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A female munitions worker is lifted into the barrel of a 15-inch naval...

A female munitions worker is lifted into the barrel of a 15-inch naval gun manufactured at the Ordnance Works, Coventry, during the First World War, in order to clean the rifling. A female munitions worker is l... More

A female worker feeds an ash furnace in the chemical works of Brunner ...

A female worker feeds an ash furnace in the chemical works of Brunner Mond and Co Ltd, Northwich near Manchester during September 1918. A female worker feeds an ash furnace in the chemical works of Brunner Mond... More

A group of young Italian women employed by the British Army to unload ...

A group of young Italian women employed by the British Army to unload artillery ammunition at a railhead dump in northern Italy, 1918. A group of young Italian women employed by the British Army to unload artil... More

A member of the Women's Land Army leads a horse from the stables on a ...

A member of the Women's Land Army leads a horse from the stables on a farm during the First World War. A member of the Women's Land Army leads a horse out from the stables during the First World War.

A members of the Women's Land Army in wet weather gear driving a cart ...

A members of the Women's Land Army in wet weather gear driving a cart during the First World War. A woman carter, wearing waterproof coat, sou'wester and puttees, smiles for the camera as she sits in the drivin... More

A milkwoman standing on her dairy cart in southern England during the ...

A milkwoman standing on her dairy cart in southern England during the First Wotrld War. A portrait of a smiling milkwoman as she stand on her dairy cart in the sunshine. The words 'Pool's Dairies' and 'Hayes' ... More

A woman railway worker operating the signals in a siding on the Great ...

A woman railway worker operating the signals in a siding on the Great Central Railway in Birmingham during 1918. A woman railway worker operates the signals in a signal box on a siding at the Great Central Rail... More

Agriculture in Britain during the First World War Q27691

Agriculture in Britain during the First World War Female agricultural labourers load tomoatoes onto a trolley at a British nursery during the First World War.

Agriculture in Britain during the First World War Q27693

Agriculture in Britain during the First World War Female agricultural labourers harrowing a field with horse-drawn machinery in the United Kingdom during the First World War.

Agriculture in Britain during the First World War Q27694

Agriculture in Britain during the First World War A female agricultural labourer oversees cows about to milked at a British farm during the First World War.

Agriculture in Britain during the First World War Q27697

Agriculture in Britain during the First World War A female agricultural labourer carries pails of milk on a British farm during the First World War.

Agriculture in Britain during the First World War Q30654

Agriculture in Britain during the First World War Members of the Women's Land Army prepare a horse and cart for going to a market during the First World War.

Agriculture in Britain during the First World War Q30655

Agriculture in Britain during the First World War A member of the Women's Land Army farming potatoes using horse-drawn machinery during the First World War.

Agriculture in Britain during the First World War Q30661

Agriculture in Britain during the First World War Members of the Women's Land Army feed pigs and calves on a farm during the First World War.

Agriculture in Britain during the First World War Q30669

Agriculture in Britain during the First World War Members of the Women's Land Army with tools on a farm during the First World War.

Agriculture in Britain during the First World War Q30670

Agriculture in Britain during the First World War Members of the Women's Land Army cut hedges on a farm during the First World War.

Agriculture in Britain during the First World War Q30677

Agriculture in Britain during the First World War Members of the Women's Land Army at work in a field during the First World War.

Agriculture in Britain during the First World War Q30687

Agriculture in Britain during the First World War Members of the Women's Land Army Forage Corps feed a hay baler on a British farm during the First World War.

Agriculture in Britain during the First World War Q30690

Agriculture in Britain during the First World War Members of the Women's Land Army Forage Corps weigh hay bales on a British farm during the First World War.

Agriculture in Britain during the First World War Q30694

Agriculture in Britain during the First World War Members of the Women's Land Army Forestry Corps prepare a meal in an area surrounded by fallen tree trunks in the United Kingdom during the First World War.

Agriculture in Britain during the First World War Q30697

Agriculture in Britain during the First World War A member of the Women's Land Army Forestry Corps is assisted by a man in fixing an axe in the United Kingdom during the First World War.

Agriculture in Britain during the First World War Q30703

Agriculture in Britain during the First World War Members of the Forestry Corps saw the base of a tree in a forest in United Kingdom during the First World War.

