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A couple sleeping in a Morrison shelter during the Second World War. D2055

A couple sleeping in a Morrison shelter during the Second World War. D...

A couple sleeping in a Morrison shelter during the Second World War. A Morrison shelter in use.

A group of boys evacuated from London and the Thames Estuary at Totnes in South Devon, 1941. D2222

A group of boys evacuated from London and the Thames Estuary at Totnes...

A group of boys evacuated from London and the Thames Estuary at Totnes in South Devon, 1941. A group of boys evacuated from London and the Thames Estuary lean on a gate to take in the fresh air of Totnes, Sout... More

A Land Army girl using a Fordson tractor to plough a field at the Agricultural College at Cannington during the Second World War. D128

A Land Army girl using a Fordson tractor to plough a field at the Agri...

A Land Army girl using a Fordson tractor to plough a field at the Agricultural College at Cannington during the Second World War. The Women's Land Army (WLA): A Land Army girl using a tractor to plough a field ... More

A London family from Peckham evacuated to Bideford in North Devon during the Second World War. D2227

A London family from Peckham evacuated to Bideford in North Devon duri...

A London family from Peckham evacuated to Bideford in North Devon during the Second World War. This family of 17 has been evacuated from 53 Bournemouth Road, Rye Lane, Peckham to Bideford in North Devon. They ... More

A man draws a line in his bath as part of a British Government's drive to encourage the public to ration their use of hot water and conserve fuel supplies during the Second World War. D11080

A man draws a line in his bath as part of a British Government's drive...

A man draws a line in his bath as part of a British Government's drive to encourage the public to ration their use of hot water and conserve fuel supplies during the Second World War. A man demonstrates how to ... More

A member of the Women's Land Army milks a cow at the WLA training centre at Cannington, Somerset in 1940. D186

A member of the Women's Land Army milks a cow at the WLA training cent...

A member of the Women's Land Army milks a cow at the WLA training centre at Cannington, Somerset in 1940. A member of the Women's Land Army milks a cow, probably at the WLA training centre at Cannington, Somers... More

A portrait by Cecil Beaton of the pilot and co-pilot of a Wellington bomber of No. 149 Squadron in 1941. D4737

A portrait by Cecil Beaton of the pilot and co-pilot of a Wellington b...

A portrait by Cecil Beaton of the pilot and co-pilot of a Wellington bomber of No. 149 Squadron in 1941. A portrait of the pilot and co-pilot in the cockpit of their No. 149 Squadron Wellington bomber, probably... More

A ration book and clothing coupon book as issued to British civilians during the Second World War. D11310

A ration book and clothing coupon book as issued to British civilians ...

A ration book and clothing coupon book as issued to British civilians during the Second World War. A ration book and clothing coupon book. Both food and clothing were rationed during the Second World War, as t... More

A selection of aluminium pots and kettles are put into the smelter at a workshop somewhere in Britain during a salvage drive in 1940. D734

A selection of aluminium pots and kettles are put into the smelter at ...

A selection of aluminium pots and kettles are put into the smelter at a workshop somewhere in Britain during a salvage drive in 1940. A selection of aluminium pots and kettles are put into the smelter at a work... More

A Working Class Family in Wartime- Every Day Life With the Suter Family in London, 1940 D786

A Working Class Family in Wartime- Every Day Life With the Suter Famil...

A Working Class Family in Wartime- Every Day Life With the Suter Family in London, 1940 Doris and Alan Suter examine something of interest in a bush in the front garden of their Eltham home, in the summer of 19... More

A Wren transmitting messages using an Aldis lamp in 1944. D19088

A Wren transmitting messages using an Aldis lamp in 1944. D19088

A Wren transmitting messages using an Aldis lamp in 1944. Wren Visual Signallers at work transmitting messages with an Aldis lamp, somewhere in Britain. These Signallers accompany the WRNS Boarding Officer on ... More

A young woman plays a gramophone in an air raid shelter in north London during 1940. D1631

A young woman plays a gramophone in an air raid shelter in north Londo...

A young woman plays a gramophone in an air raid shelter in north London during 1940. A young woman places the gramophone needle on a record to bring some light relief to an air raid shelter, somewhere in north ... More

Air Raid Precautions on the British Home Front- Gas Warning Rattle, 1941 D3938

Air Raid Precautions on the British Home Front- Gas Warning Rattle, 19...

