Field of history concerned with the military and warfare

World War One, two nurses attending to a patient

World War One: operating theatre in portable hut of a C.C.S.

World War One: photograph of transport of wounded.

World War I: advanced dressing station

View of the Lake at The Imperial Summer Palace, Beijing

World War One: first aid on the battlefield, Somme.

Soldiers, Infantry, being paid their wages by the Roman government, while the Cavalry are seen fending for themselves

Example of Beheading, a Roman military punishment carried out by the use of a axe or sword

Example of a Roman military punishment for Adultery, where the feet of the soldier were tied to two branches of trees bent down, which being suddenly let free, tore the offender apart.

World War One: men with wounds to the eyes walking in a single line, each man placing his left hand on the left shoulder of the man in front for assistance. Captioned 'Nightfall.'

World War One: photograph of regimental aid post

The Roman miliary punishment of Humiliation either by taking away the Military Belt or Girdle or by making the offender do a task that is beneath them, more a temporary or part of a punishment

World War I: hospital beds

Roman military punishment showing the breaking of the legs of slaves or persons of an inferiour level.

The military guide for young officers , by Thomas Simes, Esq. author of The military medley. In two volumes. ..

1 drawing : watercolour ; image 44.4 x 59 cm

Cavalry drill in the mountains, Afghanistan. Watercolour.

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History, Military

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World War I: hospital beds

World War One: photograph of transport of wounded.

Roman military punishment showing the breaking of the legs of slaves or persons of an inferiour level.

The military guide for young officers , by Thomas Simes, Esq. author of The military medley. In two volumes. ..

Cavalry drill in the mountains, Afghanistan. Watercolour.

History, Military

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Images referencing History, Military

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World War I: hospital beds

World War One: photograph of transport of wounded.

Roman military punishment showing the breaking of the legs of slaves or persons of an inferiour level.

The military guide for young officers , by Thomas Simes, Esq. author of The military medley. In two volumes. ..

Cavalry drill in the mountains, Afghanistan. Watercolour.

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