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Royal Inspections and Ceremonies

Photos of military inspections featuring royals and high-ranking officials meeting troops and participating in ceremonial events.

1940S 8 Men In Uniform Standing In Row Military Uniform Army Rotc Training Command College Campus

ALAN LADD in PARATROOPER (1953) -Original title: THE RED BERET-, directed by TERENCE YOUNG.

Five militants at Västgötamanövern, 1931 five military gathered in front of barn and vehicles at Air Force Exercise Västgötamanövern, 1931.

arabia saudita, l'emiro della transgiordania prova il fucile elephant dei soldati inglesi, 1934

Anefo photo collection. Princess Irene Brigade in Belgium. Princess Irene Brigade in Belgium. A Dutch marechaussee who could escape from the Netherlands brings valuable information. 1944. Belgium

The Royal Navy during the Second World War A class at the Naval Fire Fighting School, Devonport being shown how to put on an asbestos suit. Brunel's railway bridge can be seen in the background.

Anefo photo collection. Rail bridge at Buggenum put into use. December 2, 1945. Buggenum

First US Army Rehabilitation Centre- Recuperation and Training at 8th Convalescent Hospital, Stoneleigh Park, Kenilworth, Warwickshire, UK, 1943 As a final test before they leave 8th Convalescent Hospital, Stoneleigh Park, trainees must complete a final 12 mile route march. They are checked for condition at the end, and it is only upon a satisfactory inspection that they are able to pass out and rejoin their units.

Anefo photo collection. American ambassador Allied governments, Dreaxel Biddle, visits camp Princess Irene Brigade company Dutch Prime Minister, Minister War Dutch ministers. ambassador tea break. September 2, 1941. America, Britain

Anefo photo collection. Jamboree 1963 in Marathon Greece. Hollandkamp in Dutch camp O.A. With DDT plane on clogs foreign boy scouts. August 12, 1963. Greece

Armical on the occasion of Liberation Day in the Vlasakkers in Amersfoort.

Anefo photo collection. South of the Netherlands. Report on the dangers of mines and abandoned ammunition for children playing. Speeches from fire brigade and police to the children. Encons of accidents. 24 December 1945. Southern Netherlands

Commander -in -chief Olofrörnell and Lieutenant Lieutenant Henrik Wrede, Head of Office for SJ Military Agency, inspects the H39 hospital train, which would be used to transport injured Germans from Torneå to Oslo.

Allied Forces Celebrate Passover- Jewish Traditions in Wartime Britain, April 1944 The Jewish Chaplain to the Forces (centre) raises his glass as he speaks to members of the Allied Forces during their Passover meal in a large hall, somewhere near London.

Military and civil men at Västgötamanövern, 1931 military military and civilian men collected on an airfield at the Air Force Exercise Västgötamanuvern, 1931. The next right view captain Nordenskiöld.

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Award for Lieutenant Colonel Th.J.A. I-11 R.I boers in Tjimahi (at Bandoeng). Lieutenant colonel th.j.a. Boers gets the decorations rolled up by Colonel B.A. Van Gulik, commander W-Brigade. April 1947. Bandung, Cimahi, Indonesia, Dutch East Indies

Lt. Ralph Shepard, Detroit, Mich; Capt. D.A. Thomas, Hollywood, Calif; and Capt. Jones of the 99th Bomb Group. Capt. Thomas, formerly with Universal Pictures in Hollywood in now photographing the war as a member of the 1st Combat Camera Unit.

Air Force manager inspects the marine scene on Fårösund, 1937 . Air Force Manager Torsten Friis inspects the marine scene on.fårösund, 1937. Air Force Manager speaks with a flyer.

Anefo photo collection. Prince Bernhard with General Major a.t.c. Opsomer at army exercise in the Veluwe Crescendo. March 15, 1951. Gelderland, Veluwe

12/31/1908. The "Soldat Nadal". The meeting of Ladies Giving the Soldiers the Christmas Gift Packages that They Have Given to Them Upon Their Return from Melilla.

