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Ceremonial Military Events

Images of military parades and inspections, capturing the formality of troop ceremonies and high-ranking officer visits throughout history.

Apprentices who completed their three years theoretical and practical studies at the Army Apprentices School, Balcombe, Victoria passed-out for service with Army technical units at the annual graduation parade on the School's oval on Saturday afternoon, December 12, 1953. The prizes and certificates were presented by the Quarter-Master General (Major-General J.A. Chapman) at his last ceremonial parade in the Army. General Chapman retires on December 15, after 40 Years' service. Major General Chapman inspects. The Apprentices prior to the presentation of medals and Graduation certificates. December 12, 1953.

Israeli army chief staff , Zvi Zur and General Chaim Barlev 1961

Anefo photo collection. Commemoration ceremony on honor Cemetery Canadians Groesbeek. May 7, 1980. Groesbeek

H.K.H. Princess Beatrix visits the airbase Twenthe. She is accompanied by the chef of the military house, Lieutenant-General-Flyer H. Schaper with his wife.

Royal Air Force Operations in Malta, Gibraltar and the Mediterranean, 1940-1945. Air Vice Marshal H P Lloyd, the erstwhile Air Officer Commanding in Malta sits with his successor, Air Vice Marshal K R Park, in the grounds of Air Headquarters in Valletta.

Recruitment and Enlistment in Britain, 1914-1918

Rear Admiral Stephen Hadley Evans, USCG, reads his orders directing him to become Superintendent of the United States Coast Guard Academy. Rear Admiral Stephen Hadley Evans, USCG, reads his orders directing him to become Superintendent of the United States Coast Guard Academy during the change of command ceremonies at New London last Saturday. On the right is Rear Admiral Frank A. Leamy, USCG, who was relieved as Superintendent after three years at that post. Admiral Evans came to New London from Honolulu where he was Commander of the Fourteenth Coast Guard District.

Anefo photo collection. Water shortage 1953. Zierikzee. Police checks. February 25, 1953. Zeeland, Zierikzee

Royal Air Force 1939-1945- Fighter Command Squadron Leader The Reverand Hugh Storr conducts Sunday service before a congregation of fighter pilots in a dispersal hut at Tangmere, 10 January 1944. The 29 year-old padre was renowned for his boxing prowess, having previously represented Oxford University as a light-heavyweight. He joined the RAF in the summer of 1943, and soon set about organising - and participating in - a series of inter-station tournaments.

Anefo photo collection. General Curls visits officer and petty officers training camp in Bloemendaal. February 22, 1946. Bloemendaal

Sentenced To death for choosing Ravensbrueck gas chamber victims.Ruth Closius is seen as she was sentenced to death at Hamburg, April 26, for choosing women for the gas chamber and Ill-Treating internees of Ravensbrueck concentration camp three of the five women accused in the Ravensbrueck concentration camp trail were found Guilty and sentenced to death. May 7, 1948. (Photo by Associated Press Photo).

Group photo of kma-cadets of a flyer class at the Woensdrecht airbase on April 6, 1966v.l.n.R.: Dekkers, Suringa and Albers.

DN-SN-87-03572. Base: Qingdao Country: China (CHN)

Settling accounts among the militiamen, 1896. Artist: Gregory & Co

Artists Record For Diggers - Some of the radio artists who made records today at the A.B.C. studios for soldiers up North. WO II Geoff de Fraga, of theAustralian Army Amenities Service, compere for the recordings, is seen talking to some of the artists - from left, Hal Percy, Syd Hollister and Pat McLean. February 12, 1940.

Tall man being measured, army physical, historical photo, circa 1920

Anefo photo collection. Koningin Juliana inspects the honorary guard with the launch of the Cruiser seven provinces at the Rotterdamsche Dry dock. August 21, 1950

Two Air Force Soldiers.

Visit HM Queen Beatrix (with umbrella) at the school for NBCD (nuclear, bacteriological, chemical, damage control) and operating safety in Den Helder in March 1989. Left the head of the NBCD school Captain-Lieutenant-Ter-Sea B.J.H.h.h. Rous (1941-1999).

