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National Gliding Contests. Glider in action with photographers beneath.

10th Prince of Wales Own Royal Hussars, amalgamated to the Royal Hussars

British Overseas Forces: 16 crests from South Africa, Australia, Canada, Egypt, Guernsey, Hong Kong, India, Malay New Zealand.

Military and Naval Medals: Sixteen types awarded between 1867-1884 including the Victoria Cross.

Two seater tractor high winged monoplane: Signed in pencil with text on verso.

Canadian Mounted Troops. The Colonial Procession Passing through Trafalgar Square.

From the Hendrick Vroom Armada Tapestries commissioned by Lord Admiral Howard but destroyed in the 1834 fire in the House of Lords.

Set of Four. Ships at Sea. A Calm, a Fresh Gale, a Squall and a Shipwreck.

Capture of the Maria Riggersbergen of the Dutch East India Fleet by HMS Caroline 1806. After Thomas Whitcombe. Napoleonic Wars.

Lieut. WB Rhodes-Moorhouse winning the VC over Courtrai in 1915. With text describing the battle.

Battle of Montevideo, 1807. Campaign on the River Plate. After William Heath.

Signed in pencil with text on verso.

Battle of Cape St Vincent 1797. Admiral Sir John Jervis defeating a larger Spanish fleet off Portugal. After Thomas Whitcombe. French Revolutionary Wars.

Indian Cavalry at Malta. Review of troopers by HRH the Duke of Cambridge.

Man-o-War of 1793. After the painting by Chevalier Eduardo de Martino.

Yeomanry, Artillery, Rifle and Engineers.

Dramatic bombing of the Dortmund-Ems Canal by Flight Lieutenant Learoyd, VC with explanatory text.

Prince of Wales’s Leinster Regiment.

Sopwith Cuckoo single seater torpedo carrier: Signed in pencil with text on verso.

Battle of Balaclava. Charge of the Light Brigade. The infamous charge of the light brigade of Royal Lancers led by Lord Cardigan.

Dogger (1), Galley under sail (2) Galley rowing (3), Ship with sails fully extended and partially (4,5).

Martinsyde Elephant single seater fighter: Signed in pencil with text on verso.

Battle of Lepanto 1571. Venetian Galleon built in the 14th century.

Battle of Inkermann: Second Charge of the Foot Guards retaking the Sandbag battery.

Prussian soldier on Outside hanging Guard with Swiss soldier on Inside hanging Guard.

Handley Page Halifax: RAF’s Longest-Range Bomber:

Battle of Waterloo: Charge of the Life Guards after Luke Clennell.

Royal Irish Fusiliers 87th Princess Victoria’s, amalgamated to Royal Irish Rangers.

Battle of Bhurtpore 1826. Text on verso.

Single seater fighter. Signed in pencil with text on verso.

Resulting from the action against the Boulogne flotilla by Naiad, Rinaldo, Redpole and Castilian. 21st September 1811.

Lateral view of a Dutch corvette (small, lightly armed warship).

Steel armoured twin-screw turret-ship.

Diplomatic Consul. Household half dress, 1st Class minister full dress, Consul dress and Consul undress.

Rifle Regiments: King’s Royal, Scottish, Irish and Rifle Brigade.

Accoutrements. 16 military and naval belts.

12th, 2nd and 9th.

Sir Robert Calder’s Action off the coast of Cape Finisterre 1805. Calder’s ship the ‘Prince of Wales’ in the foreground. After Thomas Whitcombe. Napoleonic Wars.

Battle of Maida, 1806. After William Heath.

Nine views of Aeronautical inventions including the Autogiros, airships and early helicopters. With text.

British War Medals and Decorations: Sixty eight examples from 1793-1873.

6th Regiment Hussars. Canada.

Cavalry Camp: Camp of the Scots Greys, Royals, Hussars, Dragoons and Inniskillens. Maj Gen James Scarlett and his entourage on the left. Key available.

Royal Scot Fusilier on horse with a Grenadier and a Coldstream on foot.

