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British rock legend Robert Plant of the band Led Zeppelin holding a dove on stage, San Francisco, USA, 1973

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Traffic on London Bridge, UK, ~1900

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Photos of a happy couple, London, UK, 1890s?

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Teatime gone tits-up, UK, 1870s?

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Labor rights protesters preparing rocks for the police, Belfast, Northern Ireland, 1932

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British troops receiving rations from a field kitchen, the Somme, France, WW1, 1916

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Woman having a cuppa during the Blitz, London, UK, WW2, 1940

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Elspeth Beard shortly after her circumnavigation around the world via motorcycle, UK, 1984?

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East Africans rescued from the slave trade aboard the British HMS Daphne, off the coast of Zanzibar, 1868

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Training of the Women's Home Defense Corps, Britain, WW2, 1940

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British advance in France, WW1, 1917

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Hippie fashion, London, UK, 1967

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Hemp rope armor of the British locomotive "Hairy Mary", South Africa, Second Boer War, ~1898

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British commandos leaving a power plant they destroyed, Italy, WW2, 1945

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British surfers, the UK, ~1920s

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British soldier with captured Nazi bicycle-mounted anti-tank troops, Germany, WW2, 1945

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Vinyl on the road, UK, 1976

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British-recruited Nepali Gurkhas at kit inspection, France, WW1, 1915

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Experimental British amphibious tank/personnel carrier, testing in London, just after WW1, 1918

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Smallest shop in London, 1.2 square meters, ~1900 AD

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London's first Black police officer, PC Norwell Roberts, 1968

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A boy enjoys his ice cream atop a washed-ashore sea mine, Kent, UK, WW2, 1940

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Livestock at the market, Canterbury, UK, ~1900

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Lady Florence Norman on her motorized scooter, London, UK, 1916

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Ship on the Thames, London, UK, ~1880

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Able Seacat Gulpers of the British Navy onboard the HMS Barfleur, WW2, ~1943

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Riot during The Troubles, Londonderry, Northern Ireland, 1971

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Tramway opening ceremony, Dartford, UK, 1906

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Election day at Chistlehurst, London, the UK, 1910

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Gamekeeper and apprehended poacher, Bedfordshire, UK, 1854

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Ship's cat 'Convoy' asleep in a hammock onboard a British military ship, WW2, 1941

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Boatmen 'legging' through a canal tunnel, a common technique in longer passages with unmotorized vessels, 1961, UK

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Important skills for the modern gal, London, UK, 1901

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The Dowager Duchess of Devonshire feeding her chickens, Chatsworth, UK, 1995

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The Old Curiosity Shop, oldest shop in London, built 1567 AD, photo taken ~1890 AD?

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A same-sex couple ignoring a Beatles concert, 1964

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British SAS in a jeep, North Africa, WW2, 1943

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Smoky the cat saluting, UK, WW2, 1943

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A headquarters of the British Union of Fascists, Durham, 1934 and 2020

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HMS Penelope, nicknamed the "HMS Pepperpot", due to the damage suffered in missions during WWII, 1942

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Salaria Kea, Lincoln Battalion, and her husband John O'Reilly, British Battalion, both members of the antifascist Republican forces, Spanish Civil War, 1938

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Salaria Kea, Lincoln Battalion, and her husband John O'Reilly, British Battalion, both members of the antifascist Republican forces, Spanish Civil War, 1938
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Female firefighter posing for a picture, London, UK, 1925

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Female firefighter posing for a picture, London, UK, 1925
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British Miles M.39B Libellula experimental bomber, WW2, 1943?

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British Miles M.39B Libellula experimental bomber, WW2, 1943?
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British forces during the Normandy Invasion, WW2, 1944

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British forces during the Normandy Invasion, WW2, 1944
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'Atlas' Road Locomotive, the UK, 1930s?

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'Atlas' Road Locomotive, the UK, 1930s?
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Neil Munro "Bunny" Roger, British socialite, couturier, queer man, and combat veteran of the Second World War, photo taken late 1950s

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Neil Munro "Bunny" Roger, British socialite, couturier, queer man, and combat veteran of the Second World War, photo taken late 1950s
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British commandos practicing for an amphibious landing, WW2, 1939-1945

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British commandos practicing for an amphibious landing, WW2, 1939-1945
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Sophia Duleep Singh, suffragette, UK, 1913

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Sophia Duleep Singh, suffragette, UK, 1913
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British commandos watching a fish-oil factory burn as part of a joint British-Norwegian raid on Nazi-occupied Norway, WW2, 1941

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British commandos watching a fish-oil factory burn as part of a joint British-Norwegian raid on Nazi-occupied Norway, WW2, 1941
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Edward Carpenter, socialist and early gay rights activist, UK, 1905

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Edward Carpenter, socialist and early gay rights activist, UK, 1905
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Men of No. 51 Commando, a unit formed out of Jewish and Arab volunteers from the British Mandate of Palestine, WW2, 1941

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Men of No. 51 Commando, a unit formed out of Jewish and Arab volunteers from the British Mandate of Palestine, WW2, 1941
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British commandos train to make crossings under (simulated) artillery fire, Scotland, WW2, 1943

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British commandos train to make crossings under (simulated) artillery fire, Scotland, WW2, 1943
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British commandos coming ashore at Gold Beach, Normandy, D-Day, WW2, 1944

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British commandos coming ashore at Gold Beach, Normandy, D-Day, WW2, 1944
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Early LGBT rights march, UK, 1972

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Early LGBT rights march, UK, 1972
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British soldiers carrying an inflatable decoy tank, post-WW2

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British soldiers carrying an inflatable decoy tank, post-WW2
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