Allies Collection

The Battle of Balaclava on October 25, 1854. The Charge of the Light Brigade. Artist: Simpson, William (1832-1898)
The Battle of Balaclava on October 25, 1854. The Charge of the Light Brigade. Found in the collection of the State Museum of the Defence of Sevastopol 1854-1855, Sevastopol

German cruiser SMS Emden attacked by HMAS Sydney, WW1
The German light cruiser SMS Emden attacked by HMAS Sydney on 9 November 1914, at the Battle of Cocos. Date: 1914

British 25-pounder field gun by G. H. Davis
Considered at the time to be the best field gun in the world: the British 25-pounder. Diagrammatic drawings of a famous British weapon

Propaganda poster for the RAF during World War Two. Victory of the Allies is assured. Intensive bombing of Germanys war industries continues

Field Marshal Sir Bernard Montgomery - British Army Officer
Bernard Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein (" Monty" ) KG, GCB, DSO, PC (1887-1976) - British Army Officer, famed for his successes and tactical ability in WW2. Date: circa 1944

World War One Combatants - Map of Europe
The World War. World War One Combatants superimposed on a Map of Europe

Maharaja Bhupinder Singh of Patiala, Indian ruler
Bhupinder Singh (1891-1938), ruling Maharaja of the state of Patiala from 1900 to 1938. He is perhaps the most famous Maharaja of Patiala, best known for his extravagance, and for being a cricketer

The Normandy Landings - 6th June 1944 - WW2. Note the American soldier in the landing craft holding a metal detector to sweep for landmines. Date: 1944

WW2 poster, To Victory -- With Our Help! Pilots profile with Hawker Hurricanes. Printed by Massey-Harris for distribution in England. Date: circa 1942

Sikh Soldier Ww1
A Sikh officer from India, fighting with the Allies in World War One

WW2 Poster -- Formation Signs
Formation signs, dated 8 May 1945. Chromolithograph poster, showing various formation signs of infantry and armoured divisions, brigades, groups, including Airborne TPS, GHQ Liaison Regiment

British Colonial Empire Poster - Our allies the colonies, the Royal West African Frontier Force

WW1 poster, Enlist in the Navy, All Together - Allied sailors of six nationalities. Date: 1917

Irish soldier in a trench, Mesopotamia, WW1
A soldier with the Royal Irish Fusiliers (Faugh-a-Ballagh) in a trench in Mesopotamia (now Iraq), teases a Turkish sniper by raising a pith helmet on his rifle during the First World War

Sultan Mehmed V Reshad of Turkey & allies
Sultan Mehmed V Reshad of Turkey (1844 - 1918), pictured with Kaiser Wilhelm II, and Franz Joseph of Austro-Hungary; the three emperors of the Central Powers in World War I

German Armoured Vehicles; Second World War, 1944
Illustration showing a selection of German armoured vehicles used during the Battle for Normandy in 1944. The vehicles shown include Panther and Tiger tanks (left foreground)

King Victor Emmanuel III
Photographic portrait of Victor Emanuel III, King of Italy (1869-1947). A constitutional monarch, he defied parliamentary majorities in bringing Italy into World War I on the side of the Allies

World War One soldiers
On les a souscrivez a la London County and Westminster Bank (Paris) Ltd : poster illustrated by three World War One soldiers, Scots Guard, French and British infantrymen in battle

Wwii: Tehran Conference
WWII: TEHRAN CONFERENCE. Soviet Premier Joseph Stalin, U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt, and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill at the Tehran Conference, November 1943, to discuss war plans

Sultan Mehmed V Reshad of Turkey & allies
Sultan Mehmed V Reshad of Turkey (1844 - 1918), pictured with Kaiser Wilhelm II, the King of Bulgaria and Franz Joseph of Austro-Hungary; the four rulers of the Central Powers in World War I

We Are Not Downhearted by H. T. Hardy
World War One postcard showing a a group of children, dressed in the uniforms of French, British, Russian and Belgian soldiers, arm in arm and holding their individual countrys flags

