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Dunkirk Medal. Picture shows Mr John Bell with his Dunkirk Medal. The Dunkirk evacuation, code-named Operation Dynamo and also known as the Miracle of Dunkirk
Vapour trails of a dogfight during the Battle of Britain seen from Rusthall Common, Tunbridge Wells. Circa August 1940
A mock gas attack exercise in Mount Pleasant, Tunbridge Wells during the phoney war following the outbreak of war in September 1939
Air raid warden with nurse and baby in arms seen demonstrating the new gas helmet during an air raid gas exercise on Merseyside 24th July 1941
Air raid wardens seen here riding on a motorbike and sidecar during an air raid gas exercise on Merseyside 18th January 1938
A girl telephonist at the main A. R. P. control centre of Liverpool operating her phoneA girl telephonist at the main A.R.P. control centre of Liverpool operating her phone while wearing a gas mask. 13th April 1941
Air Raid Shelter signs seen here in Derby. Circa October 1939
Auxiliary fire service unit in action during the A. R. P. exercises at Derby 15th May 1939Auxiliary fire service unit in action during the A.R.P. exercises at Derby 15th May 1939
A peep inside the dug-out air raid shelter at Borrowash 15th October 1939
Soldiers of the 30th Surrey Searchlight Regiment, Royal Artillery, part of the Territorial Army sign in for their summer training camp at the TA barracks in Surbiton Road, Kingston Upon Thames
Midlands munitions factory 3rd October 1939 A party of London and Provincial journalists, including the representatives of important foreign newspapers
The Lord Mayor of Birmingham inspecting a fleet of new A. R. PThe Lord Mayor of Birmingham inspecting a fleet of new A.R.P. ambulances at the Municipal Car Park Depot with Councillor N Tiptaft (Chairman of the A.R.P. committee and Mr V Hamilton (Chief A.R.P)
Children of St. Benedicts Road School, Small Heath, listen to instructions from the head master during their evacuation rehearsal 28th August 1939
Some of the Militiamen from Birmingham and the Midlands seen here being issued with their uniforms at Whittington Barracks, Lichfield, this morning
A bandsman of the South Staffordshire Regiment seen here rehearsing with a boy soldier at the Regimental Training Depot. 15th September 1939
Evacuation at East Ham Station, London. 3rd September 1939
Theres a look of keen anticipation on the faces of these Bevin Boys about to make their first descent of the Moirrison Pit. 19th January 1944
A miner enjoying the newly installed showers at Askern Colliery near Doncaster, South Yorkshire. This Bevin Boy is Bill Thomas
Boy trainees get their lamps before going below to the Ashington Colliery Companys underground school. 30th April 1942
A photograph of a group of Bevin Boy miners receiving their equipment on their first day at Askern Coliiery near Doncaster, South Yorkshire
Bevin Boys attendng the Annefield Plain pit school seen leaving the Morrison Pit after descending the mine. 23rd January 1944
Two young Blackawton lads helping with the evacuation of the village. Circa November 1943
Local farmer with his steam tractor engine and threshing machine seen here leaving Slapton at the beginning of the evacuation. Circa November 1943
Locals at Kings Arms Beesands have a final drink before the pub closes for the duration of the evacuation. Circa December 1943
HMS Cossack returns to Leith on 17 February 1940, after rescuing the British prisoners held in Graf Spees supply ship Altmark
Children from various schools in Liverpool arriving at Colomendy School camp in Wales, where they are being met by friends and playmates previously evacuated to the camp. 5th March 1941
Mrs Norah Dacre Fox, General Secretary of the Womens Social and Political Union speaking in aid of the War Effort in Trafalgar Square, London, Friday 9th July 1915
Mrs Norah Dacre Fox, General Secretary of the Womens Social and Political Union speaking in aid of the War Effort, London, Published Sunday Pictorial 1st September 1918
Armistice Celebrated. Cambridge "let itself go"Armistice Celebrated. Cambridge " let itself go" with full vigour on November 11th 1918 on receipt of the news that the Germans had accepted
White squares being painted on curb stone edges along the main Birmingham Coventry Road. Birmingham, Midlands, England Britain declared war on Germany on 3rd September 1939 Picture taken 3rd
The Thornton Varley site, Brook Street, Hull 8th May 1941
ARP personnel and rescue workers did through the rubble of Sculcoates Lane, Hull looking for survivors following the raid on the city 7th - 8th May 1941
Giant vacuum cleaner seen here during the clean up following the Luftwaffe raid on Hull 24th June 1943
A unexploded parachute mine outside 10 Ellerby Grove, East Hull being visually inspected before being defused. 23rd February 1941
House in Park Hill Road, Torquay partly destroyed by a bomb during an air raid. 29th May 1944
The Stag and Hounds in Old Market war time Bristol
Bristol Bridge in 1940, bomb damage in Victoria Street next to Georges Brewery Bristol Blitz Between 24 November 1940 and 11 April 1941 there were six major bombing raids on Bristol
Dads Army, the Home Guard, in Bristol and Somerset between 1940 and 1942
Bristol Blitz War time pictures of destruction visited on the city by German bombers. 12th April 1941 Between 24 November 1940 and 11 April 1941 there were six major bombing raids on Bristol
Remains of the Tivoli cinema in Weston Super Mare after the air raid of the 28th June 1942
Womens Land Army girls with a tractor probably taken on farms in North Somerset during the Second World War. Circa June 1942
Easton Road, Bristol the morning after a large air raid on the city. The bus in the foreground was from the Lawrence Hill depot and was destroyed by a bomb. Victor T
Some local Land Army girls learning to drive a Fordson tractor at the start of the last war, in 1939. As you can see, there was not much concern for health and safety in those days
Police with helmets and gas masks 1939 Bristol
George Greenwell carrying hose (right) with Guy Bartholomew Editorial Director of the Daily Mirror (Centre) and Station Officer Harding seen here during pump training at London Fire Brigade
George Greenwell (right) with Guy Bartholomew Editorial Director of the Daily Mirror (Centre) and Station Officer Harding seen here during pump training at London Fire Brigade Headquarters Circa 1940
In pre-war days Mr C H Sexs blacksmith shop in Surrey used to make ornamental and fancy ironwork. Now all this is stopped and he spends his time on more essential work, shoeing horses
Prime Minister Winston Churchill seen here during a visit to the North East coast of England to inspect coastal defences and fortification as Germany and her allies amass troops
