01437 Collection (page 2)

A contingent of Cypriot Muleteers which recently landed in France have now taken up the duties with the B.E.F. with their mules. They are engaged in carrying stores, etc. for various units

Aftermath of an air raid on Old Town Street, Plymouth, Devon. 21st April 1941

The Canadian Commandos captured this 250 Naval vessel in their raid on Dieppe and brought it to Britain where already it has done valuable service with the Navy

American patrol of the 7th Army passing a tank turret set in the street in St Raphael, mounted with a Schmeisser 34 machine gun and a 20 mm gun for covering barbed wire barricades. August 1944

A butcher shows WaFs how butcher meat. February 1943

During a raid on the night of 11th / 12th August on Eastbourne
During a raid on the night of 11th/12th August on Eastbourne. Many incendiaries were dropped. Picture shows, St Annes church after the blaze has been put out. August 1942

The invasion of Southern France. Every type of craft imaginable is represented here as this huge fleet of ships are assembled in a port of Southern Italy in preparation for the invasion of Southern

Large shopping store destroyed during a rad on a town in the North East of England. October 1941

Posted as missing, five sappers of a railway construction company of the Royal Engineers arrived at a South of England garrison town after a seven-day ordeal in France

Allied landing in Southern France. Smoke obscures the horizon as a group of German prisoners are marched into captivity during the Allied landings in Southern France which started on 15th August

Italian ship Artigliere is sunk by HMS York. May 1941

Brian and Canadian troops Falaise road push. A hidden German 88mm anti tank gun caught out the first Recce Armoured car on the Falaise Road, luckily the crew escaped uninjured

Middlesex Civil Defence, Wembley Stadium. C. D. and N. F. S
Middlesex Civil Defence, Wembley Stadium. C.D. and N.F.S. marching past Hurbert Morrison and Eileen Wilkinson MP on the platform. London, 18th October 1942

Salute the Soldier Campaign, parade and march past, outside Buckingham Palace. 27th March 1944

A formation of five Blenheim Mark IVs (Z5893 W nearest) of No. 14 Squadron RAF in flight over the Western Desert. A Curtiss Kittyhawk, one of the escorting fighters, can be seen on the far right

Aftermath of an air raid in Southampton. August 1940

You remember the "Wayside Pulpit"those inspiring messages on the walls of
You remember the " Wayside Pulpit" those inspiring messages on the walls of Cross Street Chapel? Only the shell of the building remains now. Here is a service in the ruined Chapel

RAF in the South of France. Allied forces landed on the South Coast of France on August 15th 1944, here is Flight Lieutenant R Barley of the RAF talking to a French woman in a village near

HE 111 brought down by a fire near the Hampshire coast. 12th July 1940

Valiant helpers in building planes for the RAF are blinded men. Here is one of the, Mr R W Comley, veteran of the last war. He is putting finishing touches to a fuel tank. 19th March 1942

British troops are helping French farmers in many ways with their farm work ad in view of the fact that many farm labourers have been called up, this help is invaluable

First wives off to Europe. First families going to join soldiers stationed in Europe board the train at Victoria Station. 20th December 1945

In the British Lines. Day after day the British troops continue to "dig in"
In the British Lines. Day after day the British troops continue to " dig in" and here. after heavy rain, a detachment of troops are seen pumping out the water for the trenches they are

A woman being rescued from a block of flats damaged by a V bomb in Southern England. 14th February 1945

Dutch Marines and Naval Officers pass through London. Dutch Marines today arrived in London on their way to a south coast port

A French housewife lends a hand and gives hints on French cooking at the Army School of Cookery in France. June 1940

German aircraft brought down on the south coast of England. June 1940

Childrens club. The Hopscotch Inn, 102 Eversholt Street (near Euston Station) is now the premises of the new Childrens Club opened for children under 5 who are at " a loose end"

A day with a Battalion of the York and Lancaster regiment in a forward area, somewhere in France, manning the trenches. April 1940

Second World War, Second Great Fire of London. Fire after Fire! It takes grit and determination to carry through the night, when scenes such as this confront personnel

Ladbroke Grove day nursery. The "Twos"Threes"and "Fours"
Ladbroke Grove day nursery. The " Twos" " Threes" and " Fours" go to town for the day. Richards wins and pulls hard on the rope. All across safely. July 1945

Here is "George"who was second in command of the Polish submarine SOKOL which
Here is " George" who was second in command of the Polish submarine SOKOL which has accounted for six enemy vessels in the Mediterranean

Dancing for their "queen"children have been finding primroses
Dancing for their " queen" children have been finding primroses and daisies in the grounds of Castell Coch near Cardiff

VE Day celebrations in Cardiff, Wales. 8th May 1945

Loudspeakers and floodlights are being placed above the entrance of City Hall, Cardiff, in preparations for VE Day. 2nd May 1945

Soldiers in the Hull and East Yorkshire area working with a range finder. The men do not appear to be from The Royal Engineers or the East Yorkshire Regiment, due to their badges bing different

Men working in a building damaged by an Air Raid during the Blitz, being given cups of tea. Second World War. September 1940

Day nursery theatre. Actors to give New Year performance to mothers. The Guildford (Surrey) Day Nursery children, ages two to five, having the final rehearsal with their own orchestral accompaniment

A picture of a British infantry regiment which held the whole of a large sector of the Somme during a vital stage in the German advance. They were cut off from the main body of the B.E.F

With the British troops in France a cold job "standing to"
With the British troops in France a cold job " standing to" in an advanced post of The Royal Scots. February 1940

Women cookery experts teach men at a naval school. Naval ratings are taught by ex-school cookery instructors to make tasty dishes for Patrol Service ships like minesweepers

Blitzed babies. Six babies all under two years old, from blitzed London are now being cared for at Warwick Lodge, Melton Mowbray. 28th April 1943

Second World War, North Africa Campaign. Mareth Line, Tunisia. April 1943

Nazi pennant flying over Customs House on the German side of Wormeldange Bridge which crosses River Moselle from Luxembourg

Members of the Turkish Mission who are touring Great Britain at a South Wales factory. Jan 1943

The Italian seaplane carrier Giuseppe Miraglia and submarines lying at anchor in St Pauls Bay, Malta during the Second World War following the surrender of the Italian fleet under the terms of

These six women members of the French Forces of the Interior had a rousing reception from fellow passengers when they arrived at Cardiff General Station with 21 men in charge of Lieut.Col

Mark 1 Bristol Beaufighter Circa May 1942

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