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Ww Ii Collection (#27)

Background imageWw Ii Collection: King and Queen with ARP wardens in London

King and Queen with ARP wardens in London
King George VI together with Queen Elizabeth chatting with Air Raid Patrol wardens and inspecting bomb damage in South West London during the Blitz, 1940

Background imageWw Ii Collection: Royal Visit to the USaF

Royal Visit to the USaF
Their Majesties, King George VI and Queen Elizabeth, accompanied by Princess Elizabeth visiting a USaF station in 1944 and with General Doolittle shortly after Princess Elizabeth had christened

Background imageWw Ii Collection: Recreation Hall, Horton War Hospital, Epsom, Surrey

Recreation Hall, Horton War Hospital, Epsom, Surrey
Interior of the recreation hall at the Horton War Hospital, Epsom, Surrey, opened in 1899 as Horton Asylum - Londons seventh county asylum

Background imageWw Ii Collection: Horton Mental Hospital, Epsom, Surrey

Horton Mental Hospital, Epsom, Surrey
Aerial view of the Horton Mental Hospital at Epsom, Surrey. The hospital opened in 1899 as Horton Asylum, Londons seventh county asylum

Background imageWw Ii Collection: Administration Building, Horton War Hospital, Epsom

Administration Building, Horton War Hospital, Epsom
The administration block of the Horton War Hospital, Epsom, opened in 1899 as Horton Asylum - Londons seventh county asylum

Background imageWw Ii Collection: Church interior, Horton War Hospital, Epsom, Surrey

Church interior, Horton War Hospital, Epsom, Surrey
Interior of the church at the Horton War Hospital, Epsom, Surrey, opened in 1899 as Horton Asylum - Londons seventh county asylum

Background imageWw Ii Collection: Wayland Union Workhouse, Rockland All Saints, Norfolk

Wayland Union Workhouse, Rockland All Saints, Norfolk
The Wayland Union workhouse at Rockland All Saints, Norfolk. The building, erected in 1836-7, is believed to have been designed by William Thorold or William J Donthorn

Background imageWw Ii Collection: Gurkha trooper firing in Burma, 1944

Gurkha trooper firing in Burma, 1944 Date: 1944

Background imageWw Ii Collection: Waiting for transports - Burma - 1944

Waiting for transports - Burma - 1944
British, West Africans and Gurkhas, the backbone of Wingates Burma Jungle forces, wait at the ramps to file into transports or gliders for the forward movement to Broadway

Background imageWw Ii Collection: Allies rescue stricken C-47 - Burma

Allies rescue stricken C-47 - Burma
American forces of the Air Service Command, Chindits and Burmese farmers of the local neighbourhood, who between them managed to put a C-47 back in the air

Background imageWw Ii Collection: Allied scouts cross a Burmese Jungle stream

Allied scouts cross a Burmese Jungle stream. Poised for action, a scouting detachment of armed Burmese patriot fighters, accompanied by two American soldiers

Background imageWw Ii Collection: Scottish tank crew in Burma - 1945

Scottish tank crew in Burma - 1945
Scottish tank crew in Burma, 15th March 1945. A Sherman tank passing a pagoda on the Taungtha road

Background imageWw Ii Collection: U. S. 81mm Mortar overlooking the Burma Road

U. S. 81mm Mortar overlooking the Burma Road
U.S. 81mm Mortar overlooking the Burma Road, Lashio, Burma - January / February, 1945. Japanese supply and communications lines were pounded during the battle for the strategic ground north of this

Background imageWw Ii Collection: A Japanese patrol in a Mandalay Railway Yard

A Japanese patrol in a Mandalay Railway Yard, Burma

Background imageWw Ii Collection: British 36th Division in Burma - 1944

British 36th Division in Burma - 1944
Two members of the British 36th Division (consisting of the Royal Scots Fusiliers, the Royal Welsh Fusiliers and the East Lancashire Regiment)

Background imageWw Ii Collection: Brigadier Cotterill-Hill wades ashore - Burma

Brigadier Cotterill-Hill wades ashore - Burma
Ramree Island on the Burma coast invaded. Brigadier Cotterill-Hill, commanding the 71st Indian brigade, wades ashore - 194"

Background imageWw Ii Collection: 19th Indian Dagger Division - Burma

19th Indian Dagger Division - Burma
Tanks and infantry of the 19th Indian Dagger Division move up to the attack - Burma

Background imageWw Ii Collection: Making a jeep railroad - Burma

Making a jeep railroad - Burma
Making a jeep railroad. A supply line constructed by Indian engineers to run to Mandalay in readiness for expansion further south into Burma

Background imageWw Ii Collection: Balloon Barrage by Renee Charron

Balloon Barrage by Renee Charron
A young woman, rumpled stockings just visible, hides beneath an eiderdown quilt with a bunch of balloons while a baby Cupid flutters above her bed waiting to strike. Goodness knows what is going on

Background imageWw Ii Collection: Crash site of a German Night Raider

Crash site of a German Night Raider
A house completely flattened by a crashed German Bomber on an air raid over the capital

Background imageWw Ii Collection: Clearing rubble from bombed buildings, London

Clearing rubble from bombed buildings, London
Clearing rubble from bombed buildings in London during the Blitz - 1940

Background imageWw Ii Collection: Fighting a fire with a stirrup pump - The Blitz

Fighting a fire with a stirrup pump - The Blitz
Now that the worst is out. Attacking a fire with a stirrup pump following an air raid on London - circa late 1940

