Historical Cavalry Units

Photos of mounted soldiers from different historical periods, emphasizing military attire and equestrian skills in a variety of military contexts.

1. Königlich Sächsisches Husaren-Regiment König Albert Nr. 18, Military use of horses, 1905, Landkreis Meißen, Großenhain, 1. Königlich Sächsisches Husaren, Regiment König Albert Nr. 18, Germany

1. Königlich Sächsisches Husaren-Regiment König Albert Nr. 18, Military use of horses, 1905, Landkreis Meißen, Großenhain, 1. Königlich Sächsisches Husaren, Regiment König Albert Nr. 18, Germany

Israel/Palestine: Fawzi al-Qawuqji (1890-1977), Arab Liberation Army (ALA) field commander during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War

The British Army on the Home Front, 1914 - 1918

Francisco Franco 1892-1975 was second in command of the Spanish Foreign Legion from 1921

Karl I visited the Lothringer Dragoner stationed in Altbunzlau and Brandeis, 26.3.1917.

07/31/1909. The commander of the Restinga. - The operation the day before yesterday has highlighted the importance of the Spanish position in La Restinga. The head of the Fort, one of the most important that Spain has in the small sea, is the commander D. Juan García Carrasco, who appears in this photograph, during one of his excursions, accompanied by his interpreter, who is the one mounted on a white arabian horse.

The Imperial German Army 1890 - 1913 The Kaiser with Grand Duke Friedrich I of Baden (left) during the manoeuvres of 1899.

Mussolini and his last born, Roman Mussolini

Australian Police Black Trackers - (Australian). June 19, 1938.

Spanish-American War (1898). Lieutenant colonel Theodore Roosevelt (1858-1919), leadership of "Rough Riders" (1st U.S. Volunteer Cavalry), together with two assistants during the war in Cuba. Photoengraving. La Ilustración Española y Americana, 1898.

Army commander KNIL Lieutenant General G.J. Berenschot in 1936.

A mounted infantryman, with his carbine rifle at his side, pauses astride his horse to light a cigarette. Date: 1939

General d. Cavalry Franz Tube by Denta.

General Seely's Warrior, Isle of Wight, April 1922. Creator: Kirk & Sons of Cowes.

Lt. Heiburg

Former U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt on Horseback, Holding Rifle, during Safari, Africa, Smithsonian-Roosevelt African Expedition, Photograph by Warrington Dawson, March 1910

German ammunition column during advance to the West Front: Horses and crew protected with gas masks.

Siberia, Russia: September 13, 1915 An American woman physician who is serving as a medical assistant to the Siberian regiment during World War I.

Boer War Mounted Yeomanry.

Dresden. K. S. Mandrail Regiment

Exhibit Supply Company Picture Post Card, Richard Cortez. This item is a picture post card used as an exhibit in the case of J. Frank Meyer, Trading as the Exhibit Supply Company v. Louis Hurwitz, Trading as United Postcard Supply Company. Issued by Exhibit Supply Company, this post card features Ricardo Cortez..

Photo collection First World War. Auch that Pferde Were Gut Verunden und Peplept.oldates take care of a horse .. 1914-1918}

Ministry of Information First World War Official Collection General the Earl of Cavan, C. in C. British Forces in Italy presenting prize at 7th Divisional Horse Show at Tressino, September, 1918.

The Second Anglo - Boer War, South Africa 1899 - 1902 A Yeoman standing beside his horse.

12/31/1929. Those in charge of bringing supplies to the camp, in an image from the 1930s.

The British Army in Pre-1914 Period Officer of one of the Scottish mounted regiments on his horse. He is probably a Commanding Officer of the Lothians and Berwickshire Yeomanry.