Air Raid Precautions on the British Home Front- Gas Warning Rattle, 1941 A close up view of a wooden gas warning rattle, as used by members of the Air Raid Wardens Service and ARP/Civil Defence organisations to... More

Air Raid Shelter Under the Railway Arches, South East London, England, 1940 D1597

Air Raid Shelter Under the Railway Arches, South East London, England,...

Air Raid Shelter Under the Railway Arches, South East London, England, 1940 A female shelterer fills her kettle with water from one of several taps and sinks which are available for use by those staying in this... More

Albert Marshall a merchant navy sailor from Ceylon photographed in 1943. D16066

Albert Marshall a merchant navy sailor from Ceylon photographed in 194...

Albert Marshall a merchant navy sailor from Ceylon photographed in 1943. A head and shoulders portrait of Albert Marshall. Marshall is a fireman from Ceylon. He served with the Royal Navy in the First World W... More

Americans in Britain- the work of No 121 (eagle) Squadron RAF, Rochford, Essex, August 1942 D9522

Americans in Britain- the work of No 121 (eagle) Squadron RAF, Rochfor...

Americans in Britain- the work of No 121 (eagle) Squadron RAF, Rochford, Essex, August 1942 Flying Officer J M Osborne shares his experience of a 'dog fight' with his Commanding Officer, Squadron Leader W B Wil... More

An Air Raid Warden wearing his steel helmet and duty gas mask during the Second World War. D4053

An Air Raid Warden wearing his steel helmet and duty gas mask during t...

An Air Raid Warden wearing his steel helmet and duty gas mask during the Second World War. A head and shoulders portrait of an Air Raid Warden wearing his steel helmet and duty gas mask. The steel helmet has a... More

An Air Raid Warden wearing his steel helmet and duty gas mask during the Second World War. D4054

An Air Raid Warden wearing his steel helmet and duty gas mask during t...

An Air Raid Warden wearing his steel helmet and duty gas mask during the Second World War. A head and shoulders portrait of an Air Raid Warden wearing his steel helmet and duty gas mask. The warden also wears ... More

An Anderson shelter remains intact amidst destruction in Latham Street, Poplar, London during 1941. D5949

An Anderson shelter remains intact amidst destruction in Latham Street...

An Anderson shelter remains intact amidst destruction in Latham Street, Poplar, London during 1941. An Anderson shelter remains intact amidst destruction and debris, after a land mine fell a few yards away. Th... More

An ARP Warden wearing a gas mask tidies the hose of his stirrup pump at an ARP post in Britain during the Second World War. D3892

An ARP Warden wearing a gas mask tidies the hose of his stirrup pump a...

An ARP Warden wearing a gas mask tidies the hose of his stirrup pump at an ARP post in Britain during the Second World War. An ARP Warden wears a gas mask as he crouches down to tie the hose of his stirrup pump... More

Anglo-american Reciprocal Aid- Americans in Britain, 1942 D11805

Anglo-american Reciprocal Aid- Americans in Britain, 1942 D11805

Anglo-american Reciprocal Aid- Americans in Britain, 1942 A group of Stetson-wearing Texan technicians drink tea or coffee in the hostel in which they are staying, somewhere in the North of England. One of the... More

Army Post Office in the Midlands, England, 1944 D20385

Army Post Office in the Midlands, England, 1944 D20385

Army Post Office in the Midlands, England, 1944 Parcels and packets are sorted by hand by women of the Auxiliary Territorial Service (ATS) at the Army Post Office, 'somewhere in the Midlands'. Many of the parc... More

Army Post Office in the Midlands, England, 1944 D20386

Army Post Office in the Midlands, England, 1944 D20386

Army Post Office in the Midlands, England, 1944 A member of staff at the Army Post Office, 'somewhere in the Midlands', repacks parcels which have either been badly packed or have broken their wrappings in tran... More

Army Post Office in the Midlands, England, 1944 D20387

Army Post Office in the Midlands, England, 1944 D20387

Army Post Office in the Midlands, England, 1944 Staff at the Army Post Office 'somewhere in the Midlands' work on the card index of two million casualties that is maintained there. This index enabled letters f... More

Army Post Office in the Midlands, England, 1944 D20388

Army Post Office in the Midlands, England, 1944 D20388

Army Post Office in the Midlands, England, 1944 Women of the Auxiliary Territorial Service (ATS) sort air mail letter cards at the Army Post Office, 'somewhere in the Midlands' in 1944. Air mail letter cards w... More

Arrest That Rat- the work of the Women's Land Army Rat Catchers, Sussex, 1942 D11227

Arrest That Rat- the work of the Women's Land Army Rat Catchers, Susse...

