Crew Collection (#11)

Blitz in London -- Taylors Depository, Southwark
Blitz in London -- furniture removed from Taylors Great Central Depository in St Georges Road, Southwark, on 31 January 1941, and piled up in the street

Tank crew protective helmet with chainmail, WW1
Tank crew protective helmet with chainmail, used during the First World War. Seen here on display, probably in a museum. Date: 1914-1918

Uruguay - Montevideo Fire Department and their engine Date: circa 1908

Turnout by fire crews and appliances outside their station

LCC-LFB Dual purpose pump escape at Southwark HQ
A Dennis pump ladder and crew. The Dennis pumps were introduced in 1934-5. This pump saw service in the Blitz and continued peacetime service until it was withdrawn in 1955

LCC-LFB A motorised Dennis pump escape
The adoption of motorised fire engines by the LFB led to a reduction in the number of stations required. A report produced in the 1920s recommended the closure of some 15 fire stations

Croydon Fire Brigade, Thornton Heath horse fire engine
Thornton Heath was one of three stations in the Croydon Fire Brigade -- the other two were the main Croydon headquarters station and South Norwood

West Ham Fire Brigade, Plaistow fire station and steamer
Plaistow fire station and steamer, belonging to West Ham Fire Brigade. Located to the east of the London Fire Brigade district, West Ham contained four fire stations of which Plaistow was one

Self-propelled fire engine at LFB HQ, Southwark
The Hatfield motor pump was the first petrol driven engine appliance in which the engine was used to operate the fire pump

Crashed British fighter plane and dead airman, WW1
A crashed British single-seat fighter plane with a dead airman lying on the ground beside it, on the Siegfried Line in northern France during the First World War. Date: May-August 1917

Captain Smith of the RMS Titanic, with dog
Captain Edward John Smith (1850-1912), captain of the ill-fated passenger liner RMS Titanic which sank on her maiden voyage on 15 April 1912 after hitting an iceberg

Titanic commemorative napkin
Commemorative paper napkin produced in memory of the captain, mates, crew and passengers of the RMS Titanic which sank on 15 April 1912 after hitting an iceberg on its maiden voyage

Fridtjof Nansen and Hjalmar Johansen head for the North Pole
Illustration showing Fridtjof Nansen and Hjalmar Johansen waving goodbye to the Fram as they set out in an attempt to reach the North Pole on skis, March 1895

Shipping Beef on Board HMS Alexandra, 1878
Engraving showing the crew of HMS Alexandra taking beef aboard ship from a small supply boat, off Tuzla, in the Sea of Marmora. The supply ship has also brought fish, barrels and the washing

Union Star Shipwreck
The wreck of the M.V. Union Star, wrecked near Tater-du lighthouse, Cornwall, on her maiden voyage from Ijmuiden to Arklow. The crew and eight Penlee lifeboat men perished

Ufos / Usaf / Korea
During the Korean War, crew of United States Air Force B-29 bomber report UFO over Wonsan

Belgica / Expedition Crew
The Belgica expedition which gathered many geological samples. The expedition members with Adrien de Gerlache, the Commander, on the far left

Patagonian Giants
In Patagonia, South America, Captain Byron, in the Dolphin, encounters a race of giants; offered ships biscuit by one of the crew, they accept warily

Ufos / Sacramento
The crew of an aircraft of Central Western Airlines see this huge wingless cigar- shaped UFO travelling at very high speed

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