Military use of horses, Garde-Reiter-Regiment (1. Schweres Regiment), 1906, Dresden, Königlich Sächsisches Gardereiter, Regiment, Germany

The King's New Charger on Trial:"Cherry Grove", of Salford mounted police, the bright Chestnut horse which is likely to become the King's "charger" is now at the Royal Mews, Windsor Castle.He is on trial and although he is accustomed to mounted police duty in Lancashire, he is not yet familiar with the crowded traffic of London, nor with the movement of troops. September 16, 1936. (Photo by London News Agency Photos Ltd.).

Hirohito (19011989) 124th Emperor of Japan (1926-1989). Emperor mounted on white horse at a review of troops, c1937.

1. Königlich Sächsisches Husaren-Regiment König Albert Nr. 18, Military use of horses, 1901, Landkreis Meißen, Großenhain, Reiter (Soldat), Germany

11/23/1910. Solemn military ceremony in Seville. HM the King, on Horseback, Saluting the standard of Alfonso Xii's regiment Moments before Imposing on him the tie of Saint Ferdinand, next to the Monarch, on Foot, with the case of the decoration in His Hand, Colonel Cavalcanti, who Commanded the memorable Taxdirt load.

Detachment 101, an enigmatic Allied intelligence and special operations unit during World War II, played a pivotal role in the Burmese theater. Operating deep in the jungles of Burma, their mission was multi-faceted, encompassing guerrilla warfare, espionage, and sabotage against Japanese forces. Comprising a diverse group of individuals, from OSS agents to indigenous fighters, they effectively disrupted Japanese supply lines, gathered critical intelligence, and supported resistance movements.

Ministry of Information First World War Official Collection A Lady trainer training an army remount.

Arab Legion mounted rifleman, 1948. The Arab Legion was the regular army of Transjordan and then Jordan in the early part of the 20th century. The Arab Legion actively participated in the 1948 Arab-Israeli war.

Turkish tap catcher, Kurzany.

Feldseugmeister V.Benigen In Berecak, May 1917.

U.S. Army horse stunts, B Troop, 15th U.S. Cavalry, Frostburg, Md. ca. 1909.

Captain Inglis, 5th Dragoon Guards, Portrait Sitting on Horse, Crimean War, Crimea, Ukraine, by Roger Fenton, 1855

The first thing a Mountie thinks of is - his horse. That's why Constable Biensch, who arrived recently with a detachment of the Royal Canadian Mounts Police, was at the Royal Victoria Docks (London) yesterday, to welcome his horse, Sandra, and take her straight to the nearest patch of grass. Forty-six horses had just arrived in the liner Beaverburn, with ten men who will ride in the Coronation. May 13, 1953.

Kaiser Wilhelm II on horseback

c.1917 Hawaiian Pa´u riders parade on horseback down the road

Pferdezucht and Britof.

Excellent team person at the 11th army. .

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. Dutch soldier in shorts on horseback. 1947. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies

Picturesque Camel Corps Guards Arabs Vital Pipeline -- A Camel Corps sentinel in the deserts of Transjordan.Working far out in the blazing, sandy wastes of Transjordan - where motorised transport would be virtually helpless - the Camel Corps of the Arab Legion is playing a little-known but vital part in the battle of Palestine - flaring up once more after the month-long truce. The picturesque Corps, mounted on fast camels, guard the vital oil pipeline running through Transjordan in the desert region above Amman in the Mafraq area. Other duties include watch for spies or possible Commando raids. July 1, 1948.

Kaiser Wilhelm II and King George V in Berlin, Germany, 1911, (1935). Creator: Unknown.

Twenty-four-year-old Miss S. M. Moore the Girl Rangers Commandant. September 21, 1954.

Inspector by sr.k.u.k.Hoism Ergh. Karl Franz Josef. Message of Mr. Hauptmann Jankowic. Recorded, on September 22, 1915..

Equestrian scene on royal wood fortress Het Loo: Uniformed man on horseback at a shed. Part of Lord Brams Photo album, Chief Quarter of Queen Wilhelmina on Royal Hunting Het Loo.

