NLS Haig - Heavy gun in action during World War I
British QF 4.7 inch Gun on 1900 Mk I "Woolwich" carriage, Western Front, World War I. AWM caption : "Picardie, Somme Pozieres. Australian transport limbers returning down Sausage Valley gallop past a battery o... More
Jacobite broadside - Portrait of Princess Louisa Maria as a young girl...
At age 9 6 1/2x 8 7/8 Portrait of Princess Louisa Maria Stuart (1692-1712), as a young girl, age 9, in stone frame on stone slab with text "Aetais Suae 9"; holding flowers
Jacobite broadside - Princess of Stolberg
Portrait of Louisa in fine dress and fur robe, hand resting on table with book on table, rose in other hand, oval portrait "Publish'd as the Act directs August 1st. 1773. By J.P. Coghlan in Duke Str. Grosvenor ... More
NLS Haig - Repairing one of our guns for use in the continued advance
IWM caption : THE THIRD BATTLE OF YPRES (PASSCHENDAELE) 31 JULY - 10 NOVEMBER 1917 Description: Battle of Polygon Wood 26 September - 3 October: A new barrel is lowered into position on an 8 inch howitzer by th... More
Robert I and Isabella of Mar (cropped)
King Robert I of Scotland and his wife, Isabella of Mar
Blaeu Atlas of Scotland, 1654 - Sterlinensis praefectura, Sterlin-Shyr...
The first Atlas of Scotland, containing 49 engraved maps and 154 pages of descriptive text, translated from Latin into English for the first time. The above map depicts the area surrounding the once Royal burg... More
NLS Haig - Smashed up German trench on Messines Ridge with dead (cropp...
This is a disturbing image of a destroyed German trench. In the foreground the limp bodies of dead German soldiers lie amidst the rubble. It is difficult to distinguish the soldiers from the chaos around them,... More
First Map of Scotland 'Scotia, Regno di Scotia' - 1570 - National Libr...
This is the first surviving printed map of Scotland portrayed on its own. Watermarks in the paper indicate Venetian origin, and it may have been engraved by Paolo Forlani, who was active in Venice during the 15... More
NLS Haig - Troops moving up at eventide - men of a Yorkshire regiment ...
Five soldiers silhouetted against the sky. Rays of sun burst through dark clouds to create a dramatic and atmospheric shot. They are all wearing steel helmets, and three of them are clearly carrying rifles and... More
NLS Haig - Troops moving up at eventide - men of a Yorkshire regiment ...
Five soldiers silhouetted against the sky. Rays of sun burst through dark clouds to create a dramatic and atmospheric shot. They are all wearing steel helmets, and three of them are clearly carrying rifles and... More
12 Inch Railway Gun Armstrong Mk II Arras 1917 - A black and white pho...
Arras, France. British Army artillerymen covering a 12 inch railway mounted gun before moving it outside the city. Comment : The gun is mounted on the Mk II Armstrong carriage. NOTE : This version of the photo... More
12 Inch Railway Howitzer Mk V War Of The Nations 1919 - A group of men...
British 12 inch Mk V railway howitzer in action during WWI. The caption locating it in Flanders should be disregarded. It is part of the same shoot as Image:Loading12inchMkVRailwayHowitzerLeury1917.jpeg which t... More
Battle of the Canal du Nord - Horse drawn artillery wagon 2
Some horse-drawn artillery wagons entering a cutting in the Canal du Nord, which was being built when war broke out in August 1914. The excavations for the Canal du Nord made a perfect defensive system, and the... More
Big British gun going to its position NLS 74547344
NLS caption : "British gun going to its position, Ypres, Belgium. This shows a heavy artillery gun being transported along a road towards the Front. The gun, strapped to an eight-wheeled carriage, is being hau... More
British officer writing home - WWI - Western Front
A British officer writing home from the Western Front during World War One. Sitting on some sandbags and surrounded by scattered debris, this officer is writing a letter home. He is wearing puttees (protective... More
Detail of fallen girders - Victorian era public domain image
Photograph of girders fallen from the collapsed first Tay Bridge, showing broken wooden sections.
