Drill Collection (#7)

Scouts of No. 1 Troop, Bombay, India
Scouts of No.1 Troop, Bombay, India, with a covered trek cart

Fire Drill, Grooms Orphanage, Clacton-on-Sea
Fire drill at John Grooms Orphanage and Crippleage opened in 1890 at Clacton in Essex. Groom was a London engraver and evangelical preacher, whose concern for poor and disabled flower-sellers

2nd King Edwards Horse, men of the rank & file on drill gro
Men of the rank and file in the 2nd King Edwards Horse marching on the drill ground at White City where the regiment was quartered in 1914 before going to the front

Prince Henry in training at Eton, WW1
Prince Henry, later Duke of Gloucester, third son of King George V and Queen Mary, pictured second from left marching in the ranks at the Eton College Officers Training Corps. Date: 1915

Firewomen, a rescue on an iron staircase, WW1
A firewoman demonstrating a rescue on an iron staircase using another lady as her prop. Business firms in the West End trained women in the Fire Brigade drill so they could take the place of male

Wolverhampton Royal Orphanage
Older boys carry out rifle drill while younger ones look on at the Wolverhampton Royal Orphanage. Date: Date unknown

Metropolitan and City Police Orphanage, Twickenham, Middlese
Boys perform a drill with clubs in the gymnasium at the Metropolitan and City Police Orphanage, Twickenham. Date: Circa 1909

A land-girls dress
An example of work-on-land dress available from Shoolbreds of Tottenham Court Roadbuilt entirely out of bronze khaki drill, made of a three quarter length smock coat

Ladder drill at LFB Southwark HQ. Date: early 20th century

NFS (London Region) fire brigade display at Lambeth, WW2
During 1942 and 1943, 23 air raids occurred over the London Region, but they were light in character. The firefighters of the NFS needed to be kept in a state of constant readiness

GLC-LFB - Junior firemen at Shoreditch fire station
The London junior firemen scheme started in 1964. Here they give a PE demonstration at the formal opening of the new Shoreditch Fire Station

Drilling recruits in Temple Gardens, London, WW1
Drilling recruits in Temple Gardens, London, at the start of the First World War, while a tennis match goes on in the background

Recruits training at Lambeth HQ. Date: 1930s

Firefighters climbing wheeled escape ladders
Firefighters demonstrating various lengths of wheeled escape ladders. Date: circa 1900

Trainee lowered from tower during exercise drill, WW2
National Fire Service trainee being lowered from a tower during exercise drill. Date: 1940s

Turntable ladder drill at Southwark HQ. Date: 1915

Firefighters taking part in a hose training drill, WW2
National Fire Service firefighters taking part in a hose training drill during the Second World War. Date: 1940s

Decontamination Drill, World War II
Decontamination Drill at the Savoy Hotel in London during World War II. Percy Rommey demonstrates the correct method of undressing a man exposed to gas

Gas Attack Drill
Men wearing gas masks and gas tanks, taking part in a gas attack drill in Germany before the outbreak of World War Two. Date: 1930s

LFB recruits taking part in hosepipe training at HQ

LFB recruits taking part in hook ladder training at HQ -- having reached the top of the tower with a single hook ladder, the recruits learn the two-man hook ladder drill

LFB recruits taking part in escape training at HQ
LFB recruits taking part in escape ladder training at HQ -- team spirit is essential as speed can save lives

Conscripts fail to impress their sergeant
WW2 - " I can see that you ve done this drill before - once." Conscripts fail to impress their sergeant with their drilling... Date: 1945

Japan - Drill for Japanese Sailors on deck of HIJMS Asama during the Russo-Japanese War (8th February 1904 5th September 1905). The card was sent on 25th June 1904. Date: 1904

Two Naughty boys taking a drill to an unfortunate front door
Two little boys from Northern Italy up to no good, Here they are taking a drill to the door of a less-favoured relative (possibly a Battleaxe Aunt)

National Professional School at Armentieres - Fire Drill
The National Professional School at Armentieres in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region in northern France. The boys undertaking a fire drill with buckets ladders and a hand pump Date: circa 1908

