Refugee Collection (#2)

Greek sailing ship loaded with refugees during Chanak Crisis
Greek sailing ship loaded with refugees during the Chanak Crisis (Chanak Affair, Chanak Incident) - a war scare in September 1922 between Britain and Republic of Turkey

Sea View Holiday Camp at Hunstanton, Norfolk, is only a little more attractive than a refugee camp, housing its guests in rows of assorted caravans. Date: circa 1930

Alexandre D arblay
ALEXANDRE D ARBLAY French General, a refugee, married Frances Fanny Burney, the English novelist, in 1793 Date: -

WW1 - Belgian Refugees on road to Brussels from Tirlemont
WW1 - Belgian Refugees on the road to Brussels from Tirlemont Date: 1914

Belgian Refugees - WW1
Belgian refugees fleeing their homes following the German Army advance into Belgium rest by the roadside. Date: 1914

Sphere cover - French refugees from lost villages, Matania
A refugee French mother and her children are given a lift by some British soldiers on a road in Northern France as they escape the approaching German guns

Refugee boy scout in Mauritius
A Jewish refugee boy scout in Mauritius, carrying supplies for his patrol during an outdoor activity. He came from Danzig (now Gdansk, Poland). Date: circa 1940s

Spanish refugees in Gibraltar are given a meal of soup and bread by local boy scouts after crossing the frontier from Spain, 4 February 1965. Although Spanish-speaking, their passports are British

Armenian boy scouts at refugee camp, Egypt
Armenian boy scouts blowing cook house at the Armenian refugee camp, Heliopolis, near Cairo, Egypt. The camp was formed during the Egyptian Riots of June 1919

Belgian boy scouts helping Congo refugees, Brussels
Belgian boy scouts helping women and children refugees from the Congo at Brussels airport, 18 July 1960. Belgian nationals were leaving the former Belgian colony because of political unrest following

The Refugee A. Sir William Orpen, Ra, Rws, Rha, Ri, Neac, (1878-1931)

Refugees at Ostend, Belgium, World War One
Flight from the Germans at Ostend, Belgium in the First World War. Refugees on the quayside at Ostend waiting in vain for a boat to carry them to safety, in France or England, 1914. Date: 1914

Belgian refugees leaving Antwerp for England 1914
The siege of Antwerp in World War One. A train full of Belgian refugees leaving Antwerp for the coast en route for England as the German forces pressured the outer defences of the city. Date: 1914

Shanghai refugee kitchen
The Ward Road Camp Kitchen, in the Hongkew (Hongkou) district of Shanghai. The Kitchen prepared food for 6000 refugees each day, and people living locally also bought food from the kitchen

Shirley Bain-Marais by Madame Yevonde
Shirley Bain-Marais (1921-?) by Madame Yevonde. She was the daughter of Colonel Colin Bain-Marais, South African Minister to France

Belgian refugees in Brussels
Belgian refugees arrive in Brussels from the country, fleeing the German advance. Date: August 1914

Belgian refugees
Homeless and Helpless. Belgian women and children flee from the advancing German army. Date: August 1914

Henri Justel
HENRI JUSTEL French royal librarian, protestant refugee in England. Date: 1620 - 1693

WW1 - Thessaloniki, Greece - Refugee Camp - Vardar District. Date: circa 1916

A refugee in Thessaloniki - sitting in the Vardar District
A refugee in Thessaloniki, Greece - sitting in the Vardar District - WW1 era. Date: circa 1910s

WW1 - Thessaloniki, Greece - Serbian refugees within The Church of Saint George (The Rotunda). Date: circa 1916

Thessaloniki, Greece - The Refugee District
WW1 - Thessaloniki, Greece - The Refugee District. Date: circa 1910s

WW1 - Thessaloniki, Greece - Refugees in the Vardar Quarter Date: circa 1917

WW1 - Thessaloniki - Serbian Refugees in Church St Catherine
WW1 - Thessaloniki, Greece - Serbian Jewish refugee children within The Church of Saint Catherine, at this stage still the Yakup Pasha Mosque (note the Minbar on right). Date: circa 1917

A French family stand outside their ruined home. World War One

1936 drought refugee from Polk, Missouri. Awaiting the opening of orange picking season at Porterville, California. Date 1936 Nov

Refugee families encamped near Holtville, California. Date 1937 Mar

Children of Oklahoma drought refugee in migratory camp in California. Date 1936 Nov

Armenian refugees at Baku, Armenia, WW1
Armenian refugees at Baku, Armenia, towards the end of the First World War. Date: August 1918

Civilian refugees leaving Ypres, Belgium, WW1
Civilian refugees leaving Ypres, Belgium, during the First World War. Date: 2 November 1914

Civilian refugees near Ghent, Belgium, WW1
Civilian refugees resting at the side of a rail track near Ghent, Belgium, during the First World War. Date: 9 October 1914

Refugee notice WWII
One of the notices in a refugee centre during World War II exhorting Belgian refugee women in an advanced state of pregnancy to register their names here. 1939-1945

Slovak Refugee Women
Three Slovak women refugees saying goodbye to a Czech soldier on the streets of Kaschau, Hungary. Date: 1930s

Serbian refugees during retreat, Macedonia, WW1
Serbian refugees during the retreat, in Macedonia during the First World War. Date: 1915

Civilian refugees from Ypres, Belgium, WW1
Civilian refugees from Ypres, Belgium, during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

Belgian refugees watch British soldiers, WW1
Belgian refugees standing at the side of a road on the Western Front during the First World War, watching British soldiers marching by. Date: 1914-1918

Women refugees sewing army clothing, Baghdad, WW1
Women refugees sewing army clothing in Baghdad, Mesopotamia (now Iraq) during the First World War. One woman is using a Singer automatic sewing machine. Date: 1917

Displaced Scouts and Guides in Germany
A large group of displaced Lithuanian Scouts and Guides and their leaders sitting on a monument in Germany. 1940s

Armenian Refugees occupy house
Homeless Armenian refugees occupy a fine house, with their horses stabled in the living room and a portrait lying symbolically across the floor

Fashionable young woman, wartime London
A fashionable young woman in a close-up photograph, looking rather tired in wartime London. (2 of 2)

Fashionable young woman
A fashionable young woman looking smart in a dark jacket and a white collar. She is wearing dark lipstick and has pencilled eyebrows

Dining room on refugee ship WWII
The dining room of the refugee ship the SS Sinaia

British internment camp WWII
Enemy aliens internment camp in a Northern British town during World War II, a view from outside the compound. The camp is a new Northern Town housing estate which has been totally surrounded by

Refugee arrival WWII
Refugees arriving in London during World War II

Red Cross refugee care WWII
At the Fulham Institute, Red Cross nurses look after baby refugees and children during World War II

Refugees arriving in London WWII
Refugees arriving in London

Spanish refugees WWII
Mexico-bound refugees sunbathing during voyage to Mexico during World War II. The photo was taken on the steamer Sinaia when she crossed the Atlantic carrying sixteen hundred Spanish refugees to Vera

Sandwich WWII
Refugees at the Sandwich Barbican, which was probably built about the middle of the 16th century. In the afternoon, from 4:30 to 7pm

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