1942 Collection (page 24)

NFS firewomen in dispatch rider training, WW2
London Region NFS firewomen undergoing dispatch rider training. Taught to do everything with a motorbike that could be done, these women would undertake all-terrain training

An oil fire test at Shoeburyness, Essex, WW2
Firefighters put out an oil fire during a test at Shoeburyness, Essex

NFS firefighter rolling out fire hose, WW2
A London Region NFS firefighter in an instructional photograph demonstrating the correct method of rolling out a line of hose

Auxiliary London firewomen under catering instruction
London regular and AFS firefighters spent many hours, sometimes days, at incidents during the Blitz, and they needed refreshments

NFS firewomen at work, rest and play, WW2
London firewomen at play, seen here as a dancing troop in an amateur review given at a sub-station

NFS mobile kitchen in use, WW2
These mobile kitchens, presented to the NFS (London Region No 5), were donated by the Canadian Red Cross

NFS-Firewomen dispatch rider training
Women dispatch riders in training during the Second World War

London (NFS) firefighter in breathing apparatus, WW2
Side view of the Mark IV Proto (oxygen) breathing apparatus set, showing the re-breather bag, mouthpiece, control valves and cooler

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U. S. Marines on Guadalcanal
U.S. Marines on the island of Guadalcanal during the campaign to take the strategically placed island. Allied forces landed on 7 August 1942

Lieutenant Ernest Gidden receiving the George Cross, 1942
Lieutenant Ernest Gidden(1910 -1961)receiving the George Cross for making safe a mine which had fallen on Hungerford Bridge

Belgian Air Force 1
Jean Olieslagers (1883-1942) Belgian aviator, joins in war effort in World War One, becomes leading ace, winning many aerial victories over the Germans. Date: 1916+

Forces Tennis Balls
A Lillywhites girl shows off the surplus of tennis balls donated by Dunlop, Slazenger etc. following an appeal due to a shortage within the Armed Forces! Date: 28 May 1942

Japanese troops in Singapore 1942
Following the surrender of Singapore by the British in 1942 during World War Two, Japanese soldiers march through the streets, in front of the General Post Office building. Date: 1942

Dutch poster about blackout precautions during the Second World War. circa 1942

Japanese raid on Singapore
Singapore residents assess the damage done by a Japanese air raid the previous night. Date: January 1942

Singapore after air raid
The pall of smoke over Singapore after a Japanese air raid. The Battle for Singapore lasted sixteen days until surrender to the Japanese on 15 February 1942. Date: February 1942

Japanese army cross Singapore causeway
Japanese forces cross the causeway from Malaya to Singapore. Malaya had been taken from the retreating British and Commonwealth forces at the end of January 1942

Nationalists in India during Second World War
Nationalists in India take advantage of Britains involvement in the Second World War to rebel against British rule. Date: 1942

Blackburn Firebrand powered by a Sabre III engine Date: 1942

Hawker Typhoon IB powered by a Sabre IIA Date: 1942

Britannia and Eve front cover, December 1942
Front cover of Britannia and Eve magazine, Christmas 1942, featuring a stylish woman wearing a festive red and white sweater, hat and gloves combo

RAF navigators map of Frankfurt
Ordance survey map of Germany around Frankfurt, showing the location of Cologne (Koln), Koblenz, Frankfurt and other towns and cities in the area, compiled and drawn at the War Office

Recipe for a midsummer hotpot
Wartime recipe, incorporating a multitude of vegetables along with bacon scaps and cheese

Free French Navy WWII
Rene (taller) and Jean in the uniforms of the Free French Navy. They escaped from Occupied France with three other men in a 30 foot motor boat from North West France

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 in knitted dress
A fashionable young woman in a knitted two-tone dress, dark lipstick and pencilled eyebrows. (2 of 3)

Children in damaged Maltese streets - Malta
A group of children play in a street in Malta, under the hanging lines of washing, the damage and rubble attesting to weeks of attacks on the Island

Duke of Connaught / Stamp
ARTHUR DUKE OF CONNAUGHT 3rd son of Victoria

Torpedo-Dropping Aircraft
This photograph shows an aircraft making an attack on a merchant vessel

The Japenese Bombing of Pearl Harbour
Photograph showing the Japenese attack on Pearl Harbour in Hawaii, 1941, which began the War in the Pacific

The Battleship Arizona
The photograph shows the battleship Arizona which was sunk by a Japanese aircraft in Pearl Harbour, 1941

Duke of Kent & Edward
GEORGE, DUKE OF KENT, younger brother of Edward VIII and George VI, pictured his eldest son, Prince Edward, now the current Duke of Kent

The Duke of Connaught with his granddaughter
Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught (1850-1942), with his granddaughter Ingrid (daughter of Crown Princess Margaret of Sweden), and her husband Frederik, Crown Prince of Denmark, c.1935

Winston Churchill and Franklin D. Roosevelt at the White Hou
Winston Churchill, British Prime Minister and Franklin D. Roosevelt, US President, at a press conference at the White House following their historic meeting to discuss the Allied war effort

Prince George and war ambulance
Prince George, later Duke of Kent (1902-1942), fourth son of King George V and Queen Mary, in the courtyard of Buckingham Palace with Mr Hansell

Winston Churchill and Franklin D. Roosevelt
Winston Churchill together with Franklin D. Roosevelt, American President, during January 1942. The pair met to discuss unity

The Connaughts in 1883
Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught (1850-1942) with his wife, Princess Luise Margarete of Prussia (1860-1917) and their two elder children

Duke of Connaught and family
Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught with his wife and family, from left: Princess Patricia of Connaught, later Lady Patricia Ramsey (1886-1974), the Duchess of Connaught (1860-1917)

Prince Eitel Friedrich of Prussia (1883-1942), second son of Kaiser Wilhelm II, with his wife, Princess Sophie Charlotte of Oldenburg

Prince Arthurs engagement
Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught (1850-1942) in 1878 with his fiancee Luise Margarete of Prussia and her sisters, Marie (centre)

Princes John and George of Wales with Prince Olav of Norway
Prince John of Wales (1905-1919) with his elder brother Prince George (1902-1942), later Duke of Kent. They are playing with their cousin, Prince Olav (1903-1991)

Princess Elizabeth in 1942
PRINCESS ELIZABETH (later Queen Elizabeth II) in December 1942, at the age of 16

The Sketch Front Cover: Princess Elizabeth
A front cover from The Sketch showing the first Royal Pantomime on record. Princess Elizabeth and Princess Margaret as Principal Boy and Girl in Cinderella

Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught
rince Arthur, Duke of Connaught (1850-1942), fourth son and seventh child of Queen Victoria and Albert. The Queens acknowledged favourite

Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Connaught
Colour illustration showing Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught (1850-1942) together with Luise Margarethe of Prussia, Duchess of Connaught

Prince Arthur in Canada
Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught (1850-1942) during a trip to Canada between August 1869 and July 1870. Arthur would later become Governor-General of Canada 1911

HMS Queen Elizabeth in the Mediterranean Sea, Second World
Illustration showing the Royal Navy battleship, HMS Queen Elizabeth, sailing in the Mediterranean Sea, 1942

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