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Historical Soldier Portraits

Vintage photographs of soldiers from different eras, showcasing various military uniforms and awards.

'Nos Aviateurs; le sergent Hugues de Rochefort', 1916. From "Collection de la Guerre IV. L'Illustration Tome CXLVIII. La Guerre Juillet, Aout, Septembre, Octobre, Novembre, Decembre 1916".

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Portrait photos (miscellaneous) passport photos. Female captain of the Red Cross with distinction. 1947. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies

Capt. Geo. Fred'k Campbell

Ministry of Information First World War Official Collection Steel cap for wearing under ordinance cap, French splinter gogggles (vision is obtained through thin slits in goggles). And steel dagger gauntlet.

Portrait of a member of De Wa, 1940 - 1944 photograph Portrait of a member of the WA. Free, standing in front of a house. On his collar a distinctive with two stars: companion, the lower frame. Pet with the Wolfsangel, on his left sleeve the triangular emblem of the NSB. Belt diagonally over the chest. It is an older man, with glasses and mustache. The inscription on the back states that it is a member of the Landwacht, founded at the end of 1943. Netherlands photographic support gelatin silver print historical persons Netherlands

. 2 Battalion, Wiltshire Regiment Lt Verran was reported missing, aged 21, on 18 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.

Maj. T. Theodore Roosevelt, Jr. -- Lieut. C.R. Holmes -- Sgt. J.A. Murphy

The History of the Imperial War Museum, 1917-1918

Sleeping soldier. A German Wehrmacht soldier has fallen asleep. Rear State: Holland Sept. 1940. Moses / Uffz. Heins Sarhander Hällt Seinen Mittagschlaf.

Lutinant H. of Langer, February 19, 1916..

. 32 Battalion, Royal Fusiliers Pte Willis of A Company was reported missing, aged 19, on 15 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.

Ministry of Information First World War Official Collection Type of uniform worn by Nurse, Australian Army Medical Corps.

Maria Popova - machine gunner of the Chapaevsk division. 1918.

Oberjäger Reimund Chiusole, 1. Tyrolean imperial hunters, 12 field companie with the large silver tapecreport medal.

Rear Adm. C. McR. Winslow

Atiu, Mauke or Aitutaki black-and-white negatives, Nitrate negatives

Sailor aboard his ship. A sailor in uniform aboard his ship. He poses next to the course of a gun. This is probably the album's compiler. Part of the photo album over the Kriegsmarine 1940-1943.

. 1/5 Battalion, Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) Pte Lawton of B Company, 7 Platoon was reported wounded and missing, aged 20 on 3 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.

World War 1 - Major General Sir Webb Gillman (1870-1933), Chief of the General Staff, was a British Army General during World War 1. Distinguished General, Mesopotamia Expeditionary Force.

. 1 Battalion, The King's (Liverpool Regiment) Lt Evans was reported missing, aged 23, on 8 August 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.

Private J.A. Devons, NZEF, with his father Patrick Devons, mother Catherine McGregor-Devons and brother Michael., 1918, Scotland, maker unknown. Gift of Ian Devon and Joanne Mackay in memory of James Aloysius Devons, 2013.

Robert J. Mullen, died 1918 , Soldiers, World War, 1914-1918

Derby Scenes: H. R. H. Prince of Wales in the paddock. June 6, 1928.

Lt. R.A.J. Warneford

Second World War. For billeting. Ukraine. Upper Soldier of the German Wehrmacht

España. Tarjeta postal de la campaña del Rif. Bandera del tercio de extranjeros en la posición de Tauima. Año 1921.

Albert Ball. November 12, 1940.

Szigeti Karoly, train leader of heavy haubitzenbattery 2/7 with the small silver contraceptive medal.

Photograph #24, 1857, Prisoners, Ireland, History, 1837-1901, Mountjoy Prison, Fenian Brotherhood

Portrait of Lieutenant Hugo Montgomery, 1922 Portrait of Lieutenant Hugo Montgomery, Military Flight Driver. Masked photo.

Rev. Maj. S.C. Black

The Allies: America: Secretary of the Y M C A; The Rev C H Rose of Southport, Indiana. Eugene Burnand (d.1921)

A front cover of The Illustrated London News showing Queen Elizabeth II during the Queen's Birthday Parade of 5th June 1952. Date: 14th June 1952

Viceroy's caddie with his master's golf bag in India.

Colonel Rosmus vom.K.K. ldw.inf.rgt.nro.21.

Postcard celebrating the bravery of injured soldier, H ABERTHUR , of the French Foreign legion. He was awarded the Chevalier of the Legion of Honoré after he had participated in the Battle of El-Bacha MOLL, near T AOL RIT (Morocco).

Dijksmans.

Capt. W.G. Kilner

Mr. Pankey Giving Pep Talk on Safety to Standing Rock Truck Drivers. Central Plains Region (Kansas City, MO). Photographic Print. Department of the Interior. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Standing Rock Agency. 9/17/1947-. Photographs

Capt. W.T. Turner

A Wehrmacht soldier on a fence. A Wehrmachare is sitting on a fence. He has black / white cuffs. Photo associated with album 'Kriegservernerungen'.

Benito Mussolini on horseback during his early morning ride, Rome, Italy, from L'Illustrazione Italiana, Year L, No 5, February 4, 1923.

09/09/1909. Colonel D. Enrique Fernandez Blanco, head of the King's regiment.

K. M Cariappa. March 07, 1949.

Man in H.M.S. Chatham uniform, inscribed Penney 12 Sepia PC, circa 1915, Wellington, by Berry & Co.

