Historical Military Portraits

Vintage portraits featuring military personnel in various uniforms, highlighting their rank and attire, with a somber and formal mood.

Sir David Beatty, who commanded the British battle cruiser squadron at the Battle of Jutland, considered the only major naval battle of World War I and the largest. Between the British and the Germans, it changed the course of the war. the Battle of Jutland confirmed British naval dominance and secured its control of shipping lanes, The engagement allowed Britain to implement the blockade that would contribute to Germanys eventual defeat in 1918.

Oberleutnant Anton Janowsky. .

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Lieut. Fred Mears

Lieutenant of Tschpsertaler. .

. 7 Battalion, Durham Light Infantry Second Lieutenant Frank Calder Tilbrook joined the Grimsby Chums (10th Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment) as soon as he turned 19 on 3 October 1914. He accepted a commission and became a second lieutenant in the 7th Battalion, Durham Light Infantry, on 1 August 1915. He was attached to 231st Field Company, Royal Engineers, as an acting captain at the time of his death. After training at Houghton-le-Spring, he left for France on 10 November 1916. He was killed in action on 10 April 1918, aged 22. He is buried at Haverskerque British Cemetery in France. 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.

Man, in uniform jacket, visiting format, Carte de Visite, photograph fixed on cardboard, format from approx. 6 × 9 cm, from approx. 1860 the Carte de ...

Gen. Lord Methuen

. 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.

Colonel Gellinek K.A. The regimental group .MARMOLATA. .

Sir David Beatty, who commanded the British battle cruiser squadron at the Battle of Jutland, considered the only major naval battle of World War I and the largest. Between the British and the Germans, it changed the course of the war. the Battle of Jutland confirmed British naval dominance and secured its control of shipping lanes, The engagement allowed Britain to implement the blockade that would contribute to Germanys eventual defeat in 1918.

Colonel Julius Funny-Prean by Preanfeld. Commander of the 2nd Kaiserjäger Brigade.

Admiral Henry T. Mayo , Admirals, Mayo, Henry T. Henry Thomas, 1856-1937. The Massachusetts WPA Federal Art Project Photograph Collection

Portrait of a soldier. .

Leutnant Klauer. .

Major Karl Placek. .

. 5 Battalion, Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) Lt Dodson served with the regiment from 1917 onwards. He was made acting captain on 28 May 1918 and is believed to have survived the First World War. 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.

. 10 Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Force Private Cooke was born in Brighton, Sussex in 1889. As a young boy, he sang as a chorister in Westminster Abbey. He relocated to Canada in 1913 where he was working as a clerk at City Hall, Medicine Hat, Alberta at the start of the First World War. After receiving several rejections for army service, due to short sight, he enlisted with the Alberta Regiment of the Canadian Infantry on 6 July 1915, travelling to England with his battalion the following May. During this period, he composed a poem entitled 'Why' which questioned the need for war. Private Cooke was promoted to corporal but resigned stripes, preferring to serve on the Western Front. He was wounded at Ypres on 14 June 1916, within a few weeks of arriving at the front and died of his injuries, aged 26, the following day. Private Cooke is buried at Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery. Faces of the First World War Find out more about this First World War Centenary project at www.1914.org/

Portrait of Lieutenant Colonel William Briggs Grandage, a member of the St. Albans Medical Club

Photograph of Pyotr Nikolayevich Wrangel (1878-1928) an officer in the Imperial Russian Army and later commanding general of the anti-Bolshevik White Army. Dated 19th Century

Portrait of a soldier black-and-white negatives, gelatin dry plate negatives, studio portraits

Photograph of Private H. J. Rolfes, 1916, New Zealand, by The Crown Studio (Christchurch). Gift of Phyllis Rolfes, 1974.

Portrait of a soldier inscribed Oliver, 1914-1915, Wellington, by Berry & Co.

Police Lieut. Chas. Becker - N.Y.

