Bravery Collection (page 2)

The Revenge under command of Sir Richard Grenville (c1542-91) engaging Spanish fleet off Flores. Cut off from English fleet, fought until overwhelmed 1591

Admiral Raby wins the Victoria Cross
Commander Raby R.N. Boatswains mate Henry Curtis and John Taylor (Captain Forecastle), win the Victoria Cross for their heroic rescue of a soldier of the 57th regiment

Capt Webb / Niagara / Scrap
Captain Matthew WEBB survives Niagara Falls

Launch - Cromer Lifeboat
The return of the Cromer lifeboat after assisting a crippled trawler to port

Corporal James Murray, Connaught Rangers (engraving)
1060834 Corporal James Murray, Connaught Rangers (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Corporal James Murray, Connaught Rangers)

Sergeant Somers holding back the enemy by bombing them when a barricade was being raised
STC413345 Sergeant Somers holding back the enemy by bombing them when a barricade was being raised (litho) by Valda, John Harris (d.1941); Private Collection; (add.info)

Captain Charles John Stanley Gough (1832-1912) during the Indian Mutiny at Khurkowhah
NAM237768 Captain Charles John Stanley Gough (1832-1912) during the Indian Mutiny at Khurkowhah on 15th August 1857, c.1860 (oil on canvas) by Desanges

Nelly Bligh, the dog. This dog, called Nelly Bligh, owned by Mr Mallion, Hubbards Farm, Lenham Heath, Lenham, Kent, saved the the life of her master. Mr Mallion was knocked down and bitten by a boar

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

RF- Adelie Penguin (Pygoscelis adeliae) on iceberg. Yalour Islands, Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica. February

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

Lance-Corporal Jarvis in Great War Deeds, WW1
Lance-Corporal Charles A Jarvis of the Royal Engineers, winning the Victoria Cross by fixing a firing charge for the demolition of a bridge, under heavy fire

Norman Cyril Jackson, V. C winner
Warrant Officer Norman Cyril Jackson(1919-1994), Victoria Cross winner, as he appeared in the Illustrated London News, 1945

14th Hussars - Colonel Brown Victoria Cross Re-enactment
Victoria Cross Re-enactment of the bravery of Colonel Edward Douglas Brown (Edward Douglas Browne-Synge-Hutchinson VC) (18611940) of the 14th Hussars - who

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

A battle flag, the Union Jack is held by a horseman on top of a mound in a London News illustration
Illustrated London News record of Transvall War 1899-1900. The achievements of the home and colonial forces in the great conflict with the Boer Republics. Spencer Wilkinson record. Sons of the Blood

Patriotic Postcard - Officer and Union Flag
For the Old Flag A World War One era officer, pointing his pistol toward the enemy. Standing up tall before the Union flag, for King and Country... Date: circa 1916

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

Bravery at Wattignies
At WATTIGNIES, a drummer-boy named Sthrau beats his drum, making the Austrians think they are surrounded. When they realise their mistake, they kill the juvenile hero

Prussian Iron Cross
Two examples of the Prussian decoration of the Iron Cross. One from 1813 and on from 1870

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)

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)

Butler Medal Of Valor For US Colored Troops
3028734 Butler Medal Of Valor For US Colored Troops; Private Collection; (add.info.: Butler Medal Of Valor For US Colored Troops); © Don Troiani. All Rights Reserved 2022.

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)

Private William Jones defending one of the wards in the field hospital at the Battle of Rorke's Drift
3432574 Private William Jones defending one of the wards in the field hospital at the Battle of Rorke's Drift, South Africa in January 1879, from The Strand Magazine, Vol I January to June

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

A regimental blacksmith attached to the 6th Dragoons, joins in the fighting using only his strength and a hammer
3252878 A regimental blacksmith attached to the 6th Dragoons, joins in the fighting using only his strength and a hammer, France during WWI (litho); Private Collection; (add.info)

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"Unyielding Courage: Tales of Bravery Through the Ages" Churchills praise for RAF Pilots: In the face of adversity, RAF pilots soared with unwavering bravery, defending our skies and earning Churchill's heartfelt admiration. The Last Stand of the 44th Regiment at Gundamuck: Amidst a treacherous retreat from Kabul in 1841, the valiant soldiers of the 44th Regiment stood their ground at Gundamuck, epitomizing true bravery till their last breath. Attack of the Ulster Division, 1 July 1916: Captured in James Prinsep Beadle's poignant artwork is the indomitable spirit displayed by the Ulster Division on that fateful day in World War I - an embodiment of courage against all odds. Scotland for Ever; The charge of Scots Greys at Waterloo: On June 18, 1815, amidst thundering hooves and flying colors, Scots Greys charged fearlessly into battle at Waterloo - forever etching their name in history as exemplars of Scottish valor. The Great Sacrifice by James Clark: James Clark's masterpiece captures not only the horrors but also the selfless acts of heroism during WWI - a testament to those who made "The Great Sacrifice" for future generations. The Colours: Advance of Scots Guards at Alma: With resolute determination painted across their faces and flags held high, brave Scots Guards advanced into enemy fire during the Battle of Alma in 1899 - showcasing unwavering loyalty and gallantry. Michael O'Leary Poster: Michael O'Leary's poster serves as a reminder that even ordinary individuals can exhibit extraordinary bravery when faced with challenges or adversity. How Piper Findlater won V. C. At Dargai.