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  • A detail of a Welsh Guard's red tunic uniform including a medal for service in Northern Ireland. Polished button and a faultlessly clean surface proves the high standards expected by this famous British army regiment. The Welsh Guards (Gwarchodlu Cymreig) part of the Guards Division, is one of the Foot Guards regiments of the British Army. The Welsh Guards came into existence on 26 February 1915 by Royal Warrant of His Majesty King George V in order to include Wales in the national component to the Foot Guards.
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  • British Police Liaison Officers in uniform at a small public event on 8th August, 2021 in Leeds, United Kingdom. Police Liaison Officers are commonly seen at protests and pre planned events where they are tasked with providing an effective policing response and, sometimes, mutual aid.
    000_police_liaison_officers_120821.jpg
  • In the foreground we see the strong forearm of a British army soldier whose blood group O-Negative has been tattooed in large letters beneath an image of a Japanese Geisha girl. He also wears a watch with aq green strap matching his working army fatigues uniform. Behind him are two part-time territorial army conscripts who are sitting on their  army-issued rucksack Bergens awaiting further orders to serve on active duty from Sandhurst military academy to the Balkans during Operation Resolute, the  National Support Element to support NATO action. The dominating figure in the foreground stands upright though we don't see his face. His two conscripts sit on the ground looking dejected or perhaps worried about their forthcoming duties. They are still in civillian clothing, jeans and t-shirts but will soon change into uniform.
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  • A soldier of the Presidential Bodyguard regiment (the PBG) cleaning, buffing and preparing his ceremonial uniform in his barracks, New Delhi. The  Presidential Bodyguard or PBG is the Indian Army's preeminent regiment founded in 1773 during the British occupation, this handpicked unit began with a mere 50 men and today stands at 160 soldiers plus 50 support staff. It has a dual role, both as a ceremonial guard for the President of India, with all its finery at important state functions, as well as an elite operational unit for the Indian Army which has seen action in many battle fronts, in particular the on going disputed region of Kashmir.
    20071223_india_0387_1.jpg
  • A soldier of the Presidential Bodyguard regiment (the PBG) cleaning, buffing and preparing his ceremonial uniform in his barracks, New Delhi. The  Presidential Bodyguard or PBG is the Indian Army's preeminent regiment founded in 1773 during the British occupation, this handpicked unit began with a mere 50 men and today stands at 160 soldiers plus 50 support staff. It has a dual role, both as a ceremonial guard for the President of India, with all its finery at important state functions, as well as an elite operational unit for the Indian Army which has seen action in many battle fronts, in particular the on going disputed region of Kashmir
    20071223_india_0427_1.jpg
  • Workers dismantle and folds signage of a full sized Grenadier Guard figure in full red uniform and bear skin hat from a London souvenir shop on Oxford Street on 21st January 2022 in London, United Kingdom. The action of the signs being removed is a metaphor for the end of the road or the closing down of London as a city as the signs are packed away.
    20220121_souvenir sign removal_009.jpg
  • Workers dismantle and folds signage of a full sized Grenadier Guard figure in full red uniform and bear skin hat from a London souvenir shop on Oxford Street on 21st January 2022 in London, United Kingdom. The action of the signs being removed is a metaphor for the end of the road or the closing down of London as a city as the signs are packed away.
    20220121_souvenir sign removal_008.jpg
  • Workers dismantle signage of a full sized Grenadier Guard figure in full red uniform and bear skin hat from a London souvenir shop on Oxford Street on 21st January 2022 in London, United Kingdom. The action of the signs being removed is a metaphor for the end of the road or the closing down of London as a city as the signs are packed away.
    20220121_souvenir sign removal_007.jpg
  • Workers dismantle signage of a full sized Grenadier Guard figure in full red uniform and bear skin hat from a London souvenir shop on Oxford Street on 21st January 2022 in London, United Kingdom. The action of the signs being removed is a metaphor for the end of the road or the closing down of London as a city as the signs are packed away.
    20220121_souvenir sign removal_005.jpg
  • Workers dismantle signage of a full sized Grenadier Guard figure in full red uniform and bear skin hat from a London souvenir shop on Oxford Street on 21st January 2022 in London, United Kingdom. The action of the signs being removed is a metaphor for the end of the road or the closing down of London as a city as the signs are packed away.
    20220121_souvenir sign removal_003.jpg
  • Details of a workers uniform in the Indian Coffee House, Baba Kharak Singh Marg, New Delhi.<br />
The Coffee House dates back almost fifty years, first in central Connaught Place, then Janpath and now at the top of a rather shabby shopping centre. Still run by the Indian Coffee Workers Cooperative Society, it was a regular haunt for politicos in Delhi and It's clientelle is still well read and intellectual.
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  • A formal military dress uniform and a civilian jacket on display in a london's taylor's premises in Sackville Street, London. Jones Chalk & Dawson have well over a century of fine tailoring tradition. The company commenced trading in 1896 when William Jones broke away from Hawkes of Savile Row (later Gieves and Hawkes), where he was head military cutter. Joseph H Dawson and Arthur Chalk also worked at Hawkes. In 1902 the young company were soon a Royal appointment from HRH the Prince of Wales, later King George V. In 1940 they were appointed by King George VI and today, Jones Chalk & Dawson continue to hold a warrant to the Belgian Royal Family.
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  • Presidential Bodyguard regiment (the PBG) soldiers get dressed into their ceremonial uniform as they prepare for the Changing of the Guard ceremony in front of the Presidential Palace, New Delhi, India. The PBG is the Indian Army's preeminent regiment founded in 1773 during the British occupation, this handpicked unit began with a mere 50 men and today stands at 160 soldiers plus 50 support staff. It has a dual role, both as a ceremonial guard for the President of India, with all its finery at important state functions, as well as an elite operational unit for the Indian Army which has seen action in many battle fronts, in particular the on going disputed region of Kashmir.
    20071222_india_0066_1.jpg
  • Workers dismantle signage of a full sized Grenadier Guard figure in full red uniform and bear skin hat from a London souvenir shop on Oxford Street on 21st January 2022 in London, United Kingdom. The action of the signs being removed is a metaphor for the end of the road or the closing down of London as a city as the signs are packed away.
    20220121_souvenir sign removal_006.jpg
  • Workers dismantle signage of a full sized Grenadier Guard figure in full red uniform and bear skin hat from a London souvenir shop on Oxford Street on 21st January 2022 in London, United Kingdom. The action of the signs being removed is a metaphor for the end of the road or the closing down of London as a city as the signs are packed away.
