Equestrian Military History

Historical images of military personnel on horseback, depicting various eras including World War II and traditional Indigenous chiefs.

Cowboys

Second World War. Front pictures. Soviet Union. Relatives of the German Wehrmacht on Horses

Chief Deep Sky-Indian mounted on horse

Yellow drivers of the artillery on horseback, George Hendrik Breitner, c. 1890 - c. 1910 photograph Amsterdamprinter: Netherlands paper gelatin silver print

Cowboys

At Ferry Post, Ismalia 1916. From the album: Photograph album of Major J.M. Rose, 1st NZEF, 1916, Al-Ismailiyah, maker unknown.

Unidentified soldier in Union first lieutenant's uniform and kepi with cavalry saber atop horse in front of fence, building, and woods. Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs , Exhibited: "The Last Full Measure : Civil War Photographs from the Liljenquist Family Collection" at the Library of Congress, Washington, D.C, 2011, pp/liljunion. United States, Army, People, 1860-1870, Soldiers, Union, 1860-1870, Daggers & swords, 1860-1870, Horses, 1860-1870, Military uniforms, Union, 1860-1870, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Military personnel, Union, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Animals, Union.

Ranger scene at the Royal Houtvesterij Het Loo: uniformed man on horseback, Anonymous, c. 1900 - c. 1925 photograph Part of the photo album of Mr Brams, Opperhoutvester by Queen Wilhelmina at the Royal Houtvesterij Het Loo. Royal Houtvesterij Het Loo photographic support gelatin silver print hunting, chase. riding a horse, ass, or mule; rider, horseman. hunting-ground Royal Houtvesterij Het Loo

A portrait photograph by Johann Victor Krämer from 1893 showing Colonel Siebert posed formally, wearing uniform, with studio lighting and indoor setting.

Officer of the 2nd Uhlans Regiment at horses. Front of the Polish Legions in Volhynia. Janowski, Stanisław (1866 1942)

Portrait of a French soldier on horseback, Anonymous, 1884 photograph Part of album of a French amateur photographer with recordings of family, soldiers, industry, landscapes and sights in France. France photographic support albumen print land forces (+ cavalry, horsemen)

Detachment 101, an enigmatic Allied intelligence and special operations unit during World War II, played a pivotal role in the Burmese theater. Operating deep in the jungles of Burma, their mission was multi-faceted, encompassing guerrilla warfare, espionage, and sabotage against Japanese forces. Comprising a diverse group of individuals, from OSS agents to indigenous fighters, they effectively disrupted Japanese supply lines, gathered critical intelligence, and supported resistance movements.

Bealeton, Virginia. Captain Henry Page, assistant quartermaster, at Army of the Potomac headquarters. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 . United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.

Spice up. K.S. 8. Field Art. Regiment No. 78

Netherlands, 1900-09 part 1. 1910. Vinkhuijzen, Hendrik Jacobus. still image. Illustrations. General Research Division. Military uniforms , History, Netherlands

Poniczew: Horse pity. (28 / II.1918.).

Torgau. Thür.-Hus.-Regim. # 12 - in parade

Manipur is a state in northeastern India, with the city of Imphal as its capital. Its people include the Meetei, Pangal (Muslims), Bishnupriya Manipuri's, Naga and Kuki who speak different languages of branches of the Tibeto-Burman family. The state is bounded by Nagaland to the north, Mizoram to the south, and Assam to the west; Burma lies to the east. It covers an area of 22,327 square kilometres (8,621 sq mi).

Equestrian scene on Royal wood fortress Het Loo: Rider takes obstacle. Part of Lord Brams Photo album, Chief Quarter of Queen Wilhelmina on Royal Hunting Het Loo.

A soldier of the First Regiment of Lancers of the Imperial Guard / Constantinople, Abdullah Frères

Melilla, November 1893. General Macias and artillery lieutenant colonel Fernando Álvarez de Sotomayor, during the "Margallo War" or First Rif War.

F.m.v. Follow me .