Detail of men salvaging the wreckage of the Tay Bridge
Photograph of men in a boat salvaging wreckage of the collapsed first Tay Bridge, with other men standing on the harbour in the background.
Dùn an Achaidh (OS map, 1881) - Public domain old map
A cropped image of an Ordnance Survey map (Title: Argyll and Bute Sheet L.3 (Coll). Survey date: 1878. Publication date: 1881). This image shows Dùn an Achaidh nearby Acha, on the Inner Hebridean island of Coll.
Fallen girders, Tay Bridge - Victorian era public domain image
Photograph of fallen girders after collapse of part of the first Tay Bridge.
Fallen girders - Victorian era public domain image
Photograph of fallen girders of the collapsed first Tay Bridge, apparently drawn up on the shore to await salvage.
Grave of German Airman - Baron Von Richthofen at Sailly le Sec, Somme
Red Baron's grave, Sailly le Sec, France, 1918. The grave of Manfred von Richthofen (1892-1918), better known as the 'Red Baron'. Richthofen was a cavalry officer who became the most famous of all the World Wa... More
Gunners bring up 6-inch Mk VII gun charges WWI NLS 74548526
Gunners bringing up charges for British BL 6-inch Mk VII field gun. See File:6-inch Mk VII field gun and crew WWI NLS 74548528.jpg for the men posed with the gun.
John Warwick Brooke - Spotting a German plane
Machine-gun post, France, during World War I. Two machine gunners are preparing to target an enemy aeroplane. The main gunner is sighting and aligning the Vickers machine gun, while his partner is using a teles... More
KGV inspects mortars WWI NLS 74547778
HM King George V inspects various mortars during World War I. The officer appears to be showing him a bomb for a 3-inch Stokes mortar. Behind the officer is a German 7.58 cm minenwerfer. Behind that appears to ... More
Large girders, Tay Bridge - Steam locomotive, Public domain image
Photograph of section of the first Tay Bridge before its collapse, with a steam train.
Last standing pier north end of gap
Photograph of a surviving but damaged pier after collapse of part of the first Tay Bridge.
Last standing pier south end of gap
Photograph of a surviving but damaged pier after collapse of part of the first Tay Bridge.
Map of the Flight of locks at Falkirk
Part of OS sheet XXX.2 showing the flight of canal locks at Falkirk and a section of the Antonine Wall between Rough Castle and Camelon at a scale of 1:2,500 or about 25 inches to one mile. Second Edition, 1897
NLS Haig - 77 mm. guns which were captured by the British during the a...
"OFFICIAL PHOTOGRAPH TAKEN ON THE BRITISH WESTERN FRONT IN FRANCE - THE AUGUST OFFENSIVE. 77 mm. guns which were captured by the British during the advance. Comment : "August Offensive" appears to refer to the... More
NLS Haig - Anti aircraft gun in the snow and ruins
British QF 13-pounder 9 cwt anti-aircraft gun and crew in snow amidst ruins. Aircraft tracking equipment is at left. Western Front.
NLS Haig - Anti-aircraft gun in action during the battle
Soldiers silhouetted against the sky. They are preparing to fire an anti-aircraft gun. On the right of the photograph a soldier is being handed a large shell for the gun. OFFICIAL PHOTOGRAPHS TAKEN ON THE BRIT... More
NLS Haig - Anti-aircraft gun in action in the ruins
Right side view of British QF 13 pounder 9 cwt anti-aircraft gun mounted on a Thornycroft lorry, next to a ruined house somewhere on the Western Front in World War I. See also : File:13 pounder 9 cwt AAgun at ... More
NLS Haig - Artillery going through a cutting in the Canal du Nord
18 pounder field gun and its limber being towed by the standard 6 horses, passing through a cutting in the Canal du Nord, France. A driver is mounted on each of the 3 leftside horses. The gun's No 1, a Sergeant... More
NLS Haig - Artillery passing through the Canal du Nord by a destroyed ...
