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  • 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.
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  • The veteran Picture Post photographer Grace Robertson is seen at her home in East Sussex. Robertson was born in 1930 and worked under editor (Sir) Tom Hopkinson on the prominent photojournalistic magazine published in the United Kingdom from 1938 to 1957. It is considered a pioneering example of photojournalism and was an immediate success, selling 1,600,000 copies a week after only six months. It has been called the Life magazine of the United Kingdom. Grace is married to Thurston Hopkins, another esteemed photojournalist from the days of classic magazine photo-reportage.
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  • A Christian homeless man and veteran holds a sign and a coffee cup asks for donations on 15th May 1996, in Miami Beach, Florida, USA.
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  • A veteran and former soldier from world war 2 stands  in a side street of Westminster during the annual Armistice Day.
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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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  • After threee and a half years of political upheavel in the British parliament, Brexiteers and an army veteran celebrate in Westminster on Brexit Day, the day when the UK legally leaves the European Union, on 31st January 2020, in London, England.
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  • After threee and a half years of political upheavel in the British parliament, Brexiteers and an army veteran celebrate in Westminster on Brexit Day, the day when the UK legally leaves the European Union, on 31st January 2020, in London, England.
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  • After threee and a half years of political upheavel in the British parliament, Brexiteers and an army veteran celebrate in Westminster on Brexit Day, the day when the UK legally leaves the European Union, on 31st January 2020, in London, England.
    brexit_day-32-31-01-2020.jpg
  • An image of veteran wildlife and environmental broadcaster Sir David Attenborough is held high in Parliament Square next to the statue of Field Marshal Jan Christiaan Smuts, the South African and British Commonwealth statesman, military leader and philosopher, during the week-long protest by climate change activists with Extinction Rebellion's campaign to block road junctions and bridges around the capital, on 23rd April 2019, in London England.
    extinction_rebellion-40-23-04-2019.jpg
  • An image of veteran wildlife and environmental broadcaster Sir David Attenborough is held high in Parliament Square during the week-long protest by climate change activists with Extinction Rebellion's campaign to block road junctions and bridges around the capital, on 23rd April 2019, in London England.
    extinction_rebellion-13-23-04-2019.jpg
  • An image of veteran wildlife and environmental broadcaster Sir David Attenborough is held high in Parliament Square during the week-long protest by climate change activists with Extinction Rebellion's campaign to block road junctions and bridges around the capital, on 23rd April 2019, in London England.
    extinction_rebellion-09-23-04-2019.jpg
  • An image of veteran wildlife and environmental broadcaster Sir David Attenborough is held high in Parliament Square during the week-long protest by climate change activists with Extinction Rebellion's campaign to block road junctions and bridges around the capital, on 23rd April 2019, in London England.
    extinction_rebellion-08-23-04-2019.jpg
  • An image of veteran wildlife and environmental broadcaster Sir David Attenborough is held high in Parliament Square during the week-long protest by climate change activists with Extinction Rebellion's campaign to block road junctions and bridges around the capital, on 23rd April 2019, in London England.
    extinction_rebellion-07-23-04-2019.jpg
  • The statue of General Charles James Napier, on 1st May, in Trafalgar Square, London, England. Sir Charles James Napier, (1782 - 1853), was an officer and veteran of the British Army's Peninsula, and 1812 campaigns, and later a Major General of the Bombay Army, during which period he led the military conquest of Sindh, before serving as the Governor of Sindh, and Commander-in-Chief in India.
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  • The statue of General Charles James Napier, on 1st May, in Trafalgar Square, London, England. Sir Charles James Napier, (1782 - 1853), was an officer and veteran of the British Army's Peninsula, and 1812 campaigns, and later a Major General of the Bombay Army, during which period he led the military conquest of Sindh, before serving as the Governor of Sindh, and Commander-in-Chief in India.
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  • Veteran BBC journalist and broadcaster, Jenni Murray enters Downing Street to interview Prime Minister Theresa May about the Suffragette movement, on 5th February 2018, in London, England. Dame Jennifer Susan "Jenni" Murray, DBE is an English journalist and broadcaster, best known for presenting BBC Radio 4's Woman's Hour. Murray was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) for services to broadcasting in 1999 and Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) in the 2011 Birthday Honours.
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  • Veteran political BBC TV Broadcasters, Peter Snow And Sir Robin Day listen to speeches during the 1989 Labour Conference in September 1989 in Brighton, England.
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  • A portrait of the Australian born Oxford University veteran rower James Ditzell, at 45 currently the oldest ever rower in the history of the boat race. He trains with the rest of his squad on the Thames from Putney in West London under race conditions, hoping that as race day (April 6th 2012), his times are good enough for a seat in one of two of Oxford boats. First raced in 1829 the boat race between Oxford and Cambridge unbiversities is one of the oldest sporting events in the world. It is nowadays watched by thousands along the banks of The Thames Tideway, between Putney and Mortlake in London and by millions more on TV around the world.
