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The group of young typists, who send out letters to the boys on the front. Pictured here reading a letter of thanks for what they do. Picture taken 19th November 1939
The War Cabinet. Standing: Arthur Greenwood, Ernest Bevin, Lord Beaverbrook, Sir Kingsley Wood. Sitting: Sir John Anderson, Winston Churchill, Clement Attlee, Anthony Eden. Circa 1939
The first picture showing the British War Cabinet together. Back row, L-R: Sir Kingsley Wood (Secretary of State for Air), Mr Winston Churchill (First Lord of the Admiralty)
Bren gun carriers make their way to the front lines in France during the Second World War. 30th October 1939
Air Raid Precautions refers to a number of organisations and guidelines in the United Kingdom dedicated to the protection of civilians from the danger of air raids. (Picture) A.R.P
Air raid shelter in College Green, in the centre of Bristol. 1939, only a few weeks into the war with the whole country on alert with towns building air raid shelters at pace. Somerset and Avon area
Formby Beach, Merseyside, 22nd September 1939
Kennington Tube Station. World War Two started only three weeks before, and families are responding to air raid warnings and finding safety in the tube stations of London
Celebrating the Army chef, at the beginning of World War Two. Picture taken 15th September 1939
A barrage balloon is a large unmanned tethered kite balloon used to defend ground targets during the Second World War. (Picture)
British soldiers pass through a French village during the Second World War. 26th October 1939
British soldiers collect grapes from a house in a France village during the Second World War. 5th October 1939
Bren gun carriers travelling to the front lines in France during the Second World War. 25th October 1939
A priest conducts a service in France to troops during the Second World War. 6th October 1939
The British Expeditionary Force was the name of the British Army in Western Europe during the Second World War from 2 September 1939 when the BEF GHQ was formed until 31 May 1940
Sir Kingsley Wood, Secretary of State for Air, has completed a tour of the R. A. FSir Kingsley Wood, Secretary of State for Air, has completed a tour of the R.A.F. in France. Sir Kingsley Wood on a bus converted to office use clearly enjoys the slogans
British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain pays a visit to the soldiers of the British Expeditionary Force serving in France during the Second World War
Corporation workmen filling and place sandbags to protect civic building from bomb blast at the outbreak of the Second World War 2nd September 1939
One of hundreds of patients being evacuated from a Birmingham hospital in specially converted Corporation buses at the outbreak of the Second World War. 1st September 1939
Sandbags being placed against the walls of the Birmingham Education Committee building in St Margaret Street. Circa 1st September 1939
Shop workers in Birmingham city centre filling sandbags in preparation of the outbreak of the Second World War
The canal arms which were filled in when Easy Row wharf, Birmingham was converted into a car park seen here being excavated to build a 1, 500 person air raid shelter. 11th September 1939
Buildings being sandbagged. September 1939
Mill Road Rest Centre in Liverpool, Merseyside. Picture shows mothers and their babies who have just arrived on an evacuation train from London. Picture undated
Princess Arthur alighting from the train after inspection. October 1939
British Army, a fellow soldier adjust the lady doll to his comrades gun. She is a mascot, one of many that were employed as good luck charms in World War Two
An observation balloon Picture taken 6th October 1939
Planes on The Ark Royal. Launcded 13 April 1937 Sunk by U-81, 14 November 1941 Picture taken circa 1st September 1939
British Expeditionary Force troops somewhere in Northern France near the beginning of the Second World War. Photo shows: Camouflaged British artillery in France to protect against enemy aerial
British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain and British Foreign Secretary Lord Halifax are guided around the Capitoline Museums Palazzo del Conservatori
Soldiers in gas masks doing army training. World War Two had just broken out only three weeks earlier when this picture was taken. Picture taken 27th September 1939
British Soldiers marching in the countryside, distracted by two young women they encounter, August 1939
Bren carriers on the move in a small village in France. circa October 1939
British troops arriving at a French port. 30th September 1939
British Army engineers connecting telegraph systems near the British lines in France. 23rd October 1939
Britain prepares for war. A mock accident staged for training purposes shows medics treating the injured person. October 1939
Viscount Gort, Commander in Chief of the British Expeditionary Force with the Duke Of Gloucester and a French officer discussing the movement of troops. Circa 1939
Picture shows 8, 441 tons The Domala, an Italian Liner, after it was bombed off the English coast in 1939. Domala was an 8, 441 ton cargo liner which was built in 1920 and launched as Magnava
Picture shows The Domala, an Italian Liner, after it was bombed off the English coast in 1939. Domala was an 8, 441 ton cargo liner which was built in 1920 and launched as Magnava
Young men, possibly in line for call up, eyeing up the food as the kitchen staff walk past them. Picture taken 15th September 1939
Children evacuated away from the Birmingham area. Location unknown. During World War Two, around three million children were evacuated to safety
Mothers and fathers at the Welcome Club with their children. The club was formerly Christ Church Weymouth. December 1939
Headmaster of St Michaels Church School, Buckingham Palace Road, giving children last minute instructions for tomorrows evacuation. 3rd September 1939
An ARP shelter in a haystack. 23rd October 1939
The Graf Spee, before she was scuttled. Admiral Graf Spee was a Deutschland-class " Panzerschiff" (armored ship), nicknamed a " pocket battleship" by the British
Students help put sandbags in place at Manchester Grammar School. World War Two had begun just four weeks before. Picture taken 8th October 1939
The crew of the steamer Lochgoil who were landed at Swansea after the ship had suffered an explosion in the Bristol Channel. Picture taken 12th October 1939
The astounding picture produced by the flash of a 3 inch anti aircraft gun, and pictured during a night exercise by a Territorial Traing Camp, who are getting ready to repulse any invading aircraft
