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Historical Military Officers

Images of historic military personnel in formal attire, showcasing medals and insignia, with a focus on leadership roles from different eras.

The French General Curiers de Castelnau, promoted to Grand Officer of the Legion of Honor.
The French General Curiers de Castelnau, promoted to Grand Officer of the Legion of Honor.
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Commander Tokutaro Hiraga ca. early 1900s.
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H.M.L. Diomedes's new officialcommander V.A.C. Crutchley V.C., who is associated with Capt. De Meric. January 20, 1931.
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Portrait of the Supreme Ruler of the White Army in Siberia Admiral Alexander Kolchak (1874-1920) by Pen, Sergei Varlenovich (*1952) State Central Navy Museum, St. Petersburg Oil on canvas 35x28 Russia Modern Portrait Painting
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Photograph of General Alphonse Joseph Georges (1875-1951) a French army officer and Commander in Chief of the North East Front. Dated 1940
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Robert Falcon Scott (1868-1912) British Antarctic explorer. Portrait in naval uniform from trade calendar for 1914. Lithograph
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Kliment Voroshilov (1881 - 1969), Soviet military officer and politician during the Stalin era. He was one of the original five Marshals of the Soviet Union (the highest military rank of the Soviet Union), along with Chief of the General Staff of the Red Army Alexander Yegorov, and three senior commanders, Vasily Blyukher, Semyon Budyonny, and Mikhail Tukhachevsky.
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El General Hon. Sir J. H. G. Byng picture postcards
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. 2nd/8th Lancashire Fusiliers, attached Royal Engineers Private Jubb, 38783, was reported missing on 9 October 1917. He is commemorated on the Tyne Cot Memorial. Faces of the First World War Find out more about this First World War Centenary project at www.1914.org/faces. This image is from IWM Collections. The Museum released this image on a custom licence - IWM Non-Commercial license. However where the photograph has no known author, these are public domain under the 70 rule and where they were owned by the Ministry of Information, any other government department or agency, taken by a member of the military during their service or by a photographer commissioned by the services, these are now out of copyright restriction.
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Helmuth Karl Bernhard Graf von Moltke (26 October 1800, Parchim, Mecklenburg-Schwerin ñ 24 April 1891) was a German Field Marshal. The chief of staff of the Prussian Army for thirty years
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Mexican General Jesus Carranza Garzal (1857/1915), brother of Venustiano Carranza and army generals revolutionary constitutionalist..
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Antonio Maceo Grajales, Lieutenant General, Army of Liberation, Cuba
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Alexey Ivanovich Shakhurin (1904-1975) Colonel-General of the engineering and aviation service
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. 1/6th Battalion, Durham Light Infantry Pte Bullough was reported wounded and missing aged 26 on 18 September 1916 during the Battle of the Somme. He is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial. Faces of the First World War Find out more about this First World War Centenary project at www.1914.org/faces. This image is from IWM Collections.
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AT ALL. Honorary grenade Stins Storlien 1909-1920
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Captain Jenkins and Leut. Sherman, circa 1920, Wellington, by Berry & Co.
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Churchill's Mission -- Turn Of The Century saw Winston Churchill in the uniform of the British Army, the start of his long years of service on behalf of the crown. He is now getting ready for another trip to America, with the avowed intention of coordinating western democracies defense. December 23, 1951. (Photo by International News Photo).
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Thailand: General Phraya Bodin Tiranuchit (1867-1961), Thai Minister of Defence 1922-1926
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Photograph of Col C. S. Sharpe Assistant Director General of the BUF. The BUF was a fascist political party in the United Kingdom formed in 1932 by Oswald Mosley (1896-1980) a British politician
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. 8 Battalion, King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry Pte Williamson served with the Machine Gun Section. He was reported missing on 1 July 1916 at the start of the Battle of the Somme. He is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial. Faces of the First World War Find out more about this First World War Centenary project at www.1914.org/faces. This image is from IWM Collections.