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  • A portrait of the Australian born Oxford University veteran rower James Ditzell, at 45 currently the oldest ever rower in the history of the boat race. He trains with the rest of his squad on the Thames from Putney in West London under race conditions, hoping that as race day (April 6th 2012), his times are good enough for a seat in one of two of Oxford boats. First raced in 1829 the boat race between Oxford and Cambridge unbiversities is one of the oldest sporting events in the world. It is nowadays watched by thousands along the banks of The Thames Tideway, between Putney and Mortlake in London and by millions more on TV around the world.
    james_ditzell73-21-01-2012.jpg
  • A portrait of the Australian born Oxford University veteran rower James Ditzell, at 45 currently the oldest ever rower in the history of the boat race. He trains with the rest of his squad on the Thames from Putney in West London under race conditions, hoping that as race day (April 6th 2012), his times are good enough for a seat in one of two of Oxford boats. First raced in 1829 the boat race between Oxford and Cambridge unbiversities is one of the oldest sporting events in the world. It is nowadays watched by thousands along the banks of The Thames Tideway, between Putney and Mortlake in London and by millions more on TV around the world.
    james_ditzell67-21-01-2012.jpg
  • A portrait of the Australian born Oxford University veteran rower James Ditzell, at 45 currently the oldest ever rower in the history of the boat race. He trains with the rest of his squad on the Thames from Putney in West London under race conditions, hoping that as race day (April 6th 2012), his times are good enough for a seat in one of two of Oxford boats. First raced in 1829 the boat race between Oxford and Cambridge unbiversities is one of the oldest sporting events in the world. It is nowadays watched by thousands along the banks of The Thames Tideway, between Putney and Mortlake in London and by millions more on TV around the world.
    james_ditzell66-21-01-2012.jpg
  • A portrait of the Australian born Oxford University veteran rower James Ditzell, at 45 currently the oldest ever rower in the history of the boat race. He trains with the rest of his squad on the Thames from Putney in West London under race conditions, hoping that as race day (April 6th 2012), his times are good enough for a seat in one of two of Oxford boats. First raced in 1829 the boat race between Oxford and Cambridge unbiversities is one of the oldest sporting events in the world. It is nowadays watched by thousands along the banks of The Thames Tideway, between Putney and Mortlake in London and by millions more on TV around the world.
    james_ditzell52-21-01-2012.jpg
  • A portrait of the Australian born Oxford University veteran rower James Ditzell, at 45 currently the oldest ever rower in the history of the boat race. He trains with the rest of his squad on the Thames from Putney in West London under race conditions, hoping that as race day (April 6th 2012), his times are good enough for a seat in one of two of Oxford boats. First raced in 1829 the boat race between Oxford and Cambridge unbiversities is one of the oldest sporting events in the world. It is nowadays watched by thousands along the banks of The Thames Tideway, between Putney and Mortlake in London and by millions more on TV around the world.
    james_ditzell51-21-01-2012.jpg
  • A portrait of the Australian born Oxford University veteran rower James Ditzell, at 45 currently the oldest ever rower in the history of the boat race. He trains with the rest of his squad on the Thames from Putney in West London under race conditions, hoping that as race day (April 6th 2012), his times are good enough for a seat in one of two of Oxford boats. First raced in 1829 the boat race between Oxford and Cambridge unbiversities is one of the oldest sporting events in the world. It is nowadays watched by thousands along the banks of The Thames Tideway, between Putney and Mortlake in London and by millions more on TV around the world.
    james_ditzell47-21-01-2012.jpg
  • The Australian born Oxford University veteran rower James Ditzell watches another boat go out for a training session on the Thames. Many of his team mates are only 19 but at 45 James is currently the oldest ever rower in the history of the boat race. He trains with the rest of his squad on the Thames from Putney in West London under race conditions, hoping that as race day (April 6th 2012), his times are good enough for a seat in one of two of Oxford boats. First raced in 1829 the boat race between Oxford and Cambridge unbiversities is one of the oldest sporting events in the world. It is nowadays watched by thousands along the banks of The Thames Tideway, between Putney and Mortlake in London and by millions more on TV around the world.
    james_ditzell30-21-01-2012.jpg
  • The Australian born Oxford University veteran rower James Ditzell watches another boat go out for a training session on the Thames. Many of his team mates are only 19 but at 45 James is currently the oldest ever rower in the history of the boat race. He trains with the rest of his squad on the Thames from Putney in West London under race conditions, hoping that as race day (April 6th 2012), his times are good enough for a seat in one of two of Oxford boats. First raced in 1829 the boat race between Oxford and Cambridge unbiversities is one of the oldest sporting events in the world. It is nowadays watched by thousands along the banks of The Thames Tideway, between Putney and Mortlake in London and by millions more on TV around the world.
    james_ditzell28-21-01-2012.jpg
  • The Australian born Oxford University veteran rower James Ditzell helps prepare his boat for the team, many of whom are only 19. At 45 James is currently the oldest ever rower in the history of the boat race. He trains with the rest of his squad on the Thames from Putney in West London under race conditions, hoping that as race day (April 6th 2012), his times are good enough for a seat in one of two of Oxford boats. First raced in 1829 the boat race between Oxford and Cambridge unbiversities is one of the oldest sporting events in the world. It is nowadays watched by thousands along the banks of The Thames Tideway, between Putney and Mortlake in London and by millions more on TV around the world.
    james_ditzell23-21-01-2012.jpg
  • The Australian born Oxford University veteran rower James Ditzell helps prepare his boat for the team, many of whom are only 19. At 45 James is currently the oldest ever rower in the history of the boat race. He trains with the rest of his squad on the Thames from Putney in West London under race conditions, hoping that as race day (April 6th 2012), his times are good enough for a seat in one of two of Oxford boats. First raced in 1829 the boat race between Oxford and Cambridge unbiversities is one of the oldest sporting events in the world. It is nowadays watched by thousands along the banks of The Thames Tideway, between Putney and Mortlake in London and by millions more on TV around the world.
