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East Hull Auxiliary Fire Service seen here training. Circa 1940
Salvage workers shift through the wreckage the Guildhall after a direct hit on the building during the air raid on Hull May 7-8 raid in 1941
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
A British European Airways Civil Defence Westland Whirlwind helicopter which had to land on Maybury Road School playing field in a snowstorm
Gas masks being issued at Upton School. 27th August 1939
The scene after the bombing of Mixbury in Lower Warberry Road, Torquay in April 22, 1941 Four people died. Henry Thompson was 67 and died alongside his six-year-old niece Elizabeth Windeatt
ARP Warden on fire watch in Bristol, armed with his trusted stirrup pump and buckets of sand. Circa December 1940
A demonstration of a barrage balloon being inflated on the Downs in 1939. Bristol as the country prepares for war
Sherborne WW2 Home guard. Circa 1941
Bristolians in 1939 seen here being issued with gas masks in the build up to the Second World War. By September 1939 some 38 million gas masks had been given out to the civil population
George Greenwell carrying hose with Station Officer Harding seen here during pump training at London Fire Brigade Headquarters Circa 1940
Your Gas Mask: How to keep it and How to Use it. Masking Your Windows. Public Information Leaflet No 2 was issued to every household in the United Kingdom in the months leading up to the outbreak of
Your Food In War Time. Public Information Leaflet No 4 was issued to every household in the United Kingdom in the months leading up to the outbreak of the Second World War
As the threat of war overshadowed Britain in 1938 and following the Munich Crisis Britain began to take measures to prepare itself for the possibility of war
Some Things You Should Know If War Comes. Public Information Leaflet No 1 was issued to every household in the United Kingdom in the months leading up to the outbreak of the Second World War
Students take a share in filling the bags of soil to protect the dental hospital, Newcastle, in an emergency during the Second World War. 31st August 1939
Completing the citys preparedness. Just one of the many examples of the work of completing protection of Newcastle buildings. 3rd September 1939
Making sandbags in the shelter - Women are making and men filling sandbags in the basement of the India building in the city. The basement of this building is to be an official shelter
No official caption. ARP Personnel training in bomb disposal and decontamination. They are wearing the full anti-gas suit with civilian service respirator. 1938
Bomb damage at Invicta Road, East Greenwich, London during the Second World War. 14th November 1940
The 400 year old antique Royal Oak Inn, nestling under the rustic shadow of the village church in Pillaton, was the place of parade for the last " Fallin of the Pillaton G Platoon" Number 2
London Fire Service show at The Serpentine, Hyde Park. 21st February 1941
Home Guard volunteers run through a training exercise in the Suffolk village of Thorpeness as residents look on during the Second World War. 16th May 1943
One of three Gotha bombers brought down during a raid on London, on the night of Monday, 28 January 1918. This aircraft was shot down by two RFC aircraft acting as scouts In an official communique
A member of the Royal Observer Corps wearing the new Seaborne shoulder flash during the Second World War, May 1944
Small boats which returned from Dunkirk to help with the rescue of stranded BEF forces, pass through London on route to their home towns. 10th June 1940
General scene showing destruction to residential housing following an air raid on the city of Cardiff in the second World War. Circa 1941. W419C
Holborn Circus ablaze after air raid, Statue of Prince Regent in the foreground. 16th April 1941
WW2 Air Raid Damage August 1943 Bomb damage on the south coast
Bomb damage at Glasgow Clydeside, two boys runs for safety during the blitz. 14th March 1941
WW2 Air Raid Damage Bomb damage in Cardiff - people survey the wreckage and rubble caused by the air raid bombs. Circa 1941
Fire station on Shaftesbury Avenue which recieved direct hit during a night raid. 17th October 1941
Air raid damage in Coventry Civilians search the rubble of thier bomb damaged houses in Coventry On 14th November 1940 the whole of the centre of Coventry was totally devastated
WW2 Air Raid Damage Air raid damage at Bridlington A fireman stands in the street surveying the damage caused by the air raid bombs, standing alone with his hands on his hips
Rescue teams search a bombed out house
WW2 Air Raid Damage Bomb damage at Bristol Circa January 1941
WW2 Air Raid Damage Bomb damage at Glasgow Clydeside 14th March 1941
WW2 Air Raid Damage Bomb damage at Clydeside Glasgow 14th March 1941
Bomb damage at Liverpool Two people survey the damage caused by the air raid
George VI and Queen in Coventry, 25th february 1942
Spotters Sam Sprawson (pointing) and Reg Parsons (with glasses) on a Mayfair roof
Air Raid Damage in Bristol Civilians searching through rubble of their bomb damaged houses after an air raid on Bristol by the Luftwaffe (German Airforce) during the blitz Circa January 1941
Firemen tackling a blaze, Circa 1940
Bombed out Greengrocers store, 26th April 1941
V1 (Robotplane) explosion seen from Daily Mirror Offices, Fetter Lane, London, 8th June 1944
George VI visit to Birmingham
A. T.s on searchlight battery, 19th January 1943A.T.S on searchlight battery, 19th January 1943
