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  • On sentry duty at the Presidential Bodyguard HQ's, three soldiers stand to attention during the short ceremony where different soldiers take up their posts.   The  Presidential Bodyguard or PBG is the Indian Army's preeminent regiment founded in 1773 during the British occupation, this handpicked unit began with a mere 50 men and today stands at 160 soldiers plus 50 support staff. It has a dual role, both as a ceremonial guard for the President of India, with all its finery at important state functions, as well as an elite operational unit for the Indian Army which has seen action in many battle fronts, in particular the on going disputed region of Kashmir, New Delhi, India.
    20071224_india_0450_1.jpg
  • Presidential Bodyguard soldiers in early morning dust and mist filled horsemanship practice, consisting of jumping, daredevil riding and other such activities at the PBG's training grounds. This a regular activity as it requires the riders to perfect their horse riding skills and maneuvers for their official duties at ceremonial events.  The PBG is the Indian Army's preeminent regiment founded in 1773 during the British occupation, this handpicked unit began with a mere 50 men and today stands at 160 soldiers plus 50 support staff. It has a dual role, both as a ceremonial guard for the President of India, with all its finery at important state functions, as well as an elite operational unit for the Indian Army which has seen action in many battle fronts, in particular the on going disputed region of Kashmir.
    20071224_india_0107_1.jpg
  • Presidential Bodyguard soldiers in early morning dust and mist filled horsemanship practice, consisting of jumping, daredevil riding and other such activities at the PBG's training grounds. This a regular activity as it requires the riders to perfect their horse riding skills and maneuvers for their official duties at ceremonial events.  The PBG is the Indian Army's preeminent regiment founded in 1773 during the British occupation, this handpicked unit began with a mere 50 men and today stands at 160 soldiers plus 50 support staff. It has a dual role, both as a ceremonial guard for the President of India, with all its finery at important state functions, as well as an elite operational unit for the Indian Army which has seen action in many battle fronts, in particular the on going disputed region of Kashmir.
    20071224_india_0086_1.jpg
  • Presidential Bodyguard soldiers in early morning dust and mist filled horsemanship practice, consisting of jumping, daredevil riding and other such activities at the PBG's training grounds. This a regular activity as it requires the riders to perfect their horse riding skills and maneuvers for their official duties at ceremonial events.  The PBG is the Indian Army's preeminent regiment founded in 1773 during the British occupation, this handpicked unit began with a mere 50 men and today stands at 160 soldiers plus 50 support staff. It has a dual role, both as a ceremonial guard for the President of India, with all its finery at important state functions, as well as an elite operational unit for the Indian Army which has seen action in many battle fronts, in particular the on going disputed region of Kashmir.
    20071224_india_0078_1.jpg
  • Presidential Bodyguard soldiers on sentry duty at their HQ's with the Rashtrapati Bhavan Palace in background. The  Presidential Bodyguard or PBG is the Indian Army's preeminent regiment founded in 1773 during the British occupation, this handpicked unit began with a mere 50 men and today stands at 160 soldiers plus 50 support staff. It has a dual role, both as a ceremonial guard for the President of India, with all its finery at important state functions, as well as an elite operational unit for the Indian Army which has seen action in many battle fronts, in particular the on going disputed region of Kashmir.
    20071223_india_0629_1.jpg
  • Commanding as well as non-commanding officers of The  Presidential Bodyguard regiment or PBG salute their Commander -in -Chief as he arrives to inspect their headquarters. The PBG is the Indian Army's preeminent regiment founded in 1773 during the British occupation, this handpicked unit began with a mere 50 men and today stands at 160 soldiers plus 50 support staff. It has a dual role, both as a ceremonial guard for the President of India, with all its finery at important state functions, as well as an elite operational unit for the Indian Army which has seen action in many battle fronts, in particular the on going disputed region of Kashmir, New Delhi, India. different soldiers take up their posts.
    20071224_india_0388_1.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
  • Lance Corporal Daffadar Lal from the Indian Army's Presidential Bodyguard regiment (also known as the PBG) on duty.  The PBG is the Indian Army's preeminent regiment founded in 1773 during the British occupation, this handpicked unit began with a mere 50 men and today stands at 160 soldiers plus 50 support staff. It has a dual role, both as a ceremonial guard for the President of India, with all its finery at important state functions, as well as an elite operational unit for the Indian Army which has seen action in many battle fronts, in particular the on going disputed region of Kashmir.
    20071224_india_0233_1.jpg
  • Changing the Guard (often incorrectly referred to as the Changing of the Guard), refers to a formal ceremony in which sentries providing ceremonial guard duties at important institutions are relieved by a new batch of sentries. The ceremonies are often elaborate and precisely choreographed. In the state capital, Athens, members of the elite Evzones light infantry unit, provide a 24-hour honor guard, with an hourly guard change, at the Presidential Mansion and at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, off Syntagma Square at the foot of the Hellenic Parliament. The Changing the Guard at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in particular has become a tourist attraction, with many people marvelling at the guards, who stand motionless for two 20-minute intervals, during their 1 hour shifts. Greek soldiers called "Evzons" or 'Tsoliades' in their traditional pleated skirt uniform and shoes with toes tipped by a red or black ball called a 'foonda' are who guard the tomb. Athens is the capital and largest city of Greece. It dominates the Attica periphery and is one of the world's oldest cities, as its recorded history spans around 3,400 years. Classical Athens was a powerful city-state. A centre for the arts, learning and philosophy.