Arrest That Rat- the work of the Women's Land Army Rat Catchers, Sussex, 1942 Land Girls Eileen Barry, Audrey Prickett and Betty Long watch as Major M Phillips demonstrates how to bait a trap as part of their t... More

Arrest That Rat- the work of the Women's Land Army Rat Catchers, Sussex, 1942 D11233

Arrest That Rat- the work of the Women's Land Army Rat Catchers, Susse...

Arrest That Rat- the work of the Women's Land Army Rat Catchers, Sussex, 1942 Farmer Tuppin explains the workings of a rat trap to Land Girl Margaret Wilson and her colleagues as part of their training on a Sus... More

Arrest That Rat- the work of the Women's Land Army Rat Catchers, Sussex, 1942 D11237

Arrest That Rat- the work of the Women's Land Army Rat Catchers, Susse...

Arrest That Rat- the work of the Women's Land Army Rat Catchers, Sussex, 1942 Major M Phillips addresses his 'troops', a team of Land Girls, before they commence battle against the rats which live in these pig ... More

At An ATS Motor Transport Company Training Centre, Camberley, Surrey, 1942 D11063

At An ATS Motor Transport Company Training Centre, Camberley, Surrey, ...

At An Ats Motor Transport Company Training Centre, Camberley, Surrey, 1942 A portrait of an ATS FANY Lance Corporal as she sits at the wheel of her vehicle. She is an instructor at a Ministry of Transport Trai... More

At work in a British Shell Factory, England, C 1940 D323

At work in a British Shell Factory, England, C 1940 D323

At work in a British Shell Factory, England, C 1940 Jospeh Fry, aged 67, works on a collection of medium shells at a factory somewhere in England. Mr Fry is an 'all-round shell hand' and has been working in sh... More

ATS Band Visits American Hospitals- Entertainment For Wounded Soldiers, Wiltshire, England, UK, April 1945 D24485

ATS Band Visits American Hospitals- Entertainment For Wounded Soldiers...

Ats Band Visits American Hospitals- Entertainment For Wounded Soldiers, Wiltshire, England, UK, April 1945 A drummer of the Auxiliary Territorial Service, wearing a leopard skin tabard over her uniform, chats t... More

ATS Cine Projector Operators, Aldershot, Hampshire, England, UK, 1941 D5503

ATS Cine Projector Operators, Aldershot, Hampshire, England, UK, 1941 ...

Ats Cine Projector Operators, Aldershot, Hampshire, England, UK, 1941 Two cine projectionists of the Auxiliary Territorial Service operate a 16mm De Vry Simplex Ampro projector at the field stores, Aldershot. ... More

ATS Domestic Science Course- Home Management Training, Notting Hill Gate, London, England, UK, 1944 D23133

ATS Domestic Science Course- Home Management Training, Notting Hill Ga...

Ats Domestic Science Course- Home Management Training, Notting Hill Gate, London, England, UK, 1944 Women of the Auxiliary Territorial Service at work in the kitchen of Avondale Park School in Notting Hill duri... More

ATS Domestic Science Course- Home Management Training, Notting Hill Gate, London, England, UK, 1944 D23135

ATS Domestic Science Course- Home Management Training, Notting Hill Ga...

Ats Domestic Science Course- Home Management Training, Notting Hill Gate, London, England, UK, 1944 26 year old Private Anne Jeffrey (from Glasgow) learns to use a mangle as part of her domestic science course ... More

Auxiliary Territorial Service Vehicle Maintenance Training, 1942 D6969

Auxiliary Territorial Service Vehicle Maintenance Training, 1942 D6969

Auxiliary Territorial Service Vehicle Maintenance Training, 1942 A member of the ATS, pliers in hand, lies on the ground next to the wheel of a lorry or truck, as she prepares to change the wheel as part of her... More

Auxiliary Territorial Service Vehicle Maintenance Training, 1942 D6978

Auxiliary Territorial Service Vehicle Maintenance Training, 1942 D6978

Auxiliary Territorial Service Vehicle Maintenance Training, 1942 A member of the ATS changes the wheel of a truck, as part of her driver training. It is possible that this photograph was taken at the training ... More

Auxiliary Territorial Service Vehicle Maintenance Training, 1942 D6992

Auxiliary Territorial Service Vehicle Maintenance Training, 1942 D6992

Auxiliary Territorial Service Vehicle Maintenance Training, 1942 A member of the ATS checks the air pressure of a tyre on a large lorry, as another ATS driver leans out of the cab. It is possible that this pho... More

Battle of the Land- the work of the Women's Land Army on the British Home Front, 1942 D8803

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 Home Front, 1942 D8824

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 Sylvia Smith sprays tomatoes in a greenhouse as part of her training at the Northampton Institute of Agriculture. A shortha... More

Battle of the Land- the work of the Women's Land Army on the British Home Front, 1942 D8838

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 refugee children waiting for their afternoon tea in London during 1940. D947

Belgian refugee children waiting for their afternoon tea in London dur...

