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  • machete, British machete, British

    (weapons and ammunition) Made by: S & J Kitchin, Sheffield 1918

    This machete, made in Sheffield in 1918, is associated with the post-1918 service of Major G W Nightingale. Nightingale served at Gallipoli and on the Western Front as an officer with the 1st Royal Munster Fusiliers. During 1919 he served with 46th...

  • ship, Coastal Motor Boat (CMB 4), British ship, Coastal Motor Boat (CMB 4), British

    (vehicles, aircraft and ships) Made by: J Thornycroft, Hampton, Middlesex 1916

    The first twelve 40-foot Coastal Motor Boats (CMBs) were ordered by the Admiralty from J I Thornycroft's in January 1916, and by August were delivered. They were armed with one 18-inch torpedo and Lewis guns, and could make well over 30 knots. CMB 4 was...

  • Zayem Svobody [Freedom Loan] Zayem Svobody [Freedom Loan]

    (posters) Made by: Kustodiev, Boris Mikajlovich (artist) 1917

    whole: the image covers the whole of the design. The title, in red, is integrated with and positioned arross the top of the design. image: A bearded Russian revolutionary soldier stands upon a plinth. He holds his rifle in front of him and looks directly...

  • Soloveski Monastery Soloveski Monastery

    (art) Made by: Tonks, Henry 1919

    image: a view across a pretty landscape towards the Solovetsky Monastery in Solovki, Russia. The church and monastery have white-washed walls and distinctive green onion-domes are dotted across the roof. In the foreground a tree sits on a riverbank, with...

  • Soloveski: the Church within the Monastery Walls Soloveski: the Church within the Monastery Walls

    (art) Made by: Tonks, Henry

    image: a view of the church within Solovetsky Monastery, Solovki, Russia. The church has numerous spires topped with green and blue onion-domes and white-washed walls. The large walls of the monastery are visible to right and left, and two figures stand...

  • Kem: the wooden bridge over the Kem river on the Murmansk-Petrograd Railway Kem: the wooden bridge over the Kem river on the Murmansk-Petrograd Railway

    (art) Made by: Tonks, Henry 1919

    image: a view of a wooden railway bridge of the Murmansk-Petrograd railway across the Kem river in northern Russia.

  • Kem Town: a distant view from the hill above General Headquarters Kem Town: a distant view from the hill above General Headquarters

    (art) Made by: Tonks, Henry 1919

    image: a view across a Russian landscape, with the distinctive onion-dome and tented roof of the church at Kem in the distance. There is broken ground in the foreground, a wood to the right and the White Sea is visible on the horizon.

  • The Surrender of Pujos Gora, 1919 The Surrender of Pujos Gora, 1919

    (art) Made by: Tonks, Henry 1919

    image: A lively scene with the peasants of a Russian town welcoming Imperial troops. In the centre a Colonel in uniform walks up to a figure who bows before him. Many of the people gathered around are turned to watch this meeting, some waving, others...

  • Russian Soldiers Dancing with Peasant Women Russian Soldiers Dancing with Peasant Women

    (art) Made by: Tonks, Henry 1919

    image: The foreground is filled with dancing couples of peasant women and Russian troops. There is a large wooden hut behind with two women looking at the dancers from the stairs near the doorway.

  • RN Armoured Car Squadron : winter transport of wounded at Alexandrovsk RN Armoured Car Squadron : winter transport of wounded at Alexandrovsk

    (art) Made by: Gordon, Jan 1918

    image: Three men wearing dark winter clothing and white fur hats walk through a wintry snow-covered landscape pulling an injured man, who lies on a stretcher mounted on a sled.

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