First World War Collection (page 2)

"The First World War: A Reflection of Sacrifice and Remembrance" In the heart of Birkenhead, at the Cammell Laird shipyard

First World War Collection: Wounded soldiers and nurses CC002807

Wounded soldiers and nurses CC002807
Great Dixter, Garden, Northiam, Great Dixter, Rother, East Sussex. Red Cross staff, recuperating soldiers and members of the Lloyd family in the gardens of Great Dixter, Northam

First World War Collection: Royal Naval Memorial Southsea DP173359

Royal Naval Memorial Southsea DP173359
The Royal Naval War Memorial, Clarence Esplanade, Southsea Common, Portsmouth, Hampshire

First World War Collection: Memorial passage CC46_00322

Memorial passage CC46_00322
Cheltenham College, Bath Road, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire. Interior view of the fan-vaulted passage connecting the chapel to the main school building

First World War Collection: Memorial chapel CC46_00285

Memorial chapel CC46_00285
Dean Close School, Chapel, Shelburne Road, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire. The chapel was built as a memorial to former pupils who were killed in the First World War

First World War Collection: Memorial paques CC46_00315

Memorial paques CC46_00315
Eastbourne College, Memorial Building, College Road, Eastbourne, East Sussex. Interior view of a room on the ground floor of the Memorial Building at Eastbourne College

First World War Collection: School War Memorial CC46_00113

School War Memorial CC46_00113
Rugby School, War Memorial Chapel, Dunchurch Road, Rugby, Warwickshire. The lectern, with tablets inscribed with the names of former students who died in the First World War on the wall behind

First World War Collection: Hertford War Memorial BL26700_001

Hertford War Memorial BL26700_001
War Memorial, Parliament Square, Hertford. The war memorial in Hertford, Hertfordshire was designed by Sir Aston Webb, RA. It consists of a bronze stag set on a Portland stone plinth

First World War Collection: Guys Hospital Memorial Arch BL26209

Guys Hospital Memorial Arch BL26209
War Memorial Arch, Memorial Park, Guys Hospital, St Thomas Street, London. The reverse of the War Memorial Arch at Guys Hospital, commemorating those lost in the First World War

First World War Collection: Guys Hospital Memorial Arch BL26207

Guys Hospital Memorial Arch BL26207
War Memorial Arch, Memorial Park, Guys Hospital, St Thomas Street, London. The front of the War Memorial Arch and colonnade at Guys Hospital, commemorating those lost in the First World War

First World War Collection: City Of London War Memorial BL25608_005

City Of London War Memorial BL25608_005
City Of London War Memorial, Cornhill, London. The City of London First World War memorial outside the portico of the Royal Exchange

First World War Collection: War memorial plaque BL25049

War memorial plaque BL25049
Detail of the war memorial at 41 City Road, Islington, Greater London. The photograph was taken fors Mordan & Company Limited who occupied the premises

First World War Collection: Great Western Memorial BB48_01157

Great Western Memorial BB48_01157
Great Western Railway War Memorial, Paddington Station, Praed Street, Greater London. The memorial on Platform One was originally erected to commemorate the men

First World War Collection: Tealby Memorial a080947

Tealby Memorial a080947
All Saints Church, Rasen Road, Tealby, Lincolnshire. Looking from the south porch of All Saints Church, towards the war memorial cross in the churchyard

First World War Collection: Memorial detail DP196143

Memorial detail DP196143
Church of St Faith, Church Row, Overbury, Worcestershire. Detail of carving on inner side of lychgate, on First World War memorial by Herbert Baker, view from west

First World War Collection: Garden of Remembrance DP186044

Garden of Remembrance DP186044
Garden of Remembrance, Bird Street, Lichfield, Staffordshire. View from South East

First World War Collection: Poppy wreath DP185980

Poppy wreath DP185980
The Crescent, Salford, Greater Manchester. Hand Knitted Poppy Wreath

First World War Collection: Farewell DP0044505

Farewell DP0044505
Church of St Laurence, East Harptree, Bath and NE Somerset. Nave south window first world war memorial. Detail of lower panels showing a soldier leaving home with wife and child waving

First World War Collection: Sorrow DP185966

Sorrow DP185966
Oak Hill Park, Hollins Lane, Accrington, Lancashire. War Memorial detail view from East

