Contents (plate number): Handwritten captions under images.
1. Nankin under fire with Lion Hill and Tiger Hill visible in the background. There are four ships anchored in the foreground. From left to right, the first two are not easily identified, although the leftmost may be a British cruiser. The next vessel is HMS Hampshire (1903), and alongside her is either SMS Gneisenau (1906) or SMS Scharnhorst (1906). This image may be a photographic reproduction of a painting or sketch. Print #203 is a copy of this image.
2. A view of Nankin prior to the siege.
3. A view of Nankin prior to the siege. The image shows the left hand side of the city, as viewed from the high ground inland. Warships visible at anchor include the Chinese cruiser King Ch’ing (1886), HMS Hampshire (1903), one of the German Scharnhorst class armoured cruisers, a gunboat [possibly US Machias class?] and a Chinese Hai Yung class protected cruiser.
4. A view of Nankin prior to the siege. The image shows the right hand side of the city, as viewed from the high ground inland. Warships visible at anchor include a Chinese Hai Yung class protected cruiser, the Chinese protected cruiser Hai Chi (1898) and a Chinese Chao Ho class light cruiser.
5. 8-inch gun position at the top of Lion Hill. The position was hit by a shell from Tiger Hill which disabled but did not completely destroy the gun. The point at which the shell hit is marked with an ‘x’ on the photograph.
6. A 4.7-inch gun on Lion Hill, showing the effects of two hits on its shield.
7. A closer view of the 8-inch gun in print #5. The site of an additional hit on the gun mounting has been marked with an ‘x’.
8. A destroyed 6-inch central pivot gun. The meaning of the caption is not clear.
9. A European with a camera stands by an abandoned 13-pndr field gun left behind after the siege.
10. Chinese gunners disabling their field piece “when they could not hold their own”. The faction is not specified, but these are presumably southern (pro-Manchu) rebels.
11. The two 8-inch naval guns at the top of Lion Hill after British naval forces took charge.
12. Another view of the 4.7-inch gun from print #6. An English Lieutenant is pointing out one of the hits on the gunshield.
13. Another view of the 4.7-inch gun from print #6, with a group of Republican Chinese officers behind it. One of the 48 lb shells the gun would have fired has been placed near the damaged shield.
14. A pair of mounted Republican soldiers in Nankin.
15. A pair of captured 4.7-inch field guns taken from General Chang Hsun’s rebel army sitting on railway flat cars. Each is guarded by a Republican soldier.
16. The I Feng Gate, prior to receiving damage from artillery fire. The caption somewhat inaccurately notes that Nankin’s walls are 60ft high and 100ft thick.
17. The I Feng Gate, showing the effects of damage from shell fire.
18. A group of five Republican soldiers pose with a rebel prisoner they have captured.
19. Severed heads of executed prisoners hanging from a tree, to which is stuck a note presumably detailing their crime.
20. A destroyed godown which was used for storing ammunition until it received a direct hit.
21. The damaged I Feng gate house, a two-storey building on top of the city wall.
22. The remains of the Tipping Gate, which sustained heavy damage from artillery fire. The caption notes that “shells were in the wall just like currants in a piece of cake”. The spelling of the gate name is probably incorrect.
23. A trench for two small field pieces “off of the West Wall”. The high ground to the right of the picture is apparently the Purple Hills outside the city.
24. Chincy Ann [Chin Tse An?], a small island near Nankin.
25. Chincy Ann [Chin Tse An?], a small island near Nankin. This print shows the other side of the island.
26. The last trainload of southerners leaving “before the city was closed”.
27. Large statue of Emperor Ming.
28. A supply train arrived from Hang Cow [Hankow].
29. Caption unclear. The print shows a street in Nankin.
30. Another street scene, apparently after the city was placed under martial law.
31. “Men under the railway trucks out of the heat of the sun which was 104 degrees in the shade”.
32. The ruins of Hisa Kuan “after the first small fire”.
33. The forward 7.5-inch gun of HMS Hampshire (1903) trained to starboard. A rating is manning the rangefinder behind the 3-pndr gun on the roof of the gunhouse.
