Chief Gallery

American Indians. Sitting Bull, Chief of the Sioux

Portrait of Sitting Bull with elaborate feathered head dress reaching to the ground. Sitting Bull lead the resistance against the Americans which culminated in the defeat of General Custer. He escaped into Canada in 1879, but was shot following another rising on December 15th 1890, shortly after this image appeared

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Coastguards and civilians of Leysdown, Isle of Sheppey

Commemorative postcard, Heroes All! Five brave coastguards and two civilians of Leysdown, Isle of Sheppey, Kent, who rescued 20 members of the 2nd Walworth Boy Scouts Troop who got into difficulties when their training vessel, a 32 foot ex-naval cutter, was hit by a sudden squall and capsized. Sadly, nine Sea Scouts died. There were 23 Sea Scouts, the Scout Master and five helpers on board. The tragedy was widely reported in newspapers at the time. A Memorial was erected in 1914 in Nunhead Cemetery.
4 August 1912

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Frederick Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts - British Military

Frederick Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts (18321914), Anglo-Irish soldier and one of the most successful commanders of the Victorian era - notable for his actions during the African wars. Colonel-in-Chief of the Forces from Overseas at the start of WWI - Roberts died of pneumonia at St Omer, France, on 14th November 1914 while visiting Indian troops fighting at the front. Date: 1914

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