Second World War Collection (#11)

War Dunkirk Evacuation of BEF from Dunkirk tired troops sleep in a camp after their return to England June 1940

Spon Street school, Coventry. This part of the school was demolished and a new extension was built when the school became Spon Gate Primary school

General Montgomery commander of the 8th army congratulating New Zeland and English armoured troops who took part in the great outflanking movement which force the Afrika Corp to abandon the Mareth

Children of Pimlico, London who attend St Michaels Church School on Buckingham Palace Road, packing for tomorrows evacuation

Babies born in blitz Victor and Victoria, twins of Mrs Dorothy Sprot. November 1941

Thames yields harvest of shrimps at Gravesend, Kent Skipper Henry Sutherland is getting fine hauls of shrimps in the Gravesend Reach of the Thames

Members of the Womens Land Army, attached to the pest control offices, listening to a lecture by the pest control officer for Devon, Mr. H.F. Burdett

Girls of the Womens Land Army (Pests Department) are employed in S.Wales as ratcatchers, a record catch. March 1944 P000646

Mending their stocking at training and reception Depot for ATS girls in Aldermaston, Berkshire. April 1941 P007952

Mrs Vera Killick, thirty-one-year old mother of three children (ages 4-8) and wife of Trooper Harry Killick, wartime tank driver and former insurance agent

This 15 ton "Joy Sullivan continuous miner continous miner"
This 15 ton " Joy Sullivan continuous miner continous miner" has been imported from the United States for experiments in British mines

Crowds of spectators watch the fire at W E Harkers Furniture shop in Grainger Street, Newcastle

Dam Busters. Wing Commander Guy Gibson and Mrs Gibson talking with Captain W. K Clark, U
Dam Busters.Wing Commander Guy Gibson and Mrs Gibson talking with Captain W.K Clark, U.S Army after the investiture. June 22nd 1943

British battleship HMS Rodney of the Royal Navy firing her secondary armament of six inch guns during exercises at sea in the Second World War December 1940

Wing Commander Guy Gibson photographed on returning from a heavy bomber raid on Berlin. January 1943

Womens Lands Army Girls at Leamington Spa kicking the old year out and welcoming in the New at a dance at their hostel during the Second World War. 1st January 1943

Residents from a town in the Midlands salvaging belongings after their home sustained heavy damage during a Second World War air raid November 1940

Business as usual for this little girl as she changes her toy dolls clothes, surrounded by wreckage and devastation of bombed buildings during the blitz in the Second World War May 1941

Coal Mining Pit Ponies. March 1941 P017821

Earl of Denby wedding. January 1940 OL304E

A female plane spotter on the look out for enemy aircraft in the City during the Second World War. 1st January 1941

A street party in the Newton Heath district of Manchester during VE Day celebrations, Tuesday 8th May 1945

Gypsy woman with child pose outside their caravan. July 1944 P007205

Miners from Hamsterley Colliery in County Durham give their pit ponies a bath. August 1943 P017817

The London Skyline during a blitz in WW2 London ablaze

Engelbert Nadermayer (right) who was formerly in charge of the notorious crematorium at Dachau, shown in his cell alongside a former SS trooper who is also on the list of war criminals to be tried

Picture shows a church in Dover, bombed in The Blitz of World War Two. Mirrorpix do not have a name for the church
Picture shows a church in Dover, bombed in The Blitz of World War Two. **Mirrorpix do not have a name for the church, ** Picture taken 23rd August 1940

World War II Religion. The Archbishop of Canterbury to-night addressed a meeting at West Ham United Football Ground. He spoke in support of the Religion and Life Movement

Ripon - Yorkshire. An ancient custom is the blowing of the mayors horn - three blasts at 9.p.m. every night, and at the opening of the market. Tom Horley, aged 78, is the hornblower or wakeman

The scrimmage for the barrel. Rugby tactics or football can be used. April 1944 P005044

HMS Lookout, L Class Royal Navy Destroyer, British Official Photograph A7250, Issued October 1943

In the early war years Ray Potter worked on this experimental plastic Spitfire fuselage at Duxford. Circa 1940s

Cornish lads of the ATC undergoing pre RAF training get a thrill when their CO Flt. Lieut. Prince Birabongsa, otherwise known as Mr. Bira, the famous racing motorist, demonstrates glider flying

The presentation of fifty-four proficiency certificates will be made by Air Chief Marshall Sir William Mitchell, K.C.B. C.B.E. D.S.O. M.C. A.F.C the front parade of the Royal Artillery Barracks

Air Transport Command (ATC) was a United States Air Force unit that was created during World War II as the strategic airlift component of the United States Army Air Forces

The Bank of England and Royal Exchange after the raid during the night of 11 January 1941. The bomb exploded in the booking-hall of the Bank Underground Station killing 51

Bomb damage to central Hull following a heavy Luftwaffe raid on Hull. 29th July 1941

Bomb damage around the City of London following the most devastating raid on London which took place on the night of 10/11 May 1941. The moon was full and the Thames had a very low ebb tide

Firemen dampen down the fires caused by a a Luftwaffe attack on the City of Bristol. Circa November 1940

Bomb damage to Hull following several nights of raids on the city during World War Two. Circa March 1941

The army and salvage workers clear the bomb damage to Hull following several nights of raids on the city. Circa March 1941

ARP rescue members seen here searching a shop in Bridlington damage by blast in a daylight air raid on the town. Circa August 1940

London docks burn as the Luftwaffe drop high explosives and incendiary bombs on the east end of London. 7th September 1940

The glow from fires started by the bombing of the East End and docks light up Londons skyline, the dome of the Old Daily can be seen silhouetted against the glow. 7th September 1940

Vapour trails over central London as the Luftwaffe attempts to bomb the city. 15th September 1940

The Bank of England and Royal Exchange after the raid during the night of 11 January 1941. The bomb exploded in the booking-hall of the Bank Underground Station killing 51

View of the entrance of the Hammonds store (on the corner of Jameson Street and South Street) in Hull after it was hit by bombs during 7-8 May, 1941 raid

Bomb damage to Comet Radio showrooms in George Street, Hull. 23 March 1941

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