Portraits of Military Leaders

Classic portraits of military leaders in formal attire, capturing the historical essence of military command from different eras.

Capt. E. Messner, in uniform 10 2 1909.

Lt. Com. Chas. Belknap

Capt. E. Messner, in uniform 10 2 1909.

Adm. H.H. Hough

Excell.fmlt.v. Hinke. .

War album 28, picture 7804.

Gen. Sir A. Barrett

Gen. Sir Jas. M. Grierson

Portrait of military air pioneer Åke Brillioth, 1910s . Portrait of military air pioneer Åke Brillioth from the general staff.

. King's Royal Rifle Corps 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.

. 5 Battalion, North Staffordshire Regiment Lt Green served four years in the Territorials before rejoining in September 1914. He was posted to the Western Front on 3 March 1915 and wounded on 1 July 1916 at the start of the Battle of the Somme. Lt Green was killed at Lens, aged 24, on 1 July 1917. On 25 August 1917, Lt Green was posthumously awarded the Military Cross for his action on 14 June when he led a trench raid and then spent an hour in no man's land searching for wounded. The medal was eventually presented to his mother by Sir John Maxwell during a special investiture held at Nottingham Castle in March 1918. Lt Green is commemorated on 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.

Carl Martin Paulsen born 1876 died 14/9 1943 Stins Katrineholm 1917

. North Staffordshire Regiment Lieutenant Newman enlisted with the Queen's Westminster Rifles on the outbreak of war in August 1914. He was posted to the Western Front on 20 February 1915. Following the Battle of Hooge, he was invalided home and acquired a commission in the North Staffordshire Regiment. Lt Newman returned to active service on the Western Front in July 1916 and saw action during the Battle of the Somme. He was killed, aged 24, at Gavrelle during the Battle of Arras on 28 April 1917. Lt Newman is buried at Aubigny Communal Cemetery. Photograph presented by his wife, Mrs Torp-Newman of London NW. 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.

War album 43, picture 11647.

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

Military assistants at E.J. (Individual railways) Lieutenant Martin Fornander J 11 mta at not 1918-1921

Captain Archibald Willingham Butt, soldier and story writer whom Mr. Taft has selected for his personal military aide

07/31/1919. The lieutenant of the Security Corps, Mr. Julio Maeso, died due to Fonseca presentation.

. Royal Air Force Major Carmichael earned a DSO. 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 x 9 cm, from approx. 1860 the Carte de Visite became very popular and contributed significantly to the spread of photography, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, exact date unknown

Miguel Ángel García Hernández (1900 - 1930). Spanish soldier who led the attempted rebellion Republican uprising known as Sublevación de Jaca, along with Fermín Galán Rodríguez in December 1930

War album 28, picture 7806.

Flying Lieut. Bolke i.e., Boelcke

Capt. W.R. Hall

Air Vice-Marshal A.M. Longmore C.B. D.S.O. -- Air Vice Marshal A.M. Longmore C.B. D.S.O., who is to take over the command of the Coastal Area, with headquarters at Lee-on-Solent, on October 1st.Air Vice Marshal Longmore was in command of the R.A.F. units which took part last week in the combined operations off the East Coast. October 21, 1934.

Naumburg, Juhl, Fritz, Portrait of a man in military uniform, verso - printed, This photo is part of an album., photograph, foto, carte-de-visite, album page, photos, Fritz Juhl, NAUMBURG a, S., Wenzelspromenade 6., Anerkennungen:, Sr. Mai. d. Königs v. Schweden., JKH d. Grossherzogin v. Baden., Ehrende Erwähnung:, Hannover 1897., height 84 mm, width 53 mm, photographer, 1897 - 1920, cardboard, photographic paper, photo paper, matte daylight collodion silver print

Admiral Mayo

Telling Tommies' tales Description: Correspondence from a staff member at the Great Western Railway office in Paddington, London, who went to war.

11/30/1914. General Falkenhayen, new chief of the German general staff. Photo: Berliner -Approximate date.