Royal Air Force Fighter Command, 1939-1945. Pilots and non-operational officers of No 92 Squadron RAF standing in front of a Supermarine Spitfire Mark I at Manston, Kent, with the squadron 'scoreboard' amended to record their 130th enemy aircraft destroyed. They are (left to right): Flying Officer 'Judy' Garland (Engineering Officer), Flying Officer T Weiss (Intelligence Officer), Pilot Officer R Mottram, Sergeant R E 'Tich' Havercroft, Flight-Lieutenant C B F Kingcombe, Squadron Leader J A Kent (Commanding Officer), Flying Officer T B A 'Jock' Sherrington, Pilot Officer C H Saunders, Flying Officer R H Holland, Flying Officer A R Wright, Sergeant H Bowen-Morris and Sergeant J W Lund.

Anefo photo collection. Greeting greeting day DPL soldiers, soldiers clapping as an officer comes by. August 1, 1972

Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945. An aircrew of No. 150 Squadron RAF examine Fairchild K-17 aerial survey cameras, fitted to their Avro Lancaster at Benson, Oxfordshire. A number of Bomber Command aircraft were fitted with aerial cameras at this time, in order to take part in a photographic survey of England on behalf of the Ministry of Town and Country Planning.

Poll photo collection. Moselle: Traffic and wine festival. French soldiers at the entrance to a wine company. July 4, 1959. Germany, Kröv, Rhineland-Palatinate, West Germany

Luftwaffe soldiers on a bridge. Three Luftwaffe soldiers are on a bridge on a canal, probably in Amsterdam, they are the same soldiers who shed up at Rembrandtplein.

Poll photo collection. War volunteers in Malacca and Indonesia. Japanese prisoners of war at the Kemajoran airport of Batavia. June 1946. Batavia, Indonesia, Jakarta, Java, Kemajoran, Dutch East Indies

Anefo photo collection. Decision officers Amersfoort. March 9, 1950. Amersfoort

Anefo photo collection. War criminals. Two members of the Princess Irene Brigade with links two imprisoned German soldiers for the house of detention. 1945. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

Ministry of Information First World War Official Collection R. A. M. C. Sergeants setting their watches by an Italian sundial.

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Reporting Semarang and surroundings. Ereveld Tjandi (Candi). A lieutenant (preacher?) Takes or gives a vase with flowers. March 1947. Indonesia, Java, Dutch East Indies, Semarang

Anefo photo collection. Visit pm Blonk Marinierskamp Desert Garden. September 30, 1947

Anefo photo collection. Capitulation: Harskamp camp where SS people and countrykeepers are convenient. Soldiers in the camp. June 1945. Gelderland, Harskamp

Country School- Everyday Life at Baldock County Council School, Baldock, Hertfordshire, England, UK, 1944 Members of the tractor club at Baldock County Council School are being taught to drive the tractor by their tutor. Boys girls and boys are members of the club. According to the original caption 'the club cultivates 2 acres of land and is doing a manurial experiment for Rothamsted Experimental Station'.

Second World War. Netherlands under German crew. The Hague. Seabridge Schevingen (probably around 1880). Partial view with German Wehrmittlers sitting on a bank

Anefo photo collection. Series about the Limburg Families Smedts and Poels from Horst who shot about 300 Allied Pilots during the Second World War (above the Netherlands) in the farm "The black slice" helped to bring over border to belgium .. Smedts, Truus, Smedts , Peter, Smedts, Matthieu, Smedts, Louis, Poels, Show, Poels, Gerard. August 1945. America, Horst, Limburg

Cyprus Police. Left to right: Mr. E. B. Humfrey, Assistant Commissioner, Mr. J. H. Ashmore, Commissioner, Mr. G. B. Viveash, BA (Oxon) KPM (Gallantry), Assis, Superintendent i/c. Traffic. July 9, 1951. (Photo by British Official Photograph).

