A Buildings Fan's photos

Possibly an army boxer and his trainer c1914

Stoker Hilton, Light Weight Wrestling Champion, Gr…

24 Mar 2013 1030
Stoker Hilton, Light Weight Wrestling Champion, Grand Fleet. Stoker Hilton who was I think was of the armoured cruiser 'Good Hope'. The 'Good Hope' was lost in the battle of Coronel on the 1st of November 1914. All 926 crew lost their lives; a stoker Thomas Hilton was amongst them....... If the other men were also crew of the Good Hope, they were also drowned.

First Battalion, The Hampshire Regiment, Gymnastic…

13 Apr 2013 481
The First Battalion was stationed in Derry between 1907 and 1910

HMS Ganges Shotley, Suffolk

Our New Quarters at Bulford Camp, Salisbury Plain,…

Unknown Soldier, South Staffordshire Regiment, Wor…

Worcestershire Regiment?, World War One Period

Pals, Royal Artillery Regiment, World War One Peri…

Young Rifleman (with marksman's sleeve badge) and…

Grenadier Guards or from a Fusiliers Regiment? Lat…

Camp c1910

HMS Ganges Training College, Shotley

Young Sailor c1914

Military 0006

Sailors on a tram

Culdees Castle, Perthshire (ruin)

RAMC Corporal, Chelsea c1910

15 Jun 2013 511
A carte de visite by Wards of 421 Kings Road, 54 Brixton Road, and 346 Battersea Park Road, London. If this is indeed a RAMC Corporal then the picture must date from after 1898. www.ams-museum.org.uk/museum/ramc-history

Royal Artillery private, c1890 taken at Chislehurs…

15 Jun 2013 1 514
A carte de visite by J Cooling of 'The Studio', Chislehurst, Kent