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  • The rare Victoria Cross is worn on the chest of the celebrated Nepali war veteran Bhanu Bhagta Gurung (also written Bhanubhakta), an ex-soldier of the British Gurkha regiment who in the second world war, earned his medals from repeated bravery against Japanese positions in Burma. He sits here on the terrace of his home, above the misty valley of Gorkha, Central Nepal. He is one of the last survivors of the remarkably brave men  who helped defeat the enemy in the jungles of south-east Asia. Gurung is the name of his Nepalese tribe (like the Sherpas who also come from the high Himalayan Kingdom). His company commander described him as "a smiling, hard-swearing and indomitable soldier who in a battalion of brave men was one of the bravest". Born September 1921 - died March 1 2008.
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  • The rare Victoria Cross is worn on the chest of the celebrated Nepali war veteran Bhanu Bhagta Gurung (also written Bhanubhakta), an ex-soldier of the British Gurkha regiment who in the second world war, earned his medals from repeated bravery against Japanese positions in Burma. He sits here on the terrace of his home, above the misty valley of Gorkha, Central Nepal. He is one of the last survivors of the remarkably brave men  who helped defeat the enemy in the jungles of south-east Asia. Gurung is the name of his Nepalese tribe (like the Sherpas who also come from the high Himalayan Kingdom). His company commander described him as "a smiling, hard-swearing and indomitable soldier who in a battalion of brave men was one of the bravest". Born September 1921 - died March 1 2008.
    RB_142-16-01-1997.jpg
  • Two women gaze at the names of war dead at the Thiepval Memorial, the largest British war memorial in the world – there were more than 57,000 British casualties in a single day during the battle of the Somme.  The Thiepval Memorial to the Missing of the Somme is a major war memorial to 72,191 missing British and South African men who died in the Battles of the Somme of the First World War between 1915 and 1918 with no known grave. Designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens, the memorial was built between 1928 and 1932 and is the largest British battle memorial in the world.
    WW1_thiepval04-20-08-2003_1_1_1.jpg
  • A veteran and former soldier from world war 2 stands in a side street of Westminster during the annual Armistice Day. This is a full-face portrait of a quintessential Englishmen from a bygone era, typical of the stereotype expected by those from other countries when in fact, he is a disappearing breed. The man has been parading though London's political district near Parliament as old soldiers march with their old comrades in rank, as they would have in their glory days. We see his pencil moustache and the famous bowler hat. The bowler hat, also known as a coke hat, derby (US), billycock or bombín, is a hard felt hat with a rounded crown originally created in 1849 for the British soldier and politician Edward Coke. The bowler hat was popular with the working class during the Victorian era though it came to form the official work uniform of bankers.
    war_veterans01-11-11-1993_1.jpg
  • Boys practice videoing their skateboard jump trick off a high wall beside the Undercroft on the Southbank, London, United Kingdom. The undercroft of the foyer building of the Queen Elizabeth Hall on the South Bank has been popular with skateboarders since the early 70's and it is widely acknowledged to be London's most distinctive and popular skateboarding area. The area is used by skateboarders, BMXers, graffiti artists, taggers, photographers, buskers, and performance artists, among others. The South Bank is a significant arts and entertainment district, and home to an endless list of activities for Londoners, visitors and tourists alike. (photo by Mike Kemp/In Pictures via Getty Images)
    20160810_southbank skateboard trick_...jpg
  • One runner struggling over the last 4 miles, stops to stretch to get going as other participants pass in the London Marathon on 22nd April 2018 in London, England, United Kingdom. The London Marathon, presently known through sponsorship as the Virgin Money London Marathon, is a long-distance running event. The event was first run in 1981 and has been held in the spring of every year since. The race is mainly known for ebing a public race where ordinary people can challenge themsleves while raising great amounts of money for various charities.
