Bombardments Collection

WW1 - Recruitment Poster - York Railway Station
WW1 - A series of Recruitment posters calling on Men of the North to join the Armed forces - York Railway Station, 1914. A large noticeboard with a message urging me to join up

Spanish Civil War (1936-1939). Real Academia de San Fernando after the bombardments over Madrid. SPAIN. Barcelona. Biblioteca de Catalunya (National Library of Catalonia)

la Maison Queens Own Rifles of Canada D Day 6 June
Despite the heavy bombardments from sea and air this building retained its form and shape as can be seen in this D Day picture displayed outside today

Italo-Turkish War (1911-12) - Courage
An Italian postcard entitled " Courage! Victory is Nigh!". The Italo Turkish War was launched by Italy against Turkey, with the aim of gaining Libya

Congreve / Earthworks
The rockets developed by William Congreve in 1804 are here shown fired from earthworks in bombardments Date: 1827

Ypres, Belgium, Cloth Hall and St. Martins Cathedral WWI
Photograph of the town of Ypres, showing the ruins of the Cloth Hall and St. Martins Cathedral after bombardments. Date: 1 July 1915

Sphere cover - East Coast bombardments, Hartlepool chapel
The bombardment of the East Coast - the scene outside a Hartlepool Baptist Chapel. Scene painted by Fortunino Matania based on a sketch by fellow Sphere artist, G. H

The East Coast is SO bracing, WW1 cartoon
The East Coast is SO bracing - with apologies to the famous " Hassall" poster. Cartoon by J. H. Thorpe referencing John Hassalls famous jolly Skegness is so bracing travel poster

Advertisement for the resort of Scarborough, 1914
Advertisement extolling the delights of the bracing Yorkshire coast as a holiday destination, specifically the seaside resort of Scarborough

Map of the East Coast Bombardments, WW1
A map of the North East coast of Britain, showing Hartlepool, Whitby and Scarborough, the scene of shelling by German battle cruisers in December 1914

Preliminary artillery bombardments in Battle of Flanders
Keeping the gunners posted as to targets and ranges in action: Telephoning instructions from observation-officers to the batteries from a captured German dug-out. Date: 1917

Ypres / Cloth Hall
The Cloth Hall, seriously damaged in the bombardments of World War One

All Professionally Made to Order for Quick Shipping