Supplies Collection (page 8)

NFS (London Region) Trailer pumps on bridge buttress, WW2
Firefighters from the NFS River Service (Station R1, Lambeth) placing a trailer pump on an elevated buttress on Vauxhall Bridge to supplement emergency water supplies to fire crews on land

Blitz in London -- firefighting from the River Thames
Blitz in London -- the London Fire Brigade had three fireboats in peacetime, based at Lambeth, Blackfriars, and Cherry Garden Pier, Rotherhithe

LFB Iron Ration Cupboard (Wood Specimen)
An example of an Iron Ration Cupboard for the London Fire Brigade(Wood Specimen)

Sugar means ships - The consumption of sugar sweetened drinks must be reduced For your beverages 400 million lbs. of sugar were imported in ships last year - Every ship is needed to carry soldiers

Vegetables (at left) and school supplies in drug store window in mining town. Osage, West Virginia. Date 1938 Sept

The dangers that The Royal Army Services Corps faced 1915
This scene depicts the difficulties and dangers of shell fire, for The Royal Army Services Corps (RASC), when trying to get supplies of food, water and clothing to the front. 1915

French soldiers eating, 1939
A group of French soldiers enjoying lunch outdoors while standing up in the early weeks of World War II. Date: 1939

The French Red Cross
" The French Red Cross never forgets them..." A superb stylised postcard praising the efforts of the French Red Cross in World War Two - entering the warzone with supplies to aid

Striking dockers attacking transport, London
Striking dockers attacking transport during the London Dock Strike. All vans loaded with goods were attacked and prevented from passing in any direction. 1911

Striking dockers attacking horse-drawn van, London
Striking dockers attacking a horse-drawn van during the London Dock Strike. All vans loaded with goods were attacked and prevented from passing in any direction. 1911

Polar tableau, RSS Discovery Exhibition
A polar tableau at an RSS Discovery Exhibition, showing a tent, a husky dog, skis, a flag and snow, as used on the the film set at Ealing Studios. 1948

Street scene during the London Dock Strike

The Supply Council, Second World War, 1939
The first meeting of the Supply Council, set up on 21 September 1939. When the ministry was set up under the Ministry of Supply Act 1939 it became responsible for the administration of the Royal

British Army transport trucks, 1939
Transport trucks of the British Army in France, laden with equipment and food, starting out for the days journey. Date: 1939

Quartermaster General - Sir Walter Venning, 1939
Lt. General Sir Walter Venning (seated), whose job was to supply the British Army with everything it needed from big guns to flea powder, during World War Two. Pictured at the War Office with Lt

Breaking in ponies for the Scott Polar Expedition
Breaking in one of the twenty Siberian ponies to be taken on board the Terra Nova as part of the Captain Scott Polar expedition of 1911 - 12

Turkish troops transporting supplies, WW1
Turkish troops transporting supplies by horse and camel during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

Turkish transport en route to Baghdad, WW1
Turkish transport of carriages and tents en route to Baghdad during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

American gunners and transport near St Mihiel, France, WW1
American gunners and transport making a stop on a road near St Mihiel, north eastern France, during the First World War. Date: September 1918

View of the Arsenal, Constantinople, with HMS Caesar
View of the Arsenal at Constantinople, Turkey, with HMS Caesar in the background. Date: circa 1919

Russian troops with ammunition, WW1
Russian troops with ammunition during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

Ordnance Depot - Basra, Iraq, WWI
The Ordnance Depot on the banks of the Shatt al-Arab Waterway (which leads out to the Persian Gulf) at Basra, Iraq - WWI Date: circa 1917

Lagged Boiler
A lagged hot water boiler in a household basement or loft. Date: 1970s

Loading up a boat at a supply depot in UK, WW1
Loading up a boat destined for France at a supply depot somewhere in the UK during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

Austrio-Hungarian troops in Galicia, Eastern Front, WW1
Austro-Hungarian troops bringing forward wire mattresses and trestles in Galicia, on the Eastern Front, during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

