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Firemen dampening down the CWS shop and offices in Pershore Street, Birmingham, which were completely burnt following a raid on the city. 29th October 1940
Damage to the roof of St Philips Cathedral, Birmingham following a raid on the city. The building was hit several times by incendiary bombs during the raid. 29th October 1940
The burnt out remains of the Methodist Church, Bristol Street, Birmingham, following an air raid on the city. 29th October 1940
Damage to the roof and nave of St Philips Cathedral, Birmingham following a raid on the city. The building was hit several times by incendiary bombs during the raid. 29th October 1940
Damage to tthe Kings Heath Baths, Birmingham following a raid on the city. 30th October 1940
Firemen dampening down the burnt out shell of the Dobson & Crowther factory, Aston Road, Birmingham, following a raid on the city 1st November 1940
A direct hit on a house in Cromer Road, Balsall Heath, Birmingham following an air raid on the city. 29th October 1940
A rescue squad at work searching for survivors of a house which received a direct hit close to central Birmingham following an air raid on the city. 2nd November 1940
Firemen dampen down and rescue squads search the shattered remains of John Bright Street, Birmingham, following a heavy air raid on the city. 20th November 1940
A bus on its side after being caught in the blast of a bomb in Sparkbrook, Birmingham, following an air raid on the city. 20th November 1940
Firemen dampen down the shattered remains of John Bright Street, Birmingham, following a heavy air raid on the city. 20th November 1940
The burnt out remains of the altar and nave of St Agathas Church, Sparkbrook, Birmingham, following a direct hit during an air raid on the city. 20th November 1940
Workers and residents make their way through the shattered remains of Queens Road, Aston, Birmingham, following a heavy air raid on the city. 21st November 1940
Workmen and rescue squads search the shattered remains of Queens Road, Aston, Birmingham, following a heavy air raid on the city. 20th November 1940
Workmen shift through the crater and basement of the Hereford Hotel, Villa Cross, Birmingham. The building received a direct hit killing twenty people who were sheltering in the basement
A convoy of troopships arrived from England carrying large reinforcements of troops to the Middle East command. Circa 2nd October 1940
British advance in the western desert. Monument erected by Italians in commemoration of them having taken Sidi Barrani. Circa December 1940
A spotter (air-sentry) on duty as part of Britains anti-aircraft defences. August 1940
Reconnaissance photographs being assessed at an R. A. F. headquartersReconnaissance photographs being assessed at an R.A.F. headquarters. 5th February 1940
Dunkirk evacuation, (1940) in World War II, the evacuation of the British Expeditionary Force (BEF) and other Allied troops from the French seaport of Dunkirk (Dunkerque)
An officer studies reconnaissance pictures taken over Germany at a Wing Headquarters of the Royal Air Force. 5th February 1940
British tanks during a night exercise in France during the Second World War. 3rd June 1940
British troops practice with revolvers in France during the Second World War. 26th January 1940
Activity in the Western Desert. C. J. Dean, the international Rugby Scrum HalfActivity in the Western Desert. C.J. Dean, the international Rugby Scrum Half, now an officer in the Royal Tank Regiment, writing by his desert quarters. 13th September 1940
The York and Lancaster Regiment at river exercises with collapsible boats. 17th April 1940
Sergeant pilot and sergeant observer of the Royal Air Force after a reconnaissance flight over the Siegfried Line. 26th February 1940
The Dorsetshire Regiment practice with a Bren gun during Second World War. 21st February 1940
Junior Officers training with grenades in France. (Picture) instruction in throwing Grenades from the lying position. 4th April 1940
Welsh Guards in a ruined building during a training exercise. 26th February 1940
Raiders uses oil bomb. Remains of a Nazi oil bomb which set fire to a sports pavilion during a raid on Birmingham and the Midlands. 27th September 1940
Police Officers inspect the damage to Clent school following a German air raid on the city of Birmingham. 28th September 1940
A member of the Rescue service help save belongings from a bombed house in Kings Heath Birmingham, following a raid on the city. 28th August 1940
Troops of an Indian Brigade holding an advanced post on the Eritrean frontier. 16th December 1940
Pilots return to their base somewhere in England, after a nine hour reconnaissance mission leaflet raid flight over enemy territory of Germany and Austria
Light tanks taking cover in a woods during Second World War. 6th December 1940
A light tank in heavy country. during, training exercise somewhere in England. 7th December 1940
British troops in France on training Exercise using Light Tanks. 18th January 1940
The Mayor of Bootle (Alderman Js Kelly) presenting the blanket which the Queen sent to Bootle. Mrs Riley who lost her husband and her 11 year old daughter in a recent raid
Picture shows an injured British airmen, shot down over The Netherlands, but still smiling. He is not named. Picture taken 16th May 1940
Vyner Road South, Birkenhead, Merseyside. A huge crater in the garden after an air raid. No one was injured though. Picture taken 1st November 1940
Soldiers of the British Expeditionary Force, who were encircled by the Germans at Dunkirk, Northern France before their miraculous escape, pictured on arrival at Dover
A captured case of mortars used by the Germans. Circa June 1940
A bomb crater in Bromford Road, Birmingham following a raid on the city. 14th August 1940
Mutual Aid in Air Defence. The first trial in the Midland Civil Defence Region of the pooling of A.R.P. resources to assist an area severely hit by air attack took place in Calthorpe Park
A damage house in Tyburn Road, Edrdington, Birmingham following a raid on the city. 14th August 1940
Milkman examines the staircase of a damage house in Tyburn Road, Edrdington, Birmingham following a raid on the city. 14th August 1940
A house damage by a bomb in Tyburn Road, Edrdington, Birmingham following a raid on the city. 14th August 1940
Damage to a house in Bromsford Lane, 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
