Collection: A-Z
The Dardanelles Expedition: Hamilton, I
A collection of official photographs from the Dardanelles Expedition of 1915-1916.
The Officer As Hero And Celebrity (Part 1): Robinson, C N
The first part of "Celebrities of the army", edited by Commander Chas. N. Robinson, London, 1900. A book depicting British senior officers as heroes, describing their adventures and accompanied by rich…
The Officer As Hero And Celebrity (Part 2): Robinson, C N
The second part of Celebrities of the army, 1900. The book depicts British senior officers heroically, describing their adventures and achievements in recent colonial conflicts in a series of rich colour…
The Officer As Hero And Celebrity (Part 3): Robinson, C N
The third and final part of Celebrities of the army, 1900. The book depicts British senior officers heroically, describing their adventures and achievements in recent colonial conflicts in a series of…
The Ruins Of France (Part 1): Spears, E
This first selection from the extensive archive of Major General Sir Edward Spears chronicles life on the Western Front during the Great War when Spears was a liaison officer between the French and British…
The Ruins Of France (Part 2) - Spears In France: Spears, E
This second selection from the archive of Major General Sir Edward Spears contains further insights into life on the Western Front during World War One. Spears was to become Head of the British Military…
The Ruins Of France (Part 3) - Marching As To War: Spears, E
Batch three of this photograph album from the collection of Major General Sir Edward Spears captures the vicissitudes of war on the Western Front in vivid detail. Spears, a fluent French speaker, provided…
The Ruins Of France (Part 4) - Observing The Great War: Spears, E
This fourth instalment of a photograph album belonging to liaison officer, Edward Spears, provides revealing testimony to the routine of the First World War: parades, inspections, decoration in battle,…
The Ruins Of France (Part 5) - Death And Discipline On The Western Front: Spears, E
This fifth selection from a photograph album belonging to liaison officer, Major General Edward Spears, explores the often grim price of war, notably a series of dramatic photographs illustrating the drum…
The Ruins Of France (Part 6) - Deepening Conflict: Spears, E
This sixth instalment of photography from the collection of Major General Sir Edward Spears chronicles a deepening conflict: use of aerial reconnaissance, artillery in action, the bombardment of the enemy. It…
The Siege Of Paris (1870-1871): Child, E
This volume of cartoons, Souvenirs Du Siege de Paris, was collected by Edwin Child who was trapped in Paris during the siege of the city in the Franco-Prussian War. He volunteered for the Garde Nationale…
Tirah - Photographic Journalism (Part 1)
This represents the first part of a photograph album published by Black and white Magazine, covering the Tirah Campaign in India's North West Frontier between 1897 and 1898. The Expedition photographs…
Transvaal War Souvenir
This small selection of pages from a souvenir supplement published by the Illustrated London News covers the first two years of the Second Boer War, 1899-1900 and is entitled 'The Transvaal War'. The…
Travels Of A Naval Officer Volume 3: Gurner, V G
Another album of photographs belonging to Rear-Admiral Victor Gallafent Gurner mainly features Royal Navy ships, including several cruisers and battleships, during the period c 1890-1920. The ships are,…
Travels Of A Naval Officer Volume 4 (Part 1): Gurner, V G
The first of three selections of photographs from the fourth volume belonging to Rear-Admiral Victor Gallafent Gurner mainly shows life on board ship and the effects of war between the Russians and Japanese,…
Travels Of A Naval Officer Volume 4 (Part 2): Gurner, V G
The second of three selections of photographs from the fourth volume belonging to Rear-Admiral Victor Gallafent Gurner features views of pleasure boating in Norfolk, including the Broads, showing the River…
Travels Of A Naval Officer Volume 4 (Part 3): Gurner, V G
The last of three selections of photographs from the fourth volume belonging to Rear-Admiral Victor Gallafent Gurner features a wide variety of photography relevant to Gurner’s career and travels prior…
Trenches Of The German Eastern Front
A collection of photos showing trenches on the German Eastern Front in World War One taken in Russia, Hungary and Romania, many captioned in German including soldiers in the trenches, relaxing, training…
War In The Switzerland Of Asia - Swat Valley: Campbell, F
This collection of reports, telegrams, correspondence and maps charts two key campaigns in Swat in the North West Frontier, a place of lush mountain scenery that later earned it the title of the 'Switzerland…
Waziristan, 1937: Penney, W R C
A pamphlet entitled, 'Waziristan, 1937', written by Major General Sir (William) Ronald Campbell Penney. Reprinted from the Royal Signals Quarterly Journal. The British were engaged in an operation in this…
World War One Posters
In 2006, King's College purchased a collection of colour propaganda posters from the Moravian Church of North America. The posters were collected by the Reverend Kenneth G Hamilton (1892-1975), while working…