    james_ditzell18-21-01-2012.jpg
  • The Australian born Oxford University veteran rower James Ditzell with other team members, many of whom are only 19. At 45 James is currently the oldest ever rower in the history of the boat race. He trains with the rest of his squad on the Thames from Putney in West London under race conditions, hoping that as race day (April 6th 2012), his times are good enough for a seat in one of two of Oxford boats. First raced in 1829 the boat race between Oxford and Cambridge unbiversities is one of the oldest sporting events in the world. It is nowadays watched by thousands along the banks of The Thames Tideway, between Putney and Mortlake in London and by millions more on TV around the world.
    james_ditzell14-21-01-2012.jpg
  • The Australian born Oxford University veteran rower James Ditzell with other team members, many of whom are only 19. At 45 James is currently the oldest ever rower in the history of the boat race. He trains with the rest of his squad on the Thames from Putney in West London under race conditions, hoping that as race day (April 6th 2012), his times are good enough for a seat in one of two of Oxford boats. First raced in 1829 the boat race between Oxford and Cambridge unbiversities is one of the oldest sporting events in the world. It is nowadays watched by thousands along the banks of The Thames Tideway, between Putney and Mortlake in London and by millions more on TV around the world.
    james_ditzell10-21-01-2012.jpg
  • The Australian born Oxford University veteran rower James Ditzell with other team members, many of whom are only 19. At 45 James is currently the oldest ever rower in the history of the boat race. He trains with the rest of his squad on the Thames from Putney in West London under race conditions, hoping that as race day (April 6th 2012), his times are good enough for a seat in one of two of Oxford boats. First raced in 1829 the boat race between Oxford and Cambridge unbiversities is one of the oldest sporting events in the world. It is nowadays watched by thousands along the banks of The Thames Tideway, between Putney and Mortlake in London and by millions more on TV around the world.
    james_ditzell08-21-01-2012.jpg
  • The Australian born Oxford University veteran rower James Ditzell with other team members, many of whom are only 19. At 45 James is currently the oldest ever rower in the history of the boat race. He trains with the rest of his squad on the Thames from Putney in West London under race conditions, hoping that as race day (April 6th 2012), his times are good enough for a seat in one of two of Oxford boats. First raced in 1829 the boat race between Oxford and Cambridge unbiversities is one of the oldest sporting events in the world. It is nowadays watched by thousands along the banks of The Thames Tideway, between Putney and Mortlake in London and by millions more on TV around the world.
    james_ditzell06-21-01-2012.jpg
  • The Australian born Oxford University veteran rower James Ditzell with other team members, many of whom are only 19. At 45 James is currently the oldest ever rower in the history of the boat race. He trains with the rest of his squad on the Thames from Putney in West London under race conditions, hoping that as race day (April 6th 2012), his times are good enough for a seat in one of two of Oxford boats. First raced in 1829 the boat race between Oxford and Cambridge unbiversities is one of the oldest sporting events in the world. It is nowadays watched by thousands along the banks of The Thames Tideway, between Putney and Mortlake in London and by millions more on TV around the world.
    james_ditzell05-21-01-2012.jpg
  • The Australian born Oxford University veteran rower James Ditzell helps prepare his boat for the team. At 45 currently the oldest ever rower in the history of the boat race. He trains with the rest of his squad on the Thames from Putney in West London under race conditions, hoping that as race day (April 6th 2012), his times are good enough for a seat in one of two of Oxford boats. First raced in 1829 the boat race between Oxford and Cambridge unbiversities is one of the oldest sporting events in the world. It is nowadays watched by thousands along the banks of The Thames Tideway, between Putney and Mortlake in London and by millions more on TV around the world.
    james_ditzell03-21-01-2012.jpg
  • The Australian born Oxford University veteran rower James Ditzell returns from another winter training session on the Thames. Many of his team mates are only 19 but at 45 James is currently the oldest ever rower in the history of the boat race. He trains with the rest of his squad on the Thames from Putney in West London under race conditions, hoping that as race day (April 6th 2012), his times are good enough for a seat in one of two of Oxford boats. First raced in 1829 the boat race between Oxford and Cambridge unbiversities is one of the oldest sporting events in the world. It is nowadays watched by thousands along the banks of The Thames Tideway, between Putney and Mortlake in London and by millions more on TV around the world.
    james_ditzell45-21-01-2012.jpg
  • The BBC's veteran political broadcaster, Sir Robin Day stands on an equipment box to make a report to camera on College Green in Westminster, on 17th March 1992, in London, England. Sir Robin Day (1923 – 2000) was an English political journalist and television and radio broadcaster and called ''the most outstanding television journalist of his generation'. He helped transform the television interview, changed the relationship between politicians and television, and strove to assert balance and rationality into the medium's treatment of current affairs
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  • A memorial to a soldier named Gary Golbey wreaths lie after Remembrance Sunday at the Cenotaph in London's Whitehall, on 12th November 2019, in London, England. A Gulf War veteran who developed a brain tumour but went back on active service had died, aged 42. Colour Sergeant Gary Golbey, originally from Kidsgrove, was taken ill in 2005 when he was part way through his second tour of service in Iraq. But he fought back from his illness to return to the army while in remission. The champion Army boxer spent more than two decades with the Staffords – now 3 Mercian – and saw active service in Northern Ireland, Bosnia and Iraq, where he completed two tours of duty.