Anefo photo collection. Regiment heavy air target artillery Ypenburg Inspection t Bergen op Zoom. February 17, 1951. Bergen op Zoom

Anefo photo collection. Decision first female police The Hague. January 9, 1957. The Hague, South Holland

Anefo photo collection. Peeding reserve lieutenants inf. to Assen. The oath. October 21, 1948. Assen

American and Russian military personnel stand ready to board special train on a siding at Poltava Airbase, one of the shuttle bombing bases in Russia. 15 October 1944.

German Boy Soldiers Captured by 11th., Division -- A group of the youngsters in their uniforms. The Americans sent them back to their parents, instead of to a prison camp. When the 11th., Armoured division advanced into the area, of Kronach, they found that all the boys of 15 and get on the road to Bavaria. They were taken by their 22-years-old leader into the woods and there waited the arrival of the Americans to whom they gave themselves up. April 25, 1945.;German Boy Soldiers Captured by 11th

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Linggadjati. Tjilimoes. Embracing writings, stacked by the TNI on the pasar, are deleted by Dutch soldiers. September 1947. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies

Anefo photo collection. Transfer rocket launcher in Germany. Plate prohibited for Russians. October 10, 1961. Germany

At An Ats Motor Transport Company Training Centre, Camberley, Surrey, 1941 An ATS FANY Motorcycle Messenger sits on her motorbike as she receives her instructions from a FANY Corporal at the ATS MTC training centre, Camberley.

Poll photo collection. Prince Bernhard visits Dutch troops on their army base in Great Britain during the Second World War. The troops stopped for inspection. 1940

Demobilising Members of the Women's Royal Air Force Members of the Women's Royal Air Force (WAAF) newly arrived at the WAAF Demobilisation Centre, RAF Wythall, are handed guidance booklets explaining the demobilisation process.

Royal Air Force 1939-1945- Fighter Command Flight Sergeant Morris Rose of No 3 Squadron points out the essential characteristics of the V-1 flying bomb to other Tempest pilots at Newchurch, 23 June 1944. The Scottish pilot downed his first 'doodlebug' on 16 June, and by the end of July had claimed a total of 11 destroyed.

In his Function of Inspector General, Z.K.H. Prince Bernhard takes a working visit to the 1st group of led weapons (1GGW) to handorf.Rechts next to the commander of 1 GGW, Colonel W.E.E.M. from the Sandt.links next to the Prince The adjutant of Prince Bernhard, Colonel kite H.J. Holthuis.

Royal Air Force- France 1939-1940. Sir Kingsley Wood, Secretary of State for Air, accompanied by Air Vice-Marshal P H L Playfair, Air Officer Commanding the Advanced Air Striking Force (left) , passes the boiler and bath quarters of an RAF unit billetted in France.

A major and a captain at the entrance doors of a military barrack.

Second World War. Holland. Three Wehrmittsman in front of a wagon before departure to the Eastern Front

The Imperial German Army 1890 - 1913 Crown Prince Wilhelm (second from right) with officers of 2nd Company, 1 Guards Regiment which he commanded during the manoeuvres of 1904.

Rimi staff, a lieutenant and a sergeant, to an A-0 drawing table.

Anefo photo collection. The Amsterdam guide, Mr Dam, adorned with regiminations, received from American soldiers with leave in the Netherlands. Mr Dam does not receive any money for his services granted, but only these insignia. 8 June 1954. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

Anefo photo collection. ZKH Prince Bernhard opens expansion of the fortress museum in Naarden Prince Bernhard sticks drone in a gun. May 7, 1969. Naarden

Anefo photo collection. VHK 5 years. April 24, 1949

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC 1-8 RI (Veluwe Bataljon) exists 1 year (October 1946). Military ceremony. Presentation of sleeve emblems. An insignia is trapped by a major on the sleeve of a corporal. October 1946. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies, Tangerang

Royal Air Force- 2nd Tactical Air Force, 1943-1945. Ground crews of No. 124 Wing queue for a hot meal from a bomb-damaged German cookhouse shortly after the Wing's arrival at B78/Eindhoven, Holland.

