Damage Collection (page 17)

Interior of Arras Cathedral after German shell fire, WW1
View of the interior of Arras Cathedral after German shell fire, on the Western Front in France during World War One, taken from the altar at the east end. Date: circa 1917

Damaged German guns, Pozieres, France, WW1
German guns knocked out of action by British artillery at Pozieres, France, on the Western Front during World War One. 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

Damage to St Pauls Cathedral, London
The dangers which assail St Pauls Cathedral: vibration damage caused by nearby heavy traffic. Sectional view showing where the cracks in the building exist at the present time. Date: 1913

Question of the double bottom by G. H. Davis
The question of the double bottom: should it be strengthened? A sectional view through the double bottom of a great liner. 1912

RAF raid on German navy bases by G. H. Davis
The brilliant RAF raid on the German naval bases: a bomb hits a German battleship amidships. A German battleship attacked at Wilhelmshaven by a formation of British bombers swooping out of

Battle of the Philippines by G. H. Davis
The crushing rout of the Japanese Navy in the Battle of the Philippines during the Second World War. A map of the operations

Destructive force of flying bomb by G. H. Davis
Blast -- the main destructive force of the flying bomb in use during the Second World War. How and why it creates widespread damage

Coping with effects of bomb blast by G. H. Davis
The effects of bomb blast: how research and experiment have helped to cope with this vital problem during the Second World War. Date: 1941

Fire fighting on the Home Front by G. H. Davis
Fire fighting on the Home Front during the Second World War. Fighting the incendiary bomb menace in office buildings (left) and in residential districts (right). Date: 1941

British Hurricane ramming Italian raider by G. H. Davis
The new technique in air attack during the Second World War: a British Hurricane ramming an Italian raider in mid-air. The British pilot said of the incident

Rawalpindi outgunned by Deutschland by G. H. Davis
The first sea battle of the Second World War: the British armed merchant cruiser Rawalpindis heroic stand, outgunned by the Deutschland

Mending Atlantic cables by G. H. Davis
Mending earthquake-torn Atlantic cables: methods and tools. How the Atlantic cables broken by the submarine earthquake (18 November) are repaired: perilous work in winter. Date: 1929

Bottles in the ruins of Termonde, Belgium, WW1
Bottles in the ruins of Termonde (Dendermonde), Belgium, during the early stages of the First World War. The town had been badly damaged during a German attempt to advance. Date: September 1914

Belgian troops in Termonde, WW1
Belgian troops in Termonde (Dendermonde), Belgium, during the early stages of the First World War. The town had been badly damaged during a German attempt to advance

Ground defence against enemy air attacks, WW1
Examples of ground defence against enemy air attacks during the First World War. Showing bomb-dropping by hand from an aeroplane, an aeroplane being transported on a military motor

Damaged stands at Sheffield United Football ground (Bramall Lane) following bombing raids on the city during World War Two. Date: 1944

Tree growing in damaged stand at Manchester United
The damaged main stand at Old Trafford, the home of Manchester United Football Club. W G Roughton views the tree that grew in the Grandstand. Date: 1944

Three scenes in German occupied Vise, Belgium, WW1
Three scenes in German occupied Vise, Belgium, at the start of the First World War. Top left: a damaged house, with German soldiers in the street

house of ex-President of Mexico Francisco I. Madero
The house of ex-President of Mexico Francisco I. Madero, assassinated on 22nd February 1913 - Mexico City, Mexico. Date: 1913

Bomb damage at the Leysian Mission building during WW2. London

British soldiers at work, Western Front, France, WW1
British soldiers at work on the Western Front in France during World War One. They are army navvies, recycling bricks from a ruined building to construct roads. Date: circa 1917

British troops in snow, Western Front, France, WW1
British troops travelling through snow on the Western Front in France during World War One. Date: circa 1916

Effect of high explosive shell, Western Front, WW1
The effect of a high explosive shell in a town on the Western Front in France during World War One. Date: circa 1916

Village on Western Front, France, WW1
Scene in a ruined village on the Western Front in France during World War One, with British troops and a tank. Date: circa 1916

Church at Neuve Eglise, Western Front, WW1
The bombed-out church at Neuve Eglise (Nieuwkerke) on the Western Front in Belgium during World War One. Date: circa 1916

Chonqing bombed
The Chinese city of Chongqing (Chungking) after a Japanese bombing raid Date: September 1943

Body armour and visors by G. H. Davis
Body armour and visors: medieval style protection for the British army during the Second World War. This protection stops small

Chateau de Mondemont, France, in ruins during WW1
The Chateau de Mondemont, near the river Aisne in north eastern France, in ruins after the Battle of the Marne in the early stages of the First World War

Sketches in Ostend, Belgium, after WW1 bombing
Sketches in Ostend, Belgium, after bombing during a Zeppelin raid in the early stages of the First World War. Showing scenes at the railway station, in the fish market

Town Hall at Louvain, Belgium, WW1
The Town Hall at Louvain, Belgium, with an inset of Kaiser Wilhelm II at the start of the First World War. The caption suggests that the building, in Brabantine late gothic style

Womens Royal Air Force -- Dopers Tea
Illustration, Eight Months with the Womens Royal Air Force. Showing women painters and dopers having a tea break, while one toasts a slice of bread at the open door of a hot stove

Mending household items 1944
Make Do and Mend. During World War Two women became very resourceful, they tackled repairs and maintenance of many clothing and household items, that today we would just throw away and replace. 1944

Gotha raid on Paris, WW1
Street scene after a Gotha (German heavy bomber) raid on Paris during the First World War. Date: circa 1918

Scene outside a garage, with a burning car. Date: 1932

Bomb damaged building during WW2
A bomb damaged building in Germany during the Second World War. Date: circa 1940s

Man walking under collapsed structure, WW2
A man walking out from under a collapsed metal structure during the Second World War. Date: circa 1940s

Two disabled tanks during WW2
Two disabled tanks at the side of a building in Germany during the Second World War. Date: circa 1940s

Wall pierced by shell
A man points to where a wall of the National Bank, 4 foot thick, has been pierced by a shell in Madras, India, during World War One. Date: C.1914

Damage from SMS Emden in Madras, India, WWI
Damaged building in Madras (now Chennai), India, after shelling by German light cruiser SMS Emden on 22nd September 1914 during World War One. Date: 22nd September 1914

Sailing club in Madras damaged by SMS Emden
The sailing club building on the beach in Madras (now Chennai), India, damaged by a shell fired from the German light cruiser SMS Emden in World War One

Bombarded by German war-ship 1914
On 16th December 1914, Scarborough was attacked by the Imperial German Navy, damage to a house in the Cresent, Scarborough. Date: 1914

GLC-LFB Fire investigation evidence photograph
The aftermath of a fatal fire at 10 The Glebe, Blackheath, SE London, showing the corridor and smoke damage to the walls. Date: 1975

Mahdis Tomb - Omdurman, Sudan
The Mahdis Tomb - Omdurman, Sudan. Tomb of Muhammad Ahmad, self- declared Mahdi in 1881. In his reform of Islam he replaced the pilgrimage to Mecca with the obligation to serve in the holy war

English coast resort bombarded by German war-ship
On 16th December 1914, Scarborough was attacked by the Imperial German Navy, damage to a boarding-house on St. Nicholas Cliff, Scarborough. Date: 1914

Ruined buildings, WWI
Buildings in an unidentified location (Northern France or Belgium), badly damaged by shelling and fighting during the First World War. Date: circa 1921

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

Street scene with damaged car
Street scene with people gathered round a damaged car. Water from the broken radiator appears to be running into the gutter

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