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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. Q30134

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 member of the Women's Land Army leads a horse from the stables on a farm during the First World War. Q30652

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 during the First World War. Q31003

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 First Wotrld War. Q31137

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 new recruit to the British Army undergoing an eyesight test as part of his medical examination to asses his fitness for military service during the First World War. Q30067

A new recruit to the British Army undergoing an eyesight test as part ...

A new recruit to the British Army undergoing an eyesight test as part of his medical examination to asses his fitness for military service during the First World War. A recruit having an eye test on enlistment.

A wounded First World War soldier with facial injuries has a plaster cast made of his face so that a mask can be produced to cover his wounds.The work was undertaken at the 3rd General Hospital in Wandsworth, L Q30452

A wounded First World War soldier with facial injuries has a plaster c...

A wounded First World War soldier with facial injuries has a plaster cast made of his face so that a mask can be produced to cover his wounds.The work was undertaken at the 3rd General Hospital in Wandsworth, L... More

Aerial Warfare 1914-1918 Q66257

Aerial Warfare 1914-1918 Q66257

Aerial Warfare 1914-1918 Testing Vickers machine gun with synchronising gear as fitted to aeroplane. 3/4 side view, facing left.

Aerial Warfare 1914-1918 Q66258

Aerial Warfare 1914-1918 Q66258

Aerial Warfare 1914-1918 Testing Vickers machine gun with synchronising gear as fitted to aeroplane. 3/4 front view, facing left.

Aerial Warfare 1914-1918 Q66259

Aerial Warfare 1914-1918 Q66259

Aerial Warfare 1914-1918 Testing Vickers machine gun with synchronising gear as fitted to aeroplane. Front view.

Agriculture in Britain during the First World War Q30654

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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 Q31135

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

Aircraft of the Royal Air Force 1939-1945- Handley Page Hp.57 Halifax. MH6838

Aircraft of the Royal Air Force 1939-1945- Handley Page Hp.57 Halifax....

Aircraft of the Royal Air Force 1939-1945- Handley Page Hp.57 Halifax. Halifax B Mark III, MZ296 ‘Z5-L’, of No 462 Squadron RAAF, about to take off from Driffield, Yorkshire, on the crew’s last operation of the... More

Animals on the Home Front, 1914-1918 Q30912

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 Q30913

Animals on the Home Front, 1914-1918 Q30913

Animals on the Home Front, 1914-1918 A male trainer training a mule.

Animals on the Home Front, 1914-1918 Q30914

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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 Q30927

Animals on the Home Front, 1914-1918 Q30927

Animals on the Home Front, 1914-1918 Lieutenant Mike Rimington training an army remount.

Animals on the Home Front, 1914-1918 Q30928

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 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 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 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 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 Q30933

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

Anti-aircraft Defences in Britain, 1914-1918 Q31283

Anti-aircraft Defences in Britain, 1914-1918 Q31283

Anti-aircraft Defences in Britain, 1914-1918 Staff of the Aerial Observation unit at County Hall, Spring Gardens.

Anti-aircraft Defences in Britain, 1914-1918 Q31284

Anti-aircraft Defences in Britain, 1914-1918 Q31284

Anti-aircraft Defences in Britain, 1914-1918 The interior of Aerial Observation Room No 2 at County Hall, Spring Gardens.

Anti-aircraft Defences in Britain, 1914-1918 Q31285

Anti-aircraft Defences in Britain, 1914-1918 Q31285

Anti-aircraft Defences in Britain, 1914-1918 The interior of Aerial Observation Room No 2 at County Hall, Spring Gardens.

Anti-aircraft Defences in Britain, 1914-1918 Q31286

Anti-aircraft Defences in Britain, 1914-1918 Q31286

Anti-aircraft Defences in Britain, 1914-1918 The interior of Aerial Observation Room No 2 at County Hall, Spring Gardens.

Anti-aircraft Defences in Britain, 1914-1918 Q31287

Anti-aircraft Defences in Britain, 1914-1918 Q31287

Anti-aircraft Defences in Britain, 1914-1918 The interior of Aerial Observation Room No 1 at Country Hall, Spring Gardens.