Ship converted to a Bark (1), Snow (2,) Bilander (3), Brig (4), Ketch (5), Schooner (6), Sloop (7), Zebec (8), Galliol (10).

Cap badge and colours. ‘A’ company of the London regiment.

Single seater fighter. Signed in pencil with text on verso.

Capture of the Spanish frigate Santa Dorotea by HMS Lion off Cartagena in 1798. After Thomas Whitcombe. French Revolutionary Wars.

Attack on the Malakoff: The French storming the Russian Redoubt, which effectively ended the 11 month siege of Sebastopol.

Large folding poster from the Daily Mail illustrating warships, aircraft flags and artillery relevant to the Great War.

Uniforms of the British Army Past and Present.

Battle of Pomba 1811. A successful rearguard action by Marshal Ney during the retreat of Marshal Messena from Torres Vedras. After William Heath.

Capture of La Forte by HMS Sybille off Bengal 1799. After Thomas Whitcombe. French Revolutionary Wars.

13th Hussars, amalgamated to the 13/18 Royal Hussars.

British Ships: Six views including the Royal Anna, the Royal Sovereign and different 2nd and 3rd rates.

Henry Greathead’s first Life Boat with plan, a buoy of barrels and cork, and early self inflatable life jacket.

20th Hussars, amalgamated to the King’s Royal Hussars.

Gliders taking off from a hill. Training a Glider pilot.

Welsh Guards at the Bank of England. Guardians of Britain’s Gold.

Battle of Fuentes d’Onor 1811. Wellington’s successful action with Portuguese against the French. After William Heath.

Milford Haven 1405. Lord Berkeley destroying the French fleet off the coast.

Military orders given by various European Princes for the bravery of their subjects or military victories.

Twin engine transport. After Howard Leigh.

Battle of Ulundi: 15,000 Ingobamkhosi led by Uumntwana Ziwedu Kampande were defeated by some 4,000 infantry and cavalry under Lord Chelmsford. Anglo-Zulu War.

Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson, 1st Duke of Bronté. With his signature below.

Sloop.

View of Waterloo (Wellington) Barracks home to the Crown Jewels.

Royal Navy: Commander, Captain, Admiral, Surgeon Lieutenant, Sub-Lieutenant.

Matelots: Sailors disembarking in Brazil. Matelot, Dutch for bed companion, was slang for sailors as they shared hammocks.

Capture of La Clorinde by HMS Eurotas 1814. The frigate was renamed HMS Aurora. After Thomas Whitcombe. Napoleonic Wars.

Signed in pencil with text on verso.

Disarm positions. Volte, tierce, thrust carte, defensive and Spanish guard. Twelve examples.

Embroidery. Tunics and sleeves for staff officers and military secretaries.

Battle of Castalla, 1813. Lt Gen Sir John Murray successful defence during the peninsular campaign. After William Heath.

Battle of Bayonne. Siege by Lt General Hope in the last battle of the peninsular campaign. After William Heath.

Camp of the Light Division. Consisting of the Royal Horse Artillery, the Royal Artillery and the Rifle Brigade.

Offensive and Defensive positions. Inside and outside guard and thrust, parade, tierce, carte and parry.Twelve examples.

2nd Battalion Norfolk Regiment, amalgamated to the Royal Anglican Regiment. Cap badge and colours.

1st Royal Dragoons, amalgamated to the Blues and Royals. Trooper of the first rank.

Battle of Waterloo after George Jones RA. Jones served in the Peninsular war, and was noted both for his realistic depictions of military engagements and striking resemblance to Wellington..

Battle of Vimiera, 1808. Wellington’s defeat of the first French attempt to invade Portugal. After William Heath.

Hot Day in the Batteries: View towards Forts Constantine and St Nicholas with the docks to the left and the Malakoff to the right. Key available.

Battle off Cabareta Point 1801. The Rea Carlos and San Hermenegildo in flames during the routing by Capt. James de Saumarez off the coast of Spain. After Thomas Whitecombe. Napoleonic Wars.

1st Class Cruiser – Belted.

