1942 Collection

Tea Healy daily mirror war correspondent during the Second World War. 22nd July 1942

HMS Anson during passing out trials in the North Sea. June 1942

Lieut General Bernard Montgomery newly appointed commander of the 8th Army seen here discussing tactics with officers from the 22nd Armoured Brigade

HMS Wallace a Shakespeare Class Flotilla Leader escort seen here in 1942 shortly after Prince Philip the Duke of Edinburgh joined the ship as a sub lieutenant. Circa January 1942

HMS Fury leads the 8th destroyer flotilla during a fleet exercise close to Scapa Flow. Circa 1942

New recruits to the Royal Navy write their first letter home to tell their people of their safe arrival at HMS Raleigh, the navys training barracks at Torpoint in Cornwall. 21st December 1942

The Commanding Officer and other crew of the submarine H. M. S. Seraph. Circa 1942
The Commanding Officer and other crew of the submarine H.M.S. Seraph. Circa 1942

Picture shows business premises in Weston Super Mare, Somerset, decimated in The Blitz. June 1942. Street is unknown. On the nights of June 28 and 29

Children at The Everard Avenue School, Walton, Liverpool, helping to relieve the shortage of clerks by filling in the names and addresses on the new ration books. Picture taken 8th June 1942

A prototype Cromwell tank is put through its paces for, and then inspected by King George VI and the Queen at an un-named Midlands tank factory. 26th February 1942

Five people in Exeter owe their lives to the Morrison shelter. Their two story house received a direct hit and completely buried the shelter during the " Baedeker" raid on the city

A prototype Cromwell tank is put through its pace for King George VI and the Queen at an un-named Midlands tank factory. 26th February 1942

Picture shows Daily Mirror War Correspondent, T. E. A Healy
Picture shows Daily Mirror War Correspondent, T.E.A Healy. Location unknown, though TEA Healy did once join the 8th Army on man" uvre

Billowing smoke marks the end of the ammunition ship Mary Luckenbach, seen from the deck of the carrier HMS Avenger, during convoy PQ 18 to Russia. 13th September 1942

The Tivoli Cinema in Weston Super Mare. Somerset and Avon area. On the nights of June 28 and 29, 1942 Weston endured " hell on earthO as 52 high-explosive bombs and more than 10

Russian Bomber crew. June 1942

Chinese workers inspect the fuselage of a Japanese plane, shot down by British a gunners in Malaysia. January 1942

Scottish crew of a Bofors gun in Malta. May 1942

R. A. F. pilots scramble to waiting Spitfires. The Supermarine Spitfire is a
R.A.F. pilots scramble to waiting Spitfires. The Supermarine Spitfire is a British single-seat fighter aircraft that was used by the Royal Air Force and other Allied countries before, during

Reloading the guns of a Hurricane Fighter of Burma squadron. The Hurricane Fighter Squadron adopted by Burma is the famous No 257 squadron

R. A. F. Beaufighter squadron successes recorded by an Intelligence Officer in the Middle
R.A.F. Beaufighter squadron successes recorded by an Intelligence Officer in the Middle East. Picture marked as used 8th February 1943

HMS Duke of York, a King George V-class battleship. March 1942

Crest of the RAF regiment. Circa 1942

A British solder having a bath. Tobruk. Libya. The Siege of Tobruk lasted for 241 days in 1941, after Axis forces advanced through Cyrenaica from El Agheila in Operation Sonnenblume against Allied

Twin engined Bristol Beaufort torpedo bomber, now being produced in Australia. Mechanic seen here making adjustments to the Pratt and Whitney Wasp engine during production 1st January 1942

Bomb damage to Elephant and Castle, London. 6th June 1942

HMS Tigris was a T-class submarine of the Royal Navy. She was laid down at Chatham... The submarine had been adopted by the town of Newbury during the Second World War as part of Warship Week

Men of the R. A. F. regiment marching inland to take possession of Maison Blanche aerodrome
Men of the R.A.F. regiment marching inland to take possession of Maison Blanche aerodrome. 18th November 1942

The Blue Cap Military Police. Officer with his Border Collie. The Royal Military Police (RMP) is the corps of the British Army responsible for the policing of army service personnel

British Parachute Squadron (actual regiment unknown) training group. Picture taken 2nd March 1942

The British destroyer HMS Fury refuels from the cruiser HMS Trinidad despite heavy seas and falling snow whilst on patrol in the North Atlantic. 9th March 1942

British assault craft reaching the shores of Toamasina, Madagascar during Second World War. 16th October 1942

American troops of the 34th Infantry Division landing on the beaches at Surcouf, twenty miles east of Algiers. Operation Torch signalled the American entry into the Mediterranean War

Borys Karnicki, captain of the famous Polish submarine "Sokol"
Borys Karnicki, captain of the famous Polish submarine " Sokol" after its return from the Mediterranean. July 1942

Operation Pedestal. A general view of the convoy under air attack showing the intense anti-aircraft barrage put up by the escorts

Troops assist rescue workers to release bomb victims trapped under the ruins of their homes in Scarborough Street, Hull May 1942

Picture shows: Advacing detachments of the Soviet Red Army among the remnants of a German supply train on the Russian front during the Second World War. February 1942

A Soviet Red Army infantry unit pursuing the retreating enemy German army during the battle on the Eastern Front in the Second World War. February 1942

A sewing lesson in the school playground at Llanfairfechan, Conwy County Borough, Wales, where there are many Liverpool children. Picture taken 21st May 1942

WRENS (The Womens Royal Naval Service) in Egypt. The WRENS are establishing themselves in Egypt, taking over from existing Navy personal. The WRENS are reaching out more into the community too

Members of the Home Guard seen here firing Z Battery short range anti aircraft missiles. July 1942

Picture shows a female ARP Warden in World War Two. The picture is from The Hull Daily Mail, and thus probably taken in the area of Hull, Yorkshire. APR Wardens during World War 2

Some of the crew of HMS Minesweeper Commiles, adopted by the Daily Mirror reading their fan mail. Over 1000 letters were received by the crew within a month following adoption

One of the most up to date mobile canteens in the country. The canteen aquired by The Liverpool Gas Company. It will be stationed Broadway

Wartime women porters at The General Station, Cardiff, Wales. Having fun, sitting as a group on the railway luggage trolly

Hawker Typhoon fighters are now being built in impressive numbers at one of the Gloster Aircraft Company factories in the West of England

R A O C men learning the recovering of capsizes tanks at a Midlands training centre. England. The Royal Army Ordnance Corps (RAOC) was a corps of the British Army

Picture shows a life saving raft which is hoped will save the lives of thousands of ship wrecked seaman. Picture taken in the Port of Hull

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