World War Two Collection (page 6)

Firemen tackling fires in Ave Maria Lane, London, started by high explosive and incendiary bombs dropped by the Luftwaffe on the night of 29th December 1940

A turntable ladder of the London Fire Brigade tacklest fires close to Waterloo railway station as nine thousand incendiary

A London Transport double decker bus stopped on St Pauls Churchyard l. As over nine thousand incendiary and high explosive bombs fall on the City of London, 29th December 1940

Members of the public inspect a crater in Albert Bridge Road, Battersea, London, following a daylight raid. February 16th 1941

Damage to Ethelburga Street School following a daylight raid on Battersea, London. February 16th 1941

East End greengrocer doing his best to remain open for his customers despite the inconvenience of the shop and his home being bombed by the Luftwaffe during the air raids on London in the Second

Fire crews, police and ARP wardens help salvage furniture from properties close to Taylors Great Central Depository in St Georges Road, Southwark

Devastation at Upton Park following a V2 missile explosion in which 16 people were killed. 28th January 1945

The bomb damaged shell of the Coliseum Theatre, Bristol, following the Luftwaffe raid on the city. Circa November 1940

Bomb damage to Plymouth following a tip an run raid by Luftwaffe fighter bomber aircraft on the town. Circa April 8th 1941

Damage to Ashford, Kent following a tip and run attack by Luftwaffe fighter bombers. 24th March 1943

Bomb damage to Telham Road and Vicarage Lane, East Ham, following several heavy air raids on the capital. Circa March 1941

Under the educational and valuational training scheme the R. A. F
Under the educational and valuational training scheme the R.A.F. Station at Arundel have stared a dramatic school. John Dobbas, professional ballet dancer instructs a ballet class

Petty Office Cock (right) survivor of the sinking of HMS Hardy at Narvik seen here with entertainer Teddy Brown. Circa 20th April 1940

Damage to Fetter Lane, London following a V1 explosion in the capital. 19th July 1944

Red Cross flag seller in central London catches up on the latest news from Normandy following the Allied invasion. 7th June 1944

Mr Ernest Bevan the Foreign Secretary seen here leaving 10 Downing Street following the Prime Minister broadcast to the country on VJ Day. 15th August 1945

Prime Minister Clement Attlee seen here on the steps of 10 Downing Street after his broadcast to the nation on VJ Day. 15th August 1945

Famous brothers meet on land: Lieutenant General Sir Alan Cunningham of the British Army, Commander-in-Chief of the British Middle East Command, with his older brother

Flight Sergeant J. Leaky, aged 57, and 48 year old Sergeant J. R
Flight Sergeant J. Leaky, aged 57, and 48 year old Sergeant J.R. Caudlish, two " grandads" of the Royal Air Force

Stage Door Canteen, 201 Piccadilly, Central London. Masses of rubbish have to be cleared out before alterations for the Club can be carried out

An Air Raid Precaution (ARP) warden and a messenger who wears the 1941 dark blue uniform, which later became the standard for most Civil Defence workers. 13th August 1941

Child refugees washing in Salisbury Cathedral during the Second World War. 25th November 1940

Reconnaissance equipment is fitted to the fuselage of a Spitfire by airmen of a Royal Air Force Reconnaissance Unit before flying out on a mission

Floodlights light the scene of a V2 explosion close to Tottenham Court Road which killed 9 civilians and injured 46 and badly damaged the Whitfield Memorial Chapel. 25th March 1945

Damage to housing in Fulham, London, following an air raid on the city, carried out by the Luftwaffe as a revenge attack to the RAF bombing of Berlin. 3rd March 1943

A prototype Cromwell tank is put through its paces for, and then inspected by King George VI and the Queen at an un-named Midlands tank factory. 26th February 1942

Soldiers of an anti aircraft battery in the West Midlands, seen here training. 12 December 1941

Women of the ATS operating the height finder optics at an anti aircraft battery in the West Midlands. 12 December 1941

Firefighters tend to a blazing buildings in Cardiff city centre, which was badly damamged after being hit in a bombing raid by the German Luftwaffe during the Second World War. Circa 1941

National Fire Service District Officer Ronnie Greene with his wife leaving Buckingham having been awarded the MBE for which he organised

A Bren Carrier being guided through barbed wire during the first stages of the offensive against the Axis Forces in Libya, North Africa in World War Two. December 1941

MV Rapana, one of nine Anglo Saxon Royal Dutch / Shell oil tankers converted to become a
MV Rapana, one of nine Anglo Saxon Royal Dutch/Shell oil tankers converted to become a Merchant Aircraft Carrier (MAC ship)

Aftermath of a V2 rocket attack on Kew, London. Workmen search the bottom of a crater after the attack. 12th September 1944

View of the village church in Aveton Gifford, Devon which was destroyed by Focke Wulf bombers of the German Luftwaffe alongside the vicarage (background on the right)

Scene showing the bomb damage to St. Marks church in Sheffield following an air raid by the German Luftwaffe. The last supper artwork remained in tact amongst the ruins of the devastated building

Scene showing the bomb damage in Orford Place, Norwich, Norfolk following an air raid by the German Luftwaffe on the city on the evening of 27th April 1942

Five people in Exeter owe their lives to the Morrison shelter. Their two story house received a direct hit and completely buried the shelter during the " Baedeker" raid on the city

Women of the Auxiliary Territorial service (ATS) in the North West of England during the Second World War. 19th May 1942

Lady Leverhulme, vice-chairman of the National Association of the Womens Junior Air Corps (WJAC), inspecting the Hoylake unit of the corps at the County School Grounds, West Kirby

2000 Vickers Armstrong Aircraft workers in Manchester protesting against proposed redundancies. 7th February 1945

Picture taken when the new Governor of Ceylon, His Excellency Sir Henry Monk-Mason Moore, CSMG, and Lady Moore, visited Kandy, the ancient Royal City of Ceylon

A Heinkel He 111 which crashed near Whitby. 3rd February 1940

A prototype Cromwell tank is put through its pace for King George VI and the Queen at an un-named Midlands tank factory. 26th February 1942

Leading Aircraftman Gordon Pendleton, an R. A. F. pilot who won his wings at Uplands
Leading Aircraftman Gordon Pendleton, an R.A.F. pilot who won his wings at Uplands aerodrome outside of Ottowa. 1st May 1943

Maisy Nicholas helps fit a wireless aerial to a Thorneycroft whaleback boat at John I Thorneycroft & Co, Hampton Launch Works, Platts Eyotduring the Second World War. 8th November 1943

Stalin and Churchill in the conference room at Yalta during the Second World War. 4th February 1945

Liberated POWs at Stalag 11B near Fallingbostel, 16 April 1945. The men in this photograph were all captured at Arnhem in Circa September 1944

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