Capture of La Pique 1795, by HMS Blanche under Capt Robert Faulknor off Guadeloupe. After Thomas Whitecombe. French Revolutionary Wars.

Battle of Aliwal.

Battle of Tel -El-Kebir. Charge of the Highland Brigade.

Rear Guard 4th Ghurkha rifles. After Maj. Alfred Lovett.

Fighter Monoplane.

Battle of Tel El Kebir: Bird’s Eye with key of General Wolseley’s victory over the Egyptian forces.

Prince Arthur served in the Army for 40 years in various parts of the Empire and was the King’s representative for Canada during WWII.

The 2nd Queen’s Own Rifles. Canada.

Guards: Uniforms of different ranks of the Grenadier, Coldstream, Scots and Irish Guards after the military artist Richard Simkin.

Double view with decorative border showing the Maelstrom, a system of whirlpools first mentioned by ancient Greek historian Pytheas and the large waves that it creates.

Shooting the Beam: Machinegunning from the cockpit. After Howard Leigh.

Major LG Hawker winning the VC over German Lines in 1915. With text describing the battle.

A much decorated officer, Scots Guards, Paget fought most notably in the 2nd Boer War with Lord Roberts. SPY.

Capture of Sekukuni’s Stronghold. British troops storming the citadel.

Capture and destruction of four Spanish Frigates 1804. Napoleonic Wars.

Exercising with her aircraft.

Kirby Kite record breaking glider.

Twenty-one types of uniform of different ranks. After the painting by the military artist Richard Simkin.

Battle of Plassey. British East India Company victory over the Nawab of Bengal and the French 1757.

Battle of Cape Ortegal 1805. Sir Richard Strachan’s capture of four French ships completed Nelson’s victory at Trafalgar. After Thomas Whitcombe. Napoleonic Wars.

General Viscount Kitchener of Kartoum, G.C.B., G.C.M.G. With details on the General below.

Battle of Albuera. Marshal Beresford disarming a Polish lancer. After William Heath.

Battle of Goojerat.

Single seater fighter. Signed in pencil with text on verso.

Twelve drills from Return Ramrods (12th) to Shoulder Firelock (23rd).

Battle of Barossa, 1811. General Graham’s notable victory over the French during the march to Cadiz. After William Heath.

Victorian Mounted Rifles. Australia.

Twelve examples of the three Rank Firings, Officer Fusee and Sword Salute.

Lateral crossection of a composite submarine diving. With text and key to its internal function. The Geneva Naval Disarmament Conference 1927 failed to come to any agreement. After G. H. Davies.

Battle of Grijo1809. The successful defeat by Wellington of the 2nd attempt to invade Portugal. After William Heath.

Duke of Edinburgh’s Wiltshire Regiment 62nd & 99th. Now the Duke of Edinburgh’s Royal Regiment (Berkshire and Wiltshire).

Double view with decorative border of the names of the Winds in English and in Dutch.

The Mountain Battery: After the celebrated war artist RC Woodville. First Anglo-Sudan War.

Sketches during the First Anglo-Boer War.

Royal South Africa tour. Lateral cross section with key after GH Davies.

British Army Overseas: 9th Bengal Cavalry. Officers and Troopers.

Cavalry Regiments including Scots Greys, Lancers, Hussars, Dragoons, Life Guards, RAC, RA and Coldstream. With key.

British Army: 17 vignettes drawn from life of predominantly Guards regiments.

Battle of St. Domingo 1806. The Royal Navy’s under Sir Admiral John Duckworth defeating the French in the last battle of the Napoleonic Wars. After Thomas Whitecombe. Napoleonic Wars.

Sky Drill with the RAF.

First Class Battleship.

Royal Scots Greys: Second Dragoons in marching order.

19th Royal Hussars, amalgamated to the 15th/19th.

Battle of Cape St Vincent. The Salvador del Munda disabled by the Victory.

Battle of Cape St Mary 1804. The British Squadron attack of Spanish frigates laden with gold from the Americas caused Spain to declare war. After Nicholas Pocock. Napoleonic Wars.

Battle of Morales,1813. British Hussars defeating the French cavalry. After William Heath.