Mandrillus leucophaeus, drill
Plate 139 (58) Le Drill Vieux. From Histoire Naturelle des Mammifcres, avec des figures originales, Vol. 1, 1819-42, by Etienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire & Baron Georges L. C. Frederic D. Cuvier

Womens Volunteer Reserve - Fire-fighting Drill at a London
Uniformed members of the Womens Volunteer Reserve perform a fire-fighting drill watched by seated workhouse inmates. The location is unnamed but may be a workhouse at Edmonton. Date: 1916

Regents Park Industrial School - Chair Drill
Inmates perform a chair drill at the Regents Park Boys Industrial School, Regents Park Road, Primrose Hill, London. Date: 1910

Prison Fire Drill
Prisoners take part in a fire drill at an unidentified prison. Date: Date unknown

The Road Digger
People You See. From Teddy Bear (artwork dated 4 March)

NFS fitness demonstration, Regional HQ. Lambeth, WW2
Firefighters of the newly formed National Fire Service (London Region) put on a physical fitness demonstration at a review of the fire service in Lambeths drill yard at the Headquarters of the London

Part Time Competition at the Lambeth HQ Building, WW2
Firefighters of the newly formed National Fire Service (London Region) put on a physical fitness demonstration at a review of the fire service in Lambeths drill yard at the Headquarters of the London

LCC-LFB motorised pump at hose drills, Southwark HQ
Working in the drill yard of the London Fire Brigade headquarters, Southwark, firefighters getting hose lines to work from a motorised fire pump

LCC-LFB Dennis motorised pump-escape
In 1910 the London Fire Brigade took delivery of the latest motorised fire engine from Dennis, the fire engine manufacturers in Surrey

LCC- MFB horse drawn escape cart and ladder drill
London Fire Brigade headquarters, Southwark SE1, with firefighters taking part in escape ladder drill, using an extension ladder to gain additional height

MFB (London) station ladder drill
Metropolitan firefighters taking part in ladder drill. Both large ladders are wheel escapes and the ladder on the right has an extension to give it additional height

Shand Mason MFB steam pump and crew
A Shand Mason Metropolitan Fire Brigade horse-drawn steam pump and crew, taking part in a special drill display given for chief officers of provincial fire brigades on 13 October 1937

Drill Tower and Rear Block building, Lambeth HQ
Drill Tower and Rear Block building, London Fire Brigade Lambeth HQ

Drill Yard, Main Building, Lambeth HQ

London Fire Brigade HQ workshop, Lambeth
Men at work in the London Fire Brigade HQ workshop, Lambeth

Exercise Tideway at the Thames Barrier, Woolwich, SE London

LCC-LFB Brigade headquarters jumping sheet drill
Jump sheet demonstration by firefighters at Southwark HQ -- a long gone London Fire Brigade training routine. Jumping sheets were carried on front line London fire engines until late 1941 when

AFS volunteers undergoing hose drill, WW2
The Auxiliary Fire Service (AFS) was created in 1938 to supplement the regular London Fire Brigade. Some 21, 000 volunteer firefighters would be recruited

LCC-LFB Pump escape at Southwark HQ
The pump escape and crew at drill in the station yard of Brigade Headquarters at Southwark, SE1. The widespread adoption of motorised fire engines led to the development of both self propelled

LCC-LFB Knightsbridge firemen competition winners
The winning crew of the annual horse drawn and motorised pump escape competition with their station superintendent. Knightsbridge fire station was opened in 1907, and still stands in Basil Street

LCC-LFB Two firemen at hose drill, Southwark SE1
Two firemen performing hose drill at Southwark, the brigade headquarters. They are holding a brass composite branch (nozzle) that could only be turned on and off at the pump or hydrant

LCC-LFB Merryweather Magirus 100 foot turntable ladder
The Magirus 100 foot turntable ladder being demonstrated at the Brigade headquarters, Lambeth. Showing the full working height of the TL, reaching the 9th floor of the drill tower

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