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  • An image of veteran wildlife and environmental broadcaster Sir David Attenborough is held high in Parliament Square next to the statue of Field Marshal Jan Christiaan Smuts, the South African and British Commonwealth statesman, military leader and philosopher, during the week-long protest by climate change activists with Extinction Rebellion's campaign to block road junctions and bridges around the capital, on 23rd April 2019, in London England.
    extinction_rebellion-41-23-04-2019.jpg
  • An image of veteran wildlife and environmental broadcaster Sir David Attenborough is held high in Parliament Square next to the statue of Field Marshal Jan Christiaan Smuts, the South African and British Commonwealth statesman, military leader and philosopher, during the week-long protest by climate change activists with Extinction Rebellion's campaign to block road junctions and bridges around the capital, on 23rd April 2019, in London England.
    extinction_rebellion-37-23-04-2019.jpg
  • An image of veteran wildlife and environmental broadcaster Sir David Attenborough is held high in Parliament Square during the week-long protest by climate change activists with Extinction Rebellion's campaign to block road junctions and bridges around the capital, on 23rd April 2019, in London England.
    extinction_rebellion-14-23-04-2019.jpg
  • An image of veteran wildlife and environmental broadcaster Sir David Attenborough is held high in Parliament Square during the week-long protest by climate change activists with Extinction Rebellion's campaign to block road junctions and bridges around the capital, on 23rd April 2019, in London England.
    extinction_rebellion-06-23-04-2019.jpg
  • An image of veteran wildlife and environmental broadcaster Sir David Attenborough is held high in Parliament Square during the week-long protest by climate change activists with Extinction Rebellion's campaign to block road junctions and bridges around the capital, on 23rd April 2019, in London England.
    extinction_rebellion-03-23-04-2019.jpg
  • An image of veteran wildlife and environmental broadcaster Sir David Attenborough is held high in Parliament Square during the week-long protest by climate change activists with Extinction Rebellion's campaign to block road junctions and bridges around the capital, on 23rd April 2019, in London England.
    extinction_rebellion-04-23-04-2019.jpg
  • An image of veteran wildlife and environmental broadcaster Sir David Attenborough is held high in Parliament Square during the week-long protest by climate change activists with Extinction Rebellion's campaign to block road junctions and bridges around the capital, on 23rd April 2019, in London England.
    extinction_rebellion-01-23-04-2019.jpg
  • The veteran Liberal Democrat politician, Baroness Williams of Crosby, Shirley Williams, walks unnoticed by others with the aide of a walking stick towards the House of Lords, on 14th January 2019, in Westminster, London, England.
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  • The veteran Liberal Democrat politician, Baroness Williams of Crosby, Shirley Williams, walks with the aide of a walking stick towards the House of Lords, on 14th January 2019, in Westminster, London, England.
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  • The veteran Liberal Democrat politician, Baroness Williams of Crosby, Shirley Williams, walks unnoticed by others with the aide of a walking stick towards the House of Lords, on 14th January 2019, in Westminster, London, England.
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  • A portrait of the Australian born Oxford University veteran rower James Ditzell, at 45 currently the oldest ever rower in the history of the boat race. He trains with the rest of his squad on the Thames from Putney in West London under race conditions, hoping that as race day (April 6th 2012), his times are good enough for a seat in one of two of Oxford boats. First raced in 1829 the boat race between Oxford and Cambridge unbiversities is one of the oldest sporting events in the world. It is nowadays watched by thousands along the banks of The Thames Tideway, between Putney and Mortlake in London and by millions more on TV around the world.
    james_ditzell68-21-01-2012.jpg
  • A portrait of the Australian born Oxford University veteran rower James Ditzell, at 45 currently the oldest ever rower in the history of the boat race. He trains with the rest of his squad on the Thames from Putney in West London under race conditions, hoping that as race day (April 6th 2012), his times are good enough for a seat in one of two of Oxford boats. First raced in 1829 the boat race between Oxford and Cambridge unbiversities is one of the oldest sporting events in the world. It is nowadays watched by thousands along the banks of The Thames Tideway, between Putney and Mortlake in London and by millions more on TV around the world.
    james_ditzell54-21-01-2012.jpg
  • The Australian born Oxford University veteran rower James Ditzell watches another boat go out for a training session on the Thames. Many of his team mates are only 19 but at 45 James is currently the oldest ever rower in the history of the boat race. He trains with the rest of his squad on the Thames from Putney in West London under race conditions, hoping that as race day (April 6th 2012), his times are good enough for a seat in one of two of Oxford boats. First raced in 1829 the boat race between Oxford and Cambridge unbiversities is one of the oldest sporting events in the world. It is nowadays watched by thousands along the banks of The Thames Tideway, between Putney and Mortlake in London and by millions more on TV around the world.
    james_ditzell31-21-01-2012.jpg
  • The Australian born Oxford University veteran rower James Ditzell carries his boat after a training row on the Thames. Many of his team mates are only 19. At 45 James is currently the oldest ever rower in the history of the boat race. He trains with the rest of his squad on the Thames from Putney in West London under race conditions, hoping that as race day (April 6th 2012), his times are good enough for a seat in one of two of Oxford boats. First raced in 1829 the boat race between Oxford and Cambridge unbiversities is one of the oldest sporting events in the world. It is nowadays watched by thousands along the banks of The Thames Tideway, between Putney and Mortlake in London and by millions more on TV around the world.
