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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. T.H. Sweetser

Col. A.W. Catlin

. Grenadier Guards 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 K F Nichol, Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force 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.

general Rafael Villegas Montesinos (1875 - 23 August 1936) Spanish officer arrested after the first failed attempt to overthrow the Republican Government in March 1936. killed by a group of militiamen before standing trial

. 3 Battalion (attached 1 Battalion), Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) Lt Dobie was educated at Marlborough School and received his commission in September 1914. He was killed in action, aged 20, on 9 April 1916 near Arras. Lt Dobie is buried at Faubourg d'Amiens Cemetery, Arras. 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 J.M. (Johannes, Martinus) Mulder, born on June 16, 1919 in Leiden. Fly at 320 squadron during W.O.2. Died on May 15, 1942 at Dutch coast.

General Bernard Law Montgomery, 1st Viscount of Alamein (1887-1976). Montgomery was in command the 3rd division assault on Northern France in 1944. The military manoeuvre began in the early hours of June 6th and included British, Canadian and U.S forces. General Montgomery was famous for his command of the Eighth Army in the North African campaign and his defeat of Erwin Rommel at the Battle of El Alamein. He had previously served in World War One, during which he won the D.S.O. June 1944

. 19 Battalion, The King's (Liverpool) Regiment Pte Thorp of No 8 Detachment, Machine Gun Company, No 4 Company, was reported wounded and missing, aged 31, on 30 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.

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Passport photos IV. Corporal KL of the Knock Troops Regiment. 1947. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies

Major General K.W. Eather. January 1, 1940.

Gen. Edw. A. Millar

Second World War. Netherlands under German crew. Relatives of the German Wehrmacht in front of a public building (well with the Hague)

. 16 Battalion (Cardiff City), Welsh Regiment Lt Williams was educated at Llandovery College and St John's College, Oxford where he was awarded First Class Honours Moderations in Mathematics in 1913. On 8 - 9 April 1916, he was commanding a night raid when he was wounded three times and had to be left in a shell hole. A rescue party was sent out 30 minutes late, but no further trace of him was found. For the raid, Lt Williams had disguised his status by removing his identify disc and assuming the uniform of a private soldier. He was aged 21. Lt Williams 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. 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 dep

N Nylén, bureau manager for the Military Office.

. 6 Battalion, Leicestershire Regiment Captain Westcott Brown, a poet, was reported wounded and missing, aged 23, on 16 July 1916 during the Battle of the Somme. He is recorded as having gone out with a sergeant to reconnoitre. The sergeant was subsequently found dead but Captain Westcott Brown was not found. 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.

. 3 (Reserve) attached 1 Battalion, Princess Victoria's (Royal Irish Fusiliers) Lieutenant Cooke was born in Belfast in 1884. Prior to 1914 he served with the South African Police and was assisting as Adjutant in the Ulster Volunteer Force upon the outbreak of war. He was killed in action, near Ypres, on 26 May 1915. He was mentioned, for his services, in Sir French's Despatch of 14 January 1915. 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.

Anefo photo collection. Captain A.E. André de la Porte. February 2, 1944. Britain, London

Albert Maria Forster (July 26, 1902 February 28, 1952) was a Nazi German politician. Under his administration as the Gauleiter of Danzig-West Prussia during the Second World War, the local non-German population suffered ethnic cleansing, mass murder, and forceful Germanisation. Forster was sentenced to death for his crimes after Nazi Germany was defeated.

Dr. Tainter

Officer , Military officers. Records of U.S. Army Operational

Portrait of a member of De Wa, 1940 - 1944 photograph Portrait of a member of the WA. On his collar a distinctive with two stars: companion, a low rank. On his right sleeve, the Wolfsangel (wa symbol) and a nest around his chest: adjutant. Barefoot. Netherlands photographic support anonymous historical person portrayed Netherlands

Portrait of a member of the NSB; NSB.Portret of a member of the NSB. On its collar a distinctive with a rolling sun side, deputy section leader Fronten and Guilds. On his left sleeve the triangular NSB symbol. A carrying coach is visible at his jacket. He is wearing a belt and is barehead.