Belgian refugee children waiting for their afternoon tea in London during 1940. A close up view of seven Belgian refugee children sitting at a long table, their mugs in front of them on the table, as they patie... More

Belgian Sailors at a Skegness Training Camp- Belgian Naval Training at Butlin's, Skegness, Lincolnshire, England, UK, 1945 D24883

Belgian Sailors at a Skegness Training Camp- Belgian Naval Training at...

Belgian Sailors at a Skegness Training Camp- Belgian Naval Training at Butlin's, Skegness, Lincolnshire, England, UK, 1945 Belgian sailors take part in hammock drill outside their quarters at HMS ROYAL ARTHUR, ... More

Belgians Train in England- Parachute Training at Ringway, Cheshire, 1942 D8714

Belgians Train in England- Parachute Training at Ringway, Cheshire, 19...

Belgians Train in England- Parachute Training at Ringway, Cheshire, 1942 Belgian paratroops exercise as part of their parachute training at Ringway. Here, trainees act as a substitute vaulting horse for their ... More

Belgians Train in England- Parachute Training at Ringway, Near Manchester, 1942 D8695

Belgians Train in England- Parachute Training at Ringway, Near Manches...

Belgians Train in England- Parachute Training at Ringway, Near Manchester, 1942 Belgian paratroopers in training at Ringway, near Manchester. The photograph shows them dropping through a wooden frame with a ce... More

Bevin Boy- Coal Mining Training at Ollerton, Nottinghamshire, England, February 1945 D23743

Bevin Boy- Coal Mining Training at Ollerton, Nottinghamshire, England,...

Bevin Boy- Coal Mining Training at Ollerton, Nottinghamshire, England, February 1945 Bevin Boys greet a passing coal miner as they come off shift at the colliery in Ollerton, February 1945.

Bevin Boys- Coal Mining Training at Ollerton, Nottinghamshire, England, February 1945 D23740

Bevin Boys- Coal Mining Training at Ollerton, Nottinghamshire, England...

Bevin Boys- Coal Mining Training at Ollerton, Nottinghamshire, England, February 1945 A group of coal miners and 'Bevin Boys' talk to a Safety Officer outside the colliery at Ollerton, Nottinghamshire in February 1945.

Birth of a British Tank- Tank Production in England, 1941 D4470

Birth of a British Tank- Tank Production in England, 1941 D4470

Birth of a British Tank- Tank Production in England, 1941 Workers put the final touches to an engine at this Crusader tank factory, somewhere in England, 1941.

Birth of a British Tank- Tank Production in England, 1941 D4483

Birth of a British Tank- Tank Production in England, 1941 D4483

Birth of a British Tank- Tank Production in England, 1941 A factory worker produces gears for the gear box of a Crusader tank at this factory, somewhere in England, 1941.

Birth of a Gun- the Production of a 25 Pounder Field Gun, 1942 D11386

Birth of a Gun- the Production of a 25 Pounder Field Gun, 1942 D11386

Birth of a Gun- the Production of a 25 Pounder Field Gun, 1942 Factory worker Amy Dale works at an 'electrolimit gauge' to measure a fulcrum pin at a factory producing 25 pounder field guns, somewhere in Britai... More

Birth of a Gun- the Production of a 25 Pounder Field Gun, 1942 D11393

Birth of a Gun- the Production of a 25 Pounder Field Gun, 1942 D11393

Birth of a Gun- the Production of a 25 Pounder Field Gun, 1942 Four female factory workers put the finishing touches to a 25 pounder gun at this factory, somewhere in Britain. Dorothy Stubbs checks over the re... More

Blitz Canteen- Women of the Women's Voluntary Service Run a Mobile Canteen in London, England, 1941 D2157

Blitz Canteen- Women of the Women's Voluntary Service Run a Mobile Can...

Blitz Canteen- Women of the Women's Voluntary Service Run a Mobile Canteen in London, England, 1941 Rachal Bingham sets up mugs ready to start selling cups of tea and buns to people helping to clear up damage a... More

Blitz Canteen- Women of the Women's Voluntary Service Run a Mobile Canteen in London, England, 1941 D2166

Blitz Canteen- Women of the Women's Voluntary Service Run a Mobile Can...

