War And Conflict Collection (#11)

King George VI tours the bomb shattered areas of Birmingham following the city suffering a series of heavy air raids on the city

A ceiling collapse on a ward on the first floor of The Westminster Hospital after suffering severe damage from a landmine in May 1941

A member of staff holds a damaged instrument amongst the rubble of The Westminster Hospital after suffering severe damage from a landmine in May 1941

German shells explode harmlessly in the English Channel off the coast at Lea Cliff, Folkestone. The town and its neighbouring town of Dover were shelled by German long range artillery batteries

The first supply of British medical supplies for the civilian population of Belgrade, Yugoslavia arrived on 19th March 1945. The consignment consisted of drugs and dressings. Captain H

Animals ARP. A gas proof kennel on displayed by the animal charity P. D. S. A
Animals ARP. A gas proof kennel on displayed by the animal charity P.D.S.A. at an unknown location during the build up to the Second World War. Circa 1939

A ward exposed to the elements on the first floor of The Westminster Hospital after suffering severe damage from a landmine in May 1941

It is now possible to reveal the Interesting story behind the shooting down of a JU 83 from Fair Island off the North of Scotland

A battalion of the Leicester Regiment serving with the British Army in the Middle East during the Second World War. Photo graph shows: Captain R.E

Combined Operations raid on Dieppe on 19th August 1942. Canadian and U. K
Combined Operations raid on Dieppe on 19th August 1942. Canadian and U.K. Special Service Troops carried out the raid with a detachment of a U.S

A battalion of the Hampshire Regiment serving with we British Expeditionary Force in France during the Second World War. Photo shows

The Suffolk Regiment serving with the British Expeditionary Force in France during the Second World War. Photo shows: The mens billet. March 1940

The Hampshire Regiment serving with the British Expeditionary Force in France during the Second World War. Photo shows: A group of men standing as the tea is handed out. March 1940

A battalion of the Middlesex Regiment serving with we British Expeditionary Force in France during the Second World War. Photo shows: A class going through a drill with a Vickers gun. March 1940

Artillery fire from American guns blasted Germans from their positions which they held in the town of Wallendorf, Germany. Furniture has been removed from blazing homes. September 1944

The Battle of Monte Cassino, a series of four assaults by Allied Forces against the Axis held Winter Line during the attempted advance on to Rome, Italy in the Second World War

Munition girls at work at a Welsh shell factory working for the Ministry of Supply during the Second World War. Circa 1941

View of the damage to to Mark Street, Cardiff following an air raid by bombers German Luftwaffe on the city on 29th April 1941

Female Air Raid Precaution wardens on duty during an invasion exercise in South Wales during the Second world War. 1940

The 350, 000 gallon Emergency Water Supply tank in Mount Pleasant, Liverpool, from which the Liverpool corporation are removing 150 tons of rubble thrown in by children. 26th September 1943

Scene at the cook house at the Reading Home Guard camp in Berkshire during the Second World War. 15th June 1942

Private R. G. Davis of Plough Lane, Wokingham, sends this snapshot of himself reading
Private R.G. Davis of Plough Lane, Wokingham, sends this snapshot of himself reading the " Reading Standard" to his fiancee in Reading from his base in the Middle East during the Second

Girls was work on the machines at a Royal Ordnance Factory Engineering factory in Cardiff, Wales during the Second world War. June 1941

A scene inside the Leece Street labour Exchange in Liverpool when the 1920 class of women attended for registration. From early 1941

The War Cabinet pose for a picture at Downing Street, circa October 1941. Picture shows standing L-R: Sir Edward Bridges, Air Chief Marshal Sir Charles F. A

Members of the Home Guard on parade Kidmore End near Reading, Berkshire on Sunday 18th May 1941

March past of the Cardiff sector of the Home Guard at their final parade in Cardiff. The salute was taken by Lieutenant General D. G. Watson G.O.C. in Chief, Western Command. Circa 1941

Members of the Reading Home Guard during the Second World War. Circa 1942

Some of the office staff of a local Tin Box factory, making collecting boxes for the red Cross nurses. The production is done after working hours due to the labour shortage. 6th November 1941

The band of an Army Technical School leads the parade of Officers and men of HMS Garth from the railway station to the Town Hall in Wokingham, Berkshire during the Second World War. 26th January 1945

Trainees at a Royal Engineers Transportation training centre repair locomotive wheels in one of the workshops during the Second world War. 24th August 1943

Air Raid Precaution (ARP) bomb demonstration held at Reading, Berkshire during the Second World War. Among the observers are the Regional Commissioner Sir Harry Haig, Alderman H. Bale, Alderman A

The cast of the play "The Moon Is Down"which was given by an RAF Amateur
The cast of the play " The Moon Is Down" which was given by an RAF Amateur Dramatic Society at an RAF station in Woodley, Berkshire during the Second World War

A Royal Air Force officer addressing workers at a factory near Reading, Berkshire during the Second world War. 10th April 1942

ARP exercise in Reading during the Second World War in preparation for re-acting to German air raids on the city. Picture shows" A " casualty" awaitng attention during the training

A group of Reading men serving in Iceland with the Royal Artillery during the second World War. The picture was sent by Gunner F. G. Clements (left, front row). Circa January 1942

A Royal Air Force officer etched women workers at a factory near Reading, Berkshire during the Second world War. 10th April 1942

A group of recruits for the Reading Home Guard Ant-Aircraft Battery pictured on parade observed by NCOs and Officers during the Second World War. 1st June 1942

A scene inside the labour Exchange in Cardiff when the 1920 class of women attended for registration. From early 1941, it became compulsory for women aged between 18 and 60 to register for war work

A female worker inspecting the cooling system of a Lancaster bomber plane of the Royal Air Force at an aircraft production site near reading, Berkshire during the second world War. 8th July 1943

Princess Mary, the Princess Royal and Countess of Harewood, pictured at an ATS Training depot near Reading during the Second World War

A YMCA mobile canteen in operation in a poor area of Swansea, South Wales during the Second World War. The canteens were used to provide food and drink to those made homeless

The YMCA have a number of travelling tea cars with the british Expeditionary Force serving in France. They provide tea and light refreshment for the troops

Air Raid Precaution training and demonstration taking place in Gainsborough, Lincolnshire during the Second World War, in preparation for German air raids on the town. 19th June 1939

Residents of Peel Street, Lincoln digging trenches as precautions against possible air raids in the city during the Second World War. 12th September 1939

A YMCA mobile canteen in operation in Cardiff City centre during the Second World War. The canteens were used to provide food and drink to those made homeless

Residents of Skellingthorpe Road, Lincoln digging trenches as precautions against possible air raids in the city during the Second World War. 1940

Major John Begg, the Canadian officer second in command during the Dieppe raid of August 1942, for which he won the the Distinguished Service Order at an investiture ceremony on 27th October 1942

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