    20180422_london marathon_A_009.jpg
  • Czech war veterans gather at Brookwood cemetery when their president of the day, the once political dissident Vaclav Havel paid his respects to those nationals who paid the ultimate price during the second world war. The elderly heroes wearing medals and awards from their service during the 20th century war line up before their new president appears during his state visit to the UK.
    war_veterans-12-04-1990_1_1_1.jpg
  • A serving soldier in civilian suit but wearing a red beret of the Royal Military Police (RMP), looks poignantly down on markers that symbolise war dead, hundreds of crosses and poppies mark anonymous fallen British soldiers and other servicemen and women, all killed during recent conflicts. Dedications from loved-ones or simply well-wishers are written on the wooden crosses on the weekend that Britain commemorates those killed on active service in trouble spots and war locations around the world, the markers a laid on the grass of Westminster Abbey's lawns on Parliament Square, opposite the Houses of Parliament. Armistice weekend is largely held on the closest Sunday to the 11th hour of the 11th Day of the 11th Month, when hostilities famously ended in on 11th November 1918.
    remembrance19-07-11-2009.jpg
  • From a height looking down on markers that symbolise war dead, hundreds of crosses and poppies mark fallen British soldiers and other servicemen and women, all killed during the Iraqi conflicts from 2001 to present day. Dedications from loved-ones or well-wishers are written on the wooden crosses whose surfaces bear the names and pictures of smiling young men and women, proud to serve their country. On the weekend that Britain commemorates those killed on active service in trouble spots and war locations around the world, the markers are laid out on the grass of Westminster Abbey's lawns on Parliament Square, opposite the Houses of Parliament. Armistice weekend is largely held on the closest Sunday to the 11th hour of the 11th Day of the 11th Month, when hostilities famously ended in on 11th November 1918.
    remembrance05-07-11-2009.jpg
  • A detail of a second world war Canadian veteran's chest, festooned with gleaming military campaign medals that symbolise an era of conflict, warfare and especially of survival. Seen as a close-up of polished silver, gold and zinc-alloy, we see only the upper body minus the face of this old soldier whose campaigns include the D-Day landings at Normandy in 1944 because at the bottom of his rack of fine insignia is a badge denoting the Normandy Veterans Association. Elsewhere, a medal is worn for service in Palestine. The unseen gentleman wears a Canadian pin at the top and the contribution of his fellow-countrymen as members of the British Commonwealth is recognised in battlefield cemeteries around the world. But on this day, the 11th November, old soldiers like him march past London's Cenotaph to remember friends who did not return from war.
    medals_veteran11-11-1989.jpg
  • Rising circular fairground ride with EU member flags and Millennium (ferris) Wheel on London's Southbank. Looking up from the ground, we see the theme of circles and silhouettes in an afternoon sky as fearless people on these rides enjoy the scary sensation of flying through the air. Flags of European nations fly from each gondola. The Eye, or as it was known in 2000, the Millennium Wheel, was designed by architects David Blian, Julia Barfield, Malcolm Cook, Mark Sparrowhawk, Steven Chilton and Nic Bailey, and carries 32 sealed, air-conditioned passenger capsules which rotate at 0.26 metres (0.85 feet) per second (about 0.9 km/h or 0.5 mph) so that one revolution takes about 30 minutes.
    fairground_ride35-16-09-2014_1.jpg
  • The Irish peace campaigner, Susan McHugh at home, on 16th May 1993, in Dublin, Ireland. Susan McHugh is an Irish peace campaigner who organised rallies in Dublin for peace in Northern Ireland and against the IRA following the bombing in Warrington on March 20, 1992.
    christine_mchugh-16-05-1993_1.jpg
  • Now an overgrown, mildew-ridden farm shack in woodland in Seething, Norfolk England, this wall mural was once one of the barracks housing 3,000 young World War 2 bomber crews so was probably painted by a young aspiring artist and aviator with the 448th Bomb Group, a fleet of bombers based in England from November 1943 to July 1945. The picture depicts a confrontation between US Air Force B-24 Liberators, a P-51 Mustang and probably a German Dornier. There are hairline cracks in the plaster but the yellow hue of the hand-painted wall is largely intact despite damp conditions in the shed. There are however, other artistic details now faded. Picture from the 'Plane Pictures' project, a celebration of aviation aesthetics and flying culture, 100 years after the Wright brothers first 12 seconds/120 feet powered flight at Kitty Hawk,1903.
