Volunteers Collection

RNLI lookout
This is an image of a member of the Scarborough RNLI team who is looking out from the boathouse to the sea where the rest of his crew were training

AFS despatch rider and messenger, WW2
An AFS (Auxiliary Fire Service) despatch rider and messenger on a motorbike at an LFS sub-station during the Second World War

Women WW1 Land Army
A poster recruiting for the Womens Land Army, showing a land girl feeding a horse and foal. Proclaiming, National Service

World War I recruitment poster
Poster produced by the Parliamentary Recruiting Committee during World War I, depicting a typical British Tommy in uniform with bayonet fixed, calling across from France to England for more volunteers

First Aid Nursing Yeomanry (FANY)
A woman cyclist first aid scout of the First Aid Nursing Yeomanry (FANY), riding along in her distinctive uniform. The FANY was created in 1907 as a first aid link between front-line fighting units

The Cambridgeshire Home Guard pictured during the Second World War, 1941

Ulsters Oath - The Bulldog will not submit to Home Rule
Remember Castledawson (a UVF (Ulster Volunteer Force) stronghold in County Derry) written on a staunchly Unionist postcard entitled Ulsters Oath - " Under no cirsumstances shall we submit to

Giuseppe Garibaldi (1807-1882). Italian military and politic
Giuseppe Garibaldi.1807-1882. Italian military and political. Garibaldis rest after the battle. 1860. On the right, watching the militar, Alexandre Dumas. Risorgimento Museum. Turin. Italy

Members of an American Eagle Squadron at an overseas Club Place challenge during the Second World War. The Eagle Squadrons were three fighter squadrons of the Royal Air Force (RAF)

Bristol
Members of the Bristol contingent. The Corps of Canadian Fire-fighters (also known as the Volunteer Corps of Canadian Fire-fighters and simply as CCCF)

Ailesbury Arms Hotel, Marlborough, Wiltshire
Ailesbury Arms Hotel (now Ailesbury Court) Marlborough, Wiltshire (on the A4). The Motor Volunteers. On the side of the Hotel is a sign

Garnerins balloon and parachute

First aid competition, Mexborough, South Yorkshire, 1961. Artist: Michael Walters
First aid competition, Mexborough, South Yorkshire, 1961. A volunteer patient is attended to during a first aid competition which was held by the Central Electricity Generating Board (CEGB)

Southwark Cavalry. Aquatint by and after Thomas Rowlandson, 1799 (c). From a volume of 86 aquatints entitled ?Loyal Volunteers of London and Environs

Westminster Cavalry. Aquatint by and after Thomas Rowlandson, 1799 (c). From a volume of 86 aquatints entitled ?Loyal Volunteers of London and Environs

Portsmouth (exact location unknown). The Corps of Canadian Fire-fighters (also known as the Volunteer Corps of Canadian Fire-fighters and simply as CCCF)

Blitz in London -- AFS firefighters, WW2
Blitz in London -- a personal photograph, taken by a colleague, of life in the AFS at a sub-station, showing firewomen on the Heavy Unit of Sub-station 67Z

Red Cross Poster - World War I
Poster asking for donations to the British Red Cross during World War I, stressing urgently that six pounds a minute is required to maintain the number of motor ambulances, hospital ships

Old Bill and Co. August 1940
" Hey! Mind what yer doin ! Thats the second time you ve got me with that fifth column o yours!" Bruce Bairnsfather pokes fun at rumours of German spies

Iraq threat to Kuwait, 1961
Page from The Illustrated London News, 8 July 1961 reporting on the tensions in Kuwait after the Iraqi leader General Kassem had claimed Kuwait should be part of Iraq

Review of Derbyshire Rifle Volunteers at Chatsworth Park, Uk, 1860 Engraving

Canadians in Southampton
The Southampton contingent of the CCCF who were billeted near the docks at the Apollo Hotel. The Corps of Canadian Fire-fighters

A CCF crew
Crewing a British fire appliance somewhere outside Portsmouth. The Corps of Canadian Fire-fighters (also known as the Volunteer Corps of Canadian Fire-fighters and simply as CCCF)

United Arts Volunteer Rifles, 1916
United Arts Volunteer Rifles constructing defences at Woldingham during World War I in 1916

Land Army 1941
Two former mill workers, sisters Ava and Blanche Horn, (" first Bevin girls" - Land Army conscripts & volunteers) are photographed in London enroute for the south

Hyde Pk Military Review
Great review of 80, 000 Volunteers by Queen Victoria in Hyde Park

A lifeboat in Mallaig Scotland
Ashley Cooper / SpecialistStock

Doctor, U.S. Volunteer Life-Saving Corps, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Doctor, U.S. Volunteer Life-Saving Corps, between c1910 and c1915. U.S. Volunteer Life-Saving Corps. The doctor's commitment to service during that era is commendable

Encampment and review of the Suffolk Volunteer Corps at Lowestoft, 1865. Creator: Unknown
Encampment and review of the Suffolk Volunteer Corps at Lowestoft, [Suffolk], 1865. It is the practice of the volunteer corps of Norfolk and Suffolk to camp out...in the summer

Inspection of Civil Service Volunteers by the Prince of Wales...Quadrangle of Somerset House, 1864. Creator: Unknown
Inspection of Civil Service Volunteers by the Prince of Wales in the Quadrangle of Somerset House, [London], 1864....a vast quantity of coloured bunting had been employed in...the decoration of

Opening of the new head-quarters of the 1st Surrey Rifle Volunteers, at Camberwell, 1865. Creator: Unknown
Opening of the new head-quarters of the 1st Surrey Rifle Volunteers, at Camberwell, [London], 1865. Our Illustration shows the interior of the drill-shed...when the place was formally opened by

