War And Conflict Collection (#10)

Damage to the Cadbury factory at Bournville, Birmingham following a raid on the city. During the raid millions of gallons of water flooded the factory following a direct hit on the Birmingham

The burnt out shell of C and A in Corporation Street, Birmingham following an incendiary air raid on the city. 10th April 1941

Staff at the Cadbury factory at Bournville clean up after flooding caused by a direct hit on the nearby Birmingham to Worcester canal bridge

Matilda and Valentine tanks parade through central Birmingham as part of War Production Worker Week. 4th September 1941

Civic authorities at the Hall of Memories, Centenary Square, Birmingham, for a service of thanksgiving following the allied armies victory in Europe. 9th May 1945

Office workers negotiate the rubble strewn Smallbrook Street, Birmingham. As they make their way to work the morning after an air raid on the city 25th October 1940

Damage to The Arcade that connects Corporation Street to Temple Row, Birmingham following a heavy raid on Birmingham. 28th October 1940. 27th October 1940

Workers survey the damage Smallbrook Street, Birmingham. As they make their way to work the morning after an air raid on the city 25th October 1940

The burnt out shell of The Empire theatre in Hurst Street, Birmingham the morning after an air raid on the city 25th October 1940

A woman on her way to work negotiates the rubble strewn Smallbrook Street, Birmingham the morning after an air raid on the city 25th October 1940

The burnt out remains of Lansdown Laundry, Highgate Road, Balshall Heath, Birmingham the morning after an air raid on the city 26th October 1940

Shops and Amusements outside Tonys Ballroom in Hurst Street, Birmingham burnt out following an air raid on the city. 25th October 1940

Workers survey the burnt out shell of W. H. Smith in Station Street, Birmingham as they make their way to their offices and factories, the morning after a particular heavy air raid on the city

Firemen dampening down fires in Cornwall Street, Birmingham the morning after a heavy incendiary raid on the city 27th October 1940

The Carlton Cinema, Balsall Heath, Birmingham where 19 people were killed and more than 20 were injured when the cinema received a direct hit during the performance of The Typhoon

Rubble strewn across Weaman Street following a heavy raid on Birmingham. 27th October 1940

Firemen dampening down the Buupits factory, Camden Street, Birmingham following a raid on the city. 27th October 1940

Auxiliary Firemen training in Birmingham. Circa October 1940

Damage to The Arcade New Street, Birmingham following a heavy raid on the city. 28th October 1940. 27th October 1940

Firemen dampening down the Chamberlain, Kind and Jones factory, Holl0way Head, Birmingham following a raid on the city. 27th October 1940

Rubble strewn across Holloway Head following a heavy raid on Birmingham. 27th October 1940. 27th October 1940

Specially trained Auxiliary Territorial Service (ATS) girls, British and Palestinian, operate the Armys biggest telephone switchboard, recently installed at Middle East General Headquarters

British Auxiliary Territorial Service (ATS) in action with a regiment of heavy Anti-Aircraft guns in Belgium during the Second World War

"Anzio Odeon", a dug-out at Divisional Headquarters
" Anzio Odeon", a dug-out at Divisional Headquarters, sandbagged and camouflaged, where films are shown to the men of the British Army serving on the Italian Front at Anzio

This Auxiliary Territorial Service (ATS) company of drivers was formed In the Middle East 14 months ago, and in the past six months they have made over a hundred trips

The RAF Spitfire squadron "County of Surrey"
The RAF Spitfire squadron " County of Surrey", known as " Churchills Own", of which the Prime Minister is honorary Air Commodore, arrived in India in 1942

British troops of the 6th Airborne Division reached the Baltic Coast of Wismar, due north of Schwerin, Germany on 3rd May where they made contact with a Russian armoured squadron which had pushed

Using timber which is of no use for war production, a game of Land Army girls at Bywell near Newcastle Upon Tyne are supplying wood to keep the home fires burning

British Fifth Army at Anzio Bridhead during the Second World War. Despite having to attend fires day and night on the bridgehead at Anzio, Italy

Eight enemy Messerschmitt ME 109 planes were destroyed and two damaged by Allied fighters in two sorties over Tripolitania. In the first sortie an R.A.F

The heavy flow of traffic over the two main roads in the bridgehead at Anzio, Italy has caused the surface to deteriorate

Spahis were light cavalry regiments of the French army recruited primarily from the indigenous populations of Algeria, Tunisia and Morocco

Fifth Army beach-head at Anzio on the road to Rome. One month after the landings still sees bitter fighting in the Anzio-Nettuno bridgehead

Home Guard Stand Down Parade in London. Left to right: C. S. M. W. L. Malcolm and C. S
Home Guard Stand Down Parade in London. Left to right: C.S.M. W.L. Malcolm and C.S.M. R. Wallace, both of the Ulster Home Guard. 3rd December 1944

The Western Desert Air Transport Service has carried out valuable work in the North African campaign. They facilitated every stage of the advance

Flying Officer Bill Draper of 8 Humewood Drive, Toronto, Canada, tells an interesting listener how he shot down a German Luftwaffe FW 190 in a head on attack

The tea ritual is observed even among the ruins of Ortona, Italy for Canadian soldiers K.H. Riddle of Granby, Quebec and S

North African Arab soldiers are assisting the RAF on Tunisian airfields. Loading bombs on the carriages for transportation to the aircraft and bomb dumps

British army soldiers Private J. Stutter (left) of Elie, Fifeshire, Scotland and Private M. Cambridge of Leeds eating their dinner in the snow on the Eighth Army Front in Italy during the Second

Allied soldiers of the Fifth Army fight to extinguish flames in an ammunition dump in the beach-head area of Anzio, Italy after a German bombing raid

The burnt out shell of the Gresham Warehouses, Moor Street, Birmingham following a heavy air raid on the city. 21st April 1941

The shattered remains of the Birmingham Evening Mail garage in St Georges Street following a heavy air raid on the city. 19th November 1940

Workmen repair the tramlines at Tyburn Road, Birmingham following an air raid on the city. 3rd September 1940

From dusk to dawn, at an important un-named works in Birmingham, the works Home Guard man a specially built look-out tower

Birmingham furniture store displays in its shop window, a bed air raid protection frame. Designed to stop debris falling on to those bed ridden persons who could not reach an air raid shelter

Workmen survey the shattered remains of W. H. Smart in Wrentham Street
Workmen survey the shattered remains of W.H. Smart in Wrentham Street, Birmingham following the air raid of 9th April 1941

The burnt out shell of Carlton House, High Street, Birmingham following the an air raid on the city 21st April 1941

The extent of the damage to New Street and the High Street, Birmingham, caused by the raid on the city on the night of the 9th/10th April

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