Forties Collection (#14)

Soldiers of the 8th Army parade in front of the Siegessaule Victory Column, Berlin after entering the city for the first time. 7th July 1945

Training exercise for the Air Sea Rescue in the Solent. RAF Marine section Air Sea Rescue launch 116 prepares to pick up a downed fighter pilot. Circa June 1941

Salvage workers search through the debris follow a V1 Flying Bomb attack of Deptford. Circa July 1944

Mrs. Annie Kelly, typical of these women of steel. She is working hard boring a shaft of a submarine, and she is the wife of a crane driver in the same factory. 4th October 1944

Cadets of the Wallencia Squadron of the ATC. Five landing instructors to Corpe Don Nicholson in the cockpit of their home made aeroplane. 16th February 1944

Rescue workers dig through the rubble after a V2 missile exploded at the junction of Wanstead Park Road and Endsleigh Gardens, Cranbrook, Ilford, London, 8th March 1945

Crater close to the railway at Earlham Grove, West Ham following a V2 missile attack. 30th October 1944

Rescue workers search the rubble of Audrey Road, Ilford, following a V2 missile attack. 20th February 1945

Devastation in Leytonstone following a V2 missile attack. 31st October 1944

An army special train taking troops back from leave during the Second World War. (Picture) Private James Hennessy and his pet dog Bill who travels with him by permission. 15th November 1942

Corporal Arthur Toman greeting locals in Caen during the Second World War. 19th August 1944

The Sherwood Foresters. A series of pictures taken with the The Sherwood Foresters, now serving in the forward areas of the B.E.F. Major L.S Temple (wearing decorations) map checking with officers

The Suffolk Regiment with the B. E. F. during the Second World War
The Suffolk Regiment with the B.E.F. during the Second World War. (Picture) Men of the Regiment - a typical group of East Anglian s. 15th March 1940

Miss Edna Ford with daughters and baby Roger during the Second World War. 10th December 1944

Bombed School. Miss Ellen Wilkinson sympathising with Corporal L. G
Bombed School. Miss Ellen Wilkinson sympathising with Corporal L.G. Biddle, whose twins, aged 5, had not been discovered amongst the debris late last night

Corporal I. C. Davis came home on leave last night to his London home
Corporal I.C. Davis came home on leave last night to his London home and here he is seen salvaging bedding from his wrecked home in Trinity Road

Children playing on armoured Nazi vehicle during the Second World War. 8th September 1944

Corporal Alton Waldron of Quebec saying goodbye to his wife and baby son Robert returning to his unit from leave at Waterloo Station today. 31st December 1943

Workmen clear away the rubble following an air raid on Putney, London. Circa November 1943

Collecting dirty dishes etc, at The Strand Corner House is the way some soldiers and sailors are spending the leave in London. A.B John Gough, Newfoundland, and John Keilley, combined Ops, RN

Bobby, a cat is eyes and ears to his mistress Miss Walker, of Chandos road, London. This cat makes his mistress, who is deaf and nearby blind, wined the air raid alert sounds. 5th December 1943

Trooper George Hart of Reconnaissance military operations during the Second World War. 9th June 1944

One of the activities on this North-Eastern gun sight is learning how to become brick layers, and house builders. Solders leaning brick laying skills during Second World War 13th April 1945

Workmen search through the rubble following a V2 attack on Camberwell. Circa March 1945

Scotlands First Basic Educations Centre. (Picture) Collections of completed toys made during the course which are either for sale or for soldiers families

A. T. S. members taking part in the fortnight shoot for the first time
A.T.S. members taking part in the fortnight shoot for the first time. But for the moment Lance-Corporal Audrey Chaplains satisfied to lend a helping hand to the girl with the gun - Wren T. Brown

Canadians in England playing baseball in Hyde Park during the Second World War. 2nd May 1944

The sinking of the submarine Thetis. Some of the crew from H. M
The sinking of the submarine Thetis. Some of the crew from H.M. submarine Thunderbolt who were involved in the triumph of sinking Thetis. 19th January 1940

Damage to housing in Fulham, London, following an air raid on the city, carried out by the Luftwaffe as a revenge attack to the RAF bombing of Berlin. 3rd March 1943

Stella Welsher in Charring Cross Hospital presented with a toy gun by Danny O Dare, wants to shoot Gerry Lee, the cat. Just bit of fun. 22nd December 1944

Children collecting firewood from bomb sites during Second World War. 10th September 1941

Fleet Air Arm parachute packers seen here testing a parachute at an un-named Royal Naval Air Station. Circa August 1943

Bristol schoolchildren seen here collecting scrap metal during the Second World War. 10th September 1941

East End schoolchildren wait for evacuation to the country. 2nd September 1939

Onlookers from the seafront at Deal watch the Dutch vessel Nora, after having been beached following damage by a mine, then drifted against the pier, destroying 200 feet of ironwork and capsizing

Children cycling around a crater on a bomb site during Second World War. Circa 1944

Jean Cameron the postie of Glen Clova in the Scottish Highlands. Seen here on her 15 miles a day mail round. She uses a cycle and where there are no roads, walks

HMS Ajax returns to the Royal Navy dockyards at Devonport following the destruction of the German Pocket Battleship Graf Spee. 18th February 1940

What started as just a routine August day at Middlesbrough station in 1942 ended in terror. A German daylight raid scored a direct hit on the overall roof, causing it to partially collapse

Officers of HMS Ajax and Exeter enjoying a drink during the interval at the London Palladium. The crews of the two ships are in London for a presentation to the King

Anti aircraft drill aboard a Royal Navy cruiser of the Home Fleet seen here on exercise. Circa October 1939

The MV Domala seen here beached between Hurst Castle and The Needles in the Solent on 6 March 1940. Following an attack on her by a Heinkel HE 111 of KG26 on the 2nd March 1940

Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery seen here back stage with Emlyn Williams following a performance of " The Wind of Heaven" at St James Theatre, London. 24th May 1945

This is where we go... airmen who may be waiting to join their comrades on the continent study a map of France and the progress of the invasion, in a city bookshop

The deserted promenade of an un-named South Coast seaside resort, shortly after the declaration of war. Circa September 1939

The crew of one of the small ships that helped with the evacuation of the British Expeditionary Force (BEF). from the beaches of Dunkirk, pose for the cameras at Folkestone. 6th June 1940

A party of rescue workers part of the ARP seen here checking houses damage by blast for trapped residents following a day light air raid on London. 2nd October 1940

Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery seen here enjoying the play " The Wind of Heaven" at St James Theatre, London. 24th May 1945

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