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AFS women training, Highgate, London, WW2AFS (Auxiliary Fire Service) women training in Highgate, North London, in July 1942. Date: 1942
London Fire Brigade and AFS with canteen van, WW2London Fire Brigade crew and AFS staff enjoying a cup of tea outside a canteen van during the Second World War. Date: circa 1940s
Section Officer Pennington with OBE medal, WW2Section Officer M. Pennington of Southwark Fire Station showing her OBE medal to AFS colleagues, Second World War (5 March 1941). Date: 1941
Dri-ped advertisement with WaC women, WW1Advertisement for Dri-Ped waterproof leather footwear with an illustration depicting a group of women of the Womens Army Auxiliary Corps loading a cargo of Dri-Ped boxes at the docks. Date: 1918
Women in uniform, WW1 by Annie FishIllustration by Annie Fish in The Tatlers Letters of Eve column, demonstrating the kinds of uniform worn by working women during the First World War
Man and woman of the Auxiliary Fire Service, WW2A man and woman of the Auxiliary Fire Service (AFS) during the Second World War
Swan Fountpen advert featuring WaC girl, WW1Advertisement for Swan fountpens featuring a member of the Womens Army Auxiliary Corps writing a letter. Date: 1918
Eve as a W. A. A. C, WW1Eve, The Tatler magazines gossip columnist (and author of Letters of Eve ) muses on the charm of a W.A.A.C (Womens Army Auxiliary Corps)
Tatler cover - Mrs Burleigh LeachFront cover of The Tatler magazine featuring a portrait of Mrs Burleigh Leach, wife of Brigadier-General Burleigh Leach and Controller of Inspection
British oil carrier fuelling a super dreadnought & submarineIllustration showing a new kind of fleet auxiliary vessel, the oil-carrier, supplying oil fuel to the fleet, in this case a super-dreadnought and two submarines
Carrying On - The W. A. A. C. Girl WWI womens rolesA girl in the Womens Army Auxiliary Corps during World War One. Date: 1918
Big fighting ships auxiliaries by G. H. DavisNavy notes of the week. A big fighting ships auxiliaries: some little-known members of the British fleet. 1912
Auxiliary fuel tanks for increasing range by G. H. DavisIncreasing aircraft range: auxiliary fuel tanks fitted to fighters and bombers, essential to long-range air attacks during the Second World War. Date: 1942
HMS Maine, an Auxiliary Hospital ship of the Royal Navy. Date: 1912
Advert for the Auxiliary Territorial Service 1941No woman will ever have peace in her heart until she helps this man ! Would you hesitate ?.... If you knew you could actively help to harass and confuse
Auxiliary Fire Service gas mask training, WW2Women of the Auxiliary Fire Service undergoing gas mask training during the Second World War. Date: 1940
Members of Ilford AFS at Barking Town Quay, WW2Members of Ilford Auxiliary Fire Service at Barking Town Quay. Date: 1940
Queues for Esperanto courses in RussiaA large group men and women queue next to a desk where they can enrol in courses to learn Esperanto. Date: Late 19th Century
WW2 - British Serviceman arm-in-arm with his ATS GirlWW2 - W.A.T.S. the use of worrying? - A British soldier and his ladyfriend, who is part of the Auxiliary Territorial Service for Women (ATS). Date: circa 1940
WW2 - Auxiliary Military Pioneer Corps in FranceWW2 - British Auxiliary Military Pioneer Corps in France - shown here building railway sidings. Date: 1942
Royal Hong Kong Auxiliary Air ForceThe Royal Hong Kong Auxiliary Air Force operated a fleet of six aircraft (c.1974): a Britten-Norman Islander, two Beechcraft Musketeers and three Alouette III helicopters
Air Transport Auxiliary pilots in front of an Avro Anson. From left: Flt Capt R. Vincent, Capt F. White, Cdre Gerald DErlanger, Commanding Officer; Flt Capt Stewart Keith Jopp, Capt G