    20110920changing the guard athensJ.jpg
  • Re-enactment soldiers at Housesteads Fort on Roman Hadrian's Wall, once the northern frontier of Rome's empire. Hadrian's Wall (Latin: Vallum Aelium) was a stone and timber fortification built by the Roman Empire across the width of what is now northern England. Begun in AD 122, during the rule of emperor Hadrian, it was built as a military fortification though gates through the wall served as customs posts to allow trade and levy taxation. The 4.5m high Wall was 80 Roman miles (73.5 miles, 117km) long and so important was it to secure its length that up to 10% of the Roman army total force were stationed here. Tough walkers generally take 7 days to trek its coast-to-coast length. These Roman soldier enthusiasts have dressed up for a Roman day.
    hadrians_wall22-08-08-2010-1_1.jpg
  • Changing the Guard (often incorrectly referred to as the Changing of the Guard), refers to a formal ceremony in which sentries providing ceremonial guard duties at important institutions are relieved by a new batch of sentries. The ceremonies are often elaborate and precisely choreographed. In the state capital, Athens, members of the elite Evzones light infantry unit, provide a 24-hour honor guard, with an hourly guard change, at the Presidential Mansion and at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, off Syntagma Square at the foot of the Hellenic Parliament. The Changing the Guard at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in particular has become a tourist attraction, with many people marvelling at the guards, who stand motionless for two 20-minute intervals, during their 1 hour shifts. Greek soldiers called "Evzons" or 'Tsoliades' in their traditional pleated skirt uniform and shoes with toes tipped by a red or black ball called a 'foonda' are who guard the tomb. Athens is the capital and largest city of Greece. It dominates the Attica periphery and is one of the world's oldest cities, as its recorded history spans around 3,400 years. Classical Athens was a powerful city-state. A centre for the arts, learning and philosophy.
    20110920changing the guard athensL.jpg
  • Changing the Guard (often incorrectly referred to as the Changing of the Guard), refers to a formal ceremony in which sentries providing ceremonial guard duties at important institutions are relieved by a new batch of sentries. The ceremonies are often elaborate and precisely choreographed. In the state capital, Athens, members of the elite Evzones light infantry unit, provide a 24-hour honor guard, with an hourly guard change, at the Presidential Mansion and at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, off Syntagma Square at the foot of the Hellenic Parliament. The Changing the Guard at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in particular has become a tourist attraction, with many people marvelling at the guards, who stand motionless for two 20-minute intervals, during their 1 hour shifts. Greek soldiers called "Evzons" or 'Tsoliades' in their traditional pleated skirt uniform and shoes with toes tipped by a red or black ball called a 'foonda' are who guard the tomb. Athens is the capital and largest city of Greece. It dominates the Attica periphery and is one of the world's oldest cities, as its recorded history spans around 3,400 years. Classical Athens was a powerful city-state. A centre for the arts, learning and philosophy.
    20110920changing the guard athensK.jpg
  • Changing the Guard (often incorrectly referred to as the Changing of the Guard), refers to a formal ceremony in which sentries providing ceremonial guard duties at important institutions are relieved by a new batch of sentries. The ceremonies are often elaborate and precisely choreographed. In the state capital, Athens, members of the elite Evzones light infantry unit, provide a 24-hour honor guard, with an hourly guard change, at the Presidential Mansion and at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, off Syntagma Square at the foot of the Hellenic Parliament. The Changing the Guard at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in particular has become a tourist attraction, with many people marvelling at the guards, who stand motionless for two 20-minute intervals, during their 1 hour shifts. Greek soldiers called "Evzons" or 'Tsoliades' in their traditional pleated skirt uniform and shoes with toes tipped by a red or black ball called a 'foonda' are who guard the tomb. Athens is the capital and largest city of Greece. It dominates the Attica periphery and is one of the world's oldest cities, as its recorded history spans around 3,400 years. Classical Athens was a powerful city-state. A centre for the arts, learning and philosophy.
    20110920changing the guard athensI.jpg
  • Changing the Guard (often incorrectly referred to as the Changing of the Guard), refers to a formal ceremony in which sentries providing ceremonial guard duties at important institutions are relieved by a new batch of sentries. The ceremonies are often elaborate and precisely choreographed. In the state capital, Athens, members of the elite Evzones light infantry unit, provide a 24-hour honor guard, with an hourly guard change, at the Presidential Mansion and at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, off Syntagma Square at the foot of the Hellenic Parliament. The Changing the Guard at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in particular has become a tourist attraction, with many people marvelling at the guards, who stand motionless for two 20-minute intervals, during their 1 hour shifts. Greek soldiers called "Evzons" or 'Tsoliades' in their traditional pleated skirt uniform and shoes with toes tipped by a red or black ball called a 'foonda' are who guard the tomb. Athens is the capital and largest city of Greece. It dominates the Attica periphery and is one of the world's oldest cities, as its recorded history spans around 3,400 years. Classical Athens was a powerful city-state. A centre for the arts, learning and philosophy.
    20110920changing the guard athensE.jpg
  • Changing the Guard (often incorrectly referred to as the Changing of the Guard), refers to a formal ceremony in which sentries providing ceremonial guard duties at important institutions are relieved by a new batch of sentries. The ceremonies are often elaborate and precisely choreographed. In the state capital, Athens, members of the elite Evzones light infantry unit, provide a 24-hour honor guard, with an hourly guard change, at the Presidential Mansion and at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, off Syntagma Square at the foot of the Hellenic Parliament. The Changing the Guard at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in particular has become a tourist attraction, with many people marvelling at the guards, who stand motionless for two 20-minute intervals, during their 1 hour shifts. Greek soldiers called "Evzons" or 'Tsoliades' in their traditional pleated skirt uniform and shoes with toes tipped by a red or black ball called a 'foonda' are who guard the tomb. Athens is the capital and largest city of Greece. It dominates the Attica periphery and is one of the world's oldest cities, as its recorded history spans around 3,400 years. Classical Athens was a powerful city-state. A centre for the arts, learning and philosophy.
    20110920changing the guard athensD.jpg
  • Changing the Guard (often incorrectly referred to as the Changing of the Guard), refers to a formal ceremony in which sentries providing ceremonial guard duties at important institutions are relieved by a new batch of sentries. The ceremonies are often elaborate and precisely choreographed. In the state capital, Athens, members of the elite Evzones light infantry unit, provide a 24-hour honor guard, with an hourly guard change, at the Presidential Mansion and at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, off Syntagma Square at the foot of the Hellenic Parliament. The Changing the Guard at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in particular has become a tourist attraction, with many people marvelling at the guards, who stand motionless for two 20-minute intervals, during their 1 hour shifts. Greek soldiers called "Evzons" or 'Tsoliades' in their traditional pleated skirt uniform and shoes with toes tipped by a red or black ball called a 'foonda' are who guard the tomb. Athens is the capital and largest city of Greece. It dominates the Attica periphery and is one of the world's oldest cities, as its recorded history spans around 3,400 years. Classical Athens was a powerful city-state. A centre for the arts, learning and philosophy.
