Rescue Collection (#13)

When a block of flats was hit in Maida Vale by a V1 flying bomb a large tree was completely stripped of leaves and snapped in half by the blast. June 1944 P009495

Blast damage to a block of flats at Maida Vale in London after a V1 flying bomb attack, showing C.D. searching amongst the wreckage. June 1944 P009499

R. A. F. Mountain Rescue Unit Facility Visit for attention of Air Adviser
R.A.F. Mountain Rescue Unit Facility Visit for attention of Air Adviser. After attention by the Medical Officer the injured airmen are loweped down precipitous rocks

Louth Branch of the R. S. P. C. A. Mrs. Edna Hodgekins, Joint Sec. of the R. S. P. C. A
Louth Branch of the R.S.P.C.A. Mrs. Edna Hodgekins, Joint Sec. of the R.S.P.C.A. (Louth Branch), has taken care of over 50 " evacuees" since the East Coast Floods - they are cats which have

And as she was finally lifted out the column officer strives to hold back the debris from falling back into the hole made. July 1944 P009466

Firemen wearing their "Second Front"berets assisting their colleagues in
Firemen wearing their " Second Front" berets assisting their colleagues in rescue work on the site of an incident in Southern England during the Second World War

Firefighters battle one the worst fires Carlisle has had for many years at the West Walls warehouse which contained three tons of matches

A young boy is rescued from a roof of a building in Pudding Chare, Newcastle

Britains most modern motorway rescue tender went into action at Durham. Firefighters in astronaut-style protective suits fought their way throught the smoke and wreckage of a two car crash

Firefighters taking part in a training exercise aboard former destroyer HMS Cavalier carry a " victim" from below decks

Repatriated Corporal Philips, aged 42, father of five returns home to Hele, Torquay, on the third anniversary of his capture in Crete. Villagers turn out to welcome him home. June 1944. 4.6.44

Dispatch bike riders glumly sit around the totally obliterated National Fire Service workshops blown onto the adjacent LNER mainline at Ilford, Essex, by a V2 flying bomb in April, 1945

Rescue workers bringing up a soldier victim from an area he was blown into following a German V2 flying bomb attack during the Second World War January 1945

Firefighter Jeff Kipling helps as seven-year old Peter Harrison is hauled up the Ryhope cliffs after becoming trapped on the beach

Firefighters rescue a young girl from Bill Quay Infant School - luckily for the girl it was just a training exercise and she was a willing volunteer

Firefighters practice rescue routines in a training exercise at Hexham Fire Station

Firefighters rescue a woman from a fire - luckily for the woman it was just a training exercise and she was a willing volunteer

Air Raid Warden Percy Dale helping a victim of the London blitz. Circa October 1940

Flying bomb incident at Buxton and Underwood Street, in London showing demolished houses and street surface shelter Rescue efforts by NFS

Sylvia Gregg: Girl "Frogman"helping to locate missing boy believed to be in
Sylvia Gregg: Girl " Frogman" helping to locate missing boy believed to be in the Grand Union Canal, at Delaware Terrace, Paddington. December 1953 D7302-002

World War II: Shipping. British seaman rescued after their ship was sunk by a U-boat. October 1940 P011662

Children at play on Bridlington sands are thrilld at the sight of the RAF helicopter swooping over the beach, and a man is swiftly lowered to the beach

Learining to walk again before they can fly, wild birds in the care of the Wild Bird Hospital and Sanctuary on the cliffs at Mousehole, West Cornwall

Animals Birds: Learining to walk again before they can fly, wild birds in the care of the Wild Bird Hospital and Sanctuary on the cliffs at Mousehole, West Cornwall

World War II: Shipping survivors from a boat attack on an Atlantic convoy. November 1944 P011661

British Seamen rescued from raft following a U-boat attack on a North Atlantic Convoy. May 1940 P011659

Royal Air Force Coastal Command Rescue Helicopters in Action. July 1960 P012689

A Rescue man in the mines with his assistant the canary. January 1951 P017722

A Mines rescue worker kissing his canary. January 1981 P017743

Emergency Services: Five service fireman R. Dastnell is revived by colleagues after fumes from a five overcome him. June 1953 D3340

New lifeboat at Brixham, Devon. The Prince of Wales making a speech before the launch. 29th July 1932. zxsa

The largest lifeboat in the world The Princess Mary cruising after her launch at Cowes, Isle of Wight. 22nd May 1934

Animals: Horses. Fred Woodham chooses a new horse at R. S. P. C. A. June 1949 P004860
Animals: Horses. Fred Woodham chooses a new horse at R.S.P.C.A. June 1949 P004860

Charles Culverhouse bring out two kittens after tearing away the floorboards. October 1949 P006148

Girls soon made tea for the rescue workers. Deptford. June 1944 P009364

Flying bomb incident in Southern England showing demolished houses and sa treet surface shelter. Rescue efforts by NFS firmen

Hero helicopter winchman Bob Denes awarded the RAFs top peacetime bravery medal for resecuing 12 fishermen after their boat capsised-the Air force Cross. October 1980 P004841

R. A. F. Mountain Rescue Team at Work: With a "Walkie Talkie"
R.A.F. Mountain Rescue Team at Work: With a " Walkie Talkie" operator by the roadside a radio operator erects 30ft aerial. January 1949 P005342

A scene in Fetter Lane, looking through shattered shop window across the blitzed site to st. Pauls Cathedral. A flying bomb which struck Law Stationers made this picture possible. July 1944. P009361

A dog who was adopted by a South London National Fire Service station seen having to climb a ladder. May 1942 P011569

National Fire Service and Civil Defence get a break for tea which was brought round on a tray by women CD workers. People were trapped under debris of flats in Southern England

Sennen Cove life boat in operation in Cornwall. August 1952 C3954

Animals at Prince Rock Dogs and Cats home Plymouth. August 1950 O25406-004

Destruction of Lace Street Liverpool after an air raid. WW2 - 1941

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