Air Marshall ArrivesAir Marshall Sir Francis Fogarty, R.A.F. Commander in Chief of the Far east Air Force, photographed on his arrival at Mascot today. November 7, 1951. (Photo by Ronald Leslie Stewart/Fairfax Media).

. 10 Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment Lt Maybrey was reported missing on 22 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.

German Busch (1904-1939) on 10 Bolivianos 1962 Banknote from Bolivia. Bolivian military officer and president of Bolivia during 1937-1939.

08/31/1923. The Infantry Captain D. Pedro Peñaranda who died when the balloon he was piloting caught fire.

. 109th Battery, Royal Field Artillery Bombardier A W Jones was killed in action on 28 March 1918. He is buried at Anzin-St. Aubin 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.

Reported To Have Carried Surrender Offer -- The Stockholm Newspaper Dagens Nyheter reported on April 28 that Count Folke Bernadotte (Above), Vice Chairman of the Swedish Red Cross, carried Nazi Gestapo Chief Heinrich Himmler's surrender offer to the United States and the British. April 29, 1945. (Photo by Associated Press Photo).

Portrait of military air pioneer Wilhelm Nernst . Portrait of military air pioneer Wilhelm Nernst, from flight management.

War album 43, picture 11693.

Poll photo collection. Portrait of General H.J. Curls in his office. 1946

Portrait of Sergeant Carl Graf, 1935 . Portrait of Sergeant Carl Graf, Military Aerial Mechanic.

Capt. John Weller

Sgt. Udell i.e. Eudell M. Lusher

. 20 Battalion, Durham Light Infantry Pte Butterfield was reported missing on 16 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.

British Mtb's Shoot Up Nazi Convoy. 11 March 1943, Yarmouth, British Light Naval Forces Attacked An Enemy Convoy Off the Dutch Coast in the Early Morning of 10 March 1943. Led by Lieut Kenneth Gammell, Rnvr, of Bridlington. Motor Torpedo Boats Fought a Sharp Action and Left a German Tanker, a Minesweeper and a 'flak' Trawler on Fire. Sub Lieut the Hon John Vavasseur Fisher, RNVR.

Lt. Col. Wardwell i.e. Wardlaw Milne

Yuriy Gabel in uniform of a student ca. before 1927

Capt. J.H. Gibbons

Sousa

. Army Service Corps Lt Dodgson photographed with his daughter. 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 the Brigadegeneral of the Infantry Jhr. R.H. Breast.

Air Marshal D C T Bennett.

'Soon he was a dashing subaltern in the 4th Hussars', 1895, (1945). Artist: Unknown.

Admiral Sir Edward Evan. "Evans Of The Broke". August 10, 1940. (Photo by Associated Press).

Admiral John Jellicoe (18591935) who commanded the British Grand Fleet at the Battle of Jutland (1916) in World War I. Jutland was an indecisive naval battle between heavily armed dreadnoughts. Head-and-shoulders portrait.

Lt. Col. J. M. Blair, Maj. Gen. Knox

. Captain Ward served as a staff officer 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.

Generals To Be Exiled - General Berenguer, who is to be exiled.Sentences up to 12 years' exile with the loss of Civil rights will be announced next Wednesday by the Spanish "Responsibilities" committee in connection with the Moroocan War disasters, and the Dictatorship of the late general Primo de Rivora.Those to be sentence include General Berenguer, brother of the ex-Premier. March 12, 1932.

Emil Petterson Station Inspector in Leksand 1925-1936, in Hedemora 1936-1945. Born 29/4 1882. Died 24/3 1945.

Portrait of a member of the NSB; NSB. Portrait of a member of the NSB M. Kardoes, head of the organization department. Distinctives are signed on his collar, vaguely seeing the Dutch lion. Belt diagonally over the chest, boot head. In the Almanak he has distinctives of the leaves with veins: head of division.

Anefo photo collection. J.F. Van Dulm. Lieutenant sea. Commander Dutch submarine O21. 1940-1945}. Britain, London

Harold Chapin (1886-1915), American-born British actor, playwright and soldier. Widely considered one of the finest potential dramatic talents to be lost in the First World War. Chapin joined the Royal Army Medical Corps in September 1914 and was killed at the Battle of Loos trying to rescue a wounded comrade when he was wounded himself. Date: 1915

Black and white photograph of World War II (1939-1945); US Admiral Chester Nimitz (1885-1966), Commander-in-Chief of the Pacific Fleet.