    20220121_souvenir sign removal_004.jpg
  • Workers dismantle signage of a full sized Grenadier Guard figure in full red uniform and bear skin hat from a London souvenir shop on Oxford Street on 21st January 2022 in London, United Kingdom. The action of the signs being removed is a metaphor for the end of the road or the closing down of London as a city as the signs are packed away.
    20220121_souvenir sign removal_002.jpg
  • Details of the uniform of a turbaned guard at the City Palace, Jaipur, India<br />
The City Palace is a complex of palaces in central Jaipur built between 1729 and 1731 by Jai Singh II, the ruler of Amber
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  • An officer attends to tying the shoelace of the Sultan of Brunei during a state visit to the UK in November 1992 at RAF Cranwell, England. Wearing the uniform of an RAF Air Chief Marshal, Hassanal Bolkiah, GCB GCMG full name: Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah Muizzaddin Waddaulah ibni Al-Marhum Sultan Haji Omar Ali Saifuddien Saadul Khairi Waddien; b1946 is the 29th and current Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan of Brunei. The eldest son of Sir Muda Omar Ali Saifuddien III and Raja Isteri Pengiran Anak Queen Damit, he succeeded to the throne as the Sultan of Brunei, following the abdication of his father on 4 October 1967. The Sultan has been ranked among the wealthiest individuals in the world; Forbes estimated the Sultans total peak net worth at US$20 billion in 2008.
    sultan_brunei-01-06-1992.jpg
  • MET Police officers taking part in Public Order training dressed in full riot uniform with helmets and shields at the Metropolitan Police training centre on the 11th of May 2022 in Gravesend, United Kingdom. MET police officer groups know as a Police Support Units take part in annual training to become a level 2 trained officer. The MET police have over 4500 level 2 trained officers ready to be deployed for any public order situations. They receive training in several different scenarios including the use of petrol bombs and brick hurling crowds.
    UK-MET-Police-Training-Centre-9725.jpg
  • MET Police officers taking part in Public Order training dressed in full riot uniform with helmets and shields at the Metropolitan Police training centre on the 11th of May 2022 in Gravesend, United Kingdom. MET police officer groups know as a Police Support Units take part in annual training to become a level 2 trained officer. The MET police have over 4500 level 2 trained officers ready to be deployed for any public order situations. They receive training in several different scenarios including the use of petrol bombs and brick hurling crowds.
    UK-MET-Police-Training-Centre-9698.jpg
  • MET Police officers taking part in Public Order training dressed in full riot uniform with helmets and shields at the Metropolitan Police training centre on the 11th of May 2022 in Gravesend, United Kingdom. MET police officer groups know as a Police Support Units take part in annual training to become a level 2 trained officer. The MET police have over 4500 level 2 trained officers ready to be deployed for any public order situations. They receive training in several different scenarios including the use of petrol bombs and brick hurling crowds.
    UK-MET-Police-Training-Centre-9651.jpg
  • MET Police officers taking part in Public Order training dressed in full riot uniform with helmets and shields at the Metropolitan Police training centre on the 11th of May 2022 in Gravesend, United Kingdom. MET police officer groups know as a Police Support Units take part in annual training to become a level 2 trained officer. The MET police have over 4500 level 2 trained officers ready to be deployed for any public order situations. They receive training in several different scenarios including the use of petrol bombs and brick hurling crowds.
    UK-MET-Police-Training-Centre-9465.jpg
  • MET Police officers taking part in Public Order training dressed in full riot uniform with helmets and shields at the Metropolitan Police training centre on the 11th of May 2022 in Gravesend, United Kingdom. MET police officer groups know as a Police Support Units take part in annual training to become a level 2 trained officer. The MET police have over 4500 level 2 trained officers ready to be deployed for any public order situations. They receive training in several different scenarios including the use of petrol bombs and brick hurling crowds.
    UK-MET-Police-Training-Centre-9518.jpg
  • MET Police officers taking part in Public Order training dressed in full riot uniform with helmets and shields at the Metropolitan Police training centre on the 11th of May 2022 in Gravesend, United Kingdom. MET police officer groups know as a Police Support Units take part in annual training to become a level 2 trained officer. The MET police have over 4500 level 2 trained officers ready to be deployed for any public order situations. They receive training in several different scenarios including the use of petrol bombs and brick hurling crowds.
    UK-MET-Police-Training-Centre-6089.jpg
  • MET Police officers taking part in Public Order training dressed in full riot uniform with helmets and shields at the Metropolitan Police training centre on the 11th of May 2022 in Gravesend, United Kingdom. MET police officer groups know as a Police Support Units take part in annual training to become a level 2 trained officer. The MET police have over 4500 level 2 trained officers ready to be deployed for any public order situations. They receive training in several different scenarios including the use of petrol bombs and brick hurling crowds.
    UK-MET-Police-Training-Centre-6093.jpg
  • MET Police officers taking part in Public Order training dressed in full riot uniform with helmets and shields at the Metropolitan Police training centre on the 11th of May 2022 in Gravesend, United Kingdom. MET police officer groups know as a Police Support Units take part in annual training to become a level 2 trained officer. The MET police have over 4500 level 2 trained officers ready to be deployed for any public order situations. They receive training in several different scenarios including the use of petrol bombs and brick hurling crowds.
    UK-MET-Police-Training-Centre-6571.jpg
  • MET Police officers taking part in Public Order training dressed in full riot uniform with helmets and shields at the Metropolitan Police training centre on the 11th of May 2022 in Gravesend, United Kingdom. MET police officer groups know as a Police Support Units take part in annual training to become a level 2 trained officer. The MET police have over 4500 level 2 trained officers ready to be deployed for any public order situations. They receive training in several different scenarios including the use of petrol bombs and brick hurling crowds.
    UK-MET-Police-Training-Centre-6001.jpg
  • MET Police officers taking part in Public Order training dressed in full riot uniform with helmets and shields at the Metropolitan Police training centre on the 11th of May 2022 in Gravesend, United Kingdom. MET police officer groups know as a Police Support Units take part in annual training to become a level 2 trained officer. The MET police have over 4500 level 2 trained officers ready to be deployed for any public order situations. They receive training in several different scenarios including the use of petrol bombs and brick hurling crowds.
    UK-MET-Police-Training-Centre-5991.jpg
  • The famous red uniform on a mannequin. Virgin Atlantic air stewardess and steward training at The Base training facility in Crawley. Potential hostesses are put through a gruelling 6 week training program, during which they are tested to their limits. With exams every day requiring an 88% score to pass. The Base is a modern environment for a state of the art airline training situated next to Virgin Atlantic’s HQ.