Photograph of Clarence Lawson Wood (1878-1957), successful illustrator and comic artist. Pictured in uniform during World War One when he was a balloonist with the RFC. Date: 1918

United States Army General Edward John McClernand ca. early 1900s.

. Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, HMS President Sub-Lieutenant Wallace served with the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, based at HMS President in London. 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.

Capt. Rene Redmond

. 12/13 Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers Lt Doman served on the Western Front. On 21 March 1918, during the German assault, he was wounded in both legs and taken prisoner. Lt Doman died of his wounds, aged 21, while being held prisoner, on 11 June 1918. He is buried at Poznan Garrison 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.

Historical photo from 1870, man in uniform, photographed by Atelier Wettern, Reeperbahn, Hamburg, Germany, digitally restored reproduction of an origi...

Photograph of Maxime Weygand (1867-1965) a French military commander in World War I and World War II. Dated 20th Century

'Lieut. Dan Godfrey (1831-1903) c1890, Bandmaster of the Grenadier Guards for forty years from 1856. The first bandmaster to obtain commisioned rank.'

Comdr. P.N.L. Bellinger

05/31/1913. The soldier of the Ceriñola infantry regiment, No. 42, Juan Bautista la Sarda Diego, for whom the prosecutor also requested the death penalty for desertion to the enemy with Weapons and Ammunition.

General von Steffen, German cavalry commander in World War One 1915

Admiral Wainwright, portrait bust, in uniform

. 10 Battalion, Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) Little is known about Lt Sharp, who is believed to have survived the war. 10 Battalion was also known as the Stockbrokers Battalion, a reference to its origins as a battalion raised by the Lord Mayor and City of London on 21 August 1914. The battalion served on the Western Front and was heavily involved in fighting there on the Somme in 1916, as well as the battles of 1917 - 1918. 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.

. Essex Regiment 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 military air pioneer Franz Zetterlund . Portrait of military air pioneer Franz Zetterlund from Jämtland's field hunting regiment.

Brig. Gen. C. L'H. Ruggles, Ord. Dept. Commanding Officer, Watertown Arsenal, 1907-1908 , Military officers. Records of U.S. Army Operational

Property of Albert Kahn, Boulogne, France Mr. Holmes , (French - Propriété d' Albert Kahn , Boulogne , France Monsieur Holmes). Military uniform, shipwrecked image, portrait, man, army, Clothing, human beings, society, France, Boulogne, Mr Holmes (MN Lyotez illegible)

Superinspector Per Georg Jacob Moberg.

Corporal, inscribed 'Wilcox', 1916-1918, Wellington, by Berry & Co.

Lt. Col. Sam Reber

Lt. Com. D.W. Bagley

. 13th Hussars Private Jordan was killed during the Charge of 13th Hussars at Lajj, Mesopotamia on 5 March 1917 during General Maude's advance on Baghdad. He is commemorated at the Baghdad (North Gate) War Cemetery, Iraq. Lieutenant-General Sir Stanley Maude's despatch described the action at Lajj as follows: 'On the 5th, the supply situation having been rapidly re-adjusted, Lieut.-General Marshall marched to Zeur (18 miles), preceded by the cavalry, which moved seven miles further to Lajj. Here the Turkish rearguard was found in an entrenched position, very difficult to locate by reason of a dense dust storm that was blowing and of a network of nalas, with which the country is intersected. The cavalry was hotly engaged with the enemy in this locality throughout the day, and took some prisoners. A noticeable feature of the day's work was a brilliant charge made, mounted, by the Hussars straight into the Turkish trenches.' Photograph presented by Hon. Mr Justice Eve. According to the 13

Landstunn JNG. (Possibly engineer) Lieutenant Lajos Gawel The photos served as the basis for WK1_alb003_00886, an overview of the officers and military officials, which appeared for Christmas 1916

. 5 Battalion, Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment) Captain and Adjutant Lewes enlisted in 1915. He was killed in action near Gommecourt on 1 July 1916 at the start of the Battle of the Somme. He is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial. Photograph presented by his mother, Mrs Lewes of London W2. 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.

