Wwii Collection (#11)

A Short Sunderland of No. 10 Squadron takes off from the water after alighting to rescue 3 survivors from a Vickers Wellington of No

A Christening in an Air Raid Shelter. The Blitz, (September 1940-May 1941), nighttime bombing raids against London and other British cities by Nazi Germany during World War II

Canteens conducted by the various services of the Army are " homes from home" for Canadian lads in uniform. Here they gather in the evening to join in song

In a Combined Operation on the night 27th and 28th February 1942, joint forces of the Royal Navy, the Army and the Royal Air Force attacked an destroyed an important German radio location post at

Lady MacRobert of Douneside, Tarland, Aberdeenshire has presented the RAF with four Hurricanes which will soon be in action in the Middle East. Three are named after airman sons killed in action

HMS Kelly returns to the River Tyne after being torpedoed off the coast of Norway on the 10th May 1940

British forces entered Addis Ababa on 5th April 1941 having advanced more than 1800 miles in less than 60 days. Picture shows

Fashion - hats. In the style of a steel helmet. Picture taken 19th October 1940

Shepherd Tom Goodban with his sheep. Dover, Kent. Picture taken 1st October 1944

While the ships company of HMS Newcastle are bathing over the side Able Seaman H Leonard, of Charlton-cum-Hardy, Manchester, stands by with loaded rifle in case any sharks should approach the ship

Consolidated PBY Catalina, an American flying boat, operating with RAF Coastal Command. Pictured in flight, showing one of the " Blister" gun turrets open. Issued: 12th April 1941

Operation Pedestal. A general view of the convoy under air attack showing the intense anti-aircraft barrage put up by the escorts

Royal Navy submarine HMS Torbay returns home to Portsmouth, England after her service in the Mediterranean. Picture shows: Members of the Torbays crew with the ships Jolly Roger flags of success

Crusader tanks get ready for action in Tunisia during the North African campaign of World War Two. December 1942

Tobruk. (Picture) After a very heavy rainstorm which followed a sandstorm which had lasted all day. Water rushed down Waddis and flooded many of the tents

A German petrol dump captured between Bardia and Tobruk. Pictured, hundreds of petrol cans full of petrol being loaded on to a British truck. December 1941

German child soldiers captured near Kulmbach, Germany by the US 3rd Army. They were being marched to the Czech border, and though issued with army uniforms had not been given any arms. April 1945

British Royal Navy submarine HMS Sceptre returns home to Holy Loch, Scotland after her latest exploits against a German convoy off the coast of Norway

British Royal Navy submarine HMS Statesman smashes a Japanese convoy in surface action in Far Eastern waters during the Second World War

British Royal Navy submarine HMS Ursula returns home to Britain after spending the last six days and nights sailing " blind" with her periscope smashed after being rammed by an enemy

American landing craft on Okinawa. Landing craft nose inshore to land troops and supplies as the American invasion of Okinawa, Ryukyu island less than too miles from the Japanese homeland

HMS Truant has returned to Britain after an absence of 21 years in the Mediterranean, Indian Ocean and Java Seas. As she came alongside the depot ship

Park Street, Bristol in September 1946 still showing signs of the series of German air raids on the city a year after the conflict ended 1st September 1946

The remains of the West Street Baptist Church following the Luftwaffe air raid on the city on the night of the 24th November 1940

The enormous damage to Messers Mardons printing works in Victoria Street, Bristol, can be seen in this image taken after the debris from the German air raids on the city had been tidied up

Firemen dampen down fires in Wine Street, Bristol which was devastated by high explosive and incendiary bombs dropped on the city on the night of 24th/25th November 1940

Clearing the debris of Barton Warehouse, Stokes Croft, Bristol following the first heavy Luftwaffe raid on the city. 25th November 1940

Lennards Shoe shop, Queens Road, Bristol is left a burnt out shell following the Luftwaffes raid on the city. The blitz of Bristol began on the night 24th November 1940

The vicar and parishioners search through the rubble and wreckage of St Clements, Newfoundland Road, Bristol shortly after the November 24th 1940 air raid on the city

Civilians walk amongst the ruins of Dolphin Street following a further raid on Bristol by the Luftwaffe. The city endured the bombing between 24 November 1940

Parachute packers of the W. R. N. S. testing a parachute at a British Naval Air Station
Parachute packers of the W.R.N.S. testing a parachute at a British Naval Air Station. November 1943

A famous Scottish Regiment on manoeuvres in Malaya during the Second World War. The troops show how they have adapted themselves to the conditions of warfare which would prevail in Malaya by cutting

The 11th Battalion Royal Marines Battle course. Units of the Royal Marine Group Mobile Naval base Defence Organisation in training at their Chatham Camp base in Colombo, Ceylon

A communication trench somewhere in North Africa during Second World War. Circa 1940s

Picture shows "The Victory Dress"- possibly
Picture shows " The Victory Dress" - possibly (not confirmed as caption hard to read) - but possibly from Jeanette of London - 84 Newman Street, London

Cattle from a field at Waltham Abbey, Essex, seen roaming through the local Fire Station. A common occurrence. Picture taken circa 14th November 1944

British soldiers of General Andersons First Army at work on the telephone system which links up all the various companies of the battalion in the hills of North Africa. Issued: January 1943

A thick columns of black smoke rising from a Japanese train attacked by Bristol Beaufighters at Kokkogon, about 40 miles along the branch line from Pyinmana, on the Rangoon-Mandalay railway, Burma

The Auxiliary Territorial Service (ATS) under instruction for a drill. Caption suggest the male is Sergeant Withers. Picture taken 3rd October 1941

Drages, Oxford Street, London, blitzed. 20th April 1941

A battalion of the Middlesex Regiment in a dugout with a machine gun post, in a forward area with the British Expeditionary Force. March 1940

The first ATS / EFI (Expeditionary Force Institute) girls to arrive for duty in
The first ATS /EFI (Expeditionary Force Institute) girls to arrive for duty in Berlins canteens spent a few days looking over the citys British canteens before starting work

20mm land based Oerlikon mobile ack-ack gun in action in Italy. Circa October 1944

King George II of Greece reviews Greek troops. Circa January 1941

The British landing on Ramree Island, Arakan. 15th February 1945

R. A. F ground crew equipping Typhoons with rocket projectiles at a landing strip in France
R.A.F ground crew equipping Typhoons with rocket projectiles at a landing strip in France. Picture taken 2 weeks after the Normandy Landings. Picture taken 19th June 1944

Female workers, possibly munition workers on their break time. Far right is Annie Rowley, eating her boiled egg. Her three colleagues look at her in amazement. Picture taken 1st February 1943

Troops in Bridport, Devon, are entertained in a mobile theatre. Picture taken 27th March 1941

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