Defence Collection (page 2)

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

Residents of Skellingthorpe Road, Lincoln digging trenches as precautions against possible air raids in the city during the Second World War. 1940

Wooden boards erected outside the Lincoln Drill Hall on Broadgate street in Lincoln city centre, part of the precautions taken against any possible German air raids during the Second World War

A spotter in a city area finds the safe custody of his steel helmet for his two bottles of beer. November 1940

Burma Defence. Indian Mountain Battery, operating in the frontier regions where the country is rugged, mountainous and jungle covered. Pictured, guns being carried by mules. February 1942

Miss Sarah Churchill, the Prime Ministers daughter with Wing Commander Hodsoll, Inspector General of Civil Defence Services

Soldiers manning one of the thousands of coastal defence guns against possible German invaders somewhere in England during the Second World War. August 1940

Army Guns. Training exercise. Picture shows a gun mounted on a boat, (numbered 27). Location unknown. Picture taken circa 1st February 1942

Glyn Jones of the Newport Home Guard during the Second World War. Circa 1941

Ivor Miles Windsor-Clive, 2nd Earl of Plymouth and Lord Lieutenant of Glamorgan, inspecting the 2nd Glamorgan (Pontypridd and District) Battalion of the Home Guards at Pontypridd

Winners of the Battalion Commanders Shooting Cup, presented by Lieutenant Col. Percy Thomas OBE toNumbe 2 (guest Keen Baldwins) Company, 22nd Glamorgan (Cardiff) Battalion Home Guard

The National Fire Service womens fitness training course at the Regional Reserve Training Station in Tandridge, Surrey. Picture shows

Defences being erected in Odessa. (Picture) Stone barricades and pill-boxes, tank traps being erected in the streets of Odessa. 12th September 1941

Mediterranean Sea battle units of the Italian Fleet engaged by a British Convoy escort en route from Alexandria, Egypt to Malta. Picture shows: A Royal Navy Cruiser smoke-screening the the convoy

Picture showing how Britain prepared for an attempted invasion by German forces during the Second World War. Weapons developed by the Petroleum Warfare Department include this vertical flame throwing

Training drill at a coastal battery on the East Coast. Circa September 1940

Picture showing how Britain prepared a fiery reception for the Germans had they attempted an invasion. Oil Defences capable of setting the English Channel ablaze were evolved - billowing smoke

Bren gun carriers being swung on to Rangoon docks. Burma. circa 1st November 1941

Inside a British coastal Sea Fort. Picture shows the soldiers manning the defence gun. Location unknown. North of England is suggested on the caption. Picture taken circa 17th February 1942

A sentry on night watch duty on an island fort somewhere in the Northern Command, manned by batteries of a Royal Artillery coast regiment who receive rigorous training. February 1942

A lookout standing on a 9. 2 coastal defence gun on the east coast of Scotland
A lookout standing on a 9.2 coastal defence gun on the east coast of Scotland, scanning the horizon with his binoculars. June 1941

A 9. 2 gun being installed on the coast, somewhere in the Southern Command. August 1941
A 9.2 gun being installed on the coast, somewhere in the Southern Command. August 1941

Picture taken on the roads near the Belgium - Luxembourg border showing barricades with three, four and sometimes five stone walls jutting out from alternate sides of the road

The self fitting ARP blind invented by Mr Geoffrey Mortimer, being placed into position on the windows of a residential house. The window on the right has already been blacked out

London Fire Service Agility Team training during the Second world War. The Swallow. 2nd July 1942

Members of the Home Guard of the Pulsometer Engineering Works in Reading, Berkshire during the Second World War. 12th December 1941

A group of officers at a Home Guard weekend camp in Reading, Berkshire during the Second World War. 15th June 1942

Members of a company of the Reading Home Guard during the Second World War. 12th February 1942

Members of the Home Guard practice with Sten Guns during training exercises in Reading, Berkshire in the Second World War. 26th June 1942

Members of a Home Guard Anti-Aircraft battery in Reading, Berkshire during the Second World War. 6th July 1942

A coastal crew operating a 9. 2 howitzer gun in action on the coast of England during
A coastal crew operating a 9.2 howitzer gun in action on the coast of England during the Second World War. They fire a shell weighing 350 lbs. 29th March 1941

At the London Region Fire Control Room, Battle headquarters of the National Fire Service. In the fight against the Luftwaffes attacks on London

A squad of the Home Guard prepare to deal with an "invader"
A squad of the Home Guard prepare to deal with an " invader" by means of a Molotov cocktail during training exercises in the Dover and Folkestone areas of Kent during the Second World War

Should thew Japanese attempt to invade Australia they will encounter a formidable system of defences held by hardened young Australian soldiers, determined to defend their native soil at all costs

The Gibraltar Defence Force was formed time ago, so that volunteers from the younger residents of the colony have a share in their defence of it

On the FifthArmy Front in Italy during the Second World War. In their drive from the south towards Imola and Bologna, British troops of the 5th Army in Italy have captured Monte Penzola

St George Orphanage. Children making camouflage nets. Caption is hard to read, but it very much looks like this is St Georges House Police Orphanage, Harrogate, Yorkshire

Anti Aircraft Defence of Naples during the Second World War. Photo shows:The pattern of lights made by anti-aircraft fire during a recent Nazi raid on the city off Naples in Southern Italy

Barrage balloons for merchant ships 31st October 1941 Balloons being transferred from the balloon launch to merchant ships off the coast of Greenock

In May 1940, just a month before the Battle of Britain, a small group of local Defence Volunteers from Nottingham and the surrounding districts

Should the enemy attempt to land seaplanes on Lake Windermere, one of Britains largest lakes, he will meet with strong and effective resistance from the Home Guard " marines"

A large-scale demonstration of fighter and bombers given by the Royal Air Force to Army and Home Guard officers and NCOs of the East Anglian area

A lady working in a munitions factory. She is using what looks to be a bow saw. Location unknown Picture taken 22nd June 1942

Mrs C Sheppherd in the driving seat of a Bofors 40mm a gun. The occasion is a mock up battle in the North West of England, where families have been allowed to attend. Picture taken 18th January 1942

Twenty Four year old leading seaman Taylor, representing the Navy, thanking the 800 female munition workers who have turned out to see him

War munition workers. Two ladies. Picture taken 2nd April 1941

The Auxiliary Territorial Service (ATS) ladies. Caption suggests these are pay clerks. Picture taken 9th March 1942

War munition workers. A lady in her thick rubber protective overall. Picture taken 6th June 1942

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