ARMY
GEORGE FLEW 1916. CAP BADGE MAY BE DORSET REGIMENT
TROOPS RETURNING TO THE VERNE CITADEL.
BOB AND TOM SPENCER.
MABEL (NEE OTTER) AND HARRY SMITH 1918. HARRY ON WOUNDED LEAVE
6TH DORSETS AT PORTLAND BILL 1939. HARRY SMITH, SGT. ON LEFT.
DORSET TERRITORIALS 1920's. HARRY SMITH, SERGEANT IN FRONT WITH BATON.
LARGE BUILDINGS INSIDE VERNE 1877
PRIVATE, ROYAL ARMY MEDICAL CORP 1914 FIRST CLASS ORDERLY
THE KINGS (SHROPSHIRE LIGHT INFANTRY) 1865-1912
PRIVATE, 20TH FOOT (EAST DEVONSHIRE REGIMENT) 1880
DUKE OF CAMBRIDGE’S OWN MIDDLESEX REGIMENT
77TH REGIMENT 1870, POSING WITH CUP
2ND BATTALION THE PRINCE ALBERT’S SOMERSET LIGHT INFANTRY 3RD NOVEMBER 1899
ROYAL REGIMENT OF ARTILLERY, 12 POUNDER GUN DETACHMENT 1891
SERGEANT ROYAL SCOTS FUSILIERS 1890
COLONEL INDIAN STAFF CORPS, LIEUTENANT 1ST BATTALION ROYAL MUNSTER FUSILIERS, LIEUTENANT ROYAL ENGINEERS, AT THE VERNE
TYPICAL LAYOUT FOR KIT INSPECTION 1896
1ST BATTALION GREEN HOWARDS 1935, THE REGIMENTAL COLOUR.
1ST BATTALION GREEN HOWARDS "ALMA DAY" AT VERNE 1935
MUSICIANS WITH THE RUSSIAN DRUMS CAPTURED IN THE CRIMEA, "BATTLE OF THE ALMA" 1854
1ST BATTALION GREEN HOWARDS "ALMA DAY" 1935. HANDING OVER THE COLOUR
TROOPING THE COLOUR 1935. 1ST BATTALION GREEN HOWARDS
THE GREEN HOWARDS FAREWELL INSPECTION 1937
THE 2ND WARWICKS LEAVING BARRACKS.
2ND BATTALION BUFFS (EAST KENT REGIMENT) CHURCH PARADE 1925
SOLDIERS AT THE VERNE
GROUP ARMY PICTURE 1916
WALTER CRISPIN STONE 1884-1944 FRONT RIGHT SEATED
L: TO R:- ?, GEORGE COMBEN, ? , MOLLO HANSFORD, SONNY ILIFFE, ?, BILL HUNT, ERN SMITH, JACK WHITE, ?, BILL WHITE.
UNKNOWN SOLDIER, COULD BE CROAD OR HODDER.
MR AND MRS W HODDER AND SON WILLIAM (BILL)
ROYAL ENGINEERS CIRCA 1914 /18
No 8 COMPANY, 1st DORSET RGA VOLUNTEERS WITH CUP JH1213
MAYBE A HODDER OR A CROAD IN PICTURE.
MR WILLIAM AND MRS EVA HODDER WITH SON WILLIAM (BILL) 1917
UNIFORM IS A UTILITY TUNIC OF THE ROYAL ENGINEERS
WILLIAM HODDER SECOND FROM LEFT STANDING, IN PRISONER OF WAR CAMP.
WILLIAM (BILL) HODDER WITH ANOTHER.
WILLIAM ON THE RIGHT IN PRISONER OF WAR CAMP
BLACKNOR POINT.
TAKEN FROM NEAR BARNES TIP, GUN BARREL CAN BE SEEN AT THE FORT.
MR JACK “SPRING HEEL" PEARCE.
ROYAL ENGINEERS
GUN EMPLACEMENT ON THE VERNE.
GUN EMPLACEMENT ON THE VERNE.
NORTHUMBERLAND FUSILIERS 2nd BATTALION, TROOPING THE COLOUR ON ST. GEORGE'S DAY AT THE VERNE CITADEL PORTLAND - APRIL 23rd 1898. GENERAL WILLIS, COLONEL OF THE REGIMENT, WITH THE OFFICERS.
OFFICERS OF THE 2nd BATTALION SOMERSET LIGHT INFANTRY ON THE STEPS FROM THE MAIN SQUARE TO THE RAMPARTS OF THE VERNE CITADEL PORTLAND, PRIOR TO THEIR EMBARKING FOR THE BOER WAR. THEY LEFT PORTLAND ON 4th NOV. 1899. THEY NUMBERED 903 AND WERE COMMANDED BY LT. COL. E. J. GALLWEY.
