1940 Collection (page 3)

HMS Cossack returns to Leith on 17 February 1940, after rescuing the British prisoners held in Graf Spees supply ship Altmark

A portrait of a young girl, Ella Edwards. 1940

Ella Edwards with a candle. December 1940

Pilots from 501 squadron show off the tailplane rudder of a Messerschmitt 109 at RAF Filton in 1st November 1940

Bristol Bridge in 1940, bomb damage in Victoria Street next to Georges Brewery Bristol Blitz Between 24 November 1940 and 11 April 1941 there were six major bombing raids on Bristol

Dads Army, the Home Guard, in Bristol and Somerset between 1940 and 1942

George Greenwell carrying hose (right) with Guy Bartholomew Editorial Director of the Daily Mirror (Centre) and Station Officer Harding seen here during pump training at London Fire Brigade

George Greenwell (right) with Guy Bartholomew Editorial Director of the Daily Mirror (Centre) and Station Officer Harding seen here during pump training at London Fire Brigade Headquarters Circa 1940

Prime Minister Winston Churchill seen here during a visit to the North East coast of England to inspect coastal defences and fortification as Germany and her allies amass troops

World War Two - Second World War - An old paddle steamer, one of the many ships of all shapes and sizes that helped in the evacuation of the BEF from the beaches at Dunkirk. Circa: June 1940

Mrs Laura Henderson owner of the Windmill Theatre with some of the Windmill Revudebelles, picture taken at 8th Windmill Theatre anniversary in February 1940. Additional Information

WW2 Bomb Damage in Deptford London Circa September 1940

London Skyline during World War Two December 1940 with Saint Pauls

Wounded soldiers on hospital train passing through France 1940 WW2

War Dunkirk Evacuation of BEF from Dunkirk tired troops sleep in a camp after their return to England June 1940

1940 - 14 year old Sean Connery in his Sea Cadet uniform. During this year, he crashed his sledge into a tree and had 34 stitches put in the head wound. OP.752-C Box OP 26 Y2K

The London Skyline during a blitz in WW2 London ablaze

Picture shows a church in Dover, bombed in The Blitz of World War Two. Mirrorpix do not have a name for the church
Picture shows a church in Dover, bombed in The Blitz of World War Two. **Mirrorpix do not have a name for the church, ** Picture taken 23rd August 1940

Caister-on-Sea lifeboat. 2nd April 1940

Twenty women launch the RNLB Charles Cooper Henderson" at Dungeness lifeboat station, Kent to rescue an RAF pilot who came down in the English Channel when their husbands were away fishing

Statue of the Apostle St. Bartholomew on the roof of the Northern facade of St Pauls Cathedral silhouetted against the fires that raged around the cathedral

Fires in Ave Maria Lane, London, started by high explosive and incendiary bombs dropped by the Luftwaffe on the night of 29th December 1940

A turntable ladder of the London Fire Brigade tackles fires on Aldersgate Street, Farringdon as nine thousand incendiary and high explosive bombs fall on the city of London during a Luftwaffe air

Auxiliary fire engines and pumps outside St Pauls Cathedral, Ludgate Hill, London, as the fire brigade fight the fires started by over 9

Firemen tackling fires in the streets close to St Pauls Cathedral as over nine thousand incendiary and high explosive bombs fall on the city of London during a Luftwaffe air raid 29th December 1940

The City of London ablaze seen from the roof of the Northern facade of St Pauls Cathedral, after an estimated nine thousands incendiary bombs were dropped by the Luftwaffe on the city of London

Firemen tackling fires in St Pauls Churchyard to stop the blaze reaching the Cathedral. As over nine thousand incendiary and high explosive bombs fall on the City of London, 29th December 1940

Sun set over the city of London following the most devastating raid on London which took place on the night of 10/11 May 1941. The moon was full and the Thames had a very low ebb tide

Firemen dampen down the fires caused by a a Luftwaffe attack on the City of Bristol. Circa November 1940

ARP rescue members seen here searching a shop in Bridlington damage by blast in a daylight air raid on the town. Circa August 1940

London docks burn as the Luftwaffe drop high explosives and incendiary bombs on the east end of London. 7th September 1940

The glow from fires started by the bombing of the East End and docks light up Londons skyline, the dome of the Old Daily can be seen silhouetted against the glow. 7th September 1940

Vapour trails over central London as the Luftwaffe attempts to bomb the city. 15th September 1940

Fires caused by the dropping of thousands of incendiary bombs by the Luftwaffe on the City of London on the night of the 29th December 1940 seen from the roof of the Daily Mirror building in Fetters

Salvage workers pick through the burnt out remains of Londons Guildhall the morning after the Second Great Fire of London

The Sherwood Foresters. A series of pictures taken with the The Sherwood Foresters, now serving in the forward areas of the B.E.F. Major L.S Temple (wearing decorations) map checking with officers

The Suffolk Regiment with the B. E. F. during the Second World War
The Suffolk Regiment with the B.E.F. during the Second World War. (Picture) Men of the Regiment - a typical group of East Anglian s. 15th March 1940

The sinking of the submarine Thetis. Some of the crew from H. M
The sinking of the submarine Thetis. Some of the crew from H.M. submarine Thunderbolt who were involved in the triumph of sinking Thetis. 19th January 1940

Onlookers from the seafront at Deal watch the Dutch vessel Nora, after having been beached following damage by a mine, then drifted against the pier, destroying 200 feet of ironwork and capsizing

HMS Ajax returns to the Royal Navy dockyards at Devonport following the destruction of the German Pocket Battleship Graf Spee. 18th February 1940

Officers of HMS Ajax and Exeter enjoying a drink during the interval at the London Palladium. The crews of the two ships are in London for a presentation to the King

The MV Domala seen here beached between Hurst Castle and The Needles in the Solent on 6 March 1940. Following an attack on her by a Heinkel HE 111 of KG26 on the 2nd March 1940

A party of rescue workers part of the ARP seen here checking houses damage by blast for trapped residents following a day light air raid on London. 2nd October 1940

The reflection of a member of the Home Guard. Seen here in a puddle at an un-named colliery. Circa June 1940

An impromptu Childrens show using a Anderson shelter for a stage during the London Blitz. Circa October 1940

New bunks fitted in a public air raid shelter to make sheltering from enemy air raids slightly more comfortable. 4th October 1940

Interior of the Sector G Operations Room at Duxford, Cambridgeshire, England during the Second World War. The callsigns of fighter squadrons controlled by this Sector can be seen on the wall behind

A German fighter brought down over Kent. September 1940

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