Auxiliary Collection (page 8)

Blitz in London -- mobile kitchen serving meals to AFS, WW2
Blitz 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, WW2
Blitz 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 side
Regular 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 exercise
A 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 exercise
LCC-London Fire Brigade Auxiliary Fire Service mobile column exercise

AFS contingent in Lord Mayors Show
Auxiliary Fire Service (AFS) Control Room float in the Lord Mayors Show, City of London

Auxiliary Fire Service mobile control unit

LCC-LFB firewomen with mobile kitchen, WW2
The crew of a mobile kitchen (three cooks and a driver) who kept the regular and auxiliary firefighters fed during the Second World War

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

AFS squad photograph on a turntable ladder
At the London Fire Brigade Headquarters, Lambeth SE1, members of the AFS (Auxiliary Fire Service) crew gather for a group photograph alongside a fire engine

AFS cap badge, WW2
In March 1938 recruitment began in London for the Auxiliary Fire Service. This is the cap badge for the newly formed extension to the fire service that was established to meet the anticipated demands

Fire station wet canteen (bar), WW2
The AFS bar built in the fire sub-station (80V) at Clapham Central School, Aristotle Road, Clapham, London SW4

Blitz in London -- deluge branch on trailer, WW2
Blitz in London -- AFS firefighters pulling a deluge branch on a trailer

Blitz in London -- funerals of AFS firefighters, WW2
Blitz in London -- the funerals of auxiliary firefighters (AFS) who were killed on duty whilst serving during WW2. The names of the 300 plus men

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

London firefighters drilling at Brigade HQ, Lambeth SE1
LCC-LFB firefighters (recruits) under instruction and drill in the drill yard of Brigade Headquarters at Lambeth (also a fire station)

London firefighters marching in SE London street, WW2
LCC-LFB firefighters and AFS marching along Lewisham High Street, SE London, with policemen controlling traffic

LFB band of marching firemen, Lewisham, SE London
The LCC-LFB band leading a London Fire Brigade marching contingent past the Lewisham Clock Tower in SE London

LFB band lead marching firefighters, SE London, WW2
The LCC-LFB band playing and leading a fire brigade contingent on a march through a street in Lewisham, SE London

Firefighters parade prior to march through SE London, WW2
Somewhere in Lewisham, SE London, firefighters parade in a school playground before setting off on a march. They comprise both full time London firefighters and those from the AFS

Womens AFS (WAFS) at Brigade HQ, WW2
Womens Auxiliary Fire Service (WAFS) members receiving hose instruction from London Fire Brigade staff in the Headquarters drill yard at Lambeth, SE1

Auxiliary firefighters at drill, Lambeth HQ, WW2
Auxiliary crews from station 75W (Shelborne Road School sub station in Holloway) getting to work with a trailer pump and jets in the drill yard of Brigade Headquarters

London Region NFS / AFS fire floats and tenders, WW2
London firefighters and Auxiliary firefighters crewing fire floats and fire tenders, fitted with trailer fire pumps for wartime use, checking equipment and manoeuvring the craft on the River Thames

LCC-LFB taxi converted for fire brigade use, WW2
Aerial view of a taxi converted for World War II fire brigade use by Auxiliary firefighters in London, showing the two ladders it carried on its roof

London Fire Brigade station with horse-drawn fire engines
An unidentified London fire station with escape cart and pump on the forecourt, together with crews

London Fire Brigade canteen van used as publicity vehicle
Seen here at Brigade headquarters, Lambeth, the canteen van has been converted into a publicity vehicle during a recruitment drive for much needed auxiliary firefighters

London Region NFS / AFS breakdown lorry with crew, WW2
AFS wartime crew on an NFS breakdown lorry. The NFS came into force in August 1941 and the London Fire Brigade was enlarged into the London Region which covered the Greater London area

United States Auxiliary Screw steam frigate Merrimac 60 guns. Off the entrance to New York harbour. Print showing a broadside view of the port side of the steam frigate U.S.S

Advert for recruiting women for the WaF 1942
Serve in the WaF. The Womens Auxiliary Air Force. As an administrative airwoman. Good organizers are needed in a fast growing service

Poster advertising War Savings, encourage people to invest in war bonds to support the ATS (the womens branch of the army, the Auxiliary Territorial Service). 1940s

Silhouette of an ATS officer
Silhouette of an ATS (Auxiliary Territorial Service) officer

Silhouette of an ATS woman
Silhouette of a young ATS (Auxiliary Territorial Service) woman, head and shoulders, in profile, with hair and uniform details sketched in

Silhouette of American WaC
Silhouette of an American WaC (Womens Auxiliary Army Corps) member

Silhouette of a WaF Corporal
Full-length silhouette of a woman standing with her hands held behind her back. December 1933

Silhouette of a woman in uniform
Full-length silhouette of a woman in uniform, possibly an American WaC (Womens Auxiliary Army Corps)

American soldiers relaxing with WaCs, WW1
American soldiers relaxing with members of the Womens Army Auxiliary Corps (WaC) during the First World War. Date: June 1918

Members of the W. A. A. F. cooking
Members of the W.A.A.F. cooking Date: circa 1941

Auxiliary Hospital, Uppingham
The Uppingham Union workhouse in its First World War role as an auxiliary hospital run by the Red Cross for the treatment of military personnel, some of whom are visible behind the hedge

Poster seeking women for the ATS and WaF
Poster seeking women to join the ATS (Auxiliary Territorial Service) and WaF (Womens Auxiliary Air Force) -- full information at the nearest recruiting centre or your employment exchange

Sultan of Morocco at Casablanca
Sultan Abd-el-Aziz (IV) of Morocco rides through Casablanca with his Mokhaznis (Moroccan Auxiliary Forces). Date: circa 1907

Crew of the auxiliary Cruiser Mowe ( Seagull )
Muslim Auxiliary crew of the auxiliary cruiser of the Imperial German Navy SMS Mowe ( Seagull ), under the command of Lt. Commander Nikolaus Burggraf, Graf ( Count ) zu Dohna-Schlodien

Car cross section 3 / W H Robinson
Sectional view of a car, showing the Efficacy of the auxiliary flat iron brakes. Please note: Credit must appear as (c) Courtesy of the estate of Mrs J.C.Robinson/Pollinger Ltd/Mary Evans Picture

WaF WWII
WaFs washing down an RAF lorry during World War II

Uppingham Auxiliary Hospital, Rutland
The Uppingham Auxiliary Hospital operated during World War One in the premises of the Uppingham Union workhouse, Leicester Road, Uppingham, Rutland

The Summer Girl
Women clerks and typists pictured during World War One. In the background are two army officers suggesting that this pool of secretaries may be part of the Womens Army Auxiliary Corps formed in

The Normandie, the largest liner in the world
The burning of the luxury liner, the Normandie in 1942. The Normandie was the largest liner in the world. As World War II commenced the liner was taken out of service

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