From the film Ferry Pilot - Philip WillsFrom the film Ferry Pilot, Philip Wills, right, Director of Operations, Air Transport Auxiliary, in the Operations Room at White Waltham
Air Transport Auxiliary pilots, From left: Pauline Gower, Commander; ja; and Joan
A Britten-Norman BN2A Islander HKG-7A Britten-Norman BN2A Islander, HKG-7, of the Royal Hong Kong Auxiliary Air Force
Avro Anson I with auxiliary equipment
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Marine Auxiliary EquipmentAdvertisement for Marine Auxiliary Equipment, British Thomson-Houston Company
London Fire Brigade -- recruiting for the AFSThe hose laying lorry at Lambeth (Fire Brigade HQ) being pasted with Auxiliary Fire Service (AFS) recruitment posters as part of a countrywide recruitment campaign before the outbreak of the Second
Auxiliary Fire Service member with van, WW2An Auxiliary Fire Service member with an LCC-London Fire Brigade van. Above is a sign: Join the London Auxiliary Fire Service
AFS volunteers undergoing hose drill, WW2The Auxiliary Fire Service (AFS) was created in 1938 to supplement the regular London Fire Brigade. Some 21, 000 volunteer firefighters would be recruited
LCC-LFB-AFS training -- tying a knotThe Auxiliary Fire Service (AFS) was created in 1938 to supplement the regular London Fire Brigade. Some 21, 000 volunteer firefighters would be recruited
LCC-LFB The hose laying lorry at Southwark HQThe Brigades first high speed hose laying lorry, seen at the then Brigade headquarters at Southwark, SE1
AFS major exercise at Moreton in Marsh, GlosAFS firefighters taking part in a major exercise conducted at the Fire Services Technical College, Moreton in Marsh, Gloucestershire
AFS Control unit at major exercise, GloucestershireAuxiliary firefighters working in the AFS control unit during a major exercise conducted at the Fire Services Technical College, Moreton in Marsh, Gloucestershire
LCC-LFB AFS recruitment driveA member of the Auxiliary Fire Service fronting an advertising campaign to seek additional volunteers for the service
Auxiliary London firemen at drill on a fireboat, WW2Auxiliary London firemen (AFS) under instruction in the use of a rocket-line as part of their fireboat drills and training
London Fire Brigade AFS fireboat on the ThamesAn Auxiliary fireboat on patrol in the Port of London with Tower Bridge in the background
Armed London firemen at Lambeth fireboat pontoon, WW2Firemen, carrying rifles, disembarking from the Massey Shaw fireboat and marching from the pontoon gangway at Lambeth. Armed firemen crewed the Massey Shaw when she took part in the evacuation of
Blitz in London -- religious service with AFS, WW2A priest conducts a prayer service at a London Fire Brigade sub-station attended by the men and women of the AFS serving there and for their colleagues working further afield
Blitz in London -- mobile kitchen serving meals to AFS, WW2Blitz in London -- a mobile kitchen serving meals to AFS, firefighters. These vehicles were donated to Britains fire services for the war effort by the Canadian Red Cross
Blitz in London -- tea break for AFS firefighter, WW2Blitz in London -- an AFS woman in a canteen van pours a cup of tea for her male opposite number
Blitz in London -- Regulars and Auxiliaries side by sideRegular London firefighters with their LFB pump escape side by side with their Auxiliary (AFS) counterparts and their towing vehicle at a London fire station
Women of the Auxiliary Fire Service (AFS) taking part in Exercise Gateway
LCC-LFB AFS exerciseA London firewoman acting as a radio operator on the heavy unit from Hammersmith fire station at a combined full-time/auxiliary fire exercise
LCC-LFB AFS mobile column exerciseLCC-London Fire Brigade Auxiliary Fire Service mobile column exercise
AFS contingent in Lord Mayors ShowAuxiliary Fire Service (AFS) Control Room float in the Lord Mayors Show, City of London
Auxiliary Fire Service mobile control unit