Ulan 2 or 3 squadron of the Uhlans of the Polish Legions (II) Janowski, Stanisław (1866 1942)

Gen. Leonard Wood

Blamey. April 1, 1940.

War album 42, Figure 11625.

The Second Boer War, 1899-1902 Irregular volunteers, attached to the British Army, resting in the field.

Battalion Hornist Corporal Nikolaus Doms i.BT/90.Jnftr. With the small silver tapecreport medal.

Castillo

Henry Duberly Esq., Paymaster, 8th Hussars & Mrs. Duberly; Roger Fenton (English, 1819 - 1869); 1855; Albumen silver print

Kurdish warrior to horse

FROM KARLSRUHE TO THE HAGUE ON HORSEBACK, 1889. Lieutenant Harry von Bohlen Halbach, of the Life Dragoon Regiment of the Grand Duke of Baden (third son of the Baron von Bohlen Halbach, Grand Seneschal to H.R.H. the Grand Duke of Baden), lately rode a mare from Karlsruhe to the Hague, a distance of about 650 kilometres, in seven and a-quarter days, including a day's rest on the road. Lieutenant von Bohlen Halbach left Karlsruhe on Tuesday morning, May 28th, at five o'clock. He rested from eleven

United States Army General Leonard Wood ca. early 1900s.

Ministry of Information First World War Official Collection A farm girl mounted on horseback view m9 the valley where her cattle are grazing.

The Hunt , Toni Frissell, Antoinette Frissell Bacon, Antoinette Frissell

Poll photo collection. Israel 1964-1965: Tel Aviv, police officers. Male agent on horseback, a dilapidated environment in the background. January 1, 1964. Israel, Tel Aviv

U.S. Army horse stunts, B Troop, 15th U.S. Cavalry, Frostburg, Md. ca. 1909.

Ministry of Information First World War Official Collection Training a mule.

British General Sir John L. Pennefather, 4th Light Dragoons, and Orderly, Seated full-length Portrait on Horses, Crimean War, Crimea, Ukraine, by Roger Fenton, 1855

Captain Chawner, Crimean War, 1853-1856, Roger Fenton historic war campaign photo

A soldier watching the aircrafts participating in the Air Race Circuit of the East, Issy-les-Moulineaux, France, photo from L'Illustration, No 3520, August 13, 1910.

'Back in England Again', 1916, (1945). Creator: Unknown.

Equestrian scene on royal wood fortress Het Loo: Rider with two amazons. Part of Lord Brams Photo album, Chief Quarter of Queen Wilhelmina on Royal Hunting Het Loo.

A Wehrmacht Lieutenant with two horses, 1940 - 1945 photograph A Wehrmacht lieutenant who holds two horses in the reins. Photo belonging to album 'KriegSerinnerungen'. Germany photographic support gelatin silver print Germany. Netherlands

New York, Underwood and Underwood, Pretoria, Maj.-Gen. French, the intrepid Cavalry leader, just after visiting the released prisoners, SA, Major-General John French after he has visited the released prisoners of war, New York (city), verso - printed, stereograph, stereophoto, photographs, Works and Studios ~, Arlington, NJ Littleton, NH Washington, DC, recto - printed, 143, Copyright 1901 by Underwood & Underwood., height 88 mm, width 178 mm, photographer, 1901 - 1901, cardboard, photographic paper, photo paper, albumen print, albumine print, Publication (Event), Publication, publisher

The British Army in Pre-1914 Period Officer of one of the Scottish mounted regiments checking terrain with binoculars during regimental manoeuvres while his horse is happly grazing by his side. He is probably an officer of the Lothians and Berwickshire Yeomanry.