34. Officers from HMS Hampshire (1903) visiting Nankin prior to the fighting.
35. View from either the foremast searchlight platform or director top, looking down at the port bridge wing. The wing 3-pndr gun is clearly visible, as is the portside 7.5-inch gun house.
36. The Captain of HMS Hampshire (1903) with the British Consul on the steps of the latter’s residence. In between the two are shells and fragments thereof of various calibres, perhaps souvenirs of the Nankin fighting.
37. As print #36, but a closer view of the two men.
38. Looking down onto a small junk bringing cattle for provisions, the “first for 26 days”.
39. Junks and assorted local craft carrying refugees from Nankin to Shanghai.
40. The remains of the English Hotel on Pagoda Hill after the fighting.
41. Southern troops in camp.
42. This print is captioned “A run for life”, but shows Republican troops in no apparent hurry.
43. A burning gunpowder godown.
44. A view of Nankin taken from Pagoda Hill prior to the fighting. Lion Hill and Tiger Hill are visible in the background.
45. A “Chow Race”. Chinese civilians racing for leftovers from the food the photographer and his companions brought with them.
46. Houses in Nankin. Large baskets in the right foreground contain the belongings of people attempting to flee the city.
47. A view of Nankin from the opposite bank of the Yangtze River.
48. A ruined street in Nankin.
49. Republican infantry advance along a railway line, reportedly “going into action”.
50. An English Red Cross railway carriage, manned by Chinese and European staff, heads towards the front lines.
51. Dead prisoners of war laid out for burial. This image may relate to print #99.
52. ‘Chow time’ for Republican troops, sitting down to a meal of boiled rice brought up in buckets.
53. A rice field outside Nankin’s city wall.
54. The ruins of an Englishman’s home in Nankin.
55. A view inside a house showing the hole where a shell passed through.
56. Junks burning on the riverbank at Nankin. Very similar to print #94.
57. HMS Hampshire (1903)’s picket boat lying askew and damaged off the starboard side following the breaking of the ship’s derrick, 6th October 1913. This print is identical to print #121.
58. View aft along the starboard side of HMS Hampshire (1903). HMS Monmouth (1901) is alongside assisting in the removal of the damaged picket boat.
59. A picture of HMS Hampshire (1903)’s picket boat prior to the accident of October 1913.
60. Southern prisoners with their Republican captors.
61. HMS Ribble (1904), seen from HMS Hampshire (1903) while both were en route to Wei-Hai-Wei from Hong Kong, 26th January 1913.
62. HMS Hampshire (1903) at anchor at Hong Kong.
63. The Dutch protected cruiser Gelderland (1898) at Constantinople, October 1912.
64. An Italian hospital ship at Constantinople, October 1912.
65. Warships at anchor in Suda Bay, including a British Arrogant class protected cruiser, the French battleship Henri IV (1899), a French Amiral Charner class armoured cruiser [unlikely to be Chanzy (1894) as she was wrecked in 1907] and a Russian Pallada class protected cruiser.
66. Chinese coal-carrier labourers at Wei-Hai-Wei.
67. The meaning of the caption is not clear. Four RN officers are in the foreground, with Suda Bay in the background. Ships visible in the picture are a French Amiral Charner class armoured cruiser [unlikely to be Chanzy (1894) as she was wrecked in 1907], a Russian Pallada class protected cruiser and HMS Hampshire (1903).
68. The caption for this image reads ‘Italian Scout at Constantinople Oct 1912’. However, this cannot be correct as the vessel in the picture is clearly the Austrian protected cruiser Admiral Spaun (1909). The vessel was handed to Britain as a war reparation in 1920, but was then immediately sold to Italy for scrapping.
69. A view of Suda Bay.
70. Naval cemetery at Wei-Hai-Wei. At anchor in the background is a British Monmouth class cruiser [most likely HMS Monmouth (1901)].