Civil defense exercise. County competition for industrial fire corps and bourgeoisiers

Anefo photo collection. Indonesian Minister of Defense Nasution (left) from Schiphol left. 7 May 1965. Noord-Holland, Schiphol

Marine Athletics Championships are held at the Marine Training Camp (Mokh) on the emergency road in Hilversum. Award ceremony by the commander of the Mokh, Captain-Ter-Zee J.C.A. Siliacus on a main marva of 3rd class (Hmarva 3) HMVA 3.

Robert Brown - Shot Policeman At Bond. October 30, 1954.

Italian Officers Serving with SHAPE. Photographs of Marshall Plan Programs, Exhibits, and Personnel

Marines Uniform Corps. Officer. Is part of Object series AVDKM 53140 to 53145.

Visit of Gen. MacArthur , Armories, Military parades & ceremonies, Military officers, MacArthur, Douglas, 1880-1964, Watertown Arsenal Mass.. Records of U.S. Army Operational

Anefo photo collection. Farewell General Eisenhower on Soestdijk. May 20, 1952. Soestdijk, Utrecht

Meteor Air Speed Pilots in London -- Eric Greenwood (left), and Group Captain H. J. Willie Wilson, seen in London today October 23.Eric Greenwood and Group Captain H. J. Willie Wilson, who will pilot the two jet - propelled Meteor Airport when the attempt is made on the air speed record, arrived for a conference at the Ministry of aircraft production, Milbank, London, October 23. The Two Aircraft are at Manston, Kent, where a day-to-day weather hold up delays the record-breaking attempt. October 23, 1945. (Photo by Associated Press Photo)

Film Star Weds Naval Officer -- Betty Stockfield, the film star, with Commander Aubrey Edwards R. N. her husband, who she has known since they were children together. Commander Edwards was in the Bismarck action. They are spending their honeymoon together in London. August 05, 1942. (Photo by Fox).

Group photo of air force officers participating in a Legal Course in September 1957. Moodle row 3 of Lieutenant Colonel-Flyer F.L.M. FOCQUIN DE grave. Row 2nd of the Lieutenant Colonel-observant M. van der Voo.

General Booth Holds Reception For High Council Of Salvation Army.O.P.S. (L To R) Commissioner Carpenter (Canada); Col. Mary Booth (Belgium).General Evangeline Booth Held A Reoeption for The High Council of The Salvation Army, At The "Army's" Youth Centre At Sunbury Court, More Than 200 officers were invited. Tomorrow The High Council will Meet to Elect A Successor To General Booth. August 14, 1939. (Photo by Keystone)

The Greek Government in Exile during the Second World War King George of the Hellenes with senior Royal Air Force officers in the Western Desert during his visit to a Greek fighter station.

"Heirs of the Ages" -- Lord Bennett, former Premier of Canada, Talking to one of the Army Cadets Guard of Honour on arriving at the Odeon Cinema, Wimbledon, to address the second Cadet Battalion, The East Surrey Regiment, on "The British Empire". He described youth today as "heirs of the ages". October 21, 1943. (Photo by L.N.A.)

Anefo photo collection. Mr. Pieter van Vollenhoven in military service at the Air Force in Breda, Soldier Mr. Pieter in the classroom. April 27, 1966. Breda

American World War Two Generals Jesse Auton, Eisenhower, Spaatz, Doolittle, Kepner and Colonel Blakeslee, 1944. Debden, England

South African Ex-pow in London- Sergeant Visser Tours London, England, UK, 1945 South African ex-Prisoner of War Sergeant Visser takes a rowing boat across the Serpentine during a visit to Hyde Park. A swan glides past behind him.

The King in Scotland: The King with the Duke of York inspecting the first Gordon Highlanders when he arrived at Ballater, Scotland, where he is continuing his holiday. The King and the Duke are seen wearing the Balmoral Kilt and Plaid. September 20, 1936. (Photo by Topical Press).