    aviation_corbis18-05-10-2000_1.jpg
  • Carvings of battle and heroism outside the Palacio de Carlos V at Alhambra, Granada, Spain. Soldiers of the renaissance period fight a crude form or warfare using pikes and swords, mounted on horses and on foot. The Palace is a Renacentist construction in Granada, southern Spain, located on the top of the hill of the Assabica, inside the Nasrid fortification of the Alhambra. It was commanded by Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, who wished to establish his residence close to the Alhambra palaces.
    alhambra_architecture-13-13-April-20...jpg
  • Boys practice videoing their skateboard jump trick off a high wall beside the Undercroft on the Southbank, London, United Kingdom. The undercroft of the foyer building of the Queen Elizabeth Hall on the South Bank has been popular with skateboarders since the early 70's and it is widely acknowledged to be London's most distinctive and popular skateboarding area. The area is used by skateboarders, BMXers, graffiti artists, taggers, photographers, buskers, and performance artists, among others. The South Bank is a significant arts and entertainment district, and home to an endless list of activities for Londoners, visitors and tourists alike. (photo by Mike Kemp/In Pictures via Getty Images)
    20160810_southbank skateboard trick_...jpg
  • One runner struggling over the last 4 miles, stops to stretch to get going as other participants pass in the London Marathon on 22nd April 2018 in London, England, United Kingdom. The London Marathon, presently known through sponsorship as the Virgin Money London Marathon, is a long-distance running event. The event was first run in 1981 and has been held in the spring of every year since. The race is mainly known for ebing a public race where ordinary people can challenge themsleves while raising great amounts of money for various charities.
    20180422_london marathon_B_009.jpg
  • Pupils from Woolmer Hill School, Haslemere, Surrey, at the WW1 Thiepval Memorial, the largest British war memorial in the world – there were more than 57,000 British casualties in a single day during the battle of the Somme.  The Thiepval Memorial to the Missing of the Somme is a major war memorial to 72,191 missing British and South African men who died in the Battles of the Somme of the First World War between 1915 and 1918 with no known grave. Designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens, the memorial was built between 1928 and 1932 and is the largest British battle memorial in the world.
    WW1_thiepval01-20-08-2003_1_1_1.jpg
  • A visitor bends to pay respects and read inscriptions to wreaths on the ground at the WW1 Thiepval Memorial to the Missing of the Somme, a major war memorial to 72,191 missing British and South African men who died in the Battles of the Somme of the First World War between 1915 and 1918, with no known grave. Designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens, the memorial was built between 1928 and 1932 and is the largest British battle memorial in the world.
    WW1_cemetery06-20-08-2003_1_1_1.jpg
  • Czech war veterans gather at Brookwood cemetery when their president of the day, the once political dissident Vaclav Havel paid his respects to those nationals who paid the ultimate price during the second world war. The elderly heroes wearing medals and awards from their service during the 20th century war line up before their new president appears during his state visit to the UK.
    war_veterans-12-04-1990_2_1.jpg
  • Locals from Cirencester in the county of Gloucestershire sit below the first world war memorial on St John Baptist <br />
church wall in the city centre. A mother and child sit on a bench below the names of those local men lost in the first war (AD1914-18) - the 200 names tell a story of the lost generation of youth, now replaced by the modern Brit, unused to self-sacrifice and loss on an unimaginable scale. The church is medieval, renowned for its perpendicular porch, fan vaults and merchants' tombs. The chancel is the oldest part of the church. Construction started around 1115.
    war_memorial01-14-09-2013_1_1_1.jpg
  • The names of battles in nothern France, scenes of slaughter and sacrifice for young men of the First World War, seen on a memorial at Wincheters College, England where many old boys schooled here and who went on to become leaders and officers in the trenches. The lost generation of British youth is displayed on such memorials across the country, killed at Arras, Bapaume and Vimy - and especially on the Somme during the conflict called 'the war to end all wars'. World War I (WWI) was a global war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918. Ultimately, more than 70 million military personnel, including 60 million Europeans, were mobilised in one of the largest wars in history. More than 9 million combatants were killed.
