Auxiliary Collection (page 5)

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

Cartoon, The Road Menders, WW1
Cartoon, The Road Menders. They stop work to watch the arrival of some VIPs. Date: 1917

Cartoon, The Fixed Line, WW1
Cartoon, The Fixed Line. Military engineers (sappers) busy setting up lines of communication in a town on the Western Front. Date: 1917

Senjokaku Hall and Pagoda of the Itsukushima Shrine, Japan
The Senjokaku Hall (an auxiliary shrine of Itskushima dedicated to Toyotomi Hideyoshi) and Five-tiered Pagoda at the Itsukushima Shrine - a Shinto shrine on the island of Itsukushima

Lily White, Womens Auxiliary Police Corps
Lily White of the Womens Auxiliary Police Corps (founded 1939). Date: circa 1939

Strike / Womens Corp
Volunteers join the Womens Auxiliary Corps Date: 1926

Leaflet cover design, You are needed in the ATS, WW2
Cover design of a leaflet, You are needed now to look after all this in the ATS. Date: 1940s

WW2 Christmas card, London Fire Brigade and Auxiliary Fire Service. Date: 1939

WW2 Christmas card, ATS (Auxiliary Territorial Service). With a mauve ribbon. Date: 1939

Auxiliary Red Cross hospital, Ghent, Belgium, WW1
Scene inside the Auxiliary Red Cross hospital (Kerchove Institute), Ghent, Belgium, during the First World War. 1914-1918

WW2 birthday card, WaF
WW2 birthday card, two girls in WaF (Womens Auxiliary Air Force) uniform. A full measure of happiness on your birthday! Date: circa 1942

WW2 greetings card, ATS woman on phone
WW2 pop-up greetings card, ATS (Auxiliary Territorial Service) woman on the phone. Date: circa 1942

Women WW1 WaC. A pair of ducklings wearing Khaki hats of the Womens Auxiliary Army Corps, cry W.A.A.C, W.A.A.C, A Happy Easter to you. Date: circa 1916

Women, WW1 W. A. A. C Christmas Card
Women, WW1 W.A.A.C Christmas Card. A Christmas Greeting 1917 card with a picture of a member of the Womens Auxiliary Army Corps (W.A.A.C) with crest. Date: 1917

WW2 Poster -- Volunteer ATS
if you are over 17 and a half or 18, under 19, Volunteer ATS. Recruitment poster, Auxiliary Territorial Service. Colour photolithograph by unknown artist, published by HMSO. 1940

WW2 Poster -- ATS recruitment poster
ATS recruitment poster. Every member of the ATS learns a job that will help her to earn her living in the post-war world. Auxiliary Territorial Service

WW2 Poster -- ATS Eyes Of The Guns
ATS Eyes Of The Guns. Recruitment poster, Auxiliary Territorial Service. Colour photolithograph by Beverley Pick, published by HMSO. Showing women helping with anti-aircraft defence. Date: 1940

WW2 Poster -- ATS At The Wheel
ATS At The Wheel. Recruitment poster, Auxiliary Territorial Service. Colour photolithograph by Beverley Pick, published by HMSO. Date: 1940

WW2 Poster -- Your Friends Are Needed Now
Your Friends Are Needed Now. Urge Them To Join The ATS. Recruitment poster, Auxiliary Territorial Service. Colour photolithograph by Frank Newbould, published by HMSO

WW2 Poster -- the ATS wants Cooks
The ATS wants Cooks. Recruitment poster, Auxiliary Territorial Service. Colour photolithograph, artist unknown, published by HMSO

WW2 Poster -- Theres a grand job waiting
Theres a grand job waiting - you can still volunteer, ATS. Recruitment poster, Auxiliary Territorial Service. Colour photolithograph, artist unknown, published by HMSO. Date: 1940

WW2 Poster -- ATS recruitment
Enquire about service in the ATS at... Recruitment poster, Auxiliary Territorial Service. Colour photolithograph, artist unknown, published by HMSO. Date: 1940

AFS regional training exercise, Wymondham College
AFS regional training exercise in Norfolk, 10-11 September 1955. Showing the Column Commander briefing the Company Commander

AFS regional training exercise, journey through London
AFS regional training exercise in Norfolk, 10-11 September 1955. Showing vehicles in London, passing Marble Arch en route for their destination. Date: 1955

Fire alam post, Cooks Road, Vauxhall, WW2
Fire alarm post (FA41) protected by sandbags outside the AFS station in Cooks Road, Vauxhall, with an LFB fire engine on the left, around the start of the Second World War. Date: 1939

Firefighters in action, Longmoore Street, SW1
AFS firefighters in action at a fire in Longmoore Street, Victoria, London SW1, on 6 May 1959. They are clearing away corrugated iron sheets in order to expose pockets of fire under the debris

LFB-AFS Bikini raft fully inflated
LFB-AFS fully inflated Bikini raft, with water being delivered through four hosepipes. The two-man crew are wearing life jackets

LFB-AFS Commer transportable water unit (back)
LFB-AFS Commer transportable water unit (TWU, commonly known as the Bikini). It carries three deflated rubber rafts and nine light portable pumps

LFB-AFS Commer transportable water unit (front)
LFB-AFS Commer transportable water unit (TWU, commonly known as the Bikini). It carries three deflated rubber rafts and nine light portable pumps

AFS exercise, Hyde Park, London
Attending an AFS exercise in Hyde Park, London, on 27 October 1957 -- the Director General of Civil Defence, Sir Sidney Kirkman (1895-1982), the Chief Inspector of Fire Services, Mr H M Smith

Blitz in London -- searching for casualties, WW2
Blitz in London -- rescue personnel searching an upper floor of J T Hart & Sons for casualties. Date: 1940s

Blitz in London -- searching debris for casualties, WW2
Blitz in London -- rescue personnel searching for casualties but being severely hampered by smoke from the smouldering debris. Date: 1940s

Blitz in London -- extricating a casualty, WW2
Blitz in London -- rescue personnel extricating a casualty from debris following an air raid. Date: 1940s

Blitz in London -- AFS firefighters getting cleaned up, WW2
Blitz in London -- AFS firefighters getting cleaned up in the station washroom after many hours tackling air raid fires, 19 September 1940. Date: 1940s

Blitz in London -- Mansfield Road sub-station, WW2
Blitz in London -- AFS firefighters salvage their bedding from the bombed-out Mansfield Road fire sub-station after it was seriously damaged in a bombing raid on 16 November 1940. Date: 1940

AFS worker with emergency appliance, WW2
An Auxiliary Fire Service worker with an emergency appliance. Date: 1940s

AFS workers with emergency appliance, WW2
Three Auxiliary Fire Service workers loading an emergency appliance into a vehicle. Date: 1940s

Towing vehicle and light trailer pump, WW2
Two AFS men with a towing vehicle and light trailer pump. Date: 1940s

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