Second World War Collection (page 8)

Picture shows a side view of a Hawker Typhoon in flight. The worlds fastest fighter plane in April 1943. Google images suggests this plane could be ()

Congregational Church, Albion Street, Hull, pictured in 1946, shortly after World War Two. The Church was bombed in World War Two

Picture shows a goods warehouse, Hull, Yorkshire, post World War Two. The van shows a sign for Vindec Bicycles. Vindec cycles were made as far back as the late 1800s

The Blitz. Bridlington, Yorkshire. June 1941. The bar and billiard room of The Britannia Hotel, Bridlington, Yorkshire, was destroyed by a German bomb, during the Blitz

The Blitz. Hull. Yorkshire. February 1941. Picture shows Goddard Avenue, Hull. Although the roofs were damaged, the houses were not

Waterfall Lane, BlackHeath, Black Country, Birmingham, The Midlands, in post war peacetime. February 1949. An Austin Devon van delivers copies of The Birmingham Post and Mail Newspaper

The Fire Boat - used by The Hull Fire Brigade to put out the city fires by sending in water from a boat in nearby water. The officer in the picture is named as Chief Goodrich, (or Goodich)

Picture shows Eagle Oil Mills in Hull, Yorkshire, on fire during World War Two. Location in Hull would be Eagle Terrace off Cleveland Street

Picture shows the premises of iron mongers F & T Ross, Ironmongers of Myton Street, Hull, Yorkshire. Picture taken just after the war

Butcher cutting off Meat during the second World War II where food was rationed. 29th November 1939

Flying bomb crashed on flats at Nevern Square, Kensington. 23rd July 1944

One of the most up to date mobile canteens in the country. The canteen aquired by The Liverpool Gas Company. It will be stationed Broadway

The effects of RAF Bomber Commands November 1943 attacks on the city of Berlin, Brandenburg, Germany. March 24, 1944

Stamford Street, Edge Hill in Liverpool, Merseyside, severely damaged during The Liverpool Blitz. Picture taken 19th September 1940

Heroes of ROF Royal Ordnance Munitions Factory Explosion in Kirkby, Liverpool, on 15th September 1944, receive their awards. LEFT TO RIGHT are

Picture shows a female bus conductor in World War Two. She issues a young girl with a ticket for her bus journey. Women bus conductors were plenty in World War One and also World War Two

The remains of St Philips Church in central Hull following the raids of May 1941

Picture shows a lady salvaging a variety of goods, such as pots and pans, plates, china, a kettle, and hoover, iron goods

Wartime women porters at The General Station, Cardiff, Wales. Having fun, sitting as a group on the railway luggage trolly

Picture shows "Herald"the Champion Bull, of Maple Lodge, Guernsey
Picture shows " Herald" the Champion Bull, of Maple Lodge, Guernsey, The Channel Islands, aged 6 years and 7 months, owned by E. D. Falla of Castel

The Mayor of Neath starting the paper shredding machine at Neath Book and Salvage Drive and Exhibition. A notice near the machine gives the invitation

The Youth Hostel Association has fitted the 16th Century Elizabethan Houghton Mill on the River Ouse, near St Ives, Cambridgeshire, to accommodate 56 hostellers

Hawker Typhoon fighters are now being built in impressive numbers at one of the Gloster Aircraft Company factories in the West of England

The Queens West Surrey Regiment receives The Freedom of Guildford, Surrey. During the march down the historic High Street, Mrs Violet Turner with her little daughter Gabriel

One of the Hawker Hurricane Fighters photographed at Northolt Aerodrome, Northolt, Middlesex, West of London, with a Squadron formation of 9 aircraft flying at low altitude

The British Somaliland Camel Corps in Solamia. The regiment is The Kings African Rifles. The Kings African Rifles (KAR) was a multi-battalion British colonial regiment raised from Britains various

The British Somaliland Camel Corps on Patrol. The regiment is The Kings African Rifles. The Kings African Rifles (KAR) was a multi-battalion British colonial regiment raised from Britains various

This picture shows: H. M.s Tango (Admiralty type trawler) during World War II
This picture shows: H.M.S Tango (Admiralty type trawler) during World War II. 21st December 1941

Anti aircraft machine gun on a submarine boat. These machine guns were used for close range use, as the war planes got closer and closer to their targets. Picture taken during training

Anti aircraft gun and army unit in the Hull and Yorkshire, or East Riding, area of England during World War Two. Anti-aircraft warfare or counter-air defence is defined by NATO as " all measures

R A O C men learning the recovering of capsizes tanks at a Midlands training centre. England. The Royal Army Ordnance Corps (RAOC) was a corps of the British Army

St Michaels Cathedral in Coventry lies in ruins after the devastating air raid by the German Luftwaffe on the night of 14th November 1940 that lasted for over 10 hours

Hull Victory Parade. Among those at the saluting base when Sheriff (Ald. H. W
Hull Victory Parade. Among those at the saluting base when Sheriff (Ald. H.W. Jackson) and the Lord Mayor (Coun. Herbert Harrison). June 1945

Picture shows The Reading Home Guard, Berkshire, England, during world War Two. The Home Guard was a volunteer unit made up of people too old or too young to be sent to battle

Moorfields Hospital, City Road, completely flattened after air raid during World War II. 29th June 1944

The Great Fire of London. Personnel and turntable ladders at work on the city fire - they have a long night ahead of them. 30th December 1940

Ernest Bevin, Minister of Labour, accompanied by his wife, Florence Anne Townley, talking with one of the operators at the Ministry of Labours wartime headquarters in the North West

The sinking of the Truro, a 974 tons British Steam Merchant. Picture is possibly the last picture taken of the vessel before it was sunk

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

Royal marine cadets learning to sling hammocks, at Butlins, Ingoldmells, near Skegness. Lincolnshire. The cadets are from HMS Royal Arthur. Picture is passed by Censors

Picture shows a life saving raft which is hoped will save the lives of thousands of ship wrecked seaman. Picture taken in the Port of Hull

Picture shows the HMS Calcutta. HMS Calcutta was a C-class light cruiser of the Royal Navy, named after the Indian city of Calcutta. She was part of the Carlisle group of the C-class of cruisers

Street party in Birch road, Higher Crumpsall, Manchester to celebrate VJ Day. Picture shows a lady on the left in a white coat

Palace Ice Rink, Liverpool, after damage caused during last nights raid, Pictured Friday 6th September 1940

The Battle of Arnhem. The British Second Army linked with airbourne troops at Eindhoven on 19th September and drove on another 37 miles towards Nijmege

The letter and medals which were returned to Odette and Peter Churchill after they were stolen by thieves. The letter was sent to Odettes mother following her appeal for their return. 5th October 1951

Evacuation at East Ham Station, London. 3rd September 1939

First action pictures of the British airborne forces in Holland. (Picture shows) A Bren gun in positions in a wood. The two men are Private Jury of Cardiff and Private Malcolm of Liverpool

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