    20110920changing the guard athensC.jpg
  • Changing the Guard (often incorrectly referred to as the Changing of the Guard), refers to a formal ceremony in which sentries providing ceremonial guard duties at important institutions are relieved by a new batch of sentries. The ceremonies are often elaborate and precisely choreographed. In the state capital, Athens, members of the elite Evzones light infantry unit, provide a 24-hour honor guard, with an hourly guard change, at the Presidential Mansion and at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, off Syntagma Square at the foot of the Hellenic Parliament. The Changing the Guard at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in particular has become a tourist attraction, with many people marvelling at the guards, who stand motionless for two 20-minute intervals, during their 1 hour shifts. Greek soldiers called "Evzons" or 'Tsoliades' in their traditional pleated skirt uniform and shoes with toes tipped by a red or black ball called a 'foonda' are who guard the tomb. Athens is the capital and largest city of Greece. It dominates the Attica periphery and is one of the world's oldest cities, as its recorded history spans around 3,400 years. Classical Athens was a powerful city-state. A centre for the arts, learning and philosophy.
    20110920changing the guard athensB.jpg
  • Changing the Guard (often incorrectly referred to as the Changing of the Guard), refers to a formal ceremony in which sentries providing ceremonial guard duties at important institutions are relieved by a new batch of sentries. The ceremonies are often elaborate and precisely choreographed. In the state capital, Athens, members of the elite Evzones light infantry unit, provide a 24-hour honor guard, with an hourly guard change, at the Presidential Mansion and at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, off Syntagma Square at the foot of the Hellenic Parliament. The Changing the Guard at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in particular has become a tourist attraction, with many people marvelling at the guards, who stand motionless for two 20-minute intervals, during their 1 hour shifts. Greek soldiers called "Evzons" or 'Tsoliades' in their traditional pleated skirt uniform and shoes with toes tipped by a red or black ball called a 'foonda' are who guard the tomb. Athens is the capital and largest city of Greece. It dominates the Attica periphery and is one of the world's oldest cities, as its recorded history spans around 3,400 years. Classical Athens was a powerful city-state. A centre for the arts, learning and philosophy.
    20110920changing the guard athensH.jpg
  • Changing the Guard (often incorrectly referred to as the Changing of the Guard), refers to a formal ceremony in which sentries providing ceremonial guard duties at important institutions are relieved by a new batch of sentries. The ceremonies are often elaborate and precisely choreographed. In the state capital, Athens, members of the elite Evzones light infantry unit, provide a 24-hour honor guard, with an hourly guard change, at the Presidential Mansion and at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, off Syntagma Square at the foot of the Hellenic Parliament. The Changing the Guard at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in particular has become a tourist attraction, with many people marvelling at the guards, who stand motionless for two 20-minute intervals, during their 1 hour shifts. Greek soldiers called "Evzons" or 'Tsoliades' in their traditional pleated skirt uniform and shoes with toes tipped by a red or black ball called a 'foonda' are who guard the tomb. Athens is the capital and largest city of Greece. It dominates the Attica periphery and is one of the world's oldest cities, as its recorded history spans around 3,400 years. Classical Athens was a powerful city-state. A centre for the arts, learning and philosophy.
    20110920changing the guard athensG.jpg
  • Changing the Guard (often incorrectly referred to as the Changing of the Guard), refers to a formal ceremony in which sentries providing ceremonial guard duties at important institutions are relieved by a new batch of sentries. The ceremonies are often elaborate and precisely choreographed. In the state capital, Athens, members of the elite Evzones light infantry unit, provide a 24-hour honor guard, with an hourly guard change, at the Presidential Mansion and at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, off Syntagma Square at the foot of the Hellenic Parliament. The Changing the Guard at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in particular has become a tourist attraction, with many people marvelling at the guards, who stand motionless for two 20-minute intervals, during their 1 hour shifts. Greek soldiers called "Evzons" or 'Tsoliades' in their traditional pleated skirt uniform and shoes with toes tipped by a red or black ball called a 'foonda' are who guard the tomb. Athens is the capital and largest city of Greece. It dominates the Attica periphery and is one of the world's oldest cities, as its recorded history spans around 3,400 years. Classical Athens was a powerful city-state. A centre for the arts, learning and philosophy.
    20110920changing the guard athensF.jpg
  • Changing the Guard (often incorrectly referred to as the Changing of the Guard), refers to a formal ceremony in which sentries providing ceremonial guard duties at important institutions are relieved by a new batch of sentries. The ceremonies are often elaborate and precisely choreographed. In the state capital, Athens, members of the elite Evzones light infantry unit, provide a 24-hour honor guard, with an hourly guard change, at the Presidential Mansion and at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, off Syntagma Square at the foot of the Hellenic Parliament. The Changing the Guard at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in particular has become a tourist attraction, with many people marvelling at the guards, who stand motionless for two 20-minute intervals, during their 1 hour shifts. Greek soldiers called "Evzons" or 'Tsoliades' in their traditional pleated skirt uniform and shoes with toes tipped by a red or black ball called a 'foonda' are who guard the tomb. Athens is the capital and largest city of Greece. It dominates the Attica periphery and is one of the world's oldest cities, as its recorded history spans around 3,400 years. Classical Athens was a powerful city-state. A centre for the arts, learning and philosophy.
    20110920changing the guard athensA.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
  • 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
  • Wreaths with Five soldiers standing at ease on the memorial to both first and second world wars in Westminster. The war memorial is in Horseguards Parade commemorating those who fell during the Second and First World Wars and features 5 regimental reminders of those lost from the Household Division in conflict, their sacrifices honoured 100 years after the start of the 1914-18 war. The Guards Memorial was designed by the sculptor Gilbert Ledward in 1923–26 and erected to commemorate the First Battle of Ypres and other battles of World War I.
    war_memorial01-19-03-2014.jpg
  • A British Army Gurkha soldier instructs his men during an exercise on Salisbury Plain, the army's infantry training ground. Standing below his men who have lined up on an artificial bank in this military facility in the Wiltshire countryside. Here, the army trains men for urban warfare and a fake village, complete with streets and houses accommodate the soldiers during practice fire-fights. The men here are listening to a brief from a senior officer, hearing the nature of the next exercise and listening intently to his instructions. The officer belongs to the Gurkha Regiment, an elite force of men recruited from the foothills, plains and cities of Nepal and have served within the British army since 1857.
    army_instructor01-05-08-1996_1.jpg
  • Monument to the fallen soldiers of the Malvinas / Falklands war between the UK   <br />
and Argentina in 1981, Rio Grande city, (Patagonia) Argentina.