Female soldiers of women help corps (vhk) rise in the vehicles.

A visit from Prince Bernhard to the sailing and diver school.

Anefo photo collection. South of the Netherlands. Report on the dangers of mines and abandoned ammunition for children playing. Speeches from fire brigade and police to the children. Encons of accidents. 24 December 1945. Southern Netherlands

Members of the Luftwaffe on the beach. Five members of the Luftwaffe posing on the beach, they are in the water, crocheted the arms.

Anefo photo collection. Departure 74 quarters of Schiphol to Lebanon. At Schiphol airport, an officer said goodbye to the departing Dutchbath soldiers. February 27, 1979. Noord-Holland, Schiphol

Ministry of Information First World War Official Collection Sapper, Royal Engineers, marching order.

The Salvation Army, Bomhus. Photo 1944. Frälsningsarmén, Bomhus. Foto 1944.

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Post for the X brigade. Post is distributed by a sergeant. February 1947. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies

Airmen in Disguise After the boat bringing them home from France had been bombed and sunk, these RAF airmen were picked up by a destoyer and given the quaintly assorted costumes shown in this image.

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Creation of cross-brigade in Tangerang. Mass in the open air on a sports field reading the gospel during the establishment ceremony. February 1947. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies, Tangerang

Repeat exercise of soldiers of the 8th battalion regiment. Shock troops.

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Arrival of the ship Volendam with the Prince Bernhard Chapel on board. Kees de Bok focuses on an officer. November 12, 1946. Batavia, Indonesia, Jakarta, Dutch East Indies, Tandjong Priok

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Miscellaneous and sworn officers of the 2nd Infantry Brigade in Tjikempek. Tjikempek. Eleven officers of the 2nd Infantry Brigade group were taught in Velde. A lieutenant reads the deciding text. October 3, 1947. Cikempek, Indonesia, Java, Dutch East Indies

MICHAEL CRAWFORD and JOHN LENNON in HOW I WON THE WAR (1967), directed by RICHARD LESTER.

Anefo photo collection. Departure 74 quarters of Schiphol to Lebanon. At Schiphol Airport, an officer greets the departing Dutchbath soldiers. February 27, 1979. Noord-Holland, Schiphol

Lt. Gen. Jacob L. Devers Presents The Legion Of Merit To Major General Ira C. Eaker During A Ceremony At Teddington, England On 11 September 1943.

08/24/1936. The armored Confederal defense truck, of the Perea column, and the personnel that commanded it, who took part in the defense of the port of Navafría, when the National Troops tried to take it over.

Anefo photo collection. Navy Begrafenis Den Helder. February 3, 1956. Den Helder

four fighter pilots of the 9th Air force double time for the chow line after completing a sortie against the enemy. Left to right, are: 1st Lt. William M. Haynes, Chicago, Illinois; 2nd Lt. Lloyd H. Bruce, La Plata, Missouri, pilot of the "Caduces

The Royal Navy during the Second World War HM King George VI waves good-bye to the cheering crowds from the bridge of HMS BICESTER as the Queen stands next to him. Their Majesties returned to England on this destroyer after their visit to the naval base at Larne, Northern Ireland.

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Visit from Lieutenant General Spoor to Makassar; Commemoration 1 year exist East Indonesia; Recording Soekawati. Commemoration 1 year anniversary East Indonesia (Negara Indonesia Timur). Demontration fighting techniques by KNIL soldiers. July 23, 1947. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies

The Dutch army is practicing in La Courtine. Pay attention! The above description is a generic series description based on the information stated by the army film and photo service. In the long term, this global description will be specified.

