Civilian Collection

Mr R. J. White, leader of an Isle of Wight ARP rescue party
Mr R.J. White, leader of an Isle of Wight ARP rescue party, has invented three pieces of apparatus to improve the manipulation of stretchers to prevent further injury to the patient

Mr. John St Leger Hunter, a member of the Swansea G. P. O
Mr. John St Leger Hunter, a member of the Swansea G.P.O. who has been awarded the George medal for gallantry for his actions during a recent raid on Swansea. Circa 1941

Mr. Roger Smith has a Pixie in his garden. But its no dream-world fairy-tale figure thats appeared... its the remains of a genuine 1924 Parnall Pixie light aircraft

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

A man searches among the debris of his destroyed home in Wavertree, Liverpool following an air raid by the German Luftwaffe on the city

The Mechanised Transport Corps, a British womens organisation that initially provided its own transport and uniforms and operated during the Second World War

Steel helmet for the use of civilians announced in the House of Commons by Mr. Herbert Morrison, Minister of Home Security. February 1941

At a football match held at Delivrand, in Normandy, a Scottish Pipe band, (Black Watch) entertained the crowd of French civilians and British troops who had gathered to watch the match

Grim faced residents of Berlin watch as the British Army pass them on their entry in to the German capital city at the end of the Second World War in Europe

An elderly German man in Plauen, on the US 3rd Army front, eats a meal from a cup which remained whole when his house was wrecked during the advance of General Pattons troops. 23rd April 1945

In accordance with a request from the Norwegian High Command, British naval forces have evacuated the entire civilian population from an island behind the German lines off the coast of northern

Cerio Adolfo, an Italian labourer who was working on his farm near Larino when the Germans opened fire on him with a machine gun

A little Italian boy, an evacuee from the Mount Cairo district in Lazio, Italy, did not like leaving his home and attempted to go back

Madame Scarlett, hotelkeeper of the Hotel Des Fleurs in Les Andrelys on the Seine, France, proudly wearing her blouse made from a Union Jack flag as she welcomes liberating British troops into

When General Charles D Gaulle, leader of the Free French Forces, attended a thanksgiving service at the Notre Dame cathedral in Paris, enemy German snipers opened fire as he arrived

The airfield at Gibraltar is floodlit by night by powerful searchlights from crevices and galleries in The Rock. A Dakota aircraft of BOAC stands on the airfield waiting for a night take-off

Crowd of civilians in Beirut, Lebanon. 12th November 1943
Crowd of civilians in Beirut, Lebanon.12th November 1943

In a recent exercise in the Southern Command, members of the Home Guard collaborated with units of the Royal Marines and a squadron of Polish pilots

A very interesting exercise, involving some three to four hundred Home Guards, recently took place in a mining area in the North of England

A War Office Travelling School is touring the country, instructing home guards. Pictures taken in the Eastern Command. A demonstrator shows how to use a sticky bomb. August 1941

German male civilians of military age in the town of Uerdingen are assembled by Military Police of the 9th US Army for identification. March 1945

By order of the Military Government already established in Krefeld, Germany, civilians are turning in all sorts of weapons. March 1945

French civilians welcome American paratroopers, members of the Allied Expeditionary Force which landed in Northern France on the 6th June 1944. June 1944

US soldiers evacuate French civilians. Circa 1944

Corps Commandant Mrs. R. Peake inspected new recruits of the M. T. C. at Cardiff
Corps Commandant Mrs.R.Peake inspected new recruits of the M.T.C. at Cardiff. She is seen talking to some of the officers

The Home Guard celebrates its second birthday. This picture of the opening of a new guardroom at a Merseyside factory, shows the progress which has been made since the formation of the original

Bombardier Reg Kraushaar of Deptford and wife, pictured putting on his tie. He had been in the Army for five years. Before that he was a GPO storeman

Parade of civilian police force. 11th March 1912

Garage owner Douglas Price with daughter Zena in the semi submarine he built called the The Highlander Ships Submarines December 1966

Members of the RAF get a preview of their "demob"civvy clothing
Members of the RAF get a preview of their " demob" civvy clothing, ready for them at RAF Station in Kirkhaw near Preston, Lancashire. 18th June 1945

Pilots Mr Geoge LeMay(left) and Mr Alf Bicknell discussing the flight plan to Canada from Coventrys Baginton airport. Two Canadian aircraft enthusiasts are setting off from Coventry airport

Mr. A Barker arrives at Baginton Aerodrome, Coventry, today in his Percival Proctor 3 to compete in Coventry Air Day races tomorrow. 20th July 1956

Mr. E. Crabtree arrives at Baginton Aerodrome, Coventry, today in his Percival Proctor 3 to compete in Coventry Air Day races tomorrow. 20th July 1956

Locals examine a damaged and abandoned gun limber in the remains of the Belgium village of Melle Circa September 1914

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