Elsevier photo collection. Home harvest. August 1940

A captain of the Fifth Cavalry Regiment of the Imperial Guard / Abdullah Frères, Phot, Constantinople

Ranger scene at the Royal Houtvesterij Het Loo: Ruiter takes obstacle, anonymous, c. 1900 - c. 1925 photograph Part of the photo album of Mr Brams, Opperhoutvester by Queen Wilhelmina at the Royal Houtvesterij Het Loo. Royal Houtvesterij Het Loo photographic support gelatin silver print hunting, chase. riding a horse, ass, or mule; rider, horseman. hunting-ground. jumping (horse in motion) Royal Houtvesterij Het Loo

Ruitert scene on the Royal Houtviererij Het Loo: Seen Riders on the back, Anonymous, c. 1900 - c. 1925 photograph Part of the photo album of Mr Brams, Opperhoutvester by Queen Wilhelmina at the Royal Houtvesterij Het Loo. Royal Houtvesterij Het Loo photographic support hunting, chase. riding a horse, ass, or mule; rider, horseman. hunting-ground Royal Houtvesterij Het Loo

Captain Walker, 30th Regiment, Crimean War, 1853-1856, Roger Fenton historic war campaign photo

The Second Boer War, 1899-1902 Soldier of the mounted infantry on his horse.

Photo collection Government information service. Series Print Anefo RVD Own Without Caption. Collection Photo collection Government information service own, photo number 156-0053. 1956

A policeman mounted on a grey horse. Date: 1910

Military people of Saxony, Lancers of Germany, 3. Königlich Sächsisches Husaren-Regiment Nr. 20, Husarenkaserne (Bautzen), Military use of horses, 1912, Landkreis Bautzen, Bautzen, 3. Husaren, Regiment Nr. 20

Falmouth, Virginia General Alfred Pleasonton on horseback. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 , Selected Civil War Photographs, 1861-1865. United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Burnside's Expedition to North Carolina, 1862, , Pleasonton, Alfred, United States, Virginia, Falmouth.

Second World War. Netherlands under German crew. Wehrmachiger, a horse on the reins leading from the stable (well with the Hague)

JOHN WAYNE, JOHN AGAR and HARRY CAREY JR. in SHE WORE A YELLOW RIBBON (1949), directed by JOHN FORD.

Sports. 1935-10-01T00:00:00.. Department of the Interior. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Standing Rock Agency. 9/17/1947-. Photographs

Ministry of Information First World War Official Collection Trooper Cavalry, marching order.

Figols (Barcelona), 11/1/1908. A rare and curious snapshot of His Majesty King Alfonso Xlll upon his arrival at the Fígols coal mines, in Barcelona.

08/31/1911. L. Muchsi commander-in-chief of the Turkish Tripolitana Troops.

Colonel Theodore Roosevelt on Horseback, Montauk, Long Island, New York, 1898

07/31/1916. In surveillance service. An English cavalry patrol practicing reconnaissance.

Russia, 1900. 1910. Vinkhuijzen, Hendrik Jacobus. still image. Illustrations. General Research Division. Military uniforms , History, Russia

The Princesses Arab Horses at Melton Mowbray - The two magnificent Arab horses given to Princess Elizabeth and Princess Margaret Rose by the Emir Abdulla of Transjordan, are at the R.A.V.C. Remount depot, Melton ***** (Leicestershire) for examination before being presented to the Princesses. With them is Farrier Q.M.S. Mahud Fakaria, of the Transjordan Frontier Force, who brought the horses to England. He is to take part in June 8th's London Victory Parade Mowbray R.A.V.C. remount depot. May 26, 1946. (Photo by Reuterphoto).

Bedouin warriors 1900, Middle East, Israel and/or Palestine

Second World War. Front pictures. Soviet Union. Relatives of the German Wehrmacht with horsebacks in a convoy

Brandy Station, Virginia. Captain Beckwith's horse, headquarters, Army of the Potomac. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 . United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.

An Indian Brave. Original caption: "An Indian Brave" by frederic Remington - from p. 116 - The Book of the American Indian-written by Hamlin Garland Illustration from A Bunch of Buckskins by Frederic Remington - Originally published by R. H. Russel, 1901.

