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A YMCA mobile canteen in operation in a poor area of Swansea, South Wales during the Second World War. The canteens were used to provide food and drink to those made homeless
The YMCA have a number of travelling tea cars with the british Expeditionary Force serving in France. They provide tea and light refreshment for the troops
A YMCA mobile canteen in operation in Cardiff City centre during the Second World War. The canteens were used to provide food and drink to those made homeless
Come to the cookhouse door. Serving out dinner at an anti aircraft battery at an un-disclosed location close to Birmingham. 12th October 1939
Maltese workmen hauling and measuring grain from one of the underground granaries in front of the ruined church of St. Publius. Malta. Circa 1943
Sailors of the Soviet Navy pictured with the army fighting in the defence of Leningrad and Odessa. They receive their botch (Russian soup) from a field kitchen
Alice Lang at her American Red Cross Donut Dugout which she has set up in an abandoned Guildhall of a south coast town. June 1944
At an RAF bomber station in Bengal, India, air and ground crew save working time by having on the spot lunches. The double Journey from the airfield to the mess is roughly eight miles so to have more
Officers Milk Bar at the Palace Hotel, Paignton. Picture shows: Mrs Bateman, Mrs Houlding and Tony Ridler who is holding the model plane. Circa 1941
A tea party held by Mrs. A. J. Flower for convalescent soldiers at StA tea party held by Mrs. A.J. Flower for convalescent soldiers at St. Michaels Parish Hall. Each man received 20 cigarettes and a box of matches as he entered the hall. 29th October 1945
Food supplies which R. A. F. Lancaster bombers carry to Dutch civiliansFood supplies which R.A.F. Lancaster bombers carry to Dutch civilians. The sacks contain dried eggs, milk powder, dried yeast, cheese, chocolate, margarine, dehydrated meat, mustard, salt
US soldiers Sergeant Jim McGahan and Corporal Silvio Bescatore eat with Jean Dockholm, a Red Cross field worker serving in France. 26th July 1944
Mrs Jean Finnigan serves 5th army men their morning tea and buns. Mrs. Finnigan had just returned from two months U.K. leave, granted on account of her husband
British troops celebrating Christmas in France. Pictured inspecting the turkey before Christmas dinner. 24th December 1939
Sergeant H. Clinker of Bexleyheath, and his gun crew, eat their Christmas dinner around their gun. The sit amid the rubble
British troops in Berlin are getting a little extra luxury this week. Although this little extra luxury is only a modest kipper, which arrived from Hull, England in large numbers
The officers mess. Picture taken 27th February 1944
Meals for the dockers. Picture taken 5th January 1942
"As Good as New"Shops in Coventry. Canteen trainees Yvonne (left" As Good as New" Shops in Coventry. Canteen trainees Yvonne (left) and Beverley hand sandwiches to visitors. 5th December 1984
The Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment), formerly the 3rd Regiment of Foot, was a line infantry regiment of the British Army traditionally raised in the English county of Kent
Schoolgirls serve meals to children during the Second World War. 28th October 1941
Londoners are earning good money and having a holiday at the same time by pea picking. This group of girls are staying at the Bedfordshire Agricultural Camp and spending their days working
Infantry of the US 9th Army pass a chow-line in the streets of Neuss, Germany after its capture. Tanks can be seen in the background. 6th March 1945
Park Modern School, Barking, evacuated to Swindon last September is now at Brean Sands, Somerset, for a holiday for two weeks, both masters and boys. Here are some of them line dup for rations
R. A. F. cooks and orderlies. Two hours after their arrival R. A. FR.A.F. cooks and orderlies. Two hours after their arrival R.A.F. cooks and orderlies preparing a meal on a hastily improvised stove, The stove is made of clay and straw. 21st December 1942
American private Stanley Kamin of Whiting, Indiana, USA, undoubtedly has the largest following of any soldier overseas by salvaging left over food from the company mess
The remains of the Birmingham Food Supply Company factory, Fallows Road, Sparkbrook, Birmingham. Makers of Queens Gravy Salts seen here following a heavy raid on the city. 27th August 1940
The best medical aid possible is given to the partisans of Marshal Titos army. British surgeons and medical orderlies helped by Partisan nurses with little or no experience are doing a good job in
Operating from a landing strip carved by RAF airmen and Yugoslav Partisans with picks and shovels out of vineyards among the rocky hill of a
Chef Graham Tinsley gives a slice of the Knowsley Safari Park 21st birthday cake to " Chota" the elephant. 13th July 1992
Evacuees on a ship from Great Britain arrive in South Africa during the Second World War. 18th October 1940
Soldiers recovering from their injuries help out on a Bedfordshire farm. 14th October 1944
Supplies from Great Britain and the USA arrive in the Middle East. Pictured, some of the latest supplies being unloaded. Tons of bully beef being loaded on to trucks on the quayside. November 1942
The Williams family in liberated Guernsey. The family including 6 children had a very hard time during the occupation. May 1945
A canteen during world war Two. Picture possibly taken in Liverpool, Merseyside. Picture taken 22nd October 1942
Families celebrate VJ Day in Heeley Road, Selly Oak with a street party. 15th August 1945
A mobile canteen during world war Two. Picture possibly taken in Liverpool, Merseyside. Picture taken 17th October 1942
Children, Mums and Dad celebrate VJ Day on the streets of Birmingham 15th August 1945
Women and children who were evacuated from the city of Penang, Malaysia to reduce the possibilities of casualties from bombs, arrive at a station en route to the South of the country. June 1945
More than 5000 meals are served every week from this kitchen at the Stanley Palace forces club and canteen, Chester. Manageress Mrs Lloyd claims that it is the smallest canteen kitchen in
The Battalion of the Royal Northumberland Fusiliers. This series depicts the day in the life of the regiment somewhere in France. (Picture) Midday break
A Military Policeman shepherds children through a crowd to receive rations, Athens, Greece. circa January 1945
Food supplies which were interrupted for a time in the early days of the fighting are again being distributed. The first supplies for the people of Athens are bing unloaded by University students
Many of these French refugees had not eaten for three or more days. In a field behind the Allied lines in Normandy, NorthernFrance, they rest and receive food from our troops
British Troops Land in Albania with the aim to help Marshal Titos Yugoslva Partisan Army and the Albanian patriots in harrassing the German withdrawal from the Balkans
The usual cook of the Catholic Womens League canteen in Bicester, Oxfordshire, fell ill just after Christmas and Lady Norah Viscountess Torrington rolled up her sleeves
A happy group of British soldiers awaiting their turn for food at a meal parade in Eritrea during the Second World War. April 1941
Civil Defence exercise in emergency feeding and food distribution, held at Aintree Hospital, Merseyside, Liverpool. Liverpool suffered heavily in The Liverpool Blitz of May 1941