    20111027virgin atlantic training gir...jpg
  • The famous red uniform and shoes. Virgin Atlantic air stewardess and steward training at The Base training facility in Crawley. Potential hostesses are put through a gruelling 6 week training program, during which they are tested to their limits. With exams every day requiring an 88% score to pass. The Base is a modern environment for a state of the art airline training situated next to Virgin Atlantic’s HQ.
    20111027virgin atlantic training gir...jpg
  • Changing the Guard (often incorrectly referred to as the Changing of the Guard), refers to a formal ceremony in which sentries providing ceremonial guard duties at important institutions are relieved by a new batch of sentries. The ceremonies are often elaborate and precisely choreographed. In the state capital, Athens, members of the elite Evzones light infantry unit, provide a 24-hour honor guard, with an hourly guard change, at the Presidential Mansion and at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, off Syntagma Square at the foot of the Hellenic Parliament. The Changing the Guard at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in particular has become a tourist attraction, with many people marvelling at the guards, who stand motionless for two 20-minute intervals, during their 1 hour shifts. Greek soldiers called "Evzons" or 'Tsoliades' in their traditional pleated skirt uniform and shoes with toes tipped by a red or black ball called a 'foonda' are who guard the tomb. Athens is the capital and largest city of Greece. It dominates the Attica periphery and is one of the world's oldest cities, as its recorded history spans around 3,400 years. Classical Athens was a powerful city-state. A centre for the arts, learning and philosophy.
    20110920changing the guard athensJ.jpg
  • Changing the Guard (often incorrectly referred to as the Changing of the Guard), refers to a formal ceremony in which sentries providing ceremonial guard duties at important institutions are relieved by a new batch of sentries. The ceremonies are often elaborate and precisely choreographed. In the state capital, Athens, members of the elite Evzones light infantry unit, provide a 24-hour honor guard, with an hourly guard change, at the Presidential Mansion and at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, off Syntagma Square at the foot of the Hellenic Parliament. The Changing the Guard at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in particular has become a tourist attraction, with many people marvelling at the guards, who stand motionless for two 20-minute intervals, during their 1 hour shifts. Greek soldiers called "Evzons" or 'Tsoliades' in their traditional pleated skirt uniform and shoes with toes tipped by a red or black ball called a 'foonda' are who guard the tomb. Athens is the capital and largest city of Greece. It dominates the Attica periphery and is one of the world's oldest cities, as its recorded history spans around 3,400 years. Classical Athens was a powerful city-state. A centre for the arts, learning and philosophy.
    20110920changing the guard athensL.jpg
  • Changing the Guard (often incorrectly referred to as the Changing of the Guard), refers to a formal ceremony in which sentries providing ceremonial guard duties at important institutions are relieved by a new batch of sentries. The ceremonies are often elaborate and precisely choreographed. In the state capital, Athens, members of the elite Evzones light infantry unit, provide a 24-hour honor guard, with an hourly guard change, at the Presidential Mansion and at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, off Syntagma Square at the foot of the Hellenic Parliament. The Changing the Guard at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in particular has become a tourist attraction, with many people marvelling at the guards, who stand motionless for two 20-minute intervals, during their 1 hour shifts. Greek soldiers called "Evzons" or 'Tsoliades' in their traditional pleated skirt uniform and shoes with toes tipped by a red or black ball called a 'foonda' are who guard the tomb. Athens is the capital and largest city of Greece. It dominates the Attica periphery and is one of the world's oldest cities, as its recorded history spans around 3,400 years. Classical Athens was a powerful city-state. A centre for the arts, learning and philosophy.
    20110920changing the guard athensK.jpg
  • Changing the Guard (often incorrectly referred to as the Changing of the Guard), refers to a formal ceremony in which sentries providing ceremonial guard duties at important institutions are relieved by a new batch of sentries. The ceremonies are often elaborate and precisely choreographed. In the state capital, Athens, members of the elite Evzones light infantry unit, provide a 24-hour honor guard, with an hourly guard change, at the Presidential Mansion and at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, off Syntagma Square at the foot of the Hellenic Parliament. The Changing the Guard at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in particular has become a tourist attraction, with many people marvelling at the guards, who stand motionless for two 20-minute intervals, during their 1 hour shifts. Greek soldiers called "Evzons" or 'Tsoliades' in their traditional pleated skirt uniform and shoes with toes tipped by a red or black ball called a 'foonda' are who guard the tomb. Athens is the capital and largest city of Greece. It dominates the Attica periphery and is one of the world's oldest cities, as its recorded history spans around 3,400 years. Classical Athens was a powerful city-state. A centre for the arts, learning and philosophy.
    20110920changing the guard athensH.jpg
  • Changing the Guard (often incorrectly referred to as the Changing of the Guard), refers to a formal ceremony in which sentries providing ceremonial guard duties at important institutions are relieved by a new batch of sentries. The ceremonies are often elaborate and precisely choreographed. In the state capital, Athens, members of the elite Evzones light infantry unit, provide a 24-hour honor guard, with an hourly guard change, at the Presidential Mansion and at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, off Syntagma Square at the foot of the Hellenic Parliament. The Changing the Guard at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in particular has become a tourist attraction, with many people marvelling at the guards, who stand motionless for two 20-minute intervals, during their 1 hour shifts. Greek soldiers called "Evzons" or 'Tsoliades' in their traditional pleated skirt uniform and shoes with toes tipped by a red or black ball called a 'foonda' are who guard the tomb. Athens is the capital and largest city of Greece. It dominates the Attica periphery and is one of the world's oldest cities, as its recorded history spans around 3,400 years. Classical Athens was a powerful city-state. A centre for the arts, learning and philosophy.
    20110920changing the guard athensG.jpg
  • Changing the Guard (often incorrectly referred to as the Changing of the Guard), refers to a formal ceremony in which sentries providing ceremonial guard duties at important institutions are relieved by a new batch of sentries. The ceremonies are often elaborate and precisely choreographed. In the state capital, Athens, members of the elite Evzones light infantry unit, provide a 24-hour honor guard, with an hourly guard change, at the Presidential Mansion and at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, off Syntagma Square at the foot of the Hellenic Parliament. The Changing the Guard at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in particular has become a tourist attraction, with many people marvelling at the guards, who stand motionless for two 20-minute intervals, during their 1 hour shifts. Greek soldiers called "Evzons" or 'Tsoliades' in their traditional pleated skirt uniform and shoes with toes tipped by a red or black ball called a 'foonda' are who guard the tomb. Athens is the capital and largest city of Greece. It dominates the Attica periphery and is one of the world's oldest cities, as its recorded history spans around 3,400 years. Classical Athens was a powerful city-state. A centre for the arts, learning and philosophy.