New Styles Hat fro The Princess - The Princess en route for the Trooping the Colour wearing this attractive newly-designed hat which will sweep the country, designed specially by Mr. Aage Thaarup.At today's Trooping the colour ceremony H.R.H. Princess Elizabeth wore an entirely new hat creation, modelled directly from H.M. The King's own Guardman's hat which he sent to Mr. Aage Thaarup with express instructions that a hat was to be designed for Her Royal Highness which, although was to be strictly feminine, had to have the identical Guardsman's peak as the King's hat. it also had to bear the insignia of the Guards. June 12, 1947. (Photo by Dominion Press Photo).

France: c. 1917 A German veterinary surgeon treating a French horse that was wounded by an aero-bomb.

09/01/1909. Distinguished quota surpluses. Healing of a horse wounded in one of the Last Combats and Belonging to the 2nd Mounted Artillery Regiment, Camped in the Bullring of Melilla.

Photo collection Spaarnestad topics. Africa 1940/1941. Inland soldiers in Sudan. On dromedary with a war drum. September 12, 1940

Three U.S. Airmen Keeps Supplies Moving Over "Burma Road Of Air" -- Native drivers use camels and rubber-tired wagons to haul war materials in India. The United States flag flutter: in rear over the United States Army base. November 2, 1942. (Photo by Interphoto News Pictures, Inc.).

03/31/1937. A property of 40 kilometers in length, which belonged to a nobleman, and became part of the patrimony of the Republic.

08/31/1936. Soldier Using a Donkey as Transport.

German soldier and field marshal General von Mackensen (on white horse) is seen with his staff in Romania.

A blacktracker in the employ of the mounted police. March 18, 1940.

Photograph showing General Sarrail, with kepi hat raised, saluting a unit of Russian soldiers as the Allied army of the Balkans held a march-past to celebrate the capture of the town of Monastir, 1916. Date: 1916

Anefo photo collection. Rotterdam last day Concours Hippique. September 5, 1954. Rotterdam, South Holland

Indian cavalryman in campaign kit, standing beside his mount, c1914.

09/30/1936. Transport of the wounded in the carts, in the town of Peguerinos (Ávila).

An Air Transport Command sergeant on leave in Cairo, Egypt is being instructed in the art of horsemanship by a native guide. In the background is the Sphinx and a pyramid.

General d. Cavalry Franz Tube by Denta.

Administrative Sites - Rangers Stations. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Ras Mangasha of Tigre in 1894. Ethiopia, 19th century.

Anefo photo collection. Offering credentials by the ambassador of India, Raj Krishna Tandon. March 2, 1960. India

Vintage Photograph. Memorial to the Eighth Pennsylvania Cavalry Gettysburg Pennsylvania.

Field Marshall Lord Haig greets Canadian troops on a front line visit in France during World War One August 1918

The French Foreign Legion on manoeuvres, Boudenib, Morocco, 1911. The French Foreign Legion was established in 1831 as an elite unit of foreign volunteers. The Legion's primary function in the 19th and early 20th century was the expansion and protection of France's overseas territories. The photographer is unknown.

Poll photo collection. Travel to Poland. Agent on horseback. 1934. Poland, Warsaw

Ferdinand Foch, French soldier and hero of World War I, 1922. Artist: Unknown

See Zygmunt Rolecki, DCA 2 squadron 2 p. Polish Legions, on horseback (IV). Front of the Polish Legions in Volhynia. Janowski, Stanisław (1866 1942)

Photograph showing two Nationalist troops and a donkey heading down the road to San Sebastian, northern Spain, during September 1936. Date: 1936

Anefo photo collection. Ring steken Middelburg. August 25, 1949. Middelburg, Zeeland

Photo collection First World War. The Salonica Front. Italians Landing Mules at Salonica. 1914-1918}. Greece, Saloniki

Detachment 101, an enigmatic Allied intelligence and special operations unit during World War II, played a pivotal role in the Burmese theater. Operating deep in the jungles of Burma, their mission was multi-faceted, encompassing guerrilla warfare, espionage, and sabotage against Japanese forces. Comprising a diverse group of individuals, from OSS agents to indigenous fighters, they effectively disrupted Japanese supply lines, gathered critical intelligence, and supported resistance movements.

