Military Uniform Collection

Admiral Teddy Evans, (1881-1957), British naval officer and Antarctic explorer, 1916
Admiral Edward Ratcliffe Garth Russell Evans, 1st Baron Mountevans (1881-1957), known as Teddy Evans, was a British naval officer and Antarctic explorer, 1916

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

Scotland forever, by Elizabeth Southerden Thompson, oil on canvas, 1881
Elizabeth Southerden Thompson, Lady Butler (1846-1933), Scotland forever, 1881, oil on canvas

Queen Elizabeth II and the Duke of Edinburgh on their coronation day, Buckingham Palace, 1953
Queen Elizabeth II and the Duke of Edinburgh on the day of their coronation, Buckingham Palace, 1953. (Colorised black and white print)

France, Paris, Greek War of Independence, Insurrection flag
Greece - 19th century - War of Independence. Insurrection flag 1821

Household Cavalry-Captain, 2nd Life Guards, 1900. Creator: Gregory & Co
Household Cavalry-Captain, 2nd Life Guards, 1900. 2nd Regiment of Life Guards was renamed 2nd Life Guards in 1877 and contributed to the Household Cavalry Composite Regiment in the Second Boer War

Maurice Toussaint poster advertising colonial recruitment, from World War II, 1938
France - 20th century, Second World War - Engagez-vous Rengagez-vous dans les Troupes Coloniales. Maurice Toussaint poster advertising colonial recruitment, 1938

A March to the Bank, 1787. Artist: James Gillray
A March to the Bank, 1787. From A Smile Among Friends. [Alb. Cammermeyers Forlag, Norway, 1949]

The Forlorn Hope At Badajos, 1906. Artist: Vereker Monteith Hamilton
The Forlorn Hope At Badajos, 1906. British troops at the Siege of Badajoz, Spain, in 1812 during the Peninsular War. From Cassells Illustrated History of England, Vol. V

Napoleon and the English Drummer Boy
Very Rare, Beautifully Illustrated Victorian Antique Engraving of Napoleon and the English Drummer Boy Victorian Engraving from Chatterbox Illustrated Magazine. Published in 1894

Baron Pyotr Nikolayevich Wrangel, White general of the Russian Civil War, 1919. Wrangel (1878-1928) commanded the White (anti-Bolshevik)

Public Statue of a Sailor Kissing a Nurse
Public Statue of a sailor kissing a nurse, Sarasota, Florida, black and white

Major John Rouse Merriott Chard, VC, 1881. Chard (1847-1897), then a Lieutenant in the Royal Engineers, commanded the British defenders at Rorkes Drift, South Africa, in January 1879

Field Marshal Lord Roberts, Commander in Chief of the forces in South Africa, 1902. Artist: Lafayette
Field Marshal Lord Roberts, Commander in Chief of the forces in South Africa, 1902. Sir Frederick, 1st Earl Roberts (1832-1914) was one of the foremost British military figures of Victorian times

Twixt Love and Duty, 1914. World War I postcard, showing a British officer saying farewell to a loved one and answering the call to duty

Revolutionary Uniforms
Illustration of the uniforms of the American army during the American War of Independence (1775 - 1783). Left to right are Light Infantry, First City Troop (Philadelphia), Washingtons Bodyguards

Italian Dictator
November 1923: Italian dictator Benito Mussolini (1883 - 1945), wearing a national malitia uniform. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

War In Vietnam
Marines of G Company, 4th Marines are pictured climbing a hill in preparation for attack against the North Vietnamese. (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images)

Second World War - Together, propaganda poster
Great Britain, 20th century, Second World War - Together. Propaganda poster

Russian Revolution 1905 - 1906, The last of the riots in Moscow: Soldiers firing on rioters who had taken refuge in the Prokhorof factory, Presnenskaia District

Bagpipe Player
24th September 1955: A bagpipe player of Princess Louises Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders wearing the Sutherland tartan at Stirling in Scotland

Changing of the Guard, Buckingham Palace, London, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Admiral Horatio Nelson
Vintage engraving of Horatio Nelson one of Englands great national heros. The victor at Battle of Trafalgar, the Battle of the Nile and Battle of Copenhagen

King George Vs Silver Jubilee, 1935, (1937). Creator: Unknown
King George Vs Silver Jubilee, 1935, (1937). The Duke and Duchess of York with their children Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret Rose and the Duke and Duchess of Kent leaving St

