'The All Red Line Around the World', map showing the telegraph lines connecting Britain's colonies around the world - 19021yr ⋅ defrays ⋅ r/BritishEmpire
A portrait of Queen Elizabeth II is removed from the British Forces headquarters in Hong Kong in preparation for the handover of the territory back to China - 19971yr ⋅ defrays ⋅ r/BritishEmpire
British troops hold a Union Flag with the words 'The Empire Strikes Back' on it as they depart for the Falkland Islands aboard Queen Elizabeth 2 - 19821yr ⋅ defrays ⋅ r/BritishEmpire
Troops of the Eight-Nation Alliance in 1900 (Russia excepted). Left to right: Britain, United States, Australia, India, Germany, France, Austria-Hungary, Italy & Japan.3yr ⋅ ey3wonder ⋅ r/BritishEmpire
A young woman with the word 'Invincible' embroidered on her knickers welcomes HMS Invincible back from the Falklands after Britain's victory in the Falklands War - 19821yr ⋅ defrays ⋅ r/BritishEmpire
'Two years ago the British Empire stood alone... Today, four-fifths of the world is united against Axis tyranny', World War II poster - c. 19421yr ⋅ defrays ⋅ r/BritishEmpire
'The Empire's Need. Men, Munitions, Money. Which are you supplying!', World War I poster - c. 1914-19182yr ⋅ defrays ⋅ r/BritishEmpire
On this day in 1798, Horatio Nelson defeats a French fleet at the Battle of the Nile. The clash leaves Napoleon's 45,000-man Armee d'Orient stranded in Egypt with no way to get home.1yr ⋅ ey3wonder ⋅ r/BritishEmpire
Wax figure display in Lahore, depicting common method of execution during British Raj1yr ⋅ mrnastymannn ⋅ r/BritishEmpire
Queen Victoria, when asked by a foreign delegation how Britain had become so powerful in the world, replied that it was not because of its military or economic might. Handing him a copy of the Bible, she said, 'Tell the Prince that this is the Secret of England's Greatness'.1yr ⋅ ey3wonder ⋅ r/BritishEmpire
'Your King & Country Need You to Maintain the Honour and Glory of the British Empire', World War I recruitment poster - 19141yr ⋅ defrays ⋅ r/BritishEmpire
Guards on patrol at the border between British India and Afghanistan - 19341yr ⋅ defrays ⋅ r/BritishEmpire
Louis-Napoleon, son of the last monarch of France, Emperor Napoleon III, in Zululand with British forces during the Anglo-Zulu War - 18791yr ⋅ defrays ⋅ r/BritishEmpire
'This is your flag. It stands for liberty. fight for it.', Canadian World War I recruitment poster - c. 1914-19182yr ⋅ defrays ⋅ r/BritishEmpire
British South Africa Company forces successfully repel an attack by Matabele warriors in the Battle of the Shangani - 25 October 18932yr ⋅ defrays ⋅ r/BritishEmpire
'The Empire Strikes Back', Newsweek magazine cover during the Falklands War - 19 April 19822yr ⋅ defrays ⋅ r/BritishEmpire
George V and his Dominion Prime Ministers at the 1926 Imperial Conference, with the dominions they are from included. 2022 Colourised2yr ⋅ No-Abbreviations7356 ⋅ r/BritishEmpire
Today in 1901 Queen Victoria passed away at Osborne House on the Isle of Wight. She was crowned when she was just 18, and her reign lasted 63 years. It saw a period of industrial, political, scientific, & military change & was marked by a great expansion of the British Empire.🇬🇧2yr ⋅ ey3wonder ⋅ r/BritishEmpire
Captured Union flag defaced by the Japanese after the fall of Singapore - 19423yr ⋅ defrays ⋅ r/BritishEmpire
'Your groundnuts help to feed the Empire's fighting men - Dig for Victory', World War II poster for Britain's African colonies - c. 19402yr ⋅ defrays ⋅ r/BritishEmpire
The Prince of Wales (later King Edward VIII) on a tiger hunt in Nepal as part of his tour of India - 19212yr ⋅ defrays ⋅ r/BritishEmpire
Technically, the sun still hasn't set on the Empire, all because of the 6o people living on the Island of Pitcarn2yr ⋅ Hot_Assistant_1601 ⋅ r/BritishEmpire
