Historical Military Figures on Horseback

A collection of early 20th century portraits of military officials and law enforcement on horseback, capturing the historical attire and equestrian practices.

Kaiser Wilhelm II (1859-1941) on horseback

Germany Before the First World War 1890 - 1914 Official Christmas card of Kaiser Wilhelm II sent to Hugh, 5th Earl of Lonsdale in December 1913. The card was the last to be sent to Lord Lonsdale before the outbreak of the First World War and features a portrait of the Kaiser on horseback. On the back of the card the Kaiser sent Lord Lonsdale 'very best wishes for 1914'. The annual exchange of greetings resumed after the War.

Theresienstadt. Rider from the Dragoner Regiment

Early 20th century press print, Canada: Royal Canadian Mounted Policeman on horse

Ranger scene at the Royal Houtvesterij Het Loo: uniformed man on horseback on a racing course, 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. (military) uniforms. horse-racing Royal Houtvesterij Het Loo

Poitrei. October 31, 1955.

Tsar Nicholas II of Russia (1868-1918) on horseback, photograph by EX, from L'Illustrazione Italiana, Year XXXI, No 7, February 14, 1904.

Kaiser Wilhelm II (1859-1941) on horseback

Captain Kainz.

Military use of horses, 1. Königlich Sächsisches Feldartillerie-Regiment Nr. 12, König-Albert-Kaserne, 1913, Dresden, 1. Königlich Sächsisches Feld, Artillerie, Regiment Nr. 12, Fahrer zu Pferd, Germany

Gen. Pau

The Second Boer War, 1899-1902 Trooper of the Mounted Yeomanry on horseback. Photograph shows parts of his personal equipment including haversack, pannikin, water bottle and greatcoat which is folded and strapped on to the pommel of the saddle.

Soldier on horseback, Rough Riders military camp, Montauk Point, New York | Library of Congress

Civil War. First Cavalry Army are Informed of the Military Commitment Completion, Otsup, Pyotr Adolfovich (1883-1963)

GM. Rudolf von Metz with his adjutant sullt. Ladest. .

Description: Photographs of the Cavalry Regiment annual sports at Samakh, Palestine Location: Samakh, Palestine Date: 1947

Ali Paşa, Divisional Commander of the Lancers of the Imperial Guard / Abdullah Frères, Phot, Constantinople

The Imperial German Army 1890 - 1913 Kaiser Wilhelm II on horseback during the manoeuvres of 1902. The Earl of Lonsdale (wearing the uniform of the Westmorland and Cumberland Yeomanry) is in the foreground on the left.

War album 29, picture 7981.

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

Equestrian scene on Royal Hunting Het Loo: Youthful rider on horseback, gadten by uniformed men. Part of Lord Brams Photo album, Chief Quarter of Queen Wilhelmina on Royal Hunting Het Loo.

'Lieutenant, 16th Lancers', c1880. Artist: Gregory & Co.

Arthur Moos on horseback in the uniform of the 20th Uhlanen Regiment, May 1916, in Ludwigsburg, Anonymous, 1916 photograph Arthur Moos on horseback in the uniform of the 20th Uhlanen Regiment in Ludwigsburg. Ludwigsburg photographic support gelatin silver print

Rider from the Dragoner RegimentTheresienstadt. Rider from the Dragoner Regiment

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

Tokyo, Japan: 1928. The Emperor of Japan, Hirohito, reviews the officers of the new training school for Japanese Boy Scouts. The school has been established by the Department of Education.

Reproduction of a painting: Juliusz Kossak (1824-1899), Mickiewicz hunting; excerpt from a magazine. Świat (Warszawa ; czasopismo ; 1906-1939), publisher

The British Army in Pre-1914 Period Sergeant Major of the Lothian and Border Horse Yeomanry.

Rtm. Władysław Belina Prażmowski, DCA 1 p. Uhlans of the Polish Legions. Front of the Polish Legions in Volhynia. Janowski, Stanisław (1866 1942)

British Lieutenant General Sir William J. Codrington K.C.B., Portrait Standing Behind Horse, Crimean War, Crimea, Ukraine, by Roger Fenton, 1855

GM. Rudolf von Metz with his adjutant sullt. Ladest. .