    war_memorial01-10-12-2012_1.jpg
  • With the rears of homes in the background, a man teaches a young boy to ride a bike on a grassy park slope, on 5th January 2017, in Ruskin Park, London borough of Lambeth, England.
    ruskin-park-16-05-01-2017.jpg
  • From a height looking down on markers that symbolise war dead, hundreds of crosses and poppies mark fallen British soldiers and other servicemen and women, all killed during the Iraqi conflicts from 2001 to present day. Dedications from loved-ones or well-wishers are written on the wooden crosses whose surfaces bear the names and pictures of smiling young men and women, proud to serve their country. On the weekend that Britain commemorates those killed on active service in trouble spots and war locations around the world, the markers are laid out on the grass of Westminster Abbey's lawns on Parliament Square, opposite the Houses of Parliament. Armistice weekend is largely held on the closest Sunday to the 11th hour of the 11th Day of the 11th Month, when hostilities famously ended in on 11th November 1918.
    remembrance07-07-11-2009.jpg
  • From a height looking down on markers that symbolise war dead, hundreds of crosses and poppies mark anonymous fallen British soldiers and other servicemen and women, all killed during recent conflicts. Dedications from loved-ones or simply well-wishers are written on the wooden crosses on the weekend that Britain commemorates those killed on active service in trouble spots and war locations around the world, the markers a laid on the grass of Westminster Abbey's lawns on Parliament Square, opposite the Houses of Parliament. Armistice weekend is largely held on the closest Sunday to the 11th hour of the 11th Day of the 11th Month, when hostilities famously ended in on 11th November 1918.
    remembrance03-07-11-2009.jpg
  • From a height looking down on markers that symbolise war dead, hundreds of crosses and poppies mark anonymous fallen British soldiers and other servicemen and women, all killed during recent conflicts. Dedications from loved-ones or simply well-wishers are written on the wooden crosses on the weekend that Britain commemorates those killed on active service in trouble spots and war locations around the world, the markers a laid on the grass of Westminster Abbey's lawns on Parliament Square, opposite the Houses of Parliament. Armistice weekend is largely held on the closest Sunday to the 11th hour of the 11th Day of the 11th Month, when hostilities famously ended on 11th November 1918.
    remembrance01-07-11-2009.jpg
  • A man hangs from the hat of Prince Henry, Duke of Viseu, at the Monument of the Discoveries at Belem, Lisbon. The man has found a way to scale part of the 177 foot (54 metre) high celebration to Henry, otherwise known as Henry the Navigator, or Seafarer. The trespasser is dwarfed by the giant, oversized effigies and the man hangs by his fingers and rests his foot on Henry's ship's sail which points out to sea. It is a clear day with blue skies and the slightly yellow stone is side-lit to show each feature of the carvings in fine detail. It is a classic scene of Portguese history depicted during the 1960s fascist Portuguese President Salazar's regime. Henry remains one of ocean-conquering Portugal's most famous of cartographers, whose explorers discovered new routes around Africa and the Atlantic. Although he was called Prince Henry the Navigator by the English, Prince Henry never actually sailed on any of the voyages of discovery he sponsored. Instead, Prince Henry established a school for the study of the arts of navigation, mapmaking, and shipbuilding. This would allow sailors to better guide their ships and to come up with new ship designs. Immediately behind Henry is King Manuel I then poet Luis de Camōes. The eight figures are carved by sculptor Leopoldo Almeida and along with the monument, were commissioned for the 1960 world exhibition to commemorate the 500th anniversary of Henry's death in 1460.
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  • Rising circular fairground ride with EU member flags and Millennium (ferris) Wheel on London's Southbank. Looking up from the ground, we see the theme of circles and silhouettes in an afternoon sky as fearless people on these rides enjoy the scary sensation of flying through the air. Flags of European nations fly from each gondola. The Eye, or as it was known in 2000, the Millennium Wheel, was designed by architects David Blian, Julia Barfield, Malcolm Cook, Mark Sparrowhawk, Steven Chilton and Nic Bailey, and carries 32 sealed, air-conditioned passenger capsules which rotate at 0.26 metres (0.85 feet) per second (about 0.9 km/h or 0.5 mph) so that one revolution takes about 30 minutes.