Portrait of military air pioneer Tor von Johnstone . Portrait of military air pioneer Tor von Johnstone, from the northern Skåne infantry regiment. The portrait is signed by Johnstone.

. 1/9 Battalion, London Regiment (Queen Victoria's Rifles) Rfmn Orton was reported missing, aged 19 on 9 October 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.

. No 1 Squadron, Royal Flying Corps and Highland Light Infantry Lt Ellis served initially with the Highland Light Infantry before transferring to the Royal Flying Corps. Together with 2 Lieutenant C C Godwin, Lt Ellis went missing, aged 23, during flying operations on 17 October 1916. His body, together with that of Lt Godwin, was subsequently located. Both are buried at Pont-du-Hem Military Cemetery, La Gorgue. 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.

Portrait of officer , Military officers. Records of U.S. Army Operational

Col. J.P. Finley

Portrait of the Right Honourable and reverend Arthur Foley Winnington-Ingram, D.D. Bishop of London, and Chaplain to the London Rifle Brigade.

Portrait of a soldier in Uniform, Anonymous, 1937 - 1945 photograph This photo is part of an album. Netherlands paper. photographic support gelatin silver print historical persons. youth, adolescent

Close up head and shoulders portrait of a European police officer. Original manuscript caption: EPC Drake E.A. Police.

Fernando BarrÛn y Ortiz (1892ñ1952). Spanish military officer. One of the five commanders of the natives troops in Africa, he supported the military coup of July 1936 which started the Spanish Civil War. Later, he was one of the commanders of the Spanish Army of Africa in its advance towards Madrid

Lutension of Zoglauer. .

Adm. Sir A. Fanshawe

military man with moustache wearing a cap, a pin on his lapel; 1880 - 1885; Albumen silver print

Colonel Tracy C. Dickson, Commanding Officer, Watertown Arsenal, 1917-1918 , Military officers. Records of U.S. Army Operational

. Royal Sussex Regiment Captain Ellis served with the Adjutant Service Battalion of the Royal Sussex Regiment from 31 July 1916 until February 1919. In the course of his service he was awarded the Military Cross. 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.

Robert T. Lincoln 19th Century Mathew Brady, Quartermaster, and Other Civil War Photographs

Adm. R.E. Wemyss

. 9 (Glasgow Highlanders) Battalion, Highland Light Infantry Lt Ogg was reported missing, aged 18, on 15 July 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. 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.

Portrait of an unknown man in Uniform, Anonymous, 1900 - 1914 Photograph. visit card baryta paper. cardboard gelatin silver print adult man. (military) uniforms. anonymous historical person portrayed

Pre 1914 Victoria Cross Holders Head and shoulders portrait of Private Thomas Ashford, VC, Royal Fusiliers, Afghan War, 1880

Captain Bruce Bairnsfather (1888 - 1959), British soldier, artist and cartoonist. Best known for creating "Old Bill" during World War I for The Bystander magazine. Date: 1916

Lieutenant General Sir Frederick Charles Shaw KCB; PC (18611942) was a British Army general who served in the Boer War and the First World War

Ministry of Information First World War Official Collection Sergeant D.F. Hunter VC

Portrait of military officer , Military officers. Records of U.S. Army Operational

Lt. Paul C. Venable

A member of the 15th Reinforcements, New Zealand Expeditionary Force (NZEF) photographic postcards, gelatin silver prints, studio portraits

. 16 Battalion, West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) Private Herbert Naylor served with the 16th Battalion, West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own). His service number was 36807. He was recorded as missing on 3 May 1917 aged 25. He was married to Mebel Naylor of Leeds. He is commemorated at the Arras 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.

Thomas Christopher Gollins, April 1918, Wellington, by Berry & Co.

Adm. Noble E. Irwin

Ministry of Information First World War Official Collection James Crichton (Private) VC Auckland Regiment, N.Z. On 30th September 1918 during an advance, he was wounded but he went forward, swam across a river with a message and saved a bridge from destruction at Crevecouer.

