Second World War Collection (page 3)

Young girls showing off one of six pairs of knickers that they made from an old night dress. April 1941

Bomb damage to Chichester following a tip and run raid on the city by Luftwaffe fighter bombers. 10th February 1943

Rescue workers search through the rubble and wreckage of Warwick Court, Holborn, London for survivors, after the building suffered a direct hit from a V2 rocket

Scene showing the bomb damage in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk following an air raid by the German Luftwaffe. German planes dropped around 1

On October 7 1941 bombs dropped in Rogerstone, Newport, Wales resulting in the loss of 18 lives. Here rescue workers and wardens attend the scene following the air raid by the German Luftwaffe

British Royal Navy submarine HMS Talisman returns home to HMS Forth, Holy Loch in Scotland, after a period of very successful service in Mediterranean waters

The first RAF Repair and Salvage Unit was working operationally within three days of landing on the shores of Normandy, Northern France

The Bristol Blitz was the heavy bombing of Bristol, England, by the Nazi German Luftwaffe during the Second World War. Due to the presence of Bristol Harbour and the Bristol Aeroplane Company

Picture taken during the Allied Army journey to the East Bank of the Rhine. Horse and Hamilcar gliders were towed by Halifax and Stirling aircraft of the RAF

On the night of 29th - 30th April 1944, RAF Bombers attacked the Clermont Ferrand / Aulnat Airfield in German occupied France

Member son the The Womens Royal Naval Service (WRNS) entertainment section. The caption suggests the word Canadian, but also WRNS who are the British regiment. Picture taken 12th November 1944

Mill Road Infirmary, Liverpool, after it is bombed in World War Two. The maternity ward in Mill Road Hospital, Liverpool, took a devastating direct hit on 3 May, 1941

Mdlle. Simone Segouin of charters, a 19 year old French girl of the FTFF who has fought against the Germans with the Maquis. On day she took 25 prisoners

Salford Royal Hospital, after an air raid during The Manchester Blitz of World War Two. In June 1941 German bombs damaged the original Salford Royal Hospital on Chapel Street at the junction with

A kitten is saved after a daylight air raid over London, during the Blitz. Comforted by a member of LaS - London Auxiliary Ambulance Service. Actual Location unknown. Picture taken 3rd October 1940

Scrattons Farm Estate, Ripple Road, Barking, Essex, after it was damaged in a World War Two air raid. The Smith sisters lived at this house

Liverpool. Merseyside. August 1941. During the Blitz. Picture shows the Old Street and Castle Street area of Liverpool, The National Bank Building with the Holt Building to the left

On the night of 29th - 30th April 1944, RAF Bombers attacked the Clermont Ferrand/Aulnat Airfield in German occupied France

Picture shows business premises in Weston Super Mare, Somerset, decimated in The Blitz. June 1942. Street is unknown. On the nights of June 28 and 29

Three weeks old Raymond Ratford, the youngest evacuee, photographed with the mother. The second convoy of London evacuees

Children at The Everard Avenue School, Walton, Liverpool, helping to relieve the shortage of clerks by filling in the names and addresses on the new ration books. Picture taken 8th June 1942

The R. E. M. E. - Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers is the British Army
The R.E.M.E. - Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers is the British Armys newest corps. It has been in operation since October 1st, 1942

Cottingham Road, Hull, Yorkshire, after it was bombed in the Blitz. November 1940. The Hull Blitz was the bombing campaign that targeted the English port city of Kingston upon Hull by the German

Newbridge Road, Hull, Yorkshire, after it was bombed in the Blitz. Firefighters at the scene of a horrendous bombing raid The Hull Blitz was the bombing campaign that targeted the English port city

Hull, Yorkshire, during The Blitz. Picture shows the devastation in Buckingham Street, Hull. The Hull Blitz was the bombing campaign that targeted the English port city of Kingston upon Hull by

The Battle of Taranto took place on the night of 11th and 12th November 1940 during the Second World War between British naval forces, under Admiral Andrew Cunningham, and Italian naval forces

A German B1E 1 KG Incendiary bomb. The bomb consisted of a cylindrical body, made of magnesium alloy, filled with thermite, an incendiary compound, to which a three-finned steel tail was attached

De La Pole Avenue in Hull, Yorkshire, during the blitz of World War Two. The emergency services search the rubble and crater lift by the bomb dropped by The Luftwaffe

Fountain Road in Hull, Yorkshire, during the blitz of World War Two. The emergency services, local people and the army search the rubble and crater lift by the bomb dropped by The Luftwaffe

St Athanasius School, Fonthill Road, Kirkdale, Liverpool, Merseyside, demolished in The Liverpool Blitz. The church next door however, escaped serious damage. Picture taken 8th October 1940

Bomb-shattered homes in Grange Street, Hull. Circa 1941

Wreckage of SS Malakand, a cargo liner which was loaded with munitions at the Huskisson Dock in Liverpool, England, and on the evening of 3rd May 1941 during a heavy German air raid

V1 flying bomb attack, Aldwych, London, 30th June 1944. One of the deadliest attacks, 46 people were killed and at least 200 others suffered serious injuries

General Kinzel (German General of Infantry) puts his signature to the surrender of the German land, sea and air forces in Northern Germany, Holland and Denmark

Saxony Road, Kensington, Liverpool, bomb damage to rear entrance of working class pub in during recent air raid, pictured Wednesday 13th November 1940

Young girl riding her bicycle with pet dog in the basket on the front handlebars. Circa 1945

Unity Mitford arrives in Folkestone from Germany. Wrapped in blankets on the quatside, Unity was said to be injured, with a shot to the head. 3rd January 1940

A Sherman VC Firefly tank of 24th Lancers, 8th Armoured Brigade, near St Leger, 11 June 1944. The Sherman Firefly was based on the US M4 Sherman Tank but fitted with the powerful 3-inch calibre

Robert Blair "Paddy"Mayne (Second from right) was born in Newtownards
Robert Blair " Paddy" Mayne (Second from right) was born in Newtownards, County Down, the second youngest of seven children

Winston Churchill pictured smoking a cigar, circa March 1938

Prime Minister Winston Churchill in action as bricklayer. During a visit to an anti-aircraft battery the Prime Minister saw some soldiers bricklaying

British troops in Sherman tanks roll throught the narrow cobbled streets of a Normandy town in Northern France shortly after the D-Day landings begun the Allied invasion of the continent during World

WW2 Air Raids Ilford Essex East London WW2 Bomb damage in Ilford East London after an air raid is looked over by emergency service as they look for survivors amongst the rubble of collapsed

Women Wrestling in 1941

Theres a shortage of stockings, and a shortage of coupons among the women of Tyneside, but they have found a way of beating the Board of Trade by getting stockings coupon free

Coal Miners shower after their shift in the pit head. February 1942 P018169

The shape of things to come. *** Location unknown.*** Three ATS (The Auxiliary Territorial Service) ladies take a look into the future

Residents of Beche Road, Cambridge pose during street party celebrations, held on VE Day at the end of the Second World War in Europe. 8th May 1945

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