    fairground_ride18-15-09-2014_1.jpg
  • With a large hand from her worried mother gently caressing her head, a tiny premature new-born born baby sleeps on its side with an oxygen tube in its nose, while gathering strength in her incubator at the Royal London Hospital, Whitechapel, London, England. In her warm cot, a toy bear looks on in the corner and a poem writen on a card from the baby's parents has been attached to the plastic wall. It is a tender moment of hope, that this precious young human life can continue to grow into adulthood and be loved by all. The Royal London Hospital is one of London's oldest, having been founded in 1740 and is a major teaching hospital in Whitechapel, East London.
    city_london09-15-12-2007 _1.jpg
  • Carvings of battle and heroism outside the Palacio de Carlos V at Alhambra, Granada, Spain. The armour of soldiers of the renaissance period can be seen in readiness for warfare against the foes of the time. The Palace is a Renacentist construction in Granada, southern Spain, located on the top of the hill of the Assabica, inside the Nasrid fortification of the Alhambra. It was commanded by Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, who wished to establish his residence close to the Alhambra palaces.
    alhambra_architecture-14-13-April-20...jpg
  • Boys practice videoing their skateboard jump trick off a high wall beside the Undercroft on the Southbank, London, United Kingdom. The undercroft of the foyer building of the Queen Elizabeth Hall on the South Bank has been popular with skateboarders since the early 70's and it is widely acknowledged to be London's most distinctive and popular skateboarding area. The area is used by skateboarders, BMXers, graffiti artists, taggers, photographers, buskers, and performance artists, among others. The South Bank is a significant arts and entertainment district, and home to an endless list of activities for Londoners, visitors and tourists alike. (photo by Mike Kemp/In Pictures via Getty Images)
    20160810_southbank skateboard trick_...jpg
  • One runner struggling over the last 4 miles, stops to stretch to get going as other participants pass in the London Marathon on 22nd April 2018 in London, England, United Kingdom. The London Marathon, presently known through sponsorship as the Virgin Money London Marathon, is a long-distance running event. The event was first run in 1981 and has been held in the spring of every year since. The race is mainly known for ebing a public race where ordinary people can challenge themsleves while raising great amounts of money for various charities.
    20180422_london marathon_A_008.jpg
  • Dedicated to the casualties of wars, red artificial poppies set into wreaths hang on temporary fencing in London's Whitehall. Messages of sympathy from various regiments from around the world are attached to the wreaths which are secured to the metal grills, the red poppies hang in position during a renovation of the nearby Cenotaph, the Edward Luytens-designed memorial to those lost in world wars since WW1 that is the focus of every armistice remembrance ceremony on November 11th.
    whitehall_wreaths01-04-06-2013_1_1_1.jpg
  • Veteran and former soldiers of the Parachute regiment parade through the streets of Westminster during the annual Armistice Day. It is 11th November, the day that armistice was signed to end the first world war and veterans from all over the country gather in their former ranks, parading though London's political district near Parliament with their old comrades in rank, as they would have in their glory days. They are the dying survivors of the era of 20th century warfare.
    war_veterans02-11-11-1993_1_1.jpg
  • The first world war memorial beneath the columns and pillars of Royal Exchange, City of London. The tall and solid Corinthian pillars of the 3rd Royal Exchange built in 1842 by Sir William Tite. Looking upwards towards a memorial that commemorates the dead from the First World War of 1914-18 between the converging pillars of the Cornhill Exchange building. Nearby is the famous Bank of England in the City Of London, the financial district, otherwise known as the Square Mile.
    war_memorial02-02-02-2012_1_1.jpg
  • First World War memorial soldier beneath the Bank of England (L) and the columns of Royal Exchange. The tall and solid Corinthian pillars of the 3rd Royal Exchange built in 1842 by Sir William Tite. Looking upwards towards a memorial that commemorates the dead from the First World War of 1914-18 between the converging pillars of the Cornhill Exchange building and beyond, to the famous Bank of England in the City Of London, the financial district, otherwise known as the Square Mile. The Bank of England (formally the Governor and Company of the Bank of England) is the central bank of the United Kingdom and the model on which most modern central banks have been based. It is wholly owned by the Treasury Solicitor on behalf of the Government, with independence in setting monetary policy.