Blitz Canteen- Women of the Women's Voluntary Service Run a Mobile Canteen in London, England, 1941 Men of the Pioneer Corps gather around a WVS canteen and relax with tea and buns after a morning of clearing r... More

Blitz Repair Squad's London Camp- Everyday Life With the Blitz Repair Teams, London, England, UK, 1944 D21291

Blitz Repair Squad's London Camp- Everyday Life With the Blitz Repair ...

Blitz Repair Squad's London Camp- Everyday Life With the Blitz Repair Teams, London, England, UK, 1944 Builders of the 'Blitz Repair Squad' queue to collect their breakfast from women of the Women's Voluntary S... More

Blitz Repair Squad's London Camp- Everyday Life With the Blitz Repair Teams, London, England, UK, 1944 D21297

Blitz Repair Squad's London Camp- Everyday Life With the Blitz Repair ...

Blitz Repair Squad's London Camp- Everyday Life With the Blitz Repair Teams, London, England, UK, 1944 General Foreman J Wigley (of Darlington) and Foreman H Uttley look over plans in the 'office': the sitting ... More

Blitz Repair Squad's London Camp- Everyday Life With the Blitz Repair Teams, London, England, UK, 1944 D21298

Blitz Repair Squad's London Camp- Everyday Life With the Blitz Repair ...

Blitz Repair Squad's London Camp- Everyday Life With the Blitz Repair Teams, London, England, UK, 1944 Builder J Naitby (from Darlington) ties tarpaulin to the roof of a house damaged by a V1 flying bomb. Mr N... More

Blitz Repair Squad's London Camp- Everyday Life With the Blitz Repair Teams, London, England, UK, 1944 D21308

Blitz Repair Squad's London Camp- Everyday Life With the Blitz Repair ...

Blitz Repair Squad's London Camp- Everyday Life With the Blitz Repair Teams, London, England, UK, 1944 A view of London's Onslow Square, showing the ablution and mess huts which have been constructed in the roa... More

Blitz Repair Squad's London Camp- Everyday Life With the Blitz Repair Teams, London, England, UK, 1944 D21311

Blitz Repair Squad's London Camp- Everyday Life With the Blitz Repair ...

Blitz Repair Squad's London Camp- Everyday Life With the Blitz Repair Teams, London, England, UK, 1944 Women of the Women's Voluntary Service (WVS) hard at work preparing breakfast for the men of the 'Blitz Rep... More

Boots, Boots, To Go Up and Down in Africa- the Salvage and Repair of Army Boots, Somerset, England, 1943 D13187

Boots, Boots, To Go Up and Down in Africa- the Salvage and Repair of A...

Boots, Boots, To Go Up and Down in Africa- the Salvage and Repair of Army Boots, Somerset, England, 1943 At a long trestle table in this shoe factory in Somerset, Corporal Salvi (originally from Framingham, Mas... More

Britain Hears News of End of Jap War- Celebrating Victory in Japan, London, England, UK, c 15 August 1945 D25637

Britain Hears News of End of Jap War- Celebrating Victory in Japan, Lo...

Britain Hears News of End of Jap War- Celebrating Victory in Japan, London, England, UK, c 15 August 1945 Civilians walk amongst the piles of torn up paper which have been thrown, 'ticker tape'-style, from the ... More

Britain Hears News of End of Jap War- Celebrating Victory in Japan, London, England, UK, c 15 August 1945 D25638

Britain Hears News of End of Jap War- Celebrating Victory in Japan, Lo...

Britain Hears News of End of Jap War- Celebrating Victory in Japan, London, England, UK, c 15 August 1945 Civilians walk amongst the piles of torn up paper which have been thrown, 'ticker tape'-style, from the ... More

Britain Hears News of End of Jap War- Celebrating Victory in Japan, London, England, UK, c 15 August 1945 D25639

Britain Hears News of End of Jap War- Celebrating Victory in Japan, Lo...

Britain Hears News of End of Jap War- Celebrating Victory in Japan, London, England, UK, c 15 August 1945 Crowds of people wait for news at the junction of Whitehall with Downing Street. The crowd consists of ... More

Britain Hears News of End of Jap War- Celebrating Victory in Japan, London, England, UK, c 15 August 1945 D25640

Britain Hears News of End of Jap War- Celebrating Victory in Japan, Lo...

