Civilian Collection (page 8)

Canadian journalists visit France, Western Front, WW1
Canadian journalists visiting the Western Front in France during World War One. Seen here with Lord Lovat at a Canadian sawmill. Date: circa 1916

Shell damage in Hartlepool, WW1
Shell damage to buildings in Hartlepool after a night of bombing during the First World War. Diagrams show the path of a shell, damaging houses and industrial chimneys. 16 December 1914

Shanghai refugees seek refuge
Chinese civilian refugees from the Nantao part of Shanghai gather outside the gates of the French Concession hoping to be admitted and find refuge Date: 1937

Reflections by Arthur Watts
A man tries on civilian clothes in a tailors or draper and considers his reflection which brings back memories of his time spent serving as a British soldier during World War One. Date: 1919

Two civilian scenes in Berlin, WW1
Two civilian scenes in Berlin in the early part of the First World War, asking the question: Has Germany Also Her Slackers? Above, an afternoon crowd in Unter den Linden

Cartoon story, Escaping the War, WW1
First World War cartoon story, Escaping the War. A man looks forward to the weekend in the country, thinking he will escape all the war news

Gordon Highlanders marching through Plymouth, WW1
Men of the Gordon Highlanders marching through Plymouth, with Colonel W E Gordon leading them on horseback, and civilians following them on either side, in the early days of the First World War

Football in aid of Prince of Wales Fund, WW1
A crowd of spectators at the first football match of the season at Chelsea. Receipts went towards the Prince of Wales War Fund. Date: August 1914

Are you in Khaki? by Fish
The courage that dares the shot and shell is infinitesimal compared to the bravery of the young man in mufti who in the restaurants dares the cutting contempt of the khaki-clad heroes

Lord Reading jumps over trench, Western Front, WW1
Lord Reading, British Lord Chief Justice, jumping over a trench during a visit to the Western Front in France, World War One. Date: circa 1916

British aeroplanes for private ownership by G. H. Davis
Aircraft for the owner-pilot: British aeroplanes designed and built solely for private ownership. Showing 1945 examples of the family aeroplane of the future -- sturdy, reliable, and easy to fly

Protection of the home from air raids by G. H. Davis
Countering the air raid menace: the protection of the home during the Second World War. Refuges from bombs in every home: types of private shelters. Date: 1940

The Croxton outrage by G. H. Davis
One of several German attacks on North Sea fishing trawlers, later countered by arming them: the Croxton outrage. How the unarmed Croxton was machine-gunned and bombed until she sank

Irish contingent of UPS arriving at Epsom, Surrey, WW1
The Irish contingent of the UPS (University and Public Schools Brigade) arriving at Epsom, Surrey, during the early stages of the First World War. Date: 1914

SAVA armoured car, WW1
A SAVA armoured car, used by the Belgian army during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

Womens Royal Air Force -- Signing On
Illustration, Eight Months with the Womens Royal Air Force. Showing women Signing On for service -- we plunge into the unknown. Date: 1919-1920

German shell damaged Scarborough 1914
On 16th December 1914, Scarborough was attacked by the Imperial German Navy, shop in South Street, Scarborough where a man was killed in the street. Date: 1929

Portrait of a young man, 1909
A bandsman in civilian clothing from the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers, when based in Malta in 1909. (This may be W G H Golding, whose personal photograph album this picture appears in.) Date: 1909

Workmens dwellings damaged by the mass German airship raid
On the night of the 31st January 1916, Zeppelins of the German Navy attacked the Midlands causing extensive damage. Air raid sirens were used for the first time to warn the civilian population of

Potential army recruit looks at the proclamation
Two soldiers look on as a civilian reads the notice which shows how volunteers can enlist. These soldiers were known as Kitcheners Men and were often from the same factory or town

Wolseley in Civvies
GARNET JOSEPH, first viscount WOLSELEY military commander, in civilian dress for a change ! Date: 1833 - 1913

Sir George Murray - 1
SIR GEORGE MURRAY Military commander depicted in civilian dress Date: 1772 - 1846