71. The English graveyard at Wei-Hai-Wei.
72. The English graveyard at Wei-Hai-Wei.
73. A young unmarried Chinese girl.
74. A married Chinese woman.
75. A close-up view of womens’ bound feet.
76. A highly decorated and ornate entrance to a Chinese building, possibly a temple.
77. Riding railcars down Purple Hill
78. A railcar ready to start the trip down Purple Hill.
79. The winning horse and rider of the officers’ race at Shanghai.
80. A ship’s picnic party at Wei-Hai-Wei.
81. Contestants in the officers’ horse race at Shanghai ready at the starting line.
82. A hard hat diver ready to go over the side.
83. Contestants in the officers’ horse race at Shanghai ready at the starting line. A copy of print #81.
84. Another view of the Wei-Hai-Wei picnic party as per print #80.
85. ‘Tipeing’ [?] Gate, Nankin. The spelling of the gate name is probably incorrect, but it is described as being the nearest to the Purple Hill.
86. An officer having a nap on the upper deck while his colleagues stand nearby.
87. Turkish soldiers marching through Salonika.
88. A wounded Chinese man from Nankin, photographed with a Red Cross attendant.
89. ‘At Monkit’ [?]. The caption is not very clear, but the presence of camels and the subsequent images suggest somewhere in Egypt.
90. A picnic party on leave leaning out of the windows of their rail coach.
91. ‘A penny for a dance’. Taken at about the same time as print #89.
92. ‘on the old Church ruins at Cairo’. A pyramid is visible in the background.
93. ‘A Wonder of the World’. The pyramids at Giza.
94. Junks burning on the riverbank at Nankin. Very similar to print #56.
95. ‘Best of Friends & Play mates’. The ship’s dog and cat.
96. ‘Happy Times on Shore’. Three members of the crew in traditional Japanese dress strike entertaining ‘Oriental’ poses. This is probably the Japanese tea house at Labuan, Borneo (prints #108-111)
97. The bodies of two decapitated men.
98. Chinese Red Cross personnel attending to a wounded soldier.
99. The bodies of Chinese who succumbed to their wounds, watched over by their countrymen in the Red Cross. This image may relate to print #51.
100. ‘Ear & Eye at Wei-Hai-Wei’. An RN lookout post on one of the hills.
101. ‘An old Queen[s?] House at Wi-Hai-Wei Now used as a Canteen for naval men’.
102. A street in Wei-Hai-Wei.
103. HMS Hampshire (1903) at Wei-Hai-Wei.
104. Swimming bath at Wei-Hai-Wei.
105. Swimming bath at Wei-Hai-Wei.
106. General Fung Huo-Chen.
107. Bangkok?
108. ‘How To Be Happy When on Shore’. Three members of the crew in traditional Japanese dress. See also print #96.
109. A Japanese tea house in Labuan, Borneo.
110. The rear of the tea house in print #109.
111. A swimming pond in Labuan.
112. A closer view of the tea house.
113. Sports ground at Wei-Hai-Wei.
114. ‘Our First Good friend Coming to Dinner’. A buffalo is hoisted aboard HMS Hampshire (1903). To the left of the picture is a US cruiser of the Denver class.
115. Sampans moored at a riverbank in Bangkok. These boats double as homes and livelihood for their owners.
116. Palace of the King of Siam, Bangkok.
117. The meaning of the caption is unclear. The picture is of a traditional Siamese wooden house on stilts.
118. The lake at Bangkok.
119. The damage left by a small fire at Bangkok.
120. Top of the King of Siam’s house.
121. HMS Hampshire (1903)’s picket boat lying askew and damaged off the starboard side following the breaking of the ship’s derrick, 6th October 1913. A cropped copy of print #57.
122. Ship’s goat?
123. A group of Royal Marines aboard the battleship HMS Illustrious (1896).
124. A group of Royal Marines in tropical dress aboard the protected cruiser HMS Edgar (1890) en route to China, 21st February 1910.