Second World War. Relatives of the German Wehrmacht in front of a brick construction (probably in Holland)

General Walter von Boltenstern Operation Barbarossa - German Invasion of Russia, 1941 - 15th Infantary Division of the Thuringia-Kurhessen Division

British soldier, Howshera, 1917. Artist: Unknown

. Sidney Hills Naylor was Senior First Class Wireless Telegraph Operator. He became a lecturer in wireless communications at Marconi House. 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.

. Second Lieutenant James Hope Nelson was born on 26 February 1883. He was married and came from Wellesbourne Hall, Wellesbourne, Warwick. He served with the 12th Royal Lancers as a second lieutenant. He was given 6 weeks sick leave in July 1916 suffering from asthma, being given permission to spend his leave at Mont Dore, France. A medical board on 23 October 1916 found him to be unfit for general and home service for 2 months and light duties for 1 month. After having taken all the full sick pay to which he was entitled, Hope Nelson was informed that his commission was to be relinquished. This occured on 28 November 1916, although he was informed that should his health improve, an application for a re-appointment would be given consideration. On 16 December 1916 Lieutenant Colonel W Kirk, Commanding 6th Reserve Cavalry based at Castleknock, Dublin, provided a letter for Hope Nelson, stating that he had '...seen a medical certification for Hope Nelson, and that he would be most useful

March 1924. D. Jaime Janer Robinson, Commander of the cruiser "Cataluña", who died as a result of a grenade fired by the Moors exploding on deck.

27 Battalion, 7 Brigade, Australian Imperial Force Signaller Arthur Thorn served with 'C' Company, 27 Battalion, 7 Brigade, Australian Imperial Force. His service number was 2238. He set sail from Australia on 20 September 1915 with the fourth reinforcement of troops, reaching France on 18 April 1916. He was wounded on 5 August 1916 during the Second Battle of Pozières and spent three weeks in Étaples Hospital before rejoining his unit. He was recorded as missing on 5 November 1916, aged 30. It was reported that he was left badly wounded with others in a German trench and assumed he was either taken prisoner or died. He was married with a young child. He is commemorated at the Villers-Bretonneux 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 Admiral John R. Jellicoe (1859-1935), supreme commander of the British fleets in 1914. Although criticised at the time of the Battle of Jutland for failing to categorically defeat the German navy, Jellicoe did succeed in neutralising the German threat for the remainder of the war. He became 1st Sea Lord of the Admiralty in 1916, was promoted to Admiral of the Fleet in 1919 and became Governer of New Zealand in 1920. He was created Viscount Jellicoe of Scapa in 1918 in recognitio

Field Marshall Sir Douglas Haig (1861 - 1928). Commander-in-chief of the British Forces in France and Flanders during the Great War. Date: circa 1920

Admiral Sir Henry Bradwardine Jackson (1855-1929), a Yorkshire man, who reached the twin pinnacles of a naval officer of the Royal Navy officers career serving as First Sea Lord from 1915-1916 during World War One and promoted to the rank of Admiral of the Fleet in 1919. 1915.

. 2nd Battalion, King's Royal Rifle Corps (60th) Captain Frederick John Lawrie Johnstone was educated at Eton where he became a Cadet Officer with the Officer Training Corps (OTC). Rather than take up his place at Christ Church, Oxford, he was gazetted to 60th Rifles in November 1914. He suffered serious injuries in an attack in Picardy on 20 August 1916. He died, aged 21, in a hospital at Abbeville on 29 August. He was posthumously awarded the Military Cross for his gallantry in action. 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.

Reserve second lieutenant observer W.P. Anema. 320 Squadron 2nd World War.

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

Lt. Neal B. Finley

Portrait of a man in uniform, circa 1920, Wellington, by Berry & Co.

Sgt. Geo. A. Klein

Colonel Charles T. Harris, Jr., Commanding Officer, Watertown Arsenal, 1937 , Military officers. Records of U.S. Army Operational

Coles in World War I. When he returned, he and his brother George founded chain stores. July 6, 1953.

