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Historical Military Horsemen

Black and white images showcasing military figures on horseback from various early 20th-century events, depicting soldiers and leaders in diverse terrains.

Turkmenistan, 1920A Red Army expedition in the Turkemenian Mountains during the Russian Revolution.

Scouting Party. Original caption: "Scouting Party" by Frederic Remington from Library of Congress - Copied by H. H. Ritter - March 1938.

Quartermaster Hill, 4th Light Dragoons, the horse taken immediately after the winter season, Crimean War, 1853-1856, Roger Fenton historic war campaign photo

Fresh field marsheDresden. Fresh field marshe

'King Edward at the head of the Brigade of Guards, turns, unperturbed, to make inquiry after revolve Artist: Unknown.

Recreation Organization - Virginia. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

France, 1825-1827 1910. Vinkhuijzen, Hendrik Jacobus. still image. Illustrations. General Research Division. Military uniforms , History, France

Europe: c. 1916 German soldiers hauling a barrel of drinking water to the trenches on a horse drawn sled.

"Old Tecumseh" Himself. The War for the Union. Photographic War History 1861-1865, No. 3623, Title from item, Original negative is: LC-B811-3623. Sherman, William T, (William Tecumseh), 1820-1891, Military service, Generals, Union, 1860-1870, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Military personnel, Union.

Gen. Fred Grant

Equestrians on Riverside Drive. 1888. Photographs. Irma and Paul Milstein Division of United States History, Local History and Genealogy. New York (N.Y.), Riverside Drive (New York, N.Y.), Horsemen and horsewomen

08/31/1909. Melilla CampaignCattle to trade.

Ministry of Information First World War Official Collection Members of the Women's Forestry Corps driving a sledge laden with wood.

Oschatz. Overcoming obstacles

Prince Edward (later King Edward VIII hunting tigers in India 1921

Lieutenant Dr. Ludomir Nowierski, doctor of the 2nd Uhlans of the Polish Legions, against the background of the sanitary point in Czewl. Front of the Polish Legions in Volhynia. Janowski, Stanisław (1866 1942)

Elsevier photo collection. Series 021-0045 021-0046. January 1917. Amersfoort

Patient being transported on Stretcher, Two Tents in background, part of Red Cross Mobile Hospital Number 5 which was set up on a former race track, Auteuil, France, 1914-1918

Εορταί Εκατονταετηριδος - Ελλας - Fêtes des l'indépendance Hellénique - Grèce , Soldiers, Horses, Horseback riding, Centennial celebrations, Greece. Stratos. Euzōnoi. Nicholas Catsimpoolas Collection

Anefo photo collection. Horses come back from Germany. 25 April 1946. Germany

Colonel Shewell, C.B.. Roger Fenton (English, 1819 - 1869)

1. Königlich Sächsisches Husaren-Regiment König Albert Nr. 18, Hussars of Germany, Military use of horses, 1905, Landkreis Meißen, Großenhain, 1. Königlich Sächsisches Husaren, Regiment König Albert Nr. 18

West Point, N.Y., battalion passing in review | Library of Congress

General Kitchener and the Anglo-egyptian Nile Campaign, 1898 Men of the 21st Lancers entrain their horses at Wadi Halfa in preparation for the journey south to join Kitchener's forces.

The term Anglo-Egyptian Sudan refers to the period between 1891 and 1956 when Sudan was administered as a condominium of Egypt and the United Kingdom.

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

Napoleon asks shepherds about the situation of his enemies, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original

Man standing with a policeman, 1920s to 1930s, by Roland Searle.

07/31/1922. Valencia. The Battle of Flores. Float Presented by the mayor of Valencia, Mr. Albors.

Rider of the Ulana Regiment No. 17Oschatz. Rider of K. S. 1. Ulana Regiment No. 17

Fire Equipment - General. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

The Czar

A photograph from the First World War, showing troops on horseback along a riverbank. First World War, circa 1914-1918.

08/31/1911. The Spanish Troops in Larache. The artillery section returning from watering the cattle in the Lucus River. Photo S. cano.

Patrolling, Military use of horses, 1912, Landkreis Nordsachsen, Oschatz, 1. Königlich Sächsisches Ulanen, Regiment Nr. 17, Auf Patrouille, Germany

Emperor Charles and empress Zita of Austria-Hungary arrive in Debreczin in Hungary 1918

Not likely to reappear on scene is this Boston Ice Co. pair photographed in 1909.