WW1 GURKHA
A Gurkha from eastern Nepal, fighting with the Allies during World War One

Hussar Scout in France - WWI
Hussar Scout on the look-out in France - WWI Date: circa 1915

Ww1 Sikh Soldier
A Sikh soldier from upper India, fighting with the Allies in World War One

WW2 poster, A tous les francais, General de Gaulle
WW2 poster, A tous les francais (To all French people), from General de Gaulle, based in Liverpool during the Second World War. France has lost a battle, but France has not lost the war

The Canadians at Ypres, 1915, depicting the Princess Patricias Canadian Light Infantry at Bellewaerde Ridge on 8th May 1915

The Charge of the Light Brigade during the Battle of Balaclava, 1854. Artist: Hayes
The Charge of the Light Brigade during the Battle of Balaclava, 1854. From a private collection

Wellington and Blucher meet after Battle of Waterloo
Field Marshal Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington (1769-1852) and Prussian Field Marshal Gebhard Leberecht von Blucher

German cruiser SMS Emden, WW1
The German light cruiser SMS Emden after being attacked by HMAS Sydney on 9 November 1914, at the Battle of Cocos. Escaping crew can be seen in a boat in the foreground. 1914

Bailey Bridge and Rhine victory by G. H. Davis
The Bailey Bridge: the British weapon which hurdled Allied armies across the Rhine barrier during the Second World War. Some constructional details of a great engineering invention

First Balkan War (1912 - 1913) - Hand-to-hand combat
Hand-to-hand combat during the First Balkan War as Greek troops overun a Turkish gun battery. The war lasted from October 1912 to May 1913, pitted the Balkan League (Serbia, Montenegro, Greece)

WW2 poster, Teamwork -- Thanks Pal! Printed by DeHavilland of Canada Ltd for distribution in England. Date: circa 1942

Poster advertising British military uniform, WW1
Poster advertising British military uniform, The Studington Military Kit... obtainable only from Studd & Millington Ltd, Military Tailors. Chromolithograph poster, 1914 (c)

Map, Britain -- Spearhead of Attack, WW2. Date: 1940s

British and Indian soldiers - WWI allies (2 / 3)
Comrades at Arms British and Indian troops fighting together during WWI

Sayajirao Gaekwad III, Maharaja of Baroda, Indian ruler
Sayajirao Gaekwad III (Shrimant Gopalrao Gaekwad) (1863-1939), Maharaja of Baroda from 1875 to 1939, and a notable reformist. Seen here during the First World War. Date: circa 1913-1914

Sir Pertab (Pratap) Singh, Maharaja of Idar, Indian ruler
Sir Pertab (Pratap) Singh (1845-1922), Maharaja of Idar (Gujarat), Indian ruler, First World War. Date: circa 1913-1914

Maharaja Dhiraja Holkar of Indore, Indian ruler
Maharajah Dhiraja Holkar of Indore (Tukojirao Holkar III) (reigned 1903-1926), Indian ruler, First World War. Date: circa 1913-1914

Shahu, Maharaja of Kolhapur, Indian ruler
Shahu, Maharaja of Kolhapur (reigned 1894-1922), Indian ruler, First World War. Date: circa 1913-1914

The Big Four At Versailles, France During The Peace Treaty Of 1919 At The End Of World War One. From Left, David Lloyd George, Vittorio Emanuele Orlando

WW2 - USA - Propaganda - We gave for our own, for our allies - relating to the Wartime Bond Scheme to contribute to the war effort. Date: circa 1944

Map of Sicily by G. H. Davis
A contour map of Sicily, giving the shortest air distances from Cape Bon and Malta. At this stage in the Second World War it was a British front-line objective in Axis eyes

Map of Yugoslavia by G. H. Davis
Map of Yugoslavia, Britains latest ally in the Second World War: her defensive mountains and valleys. Mountainous Yugoslavia, her valleys and airfields. Date: 1941