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  • In late afternoon, three conscript soldiers  of the Polish army are dressed in brown uniforms eating ice cream cones in Plac Zamkowy, outside the Royal Castle in Warsaw, Poland. The Polish army (Wojsko Polskie) is the name applied to the military forces of Poland. The name has been used since the early 19th century, although it can be used to refer to earlier formations as well. Polish Armed Forces consist of the Army (Wojsko LÄ…dowe), Navy (Marynarka Wojenna) and Air Force (SiÅ‚y Powietrzne) branches and are under the command of the Ministry of Defense (Ministerstwo Obrony Narodowej). The combined Polish armed forces consist of 215,000 active duty personnel and in addition 450,000 reserves. The armed forces are made up of conscripts who serve for a period of 9 months, and professional soldiers.
    misc_poland12-06-09-2007.jpg
  • A guardsman of an unknown regiment, stands on ceremonial duty in the Mall during celebrations of the Queen's official Golden Jubilee in June 2002. The soldier in resplendent red tunic and the controversial bearskin is an iconic emblem of Britain's armed forces during official events. But the officer may be a Grenadier or a Welsh Guard who share similar uniforms and perform similar duties in London. We see over his shoulder on which his regimental insignia is and also where the bayonet of his weapon is fixed and dangerously sharp. He is a sergeant major and therefore responsible for other soldiers' rank and files. The Grenadier Guards (GREN GDS) is the most senior regiment of the Guards Division of the British Army, and, as such, is the most senior regiment of infantry. The Grenadier Guards celebrated its 350th anniversary in 2006.
    grenadier_guards03-03-06-2002_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
  • Troopers from the Household Cavalry struggle to fit a bridle on a heavy horse in a City of London courtyard before the annual Lord Mayor's parade through the London streets held every November. The tall horse bucks its head and fights the efforts of the two soldiers and one grimaces in the pressure to get ready for this ceremonial event, as other armed forces representatives march for the benefit of the new Lord Mayor. The British Household Cavalry is made up of two regiments of the British armed forces, the Life Guards and the Blues and Royals (Royal Horse Guards and 1st Dragoons).
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  • 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
  • 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 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
  • 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
  • The graffiti left on walls inside the Reichstag building by Soviet soldiers after their battles in the German capital at the end of the second world war. The building, having never been fully repaired since the fire, was damaged by air raids. During the Battle of Berlin in 1945, it became one of the central targets for the Red Army to capture due to its perceived symbolic significance. Today, visitors to the building can still see Soviet graffiti on smoky walls inside as well as on part of the roof, which was preserved during the reconstructions after reunification.
    reichstag_soviet_graffiti01-04-04-20...jpg
  • Soldiers of the Rifles regiment in the British army stand guarding the entrance to  the volleyball venue in central London next to the IOC rings logo on day 4 of the London 2012 Olympic Games. A further 1,200 military personnel are being deployed to help secure the 2012 Olympics in London following the failure by security contractor G4S to provide enough private guards. The extra personnel have been drafted in amid continuing fears that the private security contractor's handling of the £284m contract remains a risk to the Games.
    olympics_westminster10-31-07-2012.jpg
  • Soldiers the Royal Artillery regiment in the British army stand guarding the entrance to  the volleyball venue in central London next to the IOC rings logo on day 4 of the London 2012 Olympic Games. A further 1,200 military personnel are being deployed to help secure the 2012 Olympics in London following the failure by security contractor G4S to provide enough private guards. The extra personnel have been drafted in amid continuing fears that the private security contractor's handling of the £284m contract remains a risk to the Games.
    olympics_westminster09-31-07-2012.jpg
  • Soldiers of the Royal Artillery regiment in the British army stand guarding the entrance to  the volleyball venue in central London next to the IOC rings logo on day 4 of the London 2012 Olympic Games. A further 1,200 military personnel are being deployed to help secure the 2012 Olympics in London following the failure by security contractor G4S to provide enough private guards. The extra personnel have been drafted in amid continuing fears that the private security contractor's handling of the £284m contract remains a risk to the Games.
    olympics_westminster04-31-07-2012.jpg
  • Soldiers of the British army stand guarding the entrance to  the volleyball venue in central London next to the IOC rings logo on day 4 of the London 2012 Olympic Games. A further 1,200 military personnel are being deployed to help secure the 2012 Olympics in London following the failure by security contractor G4S to provide enough private guards. The extra personnel have been drafted in amid continuing fears that the private security contractor's handling of the £284m contract remains a risk to the Games.
    olympics_westminster01-31-07-2012.jpg
  • Elite ceremonial soldiers called Evzones or Proedriki Froura (Presidential Guard), parade on Acropolis Hill, Athens. This special contingent of the light infantry unit are on duty at the Acropolis during the national holiday of 'No Day,’ celebrating the day when Mussolini was denied a marching route through Greece in 1941. The Acropolis was once the centre of classical Greek culture which the world has inherited for its laws and philosophical thinking. Mounted above the Athenian city within fortified 60m high walls, its history is a World Heritage Site, important because of its “universal symbols of the classical spirit and civilization and form the greatest architectural and artistic complex." The establishment of democracy, took a leading position amongst the other city-states of the ancient world.
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  • British Army soldiers gather outside the hospitality chalet of aerospace manufacturer Thales. Standing in mid-day sun, the troops are dressed in ISAF desert uniform, alongside a company-built Watchkkeper an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). Watchkeeper WK450 is a £800 million contract awarded in July 2005 to Thales to provide the British Army with  or all weather, Intelligence, Surveillance, Target Acquisition and Reconnaissance (ISTAR) use. It has a weight of 450 kg and a payload capacity of 150 kg, and will have a typical endurance of 17 hours.