Horse-drawn artillery wagon passing through the Canal du Nord, France, during World War I. This image shows a gun carriage pulled by a team of horses moving through the Canal du Nord, with a destroyed bridge in... More
NLS Haig - Big gun going up to the front
A British Army 6 inch Mk VII field gun being towed towards the front by a Holt caterpillar tractor, at Trones Wood, France.
NLS Haig - Big shells for one of our guns
Soldiers manhandling a wagon with shells for a BL 15 inch howitzer. This appears to be part of the same shoot as File:15inchHowitzerLoading1July1916.jpg
NLS Haig - C.O. of the Royal Scots Greys with his staff
CO of the Royal Scots Greys with his staff near Public domain photograph related to the British military forces, World War One, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
NLS Haig - Camp of an anit-aircraft gun crew
A British Army anti-aircraft crew loading its gun which is located amidst transport vehicles and beside the crew's camp. Location : Boyelles, France. Comment : The gun appears to be a 13 pounder 9 cwt, based on... More
NLS Haig - Captured German trench Howitzer at Beaucourt- sur- Ancre
Captured German 17 cm mittlerer Minenwerfer a/A at Beaucourt- sur- Ancre.
NLS Haig - Crew of a 6' gun
Officers and men in front of a British BL 6-inch Mk VII field gun on the Western Front.
NLS Haig - Delegates of the Miners Federation just after a tour of the...
NLS caption : Delegates from the Miners’ Federation after visiting the front line, during World War I. It is likely that these delegates from the Miners' Federation were visiting the frontline as part of a con... More
NLS Haig - Enemy of the Hun during World War I
The crew of a 6 inch Mark VII gun at work, near Pys, France. See also : File:BL6inchMk7GunPysMarch1917.jpg for another view
NLS Haig - Famous Canal du Nord which the Canadians stormed
Horse-drawn supply carts and soldiers on foot and bicycle crossing the dry bed of the Canal du Nord, in the shadow of a bombed bridge. The railway line in the photograph was perhaps built to supply materials to... More
NLS Haig - Getting a big gun into position
British 6-inch Mk VII field gun in position on the Western Front. See also File:6 inch Mk VII field gun battery NLS 74547832.jpg
NLS Haig - Getting Granny ready to strafe the Germans
IWM caption : "THE BATTLES OF ARRAS 9 APRIL - 15 MAY 1917. A 15-Inch Howitzer is prepared for firing from a position near Dainville, 10 April 1917."
NLS Haig - Halting to refresh the horses in a stream
Halting to refresh the horses in a stream Public domain photograph related to the British military forces, World War One, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
NLS Haig - Horses of patrols tethered behind dug-outs in a dip
Row of horses tied up, Belgium. This image shows a line of horses tethered to some bushes. They are all wearing saddles and harnesses, and are laden with weapons and equipment. The ground they are standing on ... More
NLS Haig - Howitzer about to be fired
British 8-inch howitzer in snow elevated for firing on the Western Front.
NLS Haig - Howitzer in the act of firing
Photograph of British 8 inch howitzer firing. The gunlayer is holding the lanyard which is still connected to the gun's firing lock in the breech. Believed to be at Messines Ridge, June 1917 (see US Library of... More
NLS Haig - Howitzers during World War I
Photograph of 2 camouflaged British 4.5 inch field howitzers on the Western Front, World War I.
NLS Haig - Interior of a ward on a British Ambulance Train in France-c...
Interior of an ambulance-train ward, France, during World War I. This image is very striking due to the lighting and the tunnel effect of the train carriage, which is emphasised by the parallel lines of the woo... More
NLS Haig - Interior of a ward on a British Ambulance Train in France
Interior of an ambulance-train ward, France, during World War I. This image is very striking due to the lighting and the tunnel effect of the train carriage, which is emphasised by the parallel lines of the woo... More
NLS Haig - Loading a big trench mortar in a front line Boche trench
Demonstration of loading bomb into British 9.45 inch trench mortar, in an old German trench in Pigeon Wood, Gommecourt. Other photographs in the same series : File:9.45inchTrenchMortarGommecourtMarch1917.jpg F... More
NLS Haig - Maharaja of Patiala visits the Western Front
The Maharaja of Patiala, Bhupinder Singh, inspects a BL 12 inch Mk III railway howitzer near Borre, France. Note how the carriage has been lowered to the ground to steady it when firing.
