Bombed Collection (page 5)

Bombing of Bergues, France, Place de la Republique, WW1
Bombing of Bergues, France, showing the Cafe du Midi in the Place de la Republique, May 1915. Date: 1915

Bailey bridge near Rhine crossing, Germany, in the immediate postwar period. Date: circa 1946

Westende, Belgium -- ruined building, WW1
Westende, Belgium -- ruined building during WW1. Date: 1914-1918

Westende, Belgium -- ruined houses, WW1
Westende, Belgium -- ruined houses during WW1. Date: 1914-1918

Westende, Belgium -- ruined buildings, WW1
Westende, Belgium -- ruined buildings near Middelkerke during WW1. Date: 1914-1918

Westende, Belgium -- defence works and ruins, WW1
Westende, Belgium -- defence works and ruins during WW1. Date: 1914-1918

Reninghelst-Clytte, Belgium, WW1
Reninghelst-Clytte, road leading to Scherpenberg, Belgium, with damaged trees during WW1. Date: 1914-1918

WW1 - Damage to Paris following an air raid by Gotha Bombers
WW1 - Damage to Buildings on Rue Lafitte, Paris, France following an air raid by German Gotha Bombers on 8th March, 1918 Date: 1918

WW2 - London under fire - The Temple Church damaged during the bombing of the blitz. Date: circa 1941

The Church St Eloi at Dunkirk devastated in WW1
The Church of St Eloi (Eligius, also Eloy or Loye), Dunkirk, France - devastated during WW1. circa 1916

Courtrai (Kortrijk), Belgium -- Rue de la Plume, WW1
Courtrai (Kortrijk), Belgium -- bombed houses in the Rue de la Plume during WW1. Date: 1914-1918

Bombing of Bergues - damage to Place Gambetta, WW1
People clearing a corner of the Place Gambetta, in the French city of Bergues, after damage caused during WW1 bombing of the city. 1914-1915

Germany. Berlin. Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church. 1891-1895. Built by Franz Heinrich Schwechten (1841-1924). Bombed during World War II

Pdsa / Bombed Animals
Rescuing a dog from a bombed house during the blitz : the Peoples Dispensary for Sick Animals will take care of it and find it a quieter home. Date: 1940 - 1941

Bombed Buildings
A devastated landscape showing a ruined church and surrounding buildings; the ravages war. Date: 1940s

Scapa Flow Bombed
German bombers attack the British fleet at their base at Scapa Flow, Scotland, and do enormous damage to naval vessels Date: March 1940

Dismantling Cannon St station, winter of 1959
men working at night in the cold winter of January 1959 to dismantle the roof of Cannon Street train station in London, bomb damaged during the Second World War

Cannon Street station being dismantled in 1961
Dismantling one of Londons bombed buildings, Cannon Street station, which was built in 1866. The two towers still stand today. Date: 1961

Site around St. Pauls Cathedral being cleared
St. Pauls Cathedral, standing in a wilderness of bomb damage but with the area around being cleared ready for modern buildings. Picture shows foundations being laid for the Bank of England annexe

Japanese battleship Yamato hit by bombs
Japanese battleship Yamato hit by American bombs in the Battle of the Sibuyan Sea in October 1944, part of the Battle of Leyte Gulf, a huge naval battle off the Philippines in World War Two

Vickers Wellington IC -seen being bombed up

Hawker Typhoon Ib being bombed up

Reopening of the Little Theatre, 1920
Feature in The Sphere reporting on the reopening of the Little Theatre, Adelphi, London which opened its doors in 1920 after it had been destroyed in a bombing raid on 4 September 1917

Bombed Houses, Broughton, Lancashire
Bombed Houses, Broughton, Salford, near Manchester, Lancashire, England. World War Two Date: 1940s

Bombed Works, Broughton, Lancashire
Bombed Works, Broughton, Salford, near Manchester, Lancashire, England. World War Two Date: 1940s