British Warships: Destroyers. Cross-section of interior, Tribal class at exercise and HMS Lightening. With text.

Dutch Second Rate 1670. Ranked on the basis of being over 500 tons with less than 90 guns.

Spanish soldier on Spanish Guard with Italian soldier on Italian Guard.

Pilot, Plane and the Complete Flying course.

Sixteen medals awarded between 1842-1866 including the Crimea.

Rangoon: The Army in formation with the earliest depiction of a Congreve Rocket. First Anglo Burmese War.

Set of Four. Ships at Sea. A Calm, a Fresh Gale, a Squall and a Shipwreck.

Showing the techniques of taking a principal bastion. Based upon the Siege of Barcelona in 1714 during the War of Spanish Succession.

Cap badge and colours.

Battle of Laings Neck. Sir George Colley’s Staff before the battle.

As they were in 1910 and in 1935.

Battle of Paardeberg. Regiments under Geberak Cronje and Lord Roberts.

Placing the Waterloo colours at Wellington Barracks.

Last Shot in the Soudan: After the celebrated war artist RC Woodville. First Anglo-Sudan War:

Capt FH West winning the VC over German Lines in 1918. With text describing the battle.

Sailing ship going downwind. Nautical architecture after Captain Henry Sbonski de Passebon.

Gourkas. Christmas with the Lushai Expedition.

Fighter Monoplane.

India and South Africa. Cavalry and Infantry.

Battle of Vittoria. Wellington leading the Third Division towards the centre of attack.

Defeat of French Division before Badajos, 1811. After William Heath.

Set of Four. Ships at Sea. A Calm, a Fresh Gale, a Squall and a Shipwreck.

Harry Grace a Dieu or Great Harry: Two views of the flagship of Henry VIII from a depiction in the Anthony Roll, a tudor naval record at the Pepys Library.

St James’s Day Battle 1666 North Foreland. The English, under the command of the Duke of Albermarle and Prince Rupert of the Rhine, and the Dutch, under Admiral de Ruyter. Second Anglo-Dutch War.

British Warships: Battle-Cruisers. Cross-section of HMS Repulse with diagrams of HMS Reknown and HMS Repluse. With text.

Orville Wright experimenting with flight.

Household Cavalry. Lt General Lord de Ros. Life Guards. SPY.

Battle of the Boyne: Engraved by John Chapman.

Peculiar types brought into being by the Great War.

121 Guns. Last three decker, launched in 1859.

Embroidery. Gold and Silver cap badges and ranks.

By the sloop HMS Dart. French Revolutionary Wars.

Royal Welsh Fusiliers 23rd, amalgamated to the 1st Battalion, Royal Welsh.

First Madras Pioneers. India.

After battle with HMS Bonne Citoyenne under the command of Captain William Mounsey.

Diamond Jubilee Review of the Royal Navy’s 165 ships, included 21 battleships and 44 cruisers.

English soldier on Outside Guard with French Soldier on Inside Guard

First Class Battleship.

Battle of Bidassoa, 1813. Wellington’s defeat of French forces during the peninsular campaign. After William Heath.

British Army Headdress 1750-1900. Forty-seven different regimental headdress.

16th Queen’s Lancers, amalgamated to the Queen’s Royal Lancers.

Battle of Moodkee.

Camp of the 3rd Division commanded by Gen. Lt. Sir Richard England. The division fought in the Battle of Alma and at the Siege of Sevastopol.

Battle of Albuera, 1811. Peninsular campaign. After William Heath

WWII: American Military Decorations, Awards and Service Ribbons. With description of appropriate protocols and dress.

8 views of ships from numerous lines including the Red Star and White Star.

Austrian soldier on Half circle Guard with Russian soldier on St George’s Guard.

Double view with decorative border showing the method used for night fishing and the types of boats.

Battle of the Glorious First of June 1794. British fleet under Lord Howe and the French under Rear-Admiral Villaret-Joyeuse. Le Vengeur ensuring safe passage. French Revolutionary War.