British Prime Minister Herbert Asquith visiting Ireland, 1914 (1951). Asquith visiting Ireland during the trouble over Irish Home Rule

Chimpanzees as policemen
UNITED STATES - CIRCA 1950s: Two chimpanzees dressed as policemen, standing holding guns. (Photo by H. Armstrong Roberts/Retrofile/Getty Images)

Queens Guards, London, England, UK

Portrait of King George V, 1892
Vintage engraving of George V (George Frederick Ernest Albert; 3 June 1865 to 20 January 1936) was King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions, and Emperor of India

Pipers of the 1st Scots Guards, 1896. Artist: Gregory & Co
Pipers of the 1st Scots Guards, 1896. Pipe-Major Fraser flanked by Piper James Pourie (right) and Piper John Gordon (left). A print from The Navy and Army Illustrated, 3rd January 1896

Edward VII, c1900s. Portrait of King Edward VII who ruled from 1901-1910. Illustration from Story of the British Nation, Volume IV, by Walter Hutchinson, (London, c1920s)

Siege of Yorktown, 1781 (c1836). Artist: Auguste Couder
Siege of Yorktown, 1781 (c1836). French General Jean de Rochambeau (1725-1807) and American General George Washington (1732-1799) giving the last orders for the attack, October 1781

Count Otto von Bismarck, Prusso-German statesman, 1870. Otto Edward Leopold, Count von Bismarck (1815-1898) was Chancellor of Prussia and architect of modern Germany

Charles George Gordon ( Chinese Gordon )
Charles George Gordon (1833-85) English soldier, called Chinese Gordon. His death at Khartoum when city fell to the troops of the Mahdi, 26 January 1885. After painting by G.W. Joy

Illustration Of Black Union Regiment, Civil War, 1860s
Recruitment illustration of a Black Union regiment of soldiers and their White commanding officer, labeled Come and join us, brothers, 1860s. (Kean Collection/Getty Images)

Sailors demonstrating flag semaphore system

Female soldier standing on table and saluting

Civvy Street
26th January 1946: Egerton Savory, whose progress during World War II was documented by Picture Post, returning home after being demobbed from the army, the day he dreamed of if full of doubts

Portrait of Captain Gilbert Heathcote RN, 1779-1831. Creator: William Owen
Portrait of Captain Gilbert Heathcote RN, 1779-1831

General Sir Bindon Blood, 1902. Sir Bindon Blood (1842-1940) British Army commander who served in Egypt, Afghanistan, India and Southern Africa. From " South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol

The Cape Town Highlanders, 1900. Creator: JE Bruton
The Cape Town Highlanders, 1900. The Cape Town Highlanders infantry regiment of the South African Army was mobilised for active duty during the Second Boer War

Battle of Quatre Bras, 1815 (1906). Artist: Vereker Monteith Hamilton
Battle of Quatre Bras, 1815 (1906). British infantry fighting off an attack by French cavalry at the battle fought two days before Waterloo. From Cassells Illustrated History of England, Vol. V

George VI, Admiral of the Fleet in the Royal Navy, 1936. The future King George VI (1895-1902) served in the Navy from 1910 until 1918

Horatio Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener, British Field Marshal, diplomat and statesman, 1902. Artist: G Lekegian
Horatio Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener, British Field Marshal, diplomat and statesman, 1902. Kitchener (1850-1916) regained the Sudan for Egypt by his victory at the Battle of Omdurman (1898)

A Christmas Dinner on the Heights before Sevastopol, 1855. Artist: William Simpson
A Christmas Dinner on the Heights before Sevastopol, 1855. Troops celebrating Christmas during the Crimean War. Found in the collection of the State Museum of the Defence of Sevastopol 1854-1855

The occupation of the Ruhr by France and Belgium troops, 1923. The occupation of the Ruhr between 1923 and 1925, by troops from France and Belgium

Mousquetaires Noirs, petite tenue, 1814-15. Artist: Eugene Titeux
Mousquetaires Noirs, petite tenue, 1814-15. Histoire de la Maison Militaire du Roi de 1814-1830, volume 2

British military discipline, 19th century. A soldier, tied to the triangle, being flogged with a cat-o-nine-tails. In 1867 Parliament abolished flogging in the services