    war_memorial1-27-09-2011_1_1.jpg
  • A brave but confident cleaning contractor abseils from 20 Fenchurch Street aka the Walkie Talkie building in the capitals oldest financial district aka The Square Mile, on 14th August 2017, in the City of London, England.
    walkie_talkie-02-14-08-2017.jpg
  • A brave but confident cleaning contractor abseils from 20 Fenchurch Street aka the Walkie Talkie building in the capitals oldest financial district aka The Square Mile, on 14th August 2017, in the City of London, England.
    walkie_talkie-04-14-08-2017.jpg
  • A serving soldier in civilian suit but wearing a red beret of the Royal Military Police (RMP), looks poignantly down on markers that symbolise war dead, hundreds of crosses and poppies mark anonymous fallen British soldiers and other servicemen and women, all killed during recent conflicts. Dedications from loved-ones or simply well-wishers are written on the wooden crosses on the weekend that Britain commemorates those killed on active service in trouble spots and war locations around the world, the markers a laid on the grass of Westminster Abbey's lawns on Parliament Square, opposite the Houses of Parliament. Armistice weekend is largely held on the closest Sunday to the 11th hour of the 11th Day of the 11th Month, when hostilities famously ended in on 11th November 1918.
    remembrance18-07-11-2009.jpg
  • From a height looking down on markers that symbolise war dead, one face of a young serviceman smiles from the other hundreds of crosses and poppies which mark some named but other anonymous fallen British soldiers and other servicemen and women, all killed during recent conflicts. Dedications from loved-ones or simply well-wishers are written on the wooden crosses on the weekend that Britain commemorates those killed on active service in trouble spots and war locations around the world, the markers a laid on the grass of Westminster Abbey's lawns on Parliament Square, opposite the Houses of Parliament. Armistice weekend is largely held on the closest Sunday to the 11th hour of the 11th Day of the 11th Month, when hostilities famously ended in on 11th November 1918.
    remembrance09-07-11-2009.jpg
  • Rising circular fairground ride with EU member flags and Millennium (ferris) Wheel on London's Southbank. Looking up from the ground, we see the theme of circles and silhouettes in an afternoon sky as fearless people on these rides enjoy the scary sensation of flying through the air. Flags of European nations fly from each gondola. The Eye, or as it was known in 2000, the Millennium Wheel, was designed by architects David Blian, Julia Barfield, Malcolm Cook, Mark Sparrowhawk, Steven Chilton and Nic Bailey, and carries 32 sealed, air-conditioned passenger capsules which rotate at 0.26 metres (0.85 feet) per second (about 0.9 km/h or 0.5 mph) so that one revolution takes about 30 minutes.
    fairground_ride28-16-09-2014_1.jpg
  • Rising circular fairground ride with EU member flags and Millennium (ferris) Wheel on London's Southbank. Looking up from the ground, we see the theme of circles and silhouettes in an afternoon sky as fearless people on these rides enjoy the scary sensation of flying through the air. Flags of European nations fly from each gondola. The Eye, or as it was known in 2000, the Millennium Wheel, was designed by architects David Blian, Julia Barfield, Malcolm Cook, Mark Sparrowhawk, Steven Chilton and Nic Bailey, and carries 32 sealed, air-conditioned passenger capsules which rotate at 0.26 metres (0.85 feet) per second (about 0.9 km/h or 0.5 mph) so that one revolution takes about 30 minutes.
    fairground_ride20-15-09-2014_1.jpg
  • The Irish peace campaigner, Susan McHugh at a local play park, on 16th May 1993, in Dublin, Ireland. Susan McHugh is an Irish peace campaigner who organised rallies in Dublin for peace in Northern Ireland and against the IRA following the bombing in Warrington on March 20, 1992.
