Civilian Collection

Coastguards and civilians of Leysdown, Isle of Sheppey
Commemorative postcard, Heroes All

Instruction booklet, Knitting for the RAF, WW2
Cover design, instruction booklet, Knitting for the RAF, World War Two, price one shilling. circa 1940

Flying for the Summer Week-end by C. E. Turner
Illustration from 1928 by C.E. Turner reflecting the growing rise of civilian flying in the 1920s

British trooper meets French woman on the road to Lille, WW1
A poignant scene captured by the Sphere magazines special artist

Leningrad Symphony
Dimitri Shostakovich and Yevgeny Mravinsky with the Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra. Together they would premier eight of the composers fifeteen symphonies

Air Raid Drills at the Windmill Theatre
At the Windmill Theatre, London, the showgirls are given a crash course in fire-fighting and first aid. 1940

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. Davis
A Leviathan of the skies: Britains Brabazon I airliner, designed to carry 72 long-distance passengers

With the Army, Derby recruit measured for uniform, WW1
A Derby recruit in civilian clothes is measured up for his uniform during the First World War. Date: 1916

Qe2 Liner in Dock
The Liner Queen Elizabeth II (QE2) in dock at Southampton Date: 2005

Worton, Wiltshire - WWII - Civilian Fire Fighters and their trailer fire engine! Date: circa 1941

Statue of Li Hongzhang, Xujiahui, China
Statue of Li Hongzhang (1823-1901), at Xujiahui (Zikawei, Siccawei, Siccawi) in the Xuhui District of Shanghai

Policeman and policewoman with gas masks
A 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 Ocean
U-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 Colchester
A 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 London
Group photo, Finsbury Rifles Dart Club outside their headquarters and drill hall, 17 Penton Street, Islington, North London. Date: 1930

Food being unloaded in the Channel Islands; Second World War
Photograph showing the unloading of crates of food in St. Peter Port, Guernsey, 1945

Leningrad Library
Reading in the library despite constant bombing - during the siege, bombs landed about every 3 minutes. The sign reads Please keep quiet

Leningrad Blood Donor
A blood donor during the siege

Leningrad Cabbages
Picking cabbages from the vegetable patches in front of St Isaacs Cathedral

British Tommies Welcomed
A British tommy is given a warm welcome by civilian French women

Comic postcard, Woman reads news headlines. Date: 1914-1918

Comic postcard, Neutral American with newspaper. Date: 1914-1918

Comic postcard, Little boy reads news headlines. Date: 1914-1918

Comic postcard, Soldier versus civilian - a clear winner! Date: 1914-1918

Comic postcard, Three little boys want to join the army. Date: 1914-1918

Comic postcard, Little girl wants to be a soldier. Date: 1914-1918

Comic patriotic postcard, wartime recruitment - man with Derby Scheme armband, showing that he is signed up and ready for active service, as and when required. Date: circa 1915

Comic postcard, passengers on an underground train - the man standing is wearing a Derby Scheme armband, showing that he is signed up and ready for active service, as and when required

Comic postcard, woman marches man to recruiting office. Date: 1914-1918

Comic postcard, man smoking on a bench - Your King and Country Need You! Date: 1914-1918

Comic postcard, wartime recruitment, from hunched office worker to proud soldier. Date: 1940s

Comic postcard, wartime recruitment. Date: 1914-1918

Postcard, Couple on bench with soldier standing alongside - Retreat! NEVER!! Date: 1914-1918

Comic postcard, Drunken man asks scarecrow where his Derby Scheme armband is, showing that he is signed up and ready for active service. Date: circa 1915

Comic postcard, Man in a muddy street, pretending to be in the trenches, watched by policeman. A Derby Scheme armband on his jacket shows that he is signed up and ready for active service

Comic postcard, Fat man after his army medical. A Derby Scheme armband tied round his waist shows that he is signed up and ready for active service, as and when required, despite his excess weight

Three young men in a field beside a tent, two of them with rifles Date: circa 1910s

Serbiana??Ottoman Wars (1876-1878). Serbia. Organisation
The Eastern Question. Serbiana??Ottoman Wars (1876-1878). Serbia declared war on the Ottoman Empire on June 30, 1876. Serbia. Organisation of insurgent groups. Drawing by P. Kauffmann

