Injuries Collection

IRA bombing of the Houses of Parliament, Westminster
The fire started after the IRA planted an explosive device in Westminster Hall, Houses of Parliament, 17 June 1974. The 20 lb explosive device caused extensive damage

Blitz in London -- AFS personnel receiving treatment, WW2
With the Blitz still at its height, Londons firefighters and fire support crews are removed to local hospitals for emergency treatment after receiving injuries fighting the fires started by enemy

Injured Ww1 Soldier
A British soldier and his wife (or girlfriend) pose for the photographer, with the young mans lost leg stark evidence of the horrors of the conflict and the injuries suffered

Taylorcraft DC-65 XK-ATY (msn 0-4247. built as an L-2A ), at Mangere, NZ. (The aircraft and pilot Alexander N. Clark went missing on 23 November 1956, and were found in the bush 30 months later)

Heroic deeds of the War - Corporal Josephine M C Robins
Heroic deeds of WW2 - Corporal Josephine M C Robins, a member of the Womens Auxiliary Air Force (WaF). Awarded the Military Medal (MM)

W. M. Woodfull struck by a cricket ball, Melbourne Cricket Gr
Photograph of William Maldon Woodfull (1897-1965), the Victoria and Australia cricketer, just after he had been struck by a cricket ball bowled by Harold Larwood in the match between the MCC

Elizabeth Brownrigg (1720-1767) was an 18th-century English murderer. Her victim, Mary Clifford, was one of her domestic servants, who died from cumulative injuries and associated infected wounds

Sikorsky S-67 Blackhawk N6715A
Sikorsky S-67 Blackhawk N671SA (msn 67001), at the SBAC Farnborough Airshow, held between 1-8 September 1974. N6715A crashed while conducting a low-level aerobatic demonstration at the Farnborough

Grumman AA-1B Trainer G-BCIL (msn AA1B-0378), at RAF Woodvale in July 1977. Written off (damaged beyond repair) 14 June 1986 when crashed and overturned at Lambs Hillock, Ellon, Aberdeenshire

WILLIAM III'S FATAL FALL
William III, king of England, falls off a horse while riding at Hampton Court, and dies of his injuries. Date: 20 February 1702

Handley Page HPR. 7 Dart-Herald G-AODE prototype
Handley Page HPR.7 Dart-Herald G-AODE (msn 147) 1st prototype, moments before the starboard engine turbine blew up, causing the engine to fall off and the aircraft to catch fire

Lew Lakes Colossal Comedy Company of Comedians
Promotional postcard for Lew Lakes Colossal Comedy Company of Comedians. Popular music hall sketch company set up by Lew Lake (1874-1939)

THE FREE FORESTERS
The Free Foresters cricket team having just returned from a tour in Holland where the side suffered many injuries with only two players escaping unhurt Date: 1930s

de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter Series 100 CF-AWC (msn 108), of AirWest Airlines at Richmond, British Columbia. First flown on 4 March 1968, CF-AWC crashed and was destroyed by fire

Churchill recovering from injuries following a car accident
Winston Churchill (1874-1965) leaves hospital after being struck by a car late one evening while crossing New Yorks Fifth Avenue in December, 1931, barely escaping with his life. Date: 1931

WW1 era Comic Postcard - Where I beat the Boche - a young bandaged chap back from the front (or pretending to be thus...) shows his girl (on a hanging map of Northern France)

Mensur (fencing bout) - Heidelberg, Germany
A brief interuption during a Mensur (Academic fencing bout) - the duellist hopes he will be scarred for life - Heidelberg, Germany. Date: circa 1910s

V2 rocket attack on Manor Park, East London, WW2
A woman is rescued after a V2 rocket attack in Manor Park. Although many such amazing rescues took place, hundreds of Londoners died in these attacks launched in the latter stages of WW2

London AFS fireman at a hospital during the Blitz, WW2
London AFS fireman at a hospital for medical attention during the Blitz

London AFS firewoman at a hospital during the Blitz, WW2
London AFS firewoman at a hospital for medical attention during the Blitz