Man, visit format, Carte de Visite, photograph fixed on cardboard in the format from approx. 6 × 9 cm, from approx. 1860 the Carte de Visite became ve...

07/31/1921. The captain of Ceriñola D. Arturo Bulnes, who perished in the battle of Igueriben.

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Lt. Howard L. Smith

. 16 Battalion, Royal Scots CSM Scott was reported missing, believed wounded in the right shoulder, 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.

Photograph of General Georges Blanchard (1877-1954) French military officer. Dated 1941

General Sir Archibald James Murray (1860-1945), British Army officer, 1917. Artist: Unknown

War painter Oblt.Hans Eder.

. Royal Navy Lieutenant C Naylor received the Distinguished Service Order and the Distinguished Service Cross. 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.

08/31/1919. Mr. José Navarro Margati, Infantry Captain, who died yesterday in Getafe, victim of an aviation accident.

. 10 Battalion (attached 7 Battalion), East Lancashire Regiment Lt Brown was reported missing during an attack on Grandcourt Trench on 13 November 1916 during the Battle of the Somme. He is buried at Grandcourt Road Cemetery, Grandcourt. 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.

Richard Weir Battersby, 1917-1918, Wellington, by Berry & Co.

. Hood Battalion, Royal Naval Division Lieutenant the Honourable Maurice Henry Nelson Hood served with the Hood Battalion, Royal Naval Division. He had joined the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve. He was last seen alive on 4 June 1915 during the Gallipoli Campaign, aged 24. Along with 20 other men, he had come under heavy fire in a trench subsequently reoccupied by Turkish soldiers. He is commemorated at the Helles 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.

Ronda (Málaga), January 1933. Capture and death of the bandit Flores Arocha in Arroyo Hondo, Fuenfría district (Málaga), in the Serranía de Ronda. In the image, Teodoro López, Civil Guard killed by the bandit in Arroyo Hondo during the encounter with the Benemérita that also cost the life of Flores Arocha.

Capt. Cornelius Beard

Photographic portrait of Lieutenant Sampson Sladen, the Chief Officer of the London Fire Brigade, photographed in full uniform, 1909. Date: 1909

España. Guerra civil (1936-1939). Militar del ejército nacional. Eduardo Sáenz de Buruaga (1893-1964).

Winston Churchill (1874-1965) - British statesman and former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom as a young man in the uniform of a cavalry cadet. Date: circa 1893

Fifth Ave. Police

. 10 Battalion, Royal Welsh Fusiliers Lt Vernon was awarded the Military Cross for conspicuous gallantry during the Battle of the Somme in August 1916. He was killed in action near Wancourt on 18 June 1917. Lt Vernon is buried at Feuchy Chapel British Cemetery, Wancourt. 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.

. Eastern Ontario Regiment Staff Officer Col Bennett served as the quarter master general for No 4 Military District in Canada. He was awarded the Distinguished Service Order in 1918 and survived the war. 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.

Gen. Archinard

Reverend Edward Noel Mellish VC, c1916, (c1920). Portrait of the 'Fighting Parson' - British army chaplain Noel Mellish (1880-1962), was 'awarded the Victoria Cross for rescuing Wounded Men under Fire' at St Eloi in Flanders during the First World War. 'Under continuous and heavy shell and machine-gun fire he brought in ten badly wounded men on the first day, seeming to bear a charmed life. On the second day the battalion to which he was attached was relieved, but he went back and brought in twelve more wounded men'. From "The Great World War: A History", Volume V, edited by Frank A

C. Benck, West Point cadet 19th Century Mathew Brady, Quartermaster, and Other Civil War Photographs

Lieut. H.L. Eddy

FAL-CONDE - RETRATO EN BLANCO Y NEGRO- DIRIGENTE DEL OPERATIVO CARLISTA- GUERRA CIVIL ESPAÑOLA. Location: BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL-COLECCION. MADRID. SPAIN.

