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'And brief, good mother, for I am in haste' 1912 M. Kynoch (active 1883–1912)

'And brief, good mother, for I am in haste' 1912 York Art Gallery
'Failed to Return', Halifax HR911 DY-L of 102 Squadron 1988 Charles John Thompson (b.1931)

'Failed to Return', Halifax HR911 DY-L of 102 Squadron 1988 Yorkshire Air Museum
'Friday 13th' Halifax of 158 Squadron in T2 Hanger at Elvington Alex A. Gill

'Friday 13th' Halifax of 158 Squadron in T2 Hanger at Elvington Yorkshire Air Museum
'H' Class Submarine at Sea 1944 Stephen Bone (1904–1958)

'H' Class Submarine at Sea 1944 Russell-Cotes Art Gallery & Museum
'Henry IV', Part I, Act I, Scene 3, Hotspur and the Fop 1828 Samuel John Egbert Jones (1797–1861)

'Henry IV', Part I, Act I, Scene 3, Hotspur and the Fop 1828 Royal Shakespeare Theatre
'Macbeth', Act I, Scene 3, the Weird Sisters 1820s Samuel John Egbert Jones (1797–1861)

'Macbeth', Act I, Scene 3, the Weird Sisters 1820s Royal Shakespeare Theatre
'Our Daily Bread' 1941 John C. Harding (active 1941–1976)

'Our Daily Bread' 1941 Isles of Scilly Museum
'Remember Scarborough' c.1915 Edith Mary Kemp-Welch (1870–1941)

'Remember Scarborough' c.1915 Scarborough Town Hall
'Rigids' at Pulham: 'R 23' Type British Airships at Pulham St Mary, Norfolk 1918 John Lavery (1856–1941)

'Rigids' at Pulham: 'R 23' Type British Airships at Pulham St Mary, Norfolk 1918 IWM (Imperial War Museums)
'Shiny Ten' Heyfords 1987 B. R. Briscoe (active 1987–1988)

'Shiny Ten' Heyfords 1987 Yorkshire Air Museum
'The Bloody Eleventh', Battle of Salamanca 22 July 1812 1985 David John Rowlands (b.1952)

'The Bloody Eleventh', Battle of Salamanca 22 July 1812 1985 The Rifles Exeter Office
'The Old Mole', the Raid on St Nazaire, Saturday, 28 March 1942 Mark Littlejohn (b.1958)

'The Old Mole', the Raid on St Nazaire, Saturday, 28 March 1942 Falmouth Art Gallery
'To the Memory of Brave Men': The Last Stand of Major Allan Wilson at the Shangani, Rhodesia, 4 December 1893 1897 Allan Stewart (1865–1951)

'To the Memory of Brave Men': The Last Stand of Major Allan Wilson at the Shangani, Rhodesia, 4 December 1893 1897 Russell-Cotes Art Gallery & Museum
'Victory' at Trafalgar after 1901 William McDowell (1888–1950)

'Victory' at Trafalgar after 1901 The Dock Museum
17th and 21st Lancers 1985 David Wilkinson

17th and 21st Lancers 1985 Newark Town Hall Museum and Art Gallery
1st Battalion Dorset Regiment, Mortar Detachments in Action near Hottot, Normandy, France, 11 July 1944 1986 J. Whittington

1st Battalion Dorset Regiment, Mortar Detachments in Action near Hottot, Normandy, France, 11 July 1944 1986 The Keep Military Museum
1st Battalion, the Green Howards in the Italian Campaign, Winter 1943–1944 Charles Barker

1st Battalion, the Green Howards in the Italian Campaign, Winter 1943–1944 The Green Howards Regimental Museum
1st King's Dragoon Guards, The Baggage Train 1824 Henry Perlee Parker (1795–1873)

1st King's Dragoon Guards, The Baggage Train 1824 1st The Queen's Dragoon Guards Heritage Trust
1st South Staffords on the March in Burma, 1944 after 1944 Cecil Constant Philip Lawson (1880–1967)

1st South Staffords on the March in Burma, 1944 after 1944 The Staffordshire Regiment Museum
2nd Battalion The Leicestershire Regiment, as Chindits, during Operations against the Japanese at Indaw Lake, Burma, 1944 1961 Terence Tenison Cuneo (1907–1996)

2nd Battalion The Leicestershire Regiment, as Chindits, during Operations against the Japanese at Indaw Lake, Burma, 1944 1961 New Walk Museum & Art Gallery, The Royal Leicestershire Regiment Museum
87 Squadron Gladiators Tied Together K7967, K8027, K7972 1938 Charles Halliwell (1916–1999)

87 Squadron Gladiators Tied Together K7967, K8027, K7972 1938 Yorkshire Air Museum
A 'Type 11' Radar Station 1946 William Thomas Rawlinson (1912–1993)

A 'Type 11' Radar Station 1946 IWM (Imperial War Museums)
A Battle probably 1530s Northern Italian School

A Battle probably 1530s The National Gallery, London
A Battle about 1680 Jan van Huchtenburgh (1647–1733)

A Battle about 1680 The National Gallery, London
A Bomb Disposal Squad Digging out an Unexploded Bomb c.1945 Philip Hutton (active 1940–1945)

A Bomb Disposal Squad Digging out an Unexploded Bomb c.1945 IWM (Imperial War Museums)
A British Soldier 1916 Raymond Desvarreux (1876–1961)

A British Soldier 1916 Imperial War Museum London
A Campaign Scene 1710-53 Francesco Simonini (1686–c.1755) (attributed to)