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Portraits of Major W.G. Mair, Major J. Lockett, Cap. J. Bryce, and Major W.B. Messenger
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. 60 Squadron, Royal Flying Corps William Avery Bishop, better known as Billy Bishop, Royal Flying Corps was awarded the VC for the following action on the Western Front in France: On 2 June 1917, whilst serving with No 60 Squadron RFC, Bishop flew a solo mission behind enemy lines to attack a German-held aerodrome, where he shot down three aircraft that were taking off to attack him and destroyed several more on the ground. Billy Bishop was born in Ontario, Canada and, on the outbreak of the First World War, served initially with Canadian cavalry regiments. He travelled to England with the 7th Canadian Mounted Rifles on board the CALEDONIA in June 1915. After a month in the trenches on the Western Front, Bishop transferred to the Royal Flying Corps as an observer. He was accepted for pilot training the following year and in March 1917 joined No 60 Squadron RFC on the Western Front, where his success in shooting down enemy aircraft soon gained recognition. After earning the VC (the onl
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Mohondas Karamchand Gandhi (1869-1948), known as Mahatma (Great Soul). Indian Nationalist leader. Gandhi in 1906 as a Red Cross stretcher bearer during the Zulu Rebellion.
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Founding member and engineer Achille Binda. ca. 1890
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Sergeant 1st class branch as a Prince Carnival. He is a Sergeant instructor at the School Infantry Framework, located at the Isabella Kazerne in Den Bosch (Vught). Sergeant branch will later become a well-known instructor at the command training in Roosendaal. A road near the command barracks in Roosendaal is named after him: branch gauge.
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Sir WP Pulteney, British First World War general, (1926). Artist: Unknown
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. 27 Battalion, Manchester Regiment Lt Brown served with A Company. He was killed in action aged 29 on 10 July 1916 during the Battle of the Somme. He is buried at Ovillers Military Cemetery. Faces of the First World War Find out more about this First World War Centenary project at www.1914.org/faces. This image is from IWM Collections.
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Edward Hickling Bradford. Photogravure after Marshal.
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. 21 Battalion, King's Royal Rifle Corps Rflmn Thompson was reported wounded and missing, aged 21, on 17 September 1916 during the Battle of the Somme. His body was retrieved and he is now buried at Caterpillar Valley Cemetery, Longueval. Faces of the First World War Find out more about this First World War Centenary project at www.1914.org/faces. This image is from IWM Collections.
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Marshal Admiral Count It Sukeyuki; also known as It Yk) (20 May 1843 - 16 January 1914) was a career officer and admiral in the Imperial Japanese Navy in Meiji-period Japan.
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. Army Chaplains' Department The Reverend Dixon (1872 - c 1954) was a graduate of Christ's College, Cambridge. He was ordained deacon in 1895 and priest in 1896. He subsequently served as vicar of St Jude, Halfax 1902 - 1916 and then as vicar of St George, Barnsley 1916 - 1928. He was a member of the Chaplain Territorial Force 1913-1924. Faces of the First World War Find out more about this First World War Centenary project at www.1914.org/faces. This image is from IWM Collections.
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The General looking very fit when he left the hospital.General Annabile Bergonzoli the Italian Commander who was captured at Agedabia, left the Military Hospital where he has been receiving treatment since his capture. He is now restored to health and is full of gratitude for the careful nursing he has received, then the General arrived at the hospital, he was in a very weakened condition. and it was suspected that he was suffering from appendicitis. It was found that an operation was unnecessary and gradually he was nursed back to health. May 29, 1941. (Photo by British Official Photograph)
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Admiral Osami Nagano - Japan. May 21, 1946.
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Gen. Legitime
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Greatest civilian soldier .... York As most American are settling down to the awesome task of making out their 1960 tax returns, one man is attracting support in the highest places in his fight to avoid paying 172,000 dollars in back taxes. The man involved is no ordinary American. He is a partially blind, crippled, 73-year-old World War I veteran by the name of Alvin C. York. A poor boy from Tennessee, York at first tried to avoid call-up in World War I on the grounds of conscientious objection
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. 1/5 Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers Private Newton was from Macclesfield. His service number was 45002. He was killed in action on 26 October 1917 aged 22 during the Third Battle of Ypres. He is buried at Poelcapelle British Cemetery. Faces of the First World War Find out more about this First World War Centenary project at www.1914.org/faces. This image is from IWM Collections.
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RUSSIA - 2013: shows Nilolay Sainovich Maidanov 1956-2000, series Heroes of the Russian Federation RUSSIA - CIRCA 2013: A stamp printed in Russia shows Nilolay Sainovich Maidanov 1956-2000, series Heroes of the Russian Federation, circa 2013 Copyright: xZoonar.com/OlgaxPopovax 5214732