Ruined houses at Bury St Edmunds following air raid, 1915
Firemen on the ruins of houses destroyed at Bury St Edmunds in Suffolk by incendiary bombs dropped in an air raid in 1915. Date: 1915

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

WW1 damage at Dormans - Saint-Hippolyte Church
Two young boys pose amid the damage at Dormans, Marne, France showing the ruined Saint-Hippolyte Church following heavy fighting in the village during WW1

London. Bombed Streets in 1941. Drawing and watercolor by Henry Moore. Drawing. Private Collection

First World War (1915). German Ludwieshafen factory being bombed by 18 French planes. Illustration by A. Matignon (1915)

The Limit, WW1 cartoon by Heath Robinson
Mrs Blennernuggit: " Well, now, I DO call that rude! And so many aeroplanes about, too!" A lady in her bath is surprised by a sudden air raid during the First World War. Date: 1918

Chapel of Tilloloy seen from interior of Chateau, WW1
View of the chapel of Tilloloy from the bombed out ruins of the chateau just south of the Somme. Date: 1918

Street scene in Verdun after German bombardment, WW1
Appearance of the town of Verdun after a heavy bombardment by German guns in 1916 in order to force French positions. The town was evacuated by civilians

An Unfinished Symphony - a Duet at the Front, WW1
Music in a war-wrecked room: a British officer and a French Alpine Chasseur playing near Ypres. Apparently the officer was a well-known musician and the grand piano was played, briefly

Notice by ruined church, Ypres, Belgium, WW1
Two army personnel and a nurse viewing a sign outside a ruined church. The sign reads: This Is Holy Ground. No Stone Of This Fabric May Be Taken Away. It Is A Heritage For All Civilised Peoples

A corner of the Spanish gardens at Derry and Toms, c. 1940s
A postcard showing a corner of the Spanish gardens at Derry and Toms roof garden, Kensington High Street, central London. This photograph shows the damaged bell-tower that was hit during World War

Street celebration with flags, VE Day
Standing amid the rubble of bombed homes, people celebrate with flags in Battersea, South London, to celebrate the end of the Second World War on VE Day. Date: 1945

How the Gotha plane aims its bombs, WW1
Diagram showing how the bomber in a Gotha plane aimed its bombs over Britain during the First World War. To reduce the element of luck

Blitz in City of London -- Bonhill Street
Blitz in the City of London -- fire damage due to an incendiary bomb in Bonhill Street, 15 October 1940, with firefighters in action with a hosepipe. Date: 1940

Scene in Shardeloes Road, New Cross, WW2
A panoramic night scene in Shardeloes Road, New Cross, during the Second World War, showing the aftermath of an air raid, 3 November 1944. Date: 1944

Blitz in London -- inside a bombed church, WW2
Blitz in London -- firefighters at work with a hosepipe inside a bombed church, 12 September 1940. Date: 1940

Blitz in City of London -- Newgate Street, WW2
Blitz in the City of London -- a group of firefighters in action in Newgate Street with a hosepipe, perched on a pile of rubble. Date: 1940s

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. Date: 1940

Blitz in London -- debris outside Soho fire station, WW2
Blitz in London -- piles of debris outside Soho fire station following an air raid, 7 October 1940. Date: 1940

Blitz in London -- rescue squad at sub-station, WW2
Blitz in London -- a rescue squad at work, searching the debris at 72Z fire sub-station following an air raid, 18 September 1940. Date: 1940

Blitz in London -- Cavendish Road, Balham, WW2
Blitz in London -- a battered Austin taxi car, damaged by falling debris following a direct hit on sub-fire station 86W, located at Cavendish Road School, Balham, SW London, 5 November 1940

Blitz in London -- Jewish Free School, WW2
Blitz in London -- the Jewish Free School following an air raid. Date: 1940s

Blitz in London -- salvage operation, WW2
Blitz in London -- a salvage operation on a bomb site following an air raid. Date: 1940s

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