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Military Personnel Portraits

Formal portraits of various military officials from different nations and eras, showcasing their rank and uniform.

Capt W.T. Couchman. July 24, 1947.

Travel Photos Orient. Local in uniform (maybe a policeman), Turkey

Portrait of Nazi officer Fritz Otto Dreesen.

Anefo photo collection. Repatriation Camp Rheine (Germany). Man in a red cross uniform. 1945. Germany, Rheine

The contemporary caption reads: Leader of Latest Antarctic expedition. This photograph of Commander Richard E Byrd was made aboard the whaler C A Larsen as it dropped anchor in the harbor at Wellington in New Zealand while on the way to the Antarctic early in 1929. The Byrd Expedition has a personnel of 64 men, with over 80 dogs, and is equipped with airplanes, radio apparatus, and every moern device. A base was established on the Bay of Whales in the Ross Sea.

. Imperial Russian Navy Victor Dibovsky, an officer of the Russian Imperial Navy, was one of the early pioneers of aviation, learning to fly in 1908. During the First World War, he was deployed on a mission to England where he played an important role in the development of British armed fighter aircraft. In 1916, Dibovsky worked with Warrant Officer F W Scarff (inventor of the Scarff gun mounting) to develop interrupter mechanisms allowing pilots to fire a machine gun straight ahead through a revolving propellor. The Royal Naval Air Service fitted several of the gears (patented as the Scarff-Dibovsky Interrupter Gear) to their Sopwith aircraft. In May 1917, Dibovsky invented an improved machine-gun cartridge belt. After the war, Dibovsky continued to work in aeromechanics in England. 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.

Col. William M. Black

Poll photo collection. Kazerne Rosenborg. Officer, probably the commander, behind his desk in his office in the barracks. March 11, 1954. Denmark, Copenhagen

Anefo photo collection. 35 Repro's topical film truth knows no limits. November 3, 1949

Re-organization of U.S. Army.Vice-Chief of Staff General J. Lawton Collins -- Designed to obviate the necessity for a sudden change in an emergency, the United States Army has been re-organized to place it on a "peace-or-war footing". The rearrangement includes the creation of a new office of ' Vice-Chief of Staff ' which is filled by General J. Lawton Collins, tactician of the last war, who was up to now deputy chief of staff under Gen. Omer Bradley. Gen. Collins would take over when Gen. Bradley was away for field inspections. March 03, 1949. (Photo by Camera Press)

Air Vice Marshal Elmhirst - Air Vice Marshal T.W. Elmhirst C.B.E., A.C.F., Air Officer Administrative of the 2nd Tactical Air Force of the R.A.F. November 01, 1944. (Photo by British Official Photograph).

RVD / Royal House photo collection. Prince Bernhard in Air Force Uniform. 1951

Squadron Leader C.W. Brackenridge. January 6, 1954.

Stins B Börjesson.

Second World War. Netherlands under German crew. Portrait of a member of the German Wehrmacht with whistle (well with the Hague)

Georg A. Lagerlund Stins in Enköping 1/7 1932-30/11 1946. Died 22/5 1961

Anefo / London photo collection. Portraits / Persons / Anefo London series. Captain P. van der Wyck (Wijck). {1940-1945}. Britain, London

Tells Of U.S. Fliers' Orders to Shoot -- Adm. Felix Stump, Commander-in-chief of the Pacific fleet, at a Pentagon news conference this morning, says U.S. fliers are under orders to be "quick on the trigger" if a hostile pass is Made at them, "You don't have to wait and get your head blown off to shoot back." He discussed other details of the shooting down of two Chinese red planes by American fliers. July 26, 1954. (Photo by AP Wirephoto).

Celebrities - Admiral Of The Fleet, Earl Beatty, P.C., G.C.B. First Sea Lord. 19-27. Tock Part In The Battle Of Jutland Bank, 1916. August 20, 1929. (Photo by Sport & General Press Agency Limited).

Artwork: "LT. GEN. Ira C. Eaker" Artist: Bill Carter, USAF Art Collection. Country: Unknown

Wing Commander D.R. Donaldson ex-Brighton R.A.A.F. - R.A.F. Little Horwood, Bucks. January 1, 1945. (Photo by British Official Photograph).