NATO Airbase in France. Photographs of Marshall Plan Programs, Exhibits, and Personnel

The Women's Auxiliary Air Force, 1939-1945. A WAAF trainee driver at the RAF School of Motor Transport at Cardington, Bedfordshire, inspecting the engine of her vehicle before starting the day's duties.

Anefo photo collection. Prince Bernhard visits Big Ferro, Prince Bernhard and General Meijnderts (number 10 cups). September 19, 1973

NATO Council Meeting. Photographs of Marshall Plan Programs, Exhibits, and Personnel

Sergeant Kelly Ceremony. Photographs of Marshall Plan Programs, Exhibits, and Personnel

He Wouldn't Swallow Propaganda -- Corporal Alfred Edwin Holdham, M.M., of the 'glorious Gloucesters', who was beaten up in prison camp because he would not listen to Communist propaganda, is met by his mother, Mrs. Elsie Holdham of Wembley, London, when he lands with other ex-prisoners of war from the troopship Asturias at Southampton to-day (Wednesday). More than 500 British ex-prisoners from Korea came home on the trooper. September 16, 1953. (Photo by Reuterphoto).

Anefo photo collection. Long sticks for police in Amsterdam, against the rabies. October 15, 1962. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

The Merchant Navy Training Establishment, HMS Gordon, Gravesend, Kent, England, June 1941 These men, who have finished their training course at HMS GORDON, signed on for service with the Royal Navy but were asked to volunteer for the Merchant Navy instead.

Anefo photo collection. West German agent arranges traffic Damrak, Prins Hendrikkade in connection with conference, an English and German agent. April 24, 1964. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

Anefo photo collection. Anglo-American thanks. During the war, many Dutch allied pilots, who were shot above the Netherlands, have been sheltered and worked on their release to the Allied Lines. Many then made their bikes, clothing etc. available, which they now receive from the English and American missions to this. November 1945

Aerial gunnery champions of the middle East, Squadron leaders Bill Horsman, DFC, of Strathfield, NSW and J. ("Bay") Adams, DFC AFC of Malvern, Victoria with the Imshi Mason Trophy which they won in the gunnery championship in which all fighter squadrons of the middle East competed. July 1, 1954. (Photo by RAAF Official Photo). ;Aerial gunnery champions of the middle East, Squadron leaders Bill Horsman, DFC, of Strathfield, NSW and J. ("Bay") Adams, DFC AFC of Malvern, Victoria with the Imshi Mas

Princess Elizabeth Trains As A.T.S. Officer. Princess Elizabeth smiles as work on engine is complete. Princess Elizabeth who is second subaltern in the A.T.S., is undergoing training at an A.T.S. training centre in Southern England. Recently a visit was paid to the centre by their Majesties the King and Queen and Princess Margaret, who saw training in progress. They were very interested in the motor transport section in which Princess Elizabeth was undergoing instruction and they watched her learning about car maintenance. April 1, 1945. (Photo by British Official Photo).

Anefo photo collection. Efltallen royal navy. June 23, 1947

Tedder Checks On Air-Lift -- Marshal of the Royal Air Force, Lord Tedder, Chief of Air Staff stopped to have a cup of hot chocolate at Tempelhof airfield (American Sector) while making a tour of inspection of the air-lift bases in Germany. (Left to right), are: U.S. Navy Pilot, Lieut. Lee Mifflin, from Ruth, Nevada (U.S); U.S. Navy pilot, Lieut Lonny Thompson, of Charleston, West Virginia, U.S; Lord Tedder; and (With four days in hand, British and American planes had passed their previous monthly Berlin air-lift record by bringing the January total of supplies carried to more than 150, 000-tons.). January 28, 1949.

At a Recent Investiture Held by H.M. The King - Lt. Commander Peter Markham Scott, son of Captain Scott the famous explorer who died in 1912 on his way back from the South Pole, received the M.B.E. and D.S.C. for his exploits with "the little ships", with his wife. Commander Scott is a well-known painter of bird-life. December 20, 1943.

