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At Parades: Lord Kitchener at Liverpool and Manchester
Three photographs and accompanying text, which includes a reference to dock strikes in Liverpool
The Camera in the Field: things pleasant and unpleasant
An example of war reporting, with an emphasis on the immediacy of photography, including a portrait of Drummer Spencer John 'Joe' Bent of the East Lancashire Regiment, awarded the Victoria Cross for three acts of heroism.
British and French prisoners of the Turks: our groups named
Photographs of Prisoners of War, reproduced from a Turkish newspaper, with identifying names and regiments. Includes three members of Lancashire regiments, as well as some naval personnel. Note that the men all seem to be wearing civilian clothes…
Kuerden Maps of Preston
A series of hand drawn maps of the centre of Preston c.1684
Tags: Jacobite, Lancashire, map, Preston
Entrance to the tunnel of the Liverpool & Manchester rail-way, Edge-Hill
Wapping or Edge Hill Tunnel was constructed to enable goods services to operate between Liverpool docks and Manchester, as part of the planned Liverpool and Manchester Railway. It is said to be the first tunnel in the world to be bored under a city.…
Tags: construction, Edge Hill, engraving, Lancashire, Liverpool, Manchester, railway, tunnel
Map of the Battle of Preston
This map was drawn in 1818 and published in 1836, so over a century after the event it represents. However, it is closely based on an original map made by A. Boyer, dedicated to the victorious General Wills, which was published in 1716 and hence very…
Tags: drawing, Jacobite, Lancashire, map, Preston
The V.C.'s-by-Vote Action: the assault at 'Lancashire Landing,' Gallipoli
This image shows the initial phase of the landing of 1st Battalion of the Lancashire Fusiliers at Cape Helles, Gallipoli, on 25 April 1915. The landing beach was subsequently known as 'Lancashire Landing'.
The regiment won the distinction of…
The regiment won the distinction of…
The Great British Offensive North of the Somme: troops advancing to the capture of Montauban
Both the drawing and the written commentary call upon the testimony of eye-witnesses. The sub-caption of the image claims that the artist was working 'from material supplied by one who took part in the action'; the commentary includes a direct…
The East Lancashire Regiment
A drawing of Drummer Spencer John Bent, known as 'Joe', of the East Lancashire Regiment, with accompanying text, showing one of the courageous acts which led to the award of the Victoria Cross. The text includes a direct quotation from Drummer Bent,…
"Cottonopolis" a Vulcan's Forge: A Manchester War Foundry
Drawing of munitions production at the British Westlinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company's premises, with a short discussion.
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Engine cleaners (?) at Upperby Depot, Carlisle
Photograph which possibly shows women engine-cleaners, who would have been drafted in to undertake this work during World War One.