NLS Haig - Moving back our heavy guns as the enemy advances
"OFFICIAL PHOTOGRAPH TAKEN ON THE BRITISH WESTERN FRONT IN FRANCE. Moving back our heavy guns as the enemy advances". Comment 1: Shows 8-inch Mk VI howitzer towed by Holt tractor. 286th Battery, 77 Bde, RGA. ... More
NLS Haig - Moving our guns to an advanced position
Photograph of a Holt artillery tractor towing a British BL 9.2 inch howitzer. This shows the howitzer broken down and towed on three separate carts : barrel, bed and cradle.
NLS Haig - Mr Balfour watching one of our big guns about to fire
Arthur Balfour inspects a 9.2 inch Mk I howitzer on the Western Front.
NLS Haig - Mr Lloyd George, M. Albert Thomas and Lord Reading
Mr. Lloyd George, Lord Reading and M. Albert Thomas visiting the Front, France.
NLS Haig - Our big guns shelling the enemy's back area
Battery of British 6-inch Mk VII field guns in position on the Western Front. See also File:6 inch Mk VII field gun NLS 74547830.jpg
NLS Haig - Portuguese entering a gas trench
Portuguese troops wearing gas masks entering a gas trench as part of training during World War I.
NLS Haig - Portuguese officers at bayonet practice
Portuguese officers at Bayonet training, World War I. Public domain photograph related to the British military forces, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
NLS Haig - Rolling a huge shell up to the gun
Soldiers in Englebelmer Wood on the Somme moving a 15-inch Howitzer shell by rolling it along a pair of rails. See also File:15inchHowitzerShellEnglebelmerWoodSeptember1916.jpg
NLS Haig - Royal Scots Greys in France
Royal Scots Greys (2nd Dragoons) training in France during the First World War.
NLS Haig - Smashed up German trench on Messines Ridge with dead (cropp...
This is a disturbing image of a destroyed German trench. In the foreground the limp bodies of dead German soldiers lie amidst the rubble. It is difficult to distinguish the soldiers from the chaos around them,... More
NLS Haig - Smashed up German trench on Messines Ridge with dead (cropp...
This is a disturbing image of a destroyed German trench. In the foreground the limp bodies of dead German soldiers lie amidst the rubble. It is difficult to distinguish the soldiers from the chaos around them,... More
NLS Haig - Smashed up German trench on Messines Ridge with dead
This is a disturbing image of a destroyed German trench. In the foreground the limp bodies of dead German soldiers lie amidst the rubble. It is difficult to distinguish the soldiers from the chaos around them,... More
NLS Haig - Some of our big gun gunners
British BL 6-inch Mk VII field gun and crew, Western Front World War I. "Somme gun" is chalked on the barrel. See File:Gunners bring up 6-inch Mk VII gun charges WWI NLS 74548526.jpg for men bringing up charge... More
NLS Haig - Tommy's billet during World War I
IWM caption : "Soldiers of 111 Brigade, 37th Division, pose for the camera, as they look through the windows of a ruined house in Hamel. Some are holding bombs, a stack of which can be seen on the ground besid... More
NLS Haig - Trench mortar and its crew, near Gommecourt
Demonstration of British 9.45 inch trench mortar, in an old German trench in Pigeon Wood, Gommecourt, viewed from front of trench. The cover is about to be removed from the mortar's muzzle. Other photographs in... More
NLS Haig - Two officers study a map sitting on a captured big mortar
A British officer and sergeant consult a map, seated on the trail of a captured German 17 cm mittlerer Minenwerfer n/A. Possibly on the Somme.
NLS Haig - Waiting for Boche planes
Arras, France. Four British QF 13-pounder 9 cwt anti-aircraft guns lined up in snow. Western Front. See also : File:13pdr9cwtAABatteryInSnowArras1917.jpg
NLS Haig - Watching a slight activity in a Boche trench
Posed photograph in a trench showing British troops using trench periscope and trench mirror to view nomansland.
