World War 1 Collection

Porthleven, Cornwall. 1914-1918
Porthleven fishermen in their boat by Newlyn Harbour wall. All aged over 70, they returned to fishing during the manpower shortage in the First World War. Photographer: Arthur William Jordan

England, London, Tower of London, Blood Swept Lands and Seas of Red by ceramic artist Paul Cummins, with setting by stage designer Tom Piper, 888

Preparations for the Easter (Dublin) Rising of 1916 Mary Spring Rice and Molly Childers on the yacht Asgard bring guns from Germany to the Irish Volunteers, July 1914

Rebel prisoners being marched out of Dublin by British Soldiers May 1916 The Easter Rebellion, was an armed uprising of Irish nationalists against the rule of Great Britain in Ireland

One of Richardson's war dogs in a trench in Flanders, WW1 From the Great War published in 1915 photographer uncredited

Corporal Thomas Edward Rendle, VC. Probably 1915
Thomas Rendle (born Bedminster, Bristol on the 14th December 1884) with a dog, wearing his Victoria Cross medal

8in. howitzer gun carriage on an Open B wagon at Swindon Works, c. 1914
This 8in. howitzer gun carriage was one of the first batch to be made at Swindon Works. It sits on an unfinished OPEN B wagon awaiting dispatch

Lance Corporal Rendle VC speaking at Grampound, Cornwall. 18th May 1915
Lance Corporal Rendle VC speaking to a crowd of people at Grampound in front of the post office during World War One

Russian Flag Day, Lemon Street, Truro, Cornwall. 22nd September 1915
Two ladies collecting at the top of Lemon Street, by the Barrack Lane turning, for Russian Flag Day. A man sits on a motorbike. Photographer: Arthur William Jordan

Lady and soldier on Flag Day, Lemon Street, Truro, Cornwall. 18th October 1916
Collecting day for " Our Lady". The soldier is a sergeant in the 14th (County of London) Battalion, London Scottish Regiment

Mrs Morse (left) with Lady Falmouth lecturing on the Cornwall Work Auxiliary (part of the Red Cross)
The tour opened in Penzance on 14 April 1917 but the photograph was presumably taken later in the month at Truro. Photographer: Arthur William Jordan

Its Blackadder and Baldrick, going well over the top in a new BBC series set in the trenches of World War one

Queen Alexandra at the Royal Aircraft Factory, Farnborough, July 3rd, 1915, where she named four of the aeroplanes furnished by the Overseas Club to the Royal Flying Corps. July 3rd, 1915

World War I first-aid station, artwork
World War I first-aid station. Artwork showing stretcher-bearers and wounded soldiers arriving at a first-aid station during the First World War (1914-1918)

WORLD WAR (1914-1918). Soldiers and horses of the German army, both with gas masks to protect against poison gas launched by the enemy

First World War surveillance kite. US soldier being lifted up by a surveillance kite during the First World War (1914-1918)

Winston Churchill at Antwerp. By October 1914, World War I was raging and the Germans were threatening vital Antwerp -one of Belgiums last lines of defense

World War I Memorial, Llandudno, Conwy County, North Wales, Wales, United Kingdom, Europe

Munition work at Swindon Works in 1918
Young apprentices working on munitions at Swindon Works in 1918

German soldiers visit Jewish market in Belarus at Polotsk (Polatsk) in region of Vitebsk. ( Jewish community first mentioned in this town in 1551. ) Caption reads Judenmarkt Polozk'. 1915-1918

The famous 369th arrive in N.Y. City. Members of the 369th Colored Inf. formerly 15th N.Y. regulars. "Back to little old New York". 1919. Photograph by Paul Thompson

Fashionable women in suits and hats, WWI. One in a redingote over skirt and pleated apron, plumed hat. The other in tweed suit with ankle-length skirt, gaiters, hat with pompoms

Two fashionable women in wool suits, WWI
Two fashionable women in wool suits and gaiters, WWI. The two-piece suits comprise long jackets and ankle-length skirts. One with fur muff and collar

Fashionable woman in ankle-length dress with fur stole, WWI
Fashionable woman in ankle-length dress, bodice with buttoned interlocking panels, fur stole, gaiters, WWI

Two fashionable women in ankle-length dresses, WWI
Two fashionable women in ankle-length dresses, gaiters, WWI. One with fur bonnet and muff, the other with plumed cap

Two fashionable women at a tea party, WWI. They wear frilly lace tunics over ankle-length dresses

Two fashionable women on a winter stroll, WWI. They wear hats, wide-belt coats over matching dresses, gloves and purse

Two fashionable women in coat dresses at an aerodrome, WWI
Two fashionable women in coat dresses and gaiters at an aerodrome in front of a biplane, WWI. One with monocle and one with parasol