Brig. Gen. R.W. Case , Military officers. Records of U.S. Army Operational

Photograph of Yates Stirling, Jr. (1872-1948) a Rear Admiral in the United States Navy. Dated 1939

Group Captain E.M. Donaldson with the Britannia Trophy after the presentation by Lord Brabazon of Tara.Presentation of the Britannia Trophy to group Captain E.M. Donaldson at the Royal aero club Aviation Centre, Londonderry House, London.The trophy is awarded annually for the most meritorious performance in the air by a British Aviator, and the ceremony was attended by several previous holders of the trophy. March 19, 1947.

Anefo photo collection. Visit from the American Admiral H. Kent Hewitt to the Netherlands. October 1945. Amsterdam

Anefo photo collection. Press conference i.v.m. Fire brigade on Sept. 14. in Amsterdam (fire brigade 100 years) 10, 11 renses. September 4, 1974. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

On guard beneath the Victoria Tower is the custodian, Ronald Foyle. Parliamentary custodians supplement the security of the Palace of Westminster; they were formed in 1932 following the Geddes Parliamentary Report which drastically cut the number of regular police assigned to Parliament. Date: 15th April 1967

General George S. Patton, Jr. (1885-1945) wearing his battle jacket. US Army Photo

Anefo photo collection. Dutch kites trained Canada. 1940-1945}. Canada

Duchess of Gloucester Presents St. John Ambulance Awards -- A Portrait of the Duchess of Gloucester in the uniform of the St. John Ambulance Brigade.The Duchess of Gloucester, taking the place of the Queen as Colonel in Chief of the St. John Ambulance Brigade and wearing uniform for the first time, this afternoon presented awards in the St. John Ambulance brigade competitions at Great central Hotel, London. April 09, 1937. (Photo by Kosmos Press Bureau (Aust.))

ocean surface is covered by the El-Nino sea surface temperature field.

***** Admiral Creasy has been Vice Chief of Naval staff since 1943 and was previously fifth sea ord. Born in 1895, Admiral Creasy has held many important appointments. He had command of H.M.S. Granville when she was lost in action in 1941. He jointed the Admiralty as Naval Assistant to the first sea lord and later became director of Anti-Submarine Warfare until 1942. He returned to sea in 1942 when he was appointed in command the battleship H.M.S. Duke of York, later he became chief staff officer to the late admiral ***** to the allied ***** of Western Europe and was mainly *****. September 13, 1951.

One Man To Have Supreme Power Over Army, Navy And Airforce.France has decided to make one man supreme commander of her Army, Navy, and Air Force. He is General Gamelin, now the Army Chief of staff. As supreme commander of all the French defence forces, Gamelin holds a title that no Frenchman has ever held since Napoleon. January 21, 1938. (Photo by Sport & General Press Agency Limited).

Colour photograph of General Field Marshall Sir Alan Brooke (1883-1963) a senior commander in the British Army and Chief of the Imperial General Staff during World War Two. Dated 1939

Lt. Commander W.F. Cook, R.A.N. of Goolong, Victoria, Commanding Officer of "Nizam" operating with the British Pacific Fleet. July 30, 1945. (Photo by Australian Official Photo).

Air Marshal Sir Arthur 'Mary' Coningham (1895-1948) was a senior officer in the Royal Air Force. During WW1 War he was at Gallipoli with the New Zealand Expeditionary Force. After being discharged he journeyed to England where he joined the Royal Air Force. Coningham was a senior Royal Air Force Commander during WWII.

USA: General George Smith Patton Jr. (1885-1945), United States military commander in North Africa and Europe during World War II, c. 1945

Black and white photograph of World War II (1939-1945); portraits of Russian Marshal Kliment Vorochilov (1881-1969).

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC portrait college. Thomson. Colonel a.a.j.j. Thomson, Commander 1st Infantry Brigade Group. November 1947. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies

N.A. Kucherenko co-headed development of the medium T-34 tank in 1940. The T-34 was the most mass-produced tank of WWII.

A Commander in Korea - Brigadier General John H. Church, United States Army, one of the commanders in charge of Ground Troops in Korea. July 26, 1950. (Photo by Paul Popper Ltd.).