Canadian gunners, Battle of Vimy Ridge, France, WW1
Canadian gunners firing a 6 inch Howitzer during the Battle of Vimy Ridge, northern France, during the First World War. Date: April 1917

Turkish poster celebrating defence of Gallipoli, WW1
Turkish poster celebrating the defence of Gallipoli against the Allies during the First World War. Date: 1915

Wartime poster, The British Colonial Empire (Ceylon)
Wartime poster, The British Colonial Empire, featuring a member of the Ceylon Garrison Artillery, with the Ceylon badge below, and the names of all the colonial countries listed on either side. 1940s

World War II Invasion of France. Men of number three commando, 1 Special Service Brigade, dig in beside a Horsa glider near La Haute Ecarde on the Western end of Drop Zone N between Ranville

Suvla Bay, Gallipoli, WW1
Suvla Bay, Gallipoli: close quarters at the seas edge. Showing landing conditions on the Gallipoli Peninsula. Date: 1915

WWI Poster, Belgian & Allies Aid League
Design by Frank Brangwyn (1867-1956), Belgian & Allies Aid League, Will you help these sufferers from the war to start a new home. Help is better than sympathy

Blenheims and Messerschmitts by G. H. Davis
The fight between Bristol Blenheims and Messerschmitt 110 destroyer planes over the North Sea during the Second World War

Bas relief from the Anzac Memorial - Sydney, Australia
Bronze Bas relief from the Anzac War Memorial by Rayner Hoff - Hyde Park, Sydney, Australia - showing the landing of troops at Gallipoli, Dardanelles Front, WW1. Date: circa 1934

Allied Military Leaders receive Legion of Honour Grand Croix
Allied Military Leaders - WWII era. General Gamelin, Commander-in-chief of the Allied Armies; General Sir Edmund Ironside, Chief of the British Imperial General Staff; General Viscount Gort

Sir Winston Churchill and President Eisenhower in Mayfair, London, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Scottish soldier writing home on a spiral staircase, WW1
A resourceful Scottish soldier sits on a section of spiral staircase on the Western Front during the First World War to write his letter home. Date: 1914-1918

Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig, David Lloyd George, General
A photograph of a meeting between political and military leaders of the Allies in France, 1916. The group includes Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig (1861-1928)

The Allies meet at the closing of the Falaise Pocket, Fran
Photograph showing the meeting between American troops (on right with jeep) and Canadian troops (on left with half-track) to mark the closing of the Falaise Pocket on the road between Falaise

Me 110 over Greece
Italy; a German twin-engined Messerschmitt 110 fighter over the mountains of Sicily : german aircraft came to help the Italians eject the Allies from the Mediterranean

Allied Commanders Wwi
Some of the chief Allied Commanders in the First World War: Petain, Foch, Haig, Fayolle, Pershing, Currie, Rawlinson, Debenay, Julian Byng, Humbert

Visit of the American president John F Kennedy and his wife Jackie to London, England. Pictured leaving London Airport in open top car with British Prime Minister Harold MacMillan. 4th June 1961

The Naval Battle of Navarino on 20 October 1827. Artist: Reinagle, George Philip (1802-1835)
The Naval Battle of Navarino on 20 October 1827. Private Collection

WW1 - Allies use gas, October 1915
WW1 - The British army charging under cover a cloud of gas smoke, using the German Infantrys battle tactics against them. In the war-damaged battle ground landscape between Loos and LA Bassee

Aerial photography by G. H. Davis
Aerial photography by the Photographic Reconnaissance Unit of the RAF: details of cameras and methods in use during the Second World War. Date: 1944

Commemorative card, convoy to Canadian troops, WW1
Commemorative card, British convoy to Canadian troops, arriving Plymouth, 14 October 1914. HMS Eclipse, Diana, Glory, Talbot and Charybdis acted as convoy to 32 liners carrying 33

WW1 Allegory - The Allies greet the arriving Italian Soldier
Viva L Italia ! - WW1 Allegory - The Allies greet the arriving Italian Soldier - " Banded together to face the foe." Date: circa 1916