A Welcome Nibble.Horses of the life guards taking a welcome nibble of the grass during a halt on the Great West road, when en route for Windsor.The life guards left London for Windsor today (Wed while the Royal Horse guards moved from Windsor to take their place in London. November 22, 1937. (Photo by London News Agency Photos Ltd.).

Water is transported by supporting to the MTE Sabotino.

At an Undisclosed Operational Base - "Australian aborigines use a camel team to transport supplies to an Allied outpost." August 24, 1942. (Photo by Commonwealth Deportment Of Information).

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

Great Britain, colonies (3) 1910. Vinkhuijzen, Hendrik Jacobus. still image. Illustrations. General Research Division. Military uniforms , History, Great Britain

William Tecumseh Sherman, American soldier, 1864. Artist: Matthew Brady

French Cavalry - pictured just prior to WWI - on manoeuvres. Under a law passed in 1912, the French cavalry increased in size to 91 regiments of 52 squadrons each, thus creating an effective force of 2.5 million. Date: circa 1914

08/31/1914. The German imperial family. The Kronprinz (X), on Horseback, with his General Staff, Witnessing the departure of Troops from a camp.

Ministry of Information First World War Official Collection Woman veterinary surgeon giving horse a blue ball..

Immigrant patrolTheresienstadt. News patrol

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

Second World War. For billeting. Soviet Union. Relatives of the German Wehrmacht on Horses

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

Police On Horseback, Philadelphia, PA, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Photograph showing Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churcill (1874-1965), hunting boar on horseback in the Forest of Eu, Foucarmont, France, 1927. Winston Churchill, the English Statesman and Nobel Prize winner, was one of the most influential British politicians of the 20th century, leading Britain during the Second World War. Date: 1927

Red Army Soldiers by Otsup, Pyotr Adolfovich (1883-1963)/Russian State Film and Photo Archive, Krasnogorsk/1920s/Photograph/Russia/History

Valencia, 05/13/1909. The Valencian exhibition. Battle of Flores Regia.

Image of a few participants in the 'Best Police Patrol' section during the National Police Ruiterwedraken.n.b. The competition, for the benefit of the Crisis Committee, was organized on the occasion of the third anniversary of the mounted brigade of the Utrecht police, was held on the Veemarkt site (Croeselaan) in Utrecht.

Leading Chinese Operations -- War Lord Now In China against the Japanese, Marshal Chiang Kai-shek, who commands the Chinese Army, goes into the battle mounted in his charger, "Black Dragon". March 14, 1932.

German 'triumphtocht in Rome / Ambassador

Exhibit Supply Company Picture Post Card, Scene from "The Pony Express". "The first pony express rider starting from St. Joseph, MO on his 1966 mile ride to California." This item is a picture post card used as an exhibit in the case of J. Frank Meyer, Trading as the Exhibit Supply Company v. Louis Hurwitz, Trading as United Postcard Supply Company. Issued by Exhibit Supply Company, this post card features a scene from the film "The Pony Express.".

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Stables of the 1st parade depot in Batavia. Horses in the courtyard. 1946. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies

Anefo photo collection. Dutch farmers are going to set up a company in France. Haying. August 1945. France

Ruitert scene at the Royal Houtviererij Het Loo: two uniformed riders, 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 Royal Houtvesterij Het Loo

Ryszkiewicz Józef (drawing) according to the photograph of Janowski Stanisław Loads of legionaries in the Carpathians 1914

Photo collection First World War. Officer of the Dutch army standing for an undressed carriage .. 1914-1918}

Belgian Lancers

Anefo photo collection. Concours Hippique, royal family. 11 August 1949

San Domenico. June 03, 1948.

Thuringian Hussar Regiment No 12 - PatrolrittTorgau. Thür.-Hus.-Regim. No. 12 - Patrolritt

''les premieres operations Italiennes; la cavalerie italienne abreuve ses chevaux dans l'Isonzo, atteint des les premiers jours de juin', 1915. From "L'Album de la Guerre 1914-1919: Volume I" L'Illustration, Paris, 1926.