    james_ditzell26-21-01-2012.jpg
  • The Australian born Oxford University veteran rower James Ditzell helps prepare his boat for the team, many of whom are only 19. At 45 James is currently the oldest ever rower in the history of the boat race. He trains with the rest of his squad on the Thames from Putney in West London under race conditions, hoping that as race day (April 6th 2012), his times are good enough for a seat in one of two of Oxford boats. First raced in 1829 the boat race between Oxford and Cambridge unbiversities is one of the oldest sporting events in the world. It is nowadays watched by thousands along the banks of The Thames Tideway, between Putney and Mortlake in London and by millions more on TV around the world.
    james_ditzell22-21-01-2012.jpg
  • The Australian born Oxford University veteran rower James Ditzell helps prepare his boat for the team, many of whom are only 19. At 45 James is currently the oldest ever rower in the history of the boat race. He trains with the rest of his squad on the Thames from Putney in West London under race conditions, hoping that as race day (April 6th 2012), his times are good enough for a seat in one of two of Oxford boats. First raced in 1829 the boat race between Oxford and Cambridge unbiversities is one of the oldest sporting events in the world. It is nowadays watched by thousands along the banks of The Thames Tideway, between Putney and Mortlake in London and by millions more on TV around the world.
    james_ditzell21-21-01-2012.jpg
  • The Australian born Oxford University veteran rower James Ditzell helps prepare his boat for the team, many of whom are only 19. At 45 James is currently the oldest ever rower in the history of the boat race. He trains with the rest of his squad on the Thames from Putney in West London under race conditions, hoping that as race day (April 6th 2012), his times are good enough for a seat in one of two of Oxford boats. First raced in 1829 the boat race between Oxford and Cambridge unbiversities is one of the oldest sporting events in the world. It is nowadays watched by thousands along the banks of The Thames Tideway, between Putney and Mortlake in London and by millions more on TV around the world.
    james_ditzell20-21-01-2012.jpg
  • The Australian born Oxford University veteran rower James Ditzell with other team members, many of whom are only 19. At 45 James is currently the oldest ever rower in the history of the boat race. He trains with the rest of his squad on the Thames from Putney in West London under race conditions, hoping that as race day (April 6th 2012), his times are good enough for a seat in one of two of Oxford boats. First raced in 1829 the boat race between Oxford and Cambridge unbiversities is one of the oldest sporting events in the world. It is nowadays watched by thousands along the banks of The Thames Tideway, between Putney and Mortlake in London and by millions more on TV around the world.
    james_ditzell13-21-01-2012.jpg
  • The Australian born Oxford University veteran rower James Ditzell with other team members, many of whom are only 19. At 45 James is currently the oldest ever rower in the history of the boat race. He trains with the rest of his squad on the Thames from Putney in West London under race conditions, hoping that as race day (April 6th 2012), his times are good enough for a seat in one of two of Oxford boats. First raced in 1829 the boat race between Oxford and Cambridge unbiversities is one of the oldest sporting events in the world. It is nowadays watched by thousands along the banks of The Thames Tideway, between Putney and Mortlake in London and by millions more on TV around the world.
    james_ditzell12-21-01-2012.jpg
  • The Australian born Oxford University veteran rower James Ditzell with other team members, many of whom are only 19. At 45 James is currently the oldest ever rower in the history of the boat race. He trains with the rest of his squad on the Thames from Putney in West London under race conditions, hoping that as race day (April 6th 2012), his times are good enough for a seat in one of two of Oxford boats. First raced in 1829 the boat race between Oxford and Cambridge unbiversities is one of the oldest sporting events in the world. It is nowadays watched by thousands along the banks of The Thames Tideway, between Putney and Mortlake in London and by millions more on TV around the world.
    james_ditzell09-21-01-2012.jpg
  • The Australian born Oxford University veteran rower James Ditzell helps prepare his boat for the team. At 45 currently the oldest ever rower in the history of the boat race. He trains with the rest of his squad on the Thames from Putney in West London under race conditions, hoping that as race day (April 6th 2012), his times are good enough for a seat in one of two of Oxford boats. First raced in 1829 the boat race between Oxford and Cambridge unbiversities is one of the oldest sporting events in the world. It is nowadays watched by thousands along the banks of The Thames Tideway, between Putney and Mortlake in London and by millions more on TV around the world.
    james_ditzell02-21-01-2012.jpg
  • A portrait of the Australian born Oxford University veteran rower James Ditzell, at 45 currently the oldest ever rower in the history of the boat race. He trains with the rest of his squad on the Thames from Putney in West London under race conditions, hoping that as race day (April 6th 2012), his times are good enough for a seat in one of two of Oxford boats. First raced in 1829 the boat race between Oxford and Cambridge unbiversities is one of the oldest sporting events in the world. It is nowadays watched by thousands along the banks of The Thames Tideway, between Putney and Mortlake in London and by millions more on TV around the world.