Britain Hears News of End of Jap War- Celebrating Victory in Japan, London, England, UK, c 15 August 1945 A New Zealand sailor raises his bowler hat in the sunshine as he celebrates Victory in Japan with severa... More

Britain Queues For Food- Rationing and Food Shortages in Wartime, London, England, UK, 1945 D24983

Britain Queues For Food- Rationing and Food Shortages in Wartime, Lond...

Britain Queues For Food- Rationing and Food Shortages in Wartime, London, England, UK, 1945 Men, women and children queue outside a fishmonger, somewhere in London, to buy some fish. The shop appears to be ope... More

Britain's Youth Prepares- Boys Create Allotments on Bomb Sites, London, England, 1942 D8950

Britain's Youth Prepares- Boys Create Allotments on Bomb Sites, London...

Britain's Youth Prepares- Boys Create Allotments on Bomb Sites, London, England, 1942 Jimmy West (aged 11) plants bean seeds on a makeshift allotment, on land cultivated from a London bomb site. The seeds he i... More

Britain's Youth Prepares- Boys Create Allotments on Bomb Sites, London, England, 1942 D8952

Britain's Youth Prepares- Boys Create Allotments on Bomb Sites, London...

Britain's Youth Prepares- Boys Create Allotments on Bomb Sites, London, England, 1942 Eleven year old Jimmy West (right) and a friend are examining bean seeds, specially sent from America, to be planted on the ... More

Britain's Youth Prepares- Boys Create Allotments on Bomb Sites, London, England, 1942 D8957

Britain's Youth Prepares- Boys Create Allotments on Bomb Sites, London...

Britain's Youth Prepares- Boys Create Allotments on Bomb Sites, London, England, 1942 Boys begin to break up and turn over the ground on the makeshift allotment they are creating in a space where a house once s... More

Britain's Youth Prepares- Girls Create Allotments on Bomb Site, London, England, 1942 D8918

Britain's Youth Prepares- Girls Create Allotments on Bomb Site, London...

Britain's Youth Prepares- Girls Create Allotments on Bomb Site, London, England, 1942 Members of the Girls Training Corps dig over the ground in preparation for the creation of an allotment in what was once the... More

British Equipment at An American Airfield- Anglo-american Co-operation in Wartime Britain, 1943 D15127

British Equipment at An American Airfield- Anglo-american Co-operation...

British Equipment at An American Airfield- Anglo-american Co-operation in Wartime Britain, 1943 Captain D G Parker, a B17 pilot from Valparaiso, Indiana, prepares to aim his shotgun during rifle practice at an ... More

British Equipment at An American Airfield- Anglo-american Co-operation in Wartime Britain, 1943 D15147

British Equipment at An American Airfield- Anglo-american Co-operation...

British Equipment at An American Airfield- Anglo-american Co-operation in Wartime Britain, 1943 In the photographic section of this American airfield somewhere in Britain, Sergeant Richard Remmy from Marietta, ... More

British Generals 1939-1945; Wavell, Archibald Percival IB2

British Generals 1939-1945; Wavell, Archibald Percival IB2

British Generals 1939-1945 Field Marshal Earl Wavell of Cyrenaica and Winchester (1883 - 1950): Wavell, Viceroy of India at his desk in Delhi.

British Goods in US Marshalling Yards- Anglo-american Co-operation in Wartime Britain, 1943 D15454

British Goods in US Marshalling Yards- Anglo-american Co-operation in ...

British Goods in US Marshalling Yards- Anglo-american Co-operation in Wartime Britain, 1943 Pfc Tom Symott of 143 Baker Street, Fall River, Massachusetts smokes a cigar as he cleans the side of an ambulance at ... More

Bruneval D7821, World War II photo

Bruneval D7821, World War II photo

Bruneval A small model of Bruneval, the German radio-location station in Northern France.

Cecil Beaton Photographs- General; China 1944, a river coolie IB3242C

Cecil Beaton Photographs- General; China 1944, a river coolie IB3242C

Cecil Beaton Photographs- General China 1944: A river coolie sitting in a ferry boat in south eastern China.

Cecil Beaton Photographs- General; Royal Air Force D4736

Cecil Beaton Photographs- General; Royal Air Force D4736

Cecil Beaton Photographs- General The Royal Air Force: The rear gunner in his position in a Wellington bomber.

Channel Island Evacuees Try on American Clothing in Marple, Cheshire, England, 1940 D736

Channel Island Evacuees Try on American Clothing in Marple, Cheshire, ...

Channel Island Evacuees Try on American Clothing in Marple, Cheshire, England, 1940 Girls evacuated from the Channel Islands to Cheshire admire the shoes that have been donated to them as gifts by American well-wishers.

