Fire Collection (page 2)

Woman leans against Street Fire Alarm Box, used to report an emergency, New York, USA, June 1984

Fire fighters and emergency workers fight a fire at Brown Brothers, Great Eastern Street, Islington, London, following the detonation of a V1. 26th July 1944

Fires caused by the dropping of thousands of incendiary bombs by the Luftwaffe on the City of London on the night of the 29th December 1940

Llanellys ARP squad, composed of members of the local fire brigade, photographed before their first gas test at fire station. In the picture Supt. W

British Fifth Army at Anzio Bridhead during the Second World War. Despite having to attend fires day and night on the bridgehead at Anzio, Italy

Photograph taken by Flying Officer T. C. Scott (Coastal Command
Photograph taken by Flying Officer T.C. Scott (Coastal Command) after a Junkers 188 of the German Luftwaffe had been shot down by his RAF Coastal Command Mosquito off Point Penmarch

First pictures of the British Army entry in to Brussels, Belgium during the Second world War. Photo shows: The Palais de Justice set on fire by fleeing Germans as the British entered the city

Artillery fire from American guns blasted Germans from their positions which they held in the town of Wallendorf, Germany. Furniture has been removed from blazing homes. September 1944

View of the damage to Ben Evans devastated shop at Wind Street, Swansea following an air raid by bombers German Luftwaffe on the city on 16th February 1943

Firemen attend to a roaring blaze at a house on Tilehurst Road, London after it was struck by German incendiary bombs during the blitz in World War Two. Circa September 1940

Firefighters tackle a blaze in a Timber Yard in Camberwell, London. The fire was started by a German incendiary bomb dropped on the city during an air raid on the 8th - 9th December 1940

Heavy flamethrowers installed for the defence of English Channel ports. 5th June 1945

An excerpt from the German film War In The East concerning the advance into Russia during Second World War. 10th September 1941

Crocodile Flame throwing tanks in action directing their fire on the enemys strong points covering the bridge in s-Hertogenbosch. 27th October 1944

Picture taken on the Burma rivers. Camoflaged houseboats and shelters have not deceived the crews of searching RAF Beaufighters, and cannon shells strike one of the Houseboat Has string fires

Beaufighters strike at Japanese Rivercraft. Picture shows the scene after a bombing at Yothaya, a few miles south of Magwe on the Irrawaddy, Burma, after an attack recently by RAF Beaufighters

Fireman training commando style. World War Two. Picture taken 7th October 1942

Women in Bristol learning how to put out the fires. Bristol was hit badly in The Blitz, along with the rest of the United Kingdom. Neighbours always helped each other out. Picture taken 8th June 1940

Firefighters tackle a blaze in Kings Street, central Bristol following the Good Friday air raids by the Nazi German Luftwaffe, one of the major assaults of the Bristol Blitz. 11th April 1941

Manchester gasworks during the Second World War. 22nd April 1944

Warden W Russel congratulates a woman woman, covered in dirt and dust, cut and bruised but remarkably safe after she walked out of a bomb damaged building set ablaze following an air raid in

Men of the RAF Regiment keeping out the cold on the Italian front, these men are the most forward RAF personnel serving with the Eighth Army. 6th January 1944

Pursuing a "scorched earth"policy the British forces in Malaya have burnt
Pursuing a " scorched earth" policy the British forces in Malaya have burnt thousands of bales of rubber, destroyed rubber factories and smashed machinery

A Crocodile Flame throwing tanks in action directing their fire on the enemys strong points covering the bridge ins Hertogenbosh. 27th October 1944

London suffered its second fire blitz last night. Circa 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

By the inglenook fire of an old English mansion, these happy evacuee children from a blitzed area are learning the magic of Alice in Wonderland. Circa November 1941

Two members of the home guard, silhouetted, in the doorway of a blitzed building. Lime Street Railway Station, Liverpool. Merseyside. Picture taken 27th September 1942

The Italian liner Rex lies on her side blazing after being destroyed by Allied bombers. 8th September 1944

Hit and Run Fire Blitz. The Germans made another hit and run blitz raid, causing many fires in London and surrounding districts. Pictured, firemen seen busy at work on one of the fires in London

A church in The Blitz. - London. Church not identified. The Blitz, (September 1940-May 1941), nighttime bombing raids against London and other British cities by Nazi Germany during World War II

Infantry waiting to advance into Tobruk which is seen in the background with fires burning. 9th February 1941

A British infantryman takes cover under the ruins of a building in Kleve, as a tank machine gunner, further down the street, fires at German snipers. February 1945

British reinforcements approaching Vaagso under fire, as part of a successful raid on the Norwegian island. 31st December 1941

Oil burning on the surface of the sea following the British raid on the Norwegian Lofoten islands. Circa 9th March 1941

Soldiers of the 2nd Battalion the Essex Regiment, clearing snipers at the junction of Oude Kraan and Bergstraat in Arnhem, 14 April 1945. Note censor has painted out shoulder badges

Sixty wounded soldiers from Roehampton Hospital pay a visit to Northwold Road Fire Station, Stoke Newington. London. They are entertained by The Mount Pleasanteers

An oil factory burns in Vaagso, 27 December 1941. British troops can be seen on the quay in the foreground

Commandos sail for home as a Stamsund objective burns. Circa 1940s

Fire bombs on Singapore during the Second World War. Circa 1942

San Giorgios fate. In Tobruk Harbour. The end of the Italian cruiser San Giorgio. She is seen burning furiously amidships. Circa 1940s

Units of General Pattons 11th Armoured Division drive through Kronach, Germany, its centre still blazing after the battle against defenders resisting to the last. 19th April 1945

Fireman breaking down the ice at a Fire Station in world War Two. Possibly London. Water is needed night after night to tackle the fires bought on by the many German air raids over Britain

Refreshment served by a lady from the The Auxiliary Fire Service (AFS), to a fireman tackling one of many fires across London in The Blitz of World War Two. Picture taken circa 12th May 1941

Picture taken in London, possibly the inner city of London, during the Blitz of WW2 The world war two blitz on Britain by Germany lasted from 7 Sep 1940 - 11 May 1941

Firemen in the London area on top of their job. They soon quelled this fire. Second World War. Circa 1940

A small fire burns, one of many, across London, during The Blitz of World War Two. London was hit with 37 raids from September 1940 to May 1941. Actual location unknown

The Great Fire of London. H. E which had just fallen in vicinity
The Great Fire of London. H.E which had just fallen in vicinity, scattered debris about them, but still they fight on. 29th December 1940

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