    christine_mchugh-16-05-1993.jpg
  • Boys practice videoing their skateboard jump trick off a high wall beside the Undercroft on the Southbank, London, United Kingdom. The undercroft of the foyer building of the Queen Elizabeth Hall on the South Bank has been popular with skateboarders since the early 70's and it is widely acknowledged to be London's most distinctive and popular skateboarding area. The area is used by skateboarders, BMXers, graffiti artists, taggers, photographers, buskers, and performance artists, among others. The South Bank is a significant arts and entertainment district, and home to an endless list of activities for Londoners, visitors and tourists alike. (photo by Mike Kemp/In Pictures via Getty Images)
    20160810_southbank skateboard trick_...jpg
  • Boys practice videoing their skateboard jump trick off a high wall beside the Undercroft on the Southbank, London, United Kingdom. The undercroft of the foyer building of the Queen Elizabeth Hall on the South Bank has been popular with skateboarders since the early 70's and it is widely acknowledged to be London's most distinctive and popular skateboarding area. The area is used by skateboarders, BMXers, graffiti artists, taggers, photographers, buskers, and performance artists, among others. The South Bank is a significant arts and entertainment district, and home to an endless list of activities for Londoners, visitors and tourists alike. (photo by Mike Kemp/In Pictures via Getty Images)
    20160810_southbank skateboard trick_...jpg
  • One runner struggling over the last 4 miles, stops to stretch to get going as other participants pass in the London Marathon on 22nd April 2018 in London, England, United Kingdom. The London Marathon, presently known through sponsorship as the Virgin Money London Marathon, is a long-distance running event. The event was first run in 1981 and has been held in the spring of every year since. The race is mainly known for ebing a public race where ordinary people can challenge themsleves while raising great amounts of money for various charities.
    20180422_london marathon_B_010.jpg
  • Pupils from Woolmer Hill School, Haslemere, Surrey, at the WW1 Thiepval Memorial, the largest British war memorial in the world – there were more than 57,000 British casualties in a single day during the battle of the Somme.  The Thiepval Memorial to the Missing of the Somme is a major war memorial to 72,191 missing British and South African men who died in the Battles of the Somme of the First World War between 1915 and 1918 with no known grave. Designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens, the memorial was built between 1928 and 1932 and is the largest British battle memorial in the world.
    WW1_thiepval03-20-08-2003_1_1_1.jpg
  • Pupils from Woolmer Hill School, Haslemere, Surrey, at the WW1 Thiepval Memorial, the largest British war memorial in the world – there were more than 57,000 British casualties in a single day during the battle of the Somme.  The Thiepval Memorial to the Missing of the Somme is a major war memorial to 72,191 missing British and South African men who died in the Battles of the Somme of the First World War between 1915 and 1918 with no known grave. Designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens, the memorial was built between 1928 and 1932 and is the largest British battle memorial in the world.
    WW1_thiepval02-20-08-2003_1_1_1.jpg
  • A young boy sits on the lawn after falling from his tricycle on a summer's day in the family garden in the early nineteen sixties. Sitting on his knees on the soft summer grass the young lad looks brave rather than tearful. There is the family tent erected across from the path, its open flaps perhaps drying out after rain or simply as a play den for the boy. The picture was recorded on Kodachrome (Kodak) film in about 1964.
    sixties_archive07-13-07-1964_1_1.jpg
  • The Air Forces Memorial, or Runnymede Memorial,in Englefield Green, near Egham, Surrey. This memorial is dedicated to 20,456 men and women from the British Empire who were lost in operations from World War II. Those recorded have no known grave anywhere in the world, and many were lost without trace. The name of each of these airmen and airwomen is engraved into the stone walls of the memorial, according to country and squadron.
    runnymede01-10-01-2003.jpg
  • Two serving soldiers in civilian suits but wearing the insignia and badges of the Royal Military Police (RMP), talk quietly together while poignantly paying their respects to the hundreds of markers that symbolise war dead. Crosses and poppies mark anonymous fallen British soldiers and other servicemen and women, all killed during recent conflicts. Dedications from loved-ones or simply well-wishers are written on the wooden crosses on the weekend that Britain commemorates those killed on active service in trouble spots and war locations around the world, the markers a laid on the grass of Westminster Abbey's lawns on Parliament Square, opposite the Houses of Parliament. Armistice weekend is largely held on the closest Sunday to the 11th hour of the 11th Day of the 11th Month, when hostilities famously ended in on 11th November 1918.