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Demonstrations Horse depot Z. Sumatra. Large horse packs with Vickers machine gun. September 1949. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies, Sumatra

British Captain Charles Augustus Drake Halford, 5th Dragoon Guards, Full-Length Standing Portrait in Uniform next to Horse, Crimean War, Crimea, Ukraine, by Roger Fenton, 1855

Major General John French After visiting the released prisoners of war, Anonymous, 1901 stereograph Pretoriapublisher: New York (city) (possibly) cardboard. paper albumen print the soldier; the soldier's life. horse Pretoria

Three warriors with spears on horses (presumably) in New Guinea. .

Washington. D.C., vicinity. Maj. General Alexander M. McCook on horseback, Brightwood. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 , Selected Civil War Photographs, 1861-1865. United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, McCook, Alexander McDowell, 1831-1903, United States, District of Columbia, Washington (D.C.)

Falmouth, Virginia. General Daniel Butterfield on horseback. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 . United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.

Cavendish-Bentinick. March 28, 1938. (Photo by Keystone)

Duke "Defends" Island BaseGarbed in an Unorthodox "Uniform" of cardboard Aromour, dark glasses and tall hat, the Duke of Edinburgh (nearer camera) clutches his wooden lance as he awaits the start of "Exercise Webfoot" - A Royal Marine Landing Practice. At Malta's Ghajn Tuffieha Bay, April 27. As the Marines waded Ashore, Intent on taking An "Enemy" Airfield, The Duke and his companions rode forward as defending "Knights". The Battle - won by the Marines - was watched by Prince Elizabeth and her Ladies-In-Waiting. May 9, 1950. (Photo by Associated Press Photo).

2. Ernst Casimir, grave van Nassau

Second World War. Front pictures. Soviet Union. Convoy of the German Wehrmacht with horsebacks

Second World War. For billeting. Soviet Union. Relatives of the German Wehrmacht when misting a riding horse

Rider of the mounted police in the Syrian desert, 1925 photograph unknown paper. cardboard gelatin silver print Syria

Standard-bearer of the column graziani, libya 1920-30.

Postcard image of William Jubb , Military officers, Jubb, William C., Sergeant, 1841-1934-. Jubb Brothers Civil War Letters

Lieut. Palmes

Captain Halford, 5th Dragoons, Crimean War, 1853-1856, Roger Fenton historic war campaign photo

The Queen attending the Trooping of the Colour ceremony in her Coronation year, seen here riding to Horse Guards Parade on her official birthday to take the salute of the Brigade of Guards. She wears in her tricorn hat, the badge and white plume of the Grenadiers, the Colours of whose 1st Battalion were being trooped. Date: 1953

Ministry of Information First World War Official Collection Welfare of horses on His Majesty's Service. Woman vet and her work. Administering blueball.

July 1911. Spain in Morocco. - the consul of Larache Mr. Zugasti Arriving on horseback at the Nador camp.

Jewish 'Shomer' settler guard in afield protecting the village of Rehovot. Palestine circa 1910

Photograph showing Robert Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell (1857-1941), the English soldier and founder of the Boy Scouts, pictured on horseback when Colonel of the 5th Dragoon Guards. Date: 26/05/1900

Horses of the 2nd Uhlans Regiment (III). Front of the Polish Legions in Volhynia Janowski, Stanisław (1866 1942)

Second World War. For billeting. Soviet Union. Relatives of the German Wehrmacht with a riding horse

Two unidentified soldiers in Union uniforms; African American soldier on left in frock coat and slouch hat; soldier on right sitting on horse and wearing shell jacket and slouch hat. Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs , Published in: Horse equipment of the Civil War era. Fairfax, Va.: SCS Publications, 2003, p. 144, pp/liljunion. United States, Army, People, 1860-1870, African Americans, Military service, 1860-1870, Soldiers, Union, 1860-1870, Military uniforms, Union, 1860-1870, Horses, 1860-1870, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Military personnel, Union.

Postcard of American Indian with Heart Target. 1917, American Map Showing Vital Spot to Hit to Kill the American Spirit of Justice.

The British Army in Pre-1914 Period Troops of one of the Scottish mounted regiments during regimental manoeuvres. They are probably servicemen of the Lothians and Berwickshire Yeomanry.

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