Wartime poster, The British Colonial Empire (African Rifles)
Wartime poster, The British Colonial Empire, featuring a member of the Kings African Rifles, with the regiment badge below, and the names of all the colonial countries listed on either side. 1940s

Armistice between Turkey & the Allies
The signing of the Armistice between Turkey & the Allies on 30th October 1918 at Mudros. Ahmet Izzet Pasha (1864 - 1937). Izzet negotiated the Turkish Armistice at the end of World War One

Allies - Brave Belgium by Archibald Wells
A Belgian cavalry man sits astride his horse against the backdrop of a combined Belgian and Union Jack flag, a symbol of the two countries combined loyalties during World War One

Sebastopol, Crimean War
Interior of the Malakoff Tower, the most important of the Russian defences, taken by the French on 8 September

Patriotic Scarf / Belgium
A young, blonde patriotic Belgian girl in tasselled cap & a scarf with a red, yellow & black checker board ground bordered with the Belgian flag & a fringe of tassels

Norsemen in Humber
The Danish king Anlaff sails from Ireland with Cumbrian and Scottish allies and enters the Humber, but they are defeated by Athelstan

Map of Europe showing WW2 alliances, September 1939
A map of Europe, colour-coded to represent the different alliances between nations shortly after the outbreak of war, September 1939

WW1 - Tug of War between the Allies and the Central Powers
WW1 Italian Propaganda Postcard - Tug of War between the leaders of the Allies and the Central Powers. From left: (Central Powers)

Rebuilding P_H00101_009
DOVER, KENT. A large group of Belgian labourers, working on behalf of the Ministry of Works and posing outside of reconstructed terraced housing, in Dover, Kent

Flags of the Allies - WW2
Flags and militray insignia of the fighting forces of the United States and their Allies during WW2. Date: 1943

Pyramid of captured German helmets WWI New York. 1919
Pyramid of cpatured German helmets from World War I on Victory Way in New York City. 1919

WW1 poster, Vive la France! All for one and one for all! Allied tribute to France, 14 July at 8pm, Mass Meeting on the French National Holiday to show we all stand together till we win Peace by

WW2 British Scottish Soldiers wearing army tunics and kilts with their kit prepare to leave for France during WW2. Circa September 1939

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"Allies: United in Strength, Courage, and Victory" In the annals of history, the concept has played a pivotal role in shaping the destiny of nations. Field Marshal Sir Bernard Montgomery, a revered British Army Officer known for his strategic brilliance, exemplified the power that comes from forging alliances. Just as he commanded troops with precision and determination, so too did nations come together to face common adversaries. The resounding boom of the British 25-pounder field gun by G. H. Davis echoed across battlefields as a symbol of unity among allies. Its thunderous roar signified not only firepower but also camaraderie between soldiers fighting side by side. One such display of solidarity was witnessed during the advance of the Scots Guards at Alma in 1899. The vibrant oil on canvas painting captures their gallant march forward under fluttering Colours - an emblematic representation of shared purpose and unwavering resolve. World War I brought forth numerous instances where allies stood shoulder to shoulder against formidable foes. The German cruiser SMS Emden found itself under attack by HMAS Sydney, showcasing how allied forces would go to great lengths to protect one another's interests. As World War II engulfed nations in its grip, posters bearing slogans like "To Victory -- With Our Help" became rallying cries for citizens across Allied countries. These powerful visuals served as reminders that victory could only be achieved through collective effort and mutual support. A map depicting World War One combatants sprawled across Europe illustrates how borders dissolved when it came to confronting a common enemy. Allies transcended national boundaries as they fought together towards freedom and peace. Propaganda posters highlighting the bravery and heroism displayed by RAF pilots further reinforced this notion of unity amidst adversity. They inspired both civilians and servicemen alike to join hands in defending their shared values against tyranny. No discussion on they are be complete without acknowledging D-Day - June 6th, 1944.