The British Empire

“General Gordon’s Last Stand” (1885). George William Joy (c.1893)

The Royal Family photographed on the deck of HMS Vanguard with her crew while en route to South Africa (1947)

The Siege of Charleston, 1780. - Alonzo Chappel (1860)

HMS Indomitable with some of its Supermarine Seafires (c.1940)

British troops hoisting the Union Flag over the walls of Fort Dufferin at Mandalay Palace Burma after the defeat of the Japanese forces (1945)

HMS Khedive enters the Grand Harbour of Valletta in Malta with Supermarine Seafire L.III’s on deck (1944)

“1189. The Crusaders. 1915.” Poster depicting the parallel between 12th century crusaders and WW1 Australian soldiers (1915)

The Warships of the Grand Fleet in the North Sea (1916)

Royal Marines raise the flag of the Governor of the Falkland Islands after defeating the Argentinian occupiers (1982)

HMS Nelson off North Africa (1943)

“Side By Side - Britannia!” Poster depicting Lady Britannia arm-in-arm with Uncle Sam symbolising the British-American alliance during WW1 (1918)

The Royal Navy in the Mediterranean. A Fairey Albacore takes off from HMS Indomitable while HMS Eagle brings up the rear, seen from the flight deck of HMS Victorious (1942)

WW1 Christmas Postcard Depicting a British Soldier Defending the Union Flag (1916)

King George V with his Prime Ministers at the Imperial Conference (1926)

“Goodbye My Lads!” Horatio Nelson Leaving Portsmouth to Sail for Trafalgar on the Victory. Frederic Roe (1905)

“One With Britain, Heart and Soul, One Life, One Flag, One Throne!” A Large Group Portrait of the Soldiers of the British Empire (1898)

HMS Duke of York and HMS King George V moored in Scapa Flow (1941)

“Following in the Footsteps of the Dear Old Dad!” WW1 Poster (1914-18)

Unveiling of the statue of Cecil Rhodes in Bulawayo, Rhodesia (1904)

HMS Valiant followed by HMS Hood and HMS Renown firing their guns during the Silver Jubilee of King George V, taken from HMS Rodney (1935)