Auxiliary Collection (page 4)

AFS women working in mobile kitchen, WW2
AFS women working in a mobile kitchen at night, serving tea and biscuits to thirsty firefighters. Date: 1940s

AFS recruitment parade, London, WW2
Recruitment parade for the AFS (Auxiliary Fire Service) in a London street during the Second World War. Date: 1940s

Germans showing guns on the Lusitania 1915
The sinking of the Cunard ocean liner RMS Lusitania occurred on 7 May 1915 during the First World War, by a German U-boat, hitting the Lusitania twice with torpedoes, sinking within 18 minutes

Advert for Kolynos toothpaste 1942
Spotlight on service. Never before have the women of england playedso prominent a part in serving their country. The W.A.A.F

Air Transport Auxiliary pilots alongside an Airspeed Oxford ferry aircraft at the ATA Hatfield base, 1940. From left: Lettice Curtis, Jennie Broad, Audrey Sale-Barker

Mrs Roosevelt is escorted by Commandant Pauline Gower as she meets Air Transport Auxiliary pilots. From left: Mrs Opal Anderson, Miss Jane Plant and Miss Virginia Farr

Women of the Auxiliary Fire Service using a telephone, WW2
Women of the Auxiliary Fire Service using a telephone

LCC-LFB Auxiliary Fire Service vehicles, WW2
AFS (Auxiliary Fire Service) vehicles. The onset of WW2 brought about a vast expansion of the London Fire Brigade to deal with the anticipated enemy bombing of London

LCC-LFB fireboats using monitors on the Thames, WW2
Auxiliary and regular firefighters getting monitors and jets of water to work from fireboats and a Thames barge near Westminster Bridge, adjacent to the Houses of Parliament

Blitz in London -- women in the Auxiliary Fire Service, WW2
Blitz in London -- women in the Auxiliary Fire Service marchng

Blitz in London -- a welcome tea break, WW2
London Auxiliary firefighters enjoy a welcome cup of tea from a grateful resident in Crawford Street, Camberwell, SE London

Women in the Auxiliary Fire Service, WW2
Formed in 1933, the Auxiliary Fire Service played a vital part in the London Fire Brigades efforts to deal with the bombing, and resultant Blitz, upon London

NFS (London Region No 5) firewomans uniform, WW2
Created in 1941, the NFS nationalised the British Fire Service and split the UK into different regions. Seen here is a London firewoman in the NFS uniform

AFS women resting in bunks, Southwark Fire Station, WW2
AFS (Auxiliary Fire Service) women resting in bunks at Southwark Fire Station (Station 60), Southwark Bridge Road, SE1, during the Second World War

AFS car and trailer pump at LCC-LFB HQ, Lambeth
Beresford Stork light-trailer pump with saloon car. Such combinations were utilised by the Auxiliary Fire Service in London to supplement the full time force in preparations for the forthcoming

RFA Birchol, British naval oil tanker, WW1
The British naval oiler (oil tanker) RFA (Royal Fleet Auxiliary) Birchol during the First World War. She was launched in June 1917, and served off the coast of northern Russia (Archangel) in 1919

Princess Elizabeth in A. T. S. uniform
Towards the close of the Second World War, the Princess Elizabeth joined the Auxiliary Territorial Services (A.T.S.). She is pictured here in its uniform

Auxiliary Steamship
At first, steam engines are fitted in ships only as a back-up to sail, hence vessels of this kind are known as auxiliary steamships. Date: 1882

Lady June Butler on the front cover of The Tatler in October 1918. The younger of the two daughters of the Earl and Countess of Carrick

Female Harrods Employees in War-time Uniform, 1940
Photograph showing nine female employees of Harrods in their war-time uniforms, each woman working for a different service. From left to right: Womans Land Army, Womens Voluntary Services, St

Queen Marys Army Aux
A poster encouraging women to enrol in Queen Marys Army Auxiliary Corps

WW2 - Pretty girl of the ATS (Auxiliary Territorial Service). Date: circa 1939

Auxiliary coastguard with binoculars, West Country
Auxiliary coastguard looking through binoculars, West Country coast. Date: circa 1980s

Wartime drills at the London Stock Exchange, 1940
With the threat of German invasion looming, workers at the London Stock Exchange receive basic military training on the trading floor

Sailing vessel Cap Nord at Hull
Sailing vessel Cap Nord, an auxiliary five-masted schooner, seen here berthed at Albert Dock, Hull. Date: circa 1930s