Background imageWw Ii Collection: Saving the processional cross - The Blitz

Saving the processional cross - The Blitz
Saving the processional cross from a church demolished by a night raiders bomb in a London suburb on 5th September, 194"

Background imageWw Ii Collection: Damaged London Hospital - The Blitz

Damaged London Hospital - The Blitz
The Porters Lodge of a London Hospital wrecked by a German raiders bomb. Nobody was seriously hurt - circa late 1940

Background imageWw Ii Collection: Carrying away an unexploded bomb

Carrying away an unexploded bomb
Volunteer carrying away an unexploded bomb, which fell in Bromley, Kent - one of a payload of twenty two bombs

Background imageWw Ii Collection: Air Raid damage off Piccadilly during the Blitz

Air Raid damage off Piccadilly during the Blitz
Air Raid damage off Piccadilly, London on 19th September 1940. A lampost and parked car have been heavily damaged by falling masonry from bombed buildings

Background imageWw Ii Collection: Fire at St. Katherines Docks during the Blitz

Fire at St. Katherines Docks during the Blitz
Miles of hose pipes were used to fight the big fire at St. Katherines Docks which blazed for over 12 hours on 9th August 1940. The London Food Depot was heavily damaged

Background imageWw Ii Collection: Bomb damage by County Hall during the Blitz

Bomb damage by County Hall during the Blitz
The Southbank terrace alongside City Hall, showing fallen masonry attesting to bomb damage following a German Air Raid during the Blitz

Background imageWw Ii Collection: British service personnel on D-Day

British service personnel on D-Day
A group painting of the British armed forces involved in Operation Overlord - the D-Day invasion of France - on June 6th 1944

Background imageWw Ii Collection: 95th Para

95th Para
British paratrouper from 95th Para - involved in the first stage of Operation Overlord, the D-day invasion of France on June 6th 1944

Background imageWw Ii Collection: Dug in - D-Day - Machine Gun Team

Dug in - D-Day - Machine Gun Team
A British machine gun team dug in on a Normandy beach during the assault phase of Operation Overlord - the allied D-Day landings in France on 6th June 1944

Background imageWw Ii Collection: The Spirit of the People

The Spirit of the People
Six photos showing the imperturbability of British citizens when faced with German bombings: You might as well try to shake the nerve of a mountain as of this population wrote Mr E.C

Background imageWw Ii Collection: Lance Corporal - South Staffordshire Regiment

Lance Corporal - South Staffordshire Regiment (left) and Colour Sergeant - North Staffordshire Regiment (right)

Background imageWw Ii Collection: Card from the front - World War Two

Card from the front - World War Two
A card sent back home by Marie serving with the Canadian Forces during World War Two

Background imageWw Ii Collection: A Pair of Barrage Balloons

A Pair of Barrage Balloons
A Pair of RAF Barrage Balloons at Cardington, Bedfordshire

Background imageWw Ii Collection: ENSA Concert 1940

ENSA Concert 1940
ENSA Concert in the Aldwych London Underground Station during World War II

Background imageWw Ii Collection: Private of the 2nd Battalion of The East Yorkshire Regiment

Private of the 2nd Battalion of The East Yorkshire Regiment (3rd Infantry Division) - Normandy 1944. Painting by Malcolm Greensmith

Background imageWw Ii Collection: Home Guard training against bombers

Home Guard training against bombers
Training for the Home Guard at Osterley Park, in the suburbs of west London. Riflemen being trained to meet dive-bombing attacks by practising rapid fire against a diving model that represents a 50

Background imageWw Ii Collection: Home Guard march to lecture

Home Guard march to lecture
Members of the Home Guard on their way to a field in the grounds of Osterley Park, in the suburbs of west London, where lectures

Background imageWw Ii Collection: Mustafa Ismet Inonu

Mustafa Ismet Inonu
Mustafa smet nn (1884 - 1973) was a Turkish Army General, Prime Minister and the second President of the Republic of Turkey

Background imageWw Ii Collection: Home Guard demonstration

Home Guard demonstration
During a Home Guard intensive training course at Osterley Park, in the west London suburbs, a car pulling a trailer, supposed to represent a tank

Background imageWw Ii Collection: Japanese Emissaries at the Surrender of Japan, 1945

Japanese Emissaries at the Surrender of Japan, 1945
Photograph showing Foreign Minister Shigemitsu (on left) and General Yoshi Umezu (on right), the Japanese signatories of the formal surrender of the Japanese Empire, on board USS Missouri

Background imageWw Ii Collection: To the Girls in Green

To the Girls in Green
A land girl feeding a happy looking pig on a farm during World War II

Background imageWw Ii Collection: The Evacuation of Children from London

The Evacuation of Children from London
The evacuation of Britains cities at the start of World War Two was the biggest and most concentrated mass movement of people in Britains history

Background imageWw Ii Collection: Police in Gas Masks

Police in Gas Masks
Two Metropolitan police officers from H district, London, fully kitted out for action during World War Two

Background imageWw Ii Collection: Japanese Sea Battle / Wwii

Japanese Sea Battle / Wwii
Japanese inflict serious damage on American warships off Solomon Islands, sinking four ships and only losing one Date: December 1942

Background imageWw Ii Collection: David Niven

David Niven
DAVID NIVEN Graduated from the Royal Military College at Sandhurst before he arrived in Hollywood where he became part of Clark Gables social set

Background imageWw Ii Collection: Young Evacuees

Young Evacuees
Two young evacuees with their belongings



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