Princess Irene and Prince Carel Hugo visit 13 armored infantry Battaljon, Westenbergkazerne, Schalkhaar.

Photographs Relating to the Minor Nuremberg Trials

Anefo photo collection. Liberation joy: Camp Amersfoort. Liberation from the concentration camp in Amersfoort. A prisoner greets a Canadian officer. May 7, 1945. Amersfoort, Utrecht (province)

The Queen's Commissioner in the province of Overijssel Ir. J.B.G.M. Ridder De van der Schueren visits the airbase of Twenthe.

Anefo photo collection. Liberation joy: The Hague. Liberation parties in The Hague. The Hague Matrozenkoor .. May 1945. The Hague, South Holland

1940S Smiling Couple Man Wearing Uniform Army

Tear off last post and commissioning Marine Headquarters Netherlands (MHK) in Den Helder. 02-04-1984

Atomic Bombers Plot Course -- These two Army Air Forces pilots, who dropped the first atomic bombs on Japan, plot course at Roswell, N.M., field, Feb. 27, during practice tests in preparation for the atomic bomb tests that will be made in the Pacific. Left to right: Maj. Thomas Ferebee, Mocksville, N.C., who dropped atomic bomb on Hiroshima, and Capt. Kermit Beashan, Houston, Tex., who dropped bomb on Nagasaki. February 28, 1946. (Photo by Associated Press Photo).

Off-The-Ration Carve -- Watched by the Governor, Sir Bernard Paget (centre), Master Cook Ernest Fullbrook of the Royal Hospital, Chelsea, London, carves a slice of lamb for Colour Sergeant Thomas Raishbrook, aged 77. The meat is part of a gift of 50 carcases, about 1,800 lbs., made to the Chelsea Pensioners by the New Zealand Meat Producers' Board to celebrate the end of rationing in Britain. July 03, 1954.

Indian Wrens Visit Rosyth, 3 June 1945 Chief Officer Margaret L Cooper, Deputy Director of the Women's Royal Indian Naval Service (WRINS), with Second Officer Kalyani Sen, WRINS at Rosyth during their two month study visit to Britain.

Left-wing DKP people found an association of soldiers called Soldat 70 and hand over the founding protocol to the Ministry of Defence in Bonn, Germany, Europe

Älvsnabben (depicted - name).Älvsnabben (depicted - name)

Soldiers were deployed to break a strike of municipal staff (public urban transport, dirt collection service, streets, gas factory, power plant) in March / April 1955 in Amsterdam.

Anefo photo collection. Army Army Anefo London series. Princess Irene Brigade: "The BDE CDR. Enjoys Cup Tea Presentation CanteenCar BDE" Princess Irene ". Brigade Commander Colonel AC de Ruyter van Steveninck Enjoy cup tea presentation canteen truck Princess Irene Brigade. July 1943. Britain

Col E.S. Bowe - Aust. army. May 30, 1954.

A Sergeant of the Air Force Woman Department (LUVA).

Haig - Monty Flag Goes On Show -- The Earl of Athlone and the countess of Athlone , who opened exhibition, are admiring an Elizabethan gallon, which took three months to make.The Union Jack, which was flown at the Battle Head quarters of Earl Haig from 1916 to the end of the war and by Field Marshal Viscount Montgomery at his H.Q. after the British Armies had landed in Europe in 1944, was show for the first time to the public today. This battered treasure is among hundreds of exhibits at an women organized by the British Legible at Central Hall, Westminster and was opened by the Earl of Athlone (former Governor-General of South Africa and of Canada) and Princess Alice, Countess of Athlone. February 05, 1947.

George VI (1895-1952) and Queen Elizabeth (1900-2002) standing among the bomb damage at Buckingham Palace, London. During the Blitz, the German bombing of London in World War II, between 7 September 1940 and 10 May 1941 the Palace was bombed seven times.

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