Agriculture in Britain during the First World War Q30704

Agriculture in Britain during the First World War Members of the Women's Land Army Forestry Corps strip bark from tree trunks set to be used as telegraph poles on the war fronts during the First World War.

Agriculture in Britain during the First World War Q30709

Agriculture in Britain during the First World War A member of the Women's Land Army Forestry Corps chops the base of a tree with an axe in a forest in the United Kingdom during the First World War.

Agriculture in Britain during the First World War Q30712

Agriculture in Britain during the First World War Members of the Women's Land Army Forestry Corps holding axes smile while leaning on a gate after completing a day's work during the First World War.

Agriculture in Britain during the First World War Q30718

Agriculture in Britain during the First World War Members of the Women's Land Army Forestry Corps drive a horse-drawn sleigh to transport wood during the First World War.

Agriculture in Britain during the First World War Q30721

Agriculture in Britain during the First World War Members of the Women's Land Army Forestry Corps select and mark trees for felling during the First World War.

Agriculture in Britain during the First World War Q30723

Agriculture in Britain during the First World War Members of the Women's Land Army Forestry Corps push a fallen tree during the First World War.

Agriculture in Britain during the First World War Q30845

Agriculture in Britain during the First World War Female fruit pickers hold baskets of cherries during the First World War.

Agriculture in Britain during the First World War Q30846

Agriculture in Britain during the First World War A female fruit picker at work with a basket for cherries during the First World War.

Agriculture in Britain during the First World War Q30949

Agriculture in Britain during the First World War Female agricultural labourers thatch a hayrick during the First World War.

Agriculture in Britain during the First World War Q30993

Agriculture in Britain during the First World War A female on horseback cattle droving on a British farm during the First World War.

Agriculture in Britain during the First World War Q30994

Agriculture in Britain during the First World War A female on horseback cattle droving on a British farm during the First World War.

Agriculture in Britain during the First World War Q31135

Agriculture in Britain during the First World War A female farm worker feeds poultry on a British farm during the First World War.

Agriculture in Britain during the First World War Q54597

Agriculture in Britain during the First World War Members of the Women's Land Army wait for a visit by Princess Mary in the United Kingdom during the First World War. Banners promoting the Women's Land Army ar... More

Agriculture in Britain during the First World War Q54598

Agriculture in Britain during the First World War Miss Broderick and Miss Jenner Clarke, members of the Women's Land Army, saw a log using a double-ended saw during the First World War.

Agriculture in Britain during the First World War Q54599

Agriculture in Britain during the First World War Members of the Women's Land Army prune fruit trees in an orchard in the United Kingdom during the First World War.

Agriculture in Britain during the First World War Q54600

Agriculture in Britain during the First World War Members of the Women's Land Army on parade on the Brighton seafront during the First World War.

Agriculture in Britain during the First World War Q54601

Agriculture in Britain during the First World War Members of the Women's Land Army operate a horse-drawn plough during the First World War.

Agriculture in Britain during the First World War Q54602

Agriculture in Britain during the First World War Members of the Women's Land Army operate an Ipswich-made three-furrow plough with a tractor during the First World War.

Agriculture in Britain during the First World War Q54603

Agriculture in Britain during the First World War Members of the Women's Land Army with a horse-drawn load of straw at the Lord Mayor's Show in London on 9 November of an unspecified year during the First World War.

Agriculture in Britain during the First World War Q54604

Agriculture in Britain during the First World War Members of the Women's Land Army thatch a haystack during the First World War.

Agriculture in Britain during the First World War Q54605

Agriculture in Britain during the First World War Members of the Women's Land Army shearing sheep on a British farm during the First World War.

Agriculture in Britain during the First World War Q54607

Agriculture in Britain during the First World War Members of the Women's Land Army operates a single-furrow plough on a British farm during the First World War.

Air Raid Damage in the United Kingdom during the First World War. HO10...

Air Raid Damage in the United Kingdom during the First World War. A group of people stand outside the Bedford Hotel on Southampton Row to watch at men at work beside a large crater. The damage was caused by a ... More

All-in War Worker- Everyday Life For Mrs M Hasler, Barnes, Surrey, 194...