Egyptian Camel Corps. En route to Wady Halfa

Twelve drills from Dress to the Right to Ram down Cartridge (11th).

Battle of St Jean De Luz, 1813. Squirmish during the Battle of the Nive and Arcangues. After William Heath.

Showing tackle, shrouds, swifters, ratlines, stays, yards and jeers (1), Horses, stirrups, traces, pendants, troulers and blocks (2).

1st Battalion Middlesex Regiment, amalgamated to the Queen’s Regiment. Cap badge and colours.

Battle of Aboukir. Bonaparte leading the battle in 1799 to defeat the Ottoman Army.

Britain rules the Clouds. With text relating to the RAF’s World Long distance record.

Single seater fighter. Signed in pencil with text on verso.

Pictorial evolution of the uniform from 1660 to 1834.

Capture of the Castor 1794. HMS Castor was regained by her British crew before she made a French port. After Thomas Whitcombe. French Revolutionary Wars.

Charge of Light Brigade. Battle of Balaclava with portrait of Lord Scarlett.

Battle of Albuera. Marshal Beresford engaged with the Polish Lancer.

Dive Bombers: After Howard Leigh.

Koojak Pass, Balochistan: The first of three descents by the British Army of the Indus through the perilous pass. First Anglo Afghanistan War:

Thirty-two types with a key and brief history of battle honours. After Major John Masters.

Double view with decorative border showing a sailor’s rite of passage on crossing the equator and the waterspout or sea tornado.

With a sinking Le Vengeur 1794. Revolutionary Wars.

HAC, Rifles, Inns of Court, Civil Service, Irish, Scots, Westminster, Paddington, Engineers, Tower Hamlets, Artists, 2nd and 3rd London.

The Anglo-Dutch Fleet under Admiral Lord Exmouth battled to end the enslavement of Europeans by Omar Agha, Dey of Algiers. After the paintings by Thomas Luny.

Showing the opening of trenches as a technique in battle. Based upon the Siege of Barcelona in 1714 during the War of Spanish Succession.

A private in marching order.

Battle of the Terrible and the Vengeance Privateers 1757. English Captain William Death battled French Captain Bourdas over the prize ship Grand Alexander. Only 26 men survived of nearly 500. In memorial frame.

After its defeat by HMS Implacable and Centaur in the Baltic Sea during the Anglo-Russian War.

From 1831-77 they were known as the Scot Fusilier Guards.

Attack on the Road to Bayonne 1813. Sir John Hope advancing. After William Heath.

Set of Four. Ships at Sea. A Calm, a Fresh Gale, a Squall and a Shipwreck.

Torpedo Gunboat.

Charge of the Life Guards.

Battle of Salamonda, 1809. Retreat led by Marshal de Soult after the defeat at Oporto. After William Heath.

Capture of La Gloire 1795, by HMS Astraea under Captain Lord Henry Paulet near the Bay of Biscay. After Thomas Whitecombe. French Revolutionary Wars.

The oldest regiment in the British Army.

Originally formed in 1689, the Rifles chose to disband rather than be amalgamated in 1968.

Long range night bomber with twin Rolls Royce kestrel engines.

Gloster Gladiator: Single Seat Fighter. After Howard Leigh.

Armaments for use in sieges by land and sea. With key in German.

Charge of the Heavy Brigade of Royal Scots Greys. Crimean War.

8th King’s Royal Irish Hussars, amalgamated to the Queen’s Royal Irish Hussars.

Battle of Leipsic: Flight of the French from the Allied Armies after their defeat at the Battle of Leipsic. Napoleonic Wars.

20th Hussars, amalgamated to the King’s Royal Hussars. Officer and Trumpeter, Review Order.

View of the plane under construction with a half scale model as comparison. After Roland Davies.

The Third Gurgkhas. India.

Off the coast of Corfu by HMS Belle Poule under command of Captain James Brisbane.15 February 1809.

West India Regiment. India.

1st Royal Dragoons, amalgamated to the Blues and Royals. Trooper of the First Rank, review order.

Pilot and Cup. The race was not run from 1939-45.