Ancient Egypt warrior army
Illustration of a Ancient Egypt warrior army

Changing the Guard at Buckingham Palace, New Guard marching, colourful spectacle and British pageantry, London, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Conan Doyle
circa 1895: British writer Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859 - 1930), creator of fictional detective Sherlock Holmes. Doyle studied medicine at Edinburgh University

Catherine II of Russia in Life Guard Uniform on the horse Brillante, 1782. Creator: Vigilius Erichsen
Catherine II of Russia in Life Guard Uniform on the horse Brillante, 1782. Equestrian portrait of Catherine the Great in the uniform of the Preobrazhensky Regiment

Petty Officers and Seamen of the Royal Navy, 1891
Vintage colour engraving of Petty Officers and Seamen of the British Royal Navy, dressed in various styles of military uniform. The Graphic, 1891

Lowering the Ensign at Sunset, c1890-c1893. Artist: William Christian Symons
Lowering the Ensign at Sunset, c1890-c1893. A print from Her Majestys Navy Including its Deeds and Battles, by Lieut Chas Rathbone Low, Volume III, JS Virtue & Co, London, 1890-1893

Indian cavalrymen, 1896. Artist: Gregory & Co
Indian cavalrymen, 1896. Guides Cavalry (Queens Own) of the North West Frontier; the Central India Horse; the 1st Bengal Cavalry (the famous 1st Irregulars)

Francois Certain Canrobert, French general, 1869. After serving in Africa, Canrobert (1809-1895) was appointed aide-de-camp to President Louis-Napoleon

Sir Redvers Henry Buller, British general and Victoria Cross holder, 1902. Artist: Knight
Sir Redvers Henry Buller, British general and Victoria Cross holder, 1902. Buller (1839-1908) won the Victoria Cross at Inhlobane, in the Zulu War, 1879

The Russian royal family visiting Sarov Monastery, Russia, 1903. Artist: K von Hahn
The Russian royal family visiting Sarov Monastery, Russia, 1903. Tsar Nicholas II and his family visited the monastery, which is associated with St Seraphim, in 1903

General Gouraud escapes an assassination attempt on route from Damascas to Kunaitra, 1921. General Henri-Joseph-Eugene Gouraud (1867-1946), French High Commissioner of Syria

The Opening of the Universal Exhibition by the President of the Republic, Paris, 1900. The Exposition Universelle of 1900 was a worlds fair held in Paris, France

British pilot Captain Albert Ball posing with trophies from his 43rd victory, 1917. Captain Ball was one of Britains most prolific fighter aces of the First World War

Otto I (1848-1916). King of Bavaria (1886-1913). Successor of Louis II (1886). 19th-century colored engraving

General strike in Britain, May 1926. John Bull telling the Trades Union Council that Britain would resist strike action. Cartoon by Bernard Partridge from " Punch", London, 12 May 1926

Uniforms of the Piedmontese army from 1814. Color plate by Cenni Quinto
Militaria, Italy, 19th century. Uniforms of the Piedmontese army, 1814. Color plate by Quinto Cenni

Poster for recruitment from World War II, by Abram Games, illustration, 1941-1942
England, 20th century, Second World War - Airborne Forces. The Airborne Forces of the British Army consist of parachute troops and glider-borne troops of all arms of the service

HMS Briton at Pitcairn Island
" Vintage engraving showing HMS Briton at Pitcairn Island. On on 17 September 1814, Sir Thomas Staines, who commanded a Royal Navy flotilla of two ships (HMS Briton and HMS Tagus)

The British South Africa Police, 1936. Creator: Unknown
The British South Africa Police, 1936. From " Military Uniforms of the British Empire Overseas". [John Player & Sons, 1936]

New Zealand Mounted Rifles, 1936. Creator: Unknown
New Zealand Mounted Rifles, 1936. From " Military Uniforms of the British Empire Overseas". [John Player & Sons, 1936]

Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821), French general and Emperor, 1912
Napoleon Bonaparte, French general and Emperor. Napoleon (1769-1821) enjoyed a meteoric rise through the ranks of the French Revolutionary army

Iris Hoey and Jack Cannot, British actors, c1908. Artist: Rotary Photo
Iris Hoey and Jack Cannot, British actors, c1908. Iris Hoey (1895-1979) as Blanche Marie and Jack Cannot (c1883-1929) as Bagnolet in The Little Michus