'The Devilfish in Egyptian Waters', American cartoon depicting John Bull, Britain's national personification, as the octopus of imperialism grabbing land on every continent - 18822yr ⋅ defrays ⋅ r/BritishEmpire
'History repeats itself', political cartoon suggesting that the British Empire will meet the same fate as the Roman Empire and Napoleon's French Empire - 18852yr ⋅ defrays ⋅ r/BritishEmpire
Illustration titled Landing Negroes at Jamestown from Dutch man-of-war, 1619; signed H. Pyle in lower left hand corner.1yr ⋅ Vasco1345 ⋅ r/BritishEmpire
'Young men of the Bahamas - Enlist to-day', British World War I recruitment poster targeting Bahamian men - 19152yr ⋅ defrays ⋅ r/BritishEmpire
Happy Sir John A. Macdonald Day! Sir John became the first Prime Minister of the ‘Dominion of Canada’. His guiding principle was always loyalty to the British Empire & independence from America. “A British subject I was born; a British subject I will die”, he declared.2yr ⋅ ey3wonder ⋅ r/BritishEmpire
Laura Secord (1775 – 1868) was a Canadian heroine of the War of 1812. She is known for having walked 20 miles (32 km) out of American-occupied territory in 1813 to warn British-Canadian forces of an impending American attack. The information helped the British and their Mohawk allies repel the USA.2yr ⋅ ey3wonder ⋅ r/BritishEmpire
B13 - 'To the call of the motherland’, World War I propaganda postcard - c. 19162yr ⋅ defrays ⋅ r/BritishEmpire
On January 26, 1788, Captain Arthur Phillip guides a fleet of 11 British ships carrying convicts to the colony of New South Wales, effectively founding Australia.3yr ⋅ IslandArcticWorld ⋅ r/BritishEmpire
The characters of Britannia and her colonies and dependencies portrayed in Hampshire, England 1928.2yr ⋅ ey3wonder ⋅ r/BritishEmpire
Colour Party of the 1st Battalion, The King's Own, Deolali, British India - 19212yr ⋅ defrays ⋅ r/BritishEmpire
'England's Shame', Nazi propaganda criticising British imperialism - 19392yr ⋅ defrays ⋅ r/BritishEmpire
King George V and The Prince of Wales, later the Duke of Windsor and King Edward VIII, 19142yr ⋅ ey3wonder ⋅ r/BritishEmpire
Across the British Empire, public worship was important for sustaining a sense of community. This was most evident when the peoples of imperial territories, & sometimes the whole empire, were asked to join together in special days of prayers of petition or thanksgiving to God.2yr ⋅ ey3wonder ⋅ r/BritishEmpire
I love being able to speak the most beautiful language on Earth. Cheers from Illinois.4yr ⋅ eswagson ⋅ r/BritishEmpire
Happy Birthday to Her Most Excellent Majesty, Elizabeth the Second by the Grace of God, of The United Kingdom and Northern Ireland and Her other Realms and Territories Queen, Head of The Commonwealth, Defender of the Faith.4yr ⋅ TheDoctor_2014 ⋅ r/BritishEmpire
An English woman being transported in a rickshaw by native coolies in the 1900s in British India2yr ⋅ Yamini1976 ⋅ r/BritishEmpire
If the British Empire remained intact (with the last used flag or standard)4yr ⋅ KekBot3000 ⋅ r/BritishEmpire
So I recently got this Canadian banknote from 1900 with Britannia on it, when Canada was still part of the Empire - The sun never sets!4yr ⋅ that-weird-writer ⋅ r/BritishEmpire
A Tentative Anachronistic Map of the British Empire, based on awtizme, adding Military Occupations and Angevin Empire, and other Features1yr ⋅ Kyle320Lawson ⋅ r/BritishEmpire
an old Hoi4 game of mine, thought you might like what I did with Africa4yr ⋅ TheTerroristToaster ⋅ r/BritishEmpire
R/historymemes seems a lot more like the IRA then I like to believe.5yr ⋅ GingerGamer13 ⋅ r/BritishEmpire
My Great Great Grandfather (centre). Not sure of the year or location except that it is pre 1914. He went on to take a bullet to the head in WW1, but lived.4yr ⋅ RealDW ⋅ r/BritishEmpire
The British Empire and the German Empire should have never went to war with each other. Change my mind4yr ⋅ KaisersAndKaiserins ⋅ r/BritishEmpire