Sergeant-Major, Royal Artillery (British Army), in a cricket uniform, 1911, United Kingdom, maker unknown.

H.C. Richardson, naval constructor, U.S.N.

Col. E.F. Taggart

Jack Phillips. John George 'Jack' Phillips Wireless Operator on Titanic. Jack Philips was born in Farncombe, Surrey, on 11th April 1887. Phillips was educated locally and, after learning telegraphy, at a post office, he began working for the Marconi company. He was serving as senior wireless operator on board Titanic, which sank on 15th April 1912. As Titanic was sinking, Phillips worked tirelessly to send wireless messages to nearby ships for help. While Phillips has borne criticism for having

Portrait of a soldier in Uniform, Anonymous, 1941 - 1945 photograph This photo is part of an album. paper. photographic support gelatin silver print historical persons. the soldier; the soldier's life. adult man. (military) uniforms

FARMAN, HENRI AVIADOR FRANCES. 1874-1958 GRABADO DE LA L' ILLUSTRACION.

Gen. W.S. Graves

Maj. Hunter S. Marston

The Allies in World War I, British Empire, New Zealand Sergeant, Otago Regiment, NZEF (of Invercargill, New Zealand)., Historical, digitally restored reproduction from an original from the 19th century.

Photography.Photography in glass and frame, wood, yellow-brown, with gilded inner edge.Displays Admiral L. Lagercrantz in uniform.neg.nr A763 2: 6

British ambulance drivers

El Mariscal de Campo Sir Douglas Haig picture postcards

Approx. 1939,1941, training Wehrmacht, young soldier at the guard, Ulm, Germany, Europe

Francis Octavius Grenfell, V.C., and his twin brother, Riversdale "Rivy" Nonus Grenfell, officers in the 9th Lancers. Francis earned the Victoria Cross in the early weeks of the First World War - awarded for gallantry while saving the guns of the 119th Battery, Royal Field Artillery at Audriegnes, Belgium. Rivy was killed shortly afterwards in September 1914. Francis was also killed in action in 1915. Well known and popular in society, the pair were talented polo players. A trus

Ministry of Information First World War Official Collection Type of uniform worn by British Women's Hospital Transport, Officer and Nursing Orderly.

Ménévillers, France Portrait of Commander Besante in front of the church , 1915 - Picardie - Stéphane Passet (French - Ménévillers , France Portrait du commandant Besante devant l' église). Church, hindewshed, military personality, military uniform, portrait, medal , decoration, man, First World War, Personality, Clothing, Human Beings

Corporal John Alexander French (left), who has been post humously awarded the first VC for operations in New Guinea, and his brother, Sergeant Gordon French (RAAF). Corporal French was killed in the exploit which earned the award. January 16, 1943.

African American WWI soldier stationed in Paris, Sergeant Mitchell Davis, ca. 1915

Capt. Jas. A. Anderson

Sgt. Frank M. Jessee

Field Marshall leewant Karl Scotti Portrait in Field Uniform, with pelerine. X. Army Commando Pipe.

The Allies: America: Infantry Soldier Individual: W A Davis, of Indianapolis Eugene Burnand (d.1931), Drawing, Pastel, Paper, Portrait, Frame, Photograph, Replica, Military, War, Works on Paper

War Industry in Britain 1939-1945 Shipbuilding: Mrs Agnes Smith, a fifty year old mother of ten, was a forewoman of a Greenock shipbuilding yard. She had 45 women to look after and was experienced in most of their jobs herself. During the First World War she worked in an engineering shop on Clydeside for two years.

Canada, Saskatchewan, Regina: RCMP (Royal Canadian Mounted Police) Centenial Museum, Mountie Painting

The Allies in the First World War, Italy, Sailor, Roy L. Berber from San Raphael, California, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, Record date not stated, Europe

Rome, Italy may 1965: Black and white vintage portrait photo of young sailor wearing uniform, possibly taken in the 1960s or 1970s

Property of Albert Kahn, Boulogne, France Mr. Soudieux , (French - Propriété d' Albert Kahn , Boulogne , France Monsieur Soudieux). Military uniform, portrait, rear, hairy, park , garden, man, army, Clothing, human beings, First World War, Habitat , Architecture, Society, Mr Soudieux Portrait , France , Boulogne s, S. , Mr Soudieux

Field Marshal William Joseph 'Bill' Slim, 1st Viscount Slim KG GCB GCMG GCVO GBE DSO MC KS (6 August 1891 - 14 December 1970) was a British military commander and the 13th Governor-General of Australia. He fought in both the First and Second world wars and was wounded in action three times. During World War II he led the 14th Army, the so-called 'forgotten army' in the Burma campaign. From 1953 to 1959 he was Governor-General of Australia, regarded by many Australians as an authentic war hero who had fought with the Anzacs at Gallipoli.

A wooden crate more than a century old is shown Aug. 26 , 2022, at the Fort McCoy History Center in the historic Commemorative Area at Fort McCoy, Wis. The crate was donated to Fort McCoy by Alan McCoy of Sparta, Wis., who is the grandson of Maj. Gen. Robert Bruce McCoy for whom Fort McCoy is named after. The crate, which once carried lard buckets, traces back to the time of Camp Emery Upton and Camp Robinson in Wisconsin around 1910.

' "La Guerre a L'Allemande"; Bien jeune victime: un nourrisson blesse au bras gauche', 1918. From "L'Album de la Guerre 1914-1919, Volume 2" L'Illustration, Paris, 1924.

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