Anti-aircraft Defences in Britain, 1914-1918 Q31288

Anti-aircraft Defences in Britain, 1914-1918 Q31288

Anti-aircraft Defences in Britain, 1914-1918 The interior of No. 1 Aerial Observation Room at the Country Hall, Spring Gardens, London.

Anti-aircraft Defences in Britain, 1914-1918 Q31289

Anti-aircraft Defences in Britain, 1914-1918 Q31289

Anti-aircraft Defences in Britain, 1914-1918 The interior of Aerial Observation Room No 1 at County Hall, Spring Gardens.

Archduke Franz Ferdinand in Sarajevo, June 1914 Q91848

Archduke Franz Ferdinand in Sarajevo, June 1914 Q91848

Archduke Franz Ferdinand in Sarajevo, June 1914 Heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife, Sophie, get into a motor car to depart from the City Hall, Sarajevo, shortly before the... More

Arms Production in Britain during the First World War Q30122

Arms Production in Britain during the First World War Q30122

Arms Production in Britain during the First World War Construction of artillery wheels for gun carriages in the wheelwrights' shop of the Coventry Ordnance Works during the First World War.

Arms Production in Britain during the First World War Q30123

Arms Production in Britain during the First World War Q30123

Arms Production in Britain during the First World War Tempering a 15-inch gun just out of the oil bath at the Coventry Ordinance Works.

Arms Production in Britain during the First World War Q30125

Arms Production in Britain during the First World War Q30125

Arms Production in Britain during the First World War View of the howitzer shop in the Coventry Ordinance Works.

Arms Production in Britain during the First World War Q30126

Arms Production in Britain during the First World War Q30126

Arms Production in Britain during the First World War View of the howitzer shop in the Coventry Ordinance Works.

Arms Production in Britain during the First World War Q30127

Arms Production in Britain during the First World War Q30127

Arms Production in Britain during the First World War The gun mounting shop of the Coventry Ordnance Works during First World War.

Arms Production in Britain during the First World War Q30128

Arms Production in Britain during the First World War Q30128

Arms Production in Britain during the First World War Interior of workshop constructing naval mounting in Coventry Ordinance Works.

Arms Production in Britain during the First World War Q30129

Arms Production in Britain during the First World War Q30129

Arms Production in Britain during the First World War View of the howitzer shop in the Coventry Ordinance Works.

Arms Production in Britain during the First World War Q30130

Arms Production in Britain during the First World War Q30130

Arms Production in Britain during the First World War 15-inch gun just out of a tempering workshop at Coventry Ordinance Works.

Arms Production in Britain during the First World War Q30131

Arms Production in Britain during the First World War Q30131

Arms Production in Britain during the First World War 15-inch gun just out of a tempering workshop at Coventry Ordinance Works.

Arms Production in Britain during the First World War Q30132

Arms Production in Britain during the First World War Q30132

Arms Production in Britain during the First World War 15-inch naval gun being removed from furnace for tempering Coventry Ordinance Works.

Arms Production in Britain during the First World War Q30133

Arms Production in Britain during the First World War Q30133

Arms Production in Britain during the First World War Naval gun mountings in a workshop of the Coventry Ordnance Works during the First World War.

Arms Production in Britain during the First World War Q30135

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 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 Q30138

Arms Production in Britain during the First World War Q30138

Arms Production in Britain during the First World War The barrel of a 15-inch naval gun being lifted in a sling in the Coventry Ordnance Works during the First World War.

Arms Production in Britain during the First World War Q30139

Arms Production in Britain during the First World War Q30139

Arms Production in Britain during the First World War Barrel of a 15-inch naval gun in Coventry Ordinance Works.

Arms Production in Britain during the First World War Q30140

Arms Production in Britain during the First World War Q30140

Arms Production in Britain during the First World War The breech end of a 15-inch gun barrel under construction in the Coventry Ordnance Works during the First World War.

Arms Production in Britain in the First World War Q30141

Arms Production in Britain in the First World War Q30141

Arms Production in Britain in the First World War The barrel of a 15 inch naval gun in the Coventry Ordinance Works.