    20110920changing the guard athensE.jpg
  • Changing the Guard (often incorrectly referred to as the Changing of the Guard), refers to a formal ceremony in which sentries providing ceremonial guard duties at important institutions are relieved by a new batch of sentries. The ceremonies are often elaborate and precisely choreographed. In the state capital, Athens, members of the elite Evzones light infantry unit, provide a 24-hour honor guard, with an hourly guard change, at the Presidential Mansion and at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, off Syntagma Square at the foot of the Hellenic Parliament. The Changing the Guard at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in particular has become a tourist attraction, with many people marvelling at the guards, who stand motionless for two 20-minute intervals, during their 1 hour shifts. Greek soldiers called "Evzons" or 'Tsoliades' in their traditional pleated skirt uniform and shoes with toes tipped by a red or black ball called a 'foonda' are who guard the tomb. Athens is the capital and largest city of Greece. It dominates the Attica periphery and is one of the world's oldest cities, as its recorded history spans around 3,400 years. Classical Athens was a powerful city-state. A centre for the arts, learning and philosophy.
    20110920changing the guard athensD.jpg
  • Changing the Guard (often incorrectly referred to as the Changing of the Guard), refers to a formal ceremony in which sentries providing ceremonial guard duties at important institutions are relieved by a new batch of sentries. The ceremonies are often elaborate and precisely choreographed. In the state capital, Athens, members of the elite Evzones light infantry unit, provide a 24-hour honor guard, with an hourly guard change, at the Presidential Mansion and at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, off Syntagma Square at the foot of the Hellenic Parliament. The Changing the Guard at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in particular has become a tourist attraction, with many people marvelling at the guards, who stand motionless for two 20-minute intervals, during their 1 hour shifts. Greek soldiers called "Evzons" or 'Tsoliades' in their traditional pleated skirt uniform and shoes with toes tipped by a red or black ball called a 'foonda' are who guard the tomb. Athens is the capital and largest city of Greece. It dominates the Attica periphery and is one of the world's oldest cities, as its recorded history spans around 3,400 years. Classical Athens was a powerful city-state. A centre for the arts, learning and philosophy.
    20110920changing the guard athensC.jpg
  • Changing the Guard (often incorrectly referred to as the Changing of the Guard), refers to a formal ceremony in which sentries providing ceremonial guard duties at important institutions are relieved by a new batch of sentries. The ceremonies are often elaborate and precisely choreographed. In the state capital, Athens, members of the elite Evzones light infantry unit, provide a 24-hour honor guard, with an hourly guard change, at the Presidential Mansion and at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, off Syntagma Square at the foot of the Hellenic Parliament. The Changing the Guard at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in particular has become a tourist attraction, with many people marvelling at the guards, who stand motionless for two 20-minute intervals, during their 1 hour shifts. Greek soldiers called "Evzons" or 'Tsoliades' in their traditional pleated skirt uniform and shoes with toes tipped by a red or black ball called a 'foonda' are who guard the tomb. Athens is the capital and largest city of Greece. It dominates the Attica periphery and is one of the world's oldest cities, as its recorded history spans around 3,400 years. Classical Athens was a powerful city-state. A centre for the arts, learning and philosophy.
    20110920changing the guard athensB.jpg
  • A guard wears the Ruritanian-style uniform outside Prague Castle, at Hradcany-Prazsky Hrad Prague Castle, on 18th March, 2018, in Prague, the Czech Republic. Ater the Velvet Revolution in 1990 when the communist regime ended, Václav Havel, the first President of the Czech Republic wanted his guards’s uniforms to be different from the khaki ones the communists wore and the basic ones found in neighboring countries. Havel chose Theodor Pistek, the Czech born artist and costume designer who won an Academy Award for Best Costume Design for the 1984 film Amadeus.
    prague-137-19-03-2018.jpg
  • A female guard wears the Ruritanian-style uniform outside Prague Castle, at Hradcany-Prazsky Hrad Prague Castle, on 18th March, 2018, in Prague, the Czech Republic. Ater the Velvet Revolution in 1990 when the communist regime ended, Václav Havel, the first President of the Czech Republic wanted his guards’s uniforms to be different from the khaki ones the communists wore and the basic ones found in neighboring countries. Havel chose Theodor Pistek, the Czech born artist and costume designer who won an Academy Award for Best Costume Design for the 1984 film Amadeus.
    prague-57-18-03-2018.jpg
  • A guard wears the Ruritanian-style uniform outside Prague Castle, at Hradcany-Prazsky Hrad Prague Castle, on 18th March, 2018, in Prague, the Czech Republic. Ater the Velvet Revolution in 1990 when the communist regime ended, Václav Havel, the first President of the Czech Republic wanted his guards’s uniforms to be different from the khaki ones the communists wore and the basic ones found in neighboring countries. Havel chose Theodor Pistek, the Czech born artist and costume designer who won an Academy Award for Best Costume Design for the 1984 film Amadeus.
    prague-53-18-03-2018.jpg
  • Dabbawallahs (tiffinwallah) travel across Mumbai's using its extensive rail network as well as using their own bicycles delivering freshly prepared home cooked food to office workers throughout the city. This 125 year tradition, unique to the city employs 5000 tiffinwallahs delivering an average of 200.000 meals a day which are kept in the tin dabbas which are delivered by using both bicycle and the city's rail network. The dabbawallahs are distinctive by their impeccable white uniform which includes a Gandhi style cap and a service second to none which is the toast and the praise of enterprises such as Forbes magazine and other blue chip companies in terms of service, punctuality and delivery, Mumbai (Bombay), India
    20071121_india_0481_1.jpg
  • Dabbawallahs (tiffinwallah) travel across Mumbai's using its extensive rail network as well as using their own bicycles delivering freshly prepared home cooked food to office workers throughout the city. This 125 year tradition, unique to the city employs 5000 tiffinwallahs delivering an average of 200.000 meals a day which are kept in the tin dabbas which are delivered by using both bicycle and the city's rail network. The dabbawallahs are distinctive by their impeccable white uniform which includes a Gandhi style cap and a service second to none which is the toast and the praise of enterprises such as Forbes magazine and other blue chip companies in terms of service, punctuality and delivery, Mumbai (Bombay), India
    20071121_india_0394_1.jpg
  • Dabbawallahs (tiffinwallah) travel across Mumbai's using its extensive rail network as well as using their own bicycles delivering freshly prepared home cooked food to office workers throughout the city. This 125 year tradition, unique to the city employs 5000 tiffinwallahs delivering an average of 200.000 meals a day which are kept in the tin dabbas which are delivered by using both bicycle and the city's rail network. The dabbawallahs are distinctive by their impeccable white uniform which includes a Gandhi style cap and a service second to none which is the toast and the praise of enterprises such as Forbes magazine and other blue chip companies in terms of service, punctuality and delivery, Mumbai (Bombay), India
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  • School children eat their morning porridge before lessons commence.<br />
It is school policy that all the children wear their uniform; not only does it make the children immediately identifiable, and everyone in community knows where a child comes from and belongs, but it also safeguards against child trafficking. The Uniforms are made affordable, as they are sourced locally.  They can also be subsidised, in exchange for parental involvement, for children from poorer homes. It is a good a way of getting the support of the community and for all children to be equal at school.
