The imperial pickings had grown rather thin by the time this photograph was taken and Germany had only managed to acquire areas a Southwest and East Africa, a few concessions in China and some remote Pacific islands. This remarkable uniformed solider was a volunteer for service in Deutsch Südwest Afrika or German Southwest Africa.
Royal Navy China station between 1889 and 1894, the HMS Imperieuse was a ten gun armoured cruiser launched in 1884. Cabinet Photograph H. Yera - Photographer
Absent-Minded Beggar led to it being reproduced on everything from silk pocked handkerchiefs (see below) to figurines to china tea services. The close association between Kipling's The close association between Kipling's
Shanghai, China around 1939-40 where the 2nd Battalion of the East Surreys was stationed just before the outbreak of World War II in Asia. The portrait of Quinnell is his dress tropical white uniform appears to have been taken in Shanghai based upon the style of the photographic backdrop in the photo.
this seat until 1900, although he spent much of his time in China representing the Associated Chambers of Commerce, and from 1900 onwards was second in command of the Mediterranean fleet. He returned to Parliament in 1902, this time for Woolwich, but resigned in 1906 when he was promoted to admiral and appointed chief of the Channel Fleet.
The imperial pickings had grown rather thin by the time this photograph was taken and Germany had only managed to acquire areas a Southwest and East Africa, a few concessions in China and some remote Pacific islands. This remarkable uniformed solider was a volunteer for service in Deutsch Südwest Afrika or German Southwest Africa.
The imperial pickings had grown rather thin by the time this photograph was taken and Germany had only managed to acquire areas a Southwest and East Africa, a few concessions in China and some remote Pacific islands. This remarkable uniformed solider was a volunteer for service in Deutsch Südwest Afrika or German Southwest Africa.
Pinned to the breast of his tunic this soldier wears the 1900 China Medal which was issued to those troops who took part in the so-called Boxer Rebellion of that same year. The 7th Rajputs formed part of the international force under German Count von Waldersee that relieved the foreign legations in Peking after the famous 55-day siege of that city.