Channel Islands Liberated- the End of German Occupation, Channel Islands, UK, 1945 D24595

Channel Islands Liberated- the End of German Occupation, Channel Islan...

Channel Islands Liberated- the End of German Occupation, Channel Islands, UK, 1945 A scene on board HMS BULLDOG during the first conference with Captain Lieutenant Zimmerman prior to the signing of the surrende... More

Channel Islands Liberated- the End of German Occupation, Channel Islands, UK, 1945 D24599

Channel Islands Liberated- the End of German Occupation, Channel Islan...

Channel Islands Liberated- the End of German Occupation, Channel Islands, UK, 1945 Crowds of people smile and wave as Lieutenant E D Stoneman of the British Task Force salutes the raising of the Union flag at S... More

Cinemas and Cinema-going during the Second World War D12056

Cinemas and Cinema-going during the Second World War D12056

Cinemas and Cinema-going during the Second World War National Fire Service fireman Sydney Chillingworth and his wife Hilda descend the staircase of a cinema, after having seen a film, somewhere in London. An u... More

Civil Defence and Welfare Services in Wartime Britain- the work of the Rest Centre, 1942 D10403

Civil Defence and Welfare Services in Wartime Britain- the work of the...

Civil Defence and Welfare Services in Wartime Britain- the work of the Rest Centre, 1942 The mother of a bombed-out family is interviewed by the Public Assistance Officer at this rest centre, to offer advice on... More

Civilian Battle Dress- Clothing in Wartime Britain, 1943 D13107

Civilian Battle Dress- Clothing in Wartime Britain, 1943 D13107

Civilian Battle Dress- Clothing in Wartime Britain, 1943 A man models an example of 'civilian battle dress', a remodelled army uniform that can be worn by farm and factory workers.

Civilians and service personnel in London's Picadilly Circus celebrate the news of Allied Victory over Japan in August 1945. D25636

Civilians and service personnel in London's Picadilly Circus celebrate...

Civilians and service personnel in London's Picadilly Circus celebrate the news of Allied Victory over Japan in August 1945. In London's Piccadilly Circus,a group of servicemen and women, and a civilian woman, ... More

Civilians sleeping under railway arches South East London during an air-raid in 1940. D1589

Civilians sleeping under railway arches South East London during an ai...

Civilians sleeping under railway arches South East London during an air-raid in 1940. An elderly man sleeps on an old wooden chair, whilst a lady covered with a blanket lies on a bed of boxes, under the railway... More

Civilians walk past a poster warning citizens about the dangers of Venereal Disease (VD) which has been posted on the wall outside the Ministry of Health building in Westminster. Behind them, a bus can be seen and in t D13825

Civilians walk past a poster warning citizens about the dangers of Ven...

Civilians walk past a poster warning citizens about the dangers of Venereal Disease (VD) which has been posted on the wall outside the Ministry of Health building in Westminster. Behind them, a bus can be seen... More

Civilians walk past a poster warning citizens about the dangers of Venereal Disease (VD) which has been posted on the wall outside the Ministry of Health building in Westminster. Behind them, a bus can be seen D13825

Civilians walk past a poster warning citizens about the dangers of Ven...

Civilians walk past a poster warning citizens about the dangers of Venereal Disease (VD) which has been posted on the wall outside the Ministry of Health building in Westminster. Behind them, a bus can be seen... More

Clothing coupon books as issued to British civilians during the Second World War. D14000

Clothing coupon books as issued to British civilians during the Second...

Clothing coupon books as issued to British civilians during the Second World War. A photograph of two clothing coupon books, one showing the front page, with the date 1943-44 and the other showing one of the pa... More

Commander of Free French Forces General Charles de Gaulle seated at his desk in London during the Second World War. D1973

Commander of Free French Forces General Charles de Gaulle seated at hi...

Commander of Free French Forces General Charles de Gaulle seated at his desk in London during the Second World War. Commander of Free French Forces General Charles de Gaulle seated at his desk in London during ... More

Country School- Everyday Life at Baldock County Council School, Baldock, Hertfordshire, England, UK, 1944 D20566

Country School- Everyday Life at Baldock County Council School, Baldoc...