Madelon Battle Hancock (1881 - 1930), known as Glory Hancock was the most decorated woman of the First World War, with twelve medals awarded in total for her work and bravery at Belgian hospitals near the front line during the First World War. Date: 1917

. 21 Battalion, Middlesex Regiment (Islington's Own) CSM Odam was killed in action, aged 24, on 23 March 1918. He is commemorated on the Arras Memorial. Photograph presented by his mother, Mrs E Odam of Islington, London N1 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.

Nationalist army Colonel Marcelino Gavilan Almuzara;Spanish Civil War. Dated 1937

General Sir Walter King Venning GCB CMG CBE MC (17 January 1882 - 19 June 1964) was a British Army officer and administrator who served in both World Wars. Known for his excellency as an administrator, he served as Quartermaster-General to the Forces from 1939 to 1942 and Director General of the British Supply Mission in Washington, D.C. from 1942 to 1945.

Gen. Francis Barlow

Rear Admiral Harry G. Hamlet, Commandant of the U. S. Coast Guard. Rear Admiral Harry G. Hamlet, Commandant of the U. S. Coast Guard, (N) (Personnel - Individuals).

Gelatin silver print - Portrait of an unidentified military man, Montreal, Quebec, 1939-1945 Studio Ovila Allard (1908-1990)

Portrait of Lieutenant Artur Henricson, 1935 Portrait of Lieutenant Artur Henricson, Military Flight Driver and Air Span.

Portrait of officer , Military officers. Records of U.S. Army Operational

Constantine Galinauskas, died 1918 , Soldiers, World War, 1914-1918

Admiral David BEATTY, 1871-1936, commander-in-chief of the British North Sea fleet, 1916-1918

Rear Admiral Frederick C. Billard, Commandant, United States Coast Guard 1924-1932.

Description: Mr E.P. Hill. Appointed Cadet 1920 Description: Mr G.C. Fenton. appointed as Wireless assistant. 23 September 1920. asia, malaysia, borneo, sabah, asiathroughalens

Major Charles Young.. Photographs. 1902. Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Jean Blackwell Hutson Research and Reference Division. Spanish-American War, 1898, African American soldiers, African American college graduates

Lt. Robt. M. McNaught

Portret van een lid van de WA; NSB.Portrait of a member of the WA. On his collar a distinctive with two stars: companion, a low rank. At its right sleeve, the Wolfsangel (WA symbol) and around his chest a Nestel: adjutant. Barehead.

. 12 Battalion, Middlesex Regiment Pte Odell of B Company was reported wounded and missing, age 26, on 26 September 1916 during the Battle of the Somme. He is buried at Lonsdale Cemetery, Authuille. 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.

. 2 Battalion, Royal Scots Lance Corporal Owen died, aged 23, of wounds received in action at Arras on 3 May 1917. He had received a facial wound a few days earlier, but had chosen to remain on duty and was fatally wounded by shellfire. Lance Corporal Owen is buried at Duisans British Cemetery, Etrun. 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.

Station inspector Ola Ohlsson.

Admiral Richard L. Conolly -- Admiral H. Kent Hewitt handed over today command of the United States naval forces in Europe to Admiral Richard L. Conolly at a ceremony at Southampton on the cruiser Houston, flagship of the United States Twelfth Fleet.Admiral Hewitt will return to he United States for reassignment.Admiral Conolly traveled from Paris, where he has been serving US naval adviser to Secretary ***** at the peace conference.The Houston will leave Southampton on Thursday for exercises. November 19, 1946. (Photo by The New York Times)

Lieut. Mucke

07/31/1936. With the false name of Juan López, he entered Spain to participate in the civil war on the National side, to which Franco opposed, asserting that a future King of All Spaniards could not fight on one of the two contending sides.

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