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Credit: Arpingstone

Guards march out of Buckingham Palace (London, England) at the end of the Changing of the Guard ceremony.

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Credit: Philip Allfrey

Dismounted members of the Blues & Royals (left) and Life Guards (right), preparing to line the route of the procession to St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle for the annual service of the Order of the Garter.

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Credit: The War Illustrated

Photo from The War Illustrated, 12 June 1915. Caption reads:

PRAYERS BEFORE WAR WORK—An impressive Church of England service in the open was held at Basingstoke, in the presence of the officers and men of the 10th Division of Irish troops. This photograph shows the soldier congregation seated on the grass awaiting the sermon. In the background the enormous camp of tents is seen.

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Credit: Christopher Buttigieg

A Coldstream Guards sentry outside the Jewel House in the Tower of London

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Credit: ChrisO

Old War Office Building, Whitehall, London The War Office was a former department of the British Government, responsible for the administration of the British Army between the 17th century and 1963, when its functions were transferred to the Ministry of Defence. The name "War Office" is also often given to the former home of the department, the Old War Office Building on Horse Guards Avenue, London.

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Credit: Lt. Ernest Brooks

An early model British Mark I "male" tank, named C-15, near Thiepval, 25 September 1916. The tank is probably in reserve for the Battle of Thiepval Ridge which began on 26 September. The tank is fitted with the wire "grenade shield" and steering tail, both features discarded in the next models.

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Credit: David Illiff

Pikemen escorting John Stuttard, Lord Mayor of London during the 2006 Lord Mayor's Show. The Pikemen and Musketeers (formed 1925, given a Royal Warrant 1955) are made up of veteran members of the Active Unit they are the personal bodyguard of the Lord Mayor of London and form his Guard on ceremonial occasions.

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Sentries of the Worcestershire and Sherwood Foresters Regiment being posted at Windsor.

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A Trooper of the Blues and Royals on mounted duty in Whitehall, London, England.

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This painting is "Defence of Rorke's Drift" by Adolph Alphonse de Neuville. Painted in 1880, commissioned by the Fine Art Society and now located at the New South Wales Art Gallery.