Second Lieutenant Tadeusz Grabowski on a horse. Front of the Polish Legions in Bukowina, Janowski, Stanisław (1866 1942)

Battery of the 53rd division, 1918, Middle East, Israel and/or Palestine

Ahmed Cemal Pasha (Ottoman Turkish: احمد جمال پاشا, modern Turkish: Ahmet Cemal Paşa; 6 May 1872 - 21 July 1922), commonly known as Djemal Pasha to Turks, and Jamal Basha in the Arab world, was an Ottoman military leader and one-third of the military triumvirate known as the Three Pashas that ruled the Ottoman Empire during World War I. Djemal was also Mayor of Istanbul and is seen as one of the perpetrators of the Armenian Genocide and the Assyrian genocide.

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

Viscount Kirkwall, Captain 71st Highlanders, Crimean War, 1853-1856, Roger Fenton historic war campaign photo

Civil War. First Cavalry Army are Informed of the Military Commitment Completion by Otsup, Pyotr Adolfovich (1883-1963)/Russian State Film and Photo Archive, Krasnogorsk/1919-1920/Photograph/Russia/History

Bautzen. 3. Hussar regime. No. 20

The British Army in Pre-1914 Period Soldier of the Lothian and Border Horse Yeomanry, possibly at his regimental depot in Edinburgh.

World war One; The advance forces of German cavalry enter the Belgian town of Spa, 4th August 1914

Primera guerra mundial (1914-1918). Caballería india antes de la batalla.

The British Army in Pre-1914 Period Soldier of the Lothian and Border Horse Yeomanry.

'Le jour de gloire; le general de Castelnau', 1919. From "L'Album de la Guerre 1914-1919, Volume 2" L'Illustration, Paris, 1924.

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

U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt on Horseback Carrying Rifle, Underwood & Underwood, 1905

M. Miller, Colonel, 18th Mo. Infantry, full-length portrait, facing right, standing before horse held by African-American man. Civil War Photograph Collection, No. 2882. United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Military personnel, Union.

Stachiewicz Roman with a horse Circle of the Stachiewicz family

Captain Lilley, field train, Crimean War, 1853-1856, Roger Fenton historic war campaign photo

Sergeant Major of The New South Wales Lancers circa 1900. From the book South Africa and the Transvaal War by Louis Creswicke, published 1900

''The Graphic, Front Cover Saturday March 29, 1890', 1890.

Ministry of Information First World War Official Collection A farm girl moounted on horseback rounding up cattle.

Axel Stillberg, Annefors. Axel Stillberg, Annefors.

Photo collection prints Anefo Rousel. Series Print Anefo RVD Own Without Caption. Collection of photo collection prints Anefo Rousel, photo number 157-0402. 1956

Thuringian Hussar Regiment No. 12 - in ParadeTorgau. Thür.-Hus.-Regim. # 12 - in parade

Eamon De Valera (1822-1975) American-born Irish statesman, taking the salute at a march past in Dublin of troops of the Irish Free State, c1934-1935. Half-tone.

Theodore Roosevelt and local scout Leslie Tarleton stand over a dead lion shot by TR. June-July 1909 in British East Africa (now Kenya) during the SmithsonianRoosevelt African Expedition (BSLOC_2017_8_6)

Cuban War of Independence (1895-1898). Island of Cuba. General Bartolome Maso (1830-1907). President of the Cuban Republic in Arms (1897-1898). President Maso with his accompaniment. Photoengraving by Laporta. La Ilustracion Espanola y Americana, 1898.

August von MACKENSEN (1849-1945), German soldier, shown here riding in triumph through Bucharest: World War One

carlo bonardi presidente del tci in tripolitania. 1931

A driver in a Carabao train on Leyte Island, in the Philippines, secures his load of 60 mm Mortar shells as another driver looks on. This Carabao train, loaded with ammunition, food, and medical supplies is on its way to reinforce the advance Command

Kürassier ... Rgt. Dragoner. = Gruppe 1701 Rittm. Franz Graf Schaaffgotsche. 1910. Vinkhuijzen, Hendrik Jacobus. still image. Illustrations. General Research Division. Military uniforms , History, Austria, Cavalry

Sir Genille Cave Brown Cave

Military use of horses, Garde-Reiter-Regiment (1. Schweres Regiment), 1903, Dresden, Königlich Sächsisches Gardereiter, Regiment, Germany

Czar

This portrait show a soldier and two horses wearing gas masks .. This portrait show a soldier and two horses wearing gas masks.

