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WW2 - Home Front - Woman in her Gas Mask. Date: circa 1941
Blitz - Fire at Surrey Commercial Docks, RotherhitheWarehouses ablaze (the left wing of the No.8 warehouse) following the heavy enemy bombing raids on the Surrey Commercial Docks in Rotherhithe
Winston Churchill inspecting the damage to the House of Commons after an attack during the Blitz
King George VI and Winston Churchill, 1940Wartime British Prime Minister, Winston Churchill photographed with King George VI and Queen Elizabeth at Buckingham Palace in September 1940 after the Palace had been damaged by German bombs during
Blitz in London -- St Bride Street, Farringdon Street, WW2Blitz in London -- St Bride Street and Farringdon Street, with firefighters at work in a smoky atmosphere and pedestrians walking by
WW2 Memorabilia - Damaged Cafe informing suppliersWW2 Home Front Memorabilia - Damaged Cafe Colette of Swallow Street, London sending information on a printed card to inform suppliers that (likely due to Bomb damage)
Blitz in London -- Regulars and Auxiliaries side by sideRegular London firefighters side by side with their Auxiliary (AFS) counterparts at Tottenham fire station. The building next door is Tottenham Town Hall
Winston Churchill in Bristol, 1941Winston Churchill visits bomb-damaged Bristol on 12th April 1941, during World War Two. Date: 12th April 1941
Blitz in London -- Whitechapel Fire StationWhitechapel Fire Station in Whitechapel Road having suffered heavy blast damage following a bombing raid on 8 September 1940
Damage to Canterbury Cathedral Library, WW2 - Baedeker Blitz" Canterbury under fire" - Damage sustained to the Cathedal LIbrary examined by Dr. Hewlett Johnson, Dean of Canterbury, by bombing on the city by German planes of the luftwaffe during WW2
WW2 - Chef cooking in a bombed-out street - Blitz, LondonWW2 - His restaurant and kitchen destroyed by German bombing, a Chef continues to cook al fresco in a bombed-out street - Blitz, London. Date: circa 1941
NFS (London Region) Pimlico V1 bombing attack, WW2The aftermath of a V1 flying bomb attack in Winchester Street, Pimlico. NFS firefighters join other rescue workers at the scene
King and Queen inspecting bomb damage at Buckingham PalaceKing George VI and Queen Elizabeth pictured among the rubble at Buckingham Palace following German air raids during the Blitz, September 1940
Princess Diana, William and Harry meeting firefightersPrincess Diana and her sons, Princes William and Harry, meeting firefighters at the The Blitz Remembered Service at St Pauls Cathedral, London, on 25 October 1990
The Blitz Remembered Service at St Pauls CathedralPrincess Diana an her sons, the princes William and Harry attending the The Blitz Remembered Service at St Pauls Cathedral, London
Blitz in London -- warehouses, Surrey Docks, WW2Warehouses ablaze following heavy bombing raids on the Surrey Commercial Docks in Rotherhithe, SE London. This raid took place on 7 September 1940
Careless Talk Costs Lives - WWII posterPoster warning of the dangers of gossiping and inadvertently giving away national secrets to the enemy during World War Two
Air Raid Drills at the Windmill TheatreAt the Windmill Theatre, London, the showgirls are given a crash course in fire-fighting and first aid. 1940
Blitz in London -- bomb disposal at Charing CrossBlitz in London -- soldiers using a trolley to remove a land mine on Hungerford Railway Bridge, Charing Cross, on 17 April 1941
Bomb damaged building, West India Docks, WW2A warehouse building with its top floor and roof damaged by an incendiary bomb, North Quay, West India Docks, East London, during the Second World War. Date: 1940s
Blitz in London -- Winkleys Wharf, Millwall, WW2Blitz in London -- Winkleys Wharf, Millwall, 22 March 1944. Showing firefighters in action on barrels of paraffin wax. Date: 1944
Blitz in London -- warehouses, Surrey Docks, WW2Warehouses in a smoky atmosphere following heavy bombing raids on the Surrey Commercial Docks in Rotherhithe, SE London. This raid took place on 7 September 1940
Bomb damage in Sidney Street, East London, WW2. Both sides of the entire street were shattered by two bombs. Date: 1940
