilton Liscum at the Battle of Tientsin, China, during the Boxer Rebellion. 1841 -1900
UIG5419663 The death of Emerson Hamilton Liscum at the Battle of Tientsin, China, during the Boxer Rebellion. 1841 -1900. Colonel Emerson Hamilton Liscum, 1841 - 1900. U.S. Army officer

Orthodox priest leading Russian troops into battle, Russo-Japanese War, 1904 (litho)
8655650 Orthodox priest leading Russian troops into battle, Russo-Japanese War, 1904 (litho) by Feller, Frank (1848-1908) (after); Private Collection; (add.info)

Dinner for holders of the Victoria Cross, London, 1929 (b/w photo)
8626574 Dinner for holders of the Victoria Cross, London, 1929 (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Dinner for holders of the Victoria Cross)

Two wounded Irish dragoons hold off the enemy at a farmhouse after the retreat from Mons (litho)
3252908 Two wounded Irish dragoons hold off the enemy at a farmhouse after the retreat from Mons (litho); Private Collection; (add.info)

Irish Guards beat back a German cavalry charge with bayonets during WWI (litho)
3252855 Irish Guards beat back a German cavalry charge with bayonets during WWI (litho); Private Collection; (add.info.: Irish Guards beat back a German cavalry charge with bayonets during WWI)

French soldiers fighting in the trenches during WWI (litho)
3252919 French soldiers fighting in the trenches during WWI (litho); Private Collection; (add.info.: French soldiers fighting in the trenches during WWI)

Irish Guards, 3rd Coldstream and 2nd Grenadier Guards capturing enemy machine guns during the First Battle of
3252914 Irish Guards, 3rd Coldstream and 2nd Grenadier Guards capturing enemy machine guns during the First Battle of the Aisne, 1914 (litho); Private Collection; (add.info.: Irish Guards)

"When Grannmia saw her strange lover, she alone remained calm and courageous"
3533957 "When Grannmia saw her strange lover, she alone remained calm and courageous", illustration from the Italian fairytale The Serpent Prince

WW1: The General's Folder (illustration)
8684966 WW1: The General's Folder (illustration) by Job, pseudonym for Onfray de Breville, Jacques (1858-1931); (add.info)

British suffragette Emmeline Pankhurst arrested and carried away by a policeman for leading suffragettes attempt to
534074 British suffragette Emmeline Pankhurst arrested and carried away by a policeman for leading suffragettes attempt to present a petition to King George V at Buckingham Palace

Sinking of HMS Rawalpindi, 1939 (colour litho)
8675917 Sinking of HMS Rawalpindi, 1939 (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Sinking of the British armed merchant cruiser HMS Rawalpindi by the German)

Bravo, Belgium! (litho)
8655423 Bravo, Belgium! (litho) by Townsend, Frederick Henry (1868-1920); Private Collection; (add.info.: Bravo, Belgium!, 1914)

Oberlin in Alsace (litho)
8670464 Oberlin in Alsace (litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Oberlin in Alsace. Illustration for Heroes of Modern Crusades)

WW1: To the front, c.1915-1916 (poster)
8698395 WW1: To the front, c.1915-1916 (poster); (add.info.: History. Poland. First World War. To the front. Polish soldier holding the flag of the Congress Kingdom (Congress Kingdom of Poland)

WW1: Heroic Officers (illustration)
8684974 WW1: Heroic Officers (illustration) by Job, pseudonym for Onfray de Breville, Jacques (1858-1931); (add.info.: Events of the war 1914-1918 illustration Job Heroic officers War events)

Ship 'Three Bells' with the 'San Francisco', c.1853 (lithograph)
7341677 Ship 'Three Bells' with the 'San Francisco', c.1853 (lithograph) by Unknown Artist, (19th century); 26.4x21.6 cm; National Maritime Museum, London

Furious charge of British cavalry at The Battle of Mons, 23rd August 1914 during WWI (litho)
3252873 Furious charge of British cavalry at The Battle of Mons, 23rd August 1914 during WWI (litho); Private Collection; (add.info.: Furious charge of British cavalry at The Battle of Mons)

The Sabine Women parting the Sabine and Roman armies (engraving)
8635808 The Sabine Women parting the Sabine and Roman armies (engraving) by German School, (19th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info)

WW1: Sublime Courage (illustration)
8684970 WW1: Sublime Courage (illustration) by Job, pseudonym for Onfray de Breville, Jacques (1858-1931); (add.info.: Events of the war 1914-1918 illustration Job Sublime courage Acts of war)

Johanna Stegen distributing cartridges to the soldiers in the Battle of Lueneburg on 02/04/1813
UIG5413832 Johanna Stegen distributing cartridges to the soldiers in the Battle of Lueneburg on 02/04/1813, historical illustration, ca. 1893; UIG.

The bravery of injured soldier, H Aberthur, of the French Foreign legion, 1910
3480768 The bravery of injured soldier, H Aberthur, of the French Foreign legion, 1910; (add.info.: Postcard celebrating the bravery of injured soldier, H Aberthur, of the French Foreign legion)

Private George Wilson captures a German Maxim gun single handedly during WWI (litho)
3252930 Private George Wilson captures a German Maxim gun single handedly during WWI (litho); Private Collection; (add.info)

Israel Putnam, 1800
3507788 Israel Putnam, 1800; (add.info.: Israel Putnam (January 7, 1718 - May 29, 1790) was an American army general officer, popularly known as Old Put

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"Celebrating Courageous Acts: From Historic Battles to Heroic Individuals" "Attack of the Ulster Division, 1 July 1916: A testament to the courageous spirit that drove soldiers forward in the face of adversity. " "Scotland for Ever; the charge of the Scots Greys at Waterloo, 18 June 1815: The fearless charge that forever etched their bravery into history. " "Perseus and Medusa statue at Loggia dei Lanzi, Florence, Tuscany, Italy: A symbol of courage as Perseus faced his fears and triumphed over a monstrous threat. " "The Gordon Highlanders. How Piper Findlater won the V. C. At Dargai, 1897: An inspiring tale of one man's unwavering bravery amidst chaos and danger. " "In Manus Tuas Domine. , 1879: Briton Riviere's masterpiece captures a moment of profound courage and trust in divine protection during perilous times. " "WW2 greetings card, Corporal Joan Pearson: A heartfelt tribute to all those who displayed immense courage on the battlefield during World War II. " "The Last Man by Hans Bohrdt - Propaganda - German navy officer: An intriguing portrayal highlighting both physical and moral courage amid war-torn seas. " "The Death of General Gordon, Khartoum, 26 January 1885: Remembering a brave leader whose sacrifice embodied unwavering dedication to duty till his last breath. " "Loss of HMS Courageous by G. H Davis: Honoring those who valiantly served aboard HMS Courageous with an everlasting reminder of their courageous sacrifice. " "Flora MacDonald, Scottish Jacobite heroine: Her daring actions exemplify how even individuals can display extraordinary courage when fighting for what they believe in. " "HMS Glorious cruiser and aircraft carrier, WW1.