All-in War Worker- Everyday Life For Mrs M Hasler, Barnes, Surrey, 1942 Mrs Hasler (aged 42) signs the warden's log book at the Air Raid Precautions (ARP) Post where she does some part-time work. The full-time... More

ALLIED WOMEN REPAIR NAVAL GEAR IN MEDITERRANEAN PORT. 6 AND 7 OCTOBER ...

ALLIED WOMEN REPAIR NAVAL GEAR IN MEDITERRANEAN PORT. 6 AND 7 OCTOBER 1943, BEIRUT. SOME 150 GIRLS OF LEBANESE, ARMENIAN, GREEK, AND OTHER NATIONALITIES ARE WORKING FULL TIME FOR THE ROYAL NAVY. CLEANING AND PA... More

ALLIED WOMEN REPAIR NAVAL GEAR IN MEDITERRANEAN PORT. 6 AND 7 OCTOBER ...

ALLLIED WOMEN REPAIR NAVAL GEAR IN MEDITERRANEAN PORT. 6 AND 7 OCTOBER...

ALLLIED WOMEN REPAIR NAVAL GEAR IN MEDITERRANEAN PORT. 6 AND 7 OCTOBER 1943, BEIRUT. SOME 150 GIRLS OF LEBANESE, ARMENIAN, GREEK, AND OTHER NATIONALITIES ARE WORKING FULL TIME FOR THE ROYAL NAVY. CLEANING AND P... More

American Red Cross Service Club, Norwich- Life at the Club at the Bish...

American Red Cross Service Club, Norwich- Life at the Club at the Bishop's Palace, Norfolk, England, UK, 1943 In the 600 year old vaulted kitchen of the American Red Cross Service Club at the Bishop's Palace in... More

An officer of the Womens Royal Naval Service (WRNS) supervising the wi...

An officer of the Womens Royal Naval Service (WRNS) supervising the wiring together of glass floats on an anti-submarine mine net during the First World War. Ratings of the WRNS wire together glass floats as pa... More

Animals on the Home Front, 1914-1918 Q30912

Animals on the Home Front, 1914-1918 A female horse trainer pictured with a horses harness.

Animals on the Home Front, 1914-1918 Q30914

Animals on the Home Front, 1914-1918 Female trainers training a mule.

Animals on the Home Front, 1914-1918 Q30915

Animals on the Home Front, 1914-1918 Lieutenant Mike Rimington training a mule to his first jump, a female trainer taking the lead over the hurdles.

Animals on the Home Front, 1914-1918 Q30916

Animals on the Home Front, 1914-1918 A female horse trainer taking her mount over the hurdles.

Animals on the Home Front, 1914-1918 Q30917

Animals on the Home Front, 1914-1918 A female trainer taking a mule over the hurdles.

Animals on the Home Front, 1914-1918 Q30918

Animals on the Home Front, 1914-1918 Female trainers taking their mounts, a horse and a mule, over jumps.

Animals on the Home Front, 1914-1918 Q30919

Animals on the Home Front, 1914-1918 A female trainer administering the screw touch which is preventative as well as a ccure for runaways, rearers, etc.

Animals on the Home Front, 1914-1918 Q30920

Animals on the Home Front, 1914-1918 Lieutenant Mike Rimington staff of female trainers.

Animals on the Home Front, 1914-1918 Q30921

Animals on the Home Front, 1914-1918 A female horse trainer trains a horse not to run away by using the 'ear clutch' technique.

Animals on the Home Front, 1914-1918 Q30922

Animals on the Home Front, 1914-1918 A female trainer teaching a mule leg discipline: this is Lieutenant Rimington's preliminary treatment which gets the animal under absolute control at the word foot up, and a... More

Animals on the Home Front, 1914-1918 Q30923

Animals on the Home Front, 1914-1918 A female trainer teaching mules leg discipline.

Animals on the Home Front, 1914-1918 Q30924

Animals on the Home Front, 1914-1918 Female trainers training mules to pull carts.

Animals on the Home Front, 1914-1918 Q30925

Animals on the Home Front, 1914-1918 Female trainers getting mule used to harnesses, the photograph shows, a leader and whelers getting mixed up when in the harness for the first time.