125. Men of the Royal Marines Light Infantry Field Training Company, February 1911.
126. Royal Marine gun layers pose with a pair of machine guns, June 1911.
127. ‘Skins’, the ship’s cat of HMS Illustrious (1896), strikes its own pose by its personalised 3-pndr QF gun.
128. Royal Marine Light Infantry process during the funeral of Major Hobbs, 1911.
129. Royal Marine pallbearers carrying Major Hobbs’ coffin, 1911.
130. Royal Marine Light Infantry process during the funeral of Major Hobbs, 1911.
131. The Majestic class battleship HMS Jupiter (1895) in June 1908. In the background are two other Majestic class battleships.
132. The battleship HMS King Edward VII (1903) in October 1905.
133. The protected cruiser HMS Edgar (1890). A date range of November 1908 to January 1911 is given in the caption, but the significance of these dates is not known.
134. The Diadem class protected cruiser HMS Europa (1897). A date range of 27th January 1914 to 13th March 1914 is given in the caption, but the significance of these dates is not known.
135. The Duke of Edinburgh class armoured cruiser HMS Black Prince (1904). A date range of 11th December 1906 to 28th March 1908 is given in the caption, but the significance of these dates is not known.
136. The Eclipse class cruiser HMS Venus (1895). A date range of 13th July 1914 to 5th August 1918 is given in the caption, but the significance of these dates is not known.
137. A mixed band comprising sailors and marines.
138. A print of a painting commemorating the Allied assault on the Taku Forts in China, June 1900.
139. HMS Hampshire (1903)’s Royal Marine racing whaler crew poses for a photograph. The caption indicates they are the China Station champions for 1913.
140. Stokers blackened from coal dust from coaling ship.
141. The gunnery staff of HMS Venus (1895).
142. View aft from the forecastle of HMS Venus (1895), showing the collapsed bridge structure. The cause of this accident is not stated. See also print #145.
143. The gravesite of Private E. L. Hardy, Royal Marines Light Infantry. He is listed as having died in Muscat [Oman], whiles serving aboard HMS Odin (1901), a Cadmus class sloop.
144. The tricolour flying from HMS Venus (1895)’s mast.
145. Another view of HMS Venus (1895)’s collapsed bridge, but this time seen from astern on the port side. See also print #142.
146. A Royal Marine gunner standing by the breech of a 6-inch QF gun Mark VII.
147. As per print #146, but he has now been joined by two other Marine gunners.
148. Royal Marines enjoying a pint at the beer canteen, Forton Barracks, Gosport.
149. Unknown location, possibly India?
150. A group of four including a sailor and a Royal Marine stand near a gun and a bell “taken from a German yacht”. Decorative flowers in the nearby bed spell ‘Venus’, perhaps in reference to the cruiser?
151. A figure poses near a cannon mounted on an old naval truck carriage.
152. A group shot of the officers and men of HMS Venus (1895) on the forecastle.
153. Ward D3 in the Royal Naval Hospital Haslar, in Gosport.
154. A predominantly Royal Marine landing party assembles aboard an unnamed vessel.
155. HMS Hampshire (1903)’s picket boat lying askew and damaged off the starboard side following the breaking of the ship’s derrick, 6th October 1913. A copy of print #57.
156. Location unknown.
157. Location unknown.
158. A group of six lookouts in wet weather gear aboard HMS Venus (1895).
159. A group of Royal Marines in khaki uniforms.
160. A ship’s boat ‘mocked up’ as a German submarine. The caption simply reads ‘Decoy’, so the purpose of the exercise is not clear.
161. Mount Krakatoa, with an attached caption detailing the famous eruption of August 1883.
162. Testing a shipboard 3-pndr anti aircraft gun, probably at the stern of HMS Venus (1895).
163. Taking aboard stores of food, probably on the forecastle of HMS Venus (1895).
164. Singapore, with Johore in the background?
165. Trent (1900) at Aden. This ship was operated by the Royal Mail Steam Packet Company.
166. “German Capture in Atlantick [Atlantic]”. A captured German merchant vessel?
