Training Collection

Boys from the Gravesend Sea School, Kent, dry their washing on a flag hoist. 5 June 1937

The New Sandhurst. The Royal Armoured Corps OCTU at work. Nerve balance physical fitness and agility tests for the cadets Monkey Hill

Portuguese troops in training, at Horsham, Sussex. Gas mask drill

Jack Nye, bowling find, at Fairfax school in London. Jack Nye, who was formerly a farm hand near Hove, Sussex and is considered to be a demon bowler of the future

Demonstration by the the Auxillary Fire Service at the The Kentish Mercury office in Greenwich, London. 1938

London Fireman Give Rescue Display. A display of rescue work, fire fighting and drill was given by members of the London Fire Brigade at the Brigades Headquarters, Southwark

Territorial Army recruits at camp in Chichester, Sussex. A game of cricket. 1939

The night advance. Scenes Somewhere in Wilts. Lewis gunners of the anti aircraft section
The night advance. Scenes " Somewhere in Wilts ". Lewis gunners of the anti aircraft section. 27 August 1928

The night advance. Scenes somewhere in Wilts. Tanks under cover in the darkness
The night advance. Scenes " somewhere in Wilts ". Tanks under cover in the darkness. 27 August 1928

Noted Opera star strikes a new note. Frieda Hempel, exercising on a cycling machine. 6 April 1929

Military operations at Aldershot. Members of the Tank Corps camouflaging their tanks. 26 August 1924

The start of the manoeuvres. Machine gun section of the 2nd Infantry Brigade moving up at the double near Oxford. 5 September 1927

The anti aircraft gun protects the big gun. An anti aircraft accompanies the Howitzer at the manoeuvres at Oxford. 5 September 1927

Great mechanical army on Salisbury Plain. An aerial attack on the mechanicalised army column which was held up owing to the road being " blown up ". 19 August 1927

A clipper of the clouds. A striking aerial picture of a US Naval seaplane balanced over a dense smoke screen laid down by destroyers off the coast of Southern California. 24 February 1927

More women learning to fly. London pupils who show skill and coolness. Mrs Simon Fraser going for a flight. 27 March 1928

Prince Henry on manoeuvres with first cavalry brigade at Fox Hills, Aldershot. A troop of cavalry moving forward at the trot during a reconnaissance

A tank crew resting under a camouflaged tank. At the manoeuvres at Oxford. 5 September 1927

Navy. Gun crew in masks. HMS Wrestler 4 July 1929

Mechanical Army manoeuvres on Salisbury Plain. Men of the Tank Corps giving one of the huge war engines a wash down. 20 August 1927

Another boxing Marquess. The young Marquess Townshend is anxious to become a boxer and is already showing considerable promise in the noble art. He is seen here club swinging. 4 February 1924

Lady chefs in the making at the LCC Technical Institute, Vincent Square, London. 22 October 1925

Military operations at Aldershot. Cavalry versus tanks. Colonel Goschen, the Earl of Cavan and Sir Philip Chetwode discussing the battle. 26 August 1924

The night advance. Scenes somewhere in Wilts. Infantry wearing gas masks in
The night advance. Scenes " somewhere in Wilts ". Infantry wearing gas masks in position during the night. 27 August 1928

Military operations at Fox Hills, Aldershot. Prince Henry enjoying a pipe during a halt at Mortimer Hill. 26 August 1924 Prince Henry

Great mechanical army on Salisbury Plain. 19 August 1927

Colonial office conference visitors see war office demonstration of transport cross country vehicles at Aldershot. One of the largest tanks with a one man and a two man tank. 21 May 1927

At Brockenhurst in the New Forest, Hampshire, the Forestry Commissions School of Forestry for disabled ex - servicemen. Students taking down lecture notes 7 November 1920

Military operations by the Aldershot command. The Invasion of Hampshire. The delayed rafts arrive in time to take the forage waggons across. One is seen being transported. 29 August 1924

A lewis gun section of the Seaforth Highlanders at the manoeuvres at Oxford. 5 September 1927

At the West London Indoor cricket club, Acton F T Mann, P F Warner and Durston ( Middlesex ) 31 December 1924

Americas boy leading Felix Leachs string of horses at Newmarket. 1924
" Americas boy " leading Felix Leachs string of horses at Newmarket. 1924

Military operations at Fox Hill, Aldershot. Cavalry versus tanks. A tank in action against infantrymen, who are seen firing. 26 August 1924

The Derby favourite leaves for Epsom. HH the Aga Khans Derby horses, Diophon
The Derby favourite leaves for Epsom. HH the Aga Khans Derby horses, " Diophon " ( front ) and " Salmon Trout "

The latest novelty in the mimic war. A machine gun mounted on a trolley, driven by equestrian power, is the latest novelty in the mimic war on Salisbury Plain. 29 August 1927

Young Ahearn training at Brighton Sparring with Prof Hurst of Brighton

London Fire Engine setting up lights

Young Ahearn training at Brighton

Arsenal Football Club players on the Dyke golf links at Brighton. Cliff Bastin ( on left ), the outside left and his trainer Milne. 1932

Ladies of Battersea and Chelsea Polytechnics start cricket practice at Merton Abbey. Sending them down in the approved fashion. 19 May 1926

At Brockenhurst in the New Forest, Hampshire, the Forestry Commissions School of Forestry for disabled ex - servicemen. A lesson on timber measurement. 7 November 1920

Young Ahearn training at Brighton with his trainer Cram

Positioning the light Taken at London Fire Brigade Headquarters. 19 September 1932

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