Ruins Collection (page 2)

Back of Bridge Street, River Avon, showing heavy bomb damage. Somerset and Avon area. Bristol was Englands fifth most heavily bombed city, from 24th November 1940 to 15th May 1944

Union Street in Bristol. Somerset and Avon area. Picture shows pedestrians amongst the blitzed remains of Union Street Broadmead, Bristol

Bombed streets in Bristol re-opened to the public. 1940 Somerset and Avon area. Picture shows pedestrians amongst the blitzed remains of a street in Bristol

Air raid damage to Messrs. E. S. & A. Robinsons premises, the Bristol printers
Air raid damage to Messrs. E.S. & A. Robinsons premises, the Bristol printers. Somerset and Avon area. Bristol was Englands fifth most heavily bombed city, from 24th November 1940 to 15th May 1944

Winston Churchill, Sir Charles Maby and Mrs Churchill visit a bombed area in Bristol, during World War Two. Somerset and Avon area

The remains of Union Street, Bristol, Avon and Somerset, photographed from the nearby Odeon Cinema. 24th November 1940 Bristol was Englands fifth most heavily bombed city

The bombed site of Scull & Sons, Sanitary Engineers, in Redcliffe Street, Bristol, Somerset. Pictured after a German air raid in world War Two

Picture shows young boys playing in the ruins of housing decimated in the Blitz of World War Two. The Blitz lasted from 7th September 1940 to May 1941. The German Luftwaffe bombed across Britain

Two Rajput riflemen looking at a piece of archaic statuary in the ruins of the ancient city of Cyrene, capital of Cyrenaica. Circa 1940s

Native houses are reduced to smouldering ruins after the Japanese bombers have passed over. Circa Feb 1942

Occupation of Palmyra. After strong opposition British troops occupied Palmyra in Eastern Syria. British troops searching the ruins of the Temple of Baal for any snipers posts. Circa 1940s

A recent RAF reconnaissance photograph of the centre of Bochum, an important German industrial town in the heart of the Ruhr

Two women salvaging the stock after their shop had been burnt out buy incendiary bombs, following an air raid by thew German Luftwaffe on a West Midlands town during the Second world War

Three year old Freddy Arnold stands amongst the ruins of his bomb shattered home in Bath, Somerset following an air raid by the German Luftwaffe on the city at the end of April 1942

The Reichstag is a historic edifice in Berlin, Germany, constructed to house the Imperial Diet (German: Reichstag) of the German Empire

Hamburg in ruins. Germany. The RAF and USaF bombers practically obliterated Hamburg in July and August 1943. These pictures issued in November 1943, show this beyond doubt

South African infantry search a ruined village for enemy soldiers near Bardia. 26th January 1942

Stokes Croft, Bristol, following air raid attacks. 19th March 1941

A US army ambulance drives pass the ruined buildings and wrecked German transport in the streets of Montebourg as a result of the American forces advance towards Cherbourg. 30th June 1944

Ruined buildings and wrecked German transport in the streets of Montebourg as a result of the American forces advance towards Cherbourg. 30th June 1944

A civilian pushes a wheelbarrow of salvaged belongings amidst the ruined buildings and wrecked German transport in the streets of Montebourg as a result of the American forces advance towards

Evidence of the terrific battering Hamburg received from RAF and USaF bombers in July and August 1943, is provided by this ground photograph

Aerial view of the devastated town of Julich, newly captured strong point on the road to Cologne, Germany by Allied Forces. The town is now little more than a mass of rubble

Scene in the battered town of Goch, Germany, scene of heavy fighting before the Germans were driven out by Allied Forces. Goch was heavily attacked by RAF Bomber Command. February 1945

Hamburg in ruins. Germany. The RAF and USaF bombers practically obliterated Hamburg in July and August 1943. These pictures issued in November 1943, show this beyond doubt

Nurses stand and look at the rubble that is now St Giles Hospital in Camberwell, South London, after it was hit during The London Blitz of World War Two. Picture taken 15th December 1940

Rescue squad at work amongst the debris of a wrecked pub in South Street, Liverpool, Merseyside, after a Nazi Luftwaffe. Original caption suggests the picture was taken in " Sth Street "

Recovery squads at work after a Nazi Luftwaffe raid on St Johns School, Brasenose Road, Bootle, Liverpool, Merseyside. Liverpool suffered many casualties in the blitz during World War Two

Recovery and Demolition squads at work after a Nazi Luftwaffe raid on Liverpool and Merseyside. Original caption suggests the picture was taken in Wallasey, Merseyside

Salvage work in progress on the remains of the munition ship Malakand (Brocklebank Line) which blew up in the Huskisson Dock, Liverpool, during the May Blitz, 1941 after heroic efforts to save her

The first official RAF picture of the German capital city of Berlin since its fall at the end of the Second World War. It was taken on a low flying Mosquito of the RAF

Picture shows the ruins of a Presbyterian Church in Bristol. November 1940. In what became known as The Bristol Blitz. It is not confirmed, but this maybe The St James Presbyterian Church of England

The Battle for Normandy: A British soldier in Caen after its liberation, gives a helping hand to an old lady amongst the scene of utter devastation

The Battle for Normandy: A British soldier carries a little girl through the devastation
The Battle for Normandy:A British soldier carries a little girl through the devastation of Caen after its liberation. The town had been substantially destroyed during the bombardment

Reading Abbey ruins, Berkshire. April 1985

The remains of Great Charlotte Street fish Market in Liverpool, Merseyside, after an air raid Saturday night. Picture taken 23rd December 1940

James Reckitt Avenue, Hull, Yorkshire, after it was bombed in the Blitz, on the 2nd and 3rd March 1941 The Hull Blitz was the bombing campaign that targeted the English port city of Kingston upon

Bridlington Grammar School, destroyed in The Blitz. circa 16th November 1940. Picture is passed by censors. The Hull Blitz was the bombing campaign that targeted the English port city of Kingston

Hull, Yorkshire, during The Blitz. Picture shows un-named residents looking through their blown out window. They are smiling through the trauma of the devastation caused to Hull

Picture shows Alfred Gelder St Hull, Yorkshire, and the extensive damage to The Head Post Office. The Hull Blitz was the bombing campaign that targeted the English port city of Kingston upon Hull by

Eighth Army occupies Catania. Early on the morning of August 5, the key Sicilian port of Catania was occupied by Infantry of the Eighth Army. Circa August 1943

Bridge re-building in Caen. Picture showing, right, the railway bridge blown by the Germans at Caen Station, and on the left

The advance towards Caen. Infantry making their way through the ruined village of Lebisey from which the Germans were driven after heavy fighting. 9th July 1944

A view of the damaged docks in Cherbourg, where U.s Army engineers are rushing the job of
A view of the damaged docks in Cherbourg, where U.S Army engineers are rushing the job of clearing and reconstruction for the anding area of Allied supplies. 19th July 1944

Picture shows the remains of The Electricity Showroom in Bridlington, Yorkshire. circa 3rd April 1941. The actual location may be New Burlington Road in Bridlington, which was bombed 2nd April 1941

The Blitz. Hull. Yorkshire. August 1940. Picture shows the remains of a bomb damaged Post Office, Hull. No actual street name available

The Blitz. Hull. Yorkshire. November 1940. Picture shows Cottingham Road. There is a suggestion it may have been a nursing home hit

Fore Street, Devonport, Plymouth, Devon, after an air raid during The Blitz in World War Two. To the right you can see the remains of Hocking Piano Shop

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