Defence Collection

The Cambridgeshire Home Guard pictured during the Second World War, 1941

British Army East Yorkshire regiment in training somewhere in England during the Second World War. Circa 1940

Roger Hunt beaten to the ball by Jackson of Lincoln City during the match at Anfield. 2nd April 1960

European Cup Perliminary Round First Leg match at Goodison Park. Everton 0 v Inter Milan 0 (Inter won 1-0 on aggregate). September 1963

Queen Elizabeth II visits Plessey in Liverpool, and is seen here asking one of the System X production workers about her job

Parade of Air Raid Precaution (ARP) Wardens in reading, Berkshire during the Second World War. Circa 1941

The rifle range of a company of Home Guard on parade in Reading, Berkshire during the Second World War. 29th June 1942

The 10th Torbay Devonshire Home Guard during the Second World War. August 1941

Anti aircraft machine gun on a submarine boat. These machine guns were used for close range use, as the war planes got closer and closer to their targets. Picture taken during training

Anti aircraft gun and army unit in the Hull and Yorkshire, or East Riding, area of England during World War Two. Anti-aircraft warfare or counter-air defence is defined by NATO as " all measures

Picture shows The Reading Home Guard, Berkshire, England, during world War Two. The Home Guard was a volunteer unit made up of people too old or too young to be sent to battle

A peep inside the dug-out air raid shelter at Borrowash 15th October 1939

Piers Corbyn, brother of Labour Politician Jeremy Corbyn, pictured in Maida Vale, West London in 1975. Piers Corbyn was a member of The Young Liberals

Hellfire Corner, Dover Castle, Kent, England. See other frames in this set showing, Dame Vera Lynn opens English Heritage Hellfire Corner at Dover Castle, Kent. England

Dame Vera Lynn opens English Heritage Hellfire Corner at Dover Castle, Kent. England. Hellfire Corner is a series of secret tunnels in the famous White Cliffs under Dover Castle

Mersey Defence Sea Forts. A general view of the sea forts standing out in the sea area, a prototype of those which are in the Thames, they make an impressive sight from the deck of the relief vessel

FR Aviation of Teesside Airport played a key role in improving Britains air defences by testing the RAFs ability to repluse attack

FA Cup fourth round match at White Hart lane. Tottenham Hotspur 4 v Oxford United 2. Paul Gascoigne on a mazy dribble. 26th January 1991

King Hassan II International Cup in Morocco, England 0 v Belgium 0 (Belgium won on penalties 4-3). Paul Gascoigne peers out as he lines up with his England teammates in a defensive wall during a

Manchester United footballer Darren Ferguson, son of manager Alex Ferguson, stands alongside Dennis Irwin in a wall during their match against Sheffield United. 26th February 1991

A female plane spotter on the look out for enemy aircraft in the City during the Second World War. 1st January 1941

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

Members of a Midland village Local Defence Volunteer organisation (LDV) receiving their orders during an exercise. 3rd July 1940

Mrs Northwood, a cleaner and volunteer fire watcher at St. Marlborough Street labour exchange, London, during the Second World War. 5th March 1944

Mrs Burrows makes useful gas mask cases for her daughters during the Second World War. Picture shows: Pamela and Beverly Burrows with their home made gas mask cases. 15th December 1939

About two years ago, men and women of the Barnet National Fire Service (NFS) were turning out in their off duty time, at the rate of many hundreds a week

From the top of a 55 foot fire watch tower In Rendlesham Forest near Woodbridge in East Anglia, 21 year old Miss Maude Middleditch does a dally 9 and half hours watch over millions of pine trees

Bren Gun Carriers on patrol on the Sussex Downs, England as they keep watch for any attempted parachute landings by the enemy. 16th August 1940

The latest recruits carry a poster in a march of the 77th Lancashire (Bootle, Liverpool) Home Guard. 11th August 1941

Mr W G Marks, manager of the Liverpool Corporation Passenger Transport Depot inspecting a parade company of the departments Home Guard prior to a church parade commencing at Dingle, Liverpool

The countrys first mixed "Ack-Ack"Battery in the North West region of
The countrys first mixed " Ack-Ack" Battery in the North West region of England. Women of the Auxiliary Territorial service (ATS) at work on height finding with an anti-aircraft gun

British Army Royal Engineers sapper J W Gould from Leeds, helping US soldier Private Simon Davido of New York unload supplies at Liverpool docks from one of the first American ships to bring supplies

Home Guard inspecting a pass at a Wallasey anti aircraft battery site on the Home Front during the second World War. 2nd July 1943

The Royal Marines band visit to Liverpool during the second Word War. 19th January 1942

Home Guard enjoying a meal at a Wallasey anti aircraft battery site on the Home Front during the second World War. 2nd July 1943

C Company of the 5th Battalion Liverpool Home Guard are the proud possessors of the first Home Guard Pipe band in England. Pipe Major Macleod is seen here leading the company. 26th January 1941

British Army Royal Engineers sappers and US soldiers becoming working together at Liverpool docks unloading one of the first American ships to bring supplies to the United Kingdom. 29th June 1942

Home Guard manning an anti aircraft gun at a Wallasey Ant-Aircraft battery site on the Home Front during the Second World War. 2nd July 1943

Home Guard outside Buckingham Palace watching the Changing of the Guard ceremony taking place. 14th May 1943

British Auxiliary Territorial Service (ATS) in action with a regiment of heavy Anti-Aircraft guns in Belgium during the Second World War

Picture shows Mrs Annie Kelly, boring a shaft of submarine. She is the wife of a crane driver in the same factory. Picture taken in Newcastle, Tyne and Wear, England. Picture taken 4th October 1944

Home Guard Stand Down Parade in London. Left to right: C. S. M. W. L. Malcolm and C. S
Home Guard Stand Down Parade in London. Left to right: C.S.M. W.L. Malcolm and C.S.M. R. Wallace, both of the Ulster Home Guard. 3rd December 1944

Scene at the cook house at the Reading Home Guard camp in Berkshire during the Second World War. 15th June 1942

Members of the Home Guard on parade Kidmore End near Reading, Berkshire on Sunday 18th May 1941

Members of the Reading Home Guard during the Second World War. Circa 1942

Air Raid Precaution (ARP) bomb demonstration held at Reading, Berkshire during the Second World War. Among the observers are the Regional Commissioner Sir Harry Haig, Alderman H. Bale, Alderman A

Air Raid Precaution training and demonstration taking place in Gainsborough, Lincolnshire during the Second World War, in preparation for German air raids on the town. 19th June 1939

Residents of Peel Street, Lincoln digging trenches as precautions against possible air raids in the city during the Second World War. 12th September 1939

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