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The London Savings Bank are now running a Womens Home Defence Unit and are being trained by the Company of Home Guards from The Bank Unit
A lady pictured in Bond Street, London, W1. She wears a large bow in her hair. Picture taken 20th April 1943
The home guard, display and training. Picture possibly taken in Chatham, Kent. (Not confirmed it is Chatham, as handwritten caption hard to read - but looks like it reads Chatham)
War - Fashion. February 1941 Picture taken 5th February 1941
Mens austerity suits at half price and half coupon value at Selfridges, bargain basement. Mrs Garton of Burnt Oak takes her son Walter to buy a suit, while master Robben looks
Members of The National Fire Service, building their own fire station. It is possible these men are from 34 Fire Force and that the station is possibly at Bushy, Hertfordshire
A bus to Willesden Junction is stationary in what looks like The Aldwych area of London. (not confirmed). The sky is lit up with what could be fires
Members of The Auxiliary Fire Service (AFS) hard at work as walls, during World War Two. It is possible this team is from London
British Army in training in the countryside. Wearing camouflage. Picture taken 11th July 1941
St Brides Church in Fleet Street, London, after the aid raids from the night before. The world war two blitz on Britain by Germany lasted from 7 Sep 1940 - 11 May 1941
Utility dresses modelled at Selfridges. They are made by top designers including Norman Hartnell. Picture taken 10th October 1942
British army street gifting training. Location unknown. Picture taken 23rd May 1944
Picture shows firemen controlling the smoulders after another fire broke out in an air raid over Britain. They stand by Pickering and Inglis, which are a publishing house in Glasgow, Scotland
The bride and Royal Navy groom look out of their window, onto where a bomb recently fell. They, and their guests got a way with only slight injuries. Location unknown Picture taken 6th August 1944
Training picture. The British Army on a training exercise. Somewhere in England. Location unknown Picture 22nd May 1944
The ladies in the control room of The London Fire Service central HQ. They monitor and control and co-ordinate the use of fire engines, across the capital, during this time of The Blitz
Marylebone, London, in circa April 1941. People make their way to work, walking down the street of debris. It is very possibly Marylebone High Street
A ceremonial parade by The Home Guard at Conisbrough Castle, near Doncaster Yorkshire. Sir Walter Scott used the location of Conisbrough Castle for his 1819 novel Ivanhoe
A dress in the style of a Greek Battle Uniform. Picture taken 16th January 1941
Woolwich Market, South London, and a queue for oranges and other fruit and vegetables. Picture taken 17th January 1945
Fireman wearing their "Second front"commando berets assisted local members ofFireman wearing their " Second front" commando berets assisted local members of the civil defence unit, at an incident somewhere in Southern England
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
Fire services training with their pumps and hoses. Possibly London and The River Thames, as the world war two German blitz took a hold on Britain
Mainz after the R. A. F. heavy bombing raids of August 11thMainz after the R.A.F. heavy bombing raids of August 11th and 12th during second World War. (Picture) A small part only of the damage in the heart of the city. Circa 31st August 1940s
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
Evacuees from a heavily blitzed town have found a peaceful haven on a famous Warwickshire farm. The Land Girls are giving them a lift home from the village school as they all return to the farm at
Air raid damage, Theobalds Road, London. Circa 1941
Observer post headquarters. Raiders overhead. Circa 1941
A bombed railway station somewhere in England. Circa 1941
He 111 which crashed and blew up amongst houses at Clacton-on-Sea, Essex. 30th April 1940
Air chief marshal Sir Arthur Tedder and Mr Eden at a north african airport. Circa 1940s
Children being evacuated, pictured leaving Harwich. June 1940
Extent of bomb damage caused by robot bomb at Petherton Road, Canonbury, London. Circa 1941
Members of the London Fire Service. Circa 1941
When a bomb fell near a station in London fire appliances were partially buried under debris - but the personnel who were eating a well deserved breakfast were soon out clearing the way for rescue
A block of flats wrecked in an air raid. Second World War. February 1944
A south coast town raided during the Second World War. Furniture on the roadside from houses that had been set on fire by incendiary bombs. November 1940
Eton College bombed. One of the masters houses in the college, showing Eton boys clearing away the wreckage. Second World War. Circa November 1940
Bomb damage, Plymouth, Devon. Circa 1941
The badly battered town of Cisterna on the coast road to Rome. 29th June 1944
German merchant shipping in the canal as the Zealous approached one of the famous Kiel bridges. 13th June 1945
Staveley Road, Chiswick, the site of the first successful V-2 missile attack against Britain. 9th September 1944
Cecil Thomas and HG Bartholomew stand outside the Daily Mirror office, London. surveying damage after fire raid of 10th May 1941
Reconnaissance photograph taken by a Spitfire of 542 Squadron of the completely destroyed town centre of Julich, Germany, two days after the daylight attack by aircraft of Nos, 4, 6 and 8 Groups
A Valentine bridgelayer of the 3rd Independent Bridge Building Company, Royal Armoured Corps, spans a damaged bridge near Meiktila, Burma. 28 March 1945
A Bristol Blenheim Mark IV, V5589, of No. 113 Squadron RAF based at Asansol, India, veers out of control as it is shot down by Japanese fighters while carrying out a low-level bombing attack on two
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
