Barrage Collection

D-Day - Supplies pour ashore
A stunning panorama photograph of a French invasion beach with the channel waters thick with US military shipping, as reinforcements

Catford Evacuees
A group of excited evacuee schoolchildren wait with their nurses on the platform of Catford train station in south east London. (Note the barrage balloon behind them)

RAF Balloon Barrage at Cardington
Royal Air Force Balloon Barrage at Cardington, Bedfordshire (note the distinctive airship hangars back right - still there today)

Waiting in Trenches Wwi
British troops, including a corporal, wait in trenches near Arras for the barrage to lift before moving on

Proposal for a Thames Barrage, Gravesend, 1904
Illustration showing a proposal for a barrage of dams and locks, across the River Thames, from Gravesend to Tilbury, 1904. This proposal was suggested by T.W. Barber and J

Allied Troops landing in Normandy; Second World War, 1944
Photograph showing Allied troops and armour moving up one of the Normandy beaches, shortly after D-Day, 6th June 1944. At the top of the image a barrage balloon can be seen

WW2 - Atlantic Convoy at sea as seen from an escort Corvette
WW2 - Between Sunset and Darkness. Atlantic Convoy at sea as seen from an escort Corvette Date: 1941

WW2 - Rosyth Dockyard with HMS George V and HMS Cossack in dock Date: 1941

WW2 - Barrage Barge
A photograph of a British WW2 barrage barge hauling down her balloon. Date: circa 1942

Alican Land Barrage Balloons
A WW2 children's story book illustration from The Story Of Alican Land, written by Joan Hunt. The image shows some Alican Land barrage ballons used to push back the misery dragons

WW2 - The Body In The Barrage Balloon
An illustrated front cover for a WW2 story book, The Body In The Barrage Balloon, written by Colin Curzon. Date: circa 1942

WW2 - Barrage Ballon Ground Crew
A photograph of a British WW2 barrage ballon with it's ground crew. Date: circa 1940s

WW2 - Filling A Barrage Ballon
A photograph of some British WW2 Royal Air Force ground crew filling a barrage balloon with gas. Date: circa 1940s

WW2 - R. A. F. Barrage Ballon Unit
A photograph of a British WW2 Royal Air Force barrage balloon unit going into action stations. Date: circa 1940s

WW2 Christmas Card, 911 Squadron
A WW2 Christmas greetings card issued by the 911 (county of Warwick) squadron, Royal Air Force. The illustration shows a series of four erected barrage balloons, however

WW2 Britain's Forces With Allies
This illustration combined a number of John Hassal's works, portraying members of Britain's forces during WW2, along with their allies

WW2, Jackie Serving Tea
This illustration shows Jackie, a fictional character from a WW2 story book, she serves for the Emergency Mobile Canteen Corps, offering tea to some servicemen

WW2 Humpty Dumpty The Barrage Balloon
An illustration which shows Humpty Dumpty having become a barrage balloon, he looks quite content as he floats in the moonlit night sky. Date: circa 1940

Trainee paratroops descending from a Barrage Balloon
Royal Air Force - Trainee paratroops descending from a Barrage Balloon, during training. The RAF's Balloon Operations Squadron, flying barrage balloons, was active training paratroops

Advertisement for Bovril, barrage balloon
Advertisement for Bovril, man in red and white striped pyjamas, red slippers, riding barrage balloon in a blue sky, holding cup of Bovril aloft. Captioned, Bovril prevents that sinking feeling'

Barrage balloons protecting RAF station, Cardington, Beds
Barrage balloons protecting RAF station, Cardington, Bedfordshire Date: 1938

c. 1880s Japan - the Bund at Kobe

WW2 era - Comic Postcard - A Mans Job
The Caption is A Mans job. Women filled so many jobs while the men were away. There is a series of photos showing King George VI and Queen Elizabeth at a balloon site

GERMAN CAT ON RAMPAGE
ANTI-GERMAN Germany, represented as a rampaging feline, runs wild amidst a barrage of shell fire Date: 1915

The General Election - Free Fooders
Comic Postcard series - The General Election - Free Fooders. Candidates at a hustings face the warth of the electorate and also face a barrage of eggs and vegeatbles

Gravesend Barrage
Proposal for a barrage near Gravesend, England. Date: 1904

WW2 poster, Gloster Aircraft National Savings Group. Our aim is one fighter per month, for the next three months. Join the group, win certificates, and help win the war. Save now for your future

Heath Robinson - Wartime Cartoons - WWII. Showing people climbing up onto barrage balloons. Date: 1940

The Delta Barrage, Egypt - Donkey Market
Donkey Market at the Delta Barrage - a dam that was completed in 1862. Its purpose was to improve irrigation in the Nile Delta area of Egypt

Invasion craft of MONT FLEURY, NORMANDY
Photograph: Invasion craft of MONT FLEURY, NORMANDY, 0900 hours, 7th June, 1944. In the foreground is a DUKW (amphibious 3-ton lorry)

Camels crossing over Delta Barrage at the Nile, Egypt
Caravan of camels, other animals and their riders crossing over the bascule bridge at Delta Barrage at the Nile, Egypt. The Delta Barrage north of Cairo was constructed in the 19th century to improve

Sluice gates of the Delta Barrage at the Nile, Egypt, with people on the dam waiting to cross. The Delta Barrage was constructed in the 19th century to improve

New Zealanders going over the top
Photograph: New Zealanders going over the top following an artillery barrage, during an attack on Cassino. Associated with World War Two, Italy (1943-1945)

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

Barrage Balloons 1939
Barrage balloons being inflated from gas stored in bottles. Trailers attached to the motor unit are connected to the inflating hose. Date: November 1939

The Duke of Edinburgh as chancellor of Edinburgh University
Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh facing a barrage of toilet paper thrown by high-spirited students at a ceremony installing actor James Robertson Justice as rector of Edinburgh University

US Artillery during Battle of the Bulge
Two US soldiers are silhouetted against the night-time sky which is being lit up with an artillery barrage during the Battle of the Bulge Date: 1944-1945

WW2 - Munich crisis - barrage balloons Date: 1936

WW2 Christmas card, Balloon Barrage, Coventry
WW2 Christmas card, The Balloon Barrage, Coventry. Date: 1940

WW2 Christmas card, Balloon Barrage
WW2 Christmas card, 908 Squadron RAF, Balloon Barrage (based in Essex). Date: 1939

WW2 greetings card, Safety First, showing a sleeping bear with a barrage balloon on a piece of string. Date: circa 1942

WW2 Christmas card, barrage balloon with a delivery of food and drink. Date: circa 1942

WW1 - Heavy Artillery - French 40cm Railway Guns. Date: circa 1917

No Answer, by Bairnsfather
No Answer " Whats the matter with your ead Bill - Pelmanism? or caught it on a barrage?" A cartoon by Captain Bruce Bairnsfather in The Bystander, featuring Old Bill Date: 1918

The Growth of Democracy, by Bairnsfather
The Growth of Democracy Colonel Sir Valtravers Plantagenet gladly accepts a light, during a slight lull in a barrage, from a private in the Benin Rifles

Colonel de Barrage and his armour, Bairnsfather cartoon, WW1
Colonel de Barrage feels convinced that armours the thing under modern conditions. " Did you mend that puncture in his left hind leg, Smith

Horses running the gauntlet of the guns, 1917
Horses pulling ammunition supplies on the Ypres salient have to run through a crump barrage. Date: 1917

A Mesmeric Barrage by Heath Robinson, WW1
War Inventions Not Needed Now! William Heath Robinson imagines America in the field! 4. A mesmeric barrage crumpling up an enemy attack. Date: 1918

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