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19 burnt out and four partly burnt out buses sit in the remains of Hockley bus depot, Birmingham following a heavy air raid on the city. 23rd November 1940
Interior of the private chapel at Buckingham Palace following a German bombing raid. In the centre, its three legs in the air, is the overturned altar
Southampton after the blitz during the Second World War. 30th November 1940
Heinkel 59 seaplane bearing red crosses shot down by Pilot Officer J. Allan of 54 Squadron over the Eastern Channel and alleged to have been used for mine - laying
The burnt out shell of the Marshall and Snelgroves Department Store, New Street, Birmingham. The store was destroyed by fire after being hit by incendiary bombs during an air raid on the city in
The shattered remains of the Kardomah Cafe, Colmore Row, Birmingham, following an air raid on the city. 20th November 1940
Burnt out buses and debris strewn across the floor of the Highgate Road Bus Garage, Sparkbrook, Birmingham, following a direct hit during an air raid on the city. 21st November 1940
Damage to a house in Pype Hayes, Erdington, Birmingham. This was the first air raid on the city, carried out by a single aircraft. One person was killed, and six injured in the raid. 9th August 1940
Plymouth - Devon - bomb damage during The Blitz of World War Two. The Plymouth Blitz was a series of bombing raids carried out by the Nazi German Luftwaffe on the English city of Plymouth in
A Christening in an Air Raid Shelter. The Blitz, (September 1940-May 1941), nighttime bombing raids against London and other British cities by Nazi Germany during World War II
HMS Kelly returns to the River Tyne after being torpedoed off the coast of Norway on the 10th May 1940
Fashion - hats. In the style of a steel helmet. Picture taken 19th October 1940
The remains of the West Street Baptist Church following the Luftwaffe air raid on the city on the night of the 24th November 1940
Firemen dampen down fires in Wine Street, Bristol which was devastated by high explosive and incendiary bombs dropped on the city on the night of 24th/25th November 1940
Clearing the debris of Barton Warehouse, Stokes Croft, Bristol following the first heavy Luftwaffe raid on the city. 25th November 1940
Lennards Shoe shop, Queens Road, Bristol is left a burnt out shell following the Luftwaffes raid on the city. The blitz of Bristol began on the night 24th November 1940
The vicar and parishioners search through the rubble and wreckage of St Clements, Newfoundland Road, Bristol shortly after the November 24th 1940 air raid on the city
A battalion of the Middlesex Regiment in a dugout with a machine gun post, in a forward area with the British Expeditionary Force. March 1940
A German Luftwaffe fighter plane downed by the RAF and resting on the beach at Norfolk. The plane is a Messerschmitt. The Battle of Britain lasted from 10th July 1940 to 31st October 1940 Picture
Fireman from The London Fire Brigade seen here at Camberwell, London, during a raid on the city on the 8th - 9th December 1940
Blasted from their homes in Londons East End, Kartar Singh and his family in the crypt of Christ Church, Spitalfields. The walls are decorated with Christmas decorations. 8th December 1940
The Major of Bootle, (Mr Alderman Js Kelly) pulling a cracker with one of the children at dinner given by an anonymous donor and members of the Bootle WVS to people bombed out of their homes
Picture shows the ruins of The Natural History Section of The Bristol Art Gallery in Bristol. November 1940. In what became known as The Bristol Blitz
Picture shows the ruins of a bombed out building in Bristol November 1940. In what became known as The Bristol Blitz. The Bristol Blitz was the heavy bombing of Bristol, England
Evacuation to Wales. May 1940. Many thousands of people, along with vital institutions and priceless historical objects, were evacuated to Wales for safety in the Second World War
Evacuees arrive in back in London. It was good to to see a London bobby again. 4th September 1940
John Walsh department store, High Street, Sheffield, blazing during the raid. Picture taken at 6.30am by the light of the burning buildings. 13th December 1940
Evacuees from Bitterne Park School, Southampton. June 1940
The end of Mr Pages garden where the portions of a German plane fell last night, during a raid over the North West. Liverpool, Merseyside. Picture taken 20th August 1940
Hull ARP warden seen here with a large fire extinguisher. Circa 1940
The first British children evacuees arrive in Australia. Pictures here at a zoo in Melbourne. The Childrens Overseas Reception Board (CORB) was a British government sponsored organisation
Bomb damage in Wesley Street, Crosby, Waterloo, Liverpool, after a German air raid. Picture taken 31st August 1940
Picture shows a Merseyside The Jolly Miller public house on Queens Drive, West Derby, Liverpool, Merseyside, decimated in an air raid on 30th August 1940. Location unknown but possibly Liverpool
Iron ore port in Narvik, Norway. April 1940
Because of the lack of sunshine suffered by the men of the submarine service whilst on patrol under the sea, only coming up at nights, they are given sun ray treatment at their base
The crew of a Royal Navy escort destroyer enjoying a rest period below decks between watches, by reading the Daily Mirror or having a game of Ukkers (navy slang for Ludo) December 1940
Stamford Street, Edge Hill in Liverpool, Merseyside, severely damaged during The Liverpool Blitz. Picture taken 19th September 1940
Men of the East Yorkshire Regiment training in Gloucestershire, Southern England during the Second World War. Circa 1940
The British Somaliland Camel Corps in Solamia. The regiment is The Kings African Rifles. The Kings African Rifles (KAR) was a multi-battalion British colonial regiment raised from Britains various
The British Somaliland Camel Corps on Patrol. The regiment is The Kings African Rifles. The Kings African Rifles (KAR) was a multi-battalion British colonial regiment raised from Britains various
Anti aircraft machine gun on a submarine boat. These machine guns were used for close range use, as the war planes got closer and closer to their targets. Picture taken during training
Anti aircraft gun and army unit in the Hull and Yorkshire, or East Riding, area of England during World War Two. Anti-aircraft warfare or counter-air defence is defined by NATO as " all measures
St Michaels Cathedral in Coventry lies in ruins after the devastating air raid by the German Luftwaffe on the night of 14th November 1940 that lasted for over 10 hours
The Great Fire of London. Personnel and turntable ladders at work on the city fire - they have a long night ahead of them. 30th December 1940
Ernest Bevin, Minister of Labour, accompanied by his wife, Florence Anne Townley, talking with one of the operators at the Ministry of Labours wartime headquarters in the North West
Palace Ice Rink, Liverpool, after damage caused during last nights raid, Pictured Friday 6th September 1940
Vapour trails of a dogfight during the Battle of Britain seen from Rusthall Common, Tunbridge Wells. Circa August 1940
A mock gas attack exercise in Mount Pleasant, Tunbridge Wells during the phoney war following the outbreak of war in September 1939
