Instruction booklet, Knitting for the RAF, WW2Cover design, instruction booklet, Knitting for the RAF, World War Two, price one shilling. circa 1940
British trooper meets French woman on the road to Lille, WW1A poignant scene captured by the Sphere magazines special artist, Fortunino Matania showing a British trooper riding through a devastated French landscape and stopping to speak to a French woman
Flying for the Summer Week-end by C. E. TurnerIllustration from 1928 by C.E. Turner reflecting the growing rise of civilian flying in the 1920s. The caption reads, ...only last month there was a house-party at which the ten guests
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
Coastguards and civilians of Leysdown, Isle of SheppeyCommemorative postcard, Heroes All! Five brave coastguards and two civilians of Leysdown, Isle of Sheppey, Kent, who rescued 20 members of the 2nd Walworth Boy Scouts Troop who got into difficulties
Leningrad SymphonyDimitri Shostakovich and Yevgeny Mravinsky with the Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra. Together they would premier eight of the composers fifeteen symphonies
WW1 Recruitment Poster -- Whos Absent?Whos Absent? - Is It You? Chromolithograph recruitment poster, published by the Parliamentary Recruiting Committee. Printed by Andrew Reid and Company Limited, 50 Grey Street, Newcastle-upon-Tyne
Britains Brabazon I passenger aircraft by G. H. DavisA Leviathan of the skies: Britains Brabazon I airliner, designed to carry 72 long-distance passengers. A mammoth aerial express able to cover the England-Australia route in 48 hours
Worton, Wiltshire - WWII - Civilian Fire Fighters and their trailer fire engine! Date: circa 1941
Policeman and policewoman with gas masksA policeman and a policewoman wearing civilian gas masks outside Harrow Road Police Station (X Division) before the outbreak of World War Two. The respirator is contained in the canvas bag
U-Boat - Deutschland - crossing the Atlantic OceanU-Boat Deutschland - the first submarine to cross the Atlantic Ocean - pictured arriving in Baltimore with Civilian Captain Paul Konig in July 1916
German bomb damage in ColchesterA photograph of Quartermaster-Sergeant Radjohn and his wife and baby son among the wreckage in their back-yard caused by a German bomb in February 1915
Finsbury Rifles Dart Club, North LondonGroup photo, Finsbury Rifles Dart Club outside their headquarters and drill hall, 17 Penton Street, Islington, North London. Date: 1930
Statue of Li Hongzhang, Xujiahui, ChinaStatue of Li Hongzhang (1823-1901), at Xujiahui (Zikawei, Siccawei, Siccawi) in the Xuhui District of Shanghai. Li Hongzhang (also Li Hung-chang)
With the Army, Derby recruit measured for uniform, WW1A Derby recruit in civilian clothes is measured up for his uniform during the First World War. Date: 1916
Food being unloaded in the Channel Islands; Second World WarPhotograph showing the unloading of crates of food in St. Peter Port, Guernsey, 1945. After nearly five years of German occupation the civilian population of the islands had very little food
Leningrad LibraryReading in the library despite constant bombing - during the siege, bombs landed about every 3 minutes. The sign reads Please keep quiet
Leningrad Blood DonorA blood donor during the siege
Leningrad CabbagesPicking cabbages from the vegetable patches in front of St Isaacs Cathedral
British Tommies WelcomedA British tommy is given a warm welcome by civilian French women
Students of the Empire Test Pilots? School during a vis?Students of the Empire Test Pilots? School during a visit to Rotol Ltd, Gloucester. Capt N.F. Harrison, DSO, SaF, extreme right; and H. Read, Rotol Instruction School, in civilian dress
Arriving after a gas attack, ARP training exercise during WW2
Removing clothing and burning it after a gas attack, ARP training exercise during WW2
Stretcher carrying technique, ARP training exercise during WW2
Giving treatment after a gas attack, ARP training exercise during WW2
Helping someone on fire, ARP training exercise during WW2
Applying artificial respiration, ARP training exercise during WW2
Using a stirrup pump, ARP training exercise during WW2
A Fire Party, ARP training exercise during WW2
Incendiary devices, ARP training exercise during WW2
Building an Anderson shelter, ARP training exercise during WW2
Removing an unexploded incendiary bomb, ARP training exercise during WW2
Helping to put on gas masks, ARP training exercise during WW2
Lockheed 18 Lodestar N9932FLockheed 18-07 Lodestar N9932F (msn 18-2068, ex NC34900, ex42-53499, ex AX720, ex T.4-2), at Oxford-Kidlington Airport. (Lockheed C-56C Lodestar - Civilian Model 18-07 NC34900 impressed by USAAF as)
Douglas R4D-8 50772United States Navy - Douglas R4D-8 50772 (MSN 43337) (ex USAAF 43-49092 / 14908/26353). Modified to R4D-8 with new MSN 43337 and operated as JM 772 from September 1952 to June 1954
RMS Lusitania - propaganda medal, leaflet and other itemsRMS Lusitania - Carlton ware model 6.5 inches, together with German propaganda medal, leaflet, and other items. The bronze German Lusitania medal was designed by Karl Goetz
Captain Edward J. Smith, three photographsCaptain of the Titanic, Edward J. Smith - two original unpublished candid family photographs of E.J. Smith and his family, plus one other
Captain Edward J. Smith, portrait photographFuture Captain of the Titanic, Edward J. Smith - original unpublished first generation studio portrait phoograph taken in New York in 1909. 8 x 6 inches. Date: 1909
Lady Burghley, Ambulance DriverFront cover photograph of Lady Burghley, Ambulance Driver. Captioned, Lady Burghley, sister of H.R.H. the Duchess of Gloucester, and wife of Lord Burghley, M.P:, the well-known athlete
German men, some in uniform or military caps, WW1Group of German men, some in uniform and/or military caps, WW1 Date: 1914-1918
Wearing gas masksCartoon demonstrating how the social graces can still flourish, even when gas-masked. Date: 1939
Sir Edmund Ironside (1880-1959), also Field Marshal and 1st Baron Ironside, pictured shortly before his appointment as Chief of the Imperial General Staff on 3rd September. Date: 1939
Advert for Standard Cars, temporarily unavailable for civilian purchase, due to the war. Date: 1943
Mercedes D. III, 160hp 6-cylinder water-cooled aero-engineMercedes D.III, (Daimler F1466), 6-cylinder water-cooled aero-engine, used in many World War One German military aircraft as well as civilian aircraft post-war
Savoia Marchetti SM-81A Savoia Marchetti Sm-81 Bomber Dropping Bombs in Formation with Biplane Fighter During the Spanish Civil War Date: 1930s
The Village of Waterloo, with travellers purchasing relicsThe Village of Waterloo, with travellers purchasing the relics that were found in the field of battle, 1815 (c).Oil on panel, signed lower left Geo Jones, by George Jones (1786-1869), 1821 (c)
Spanish Civil War (1936-1939). Armoured car
Cartoon, Close Formation, WW1Cartoon, Close Formation, commenting on harsh German tactics on the battlefield during the First World War. Before the war, Kaiser Wilhelm defended his use of close formation of troops
