Boxing Day watching ITV Racing Ed Chamberlin Matt Chapman et al, fire on, drink poured. Perfect #KingGeorgeVI
A very interesting #OTD on an often overlooked period where #Australian 🇦🇺 soldiers saw service
Arthur P Sullivan VC, who sadly passed away in 1937 in an accident while on a trip to #London as part of the Aussie contingent for the coronation of #KingGeorgeVI
#MilitaryHistory #AWM
King George VI box on Holmeside, Sunderland. A McDowell & Steven & Co product.
#KingGeorgeVI #RoyalMail #LittleRedBoxes #Postbox
#OnThisDay in 1919, Corporal Arthur Sullivan, while serving in the British North Russia Relief Force, leapt into a swamp to rescue four drowning soldiers, while under heavy fire from Bolshevik forces. For his actions he was awarded the Victoria Cross. ow.ly/f69850KexPJ
Rare Photo Friday! Duke and Duchess of York, later King George VI and Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother photographed through a window #kinggeorgevi #georgevi #queenelizabeththequeenmother #queenmother
The Duke of York clearly having the best day of his life.
The Duke of York, later King George VI of Great Britain on a slide at the Wembley exhibition, England. 1925.
#KingGeorgeVI
Philatelovely. John. My J #Stamp :
#Jamaica
1/2 d King George VI
Definitive, 1938
#Philately #Philatelic #Stamp s #King #King George #King GeorgeVI #definitive
#otd 12 May 1937 – The Duke and Duchess of York are crowned as King George VI and Queen Elizabeth of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland in Westminster Abbey.
#Coronation #GeorgeVI #KingGeorgeVI #queenelizabeth
St Helena silver proof Coin ready to buy in my Etsy store : etsy.com/listing/982737… #coins #silvercoins #silverproof #queenelizabeth #kinggeorgevi #sthelena
We remember the accession of #QueenElizabethII —the #SovereignHead of the #OrderofStJohn —a day late. Though she acceded February 6, WE use that day to commemorate her father, #KingGeorgeVI .
#LongLiveTheQueen #OneStJohn #ProFide #ProUtilitateHominum
StJohn International The Royal Family
Just Sharing #KingGeorgeVI
The first corgis joined the Royal Family in 1933 when the Duke of York, later King George VI, acquired two for his daughters Princess Elizabeth and Princess Margaret. Here, King George VI poses with one of their corgis, in a photo taken in 1948
10 rupee notes of George V & George VI
#21DaysOfHistoryDuringLockdown
#21DaysOfHistoryDuringLockdown Extended #ClothesOfTheHills #HimachalPradesh #BritishIndiaCurrency #Kutlehar #Currency #KingGeorgeV #KingGeorgeV I #TenRupees
One of my older #drawing s of #JaredHarris as #KingGeorgeVI . 🖌🎨
Jared was wonderful in #TheCrown , loved his performance. 👑👏❤
#mydrawing #drawing #Sketch #fanart
1895 – George VI was born (d. 1952)
He was King of the United Kingdom & the Dominions of the British Commonwealth from 11 December 1936 until his death in 1952.
#GeorgeVI #KingGeorgeVI #Royalhistory
1930 King George VI and the then Princess Elizabeth #PlatinumJubilee #QueenElizabeth #RoyalFamily #KingGeorgeVI
#WinterSolstice This panel, which I found in an antiques shop in Canada, was stitched by a child in 1939 and framed by her parents. #KingGeorgeVI #wwii #ShortestDay
On this day in 1952, King George VI died and Princess Elizabeth acceded to the throne, becoming Queen Elizabeth II.
What an amazing job she did and what a wonderful Queen she was. ❤️
#QueenElizabeth #PrincessElizabeth #KingGeorgeVI #QueenElizabeth II
Britain's leatherworkers are busy making muffles for 1000s of church bells.
On the days of Her Majesty's death & funeral, an hour's muted chimes will ring out.
The muffle turns the peal into a dull-sounding hum – & not rang since #KingGeorgeVI died in 1952.
I’ve gotta say this is an awesome photo of the Royal Family with Sir Winston Churchill on the balcony of Buckingham Palace #RoyalFamily #QueenElizabeth #QueenElizabeth II #PrincessMargaret #KingGeorgeVI #QueenMother #SirWinstonChurchill #BuckinghamPalace
#AubreyBeardsley autograph letter to #AdaLeverson , 14 December 1895. #royalbaby #KingGeorgeVI #TheSavoy