Country School- Everyday Life at Baldock County Council School, Baldock, Hertfordshire, England, UK, 1944 Girls of the Baldock County Council School rabbit club look on as one member brushes the long fluffy fur... More

Crewe Railway Station, England C. 1944 D18510

Crewe Railway Station, England C. 1944 D18510

Crewe Railway Station, England C. 1944 Crewe in the North West of England was one of the biggest railway junctions in the country during the Second World War. Photo shows: Crewe Station in the early hours of t... More

Customer making a purchase in a grocery shop during the Second World War. D2374

Customer making a purchase in a grocery shop during the Second World W...

Customer making a purchase in a grocery shop during the Second World War. Interior view of a grocer's shop with goods piled high on and behind the counter. The grocer offers a product to a woman customer. Egg ... More

Darby and Joan War Workers- Oaps Contribute To the War Effort, Manuden, Essex, 1942 D9247

Darby and Joan War Workers- Oaps Contribute To the War Effort, Manuden...

Darby and Joan War Workers- Oaps Contribute To the War Effort, Manuden, Essex, 1942 Harry King (aged 71) prepares to lift the bale of straw he has prepared to thatch a hay rick, as other members of his family l... More

Demobilisation of British Army Personnel in 1945 D26332

Demobilisation of British Army Personnel in 1945 D26332

Demobilisation of British Army Personnel in 1945 Sign over the main entrance of No 4 Military Dispersal Unit, Regent's Park Barracks, London.

Demobilisation of the British Army D26323

Demobilisation of the British Army D26323

Demobilisation of the British Army Regimental Sergeant Major Stilwell selects a jacket for his demob suit and the army's Demobilisation Clothing Depot at Olympia, London.

Doreen Buckner draws the curtains in her family's London home to comply with the nightly 'Blackout' during the Second World War. D17275

Doreen Buckner draws the curtains in her family's London home to compl...

Doreen Buckner draws the curtains in her family's London home to comply with the nightly 'Blackout' during the Second World War. Seven-year-old Doreen Buckner draws the curtains in her family's London home. Cl... More

Dutch Child Refugees- Arrival in Britain at Tilbury, Essex, England, UK, 1945 D24062

Dutch Child Refugees- Arrival in Britain at Tilbury, Essex, England, U...

Dutch Child Refugees- Arrival in Britain at Tilbury, Essex, England, UK, 1945 Upon arrival at Tilbury docks, a group of young Dutch refugee children wait on the quayside to be taken on to a rest centre before t... More

Electrical Engineering Works Goes To War, England, 1942 D11872

Electrical Engineering Works Goes To War, England, 1942 D11872

Electrical Engineering Works Goes To War, England, 1942 Sparks fly as 21 year old Agnes Denning, wearing protective goggles, brazes switchgear at an electrical engineering works, somewhere in the Midlands. Acc... More

Evacuees from Deptford Park School in London on a farm in Pembrokeshire during 1940. D974

Evacuees from Deptford Park School in London on a farm in Pembrokeshir...

Evacuees from Deptford Park School in London on a farm in Pembrokeshire during 1940. Children evacuated from Deptford Park LCC School in Deptford, London, to Pembrokeshire, Wales, get involved in farm life. He... More

Evacuees' Nature Walk in Devon, 1941 D3064

Evacuees' Nature Walk in Devon, 1941 D3064

Evacuees' Nature Walk in Devon, 1941 A group of forty children (originally from Blackfriars and Gravesend) return from a walk with their teacher, Miss Betty Hall (originally from Haslemere in Surrey) to Darting... More

Faireys Play Soccer- a Women's Football Match Between Fairey and Av Roe, Fallowfield, Manchester, Lancashire, England, UK, 1944 D23520

Faireys Play Soccer- a Women's Football Match Between Fairey and Av Ro...

Faireys Play Soccer- a Women's Football Match Between Fairey and Av Roe, Fallowfield, Manchester, Lancashire, England, UK, 1944 During a football match between teams from the Fairey and AV Roe aircraft factorie... More

Fighter Seacraft- Motor Torpedo Boats, England, UK, 1943 D12531

Fighter Seacraft- Motor Torpedo Boats, England, UK, 1943 D12531

Fighter Seacraft- Motor Torpedo Boats, England, UK, 1943 A portrait of windswept Motor Torpedo Boat Gunner, Able Seaman J Budden, at his post on board MTB 32, somewhere in the English Channel. MTB 32 was a 4th... More

Flowers and cards being collected from the American Information Bureau in Winchester, Hampshire for patients in the local American hospital, 1944. D21570

Flowers and cards being collected from the American Information Bureau...

Flowers and cards being collected from the American Information Bureau in Winchester, Hampshire for patients in the local American hospital, 1944. Mary Malcolm (from North Adams, Massachusetts) of the American ... More

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