Col. Lutz , Military officers. Records of U.S. Army Operational

The King enjoys a joke as he examines war equipment.The King visits an arms factory where, instead of fountain pens and Ashtrays, parts of field telephones, wireless components, seats for fighter planes, and insulators are now being made.The King in Air Force uniform enjoyed a joke as he examined war equipment in an arms factory, where field telephones and wireless components for fighter planes were made in World War II. March 26, 1952. (Photo by Ministry Of Information).

Fritsch - commander of the field police. Hoffmann Photographs 1933 Adolf Hitler's official photographer, and a Nazi politician and publisher, who was a member of Hitler's intimate circle.

Second World War. Netherlands under German crew. Portrait of a Wehrmaching member (probably at The Hague)

Lieuten. General Stilwell, commander of United States Army forces in China, Burma and India. October 31, 1944. (Photo by U.S. Office of War Information).

Portrait of General Major der Cavalry C. Dekker.

. 6 Battalion, Cameron Highlanders Private Charles James Neville served with 'B' Company, 6 Battalion, Cameron Highlanders. He originated from Glasgow. His service number was 14757. He was recorded as missing on 26 September 1915 during the Battle of Loos, aged 19. He commemorated at the Loos 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.

General Matthew Ridgeway, as a four star General standing in front of a map of Japan. In April 1951 he replaced Gen. Douglas MacArthur as Commander of UN forces in Korea and as Military Governor of Japan. He oversaw the restoration of Japan's sovereignty (BSLOC_2016_7_28)

Russia/Germany: Field Marshal Erich Von Manstein (1887-1973), senior German commander at the Battles of Stalingrad, Kharkov and Kursk

Albert Kesselring, German marshal, portrait (unknown date) .

. Royal Field Artillery Lieutenant E St V Nepean MC (Military Cross) served with the Royal Field Artillery during 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. 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.

CORONEL - JEFE DEL SERVICIO GEOGRAFICO DEL EJERECITO - SIGLO XX. Location: SERVICIO GEOGRAFICO DEL EJERCITO. MADRID.

Major kite W. (Willem) Breeschoten.Commander 311 Squadron from 8 August 1980 to November 1981.

MOSCARDO , JOSE. MILITAR ESPAÑOL . MADRID 1878 - 1956.

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Colonel English with his staff. Portrait of Colonel E. Engles behind his desk. June 1946. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies

Anefo photo collection. Farewell reception by G. Kooiman, Commandeur 1st class of the Amsterdam fire brigade. December 11, 1970. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

New light was thrown on the case of Major Charles Cousens yesterday by former prisoner of war, Sergt.-Major S. W. Thompson, of 2/19 Battalion.With the full approval of the men of the AIF whom he had commanded, Major Cousens obeyed an order by the Japanese to proceed to Tokio to broadcast, said Thompson. October 18, 1945.

MUOZ GRANDES, AgustÌn (Madrid, 1896-1970). Militar y polÌtico espaÒol. Al inicio de la Guerra Civil pasÛ a la zona nacional. Ministro secretario general del Movimiento (1939-40). MandÛ la DivisiÛn Azul (1941) y fue Ministro del EjÈrcito (1951-57). Vicepresidente del Gobierno (1962-67) y vicepresidente del Consejo del Reino en 1967.

Lieutenant-Colonel-kite A.J. Meulenbroek, born in 1930.

Anefo photo collection. Official opening NATO headquarters in Brunssum, von Kielmansegg to the word (head). June 1, 1967. Brunssum

Artwork: "GEN John P. McConnell" Artist: Louis Behan. Country: Unknown

Aviation Australia, Butler, C.A. September 01, 1937.

General Major Kite G.W. (Gijsbertus Willem) De Zwaan, (1912-1991). Deputy Chef of the Air Force Staff from 3 to 1966 to 8/21/1967.

the statues of london book sir arthur harris by faith winter (born 1927) material bronze unveiled 1992 location in front of st clement danes church, the strand, wc2

Ill-Fated FlightThe Late General Marquis de Pinedo, the famous Italian airman, photographed just before attempt which cost him his life. September 18, 1933. (Photo by Associated Press Photo).

Portrait of the commander of the mine sweep Hr.Ms. Naarden (1956-1996) Lieutenant-Ter-Sea Special Service 2nd Class Oldest category P. van de Berg in April 1990.