Lamoriciere - 3
CHRISTOPHE LEON LOUIS JUCHAULT de LAMORICIERE French military commander and statesman, in civilian dress. with his autograph Date: 1806 - 1865

Two off-work clowns attract attention in a Garrison Town
In a Garrison Town. First Loafer to second Loafer (as out friends from the circus pass by) - " Officers!". This is likely to derive from the two clowns often getting entangled with the law

Italian Civilian Regiment, 245th Legione Milizia Avanguardia
Legione Principe di Piemonte. Italian Civilian Regiment - Militia (245th Legione Milizia Avanguardia). Shown in development from Roman times through to the present day WW2 (1941) era. Date: 1941

Aleppo - Syria - The Civilian Hospital. Photograph taken during the French occupation in the 1920s. Date: circa 1910s

The old and the new Air BNRE team to the rescue
The old and the new. Air BNRE team to the rescue of a civilian aircraft lorry, Larkhill, 1911

LCC-LFB fireboat Beta III on sea trials
Civilian marine engineers on the Beta III fireboat during her sea trials prior to being placed in operational service

A Russian civilian gets upset during a game of go, while his Japanese opponent appears confident of victory. Date 1904 or 1905

Join now The office of civilian defense needs you for decontamination squads. Poster encouraging civilians to join civil defense squads, showing a man in uniform spraying a building

Train to be a nurses aide Phone your boro Civilian Defense Volunteer Office. Poster encouraging women to become nurses aides for the Civilian Defense Volunteer Office

Cools-Lartigues visiting scout training course, Dominica
Sir Alfred Cools-Lartigue and Lady Lartigue, local dignitaries, visiting a preliminary scout training course in Dominica, West Indies. 1950s

Sketches of people by Reverend Baden Powell (1796-1860), father of Robert Baden Powell. The main subject is a Before and After representation of an unemployed man in civilian clothes (right)

Scouts on parade for Commissioner, Grenada, West Indies
Scouts on parade for the Island Commissioner in Grenada, West Indies. 1949

Metropolitan police dog handler training dog in field
A Metropolitan Police dog handler training an Alsatian dog in a field. The handler is in civilian clothes, playing the role of a criminal, and has just fired a gun near the dogs head

Metropolitan Police officers in an informal group photograph
A large group of Metropolitan Police officers in an informal group photograph, in a back garden or yard with hanging baskets above them

Metropolitan Police communications control box
A man in civilian clothes in a Metropolitan Police communications control box. He is surrounded by communications equipment, is wearing headphones and holding a speaker in his hand. Date: early 1930s

Metropolitan Police group photograph
A Metropolitan Police group photograph -- most of the men are in uniform, with three men in civilian dress, and two boys. Date: circa 1885

Poster advertising the Territorial Army. Lets be prepared to defend the peace we re working to win. Volunteer with me for the Territorial Army, 9 divisions strong, with modern equipment

Street scene in Austria, WW1
Street scene in Austria around the time of the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

Sultan Hussein Kamel of Egypt, and WW1 poem
A portrait of Sultan Hussein Kamel of Egypt (1853-1917), who ruled from 1914-1917, during the British protectorate. On either side of him is a poem by Sidney Low, entitled The Martyrs

Civilian refugees leaving Ypres, Belgium, WW1
Civilian refugees leaving Ypres, Belgium, during the First World War. Date: 2 November 1914

Civilian refugees near Ghent, Belgium, WW1
Civilian refugees resting at the side of a rail track near Ghent, Belgium, during the First World War. Date: 9 October 1914

Serbian refugees during retreat, Macedonia, WW1
Serbian refugees during the retreat, in Macedonia during the First World War. Date: 1915

Belgian civilians on a quayside, WW1
Belgian civilians on a quayside during the First World War. Some of them are looking upwards, and a soldier at the centre is pointing a rifle. Date: 1914-1918

Capture of Monastir, Macedonia, WW1
Scene during the capture of Monastir (now Bitola), Macedonia, during the First World War, with soldiers walking and civilians in the streets, and people looking down from balconies

Civilian refugees from Ypres, Belgium, WW1
Civilian refugees from Ypres, Belgium, during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

Belgian civilians, WW1
Belgian civilians, including a child, during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

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