Wwii Collection (#10)

The new blue battledress uniform for members of ARP services as announced by Herbert Morrison, Minister for Home Security. May 1941

Damage to a house in Pype Hayes, Erdington, Birmingham. This was the first air raid on the city, carried out by a single aircraft. One person was killed, and six injured in the raid. 9th August 1940

Workers at the Birmingham Railway Carriage and Wagon Company celebrate sending Valentine tanks to Russia on September 22, 1941

The "Big Three"round table conference opens, as leaders of the victorious
The " Big Three" round table conference opens, as leaders of the victorious Allied Nations gather to discuss future policies

Winston Churchill greeting President Truman on arrival at the Prime Ministers residence in Potsdam for a dinner party with Josef Stalin. 23 July 1945

Girls from the Susu tribe in northern Sierra Leone and French Guinea dancing in Freetown. The dance display is in the aid of War Charities. November 1944

Members of the Nigerian Government, at a Conference of Chiefs of the Western Provinces, Nigeria, held at the Mapo Hall, Ibadan, Nigeria

The church was bombed on 24 / 25 November 1940 in the Bristol Blitz
The church was bombed on 24/25 November 1940 in the Bristol Blitz, leaving it an empty shell. The damage was severe and although the arcades still stood they were very unsafe

Allied steamer being torpedoed by a German U-boat. Circa 1941

German Uboat U744 seen being captured after being attacked for over 30 hours with depth charges from HMS Icarus, and the following ships of the Canadian Escort Group; HMCS St

Bristol Beaufighters peels away from a German escort vessel which blew up after receiving cannon and rocket fire, during a combined attack on an enemy convoy south-west of Heligoland by the North

Leigh Light a powerful carbon arc searchlight of 20 inches used for spotting U-boats on the surface at night fitted to a Liberator aircraft of Royal Air Force Coastal Command. Circa 1943

Plymouth - Devon - bomb damage during The Blitz of World War Two. The Plymouth Blitz was a series of bombing raids carried out by the Nazi German Luftwaffe on the English city of Plymouth in

Yugoslav partisans have been supplied with British Armoured cars and American tanks suited to the difficult country in which they must be used

Operating with the partisans in Yugoslavia are numbers of RAF personnel. As promised by Winston Churchill some months ago " Every effort in our power will be made to aid

The Blue Cap Military Police. Officer with his Border Collie. The Royal Military Police (RMP) is the corps of the British Army responsible for the policing of army service personnel

British Parachute Squadron (actual regiment unknown) training group. Picture taken 2nd March 1942

The new Air Sea Rescue boat. The RAF vessel 2558. Location unknown. Picture taken 12th July 1943

Liverpool - July 1944. Evacuation children at a Liverpool Train Station. It is not clear if they have arrived from London, or are going to London. Picture taken 24th July 1944

At the War Office Selection Board school. All candidates for promotion from the ranks undergo a three days course to determine whether they have the qualities necessary to make a good officer

Members of the Army from all commands are to broadcast tomorrow. Major Basil Brown (centre) and Captain. Frederick G Lloyd, a well known producer of the Main Of The Mountains

A blind man plays darts. His name is not known Picture taken 30th April 1945

Yugoslav partisans of Marshal Titos Yugoslav National Liberation Army are making good use of their stay in Malta to learn the use of both Allied and enemy small arms

The Sunday shift at Burnley Aircraft Products factory during Second World War. 1st November 1945

British Royal Navy submarine HMS Porpoise returns to its base in Portsmouth, England after 14 serving 14 months in the Mediterranean

Three pipers of the Kings Own Scottish Borderers infantry regiment with the battalion mascot " Bill", who seems to be practicing a song to accompany the music. September 1940

Bomb damage to the Bank underground station, London during the night of 11th January 1941

Brigadier B. W Leicester D. S. O and Bar, R. M, (wearing steel helmet and lifebelt
Brigadier B.W Leicester D.S.O and Bar, R.M, (wearing steel helmet and lifebelt) with Lieutenant Colonel E.C.E. Palmer D.S.O

A group of Luxembourg Hawks, an organisation which corresponds with the British Boy Scouts and Girl Guides. October 1944

A US marine is assisted onboard a American transport by two Coast Guardsmen after fighting on Eniwetok Island. Circa February 1944

Grimy and weary after 48 hours of fighting on Eniwetok Atoll in the Marshall Islands, US Marines enjoying coffee aboard a transport ship

Picture shows people celebrating in October 1944. World War Two was still raging, but the people of England still found something to celebrate. Picture taken 1st October 1944. Location is Dover, Kent

Occupational Therapy held at Mill Hill Emergency Hospital. No location mentioned, but there is a Mill Hill in North London which looks correct for this picture

The British destroyer HMS Fury refuels from the cruiser HMS Trinidad despite heavy seas and falling snow whilst on patrol in the North Atlantic. 9th March 1942

Women of the W. A. C. I - Women s. Auxiliary Corps, India
Women of the W.A.C.I - Women s. Auxiliary Corps, India, equivalent of the British ATS are releasing fighting men by doing many skilled

British Royal Navy submarine HMS Utmost returns home to HMS Forth, Holy Loch in Britain after 12 months of service in Mediterranean waters

Women Royal Navy Service training at the rifle range during the Second World War. A group of Wrens taking aim during shooting practice. December 1940

Brigadier Clarence Churchill Mann, awarded the D. S. O. for his part in the Dieppe raid
Brigadier Clarence Churchill Mann, awarded the D.S.O. for his part in the Dieppe raid. Circa 1942

British assault craft reaching the shores of Toamasina, Madagascar during Second World War. 16th October 1942

American troops of the 34th Infantry Division landing on the beaches at Surcouf, twenty miles east of Algiers. Operation Torch signalled the American entry into the Mediterranean War

Searching for isolated pockets of resistance and snipers, Canadians move cautiously through a rubble-strewn street of Caen. July 1944

A Royal Engineer bulldozer seen here on Gold beach. June 16th 1944

The Qattara Depression was created by the interplay of salt weathering and wind erosion. Some 20 kilometres west of the depression lie the oases of Siwa in Egypt

Bill Teasdale (left) who is now walking about with a broken neck. Surrey Military Hospital. His " horse collar" makes it impossible for him to turn his head. 25th September 1945

Survivors of a downed Wellington pictured just before their rescue in the Bay of Biscay. They are rescued by a Sunderland of RAF Coastal Command. 27th August 1944

After spending 11 hours in the sea, an RAF Hurricane pilot who had been shot down in combat over the retreating enemy, walked in to an aerodrome near El- Daba

"Z for zebra", a Sunderland V flying boat, makes RAF Coastal Command
" Z for zebra", a Sunderland V flying boat, makes RAF Coastal Commands last convoy escort for the Royal Navy. At one minute past midnight on 4th June 1945

Borys Karnicki, captain of the famous Polish submarine "Sokol"
Borys Karnicki, captain of the famous Polish submarine " Sokol" after its return from the Mediterranean. July 1942

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