    remembrance21-07-11-2009.jpg
  • Rising circular fairground ride with EU member flags and Millennium (ferris) Wheel on London's Southbank. Looking up from the ground, we see the theme of circles and silhouettes in an afternoon sky as fearless people on these rides enjoy the scary sensation of flying through the air. Flags of European nations fly from each gondola. The Eye, or as it was known in 2000, the Millennium Wheel, was designed by architects David Blian, Julia Barfield, Malcolm Cook, Mark Sparrowhawk, Steven Chilton and Nic Bailey, and carries 32 sealed, air-conditioned passenger capsules which rotate at 0.26 metres (0.85 feet) per second (about 0.9 km/h or 0.5 mph) so that one revolution takes about 30 minutes.
    fairground_ride27-16-09-2014_1.jpg
  • Rising circular fairground ride with EU member flags and Millennium (ferris) Wheel on London's Southbank. Looking up from the ground, we see the theme of circles and silhouettes in an afternoon sky as fearless people on these rides enjoy the scary sensation of flying through the air. Flags of European nations fly from each gondola. The Eye, or as it was known in 2000, the Millennium Wheel, was designed by architects David Blian, Julia Barfield, Malcolm Cook, Mark Sparrowhawk, Steven Chilton and Nic Bailey, and carries 32 sealed, air-conditioned passenger capsules which rotate at 0.26 metres (0.85 feet) per second (about 0.9 km/h or 0.5 mph) so that one revolution takes about 30 minutes.
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  • In a farmer's tool shed, a painted mural depicting B-24 Liberators sweeping over the cracked brick wall of what was once an officers’ mess at the WW2 Wendling airfield, Norfolk England. Below this scene of heroic military might, young officers flying Liberators of the 392nd Bomb Group gathered before and after raids into Germany from November 1943 to July 1945. The runway is now partly covered by a turkey farm and this building is now full of car and tractor parts. Picture from the 'Plane Pictures' project, a celebration of aviation aesthetics and flying culture, 100 years after the Wright brothers first 12 seconds/120 feet powered flight at Kitty Hawk,1903.
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  • Carvings of battle and heroism outside the Palacio de Carlos V at Alhambra, Granada, Spain. Soldiers of the renaissance period fight a crude form or warfare using pikes and swords, mounted on horses and on foot. The Palace is a Renacentist construction in Granada, southern Spain, located on the top of the hill of the Assabica, inside the Nasrid fortification of the Alhambra. It was commanded by Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, who wished to establish his residence close to the Alhambra palaces.
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  • A year after the fall of the Berlin Wall and the end of the Communist Eastern Bloc era, riot police tower over a young German girl outside Berlin Cathedral, on 4th November 1990, in Berlin, Germany.
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  • An instructor with the Royal Gurkha Rifles points a recruit towards an objective while on tactical training manoeuvres on heathland above Farnborough, on 5th August 1996, in Farnborough, England. Nepali-born boys belong to an elite Regiment of the British army. Every year 60,000 boys attend recruiting sessions in villages and towns in the Himalayan Kingdom but only 150 are selected each year to serve on active duty across the world. They fly to the UK for basic soldier training where they learn the skills required for infantry, transport, communications or clerical duties. Their reputation as a fierce but intensely loyal fighting force and many Victoria Crosses were won for bravery during World War 2. Here they are seen cradling modern SA-80 rifles while dressed in camouflaged helmets with oak leaves.
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  • Four members of the Royal Gurkha Rifles are on tactical manoeuvres on heathland above Farnborough airfield, England. These Nepali-born boys belong to an elite Regiment of the British army. Every year 60,000 boys attend recruiting sessions in villages and towns in the Himalayan Kingdom but only 150 are selected each year to serve on active duty across the world. They fly to the UK for basic soldier training where they learn the skills required for infantry, transport, communications or clerical duties. Their reputation as a fierce but intensely loyal fighting force and many Victoria Crosses were won for bravery during World War 2. Here they are seen cradling modern SA-80 rifles while dressed in camouflaged helmets with oak leaves. The nearest to the camera points his weapon past the viewer with a yellow blank cover attached.
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