Anefo photo collection. Moc-Hilversum. October 19, 1949

Poll photo collection. Travel to Lithuania. Checking an officer at the border post. 1934. Lithuania, Poland

Italian prisoners of war walking along road after detraining at Wadi al-Sarar Railway Station, Mandatory Palestine, G. Eric and Edith Matson Photograph Collection, December 21, 1940

Walk during the Four Days Marches in 1956.

Anefo photo collection. captain Army overlooks cup sergeant parade barracks. September 19, 1947

Group photo of Dutch war volunteers in training to navigator at the British Royal Air Force in Bridgnorth, 1945-1946. v.l.n.r. G.J.G. (Giel) Verschuren, born in 1927, J. (Jan) Landman, born in 1926, W. Kasteleijn, born in 1926, G. (Gons) van Not, W. (Willem) Eykman and J. (Joop) Simons. Joop Simons died on 23 March 1986 in the psychiatric hospital "St.odilia" in Geleen.

Chairing The Champion Cadet - The champion cadet Evelyn Joye Uren, being chaired by her fellows, after the passing-out parade at Hawkinge. Ten women cadets, the first to be commissioned in the Royal Air Force, passed out from the Officer Cadet Training Unit at Hawkinge, Kent. The ten cadets are the first women to hokd the rank of Pilot Officer. R.A.F. replacing the former Womens Auxiliary Air Force title on Assistant Section Officer. April 26, 1949. (Photo by Sport & General Press Agency, Limited).

Anefo photo collection. Exercise "Grand Repulse" West Germany. September 27, 1953. Germany

Anefo photo collection. Den Uyl receives a Dutch national team on Catshuis; Suurbier with cymbals. July 8, 1974

Coast to Coast Army Flight, Aviation

Anefo photo collection. Garders in Gala Uniforms. 1 hunter. September 9, 1948

Air Force Military Training School (Limos) Exercise with weapon Uzi.The Sergeant-Major instructor demands that it happens spotless.

The operating defense yard, Tomnäs

The German and American personnel participating in exercise Coronet Sail lift a toast to a successful mission. Subject Operation/Series: CORONET SAIL Base: Lechfeld Air Base Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU)

Anefo photo collection. Finland. Finnish Russian border at Imatra with soldiers. July 5, 1967. Finland, Imatra

Royal Hospital Chelsea- Everyday Life With the Chelsea Pensioners, London, England, UK, 1945 Two gardening Chelsea Pensioners compare produce in the grounds of the Royal Hospital Chelsea. The Pensioner on the right has an artificial arm with hook. The original caption states that the photograph was taken during the annual garden competition: presumably the Royal Horticultural Society's Chelsea Flower Show, which has been held at the Hospital since 1913.

Son's Triumphs Cheer Captain Stack Still In Pain After CrashGeneral Viscount Gort, V.C., handing over the Sword of Honour to Flight-Cadet Under-Officer Thomas Neville Stack at Cranwell to-day. This should have been the proudest day in the life of young Flight-Cadet Under-Officer Thomas Neville Stack, of the Royal Air Force College, Cranwell, Lincolnshire. His name appeared twice in the Air Ministry announcement of to-day's passing-out inspection at the college by General Viscount Gort, V.C., Chief of the Imperial General Staff, for he had been awarded the Sword of Honour for the best all-round Flight Cadet, and the prize for the Flight Cadet obtaining the highest marks in Imperial and War Studies. July 28, 1939. (Photo by Topical Press).

Wedding group at St. George's. Sgt. Brown (Australian). 1940, Jerusalem, Israel

10/31/1936. The hour of the ranch To the Soldiers in the Republican Trenches, while Others of their Companions Provide surveillance service on the Parapets of the Fire Lines.

Anefo photo collection. Mr. Pieter van Vollenhoven in military service at the Air Force in Breda, Soldier Mr. Pieter in the classroom. April 27, 1966. Breda

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