Poll photo collection. Travel to Poland. Warsaw. A number of police officers on horseback. Left, standing a police officer with a trumpet. 1934. Poland, Warsaw

12/31/1905. Major General D. José Valenzuela y Ferrer, military governor of Bilbao Walking the Streets of Bilbao followed by his Escort.

March 1922. Melilla. Of Recent Operations. The General Commander (X) Receiving a Report, sent by the head of the third of Volunteers, Lieutenant Colonel Millan Astray, Giving him an account of the progress of his Troops.

City Point, Virginia. General Rufus Ingalls in buggy with colored boy. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 . United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.

U.S. wounded in England

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.

06/25/1913. The Spanish Troops in Tetuan. Appearance of the Plaza de España during the organization of the Munitions convoy that was arranged for the operation on the 24th.

Duke of Gloucester at Trooping Rehearsal -- The Duke of Gloucester arriving on the Horse Guards Parade to take the salute at the march past during the rehearsal ceremony.London, Eng: A full dress rehearsal of the Trooping of the Colour, which takes place on June 10th, in honour of the King's official birthday, was carried out on the Horse Guards Parade by the Guards wearing their scarlet tunics and bearskins.The Duke of Gloucester took the salute. June 3, 1948.

Anefo photo collection. Napoleon, invited to a launch on the 150-year Verolmeewerf. 17 February 1962

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.

Unidentified soldier in Union uniform with on horseback. Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs , FAmbrotype/Tintype photograph filing series , pp/liljunion. United States, Army, People, 1860-1870, Soldiers, Union, 1860-1870, Military uniforms, Union, 1860-1870, Horses, 1860-1870, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Military personnel, Union, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Animals.

Photograph by Ludwig David showing military personnel on horseback, printed on albumin paper on a box box between 1890 and 1913, depicting soldiers, horses, and training formations.

The British Army Prior To the First World War 'Paddy' Drum horse of the Life Guards, on parade.

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.

Ministry of Information First World War Official Collection Lady trainers training a mule.

Petra mounted military. 1925, Jordan, Petra (Extinct city)

06/28/1906. Becerrada Held the day before yesterday at the royal site (the Farm), and in which the Officers of the Las Navas regiment were Fighters. The group greeting Ss.Mm., who witnessed the party from one of the balconies of the Canónigos house, whose patio, artistically decorated with flowers, confectioners, shields and pennants, was turned into a bullring.

Greetings from Camp Lee, Va. Cavalry in action , Military facilities, Tichnor Brothers Collection, postcards of the United States

Turkish Troops - Post War Troops - Foreign Troops. March 4, 1954. (Photo by Bert Hardy, Picture Post).

Ministry of Information First World War Official Collection Member of the Women's Land Army milking cows.

Ministry of Information First World War Official Collection Woman veterinary surgeon unloading fodder at a veterinary hospital..

Made ladder, hunters to horsesDresden. Made ladder, hunters to horses

Siege of Sidney Street, Stepney, Lodon, 3 January 1911. Gang of burglars said to be led by Peter Piaktow known as Peter the Painter, were wanted for murder. Acting on information, Police cordoned off the area. Police outgunned in ensuing gun fight. Home Secretary was Winston Churchill.

Great Britain, colonies (3) 1910. Vinkhuijzen, Hendrik Jacobus. still image. Illustrations. General Research Division. Military uniforms , History, Great Britain, Elephants , India

French Cavalry Officers School. Photographs of Marshall Plan Programs, Exhibits, and Personnel

$03/08/1960. From the plane crash in Jerez del Marquesado. The wounded without fractures are carried on horseback to the nearby town, after many kilometers through the mountains, enduring the blizzard.$

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.

3. Hussar Regiment No. 20 - HelpmatesBautzen. 3. Hussar regime. No. 20, registration manager

Trooping Of The Colour Ceremony on King's 42nd Birthday:A fine close-up of King Edward arriving for the ceremony of the trooping of the colour at the horse guards parade. He was wearing the scarlet tunic and black bearskin of the uniform of Colonel-in-Chief of the Grenadier guards, whose colours were trooped.On the occasion of the King's second forty second Birthday today, the ceremony of the trooping of the colour was held on the horse guards parade here in his honour. The King took the Royal salute for the first time as reigning sovereign. July 20, 1936. (Photo by Associated Press Photo).

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