Fashionable woman in an ankle-length cerise dress with lace collar, embroidered panels, matching sash

Two fashionable women on a winter stroll, WWI. They wear hats, wide-belt coats over matching dresses, gloves and a walking cane

Two fashionable women on a winter stroll in a park, WWI. Both in hats, carrying parasols, tunic apron 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

Two fashionable women in a gallery, WWI. One in wide-brim hat, calf-length dress with large pockets, sailor's collar. One with masculine top hat, walking stick and gloves

Two fashionable women in a parlor, WWI.. Both in similar dresses with tunic apron, one in a wide-brim quaker hat and gloves

Two fashionable women in ankle-length dresses, WWI
Two fashionable women in ankle-length dresses and suits, bonnets, sash belt, lace collar, WWI

Two fashionable women in a tea salon, WWI
Two fashionable women in a salon, WWI.. Woman in dark blue jacket and matching skirt, with masculine top hat, cravatte and walking stick. Woman in billowing cape behind her

Fashionable woman in a lilac dress, WWI
Fashionable woman in a lilac dress, flat collar, belted under the bust, with embroidered bodice

Two fashionable women on an autumn stroll, WWI.. In two-piece belted wool suits, wide brim hats, with handbag, walking stick and gloves

Two fashionable women on an autumn stroll, WWI.. In wool two-piece belted suits with wide-brim hats, one with rosary, one with fichu

Two fashionable women on a winter stroll, WWI.. In two-piece belted wool suits, one with a veil over a hat, one holding a riding crop and handbag

Two fashionable women on a summer stroll, WWI.. One in green cloche hat with plume, moire dress, the other with ruched dress in pewter moire

Two fashionable women on a summer stroll, WWI.. Both in wide-brim hats, two-piece suits. One with parasol, one in gaiters with purse

Two fashionable women on a summer stroll, WWI.. One in purple dress with fur stole, monocle, and bonnet. One in green check dress with lace fichu, large fan

Two fashionable women on a spring stroll, WWI

Fashionable woman in ankle-length dress reading a magazine, WWI
Fashionable woman in ankle-length dress, purple straw hat, reading a magazine, WWI

Two fashionable women on a spring stroll, WWI.. Both in full dresses with high collars, hats and parasols

Two fashionable women on a summer stroll, WWI.. One in a tall black hat, green calf-length dress with parasol. One in a cloche hat with flowers, burgundy red dress with lace collar

Two fashionable women on a winter stroll, WWI.. One in a black cloche hat with large bow, velvet coat over calf-length dress

Two fashionable women on a winter stroll, WWI. One in a blue wide-brim hat, coat with frilled high neck, gaiters

Two fashionable women on a stroll, WWI. One in a wool suit, wide-brim hat, lace blouse. holding a parasol. One in a carrick coat, check dress with lace collar, gaiters

Two fashionable women in calf-length dresses, WWI
Two fashionable women in calf-length dresses with fur collar and cuffs, ribbon shoes, narrow-brim hats, WWI. One holds a fur muff, the other a parasol

Two fashionable women with a bowl of fruit, WWI. One with ribbon belt, tunic dress over skirts. The other in a dress with full sleeves

Fashionable woman with three young girls in smock dresses, WWI
Fashionable woman with three young girls in short smock dresses, WWI

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

Two fashionable women in dresses with full skirts, WWI. Ribbon belt, parasol, plumed hat, asymmetrical cap

Two fashionable women in ankle-length dresses adorned with frills, with bonnets and parasols, WWI

WORLD WAR I - SWITZERLAND, 1914 poster Defend the Borders, 1914 - Dear Fatherland, rest assured, your sons will guard you

Soldiers digging a communication trench through Delville Wood during the Battle of the Somme As far as my research is able to ascertain

1918 The Sphere front page Armistice and Surrender of Germany 1918 The Sphere front page Armistice and Surrender of Germany

Cast of Blackadder Goes Forth in costume for photocall Black Adder Rowan Atkinson Baldrick Tony Robinson Captain Kevin Darling Tim McInnerny Lt. the Honarable George Colhurst St

Macaw B railway wagon No. 84350 loaded with gun carriages at Swindon Works, c. 1915
Macaw B railway wagon No. 84350 has been photographed here loaded with 2 gun carriages awaiting dispatch from Swindon Works

No 18 Stamping Shop at Swindon Works in 1915
A view of No. 18 Stamping Shop from March 1915, showing the reverse of a stationary boiler. At the bottom left of the image are sheets of metal ready to be heated in the gas furnaces just above

Pope Benedict XV
Photographic portrait of Pope Benedict XV (1854-1922) born Giacomo Paolo Giovanni Battista della Chiesa. Dated 20th Century