Turkish Army Officer - Bezmi Bey - Adana, Turkey. Sent as a 'Bayram card' (religious festival in Turkey) to his family in Isanbul from the Far East of Turkey - 28th January, 1939. Date: 1939

Officer Informant Portrait. Historic photographs of the Norfolk Naval shipyard located in the Fifth Naval District. Operating under the Department of Defense and the Department of the Navy.

Maj. D. Dub. Gaillard

Portrait of Furir Gustaf Lindow, 1927 Portrait of Furir Gustaf Lindow, Military Flight Driver.

. 2 Battalion, Suffolk Regiment Lt Evans of X Company was reported missing, aged 20, in or near Delville Wood on 20 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.

Lutension of Kodolitsch, allocated to the General Staff of the 8th Korpskommandos.

Private George Broomfield, 31st Reinforcements NZEF , 16 September 1917, Levin, by Leslie Adkin. Gift of G. L. Adkin family estate, 1964.

. Royal Artillery 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.

DF-SC-86-03682. Country: Unknown

08/31/1919. D. Antonio de la Rocha, infantry captain, who died yesterday in Getafe, victim of a plane accident.

Reims, Marne, Champagne, France Portrait of an African artillery sergeant , 1917 - Marne - Fernand Cuville (photographic section of the armies) (French - Reims , Marne , Champagne , France Portrait d' un sergent de l' artillerie d' Afrique). Military uniform, portrait, rear, colonial army, hairy, Clothing, human beings, First World War, colonial history, France, Reims, African artillery soldier

Portrait of military air pioneer Gustaf Lindgren . Portrait of military air pioneer Gustaf Lindgren, from Skaraborg's regiment. The portrait is signed by Lindgren.

12/31/1913. The French aviator Captain Faure, who died as a result of an accident in Issy-Les-Moulineaux.

Gen. W.A. White

Major-Gen J. B. Glubb Pasha - Officer Commanding Arab Legion. September 30, 1949. (Photo by Camera Press).

Robert Stephenson Smyth Baden-Powell (1857-1941) British soldier; founded Boy Scouts (1910). In 2nd Boer War won fame as defender of Mafeking (1899-1900).

Portret van een lid van de NSB; NSB.Portrait of a member of the NSB. At its collar a distinctive with three stripes: Kringrefore Fronten and Guilds (circle was the smallest unit within a front of guild). Angry sloping over the chest, the triangular NSB emblem on the left sleeve. Almost and profil photographed. Barehead.

Photographs Relating to the Minor Nuremberg Trials

Alphonse Joseph Georges (1875 1951)French army officer. He was commander in chief of the North East Front in 1939 and 1940. Opposing the plan by supreme commander Maurice Gamelin to move the best allied forces into the Low Countries, he was overruled by his superior. On the outbreak of the Second World War in September 1939, Georges became commander of all French field armies. On 19 May 1940 Gamelin and Georges were sacked and General Weygand returned as head of the French Army. Georges refused to play any significant role in the new Vichy France government.

RVD / Royal House photo collection. Prince Bernhard in Uniform Royal Navy. 1956

. East Kent Regiment Private R C Johnston was reported missing on 3 May 1917. 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.

G. Marconi

Sergeant Frank Barber, MM, New Zealand Medical Corps., April 1918, Wellington, by Berry & Co.

General Sir Douglas Haig, 1861 to 1928, field marshal and commander of the British Expeditionary Force during the First World War. From L'Illustration, 1916, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, Record date not stated

Adm. Beatty

Admiral of the Fleet John Rushworth Jellicoe, 1st Earl Jellicoe, 1859 - 1935. Royal Navy officer. From The Pageant of the Century, published 1934.

Acting Wing Commander H.I. Edwards,V.C., D.F.C. Awarded R. C. ***** with the R.A.F. January 10, 1955.

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

Portrait photography of King Gustav Vi Adolf in Army Uniform . Portrait photography of King Gustav VI Adolf in Army Uniform. Signed, framed photo .. belong to Air Force Museum's image archive.

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