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  • The Australian born Oxford University veteran rower James Ditzell carries his boat after a training row on the Thames. Many of his team mates are only 19. At 45 James is currently the oldest ever rower in the history of the boat race. He trains with the rest of his squad on the Thames from Putney in West London under race conditions, hoping that as race day (April 6th 2012), his times are good enough for a seat in one of two of Oxford boats. First raced in 1829 the boat race between Oxford and Cambridge unbiversities is one of the oldest sporting events in the world. It is nowadays watched by thousands along the banks of The Thames Tideway, between Putney and Mortlake in London and by millions more on TV around the world.
    james_ditzell25-21-01-2012.jpg
  • Two of the esteemed veteran photojournalists from the era of the weekly Picture Post magazine, Grace Robertson and Thurston Hopkins are is seen at the front gate of their home in East Sussex. Robertson was born in 1930 and Hopkins in 1913 and both worked under editor (Sir) Tom Hopkinson on the prominent photojournalistic magazine published in the United Kingdom from 1938 to 1957. It is considered a pioneering example of photojournalism and was an immediate success, selling 1,600,000 copies a week after only six months. It has been called the Life magazine of the United Kingdom..
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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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  • 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.
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  • 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.
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  • Married couple and veterans with medals of the second world war during 50th aniversary of wartime VE Day in London.
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  • Following the death, at the age of 96, of Queen Elizabeth II, the shadows of members of the public are seen across the expanse of the National Covid Memorial Wall, as they make their way towards Westminster to view the late-monarch's coffin which is lying-in-state in Westminster Hall, on 17th September 2022, in London, England. In the days and nights before the state funeral on Monday, well-wishers and mourners have the chance to join the 5-mile 10+ hour line from Southwark Park to the Houses of Parliament.
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  • The public stand next to an elderly Chelsea Pensioner at a bus stop on Westminster Bridge, in Lambeth, on 28th March 2019, in London, England
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  • Magnum photographer, Ian Berry at a Brexit protest on College Greeen in Westminster, the morning after another of Prime Minister Theresa May's Brexit deal votes failed again in Parliament, on 13th March 2019, in London, England.
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  • Marking the centenary of the beginning of the First World War (WW1) in 1914, General the Lord Dannatt is interviewed for TV among some of the ceramic poppies created by artist Paul Cummins. Remaining in place until the date of the armistice on November 11th. Across the world, remembrance ceremonies for this historic conflict that affected world nations. General Francis Richard Dannatt, Baron Dannatt, GCB, CBE, MC, DL (born 1950) is a retired British Army officer and the incumbent Constable of the Tower of London.
    ww1_centenary16-05-08-2014.jpg
  • Marking the centenary of the beginning of the First World War (WW1) in 1914, General the Lord Dannatt is interviewed for TV among some of the ceramic poppies created by artist Paul Cummins. Remaining in place until the date of the armistice on November 11th. Across the world, remembrance ceremonies for this historic conflict that affected world nations. General Francis Richard Dannatt, Baron Dannatt, GCB, CBE, MC, DL (born 1950) is a retired British Army officer and the incumbent Constable of the Tower of London.
    ww1_centenary15-05-08-2014.jpg
  • Marking the centenary of the beginning of the First World War (WW1) in 1914, General the Lord Dannatt stands among some of the ceramic poppies created by artist Paul Cummins.  Remaining in place until the date of the armistice on November 11th. Across the world, remembrance ceremonies for this historic conflict that affected world nations. General Francis Richard Dannatt, Baron Dannatt, GCB, CBE, MC, DL (born 1950) is a retired British Army officer and the incumbent Constable of the Tower of London.
    ww1_centenary14-05-08-2014.jpg
  • Marking the centenary of the beginning of the First World War (WW1) in 1914, General the Lord Dannatt stands among some of the ceramic poppies created by artist Paul Cummins.  Remaining in place until the date of the armistice on November 11th. Across the world, remembrance ceremonies for this historic conflict that affected world nations. General Francis Richard Dannatt, Baron Dannatt, GCB, CBE, MC, DL (born 1950) is a retired British Army officer and the incumbent Constable of the Tower of London.
    ww1_centenary13-05-08-2014.jpg
  • Marking the centenary of the beginning of the First World War (WW1) in 1914, General the Lord Dannatt stands among some of the ceramic poppies created by artist Paul Cummins.  Remaining in place until the date of the armistice on November 11th. Across the world, remembrance ceremonies for this historic conflict that affected world nations. General Francis Richard Dannatt, Baron Dannatt, GCB, CBE, MC, DL (born 1950) is a retired British Army officer and the incumbent Constable of the Tower of London.
    ww1_centenary11-05-08-2014.jpg
  • Marking the centenary of the beginning of the First World War (WW1) in 1914, General the Lord Dannatt stands among some of the ceramic poppies created by artist Paul Cummins.  Remaining in place until the date of the armistice on November 11th. Across the world, remembrance ceremonies for this historic conflict that affected world nations. General Francis Richard Dannatt, Baron Dannatt, GCB, CBE, MC, DL (born 1950) is a retired British Army officer and the incumbent Constable of the Tower of London.
    ww1_centenary10-05-08-2014.jpg
  • Marking the centenary of the beginning of the First World War (WW1) in 1914, General the Lord Dannatt stands among some of the ceramic poppies created by artist Paul Cummins.  Remaining in place until the date of the armistice on November 11th. Across the world, remembrance ceremonies for this historic conflict that affected world nations. General Francis Richard Dannatt, Baron Dannatt, GCB, CBE, MC, DL (born 1950) is a retired British Army officer and the incumbent Constable of the Tower of London.
    ww1_centenary09-05-08-2014.jpg
  • Day 2 of the annual lawn tennis championships and former champion Billie Jean King signs autographs for souvenir hunters at a side entrance of the venue. Billie Jean King is an American former World No. 1 professional tennis player. King won 39 Grand Slam titles, including 12 singles, 16 women's doubles, and 11 mixed doubles titles and winning a record 20 career titles at Wimbledon - six singles, ten women's doubles, and four mixed doubles. The Wimbledon Championships, the oldest tennis tournament in the world, have been held at the nearby All England Club since 1877.