Blitz in London -- AFS personnel receiving treatment, WW2With the Blitz still at its height, Londons firefighters and fire support crews are removed to local hospitals for emergency treatment after receiving injuries fighting the fires started by enemy
Evacuation as a National Service - PosterIt Might by You! Caring for Evacuees is a National Service circa 1942
Blitz in London -- Turnmill Street, Clerkenwell, WW2Blitz in London -- Turnmill Street, Clerkenwell. General view showing the fire damage caused by incendiary bombs on 21 February 1944, including the top floor of the Steam Pipe Company. Date: 1944
Blitz in London -- Auxiliary towing vehicle and trailer, WW2An example of an Auxiliary towing vehicle and its trailer pump, used during the London Blitz. Such units would have been allocated to sub-stations (under the control of a regular fire station)
City of London handcart with scrap bomb metal, WW2WW2 - City of London Corporation handcart containing scrap metal, including bomb ordinance, Southwark Bridge, London. The cart also contains iron railings and general household metalwork
LFB and the Blitz - Queen Victoria StreetThe moment that an unsupported front wall of a building, severely damaged by fire, dramatically collapsed into the street
View of City fires from St Pauls Cathedral, WW2Blitz in London -- view of City fires from St Pauls Cathedral following an air raid
Blitz in London -- rescue workers in bombed street, WW2Blitz in London -- rescue teams and building workers (not firefighters) searching and making safe houses in Sydney Street, East London, after a bombing raid in the East End
Blitz in London -- Greenwich fire station, WW2Blitz in London -- Greenwich fire station, SE London, suffered extensive bomb damage during the early days of the bombing campaign
Playing a piano amid the destruction - The BlitzOne of the men working on debris clearance in London succeeded in wresting a tune from this battered piano - circa late 1940
Old Coventry CathedralThe altar and east end of the cathedral of Saint Michael. Building began in 1373, on the site of an earlier cathedral. Mostly destroyed during the Blitz on 14 November 1940
St. Pauls after BlitzA bomb site next to St. Pauls Cathedral, London, seen from Bread Street after the World War Two Blitz
Firemen Hosing 1940Firemen using hoses on the inferno at Eastcheap, London EC, at the height of the Blitz
Blitz in London -- Union Road, Rotherhithe, WW2Blitz in London -- a large unexploded parachute bomb lying on a pile of timber at Union Road, Rotherhithe, SE London. Date: 1940s
Blitz in London -- pulling debris clear, WW2Blitz in London -- firefighters pulling debris clear following an air raid. Date: 1940s
Blitz in London -- Glengall Road, Peckham, WW2Blitz in London -- Glengall Road, Peckham, SE London, 12 September 1940. Date: 1940
Tea break for firefighters, London, WW2Tea break for a group of London firefighters, standing by an LCC canteen van. Date: 1940s
Blitz in London -- Saffron Hill, WW2Blitz in London -- men at work in Saffron Hill, City of London, 26 October 1940. Date: 1940
Blitz in London -- Chambers Wharf, Bermondsey, WW2Blitz in London -- firefighters in action with fire engines and hosepipes at Chambers Wharf, Bermondsey Wall, on 12 August 1944. Date: 1944
Thurstons Billiards House, Leicester Square - Bombed - 1940The bombed out remains of Thurstons Billiard House on Leicester Square during the Blitz on London, WWII. The corner building was hit by a parachute mine at 3:30am on 16th October 1940
Blitz in London, ship at Surrey Commercial Docks, WW2A badly damaged cargo ship at the Surrey Commercial Docks complex after being engulfed by the fires caused by heavy bombing raids during the Second World War
Blitz in London -- damage to tanks, Thames Haven, WW2Blitz in London -- damage to tanks, Thames Haven, near Thurrock, Essex, 7 September 1940. Firefighters trying to push a fire appliance (open topped pump)
Blitz in London -- Redriff Estate, Rotherhithe, WW2Blitz in London -- scene of destruction on the Redriff Estate, Rotherhithe, SE London, during the Second World War. Date: 1940s
A corner of London Wall, City of London. In the foreground is part of St, Giles Cripplegate Church, restored after having been burnt out during the Blitz in 1940. Date: early 1960s