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  • MET Police officers taking part in Public Order training dressed in full riot uniform with helmets and shields at the Metropolitan Police training centre on the 11th of May 2022 in Gravesend, United Kingdom. MET police officer groups know as a Police Support Units take part in annual training to become a level 2 trained officer. The MET police have over 4500 level 2 trained officers ready to be deployed for any public order situations. They receive training in several different scenarios including the use of petrol bombs and brick hurling crowds.
    UK-MET-Police-Training-Centre-6673.jpg
  • The famous red uniform and shoes. Virgin Atlantic air stewardess and steward training at The Base training facility in Crawley. Potential hostesses are put through a gruelling 6 week training program, during which they are tested to their limits. With exams every day requiring an 88% score to pass. The Base is a modern environment for a state of the art airline training situated next to Virgin Atlantic’s HQ.
    20111027virgin atlantic training gir...jpg
  • Changing the Guard (often incorrectly referred to as the Changing of the Guard), refers to a formal ceremony in which sentries providing ceremonial guard duties at important institutions are relieved by a new batch of sentries. The ceremonies are often elaborate and precisely choreographed. In the state capital, Athens, members of the elite Evzones light infantry unit, provide a 24-hour honor guard, with an hourly guard change, at the Presidential Mansion and at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, off Syntagma Square at the foot of the Hellenic Parliament. The Changing the Guard at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in particular has become a tourist attraction, with many people marvelling at the guards, who stand motionless for two 20-minute intervals, during their 1 hour shifts. Greek soldiers called "Evzons" or 'Tsoliades' in their traditional pleated skirt uniform and shoes with toes tipped by a red or black ball called a 'foonda' are who guard the tomb. Athens is the capital and largest city of Greece. It dominates the Attica periphery and is one of the world's oldest cities, as its recorded history spans around 3,400 years. Classical Athens was a powerful city-state. A centre for the arts, learning and philosophy.
    20110920changing the guard athensI.jpg
  • Changing the Guard (often incorrectly referred to as the Changing of the Guard), refers to a formal ceremony in which sentries providing ceremonial guard duties at important institutions are relieved by a new batch of sentries. The ceremonies are often elaborate and precisely choreographed. In the state capital, Athens, members of the elite Evzones light infantry unit, provide a 24-hour honor guard, with an hourly guard change, at the Presidential Mansion and at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, off Syntagma Square at the foot of the Hellenic Parliament. The Changing the Guard at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in particular has become a tourist attraction, with many people marvelling at the guards, who stand motionless for two 20-minute intervals, during their 1 hour shifts. Greek soldiers called "Evzons" or 'Tsoliades' in their traditional pleated skirt uniform and shoes with toes tipped by a red or black ball called a 'foonda' are who guard the tomb. Athens is the capital and largest city of Greece. It dominates the Attica periphery and is one of the world's oldest cities, as its recorded history spans around 3,400 years. Classical Athens was a powerful city-state. A centre for the arts, learning and philosophy.
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  • Changing the Guard (often incorrectly referred to as the Changing of the Guard), refers to a formal ceremony in which sentries providing ceremonial guard duties at important institutions are relieved by a new batch of sentries. The ceremonies are often elaborate and precisely choreographed. In the state capital, Athens, members of the elite Evzones light infantry unit, provide a 24-hour honor guard, with an hourly guard change, at the Presidential Mansion and at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, off Syntagma Square at the foot of the Hellenic Parliament. The Changing the Guard at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in particular has become a tourist attraction, with many people marvelling at the guards, who stand motionless for two 20-minute intervals, during their 1 hour shifts. Greek soldiers called "Evzons" or 'Tsoliades' in their traditional pleated skirt uniform and shoes with toes tipped by a red or black ball called a 'foonda' are who guard the tomb. Athens is the capital and largest city of Greece. It dominates the Attica periphery and is one of the world's oldest cities, as its recorded history spans around 3,400 years. Classical Athens was a powerful city-state. A centre for the arts, learning and philosophy.
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  • Chris Somers, left, Andrew Allen, second from left and colleagues take  a smoke break . This scene must be a familiar sight in car parks on industrial estate around the UK especially since smoking was banned inside public spaces. The dress code is similar for all the workers it seems to the point where it could be considered  as a self imposed uniform. From the series Desk Job, a project which explores globalisation through office life around the World.
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  • Dabbawallahs (tiffinwallah) travel across Mumbai's using its extensive rail network as well as using their own bicycles delivering freshly prepared home cooked food to office workers throughout the city. This 125 year tradition, unique to the city employs 5000 tiffinwallahs delivering an average of 200.000 meals a day which are kept in the tin dabbas which are delivered by using both bicycle and the city's rail network. The dabbawallahs are distinctive by their impeccable white uniform which includes a Gandhi style cap and a service second to none which is the toast and the praise of enterprises such as Forbes magazine and other blue chip companies in terms of service, punctuality and delivery, Mumbai (Bombay), India
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  • Dabbawallahs (tiffinwallah) travel across Mumbai's using its extensive rail network as well as using their own bicycles delivering freshly prepared home cooked food to office workers throughout the city. This 125 year tradition, unique to the city employs 5000 tiffinwallahs delivering an average of 200.000 meals a day which are kept in the tin dabbas which are delivered by using both bicycle and the city's rail network. The dabbawallahs are distinctive by their impeccable white uniform which includes a Gandhi style cap and a service second to none which is the toast and the praise of enterprises such as Forbes magazine and other blue chip companies in terms of service, punctuality and delivery, Mumbai (Bombay), India
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  • Full size cut out of a Grenadier Guardsman in full military uniform outside a closed down souvenir shop on 21st January 2020 in London, England, United Kingdom. This is an iconic symbol of Britishness for the tourism industry and for Britians identity. With much economic uncertainty in the UK following Brexit and with more competition from online retailers, the high street is facing difficult times.