A Campaign Scene 1710-53 The National Gallery, London
A Cavalry Battle late 17th C Lambert de Hondt (c.1620–before 1665) (attributed to)

A Cavalry Battle late 17th C National Trust, Erddig
A Cavalry Skirmish 1630–1640 Abraham van der Hoeff (1611/1612–1649) (attributed to)

A Cavalry Skirmish 1630–1640 Museums Sheffield
A Commonwealth Officer Robert Walker (1599–1658) (after)

A Commonwealth Officer York Art Gallery
A Company of Amsterdam Militiamen 19th century Dutch School

A Company of Amsterdam Militiamen 19th century The National Gallery, London
A Covering for a Gun Site 1942 Albert Richards (1919–1945)

A Covering for a Gun Site 1942 IWM (Imperial War Museums)
A Dead Soldier 17th C Italian School

A Dead Soldier 17th C The National Gallery, London
A Female Figure resting on a Sword (Saint Catherine of Alexandria?) probably 18th C Italian School

A Female Figure resting on a Sword (Saint Catherine of Alexandria?) probably 18th C The National Gallery, London
A French Highway 1918 John Northcote Nash (1893–1977)

A French Highway 1918 IWM (Imperial War Museums)
A Gentleman in an Elizabethan Costume c.1850 John Wood (1801–1870)

A Gentleman in an Elizabethan Costume c.1850 Nottingham Castle Museum and Art Gallery
A Gordon Highlander in the Afghan War 1881 William Skeoch Cumming (1864–1929)

A Gordon Highlander in the Afghan War 1881 The Gordon Highlanders Museum
A Greek Slave c.1812 William Etty (1787–1849)

A Greek Slave c.1812 The Potteries Museum & Art Gallery
A Knight of the Seventeenth Century 1877 John Pettie (1839–1893)

A Knight of the Seventeenth Century 1877 Glasgow Museums Resource Centre (GMRC)
A Knight with his Jousting Helmet ('Il Cavaliere dal Piede Ferito', Conte Faustino Avogadro (?) ) about 1554-8 Giovanni Battista Moroni (c.1520–1525–1578)

A Knight with his Jousting Helmet ('Il Cavaliere dal Piede Ferito', Conte Faustino Avogadro (?) ) about 1554-8 The National Gallery, London
A Line of Tanks c.1917 Cecil Constant Philip Lawson (1880–1967)

A Line of Tanks c.1917 IWM (Imperial War Museums)
A Lion Hunt about 1614-15 Peter Paul Rubens (1577–1640)

A Lion Hunt about 1614-15 The National Gallery, London
A Major of the 68th Light Infantry 1829 British School

A Major of the 68th Light Infantry 1829 Durham Light Infantry Museum
A Man in Armour probably 17th century Giorgione (1477–1510) (imitator of)

A Man in Armour probably 17th century The National Gallery, London
A Man in Armour 1655 (?) Rembrandt van Rijn (1606–1669)

A Man in Armour 1655 (?) Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum
A Man in Armour on a White Horse Francesco Solimena (1657–1747) (circle of)

A Man in Armour on a White Horse Abingdon Guildhall
A Member of the Bereton Family 1598 Marcus Gheeraerts the younger (1561/1562–1635/1636) (attributed to)

A Member of the Bereton Family 1598 Chequers Court
A Mobile Ground-Controlled Interception Radar Station 1946 William Thomas Rawlinson (1912–1993)

A Mobile Ground-Controlled Interception Radar Station 1946 IWM (Imperial War Museums)
A Mobile Radio Unit 1946 William Thomas Rawlinson (1912–1993)

A Mobile Radio Unit 1946 IWM (Imperial War Museums)
A Naval Battle about 1580 Italian (Venetian) School

A Naval Battle about 1580 The National Gallery, London
A Quarrel c.1640 Mathieu Le Nain (1607–1677)

A Quarrel c.1640 National Museum Wales, National Museum Cardiff
A Quick Turnaround, the Queen’s Royal Lancers, Maysaan 2009 Arabella Dorman (b.1975)

A Quick Turnaround, the Queen’s Royal Lancers, Maysaan 2009 County Hall, Leicestershire County Council Artworks Collection
A Rocket Ship Attacking at Walcheren 1945 Francis Russell Flint (1915–1977)

A Rocket Ship Attacking at Walcheren 1945 Imperial War Museum London
A Royal Ordnance Factory Explosion, Hereford 1945 Ruskin Spear (1911–1990)

A Royal Ordnance Factory Explosion, Hereford 1945 IWM (Imperial War Museums)
A Sea Battle between Christians and Turks 1670–1674 Johannes Lingelbach (1622–1674)

A Sea Battle between Christians and Turks 1670–1674 York Art Gallery
A Sergeant on a Parade William J. Kennedy (1859–1918)

A Sergeant on a Parade The Regimental Museum of the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
A Sleeping Nymph Watched by a Shepherd c.1780 Angelica Kauffmann (1741–1807)

A Sleeping Nymph Watched by a Shepherd c.1780 Victoria and Albert Museum
A Soldier unknown artist

A Soldier The Regimental Museum of the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
A Soldier of Queen Elizabeth's Own Gurkha Rifles on Duty in Kosovo Robert M. Jones

A Soldier of Queen Elizabeth's Own Gurkha Rifles on Duty in Kosovo The Harlington Centre
A Soldier with His Family c.1820 unknown artist

A Soldier with His Family c.1820 Glasgow Museums Resource Centre (GMRC)