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  • November 12th 2011 Lord Mayor's show. Bomb disposal soldiers in the procession.
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  • Soldiers of the British Army, on The Mall in London following the ceremonial event, which marks Queen Elizabeth II's official birthday, Trooping the Colour. This June event, part of the 'British Season' of events has all the pomp and ceremony of massed bands, marching Guards in red tunics and the Household Cavalry on horseback.
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  • Soldiers of the British Army, on The Mall in London following the ceremonial event, which marks Queen Elizabeth II's official birthday, Trooping the Colour. This June event, part of the 'British Season' of events has all the pomp and ceremony of massed bands, marching Guards in red tunics and the Household Cavalry on horseback.
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  • Soldiers of the British Army, on The Mall in London following the ceremonial event, which marks Queen Elizabeth II's official birthday, Trooping the Colour. This June event, part of the 'British Season' of events has all the pomp and ceremony of massed bands, marching Guards in red tunics and the Household Cavalry on horseback.
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  • In the 100th year after WW1 started, the war memorial heroes in Cornhill, City of London remembering those killed in the First World War, lost in the trenches and the fields of Flanders from 1914-19. Dedicated by the City of London, the UK capital's financial and historic heart. Two soldiers face away from each other with rifles between their boots, they represent a lost generation when the nation's youth sacrificed their lives in the 20th century's first great conflict. The inscription says that their names will live for evermore.
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  • An entire rank of Grenadier Guardsmen musicians are playing clarinets as part of the Queen's Golden Jubilee celebrations, one event in a series to mark her 50th year on the throne. The soldiers have formed a marching band guard that is making its way along the Mall, that broad avenue from Buckingham Palace. Focus is on one guardsman whose bearskin is slightly higher than his of his comrades. Their music sheets are pinned on specially adapted stands on the ends on their instruments making the job of marching in absolutely straight, regimented lines the more easier. The Grenadier Guards (GREN GDS) is the most senior regiment of the Guards Division of the British Army, and, as such, is the most senior regiment of infantry. The Grenadier Guards celebrated its 350th anniversary in 2006.
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  • Soldiers of the British Army marching during Trooping the Colour on Horse Guards Parade in London, United Kingdom. The ceremonial event, which marks Queen Elizabeth IIs official birthday. This June event, part of the British Season of events has all the pomp and ceremony of massed bands, marching Guards in red tunics.
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  • A pedestrian walks past a large poster showing saluting Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) soldiers in Shanghai, China, on 01 April 2011.  In its recently released national defense white paper, China has tried to praise its military modernization while assuring foreign countries, especially the United States, that its build ups are not geared toward expansionism and regional dominance.
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  • A young man in his twenties shows his completed sample to army personnel from the rear seat of a car after a self-administered Coronavirus COVID-19 test inserting a swab into the nose and throat in south London. There are four steps to the self-administered Covid-19 test which the public works through in their car, and with communications with army personnel via phone or through closed windows, in a south London leisure centre, on 2nd June 2020, in London, England. The kit provided consists of a booklet, plastic bag, swab, vial, bar codes and a sealable biohazard bag. The swab sample is taken from the back of the throat and nasal passage with the contents sealed and returned to soldiers through a narrow window. The whole process takes between 5-10mins with results available within 48hrs.
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  • A middle-aged lady follows instructions from army personnel from the drivers seat of her car after a self-administered Coronavirus COVID-19 test in south London. There are four steps to the self-administered Covid-19 test inserting a swab into the nose and throat which the public works through in their car, windows up and all communications with army personnel via phone, in a south London leisure centre, on 2nd June 2020, in London, England. The kit provided consists of a booklet, plastic bag, swab, vial, bar codes and a sealable biohazard bag. The swab sample is taken from the back of the throat and nasal passage with the contents sealed and returned to soldiers through a narrow window. The whole process takes between 5-10mins with results available within 48hrs.
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  • Detail of a British Army infantry soldiers boot during a lull in an infantry exercise on Salisbury Plain, on 5th August 1996, in Warminster, UK.
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  • Pride in London, formally known as Pride London, is an annual LGBT pride festival and parade held each summer in London, United Kingdom. A group of Army soldiers march in the parade.
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  • London, 25th March 2016: Actors dressed as Roman soldiers parade at the beginning of The Passion of Jesus, performed in Londons Trafalgar Square by members of Wintershall Trust. Played annually on Good Friday it celebrates the cruxifixion and resurrection of Jesus Christ. The cast re-enacts the Christian Biblical story to an audience of thousands and the main character is played by professional actor James Burke-Dunsmore. .
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  • London, 25th March 2016: Actors dressed as Roman soldiers parade at the beginning of The Passion of Jesus, performed in Londons Trafalgar Square by members of Wintershall Trust. Played annually on Good Friday it celebrates the cruxifixion and resurrection of Jesus Christ. The cast re-enacts the Christian Biblical story to an audience of thousands and the main character is played by professional actor James Burke-Dunsmore. .
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  • London, 25th March 2016: Actors dressed as Roman soldiers parade at the beginning of The Passion of Jesus, performed in Londons Trafalgar Square by members of Wintershall Trust. Played annually on Good Friday it celebrates the cruxifixion and resurrection of Jesus Christ. The cast re-enacts the Christian Biblical story to an audience of thousands and the main character is played by professional actor James Burke-Dunsmore. .
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  • Soldiers of the British Army marching during Trooping the Colour on Horse Guards Parade in London, United Kingdom. The ceremonial event, which marks Queen Elizabeth IIs official birthday. This June event, part of the British Season of events has all the pomp and ceremony of massed bands, marching Guards in red tunics.
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  • Soldiers of the British Army marching during Trooping the Colour on Horse Guards Parade in London, United Kingdom. The ceremonial event, which marks Queen Elizabeth IIs official birthday. This June event, part of the British Season of events has all the pomp and ceremony of massed bands, marching Guards in red tunics.