Air Chief Marshal Sir Hugh Pughe Lloyd, GBE, KCB, MC, DFC (12 December 1894 - 14 July 1981) was a senior Royal Air Force commander.

. 1 Battalion, Norfolk Regiment Lt Burlton, who had been awarded the Military Cross, was one of two officers of 1 Norfolk Regiment reported missing on 4 June 1916. Lt Burlton and Lt Edwards are believed to have been killed when they went up a sap on the Arras-Bailleul Road about a mile out of Arras. Lt Burlton is commemorated on 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.

021206-M-3031H-046. Base: Marine Barracks, Quantico State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Italo Balbo (1896-1940) Italian Fascist, Blackshirt leader. Secretary of State for Air, 1926, Governor of Libya 1933. In World War II on 28 June 1940, landing on Italian airfield at Tobruk, shot down by 'friendly fire', some say assassinated.

General Vicente Rojo Lluch (1894 ñ 1966) Chief of the General Staff of the Spanish Republican Armed Forces during the Spanish Civil War.

Photographic portrait of Air Chief-Marshal Sir Arthur William Tedder, the Scottish commander of the Royal Air Force, pictured in 1944. Sir Arthur later became 1st Baron Tedder of Glenguin. Date: 1944

Sir Edmund Henry Hynman Allenby, British First World War general, (1926). Artist: Unknown

Photographic portrait of Admiral Sir David Beatty (1871-1936), pictured when Commander-in-Chief of the British Grand Fleet, during the First World War. Date: 16/11/1918

James W. Cosgrove, died 1918 , Soldiers, World War, 1914-1918

In Supreme Command of French Navy -- Admiral of the Fleet *****.Now raised to Admiral of the Fleet ***** that has not existed in the French Navy ***** Admiral Darlan assumes Supreme ***** French Naval Forces. June 29, 1939.

French Army Chiefs:Gen. M.M. CarpentierDeputy Chief of Staff, Administration, S.H.A.P.E. (Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers in Europe). February 06, 1952. (Photo by Camera Press)

Block Lines-For Censor -- Lieut-Commander J. Plunkett-Cole, Commanding officer of HMAS Nepal destroyer, which was returned to Australia after serving with the Eastern Fleet in the Indian Ocean, steaming 95,000 miles. August 21, 1944.

General Sir Arthur William Currie, born in 1875, died in 1933. Leaders of the Canadian expedition troops in the First World War. From L Illustration, 1918., historical, digitally restored reproduction of a template from the 19th century, Record Date Not Stated

Arthur Grenfell Wauchope - British soldier and Knight Date: 1899

Noel Coward's great Naval subject "In Which We Serve".A two cities - Noel Coward production starring Noel Coward. April 15, 1943. (Photo by Fairfax Photo Library).

07/06/1906. Toledo. Mariano Bringas Arroyo Entered with number 1 in the Infantry academy. Photo: Garces.

General John J Pershing, Commander in Chief of the United States Forces Abroad, World War I

Sgt. W.B. Riggle

E. G. H. Johansson, station master at Gammelstad station from 1/7 1952 to 31/3 1955.

Ministry of Information First World War Official Collection Typical American coloured soldier.

Portrait of Unidentified National Socialist German Workers' Party (NSDAP) Member

Portrait of Commander of the Land forces Lieutenant General of the Generale Staff G. IJsselstein.

Admiral of the Fleet Sir Reginald Yorke Tyrwhitt, 1st Baronet of Terschelling and Oxford, 1870 to 1951. Admiral of the Royal Navy in the First World War. From The Illustrated War News, 1915, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, Record date not stated

Portrait of a member of the NSB, 1940 - 1944 contact print Portrait of a member of the NSB. On his collar a distinctive with a rotating Zonnerad, deputy section leader fronts and guilds. Older man with glasses, barefoot. Behind him a wooden fence. Netherlands photographic support anonymous historical person portrayed Netherlands

Spanish civil war : Don Gabriel Maura y Gamazo

. 14 Battalion, Royal Irish Rifles Captain Willis was reported missing, aged 43, at Thiepval 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. 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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