The National Rifle Association prize meeting at Wimbledon: Mr. Sharman...winner, Queen's Prize
The National Rifle Association prize meeting at Wimbledon: Mr. Sharman, 4th West York Rifle Volunteers, winner of the Queen's Prize, 1865. Engraving from a photograph by Mr

Garibaldi in England: Garibaldi receiving an address at the Nine Elms railway station, 1864. Creator: Unknown
Garibaldi in England: Garibaldi receiving an address at the Nine Elms railway station, 1864. View of...the interior of the large goods shed at the Nine Elms station of the London

"The Ramsgate Life-boat: Morning after a Heavy Gale - Weather Moderating"...by E.W Cooke. R.A
"The Ramsgate Life-boat: Morning after a Heavy Gale - Weather Moderating" - from the picture by E.W Cooke. R.A. 1864. Engraving of a painting

The Volunteer Review: the High-Street of Guildford on Easter Sunday, 1864. Creator: Unknown
The Volunteer Review: the High-Street of Guildford on Easter Sunday, 1864. The town consists principally of this main street, which runs up the steep hill on the east bank of the River Wey

Pennsylvania Volunteers Forage Cap
3501325 Pennsylvania Volunteers Forage Cap; Private Collection; (add.info.: Forage cap of Private J.K. Hundeckerof Company C of the 179th Pennsylvania Militia)

British volunteers fighting with Garibaldi in Italy, 1860
1581703 British volunteers fighting with Garibaldi in Italy, 1860; (add.info.: British volunteers fighting with Garibaldi in Italy during the struggle for Italian unification)

The ambulance squad of the 2nd Middlesex Artillery Volunteers
5308445 The ambulance squad of the 2nd Middlesex Artillery Volunteers.; (add.info.: Engravings depicting the ambulance squad of the 2nd Middlesex Artillery Volunteers giving a demonstration before)

American Civil War, Recruiting Poster for a German Regiment
3073332 American Civil War, Recruiting Poster for a German Regiment; Private Collection; (add.info.: A recruiting poster for a Union Regiment of German immigrants); © Don Troiani

Women volunteers making hospital requisites for the St, John Ambulance Brigade Hospital during World War One
3502769 Women volunteers making hospital requisites for the St, John Ambulance Brigade Hospital during World War One, from The Pageant of the Century

Review of Her Majesty's Troops and Volunteers, 1860
1579610 Review of Her Majesty's Troops and Volunteers, 1860; (add.info.: Review of Her Majesty's Troops and Volunteers at Cape Town by Prince Alfred)

USA History: Zouaves and volunteers of the Federal States of America
5313510 USA History: Zouaves and volunteers of the Federal States of America.; SeM Studio/UIG

American Civil War, Baxter's Volunteer Manual Handbill
3073335 American Civil War, Baxter's Volunteer Manual Handbill ; Private Collection; (add.info.: Handbill Advertisement for Baxter's Volunteer Drill Manual ); © Don Troiani

Guardians of the Empire. The overseas forces who came to England for the coronation of King George V
2915340 Guardians of the Empire. The overseas forces who came to England for the coronation of King George V. From The Illustrated London News, 1910.; Photo © Hilary Morgan

Grant from West Point to Appomattox, 1864
1575222 Grant from West Point to Appomattox, 1864; (add.info.: Grant from West Point to Appomattox, 1885. Ulysses Grant, half-length portrait, facing left)

The review of Derbyshire rifle volunteers at Chatsworth Park, 1860 (engraving)
1579565 The review of Derbyshire rifle volunteers at Chatsworth Park, 1860 (engraving); (add.info.: Engraving depicting the review of Derbyshire rifle volunteers at Chatsworth Park)

The review of the volunteers in Hyde Park, 1860 (engraving)
1579669 The review of the volunteers in Hyde Park, 1860 (engraving); (add.info.: Engraving depicting the review of the volunteers in Hyde Park. Dated 1860.); Universal History Archive/UIG

A VAD Rest Station, illustration from The Western Front, pub. by Country Life Ltd, 1917 (litho)
STC400442 A VAD Rest Station, illustration from The Western Front, pub. by Country Life Ltd, 1917 (litho) by Bone, David Muirhead (1876-1953); Private Collection; The Stapleton Collection

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"Volunteers: The Unsung Heroes Who Answered the Call" RNLI lookout: Brave volunteers standing tall, safeguarding lives at sea. Women WW1 Land Army: Fearless women breaking barriers, feeding a nation in times of war. AFS despatch rider and messenger, WW2: Courageous messengers on two wheels, delivering hope amidst chaos. World War I recruitment poster: Join the ranks of brave volunteers, defend your country with honor. First Aid Nursing Yeomanry (FANY): Trailblazing female volunteers providing crucial aid on the frontlines. Katy Perry Concert Perth: Enthusiastic fans turned dedicated volunteers, spreading joy through service. Bristol Garnerins balloon and parachute: Adventurous souls soaring high to save lives from above. Old Bill and Co. , August 1940: Resilient civilians turned volunteer firefighters during the Blitz's darkest days. Westminster Cavalry: Noble horse-mounted volunteers protecting their city with unwavering loyalty. Ulsters Oath - The Bulldog will not submit to Home Rule: Volunteers united by an unbreakable spirit for their homeland's freedom. Iraq threat to Kuwait, 1961 : Selfless individuals stepping forward to defend peace against aggression. These diverse examples highlight the remarkable dedication and selflessness displayed by countless individuals who have volunteered throughout history in various capacities – be it rescuing those lost at sea or serving on the frontlines during wars and conflicts worldwide.