Animals on the Home Front, 1914-1918 Q30926

Animals on the Home Front, 1914-1918 Female trainers getting mules used to harnesses, the photograph shows, a leader and whelers getting mixed up when in the harness for the first time.

Animals on the Home Front, 1914-1918 Q30928

Animals on the Home Front, 1914-1918 A female trainer training an army remount.

Animals on the Home Front, 1914-1918 Q30929

Animals on the Home Front, 1914-1918 A female trainer training an army remount.

Animals on the Home Front, 1914-1918 Q30930

Animals on the Home Front, 1914-1918 A female trainer cold shoeing a horse.

Animals on the Home Front, 1914-1918 Q30931

Animals on the Home Front, 1914-1918 A female trainer cold shoeing a horse.

Animals on the Home Front, 1914-1918 Q30932

Animals on the Home Front, 1914-1918 A female trainer cold shoeing a horse.

Animals on the Home Front, 1914-1918 Q30933

Animals on the Home Front, 1914-1918 Female trainers with mules which have become docile after being trained.

Arms Production in Britain during the First World War Q30135

Arms Production in Britain during the First World War A female worker cleans the rifling of a 15-inch gun after being lifted inside the barrel in the Coventry Ordnance Works during the First World War.

Arms Production in Britain during the First World War Q30136

Arms Production in Britain during the First World War Rows of women sit at benches as they arrange fuse heads in one of "England's great gun factories", possibly Coventry Ordnance Works.

ARMS PRODUCTION IN BRITAIN DURING THE FIRST WORLD WAR Q30137

ARMS PRODUCTION IN BRITAIN DURING THE FIRST WORLD WAR A female worker lies inside the barrel of a naval gun to clean the rifling at the Ordnance Works Coventry. Her head is just visible at the muzzle end of th... More

Arms Production in Britain in the First World War Q30149

Arms Production in Britain in the First World War Female workers operating fuze head machines in the Coventry Ordnance Works.

Arms Production in Britain in the First World War Q30151

Arms Production in Britain in the First World War Female workers arranging and packing fuze heads in the Coventry Ordinance Works.

BARONESS AMHERST OF HACKNEY MARY ROTHES MARGARET CECIL WWCD8-5-446 (cr...

BARONESS AMHERST OF HACKNEY MARY ROTHES MARGARET CECIL Baroness Amherst of Hackney Mary Rothes Margaret Cecil OBE, Ministry of National Service.

BARONESS AMHERST OF HACKNEY MARY ROTHES MARGARET CECIL WWCD8-5-446

BARONESS AMHERST OF HACKNEY MARY ROTHES MARGARET CECIL Baroness Amherst of Hackney Mary Rothes Margaret Cecil OBE, Ministry of National Service.

Battle of the Land- the work of the Women's Land Army on the British H...

Battle of the Land- the work of the Women's Land Army on the British Home Front, 1942 A first week Land Army student operates the milk cooler and separator as part of her training at the Northampton Institute o... More

Battle of the Land- the work of the Women's Land Army on the British H...

Battle of the Land- the work of the Women's Land Army on the British Home Front, 1942 Iris Joyce (right) takes tea with her new employers upon arrival at her first farm somewhere in Britain. Seated at the tabl... More

Battle of the Land- the work of the Women's Land Army on the British H...

Battle of the Land- the work of the Women's Land Army on the British Home Front, 1942 Land Girl Iris Joyce receives her first week's pay from the farmer with whom she is billeted. Prior to her assignment to th... More

Belgian Civilian Workers in Britain during the First World War Q27746

Belgian Civilian Workers in Britain during the First World War Two young Belgian girls greet their father outside their home on his return from work, as their mother looks on from the doorway. He is a munition... More

Britain Can Take It (main) COI944

Britain Can Take It [main] A version of LONDON CAN TAKE IT re-edited for exhibition in American cinemas in order to drum up support for Britain at a time when isolationist sentiment was still strong in the USA.

British Canals in Wartime- Transport in Britain, 1944 D21777

British Canals in Wartime- Transport in Britain, 1944 Sister Ward bandages the arm of Violet Wise, daughter of a canal boatman, at a first aid post at Stoke Bruerne on the Grand Union Canal. The original capti... More