Palestine is a name given to the geographic region between the Mediterranean Sea and the Jordan River. The region is also known as the Land of Israel, the Holy Land and the Southern Levant. In 1832 Palestine was conquered by Muhammad Ali's Egypt, but in 1840 Britain intervened and returned control of the Levant to the Ottomans in return for further capitulations. The end of the 19th century saw the beginning of Zionist immigration and the Revival of the Hebrew language. The movement was publicly supported by Great Britain during World War I with the Balfour Declaration of 1917. The British captured Jerusalem a month later, and were formally awarded a mandate in 1922. In 1947, following World War II and the Holocaust, the British Government announced their desire to terminate the Mandate, and the United Nations General Assembly voted to partition the territory into a Jewish state and an Arab state. The Jewish leadership accepted the proposal but the Arab Higher Committee rejected it; a

Exhibit Supply Company Picture Post Card, Rod La Rocque. This item is a picture post card used as an exhibit in the case of J. Frank Meyer, Trading as the Exhibit Supply Company v. Louis Hurwitz, Trading as United Postcard Supply Company. Issued by Exhibit Supply Company, this post card features Rod La Rocque..

Reims , Marne , Champagne , France , 1917 - Marne - Fernand Cuville (photographic section of the armies) (French - Reims , Marne , Champagne , France). Animal transport, horse, real animal, portrait, work clothing, rear, hairstyle , headgear, check, man, Transport, animal, human beings, clothing, First World War, France, Reims, a coachman calms his horse during the bombing

FERDINAND FOCH French military commander, posing with his horse for an equestrian sculpture in 1922. Date: 1851 - 1929

Anefo photo collection. Ring stitches in Middelburg. July 21, 1960. Middelburg, Zeeland

Anefo photo collection. Concours Hippique, royal family. 11 August 1949

JOHN WAYNE in THE HORSE SOLDIERS (1959), directed by JOHN FORD.

Fotocollectie Eerste Wereldoorlog. The British Western front in France. The German offensive. Our wounded dumb heroes. Dressing one of our dumb friends who has been badly struck by shrapnel in the recent fighting. 1914-1918}. Frankrijk

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Tjileungsir. Dutch soldier with a small horse. July 19, 1946. Cileungsir, Indonesia, Java, Dutch East Indies

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Naval Stores - Wood Operations, General. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Italy - General Scenes. November 11, 1932.

Morocco, 1912. Francisco Franco shortly after leaving the academy. The photograph contains the dedication: "Paco loves you and hugs you.".

Portrait of man aiming from rifle

04/01/1917. "le Lyndaret", by the Marquis of Villamejor.

Sudan, Africa. Shillook warrior, 1877-1879. Photogravure from a photograph by Richard Buchta (1845-1894). Colorised.

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. Order and tranquility have been restored, the rubber company turns again, there is food again, so there is a party in the dessa. KOODA KEPANG, a traditional Javanese dance with sticking horses. December 28, 1947. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies

Springfield in Wartime- Everyday Life in An Essex Village, August 1941 Land Girl Doreen Mason, originally from Ilford, rides her horse 'Spitfire' across a field in Springfield. According to the original caption, Spitfire was blitzed in the raids on the London docklands and was evacuated to the country. The caption goes on to say that he was unmanageable until Doreen got his confidence back.

A sergeant of the motorcycle riflemen at the Alpini maneuvers, Italy, photograph by Allegri, from L'Illustrazione Italiana, Year XXXIII, No 36, September 9, 1906.

03/31/1913. Limeño Boy, Preparing to enter to kill his second.

Militaria, Italy, 20th century. Soldier of the Guardia di Finanza Corps and camel-driver askari in Libia, 1942. Illustration.

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