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  • Full size cut out of a Grenadier Guardsman in full military uniform outside a closed down souvenir shop on 21st January 2020 in London, England, United Kingdom. This is an iconic symbol of Britishness for the tourism industry and for Britians identity. With much economic uncertainty in the UK following Brexit and with more competition from online retailers, the high street is facing difficult times.
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  • A woman and her two daughters in school uniform cross the street in the old French part of Pondicherry en route to school, India. Pondicherry now Puducherry is a Union Territory of India and was a French territory until 1954 legally on 16 August 1962. The French Quarter of the town retains a strong French influence in terms of architecture and culture.
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  • A man and his schoolgirl daughter in a French uniform wait on their motorcycle for school to open, Pondicherry, India. Pondicherry now Puducherry is a Union Territory of India and was a French territory until 1954 legally on 16 August 1962. The French Quarter of the town retains a strong French influence in terms of architecture and culture.
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  • An Indian policeman directing traffic wearing the French style uniform and Kepi hat, Pondicherry, India. Pondicherry now Puducherry is a Union Territory of India and was a French territory until 1954 legally on 16 August 1962.
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  • An Indian policeman directing traffic wearing the French style uniform and Kepi hat, Pondicherry, India. Pondicherry now Puducherry is a Union Territory of India and was a French territory until 1954 legally on 16 August 1962.
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  • An Indian policeman directing traffic wearing the French style uniform and Kepi hat, Pondicherry, India. Pondicherry now Puducherry is a Union Territory of India and was a French territory until 1954 legally on 16 August 1962. .
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  • A young Chinese boy on a school trip places his hand on an exhibit belonging to the British communications company, Cable & Wireless at the Hong Kong Telecom Tower in Central Hong Kong. The smartly-dressed lad dressed in his school uniform is seen against a graduated blue background and is placing his hand on a sensor to activate an interactive demonstration. His face glows with the red light from the programme and his hands is being read by the orange light of the sensor. Since 1938 Cable & Wireless became responsible for the fixed wireless services of Hong Kong and connected their external telephone services for the national network. The services operate on one of the most highly advanced fibre optic networks in the world. Cable & Wireless provides  domestic and international telecommunications services in Hong Kong through the operating companies of its subsidiary, Hong Kong Telecom.
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  • At the base of the Monument which commemorates the Great Fire of London, a courier driver from the United States Postal Service (UPS), stands with his head in his hands as if in reaction to the conflagration behind. Above him is a giant mural, whose huge figures depict the panic and evacuation during the disaster that struck London between 2nd of  September and Wednesday, 5th September 1666. The modern man in company uniform is wearing the same brown colours as that of King Charles II and his courtier who are also reacting to the news of the city's burning timber buildings. 13,200 houses, 87 parish churches, St. Paul's Cathedral, and most of the buildings of the City authorities were lost in the high fanned winds. It is estimated that it destroyed the homes of 70,000 of the City's 80,000 inhabitants. The City of London has a resident population of under 10,000 but a daily working population of 311,000. The City of London is a geographically-small City within Greater London, England. The City as it is known, is the historic core of London from which, along with Westminster, the modern conurbation grew. The City's boundaries have remained constant since the Middle Ages but  it is now only a tiny part of Greater London. The City of London is a major financial centre, often referred to as just the City or as the Square Mile, as it is approximately one square mile (2.6 km) in area. London Bridge's history stretches back to the first crossing over Roman Londinium, close to this site and subsequent wooden and stone bridges have helped modern London become a financial success.
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  • A 1992 portrait of a British Rail employee stands at the gate of a platform at Victoria station. Wearing the old uniform of that rail company. British Railways (BR), which from 1965 traded as British Rail, was the operator of most of the rail transport in Great Britain between 1948 and 1997. It was formed from the nationalisation of the "Big Four" British railway companies and lasted until the gradual privatisation of British Rail, in stages between 1994 and 1997. The British Rail "double arrow" logo is formed of two interlocked arrows showing the direction of travel on a double track railway and was nicknamed "the arrow of indecision". It is now employed as a generic symbol on street signs in Great Britain denoting railway stations.
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  • A schoolboy of Afro-Caribbean descent stands looking confused on a platform at Victoria mainline station in central London. The young lad looks smart in a new school uniform of cap, blazer, long trousers and polished black shoes. We might guess that it is the start of a new academic year and that he is about to attend a new school for which he needs to take a train on his own. His mother and younger and older sister are also to the far right of the picture so he may go with his elder sibling carrying a multi-coloured umbrella and a bright blue briefcase containing his lunch and a few items needed for lessons. Surrounded by adult commuters, some of who look on with mild amusement, also make await their train from the city out of town. Mostly, people mind their own business and what is a special day for the boy will become a much-travelled route.
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  • A Chinese army portable mobile missile launcher demonstrated by a mannequin at the UK's bi-annual Farnborough air show, England. Wearing goggles and helmet and a generic uniform, the model points the launcher into the air to simulate it being fired at a moving target, an example of 80s warfare technology.
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  • A Chelsea Pensioner replaces his uniform cap in front of a classic Lincoln car in Westminster, on 11th March 2019, in London, England.
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  • An American Airlines male flight attendant stands with his crew baggage against a window at Dallas Fort Worth airport, Texas. Dressed in the corporate airline uniform he stands erect with a hand in his pocket, his ID badge clipped to his jacket and a pin conveying his command of the Japanese language. A mesh screen partially obscures drab concrete buildings outside which can be seen through the glass. Dallas Fort Worth is the sixth busiest airport in the world transporting 59,064,360 passengers in 2005. Picture from the 'Plane Pictures' project, a celebration of aviation aesthetics and flying culture, 100 years after the Wright brothers first 12 seconds/120 feet powered flight at Kitty Hawk,1903.
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  • While on ceremonial duties at the Queen's Buckingham Palace, members of the Welsh Guards prepare the finer details of uniform presentation at the Wellington barracks, opposite the Palace in central London, England. Buffing up their bearskin hats and brushing away any specks of dust from shoulders, they each help the other appear as near-perfect as they can before parading in front of thousands during the Changing of the Guard or at other times, during tropping of the Colour on the Queen's birthday occasion. Formed in 1915 by order of King George V,  have fought in every war since but are housed at the Wellington Barracks purely for ceremonial reasons, also serving on active duty in the world's trouble spots, where their professionalism is demanded by their British Ministry of Defence masters.
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  • Beefeaters in uniform wait for the newly appointed Lord Mayor of the City of London Michael Bear to leave the Guildhall in his carraige for the traditional parade through London.