Serbiana??Ottoman Wars (1876-1878). Arrival of
The Eastern Question. Serbiana??Ottoman Wars (1876-1878). Serbia declared war on the Ottoman Empire on June 30, 1876. Arrival of a Serbian group of volunteers in a village. Engraving

Russo-Turkish War (1877-1878). Russian troop post. Engraving. La Guerra de Oriente (The Russo-Turkish War). Volume II. 1877

Polikarpov I-16 Rata
A Parked Formation of Polikarpov I-16 Ratas During the Spanish Civil War with Pilot Standing in Front Date: 1930s

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

Avro 691 Lancastrian 3
The British South American Airways Bsaa Avro Lancastrian G-Agwh Named Stardust That Mysteriously Disappeared on 2 August 1947 in the Andes Mountains, in Chile, Having Crashed. Date: 1946

Messerschmitt Bf-109D-1
A Messerschmitt Bf-109 Named Luchs (Lynx) Parked During the Spanish Civil War. This Aircraft Was Flown by Haptman Werner Molders of 3.J/88 Usually Based in La Ceina, Spain Date: 1938

Messerschmitt Bf-109
A Messerschmitt Bf-109 Parked During the Spanish Civil War Date: 1938

Police officers socialising at a Section House, London
Police officers, male and female, socialising in a sitting room at a Met Police Section House in London

Alfa Romeo 1900 M Matta, given the designation AR 51 ( AR - Autovettura da Ricognizione - Reconnaissance Car). A civilian version was also produced in limites numbers as the AR52. Date: circa 1990

Douglas DC-6B I-DIMT - MM61923
Aeronautica Militaire - Douglas DC-6B I-DIMT / MM61923 (msn 43217 / 166, coded SM-8), of 306 Grupo at RAF Northolt in September 1966

Sopwith Pup Replica G-EBKY - N6180
Sopwith Pup Replica G-EBKY / N6181 (msn W/O 30/04/14), a converted Sopwith Dove, built as a civilian 2-seat Pup, of the Shuttleworth Collection at Old Warden. Date: circa 2000

Sopwith Pup Conversion G-EBKY - N5180
Sopwith Pup Conversion G-EBKY / N5180 (msn W/O 3004/14), a converted Sopwith Dove, built as a civilian 2-seat Pup, of the Shuttleworth Collection at Old Warden. Date: circa 2000

Short-Bombardier C-23B Sherpa 93-01325
United States Army - Short/Bombardier C-23B Sherpa 93-01325 (MSN SH.3409, ex SH.3646, ex G-14-3646, ex G-BLIJ, ex N634KC)

General Dynamics F-16C Fighting Falcon 84-1389
United States Air Force (USAF) - General Dynamics F-16C Block 25F Fighting Falcon 84-1389 (MSN 5C-171), of the 10th Tactical Fighter Squadron

General Dynamics F-16C Fighting Falcon 84-1389
United States Air Force (USAF) - General Dynamics F-16C Block 25F Fighting Falcon 84-1389 (MSN 5C-171), of the 10th Tactical Fighter Squadron

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 N9932F
Lockheed 18-07 Lodestar N9932F (msn 18-2068, ex NC34900, ex42-53499, ex AX720, ex T.4-2), at Oxford-Kidlington Airport

Douglas R4D-8 50772
United 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 items
RMS 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 photographs
Captain 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 photograph
Future 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 Driver
Front cover photograph of Lady Burghley, Ambulance Driver. Captioned, Lady Burghley, sister of H.R.H

German men, some in uniform or military caps, WW1
Group of German men, some in uniform and/or military caps, WW1 Date: 1914-1918

Wearing gas masks
Cartoon 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-engine
Mercedes 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-81
A 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 relics
The 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, WW1
Cartoon, Close Formation, commenting on harsh German tactics on the battlefield during the First World War

Moroccan civilians on the Green March
A road is filled with trucks and buses carrying Moroccan civilian men into Western Sahara to take part in the Green March, a mass demonstration of 350, 000 people organised by King Hassan II

Page of adverts for women 1941
Page of two adverts. Left ad from Ats, - Auxiliary Territorial Service, promoting active service for vital roles during the Second World War for women

How to Make Roof-Spotting a Pleasure
William Heath Robinson invention for keeping watch from attack. A warden perched up high above the streets with an umbrella for protection, tea-cup-holder and an easy chair. Date: 1941

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