The Look Out, c1890-c1893. Artist: William Christian Symons
The Look Out, c1890-c1893. A print from Her Majestys Navy Including its Deeds and Battles, by Lieut Chas Rathbone Low, Volume I, JS Virtue & Co, London, 1890-1893

The sailor lads of the training ship HMS Lion at Devonport, Devon, 1896. Artist: WM Crockett
The sailor lads of the training ship HMS Lion at Devonport, Devon, 1896. A print from The Navy and Army Illustrated, 21st August 1896

A marching out battalion parade on board the training ship HMS Lion, 1896. Artist: WM Crockett
A marching out battalion parade on board the training ship HMS Lion, 1896. A print from The Navy and Army Illustrated, 7th August 1896

Abercrombie In Egypt, 1801 (c1850s). Sir Ralph Abercromby (1734-1801) died in battle against the French near Alexandria in Egypt

Armando Diaz, Italian First World War general, (1926). Diaz (1861-1928) was Italian Chief of Staff from October 1917 until the end of the war

Drummer, 1st regiment of the French Foreign Legion, 20th century. French postcard

Chasseurs a Cheval, (light cavalry), 1859. Artist: Auguste Raffet
Chasseurs a Cheval, (light cavalry), 1859. A depiction of French Military attire from the book Napoleon 1er et la Garde Imperiale, by Eugene Fieffe, 1859

Ensign of the Grenadier Guards, 1844. Note the grenades on the guardsmens collars and belts. From Costumes of the British Army, published by R Ackermann, 1844

Fitzroy HJ Somerset, 1st Baron Raglan, British soldier, 19th century. In the course of his distinguished military career, Lord Raglan served on Wellingtons staff from 1808-1812

Charles XIV John of Sweden (1764-1844). French soldier named Jean Baptiste Bernadotte, afterwards King of Sweden and Norway (1818-1844). Founder of the current ruling dynasty in Sweden

Abdulmecit I (1823-1861). Ottoman Sultan (1839-1861)

President Abraham Lincoln, 1862

First War of Independence - Battle of Goito, May 30, 1848 Charge of Nice Cavalry Regiment
Italy, 19th century, First War of Independence - Battle of Goito, May 30, 1848. Charge of the Nice Cavalry Regiment

Savoy Cavalry Charge, by G F Gonzaga, 1942
G. F. Gonzaga, Savoy Cavalry Charge, 1942

Caricature of the bashful faction. Engraving washed with watercolor
Italy, 18th century. Caricature of the bashful faction. Engraving washed with watercolor

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"The Military Uniform: A Symbol of Courage, Honor, and History" Throughout history, the military uniform has served as a powerful symbol of bravery, sacrifice, and national pride. From the Last Stand of the 44th Regiment at Gundamuck during the Retreat from Kabul in 1841 to Scotland for Ever; the charge of the Scots Greys at Waterloo in 1815, these iconic moments have been immortalized through art and photography. One such masterpiece is "Scotland Forever" by Elizabeth Southerden Thompson. Painted on canvas in 1881, it captures the intensity and valor of Scottish soldiers charging into battle. The image evokes a sense of patriotism that resonates even today. In contrast to this historic scene is Queen Elizabeth II and the Duke of Edinburgh on their coronation day in Buckingham Palace back in 1953. Dressed immaculately in their military uniforms, they exude regal elegance while embodying a tradition that spans generations. The it also tells stories beyond warfare. In "Twixt Love and Duty" from 1914, we witness soldiers torn between love for their country and personal relationships during times of conflict. It reminds us that behind every uniform lies a human being with hopes and dreams. Artistic depictions aren't limited to battles or ceremonies alone; they can also be whimsical like "The King of Brobdingnag and Gulliver. " Published by Hannah Humphrey in 1803, it portrays an encounter between two vastly different worlds - one giant king clad in his majestic attire meeting a diminutive traveler. However, not all representations are light-hearted. James Gillray's satirical piece titled "A March to the Bank" from 1787 highlights corruption within society using military imagery as its backdrop. It serves as a reminder that power can sometimes be misused even within esteemed institutions. Moving forward through time brings us to Edward VIII's accession in 1936, captured in a black and white photograph.