First World War Collection: Blood Swept Lands and Seas of Red DP180310

Blood Swept Lands and Seas of Red DP180310
Tower of London, London. View from east. Blood Swept Lands and Seas of Red, a work of installation art placed in the moat of the Tower of London, England, between July and November 2014

First World War Collection: War Memorial DP100275

War Memorial DP100275
War Memorial, Shipham, Somerset

First World War Collection: Portland Cenotaph DP176461

Portland Cenotaph DP176461
Portland Cenotaph, Isle of Portland, Dorset. Genereal view from south overlooking Chesil Beach

First World War Collection: War memorial detail DP220267

War memorial detail DP220267
Wells Street, Bury, Greater Manchester. War memorial, commemorating the Home Front 1914-18. Flanked by curved wall with two rectangular bronze relief panels

First World War Collection: Memorial Bell DP218218

Memorial Bell DP218218
St Mary the Virgin Church, Church Lane, Berkeley, Gloucestershire. Interior, the Bell Tower. View of the treble bell which was dedicated as a war memorial

First World War Collection: Unveiling the Cenotaph SAM01 / 02 / 0074

Unveiling the Cenotaph SAM01 / 02 / 0074
The unveiling ceremony of the Cenotaph on Whitehall, Westminster, Greater London. The Cenotaph was unveiled on Armistice Day, 11 November, 1920 by King George V

First World War Collection: DCLI recruiting march, Caerhays Castle, St Michael Caerhays, Cornwall. 13th July 1915

DCLI recruiting march, Caerhays Castle, St Michael Caerhays, Cornwall. 13th July 1915
Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry soldiers on a recruiting march going through the arch at Caerhays Lodge, led by a band. Caerhays Castle is a semi-castellated manor house situated 0.5 mile south of

First World War Collection: Kitchen Car of No. 16 Ambulance train, April 1915

Kitchen Car of No. 16 Ambulance train, April 1915
No.16 Ambulance train was built at Swindon Works in 1915 and was paid for by the United Kingdom Flour Millers Association - A plaque can be seen on the door denoting the gift by the association

First World War Collection: Company War Memorial BL29373

Company War Memorial BL29373
The First World War memorial in the office of Eagle Star & British Dominions Insurance Co Ltd, 1 Threadneedle Street, London. Photographed 1927-8 by Bedford Lemere and Company

First World War Collection: Memorial sculptures DP172954

Memorial sculptures DP172954
The Northernhay War Memorial, Northernhay Gardens, Northernhay Gate, Exeter, Devon. Detail view of bronze seated figure of a prisoner

War Memorial, High Street, Ledbury, Herefordshire. Mosaic tiles depicting a WW1 soldier

First World War Collection: Childrens memorial DP176438

Childrens memorial DP176438
Detail of figure in the childrens monument and memorial garden, Poplar Park, Tower Hamlets, London

First World War Collection: The Poppy Factory DP176046

The Poppy Factory DP176046
Detail of poppies at The Poppy Factory, 20 Petersham Rd, Richmond, Greater London

First World War Collection: Keswick War Memorial FAR01_01_127

Keswick War Memorial FAR01_01_127
The First World War memorial in Keswick, Cumbria, surrounded by floral wreaths. Photographed in the 1920s. Part of the G Farthing War Memorials Collection

First World War Collection: Bolton War Memorial FAR01_01_076

Bolton War Memorial FAR01_01_076
St Georges Church, St Georges Road, Bolton. The First World War memorial. Photographed in the 1920s. Part of The G Farthing War Memorials Collection

First World War Collection: Monument to fallen comrades CC73_03040

Monument to fallen comrades CC73_03040
Three Chelsea pensioners looking at the First World War memorial in Battersea Park, London, commemorating the 24th East Surrey Division. The memorial was designed and sculpted by Eric Henri Kennington

First World War Collection: Young girls playing croquet, WWI. They wear short pinafore dresses, cloche caps

Young girls playing croquet, WWI. They wear short pinafore dresses, cloche caps, ankle socks and shoes. One in a short carrick cape or coachman's coat

First World War Collection: Fashionable woman in an ankle-length cerise dress with lace collar, embroidered panels

Fashionable woman in an ankle-length cerise dress with lace collar, embroidered panels, matching sash. Handcoloured lithograph by Fattorini & Crespin after a fashion plate by GR from Alain

First World War Collection: Two fashionable women on an autumn stroll in a park, WWI. One in a wool coat over green dress