Arms Production in Britain in the First World War Q30142

Arms Production in Britain in the First World War Q30142

Arms Production in Britain in the First World War The barrel of a 15 inch naval gun in the Coventry Ordinance Works.

Arms Production in Britain in the First World War Q30143

Arms Production in Britain in the First World War Q30143

Arms Production in Britain in the First World War The breech end of a 15 inch gun barrel under construction in the Coventry Ordnance Works.

Arms Production in Britain in the First World War Q30144

Arms Production in Britain in the First World War Q30144

Arms Production in Britain in the First World War A worker in a factory looping a cable suspended from a hook around the barrel of a naval gun. The original caption states that the gun weighs 100 tons.

Arms Production in Britain in the First World War Q30145

Arms Production in Britain in the First World War Q30145

Arms Production in Britain in the First World War The interior of a naval gun workshop showing hooks on which guns weighing 100 tonnes are hung at the Coventry Ordinance Works.

Arms Production in Britain in the First World War Q30146

Arms Production in Britain in the First World War Q30146

Arms Production in Britain in the First World War The interior of the naval gun workshop showing hooks on which guns weighing 100 tonnes are hung, Coventry Ordinance Works.

Arms Production in Britain in the First World War Q30147

Arms Production in Britain in the First World War Q30147

Arms Production in Britain in the First World War A 15 inch naval gun at the Coventry Ordinance Works.

Arms Production in Britain in the First World War Q30148

Arms Production in Britain in the First World War Q30148

Arms Production in Britain in the First World War A 15 inch naval gun at the Coventry Ordinance Works.

Arms Production in Britain in the First World War Q30149

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 Q30150

Arms Production in Britain in the First World War Q30150

Arms Production in Britain in the First World War Men working on a 4 inch naval gun in the Coventry Ordinance Works.

Arms Production in Britain in the First World War Q30151

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.

Arms Production in Britain in the First World War Q30152

Arms Production in Britain in the First World War Q30152

Arms Production in Britain in the First World War Moving the barrel of a 15 inch gun by means of an electric travelling crane, Coventry Ordinance Works.

Arms Production in Britain in the First World War Q30153

Arms Production in Britain in the First World War Q30153

Arms Production in Britain in the First World War A 15 inch naval gun barrel is suspended from an electric travelling crane at the Coventry Ordnance Works. The crane driver’s cabin is visible on the right of t... More

Arms Production in Britain in the First World War Q30154

Arms Production in Britain in the First World War Q30154

Arms Production in Britain in the First World War Moving the barrel of a 15 inch gun by means of an electric travelling crane at the Coventry Ordnance Works.

Arms Production in Britain in the First World War Q30155

Arms Production in Britain in the First World War Q30155

Arms Production in Britain in the First World War The barrel of a 15 inch naval gun at the Coventry Ordnance Works.

Avro Type D - British Aircraft Pre-1914 Q67691

Avro Type D - British Aircraft Pre-1914 Q67691

British Aircraft Pre-1914 Roe Biplane 1910/11. Pilot: W.D. Beatty and passenger: Jenkins.

Bombing of Britain in the First World War Q30415

Bombing of Britain in the First World War Q30415

Bombing of Britain in the First World War Exterior view of a shelled house which has been devastated inside, yet little damage is visible externally.

Bombing of Britain in the First World War Q30416

Bombing of Britain in the First World War Q30416

Bombing of Britain in the First World War Exterior view of a shelled house which has been devastated inside, yet little damage is visible externally.

Bombing of Britain in the First World War Q30417

Bombing of Britain in the First World War Q30417

Bombing of Britain in the First World War Exterior view of a house hit by three shells which has been devastated inside, yet little damage is visible externally. All the occupants escaped injury including the y... More

Bombing of Britain in the First World War Q30418

Bombing of Britain in the First World War Q30418

Bombing of Britain in the First World War Interior view of a house hit by three shells. All the occupants escaped injury including the young girl who slept in this bedroom.

Bombing of Britain in the First World War Q30419

Bombing of Britain in the First World War Q30419

Bombing of Britain in the First World War Exterior view of a house hit by three shells which has been devastated inside, yet little damage is visible externally. All the occupants escaped injury including the y... More

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