PORTLAND TA 1924 AT PLYMOUTH.
"PRIDE OF THE CAMP"
TOP LEFT = R STEWKESBURY, FRED TRIM, ??, ‘BUTTS’ COMBEN. BOTTOM LEFT= ‘JERSEY’ CROAD, ??, ? WHITE.
UNKNOWN ARMY GROUP.
EDWARD HOLT, THIRD FROM RIGHT.
THREE SOLDIER BANDSMEN 1923.
? STONE, CHRIS SMITH, JOHNNY CUTTING AT CAMP 1923.
VERNE CITADEL - EAST RAMPARTS.
VERNE CITADEL
WEST DITCH COUNTERSCARP. CONVICTS BUILDING THE COUNTERSCARP (OUTSIDE WALL OF DITCH ).
SOUTH WEST VERNE DITCH
SOUTH WEST VERNE DITCH, SOUTH WEST FLANK FINISHED ON WEST SIDE. RUBBISH STILL TO BE CLEARED FROM DITCH - 1868
VERNE CITADEL, NORTH FLANK.
SOLDIERS ON PARADE IN THE VERNE CITADEL. UNKNOWN DATE.
CASTLETOWN PORTLAND, VERNE FORT IN BACKGROUND
VERNE CITADEL 2ND LINCOLN REGIMENT OCTOBER 10TH 1937
START OF CIVIC WELCOME OCTOBER 10TH 1937. GUN IN PICTURE POSSIBLY CAPTURED GERMAN GUN.
UNKNOWN FUNERAL
DGB. TERRITORIAL ROYAL GARRISON ARTILLERY BAND, WARDEN CAMP, I.O.W. 1922.
BANDMASTER SGT DOWELL.
DGB. TERRITORIAL ROYAL GARRISON ARTILLERY BAND, WARDEN CAMP, I.O.W. 1922.
BANDMASTER SGT DOWELL.
NORTHUMBERLAND FUSILIERS 2nd BATTALION, TROOPING THE COLOUR ON ST. GEORGE'S DAY AT THE VERNE CITADEL PORTLAND - APRIL 23rd 1898. GENERAL WILLIS, COLONEL OF THE REGIMENT, WITH THE OFFICERS.
102 BATTERY, EAST WEARES, PORTLAND - 1943
102 BATTERY FOOTBALL TEAM, EAST WEARES, PORTLAND - 1943
EDWARD HOLT. ADDRESS GIVEN AS 7 BELLEVIEW TERRACE, PORTLAND
NO DETAILS AVAILABLE.
PORTLAND TERRITORIAL ARMY IN THE 1930s?
PORTLAND TERRITORIAL ARMY ARRIVING AT PLYMOUTH 1935
PORTLAND BATTERY FOOTBALL TEAM 1924.
TOP LEFT= BILL HUNT, HARRY BALL, 5TH= SAMMY PLAICE, TUBBY MALE. BOTTOM LEFT = FRED TRIM, 3RD=BILL WHITE (GOOD LAD), MICHAEL FROGLEY. RIGHT SEATED= CHARLIE SAMSBURY?
BERT HORLOCK’S FAMILY.
EASTON DRILL HALL.
1920`S - SEE GASLIGHT - SO BEFORE ELECTRIC CAME TO ISLAND. BY 1930-1 THEY TOOK OVER ROLE OF 9.2" GUNS. 6" MK. 7 DUMMY LOADER DRILL.
180 BATTERY PORTLAND.
THE DETACHMENT WHICH WON THE KINGS CUP AT PLYMOUTH 1924. BATTERY COMMANDER MAJOR LLEWELLYN. BATTERY SERGEANT MAJOR BILL HUNT ( NEXT ON RIGHT).
A COLONEL SANSOM PHOTO.
EAST WEARES BATTERY - LATE 1880's.
EAST WEARE "E" BATTERY c. 1870's. NEAR NAVAL BASE CEMETERY.
THE PLAN OF ANGLES FOR CAMERA DATED 8TH DEC. 1877 .
EAST WEARES BATTERY - LATE 1800's?
ST. GEORGE'S DAY, 25/04/1898 VERNE CITADEL.
2ND. BATTALION NORTHUMBERLAND FUSILIERS. ON COMMISSIONED OFFICERS OUTSIDE REGIMENTAL HQ AT VERNE CITADEL.
THE BAND AND DRUMS OF THE 2nd BATTALION NORTHUMBERLAND FUSILIERS ON SMALL SQUARE OUTSIDE RHQ AT THE VERNE CITADEL, PORTLAND - ST. GEORGES DAY 25th APRIL 1898.
2ND. LINCOLN REGIMENT.
KING GEORGE VI PRESENTS DRUMS TO REGIMENT SEEN HERE MARCHING UP TILLEYCOMBE, FORTUNESWELL.