Two fashionable women on an autumn stroll in a park, WWI. One in a wool coat over green dress, holding a walking cane. One in a dress with matching tunic, purse and fur stole

First World War Collection: Pharmacy car of No. 16 Ambulance train, March 1915

Pharmacy car of No. 16 Ambulance train, March 1915
No.16 Ambulance train was built at Swindon Works in 1915 and was paid for by the United Kingdom Flour Millers Association. It was equipped with patient beds, a pharmacy and treatment rooms

Remembrance Day service at The Cenotaph, Middlesbrough. November 1971

First World War Collection: Steel helmets for the London special constables. 'Do you find them heavy

Steel helmets for the London special constables. "Do you find them heavy
Steel helmets for the London special constables. " Do you find them heavy?" asks the assistant commander of the E division

First World War Collection: The mystery ship, HMS Suffolk Coast. The hatches opened

The mystery ship, HMS Suffolk Coast. The hatches opened, disclosing the useful little weapon always in constant readiness to give the U-boat pirate a warmer reception than either he anticipated or

First World War Collection: Mrs Norah Dacre Fox, General Secretary of the Women

Mrs Norah Dacre Fox, General Secretary of the Womens Social and Political Union speaking in aid of the War Effort in Trafalgar Square, London, Friday 9th July 1915

First World War Collection: Young girls form Crescent school take part in a procession in their new roles as members

Young girls form Crescent school take part in a procession in their new roles as members of the Womens Land Army during the First World War. 26th May 1918

First World War Collection: Lieutenant Colonel Thomas Edward (T. E. ) Lawrence, an officer in the British army known

Lieutenant Colonel Thomas Edward (T. E. ) Lawrence, an officer in the British army known
Lieutenant Colonel Thomas Edward (T.E.) Lawrence, an officer in the British army known for his role in the Arab revolt against Ottoman Turkish rule of 1916-18 during World War One

First World War Collection: Wartime recruiting posters at Paddington Station, 1915

Wartime recruiting posters at Paddington Station, 1915
Recruiting posters were a popular way of encouraging men to enlist. Millions of posters were produced and displayed up and down the country during the war

First World War Collection: The Battle of The Somme 1916, The Attack of the III Corps on 1st July

The Battle of The Somme 1916, The Attack of the III Corps on 1st July
BAT02001

First World War Collection: The Battle of The Somme 1916, The Attack of the French Sixth Army on 1st July

The Battle of The Somme 1916, The Attack of the French Sixth Army on 1st July
BAT02002

First World War Collection: Sheffield Army Service Corps soldiers, c. 1916

Sheffield Army Service Corps soldiers, c. 1916
With their name plaque The Blades From an original at Sheffield Libraries: p01004

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"The First World War: A Reflection of Sacrifice and Remembrance" In the heart of Birkenhead, at the Cammell Laird shipyard, the BL22201_002 stands as a testament to the industrial might that fueled the war effort. This shipyard became a hub of activity, constructing vessels that would sail into battle. Across Europe, ceramic poppies formed an awe-inspiring installation known as "Blood Swept Lands and Seas of Red" at London's Tower. Each delicate flower represented a life lost in this devastating conflict. As dusk settled over the city, it served as a poignant reminder of those who made the ultimate sacrifice. Recruitment propaganda echoed throughout 1910s UK with Lord Kitchener's iconic "Your Country Needs You" slogan urging young men to enlist. These powerful messages stirred patriotism and duty among citizens during these tumultuous times. The Vindictive at Zeebrugge in 1918 (1919), captured by artist Charles John De Lacy, immortalized one daring naval operation amidst countless others. It symbolizes bravery and determination exhibited by those who fought on land and sea. Amidst all this chaos, love found itself entangled with duty in "Twixt Love and Duty, " painted in 1914. The painting encapsulates how personal lives were affected by global events - torn between loyalty to country or loved ones left behind. Even animals played their part; Lizzie Ward, an elephant working for Thomas W. Ward in Sheffield during 1914 showcased how every sector contributed towards supporting troops fighting overseas. Advancements in aviation technology brought forth aircraft like Airco DH. 5 which revolutionized aerial warfare tactics during WWI - forever changing military strategies employed on both sides of the conflict. "Our Little Contemptibles, " depicted through oil on canvas artwork from 1914 portrays soldiers marching forward against insurmountable odds with unwavering determination.