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  • Day 2 of the annual lawn tennis championships and former champion Billie Jean King signs autographs for souvenir hunters at a side entrance of the venue. Billie Jean King is an American former World No. 1 professional tennis player. King won 39 Grand Slam titles, including 12 singles, 16 women's doubles, and 11 mixed doubles titles and winning a record 20 career titles at Wimbledon - six singles, ten women's doubles, and four mixed doubles. The Wimbledon Championships, the oldest tennis tournament in the world, have been held at the nearby All England Club since 1877.
    wimbledon12-25-06-2013.jpg
  • While crowds wave Union Jack flags, with medals glinting in the sunshine, the married man and woman represent the generations of survivors of those who lived during the terrible years of warfare. Here they remember 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. Street parties now - as they did in 1945 - played a large part in the country's patriotic well-being..
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  • Elderly man outside London's Wyndham's Theatre where the play 'Driving Miss Daisy' with Vanessa Redgrave is playing. Driving Miss Daisy is a 1989 American comedy-drama film adapted from the Alfred Uhry play of the same title. Driving Miss Daisy is a 1989 American comedy-drama film adapted from the Alfred Uhry play of the same title. The story defines Daisy and her point of view through a network of relationships and emotions by focusing on her home life, synagogue, friends, family, fears, and concerns.
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  • Brian Lecomber flew as a professional aerobatic pilot for 23 years, during which time his Firebird Aerobatics team completed over 2,800 solo and formation displays in front of an estimated total of 90 million spectators. They gave displays in 15 countries, and had a 100% safety record before closing in 2003. They will be remembered as one of the UK's most successful professional civilian aerobatic display company. Lecomber has been a racing motorcycle mechanic; journalist; wing-walker in a flying circus; chief flying instructor in the Caribbean; crop-spray pilot, and then a best-selling author of aviation novels. We see him in-flight performing a tight turn above southern English fields of Buckinghamshire with flying partner Alan Wade when the team was sponsored by the Rover Group.
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  • A portrait of British holiday camp pioneer, Sir Fred Pontin, in the summer of 1990 at his London home, England. Sir Frederick William Pontin (1906 - 2000) had a successful career in the city's Stock Exchange. During World War II, he was involved in helping to establish hostels for construction workers and based on this experience, he decided to move into the holiday camp business after the war. He formed a company to buy an old disused camp at Brean Sands near Burnham-on-Sea, Somerset in 1946. This was the start of the company known as Pontins and the popular Pontins Southport and Pontins Prestatyn resort. His catchphrase was "book early."
    fred_pontin-01-06-1990.jpg
  • Marking the centenary of the beginning of the First World War (WW1) in 1914, General the Lord Dannatt stands among some of the ceramic poppies created by artist Paul Cummins.  Remaining in place until the date of the armistice on November 11th. Across the world, remembrance ceremonies for this historic conflict that affected world nations. General Francis Richard Dannatt, Baron Dannatt, GCB, CBE, MC, DL (born 1950) is a retired British Army officer and the incumbent Constable of the Tower of London.
    ww1_centenary17-05-08-2014.jpg
  • An English gentleman of excellent breeding eats junk food - seemingly a Mathesons 'Smokey Joe's' hotdog. Sporting a pencil moustache he eats the fast-food at an event in southern England. He appears to have kept the discipline from his army days - a smart jacket and tie with regimental tie pin plus well-groomed hair greased with Brylcream to keep it in place.
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  • Youths hang around London's Wyndham's Theatre where the play 'Driving Miss Daisy' with Vanessa Redgrave is playing. Driving Miss Daisy is a 1989 American comedy-drama film adapted from the Alfred Uhry play of the same title. Driving Miss Daisy is a 1989 American comedy-drama film adapted from the Alfred Uhry play of the same title. The story defines Daisy and her point of view through a network of relationships and emotions by focusing on her home life, synagogue, friends, family, fears, and concerns.
    theatre_exterior2-29-09-2011.jpg
  • An anonymous Immigration Officer (IMO) with the UK Border Agency sits in a detention interview room Heathrow Airport's T5
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  • Veteran and former soldiers of the Parachute regiment parade through the streets of Westminster during the annual Armistice Day.
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  • Wartime forces sweetheart Dame Vera Lynn with veteran RAF pilots make an appearance at the 70th anniversary of WW2 Battle of Britain.
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  • As a bus conductor asks for their fares, a Chelsea Pensioner reaches for change alongside another veteran soldier and an elderly lady, on a Routemaster bus, on 22nd November 1997, in London, England.