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  • Soldiers of the British Army marching during Trooping the Colour on Horse Guards Parade in London, United Kingdom. The ceremonial event, which marks Queen Elizabeth IIs official birthday. This June event, part of the British Season of events has all the pomp and ceremony of massed bands, marching Guards in red tunics.
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  • A row or Royal Artillery horsemen during the annual Trooping of the Colour parade in the Mall. With swords drawn, the row of fine horse mounted soldiers parade along the Mall towards the parade ground at Horseguards. The Royal Regiment of Artillery, commonly referred to as the Royal Artillery (RA), is the artillery arm of the British Army. Despite its name, it comprises a number of regiments. The introduction of artillery into the English Army came as early as the Battle of Crécy in 1346
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  • A wide panorama exterior with ceremonial soldiers standing guard outside the Palacio de Sao Bento, the Portuguese parliament, Estrela district, Lisbon. São Bento Palace (Palace of Saint Benedict) is the home of the Assembly of the Republic, the Portuguese parliament. Its main façade has been altered numerous times since its 16th-century original.
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  • Young girls walk past soldiers from the Coldstream Guards (from nearby Windsor barracks and deploying to Afghanistan later this year) after a day's racing during the annual Royal Ascot horseracing festival in Berkshire, England. Royal Ascot is one of Europe's most famous race meetings, and dates back to 1711. Queen Elizabeth and various members of the British Royal Family attend. Held every June, it's one of the main dates on the English sporting calendar and summer social season. Over 300,000 people make the annual visit to Berkshire during Royal Ascot week, making this Europe’s best-attended race meeting with over £3m prize money to be won.
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  • Formally-dressed gentlemen donate coins to soldiers from the Coldstream Guards (from nearby Windsor barracks and deploying to Afghanistan later this year) <br />
during the annual Royal Ascot horseracing festival in Berkshire, England. Royal Ascot is one of Europe's most famous race meetings, and dates back to 1711. Queen Elizabeth and various members of the British Royal Family attend. Held every June, it's one of the main dates on the English sporting calendar and summer social season. Over 300,000 people make the annual visit to Berkshire during Royal Ascot week, making this Europe’s best-attended race meeting with over £3m prize money to be won.
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  • Deep in the West Sussex countryside are a group of Territorial Army soldiers. They have stopped in a remote lane to consult their Ordnance Survey maps during a day of learning to navigate with maps and compasses. Over a weekend learn the skills needed to be part-time army volunteers known as the TA and have far to go. Together they look at maps and argue where they should go next. Looking on with mild amusement is their senior officer who accompanies them to assess their leadership skills and initiative. Behind them a road sign tells them the road ahead is a dead end to traffic. It is a very English summer landscape of lush green vegetation and grasses. The TA work as part of Britain’s reserve land forces. Together with the Regular Army they provide support at home and overseas including Iraq and Afghanistan. .
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  • A cross in sunlight shows the Katyn memorial set in a forest in Warsaw, Poland. The Katyn war cemetery is a Polish military cemetery located in Warsaw commemorating the massacre of Polish officers during the second world war although the town of Katyn is a small village near Smolensk, Russia. It contains the remnants of 4,412 Polish officers of the Kozelsk prisoner of war camp, who were murdered in 1940 in what is called the Katyn massacre. The soldiers were buried in six large mass graves. Until 1991 it was known that the Nazis were responsible but after the end of Communism did they Russians admit that Stalin's forces killed the Poles. There is also a Russian part of the cemetery, where an undisclosed number of victims of the Soviet Great Purges of the 1930's were buried by the NKVD. The cemetery was officially opened in 2000.
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  • November 12th 2011 Lord Mayor's show. Marching soldiers pass Finsbury Square , where Occupy London has a second base.
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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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  • 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 man rides his bike past a large poster showing saluting Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) soldiers in Shanghai, China, on 01 April 2011.  In its recently released national defense white paper, China has tried to praise its military modernization while assuring foreign countries, especially the United States, that its build ups are not geared toward expansionism and regional dominance.
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  • A pedestrian walks past a large poster showing saluting Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) soldiers in Shanghai, China, on 01 April 2011.  In its recently released national defense white paper, China has tried to praise its military modernization while assuring foreign countries, especially the United States, that its build ups are not geared toward expansionism and regional dominance.
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  • Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) soldiers guarding the airport walk in formation on their way to a target practice in Shanghai, China on 15 June 2009.
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  • At the Palestinian headquarters in Ramallah, West Bank, Yasser Arafat’s death is mourned by soldiers & visitors at his tomb. Um Abed a local elderly lady and friend of Arafat visited him regularly when he was ill for coffee. She insists his death was suspicious.
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  • At the Palestinian headquarters in Ramallah, West Bank, Yasser Arafat’s death is mourned by soldiers & visitors at his tomb. Um Abed a local elderly lady and friend of Arafat visited him regularly when he was ill for coffee. She insists his death was suspicious.
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  • At the Palestinian headquarters in Ramallah, West Bank, Yasser Arafat's death is mourned by soldiers & visitors at his tomb. Um Abed a local elderly lady and friend of Arafat visited him regularly when he was ill for coffee. She insists his death was suspicious.
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  • 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.
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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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  • While two mates in tartan uniform trousers look a little bashfully, a more forward friend from the same Scots regiment soldier chats to two young women during 50th anniversary celebrations of wartime VE Day. Bending down to make himself heard and perhaps to impress the two rather posh females into sharing their phone numbers. They are in Hyde Park to help celebrate the 50th anniversary of VE (Victory in Europe) Day on 6th May 1995. In the week near the anniversary date of May 8, 1945, when the World War II Allies formally accepted the unconditional surrender of the armed forces of Germany and peace was announced to tumultuous crowds across European cities, the British still go out of their way to honour those sacrificed and the realisation that peace was once again achieved.
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  • A soldier of the Royal Artillery regiment in the British army helps tourists while standing guard the entrance to  the volleyball venue in central London next to the IOC rings logo on day 4 of the London 2012 Olympic Games. A further 1,200 military personnel are being deployed to help secure the 2012 Olympics in London following the failure by security contractor G4S to provide enough private guards. The extra personnel have been drafted in amid continuing fears that the private security contractor's handling of the £284m contract remains a risk to the Games.