07/27/1914. Alexander of Serbia on horseback.

Telling Tommies' tales Description: Correspondence from a staff member at the Great Western Railway office in Paddington, London, who went to war.

Second World War. Netherlands under German crew. Weilmachant, two horses at the reins leading from the stable (well with the Hague)

The Royal Army Veterinary Corps on the Western Front, 1914-1918

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

12/31/1926. China: coup d'état by General Chang Kai Shek.

Illustration of Sir Samuel Hughes (1853-1921), the Canadian Minister of Militia, pictured on horseback in France during the First World War. Date: 1916

Netherlands, 1900-09 part 2. 1910. Vinkhuijzen, Hendrik Jacobus. still image. Illustrations. General Research Division. Military uniforms , History, Netherlands

Below: At the full gallop - Lighthorse-men from the country make a fine action picture as they rehearse at the Showground for the Anzac night tattoo. April 23, 1936.

Chasseurs et Chevaux, Amérique du Sud. Léon & Lévy (French, active 1864 - 1913 or 1920)

French soldier on horseback; Louis-Jean Delton (French, 1807 - 1891); 1870s; Albumen silver print

Two Wehrmacht Soldiers aan Zee with a horse, 1940 - 1941 photograph Two Wehrmacht soldiers, one a high soldier, stand on the beach at Hoek van Holland with a horse. (left soldier is the same as on NG-2007-5-35 to 38) The soldier has a cap on, wears glasses, and looks at the horse. The senior soldier holds the reins. On the back it says: Bk. Bettinger. Hoek van Holland photographic support gelatin silver print occupation ~ war. horse Hoek van Holland

Major General Hugh Lenox Scott on Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington, D.C.

Two portraits of unknown Japanese soldiers, one on horseback, anonymous, c. 1930 - c. 1940 photograph This photo is part of an album. Baryta Paper. paper gelatin silver print anonymous historical person portrayed. the soldier; the soldier's life. horse

Grimma. Reconnaissance patrol of the K. S. 2. Hussar regiments "Queen Carola" No. 19

Melilla, November 1923. Franco, lieutenant colonel of the Legion.

Petersburg, Virginia. Captain Edward A. Flint's horse. Headquarters, Army of the Potomac. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 . United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.

07/31/1918. The King in Santander. D. Alfonso Xiii in the Albericia military magazine. In Círculo, the monarch leaving his visit to the María Cristina barracks.

Soldiers - Toys. December 2, 1953.

Ward says good by i.e., goodbye to Gen. Grant

A.R.P. For Horses.An A.R.P. Volunteer placing the mask on a horse's nose. This is filled with wet hay, and is afterward covered with another bag.The subject of gas masks for horses has been discussed frequently by owners of animals the west hay borough council veterinary Dept., have devised a special gas mask for horses. It consists of a special nose-bag, which is half filled with wet hay. On top of this is placed another Nose-Bag also filled with wet hay. The council also formed a corps of volunteers to man 21 dressing stations for any of the borough's 100,000 animals in time of war. May 25, 1939. (Photo by Sport & General Press Agency, Limited).

Military races of the 81st Brigade in 1918. 1918, Middle East, Israel and/or Palestine

Jackson statue ca. between 1918 and 1920.

Calèche de la Princesse Metternich. Louis-Jean Delton (French, 1807 - 1891)

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Genie uses horses. Soldiers with a horse. June 1947. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC series Borneo; Book Borneo. A deer has been shot. A KNIL soldier poses at the cadaver. June 1948. Borneo, Borneo, Indonesia, Kalimantan, Dutch East Indies

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

Soldier of the Ertuğrul Cavalry Regiment of the Imperial Guard / Abdullah Frères, Phot, Constantinople

Anefo photo collection. Soestdijk, Defile Visser. July 8, 1949. Soestdijk, Utrecht

1. Royal Saxon Hussar Regiment King Albert No. 18Großenhain. 1. K.S. Hus.-Regim. King Albert No. 18

Mounted Russian army scout on the western front in the USSR, World War Two.

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