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  • Following the death, at the age of 96, of Queen Elizabeth II at Balmoral Castle in Scotland, two Chelsea Pensioners (soldier veterans) stand outside Buckingham Palace in London, on 9th September 2022, in London, England. Queen Elizabeth came to the British throne in 1952 and is therefore, after 70 years, the longest reigning monarch in British history and she is succeeded by her eldest  son and heir Charles, who is now titled King Charles III.
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  • Following the death, at the age of 96, of Queen Elizabeth II at Balmoral Castle in Scotland, two Chelsea Pensioners (soldier veterans) stand outside Buckingham Palace in London, on 9th September 2022, in London, England. Queen Elizabeth came to the British throne in 1952 and is therefore, after 70 years, the longest reigning monarch in British history and she is succeeded by her eldest  son and heir Charles, who is now titled King Charles III.
    queen_dead-04-09-09-2022.jpg
  • One week after the September 11th attacks in New York and in Washington DC, two ex-US Ranger veterans visit the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Constitution Gardens, Washington DC. One helps another to climb up to trace the imprint of their dead friend's name, mentioned with 58,195 other recorded casualties on its polished wall. The average age of those men was 19 in the sixties and seventies. The nation was mourning those killed in the New York and Washington attacks, and the military was about to mobilise once again with many American lives lost. The Vietnam war however, remains a low-point in the nation's history and the old men who survived return to 'find' their buddies which helps them deal with the traumatic loss of their friends and their own youth..
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  • At dawn, a week after the September 11th attacks in New York and in Washington DC, we see the haunted figures of war veterans looking up at the names of dead comrades of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Constitution Gardens, Washington DC where 58,195 names of casualties are recorded on its polished wall. In the foreground are some of those mens' identities whose average age was 19 in the sixties and seventies. A hazy sun rises over the point of the Washington Memorial at a time when the nation was mourning those killed in the New York and Washington attacks, when the military was about to mobilise once again with many American lives lost. The Vietnam war however, remains a low-point in the nation's history and the old men who survived return to trace their buddies which helps them deal with the traumatic loss of their friends and their own youth. .
    september11th005-26-09_2001.jpg
  • At dawn, a week after the September 11th attacks in New York and in Washington DC, we see the haunted figures of war veterans looking up at the names of dead comrades of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Constitution Gardens, Washington DC where 58,195 names of casualties are recorded on its polished wall. In the foreground are some of those mens' identities whose average age was 19 in the sixties and seventies. A hazy sun rises over the point of the Washington Memorial at a time when the nation was mourning those killed in the New York and Washington attacks, when the military was about to mobilise once again with many American lives lost. The Vietnam war however, remains a low-point in the nation's history and the old men who survived return to trace their buddies which helps them deal with the traumatic loss of their friends and their own youth. .
    9:11_america008-26-09-2001.jpg
  • On the day that the EU in Brussels agreed in principle to extend Brexit until 31st January 2020 (aka 'Flextension') and not 31st October 2019, a Chelsea Pensioner sells Remembrance poppies, next to Brexit Party flags and banners during a Brexit protest outside parliament, on 28th October 2019, in Westminster, London, England.
    brexit_ptotest-28-28-10-2019.jpg
  • On the day that the EU in Brussels agreed in principle to extend Brexit until 31st January 2020 (aka 'Flextension') and not 31st October 2019, two Chelsea Pensioners sell Remembrance poppies, next to Brexit Party flags and banners during a Brexit protest outside parliament, on 28th October 2019, in Westminster, London, England.
    brexit_ptotest-26-28-10-2019.jpg
  • On the day that the EU in Brussels agreed in principle to extend Brexit until 31st January 2020 (aka 'Flextension') and not 31st October 2019, a Chelsea Pensioner sells Remembrance poppies, next to Brexit Party flags and banners during a Brexit protest outside parliament, on 28th October 2019, in Westminster, London, England.
    brexit_ptotest-25-28-10-2019.jpg
  • On the day that the EU in Brussels agreed in principle to extend Brexit until 31st January 2020 (aka 'Flextension') and not 31st October 2019, a Chelsea Pensioner sells Remembrance poppies, next to Brexit Party flags and banners during a Brexit protest outside parliament, on 28th October 2019, in Westminster, London, England.
    brexit_ptotest-27-28-10-2019.jpg
  • On the day that the EU in Brussels agreed in principle to extend Brexit until 31st January 2020 (aka 'Flextension') and not 31st October 2019, a Chelsea Pensioner selling Remembrance poppies, walks past Brexit Party flags and banners during a Brexit protest outside parliament, on 28th October 2019, in Westminster, London, England.
    brexit_ptotest-24-28-10-2019.jpg
  • Russians and Russian-speakers from around the Russian Federation and former Soviet states (such as the Baltics) and of all generations, celebrate Victory Day, the annual commemoration remembering the sacrifice of Red Army heroes who defeated fascism during WW2 - marching through the heart of British government in Whitehall, Parliament Square and ending outside Parliament itself, on 9th May 2018, in London, England.
    russians_victory_day-05-09-05-2018.jpg
  • Russians and Russian-speakers from around the Russian Federation and former Soviet states (such as the Baltics) and of all generations, celebrate Victory Day, the annual commemoration remembering the sacrifice of Red Army heroes who defeated fascism during WW2 - marching through the heart of British government in Whitehall, Parliament Square and ending outside Parliament itself, on 9th May 2018, in London, England.
    russians_victory_day-04-09-05-2018.jpg
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