UNKNOWN PERSONNEL AND DATE
UNKNOWN LOCATION AND DATE BUT BELIEVED TO BE AT THE VERNE CITADEL
UNKNOWN LOCATION AND DATE BUT BELIEVED TO BE AT THE VERNE CITADEL
UNKNOWN LOCATION AND DATE BUT BELIEVED TO BE AT THE VERNE CITADEL
UNKNOWN LOCATION AND DATE BUT BELIEVED TO BE AT THE VERNE CITADEL
UNKNOWN LOCATION AND DATE BUT BELIEVED TO BE AT THE VERNE CITADEL
2ND NORTHUMBERLAND FUSILIERS. VERNE CITADEL. TROOPING THE COLOURS.
INSIDE VERNE (RIFLE RANGES ETC.) 1877
WALTER CRISPIN STONE 1884-1944 TAKEN IN 1916
2ND DORSET REGIMENT DESCENDING FORTUNESWELL
SOLDIERS AT SOUTH ENTRANCE OF VERNE CITADEL.
ROYAL WELSH FUSILIERS STANDING GUARD OTHER SOLDIERS ROYAL ARTILLERY CIRCA 1913
SOUTH ENTRANCE TO VERNE CITADEL WITH ORIGINAL BRIDGE
SOLDIERS EXITING THE VERNE CITADEL
THE VERNE BARRACKS c1906
HAULING 9.2 INCH GUN UP TO BLACKNOR FORT 1909
GENERAL'S INSPECTION AT VERNE BARRACKS 1927. 1ST GLOUCESTERS
ROYAL ARMY MEDICAL CORPS, AND ARMY MEDICAL STAFF C1895
PRESENTATION OF KINGS CUP TO PORTLAND RGA. PRIZE WAS FOR GUNNERY, YEAR 1925
PRESENTATION OF THE KINGS CUP 1925. GUNNERY COMPETITION
565 (WILTS) ARMY TROOPS COY RE (T) TAKEN IN FRANCE 1918
SEATED 6TH FROM LEFT - JOE HIBBS (SNR)
1ST RIW 2ND FROM LEFT - WILL STONE
1ST ROW 3RD FROM LEFT JACK (SPRINGFIELD) PEARCE
BACK ROW 3RD FROM LEFT HARRY HIBBS (SNR)
ROYAL ENGINEERS
SECOND IN AT REAR IS ROBERT SPENCER HINDE, BORN 1879, DIED 1968
WILLIAM ATTWOOLL HINDE (ROYAL ARTILLERY) c1917
PREPARING GUN AT HIGH ANGLE BATTERY
THE DUKE OF CONNAUGHTS OWN SLIGO MILITIA, THIS ARTILLERY MILITIA IS MENTIONED IN THE RECORDS OF THE DORSET CORPS OF ROYAL GARRISON ARTILLERY (RGA) VOLUNTEERS, AND APPEARS IN A PHOTOGRAPH IN THE "NAVY AND ARMY" ILLUSTRATED, MANNING THE VERNE'S GUNS IN 1900.
2ND NORTHUMBERLAND FUSILIERS BAND (ST GEORGES DAY) 1898
2ND NORTHUMBERLAND FUSILIERS BAND ?1898
THEY ARE WEARING DIFFERENT HEAD DRESS TO ANOTHER PICTURE OF 2ND NORTHUMBERLAND FUSILIERS
2ND BATTALION THE PRINCE ALBERT’S SOMERSET LIGHT INFANTRY 3RD NOVEMBER 1899
ARRIVAL OF 2nd R.W.F. FROM INDIA
ROYAL WELCH FUSILIERS MARCH 1914. LEFT PORTLAND AUGUST 1914 HEAD OF COLUMN ASCENDING VERNE HILL
D DAY PICTURE PORTLAND 1944
FROM DORIS HANDSFORD nee LYNHAM FORMERLY WHITE COLLECTION.
COULD BE WAY, WHITE ,LYNHAM OR HANDSFORD
FROM DORIS WHITE nee LYNHAM, FORMERLY WHITE COLLECTION.
COULD BE WAY, LYNHAM, WHITE OR HANDSFORD
LEFT =ARTHUR WOODHOUSE AND UNKNOWN IN ROYAL ENGINEERS N01 UNIFORM 1939
CORPORAL ARTHUR WOODHOUSE. 5TH JULY 1943, ROYAL ENGINEERS
SHOWING THE ARRIVAL OF 2ND ROYAL WELSH FUSILIERS. FROM INDIA IN MARCH 1914
THE 2ND WARWICKS LEAVING BARRACKS.
SOUTH ENTRANCE 1900s. SOLDIERS EXITING THE VERNE
THE GREEN HOWARD’S FAREWELL INSPECTION 1937
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