Joseph Carpue
JOSEPH CARPUE Surgeon, lecturer on anatomy, who died as a result of injuries sustained in a fearful railway accident. Date: 1764 - 1846

Lockheed L-1011 Tristar G-BBAI British Airways Heathrow
Lockheed Tristar G-BBAI was built and delivered to British Airways in 1975. 27 May 1985 G-BBAI overran the end of the runway at Leeds-Bradford Airport

Russian Troops Getting Medical Aid, WW1
During World War One between 3, 749, 000 and 4, 950, 000 Russian troops sustained injuries whilst fighting. This was more than any other participating nation

To Hell With Surrender! How Second Lieutenant J. C. Buchan
The official narrative for this drawing reads: When he saw the enemy had practically surrounded his command, he collected his platoon and prepared to fight his way back to the supporting line

Very un-stuck-up woman, stuck-up with sticking plasters
" Gracious me. But, ain t you the stuck up thing!" Very un-stuck-up American woman, stuck-up with sticking plasters Date: 1908

Malta - One of the Convalescent Camps - WWI. Malta was not on the front line of World War I (unlike World War II) but did participate in many ways nevertheless

Malta - St Patricks Convalescent Camp - WWI
Malta - St Patricks Convalescent Camp. The caption (written by a soldier recoving at the camp) detais various tents as the Y.M.C.A, the Cookhouse and the Surgical Ward

Malta - Ghain Tuffieha Camp Hospital - WWI
Malta - Ghain Tuffieha Camp Hospital (St Peters Camp). Malta was not on the front line of World War I (unlike World War II) but did participate in many ways nevertheless

Convalescent Wounded Soldiers - WWI
During the First World War, injured soldiers returning from the front were often billeted in Stately homes and grand houses

Assassination of Henri III
The fanatical Domincan friar, Jacques Cl?nt, presents King Henri III with false papers before stabbing him in the abdomen and killing him

British Chaplain writes for a wounded soldier
A British Chaplain writing home for a wounded British Tommy, seated on a stretcher with injuries to his right leg circa 1916

X-Rays of Dogs Hips
Mr. John Dall studies x-ray plates showing various types of hip displacement injuries in dogs. Date: late 1960s

English vets on the Western Front tend to wounded cavalry horses, injured in recent combat action. Date: circa 1944

R101 survivors arrive at Croydon
Survivors of the R101 airship crash near Beauvais, France, on 5th October 1930 arrive at Croydon Airport ten days later

Bobby Leach and his barrel - Niagara Falls
British former stuntman Bobby Leach (1858 - 1926) and his barrel, in which he survived passage over Niagara Falls, Canada, at severe detriment to his future health

The Fall of the Kings Horse
This photograph shows the fall of the Kings horse at the 1913 Derby. The fall was caused by Emily Davison who ran infront of the horse and subsequently died from her injuries

Sir Robert Peel, 1846
K0 Sir Robert Peel (1788-1850), the English statesman and Prime Minister, sketched speaking in the House of Commons, January 1846

Sir Robert Peel, c. 1850
Engraving of Sir Robert Peel (1788-1850), the English statesman and Prime Minister, surrounded by illustrations of his political achievements

Drayton Bassett Church, 1850
Engraving of Drayton Bassett Church during the funeral of Sir Robert Peel (1788-1850), the English statesman and Prime Minister

Sir Robert Peel on horseback, c. 1850
Engraving of Sir Robert Peel (1788-1850), the English statesman and Prime Minister, on horseback. Peel was a Conservative MP who held strong views on Irish Catholicism

Moslem Fanatics
Moslem fanatics at the Mohurrum festival : they have inflicted all kinds of physical injuries on their bodies as signs of their devotion

A British doctor attending to a Macedonian villager
A British Army Doctor assisting a woman with minor injuries. The photograph shows British troops on friendly terms with the Macedonian villagers

Koran Protection
Before setting out a journey camels pass beneath a suspended copy of the Koran, which protects them from accidents and injuries

French Cavalry Grooming
LE PANSAGE - French cavalrymen groom their horses at least once a day, checking for injuries

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