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  • London Borough of Hackney, London. May 24th . Third strike by school students. Hackney primary school pupils went to the Town Hall after school to protest about the climate emergency. A young girl in school uniform holds a placard saying Save our environment.
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  • Blue uniform boxer shorts material sits in a blue box in the workshop in the Industries Department in Her Majesty’s Prison Pentonville, London, United Kingdom.  Prisoners are encouraged to work or take courses to learn new skills to help rehabilitation and reduce re-offending rates on their release.
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  • Male Nepalese pupils studying in a classroom in the Rara Hill Memorial School run by the community in the Kiretipur area of Kathmandu Valley, Nepal.  The boys are reading and writing in their exercise books next to a large pile of education books. They all wear school uniform.
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  • People from various ethnic backgrounds around the market on Whitechapel High Street in East London. This area in the Tower Hamlets is predominantly Muslim with just over 50% of Bangladeshi descent. This is known as a very Asian and multi cultural part of London's East End. School girl in Hijab uniform.
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  • People from various ethnic backgrounds around the market on Whitechapel High Street in East London. This area in the Tower Hamlets is predominantly Muslim with just over 50% of Bangladeshi descent. This is known as a very Asian and multi cultural part of London's East End. School girl in Hijab uniform.
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  • Coldstream guard in uniform and bear skin hat appears on a poster outside a tourist shop in central London, England, United Kingdom. This is an iconic symbol of Britishness for the tourism industry and for Britians identity.
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  • Full size cut out of a Grenadier Guardsman in full military uniform outside a closed down souvenir shop on 21st January 2020 in London, England, United Kingdom. This is an iconic symbol of Britishness for the tourism industry and for Britians identity. With much economic uncertainty in the UK following Brexit and with more competition from online retailers, the high street is facing difficult times.
    20200121_closed guardsman_003.jpg
  • Full size cut out of a Grenadier Guardsman in full military uniform outside a closed down souvenir shop on 21st January 2020 in London, England, United Kingdom. This is an iconic symbol of Britishness for the tourism industry and for Britians identity. With much economic uncertainty in the UK following Brexit and with more competition from online retailers, the high street is facing difficult times.
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  • A portrait of a lighthouse keeper wearing his uniform at Bull Point Lighthouse, North Devon, UK. Bull Point was automated in 1975 and all Trinity House lighthouses have been automated since November 1998.
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  • An Indian policeman directing traffic wearing the French style uniform and Kepi hat, Pondicherry, India. Pondicherry now Puducherry is a Union Territory of India and was a French territory until 1954 legally on 16 August 1962.
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  • An employee with Fallon & Co. wearing identical work top uniform as the male on the rear of his companys parked van, gathers tols and materials including Soldalit, an exteriors water repellent paint, on 17th February 2020, in London, England. Fallon & Co is  a privately owned business with over 25 years experience servicing clients in the Domestic, Commercial & Industrial sectors.
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  • While two mates in tartan uniform trousers look a little bashfully, a more forward friend from the same Scots regiment soldier chats to two young women during 50th anniversary celebrations of wartime VE Day. Bending down to make himself heard and perhaps to impress the two rather posh females into sharing their phone numbers. They are in Hyde Park to help celebrate 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.
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  • A junior officer speaks into a walkie-talkie to communicate instructions to an unknown member of the ship's company. With a coil of naval line (rope) to his side, the man is dressed in full naval working white uniform and a combination cap. The insignia on his shoulder rates him as a Lieutenant Junior Grade. We are on-board the USS Winston Churchill designated DDG-81, one of the Navy's stealth warships that was on exercise in British waters in 2001. The Churchill is an Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer of the United States Navy. She is the 31st destroyer of a planned 62-ship class. The Churchill is named after the British Prime Minister Sir Winston Churchill. Her home port is in NS Norfolk, Virginia.
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  • On the edge of an old Soviet parade ground, peeling murals show an instruction mural for guarding prison camps seen in this army boot camp in the former East German peninsular called Halbinsel Wustrow near Rostock. For the benefit of recruits or as reminders of Soviet discipline, the picture shows a soldier standing at the barbed wire of a generic Gulag holding his AK-47 weapon and dressed in fur hat and uniform from that era. Perhaps those training here were eventually to guard political prisoners though it is a reminder of a fallen ideology. Wustrow was once a WW2 German anti-aircraft artillery position then housed civilian refugees before the eventual Soviet occupation of the former DDR during the Cold War, up until 1990 and the fall of communism and the Berlin Wall. The camp was ransacked and all its assets stripped before its desertion that summer.
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  • We see the head and shoulders of a man in military uniform who stands motionless beside the American flag.  he is at a graduation ceremony for United States Air Force pilots who have just passed a week-long survival courseheld at the Fairchild Air Force Base, Spokane, Washington. Its highy-trained personel conducts a survival, escape and evasion course which combat pilots and air crew need to pass before rejoining their units for real-time warfare. Conducted, in hangars and the surrounding forests, it forms part of an extensive physical and psychological assessment of young aviators on active service. In the future any one of them may be shot down behind enemy lines and need to use the lessons passed-on here to help facilitate their rescue by US forces. One pilot who passed this course in 1991, himself a Spokane-born boy, was F-16 pilot Scott O'Grady. He put his skills learned here to the test while evading Serb forces before being airlifted to safety and a hero's Presidential welcome.
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  • Seventeen officer cadets march in line wearing full dress uniform with their rifles on shoulders past guests and VIPs at their passing out parade in the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst. The recently-graduated soldiers march in a near-perfect line looking over their right shoulders towards their commanding officers and VIP guests which sometimes includes Her Majesty the Queen. We see every face clearly and notice their different heights and sizes.  Sharp focus is centred on the smallest man in the parade. The Royal Military Academy Sandhurst (RMAS), commonly known simply as Sandhurst, is the British Army officer initial training centre. Sandhurst is prestigious and has had many famous alumni including Sir Winston Churchill, King Abdullah II of Jordan, Sultan Qaboos of Oman and, more recently, Prince Harry and Prince William. All British Army officers, and many from elsewhere in the world, are trained at Sandhurst. RMA Sandhurst was formed in 1947, from a merger of the Royal Military Academy in Woolwich (which trained officers for the Royal Artillery and Royal Engineers from 1741 to 1939) and the Royal Military College at Sandhurst.