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Passports IX. Vandrig Air Force?. 1947. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies

Lieutenant General W D Morgan, the Chief of Staff to the Supreme Allied Commander of the Mediterranean Forces, Field Marshal Alexander, at his desk in front of a map showing the Mediterranean area at AFHQ, Caserta, Italy.

Korea V.C. Home -- Private Bill Speakman with the coconut he brought home from Korea for his kid brother Bert.Private William Speakman, who was awarded the Victoria Cross in Korea, was greeted by the Mayor of his home town Altrincham, Cheshire, when he arrived from the Far East at Lyneham Airport to-day. January 29, 1952. (Photo by Daily Mail Contract Picture).

Kurt Daluege (1897 - 1946); chief of the national uniformed Ordnungspolizei (Order Police) of Nazi Germany. Following Reinhard Heydrich's assassination in 1942, he served as Deputy Protector for the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia. After the end of World War II, he was extradited to Czechoslovakia, tried, convicted and executed in 1946.

Hermann von Francois, 1856 - 1933, German general of infantry, historically, digitally restored reproduction of a template from the 19th century, Record Date Not Stated,

MIAJA MENANT , JOSE. MILITAR ESPAÑOL. OVIEDO 1878 - 1958. REPRODUCCION FOTO. JOSE MAIJA MENANT.

Anefo photo collection. Painting uniform naval officer. 14, 1948

Portrait of Lieutenant General of the Genie M. Schouten, Commander 1 Army Corps.

United States Army General Crowder / General Enoch Crowder ca. early 1900s who implemented the selective service in 1917.

Artwork: "LGEN Barton K. Yount, Commander, Air Training Command, July 7, 1943 - April 12, 1946" Artist: John McKenna. Country: Unknown

Chen was born in Lezhi, near Chengdu, Sichuan, into a moderately wealthy magistrate's family. A comrade of Lin Biao from their guerilla days, Chen was a commander of the New Fourth Army during the Sino-Japanese War (1937-1945), spearheaded the Shandong counter-offensive during the Chinese Civil War, and later commanded the Communist armies that defeated the KMT forces at Huai-Hai and conquered the lower Yangtze region in 1948-49. He was made a Marshal of the People's Liberation Army (PLA) in 1955. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, Chen became mayor of Shanghai. He also served as vice premier from 1954 to 1972 and foreign minister from 1958 to 1972 and president of the China Foreign Affairs University from 1961 to 1969. During the Cultural Revolution, he was purged in 1967, but not officially dismissed, so Zhou Enlai performed the duties of foreign minister in his place. After Marshal Lin Biao's death in 1971, he was restored to favor, although not to his former powe

DF-SC-86-03683. Country: Unknown

General Sir Alan Brooke, Chief of General Staff, 1942 The Chief of General Staff, General Sir Alan Brooke at his desk in the War Office in London.

CHIEF MASTER SGT. Richard Gloss of the 43rd Strategic Wing, in charge of safety standards and transportation of local labor during the dismantling and scrapping of three B-52D aircraft. The strategic bombers were discarded in accordance with the SALT II t. Base: Andersen Air Base State: Guam (GU) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Retired U.S. Air Force Lt. Gen. John Gonge, stands for a portrait during Team Travis Air Force 75th anniversary gala at the Sunrise Banquet Hall in Vacaville, California, Sept. 16, 2022. Airmen provide America with the airpower it needs to defend the nation, deter or defeat our adversaries, reassure our partners and allies and help diplomacy proceed from a position of strength, which was celebrated at this years gala.

NATO Flag. Photographs of Marshall Plan Programs, Exhibits, and Personnel

CDR Jean F. Maguire, USN (covered). Country: Unknown

MAXIMILIAN SCHELL in CROSS OF IRON (1977), directed by SAM PECKINPAH.

Col. Alfred Bowman, Chief officer of allied Military Government of 13 Corps. June 01, 1946.

Portrait of Lieutenant at sea 1st class J.G. Van der Burg, commander of HR. Ms. Vlaardingen. Selection from Objects series 0075-052-031.

Anefo photo collection. National Socialist Movement. Ir F. E. Müller, Agent Utrecht. 1940. Utrecht

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