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Hull, Yorkshire, during The Blitz. Picture shows the devastation in Buckingham Street, Hull. The Hull Blitz was the bombing campaign that targeted the English port city of Kingston upon Hull by
Auxiliary fire service unit in action during the A. R. P. exercises at Derby 15th May 1939Auxiliary fire service unit in action during the A.R.P. exercises at Derby 15th May 1939
ARP personnel and rescue workers did through the rubble of Sculcoates Lane, Hull looking for survivors following the raid on the city 7th - 8th May 1941
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
V2 Rocket incident at Tewkesbury, Seven Sisters. 60 houses destroyed, 900 people homeless. 20th January 1945
London Fire Brigade tackles fires close to Waterloo railway station as nine thousand incendiary and high explosive bombs fall on the city of London during a Luftwaffe air raid 29th December 1940
Auxiliary Fire Service (AFS) Leader Mrs E L Smith seen here after being commended for staying at her post following the bombing of her sub-station. 17th February 1941
Auxiliary fireman seen here inspecting a water supply tank outside an Abbotts Shoe Shop in Cheapside, London which had an unexpected extra occupant of a shop dummy. 13th May 1941
Firemen dampen down the burnt-out shell of the grandstand at St. Andrew s, Birmingham F.C.Os ground. 21st January 1942
A female A. F. S. driver eating sandwiches by the light of a small fire during the SecondA female A.F.S. driver eating sandwiches by the light of a small fire during the Second World War. 10th March 1941
Firemen and pumps in St Pauls Cathedral church yard, London, attempting to save the cathedral from fire as incendiary bombs are dropped in their thousands by the Luftwaffe on the City of London 29th
Auxiliary Firemen training in Birmingham. Circa October 1940
Firemen fighting fires in Cheapside, London, started by incendiary bombs dropped in their thousands by the Luftwaffe on the City of London 29th December 1940
Auxiliary fire engines and pumps outside St Pauls Cathedral, London, as the fire brigade fight the fires started by incendiary bombs dropped by the Luftwaffe on the night of the 29th December 1940
Salvage workers pick through the burnt out remains of Londons Guildhall the morning after the Second Great Fire of London
Firefighters clear fire appliances, hoses and ladders buried under debris at Carreras Tobacco Company. City Road, London. Two firemen were killed and several others injured. 30th December 1940
Fire appliances, hoses and ladders buried under debris at Carreras Tobacco Company. City Road, London. Two firemen were killed and several others injured. 30th December 1940
The Auxiliary Fire Service was formed in 1938 and was mobilised on the 1st of September 1939 and disbanded at the end of the second world war. (Picture) A.F.S
Firemen fight a fire at Marshall & Snellgroves department store, New Street, Birmingham, caused by an incendiary bomb dropped during an air raid on the city. 25th October 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
Firemen and rescue workers in Aston, Birmingham, search through the collapsed remain of a house which received a direct hit during a raid on the city 25th August 1940
Timber yard fire. Walinden Road, Hackney, London. This picture shows two types of branch being got to work. 1. The single hose type, . 2
AFS men have to almost fight their way through a maze of pipes. 10th May 1941
The Mayor of Swansea, (Councillor Tom James) handing out tea to The Auxiliary Fire Service (AFS) men from the mobile canteen donated to Swansea from The Canadian Teachers Association
Engineering Laboratory of Liverpool University, severely damaged by a bomb during last nights raids, pictured, Wednesday 13th March 1941
Members of the A. R. P. Auxiliary Fire Service and Territorial Army seen here on aMembers of the A.R.P. Auxiliary Fire Service and Territorial Army seen here on a National Services parade at Hastings Pier. 23rd April 1939
Members of the Esher Auxiliary Fire Service parade with their Coventry Climax pump at a demonstration of civil defence and ARP procedures at Sandown Park April 1939
Members of the Auxiliary Fire Service seen here during a demonstration of civil defence at Sundown Park. April 1939
East Hull Auxiliary Fire Service seen here training. Circa 1940
ARP personnel, Air raid warden help to search for survivors in an East Hull street after a German raid on the city 9th May 1941
Womens Voluntary Service members serving tea to the firefights, soldiers and rescue workers in Central Hull following a heavy night raid on the city. Circa March 1941
Firemen fighting fires at Britannia Row, Clerkenwell, London. The air raid was part of the Luftwaffes Operation Steinbock, known in the UK as the " Little Blitz". 22nd March 1944
George Greenwell carrying hose with Station Officer Harding seen here during pump training at London Fire Brigade Headquarters Circa 1940
A local mayor inspecting an auxiliary fire fighting crew. Circa 1940
Out of a battle in Londons noonday sky yesterday (15th September 1940) you see a wrecked Dornier bomber plunging earthwards with its tail shot away enveloped in flame. It fell near Victoria Station
W. N. F. F - first pictures of Womens Fire Service Pump Crews - competition withW.N.F.F - first pictures of Womens Fire Service Pump Crews - competition with the BBC Womens Crew at HQ London Fire Force, 17 June 1942
AFS Leader, Mrs E. L Smith who stayed at her post in bombed out substationAFS Leader, Mrs E.L Smith who stayed at her post in bombed out substation, 17th February 1941
V2 Rocket incident at Bethnal Green. 8th February 1945
V2 Rocket incident near Herbert Road, Woolwich. OPS Flattened houses and the street full of debris. 7th November 1944
The aftermath of V2 explosion. On the 8th September 1944 a huge explosion occured in Staveley Road, Chiswick, West London. There had been no siren, no warning and no V1 flying bombs had been sighted
V2 Rocket incident at Middlesex St, Aldgate East. OPS wrecked Norwegian Naval College. 10th November 1944
V2 Rocket incident at Tewkesbury Terrace, Bounds Green Road, Southgate. Parts of the rocket after the explosion. 16th September 1944
V2 Rocket incident at a brush factory, High Street, Waltham Cross. OPS N. FV2 Rocket incident at a brush factory, High Street, Waltham Cross. OPS N.F.S working among the wreckage. 10th January 1945
V2 Rocket incident at Farrant Avenue, Lordship Lane, Wood Green. Dogs helping search for survivors. 3rd March 1945
V2 Rocket incident near Palmers Green Station. A piece of rail in a garden after the explosion. 7th November 1944
V2 Rocket incident at a paint factory, Downham Road, Hoxton. OPS N. FV2 Rocket incident at a paint factory, Downham Road, Hoxton. OPS N.F.S working among the wreckage. 8th January 1945
V2 Rocket incident at a N. F.s workshop, Ilford. 8th February 1945V2 Rocket incident at a N.F.S workshop, Ilford. 8th February 1945