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  • A soldier of the Royal Artillery regiment in the British army stand guarding the entrance to  the volleyball venue in central London next to the IOC rings logo on day 4 of the London 2012 Olympic Games. A further 1,200 military personnel are being deployed to help secure the 2012 Olympics in London following the failure by security contractor G4S to provide enough private guards. The extra personnel have been drafted in amid continuing fears that the private security contractor's handling of the £284m contract remains a risk to the Games.
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  • A soldier of the British army stand guarding the entrance to the volleyball venue in central London next to the IOC rings logo on day 4 of the London 2012 Olympic Games. A further 1,200 military personnel are being deployed to help secure the 2012 Olympics in London following the failure by security contractor G4S to provide enough private guards. The extra personnel have been drafted in amid continuing fears that the private security contractor's handling of the £284m contract remains a risk to the Games.
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  • While visiting London's tourist sites, a young boy of about 5 years-old spends time at Horse Guards where a soldier from the Household Cavalry, also dressed in a deep red coat, stands motionless and at-ease. It is a bright day and the gray stonework amplifies the scarlett uniform tunics as the boy has his picture taken by family. The British Household Cavalry is classed as a corps in its own right, and consists of two regiments: Life Guards (British Army) and the Blues and Royals (Royal Horse Guards and 1st Dragoons). They are the senior regular regiments in the British Army, with traditions dating from 1660.
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  • A soldier sits with his weapon on a truck on a float passing  the newly-elected Lord Mayor of London during the Lord Mayor's Show. The new Mayor’s procession consists of a 3-mile, 150-float parade of commercial and military organisations going back to medieval times. This is the oldest and longest civic procession in the world that has survived the Plague and the Blitz, today one of the best-loved pageants. Henry Fitz-Ailwyn was the first Lord Mayor (1189-1212) and ever since, eminent city fathers (and one woman) have taken the role of the sovereign’s representative in the City – London’s ancient, self-governing financial district. The role ensured the King had an ally within the prosperous enclave.
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  • A guardsman of an unknown regiment, stands on ceremonial duty in the Mall during celebrations of the Queen's official Golden Jubilee in June 2002. The soldier in resplendent red tunic and the controversial bearskin is an iconic emblem of Britain's armed forces during official events. But the officer may be a Grenadier or a Welsh Guard who share similar uniforms and perform similar duties in London. We see his chinstrap in polished gold leaf and his rank insignia on his epaulette as he stands silent, checking other soldier ranks. The Grenadier Guards (GREN GDS) is the most senior regiment of the Guards Division of the British Army, and, as such, is the most senior regiment of infantry. The Grenadier Guards celebrated its 350th anniversary in 2006.
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  • Kneeling in undergrowth, a camouflaged British infantry soldier is seen looking down the telescopic sight of the new British-made Long Range L115A3 sniper rifle on Salisbury Plain, Warminster, England. Sniping means concealment, observation and assassination, a strategy the British are using more against the Taliban in Afghanistan. Swiss Lapua .338 inch rounds (8.59mm) travel at sub-sonic speeds of 936 metres/sec, finding its target accurately up to 1,100 metres. The rifle weighs 6.8kg with telescopic image-intensified scopes to 25x life size vision, made by Schmidt & Bender. Front-mounted ‘suppressor’ minimises the signature normally compromising snipers’ position. At £23,000 each, a £4 million contract has been awarded to Accuracy International, to provide the Army, Royal Marines and RAF. The British say this is the best sniper rifle in the world.
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  • Lying in undergrowth, a camouflaged British infantry soldier is seen squinting down the telescopic sight of the new British-made Long Range L115A3 sniper rifle on Salisbury Plain, Warminster, England. Sniping means concealment, observation and assassination, a strategy the British are using more against the Taliban in Afghanistan. Swiss Lapua .338 inch rounds (8.59mm) travel at sub-sonic speeds of 936 metres/sec, finding its target accurately up to 1,100 metres. The rifle weighs 6.8kg with telescopic image-intensified scopes to 25x life size vision, made by Schmidt & Bender. Front-mounted ‘suppressor’ minimises the signature normally compromising snipers’ position. At £23,000 each, a £4 million contract has been awarded to Accuracy International, to provide the Army, Royal Marines and RAF. The British say this is the best sniper rifle in the world.
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  • A camouflaged British infantry soldier is seen down the telescopic sight of the new British-made Long Range L115A3 sniper rifle on Salisbury Plain, Warminster, England. Sniping means concealment, observation and assassination, a strategy the British are using more against the Taliban in Afghanistan. Swiss Lapua .338 inch rounds (8.59mm) travel at sub-sonic speeds of 936 metres/sec, finding its target accurately up to 1,100 metres. The rifle weighs 6.8kg with telescopic image-intensified scopes to 25x life size vision, made by Schmidt & Bender. Front-mounted ‘suppressor’ minimises the signature normally compromising snipers’ position. At £23,000 each, a £4 million contract has been awarded to Accuracy International, to provide the Army, Royal Marines and RAF. The British say this is the best sniper rifle in the world.
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  • Lying in undergrowth with a photographer shooting pictures, a camouflaged British infantry soldier is seen looking down the telescopic sight of the new British-made Long Range L115A3 sniper rifle on Salisbury Plain, Warminster, England. Sniping means concealment, observation and assassination, a strategy the British are using more against the Taliban in Afghanistan. Swiss Lapua .338 inch rounds (8.59mm) travel at sub-sonic speeds of 936 metres/sec, finding its target accurately up to 1,100 metres. The rifle weighs 6.8kg with telescopic image-intensified scopes to 25x life size vision, made by Schmidt & Bender. Front-mounted ‘suppressor’ minimises the signature normally compromising snipers’ position. At £23,000 each, a £4 million contract has been awarded to Accuracy International, to provide the Army, Royal Marines and RAF.