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  • While visiting London's tourist sites, a young boy of about 5 years-old spends time at Horse Guards where a soldier from the Household Cavalry, also dressed in a deep red coat, stands motionless and at-ease. It is a bright day and the gray stonework amplifies the scarlett uniform tunics as the boy has his picture taken by family. The British Household Cavalry is classed as a corps in its own right, and consists of two regiments: Life Guards (British Army) and the Blues and Royals (Royal Horse Guards and 1st Dragoons). They are the senior regular regiments in the British Army, with traditions dating from 1660.
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  • A woman police officer (WPC) stands with white paint plashed over her uniform during a public protest over the Poll Tax policies of Margaret Thatcher's government in 1990. It is dark and the trouble has been growing throughout the evening when the paint was thrown by unknown protesters. Angry crowds, demonstrating against Thatcher's local authority tax, eventually stormed the Whitehall area and then London's West End, setting fire to a construction site and cars, looting stores up Charing Cross Road and St Martin's Lane. The anti-poll tax rally in central London erupted into the worst riots seen in the city for a century. Forty-five police officers were among the 113 people injured as well as 20 police horses. 340 people were arrested.
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  • A Russian Mikoyan employee stands alongside a Malaysian air force officer examining the seller's business card during the bi-annual aerospace industry expo at the Farnborough airshow in southern England. We see the seller as a man in brown jacket with hand on hip, looking unimpressed and bored while the officer in full dress uniform peering at the card intently, carrying his shopping bag containing information from other manufacturers around the aviation fair. Farnborough is organised by Farnborough International Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of ADS Group Limited (ADS). According to the organisers, the 2012 Farnborough show attracted 109,000 trade visitors over the first five days, and 100,000 public visitors on the Saturday and Sunday. Orders and commitments for 758 aircraft were announced, worth US$72 billion.
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  • British Army soldiers gather outside the hospitality chalet of aerospace manufacturer Thales. Standing in mid-day sun, the troops are dressed in ISAF desert uniform, alongside a company-built Watchkkeper an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). Watchkeeper WK450 is a £800 million contract awarded in July 2005 to Thales to provide the British Army with  or all weather, Intelligence, Surveillance, Target Acquisition and Reconnaissance (ISTAR) use. It has a weight of 450 kg and a payload capacity of 150 kg, and will have a typical endurance of 17 hours.
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  • US Navy crewman guards a Poseidon jet aircraft, exhibited at the Farnborough Air Show, England. The two men in uniform stand below the large US Navy lettering on the patrol and surveillance jet's fuselage. The Boeing P-8 Poseidon (formerly the Multimission Maritime Aircraft or MMA) is a military aircraft developed for the United States Navy (USN). It conducts anti-submarine warfare (ASW), anti-surface warfare (ASUW), and shipping interdiction, along with an electronic signals intelligence (ELINT) role. This involves carrying torpedoes, depth charges, SLAM-ER missiles, Harpoon anti-ship missiles, and other weapons.
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  • A soldier in uniform, an exhibit in 'Haus 1' the ministerial headquarters of the Stasi secret police in Communist East Germany, the GDR. Built in 1960, the complex now known as the Stasi Museum. Before the fall of the Wall, it was a 22-hectare complex of espionage whose centrepiece is the office and working quarters of the former Minister of State Security, Erich Mielke who considered their role as the 'shield and sword of the party', conducting one of the world's most efficient spying operations against its political dissenters during its 40-year old socialist history. Between 1950 and 1989, the Stasi employed a total of 274,000 people in an effort to root out the class enemy.
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  • Schoolboys get dressed after an afternoon off from classes, spent next to the western Palace Pier at the seaside town of Brighton. Pulling on socks is a young lad from a nearby school whose uniform is a red blazer and striped tie. With their clothing of their friends still lie on the shngle, their afternoon of play day is coming to an end. In the background is the western Palace Pier, a major landmark on this south coast resort. Ofsted's guidelines are that for children of 9-12, a ratio of one adult to 8 young people is a requirement.
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  • A US Navy electrician looks straight into the camera wearing a brown colour-coded uniform and beneath the cockpit of an EA-6B Prowler, a communications and intelligence-gathering patrol aircraft on the deck of the aircraft carrier USS Harry S Truman, on patrol off Kuwait in the Persian Gulf enforcing the coalition's no-fly zone over Iraq. Behind him are the signs and emblems of the US Navy aircraft that is parked on the deck of this carrier so named after the US President who was in office from 1945 to 1953. Picture from the 'Plane Pictures' project, a celebration of aviation aesthetics and flying culture, 100 years after the Wright brothers first 12 seconds/120 feet powered flight at Kitty Hawk,1903.
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  • Smoke has been discovered in the basement of a shop in Market Street, Newport town centre, south Wales. We look down into a dark hole where two fire fighters – one of which is a senior officer, with two stripes on his helmet - have gone down a ladder to find the source of the smoke while wearing breathing apparatus (BA) as a precaution.  While looking up they discuss the possibilities of a seat of fire elsewhere so they talk to their colleagues who crouch over the open floor of the business who dialled 999 for the fire brigade to attend this incident. It is 1984 and the firemens’ equipment looks dated, during an era when uniform material was not of a high fire-retardant specification and nor were their helmets which went through important design changes.
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  • A young school girl happily reads out loud to her class in a classroom in St Agnes Primary School, Woodstock, Cape Town, South Africa.  Two boys stand behind her also looking at the book and waiting for their turn to read.  They are standing in a queue by the green board at the front of the class and wear school uniform.
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  • Male Nepalese pupils studying in a classroom in the Rara Hill Memorial School run by the community in the Kiretipur area of Kathmandu Valley, Nepal.  The boys are reading and writing in their exercise books next to a large pile of education books. They all wear school uniform.
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  • Female Nepalese pupils studying in a classroom in the Rara Hill Memorial School run by the community in the Kiretipur area of Kathmandu Valley, Nepal.  The girls are reading and writing in their exercise books.  They all wear school uniform.
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  • Two tour guides dressed in uniform walk along the stone walkway surrounding Ankor Wat temple complex in Krong Siem Reap, Cambodia. Angkor Wat is a temple complex in Cambodia and the largest religious monument in the world, with the site measuring 162.6 hectares. It is Cambodia’s main tourist destination.
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  • Uniformed guards the nearest, a woman wear the Ruritanian-style uniforms outside Prague Castle, at Hradcany-Prazsky Hrad Prague Castle, on 18th March, 2018, in Prague, the Czech Republic. Ater the Velvet Revolution in 1990 when the communist regime ended, Václav Havel, the first President of the Czech Republic wanted his guards’s uniforms to be different from the khaki ones the communists wore and the basic ones found in neighboring countries. Havel chose Theodor Pistek, the Czech born artist and costume designer who won an Academy Award for Best Costume Design for the 1984 film Amadeus.
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