Prime Minister Vittorio Emanuele Orlando
Photograph of Vittorio Emanuele Orlando (1860-1952) an Italian statesman, known for representing Italy during the 1919 Paris Peace Conference, and later Prime Minister of Italy. Dated 20th Century

Action on the Western Front during the First World War, 1915-16. The British Mark I was the world's first tank, tracked and armed armoured vehicle, to enter combat

A "Landship" crossing the Western Front during the First World War
Photograph of a "Landship" crossing the Western Front during the First World War

The Imperial Duma during the passing of the War Resolution after the Great War
Photograph taken with the Imperial Duma during the passing of the War Resolution after the Great War. Dated 20th Century

Russian soldiers in the trenches during World War One
Photograph of Russian soldiers in the trenches during the First World War. Dated 20th Century

The determined soldiers of the Czech Legion in open boxcars during the First World War
Photograph of the determined soldiers of the Czech Legion in open boxcars, partly camouflaged with branches, as they begin their epic journey on the Trans-Siberian Railroad

Barbed wire with old tin cans with bullet holes, 1st World War Freilichtmusem, Monte Piana, Alta Pusteria, Sexten Dolomites, South Tyrol, Italy

WWI: CARTOON, 1918. And this is no scrap of paper

Warning! Consider the possible consequences if you are careless in your work (1917) American World War I era poster by L. N. Britton

Men of the Second City Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment leaving Sutton Coldfield, holding Lee Enfield Rifles. July 1915

The Great War, ( First World War, WW1, World War One ). Field Marshal Douglas Haig (Lord Haig), pictured in the Peace Day Procession ( London Victory Parade) in 1919. 19/07/1919

Scottish soldiers practise bayonet charging during World War One. The bayonet charge was an effective weapon on infantry troops who were on the point of giving up

World War One German troops in a trench attack the Allied forces with a flamethrower. 1917

World War One Anglo-French troops leave Solonika October 1915

Russian leader Tsar Nicholas II looking through a periscope at the enemy position on the front line of the Eastern front during World War One Circa 1916

Leatherwork for howitzers and 8 pdr guns, made at Swindon Works, c. 1915
This array of items shows the type of leatherwork that was undertaken at Swindon Works for both howitzers and 8 pdr guns, as requested by the Royal Arsenal

6in. naval guns on display on Macaw B wagons at Swindon Works c. 1915
6in. naval guns on display on Macaw B wagons at Swindon Works

Naval guns outside A Shop, Swindon Works c. 1915
Four 6in. naval guns are proudly displayed on the tracks outside of A Shop, with County Tank, No. 2232, in steam, just behind. The guns are mounted on carriages with limbers attached

Nordenfelt anti-aircraft gun in V Shop, Swindon Works c. 1915
This striking image shows a newly made 6 pdr Nordenfelt anti-aircraft gun complete with mounting platform and protective skirting

Carriage and Wagon Stamping (No. 18) Shop in 1915
This image of the Carriage and Wagon Stamping (No.18) Shop was taken in March 1915. Although no men are in shot, it shows the busy, dirty and hot nature of this workshop

Swindon Works Polishing Shop in 1914
A photograph taken on 7th August 1914 of the Polishing Shop in the Carriage and Wagon Works

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EDITORS COMMENTS

"Porthleven, Cornwall. 1914-1918: A Coastal Town Amidst the Storms of World War 1" "Our Little Contemptibles, 1914 (oil on canvas): The Brave Faces of British Soldiers in the Trenches" "Recruitment Poster 'Remember Scarborough. Enlist Now', pub: Rallying Cry for Patriotism and Duty" "Preparations for the Easter (Dublin) Rising of 1916: Mary Spring Rice and Molly's Courageous Stand" "England, London, Tower of London: Blood Swept Lands and Seas of Red by Ceramic Artist - A Haunting Tribute to Fallen Heroes" "The Somme (1927): MA Wetherell's Heart-Wrenching Depiction of One of WW1's Most Devastating Battles" "8in. Howitzer Gun Carriage on an Open B Wagon at Swindon Works, c. 1914: Engineering Ingenuity in Times of Conflict" "The Snow Soldiers: Ski Patrol Engages Combat with Enemy Scouts - Unconventional Warfare Tactics in WW1" "On the Anniversary of the Battle of Ortigara: Alpine Pilgrimage Honors Six Thousand Lives Lost in a Fierce Struggle (Colour Litho)" "The War of Prodigies (Colour Litho): Young Minds Shaped by Conflict - Innocence Lost on the Battlefield" "Recruitment Campaign 'Teamwork Builds Ships', pub. 1917 (colour lithograph): Mobilizing Industrial Might for Victory. " "Lance Corporal Rendle VC Speaking at Grampound, Cornwall. 18th May 1915.