167. Spithead, July 1914. The ship in the foreground is the scout cruiser HMS Blanche (1909). In the background are two old battleships and a dreadnought of the Bellerophon or St. Vincent class.
168. “Spithead Small Crafts for Defence”. Most of the ships in the picture are too faint to be made out. However, the vessel in the foreground is the submarine C33 (1910). The vessel immediately behind her could be the depot ship HMS Hazard (1894).
169. Ships of the Second and Third Fleets sailing for Scapa Flow, 4th August 1914.
170. HMS Lapwing (1911) at Portsmouth.
171. Location unknown, possibly India or Asian mainland?
172. Porpoises in the Red Sea.
173. Sailors and Royal Marines relaxing on the shelter deck of HMS Venus (1895).
174. Hands coaling ship.
175. Hands coaling ship.
176. Caption reads “Woodfield”. The print shows a man kitted-out in hard hat diving gear.
177. Caption reads “Goodridge”. The print shows a man wearing the uniform of a Captain in the Royal Navy.
178. A midshipman shooting the sun with his sextant.
179. “Wedge in the Red Sea befor[e] being Bombared”. The specific area to which the image or the caption relates is not clear.
180. The caption claims this to be Hong Kong, but this may not be accurate.
181. Location unknown, possibly Asia?
182. Hands coaling ship.
183. Hands coaling ship.
184. Hands coaling ship in Belfast Dockyard.
185. A view of the forecastle and forward 6-inch gun of HMS Venus (1895), seen from the forward superstructure. Writing on the image reads “Wishing You a Merry Xmas from H.M.S. Venus”.
186. Group photograph of the rugby team of C Company, Royal Marines Light Infantry, winners of the Company Cup, 1918-19.
187. Group photograph of the rugby team of E Company, Royal Marines Light Infantry, finalists for the Company Cup, 1918-19.
188. Group photograph of a coaling party, one of whom cradles a camera.
189. Group photograph of the officers of HMS Venus (1895).
190. The premises of the Mercantile Bank of India, Raffles Place, Singapore.
191. The premises of Yong Sing Gold & Silver Smith, Pudu Street, Singapore.
192. “Captain and the Big[g]est catch with a Rod and Line”. The cap band of the sailor to the right of the large fish identifies him as a crewman from the Astraea class cruiser HMS Hermione (1893).
193. A Royal Marine captain in dress whites. The caption reads “Capt Drok[Derek?] Buchanan Killed in North Russia Dec. 1919”.
194. Two sailors washing their clothes aboard ship.
195. “Snop for a Snap”. A visiting sailor is about to have his photograph taken aboard HMS Venus (1895).
196. The waterfront premises of Khie Heng Bee Rice and Oil Mills, Singapore.
197. A stack of tin ingots stamped with the company mark of Guthrie & Co. Ltd. from Penang.
198. The drying floors of Khie Heng Bee Rice and Oil Mills, Singapore.
199. The drying floors of Khie Heng Bee Rice and Oil Mills, Singapore.
200. Part of the premises of Khie Heng Bee Rice and Oil Mills, Singapore.
201. “LEACH at Eastleigh”. The meaning of the caption is not clear, but the locomotive to the left is in the colours of the London and South Western Railway. Presumably this is Eastleigh depot.
202. The interior of business premises with both Chinese and European employees. There is no accompanying information.
203. Nankin under fire with Lion Hill and Tiger Hill visible in the background. There are four ships anchored in the foreground. From left to right, the first two are not easily identified, although the leftmost may be a British cruiser. The next vessel is HMS Hampshire (1903), and alongside her is either SMS Gneisenau (1906) or SMS Scharnhorst (1906), most likely the former as she is marked with a ‘G’. This image may be a photographic reproduction of a painting or sketch. Print #1 is a copy of this image.
204. The interior of Tim Khyes bell mills, probably in Singapore?
205. The interior of Tim Khyes bell mills, probably in Singapore?