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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 staff of a Royal Auxiliary Air Force (RAuxAF) Barrage Balloon depot at Caerau, Ely, Cardiff during the Second World War. Circa 1941
Firemen fighting fires in Cheapside, London, started by incendiary bombs dropped in their thousands by the Luftwaffe on the City of London 29th December 1940
Statues of the Apostles St. Thomas and St. James the Lesser on the roof of the Northern facade of St Pauls Cathedral are silhouetted against the fires that raged around St Pauls after an estimated
A turntable ladder of the London Fire Brigade is silhouetted against fires close to Waterloo railway station as nine thousand incendiary
Auxiliary fire engines and pumps outside St Pauls Cathedral, London, as the fire brigade fight the fires started by incendiary bombs dropped by the Luftwaffe on the night of the 29th December 1940
Flames rage through St Lawrence Jewry. Sparks and embers from here set the Guildhall ablaze. It fell victim to the fires caused by German incendiary bombs dropped on the city of London on the night
Salvage workers pick through the burnt out remains of Londons Guildhall the morning after the Second Great Fire of London
Firefighters clear fire appliances, hoses and ladders buried under debris at Carreras Tobacco Company. City Road, London. Two firemen were killed and several others injured. 30th December 1940
Fire appliances, hoses and ladders buried under debris at Carreras Tobacco Company. City Road, London. Two firemen were killed and several others injured. 30th December 1940
A member of the Home Guard looks north across the River Thames, towards St Pauls Cathedral wreathed in flame and smoke as thousands of incendiary bombs are dropped by the Luftwaffe on the city of
The shell of a tram caught in the blast from a bomb on Victoria Embankment, London, is silhouetted against the fires on the South Bank of the Thames
Fires in the square mile of the city of London seen from the roof of St Pauls Cathedral 29th - 30th December 1940
Statue of the Apostle St. Bartholomew on the roof of the Northern facade of St Pauls Cathedral silhouetted against the fires that raged around the cathedral
Amen Corner shops blaze furiously as nine thousand incendiary bombs fall on the city of London during a Luftwaffe air raid 29th December 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
Picture shows an unusual craft on The River Thames outside Westminster. Suggests it is a small set or landing crafts. Picture taken circa 1st November 1941
Royal Airforce Flying Officer Alan Preston with his partner Agnes Brown. The couple are engaged to be married. Location unknown. Picture taken circa 1st May 1942
How to extinguish an incendiary bomb. If a stirrup pump is unavailable, a half-filled sand bag should be held up to protect the face and upper body
Training drill at a coastal battery on the East Coast. Circa September 1940
How to extinguish a fire bomb. A man crouches in the doorway of a smoke filled room and aims his stirrup pump around the edge of the door in an attempt to extinguish the fire. January 1941
This photograph was taken by an enemy bomber during the Luftwaffes first attack of the war on the British mainland, when, on October 16th 1939
A London timber stack reduced to charcoal after being ravaged by fire during the blitz. December 1940
At various points on the English coast the public are able to enjoy the delights of a day at the seaside as they did in happier pre-war days
One of Britains secret war achievements- the Military Port. After the fall of France in 1940 the South and East Coast British ports were virtually closed to large ocean going ships
The Central Telegraph Office in London through which more than a quarter of the total telegraph traffic of Britain passed, was totally destroyed by fire on the night of 29th - 30th December
R. A. F. Flying Training Command train Army glider pilots who take their places in AirborneR.A.F. Flying Training Command train Army glider pilots who take their places in Airborne Divisions. Army pilots in the making at a Glider Training School. A glider pupil pilot
Bren carriers come off landing craft during an exercise in Scotland. Picture taken circa 10th July 1941
National Fire Service and Civil Defence Flags. Circa August 1943
A company of mechanised troops undergoing a course of rough riding, which is part of their training, in the North West in preparation for an emergency. 23rd September 1940
Home Guard, West Lancs area. Practice at a North West Fort. January 1941
Child evacuees during the Second Word War, Liverpool, Merseyside. Circa 1940
A demonstration in the method of dealing with an enemy tank by a platoon of the Home Guard to members of the Cheshire unit in Cheshire. 1st December 1940
Members of the Home Guard in the North West area who are undergoing a weeks camp training, seen handling various types of machine guns which have just arrived in large quantities from the United
Mick the dog, is the Fireman Mascot at Romford Road, East Ham. Mrs Jarman of Leytonstone was sceptical when she read a notice at Broadway Fire Station, Stratford, about Micks Ladder Climbing Act
Members of the Home Guard in Liverpool, watching a demonstration by the army in Anti Tank Warfare. The soldier throws a Molatov Cocktail into the flaming tank. Picture taken 19th August 1941
The Mayor of Liverpool, Alderman, Sidney Jones inspects The 10th Home Defence Battalion of the Kings Regiment from the steps of the Town Hall. Picture taken 27th August 1940
Fireman training commando style. World War Two. Picture taken 7th October 1942
A pig makes his way in a Liverpool Fire Station. Picture taken 20th January 1945
Bomb damage in Swansea after a Nazi raid. February 1941
New mobile kitchen presented through Mr and Mrs Kenneth R Munro of Lane End, Caldy, Merseyside, by Mr Hendon Chubb of West Orange, New Jersey, to Birkenhead for work among the Rescue Squads
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
Second Great Fire of London. Scenes outside the Bank of England. December 1940
Mrs A Somerville Smith, drinking tea with the Lord Mayor of Liverpool when she handed a number of ambulances and canteens on behalf of the British American Ambulance Corps for use to Liverpool
Female mechanics, connected to the ARP (Air Raid Precaution unit) seen fixing a car. The number plate is CKD 140 Picture undated. Location unknown. Mirrorpix will suggest 1st May 1941
A mobile canteen. A familiar scene in World War Two. The canteens were often donated to cities, and charities to help keep up moral. This canteen may be connected to the ARP
The corporal inspecting the parachute equipment of British parachutists before they enter the bomber for practice at a training centre. Liverpool, Merseyside. Picture taken 24th October 1941
A member of a company of mechanised troops who are being trained in the North West in preparation for an emergency, taking a ditch in his stride during a cross country run. 23rd September 1940