NLS Haig - Watching the Boche trench through a periscope
British soldier in a trench surveying nomansland through a trench periscope, Western Front.
Ordnance Survey part of 25-inch Sheet XXX.2 Falkirk Antonine Wall, Pub...
Part of OS sheet XXX.2 showing a section of the Antonine Wall between Rough Castle and Camelon at a scale of 1:2,500 or about 25 inches to one mile. Second Edition, 1897
Original Tay Bridge from north before collapse (user restored version)
Photograph of the first Tay Bridge (before its collapse) seen from its north end in Dundee.
Original Tay Bridge from south before collapse (user restored version)
Photograph of the first Tay Bridge (before its collapse) seen from its south end near Wormit, Fife with steam train about to cross.
Part of the train salvaged from the Tay 02
Photograph of part of the train salvaged from the Tay after the collapse of the Tay Bridge. Left front three-quarter view of tender from locomotive no. 224
Part of the train salvaged from the Tay 03
Photograph of part of the train salvaged from the Tay after the collapse of the Tay Bridge. Front of tender from locomotive no. 224
Part of the train salvaged from the Tay 04
Photograph of part of the train salvaged from the Tay after the collapse of the Tay Bridge. Rear of tender from locomotive no. 224
Part of the train salvaged from the Tay
Photograph of part of the train salvaged from the Tay after the collapse of the Tay Bridge. Right-hand side of tender from locomotive no. 224
Pier no. 1- looking east - Victorian era public domain image
Photograph of a wrecked pier after collapse of part of the first Tay Bridge.
Pier no. 1- looking north - Victorian era public domain image
Photograph of a wrecked pier after collapse of part of the first Tay Bridge.
Pier no. 1- looking south - Victorian era public domain image
Photograph of a wrecked pier after collapse of part of the first Tay Bridge.
Pier no. 1- looking west - Victorian era public domain image
Photograph of a wrecked pier after collapse of part of the first Tay Bridge.
Pier no. 10- looking east - Victorian era public domain image
Photograph of a wrecked pier after collapse of part of the first Tay Bridge.
Pier no. 10- looking north - Victorian era public domain image
Photograph of a wrecked pier after collapse of part of the first Tay Bridge.
Pier no. 10- looking south - Victorian era public domain image
Photograph of a wrecked pier after collapse of part of the first Tay Bridge.
Pier no. 10- looking west - Victorian era public domain image
Photograph of a wrecked pier after collapse of part of the first Tay Bridge.
Pier no. 11- looking east - Victorian era public domain image
Photograph of a wrecked pier after collapse of part of the first Tay Bridge.
Pier no. 11- looking north - Drawing. Public domain image.
Photograph of a wrecked pier after collapse of part of the first Tay Bridge.
Pier no. 11- looking south - Victorian era public domain image
Photograph of a wrecked pier after collapse of part of the first Tay Bridge.
Pier no. 11- looking west - Victorian era public domain image
Photograph of a wrecked pier after collapse of part of the first Tay Bridge.
Pier no. 12- looking east - Victorian era public domain image
Photograph of a wrecked pier after collapse of part of the first Tay Bridge.
Pier no. 12- looking north - Victorian era public domain image
Photograph of a wrecked pier after collapse of part of the first Tay Bridge.
Pier no. 12- looking south - Victorian era public domain image
Photograph of a wrecked pier after collapse of part of the first Tay Bridge.
Pier no. 12- looking west - Victorian era public domain image
Photograph of a wrecked pier after collapse of part of the first Tay Bridge.
Pier no. 2- looking east - Victorian era public domain image
Photograph of a wrecked pier after collapse of part of the first Tay Bridge.
Pier no. 2- looking north - Victorian era public domain image
Photograph of a wrecked pier after collapse of part of the first Tay Bridge.
Pier no. 2- looking south - Victorian era public domain image
Photograph of a wrecked pier after collapse of part of the first Tay Bridge.
Pier no. 2- looking west - Victorian era public domain image
Photograph of a wrecked pier after collapse of part of the first Tay Bridge.