ZUM4863039: Jul 07, 1953 - Royal coronation pageant on the Thames... Model of the” Gothic”: Photo shows Model of the” Gothic” - the vessel in which H.M. The Queen will travel to an from Australia and New Zealand - as seen from Hungerford Bridges - during the Royal River Pageant on the Thames today. / Bridgeman Images
ZUM4863247: Jul 07, 1953 - Reception to Everest heroes. A reception was this evening given to the Everest heroes at India house, Aldwych, by the High Commissioner for India, Mr. B.G. Kher, and Mrs. Kher, Photo shows” Tiger” Tensing seen with Mr. B.G. Kher, the Indian high commissioner, at this evening's reception. / Bridgeman Images
ETE4863328: Second World War (1939-1945): Lieutenant Colonel Bernice Wilber, Commander of the Women's Army Corps of HQ Allie, decorates Second Lieutenant Ruth Sobeck with “Purple Heart” for his injuries on a British hospital ship in the Bay of Salerno. Photograph taken in Central Italy, March 6, 1944. / Bridgeman Images
IMB4887460: Tibetan Buddhism; row of white stupas or chorten; Dira Puk Gompa monastery; pilgrimage route to the snow-capped sacred Mount Kailash; Gang Rinpoche; Kora; Ngari; Gang Tie-Mountains; Trans-Himalaya; Himalayas; West Tibet; Tibet Autonomous Region; People's Republic of China; Asia / Bridgeman Images
IMB4887579: Tibetan Buddhism; pilgrims dressed in traditional costumes; ascend to the Dolma La Pass; pilgrimage route around the sacred Mount Kailash; Gang Rinpoche; Kora; Ngari; Gang-Tise Mountains; Trans-Himalaya; Himalayas; West Tibet; Tibet Autonomous Region; People's Republic China; Asia / Bridgeman Images
ZUM4888055: Oct. 10, 1953 - Mrs. Lyndon appeals to the country her son found guilty of cowardice in Korea: Mrs. Amelia Lydon - who at 65 is deaf partially blind made a plea to the public yesterday to try to get the army authorities to release her 26 year old ex-Korea Prisoner of War. The son - Fusileer Patrick Lydon was found guilty at a court martial of cowardice in the face of the enemy in Korea and was sentenced to one year in prison and discharge from the Army with ignominy. Mrs. Lydon is making a special plea for the release of her son - as she thinks that by the time he has served his year's imprisonment - her sight may have completely gone / Bridgeman Images