7th Division loading supplies, Ostend, Belgium, WW1
Men of the Belgian 7th Division loading supplies onto a wagon at Ostend, Belgium, soon after the start of the First World War. Date: October 1914

Muslim women sorting ammunition, Turkey, WW1
Muslim women sorting ammunition for the British army in Turkey during the First World War. Date: 1917

German occupation of Brussels, Belgium, WW1
Scene during the German occupation of Brussels, Belgium, during the First World War. Showing German supply wagons outside a depot, and German troops on horseback. Date: 1914-1918

Izmir, Turkey - Turkish Troops riding through the town with a donkey baggage train, carrying everything from tents to spare light artillery carriage wheels! Date: circa 1910

Carrying water to the front line, Western Front, WW1
British soldiers carrying water in cans to the men on the front line, on the Western Front during the First World War. Date: 1916

Australian troops unloading transport wagon, France, WW1
Australian troops unloading a transport wagon in France during the First World War. Date: 22 May 1917

American soldiers at Citroen Munitions, France, WW1
American soldiers lunching at Citroen Munitions in France during the First World War. Date: August 1918

Lorries passing mine crater on way to Western Front, WW1
Lorries passing round a mine crater on their way to the Western Front during the First World War. The makeshift road is lined with tree trunks. Date: 1914-1918

War damage, Haidar Pacha, Constantinople, WW1
Factories and a munitions train burnt out at Haidar Pacha, the western terminus of the Anatolian Railway, Constantinople, Turkey, during the First World War. Date: 1917

Italian Fiat 30 prime mover in use during WW1
An Italian Fiat 30 prime mover lorry in use during the First World War for the transport of heavy artillery. Date: 1915

Italian Fiat 20B prime mover in use during WW1
An Italian Fiat 20B prime mover lorry in use during the First World War for the transport of heavy artillery. Date: 1915-1920

German troops at Krusevac, Serbia, WW1
German troops with catering vehicles in front of a supply depot at Krusevac, Serbia, during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

American ammunition transport, Soulosse, France, WW1
American troops of the 101st company transporting ammunition through Soulosse-sous-Saint-Elophe in north eastern France during the First World War

Food supplies by aeroplane during the Siege of Kut, WW1
Food supplies by aeroplane during the Siege of Kut Al Amara, Mesopotamia (now Iraq), during the First World War. A BE 2c aircraft in the camp of the 30th Squadron Royal Flying Corps

Allied troops with camels, Mesopotamia, WW1
The 1st Battalion Connaught Rangers and 3rd (Lahore) Division with camels at Warley Wood, their base in Mesopotamia towards the end of the First World War. They are offloading the days water supply

Oiling and Coaling on land
Light labour and hard labour: oiling and coaling on land. The new method and the old- a contrast. The top image shows a torpedo boat taking in oil fuel through a hose linking her with a tank in

Ammunition supplies by donkey, North Africa, WW1
Ammunition supplies are delivered by donkey to the front in North Africa during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

Sudan - Khartoum - The Grain Market Date: circa 1904

British Mark IX or supply tank, WW1
A British Mark IX or supply tank, designed in 1917 as a non-fighting tank used for carrying supplies or men through a fire zone. Because of its shape it was nicknamed The Pig

Guns at Salt River Railway, Cape Town, South Africa, WW1
Handing over 4.7 inch (120 mm calibre) long-range guns to the army at Salt River Railway Works, near Cape Town, South Africa, during the First World War

Artillerymen in the snow with shells, WW1
Artillerymen in the snow with shells on the Western Front during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

Close-up of 9. 2 inch Howitzer shells, WW1
A close-up of 9.2 inch Howitzer shells on the Western Front during the First World War. Date: 1916

Troops at a railhead unloading supplies, South Africa, WW1
Troops at a railhead where supplies are being unloaded, somewhere in South Africa during the First World War. An encampment with tents can be seen in the background. Date: 1915

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