Sailing vessel Mount Shasta, aka Vaterland
Sailing vessel Mount Shasta, a four-masted auxiliary schooner, aka Vaterland, owned by Count Felix von Luckner. Date: circa 1920s

Quad tractors with women drivers posing by cabs
Photograph of Quad tractors with women drivers posing by cabs.One of 7 photographs relating to the trades in which Auxiliary Territorial Service personnel were employed, 1939-1945. Date: 1939

Imperial typewriter, Auxiliary Territorial Service, 1935 (c).Associated with the Womens Royal Army Corps. Date: circa 1935

Scenes from Malvern Camp, 1938
Photograph, one of an album of 73, compiled by Chief Commander Blanche Barton, Auxiliary Territorial Service, 1938-1945.Photographs show scenes from Malvern Camp, 1938, including: groups

Auxiliary Territorial Service and British Forces in the Midd
Photograph from an album containing 65 photographs relating to the Auxiliary Territorial Service and British Forces in the Middle East, 1942-1945. Date: 1942

Field Marshal Sir Claude Auchinleck Inspecting WaC (India)
Photograph: Field Marshal Sir Claude Auchinleck Inspecting Members of the Womens Auxiliary Corps (India), 1947 (c).The Women

West Indies Auxiliary Territorial Service
Photograph from a collection of 69 photographs relating to the West Indies Auxiliary Territorial Service, 1943-1947. Date: 1947

Photograph of kit inspection.One of 187 photographs relating to the service of Auxiliary Territorial Service personnel, 1939-1945.Associated with World War Two (1939-1945). Date: 1945

Auxiliary Territorial Service archers
Photograph: Auxiliary Territorial Service archers.One of 67 photographs of Auxiliary Territorial Service personnel involved in sporting activities

Lancaster, 1939
Photograph, one of an album of 73, compiled by Chief Commander Blanche Barton, Auxiliary Territorial Service, 1938-1945.Photographs show scenes from Malvern Camp, 1938, including: groups

WaCs (Women?s Army Auxiliary Corps) in billet
Photograph of WaCs in billet.From album containing 55 photographs relating to the Women?s Army Auxiliary Corps, 1917-1918.Associated with World War One (1914-1918). Date: 1918

RFA Prestol tanker
RFA (Royal Fleet Auxiliary) Prestol Belgol-class tanker and warship, with coastline (possibly Spain) in the background. Date: circa 1920s

Five members of the West Indies Auxiliary Territorial Servic
Photograph of five members of the West Indies Auxiliary Territorial Service sitting on a military vehicle, 1943-1947 (c).In the early stages of the Second World War black Caribbean women wishing to

West Indian detachment of the Auxiliary Territorial Service
Group photograph of a West Indian detachment of the Auxiliary Territorial Service, 1943 (c).The Womens Auxiliary Territorial Service (ATS) was established in September 1938

WW2 Comic Postcard - Short Wave
WW2 - Comic Postcard - Short Wave! A blonde girl has her hair curled into a short wave by a fellow ATS member with some curling tongs - a play on the short wave radio craze

WW2 - With the W. A. A. F. - Helping a pilot with his kit
WW2 - With the W.A.A.F. - Helping a pilot with his kit Date: circa 1942

WW2 - With the W. A. A. F. - Repairing plane fabric
WW2 - With the W.A.A.F. - Repairing plane fabric (wing covering) by patching up bullet holes. Date: circa 1942

WW2 - With the W. A. A. F. - Tiger Moth Construction explained
WW2 - With the W.A.A.F. - The construction of a Tiger Moth Aircraft being explained. Date: circa 1942

WW2 - With the W. A. A. F. - Barrage Balloon Fabric Workers
WW2 - With the W.A.A.F. - Barrage Balloon Fabric Workers Date: circa 1942

WW2 - With the W. A. A. F. - Repairing Speed Indicators
WW2 - With the W.A.A.F. - Repairing Electrical engine Speed Indicators Date: circa 1942

WW2 - With the W. A. A. F. - Instrument Repairing
WW2 - With the W.A.A.F. - Instrument Repairing Date: circa 1942

WW2 - With the W. A. A. F. - Cine Projectionists
WW2 - With the W.A.A.F. - Cine Projectionists Date: circa 1942

WW2 - With the W. A. A. F. - Mounting and Loading Guns
WW2 - With the W.A.A.F. - Mounting and Loading Guns Date: circa 1942

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