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  • Lying in undergrowth, a camouflaged British infantry soldier is seen looking down the telescopic sight of the new British-made Long Range L115A3 sniper rifle on Salisbury Plain, Warminster, England. Sniping means concealment, observation and assassination, a strategy the British are using more against the Taliban in Afghanistan. Swiss Lapua .338 inch rounds (8.59mm) travel at sub-sonic speeds of 936 metres/sec, finding its target accurately up to 1,100 metres. The rifle weighs 6.8kg with telescopic image-intensified scopes to 25x life size vision, made by Schmidt & Bender. Front-mounted ‘suppressor’ minimises the signature normally compromising snipers’ position. At £23,000 each, a £4 million contract has been awarded to Accuracy International, to provide the Army, Royal Marines and RAF. The British say this is the best sniper rifle in the world.
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  • Lying in undergrowth, a camouflaged British infantry soldier is seen looking down the telescopic sight of the new British-made Long Range L115A3 sniper rifle on Salisbury Plain, Warminster, England. Sniping means concealment, observation and assassination, a strategy the British are using more against the Taliban in Afghanistan. Swiss Lapua .338 inch rounds (8.59mm) travel at sub-sonic speeds of 936 metres/sec, finding its target accurately up to 1,100 metres. The rifle weighs 6.8kg with telescopic image-intensified scopes to 25x life size vision, made by Schmidt & Bender. Front-mounted ‘suppressor’ minimises the signature normally compromising snipers’ position. At £23,000 each, a £4 million contract has been awarded to Accuracy International, to provide the Army, Royal Marines and RAF. The British say this is the best sniper rifle in the world.
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  • Lying on his stomach, a camouflaged British infantry soldier is seen looking down the telescopic sight of the new British-made Long Range L115A3 sniper rifle on Salisbury Plain, Warminster, England. Sniping means concealment, observation and assassination, a strategy the British are using more against the Taliban in Afghanistan. Swiss Lapua .338 inch rounds (8.59mm) travel at sub-sonic speeds of 936 metres/sec, finding its target accurately up to 1,100 metres. The rifle weighs 6.8kg with telescopic image-intensified scopes to 25x life size vision, made by Schmidt & Bender. Front-mounted ‘suppressor’ minimises the signature normally compromising snipers’ position. At £23,000 each, a £4 million contract has been awarded to Accuracy International, to provide the Army, Royal Marines and RAF. The British say this is the best sniper rifle in the world.
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  • Lying in undergrowth, a camouflaged British infantry soldier is seen looking down the telescopic sight of the new British-made Long Range L115A3 sniper rifle on Salisbury Plain, Warminster, England. Sniping means concealment, observation and assassination, a strategy the British are using more against the Taliban in Afghanistan. Swiss Lapua .338 inch rounds (8.59mm) travel at sub-sonic speeds of 936 metres/sec, finding its target accurately up to 1,100 metres. The rifle weighs 6.8kg with telescopic image-intensified scopes to 25x life size vision, made by Schmidt & Bender. Front-mounted ‘suppressor’ minimises the signature normally compromising snipers’ position. At £23,000 each, a £4 million contract has been awarded to Accuracy International, to provide the Army, Royal Marines and RAF. The British say this is the best sniper rifle in the world.
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  • Wearing a large green helmet with the number 26 painted on the front, a worried-looking black soldier recruit gazes into the distance in front of a white army  instructor at the large Garrison at Catterick, England. Here, the Parachute Regiment (The Paras) - hold part of their famous basic training programme called Pegasus (P) Company. The most notorious selection procedure in the British Army. After initial recruitment, each student is sent to either pass or fail a set of 9 events from which a total score of 90 points is possible. 58% or more passes, less fails. Events like the 18 mile Forced March followed by a further 5 miles can earn 10 points though this will inevitably prove too much for many young man, desperate to pass P Company and earn his prestigious beret (Like the Foreign Legion).
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  • Toy soldier stall on Portobello Road market, Notting Hill, West London. This famous Sunday market is when the antique stalls come out as well as the food stalls.
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  • Toy soldier stall on Portobello Road market, Notting Hill, West London. This famous Sunday market is when the antique stalls come out as well as the food stalls.
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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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  • An officer bends down to inspect a soldier within a battalion of Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders regiment of the British Army, before a parade in front of Queen Elizabeth the Queen at the regiment's Edinburgh base at Redford Barracks, Scotland. The regimented rows and columns form a disciplined line-up of troops. The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders (Princess Louise's) was an infantry regiment of the British Army until amalgamation into The Royal Regiment of Scotland in 2006. The regiment was created in 1881 as an amalgamation of the 91st and 93rd Regiments of Foot going on to serve in the First and Second World Wars, Korea, Aden. It was announced in 2004 as part of the restructuring of the infantry that the Highlanders would be amalgamated with the other Scottish infantry regiments into a single seven battalion strong Royal Regiment of Scotland.
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  • In the foreground we see the strong forearm of a British army soldier whose blood group O-Negative has been tattooed in large letters beneath an image of a Japanese Geisha girl. He also wears a watch with aq green strap matching his working army fatigues uniform. Behind him are two part-time territorial army conscripts who are sitting on their  army-issued rucksack Bergens awaiting further orders to serve on active duty from Sandhurst military academy to the Balkans during Operation Resolute, the  National Support Element to support NATO action. The dominating figure in the foreground stands upright though we don't see his face. His two conscripts sit on the ground looking dejected or perhaps worried about their forthcoming duties. They are still in civillian clothing, jeans and t-shirts but will soon change into uniform.
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  • Egypt, Cairo. January 2014. Armenian Catholic Church on the corner of Mohammed Sabry Abo Alam Street and Youssef El Guindy Street.  Grafitti commemorating revolution and martyrs. Drawing of soldier with gun pointing at three young men lying on the ground.
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  • Three soldier recruits wearing shorts and black army boots, one with blood trickling down from the knees to the shins, stand at ease, lined up for inspection after the rigorous steeple-chase endurance race, an individual test with candidates running against the clock over a 1.8 mile cross country course. The course features a number of 'water obstacles' and having completed the cross country element, candidates must negotiate and 'Assault Course' to complete the test. This forms part of  the 14-week long Pegasus (P) Company selection programme. Recruits wanting to join the British Army's Parachute Regiment held regularly at Catterick army barracks, Yorkshire, need to pass this and other tests before earning the right to wear the esteemed maroon beret. A plastic bottle of water stands between recruit number three (3) and six (6).
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