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Brudenell Magna CartaThe Brudenell Magna Carta, document on vellum, dated 12 October 1297, with a substantial fragment of the Great Seal of Edward I. The original Magna Carta was issued in Latin in 1215
Cutty Sark in 1923The famous tea clipper Cutty Sark in Surrey Docks. The iconic craft now housed in dry dock at Greenwich was severely damaged by a fire whilst under restoration on 21st May 2007
British Guns dash through French townA British Artillery piece is rushed at a gallop through the market-place of a French town, the square surrounded by shell damaged buildings
WW2 Memorabilia - Damaged Cafe informing suppliersWW2 Home Front Memorabilia - Damaged Cafe Colette of Swallow Street, London sending information on a printed card to inform suppliers that (likely due to Bomb damage)
Winston Churchill in Bristol, 1941Winston Churchill visits bomb-damaged Bristol on 12th April 1941, during World War Two. Date: 12th April 1941
Blitz in London -- Whitechapel Fire StationWhitechapel Fire Station in Whitechapel Road having suffered heavy blast damage following a bombing raid on 8 September 1940
WW2 Aircraft - A Spitfire and Heinkel 111KWW2 - Engagement in the air between a German Heinkel 111K long-range bomber and an RAF Spitfire, which has secured a hit. Date: circa 1941
NFS (London Region) Pimlico V1 bombing attack, WW2The aftermath of a V1 flying bomb attack in Winchester Street, Pimlico. NFS firefighters join other rescue workers at the scene
German Fokker D VII fighter plane, WW1A German Fokker D VII fighter plane on an airfield towards the end of the First World War. It had a 180 hp Mercedes engine, and was a single-seat fighter plane
New Tredegar Colliery, Rhymney Valley, South WalesAn engine house damaged by subsidence at New Tredegar Colliery, Rhymney Valley, South Wales. This colliery suffered from many landslips and other geological problems, and eventually closed in 1930
King and Queen inspecting bomb damage at Buckingham PalaceKing George VI and Queen Elizabeth pictured among the rubble at Buckingham Palace following German air raids during the Blitz, September 1940
IRA bombing of the Houses of Parliament, WestminsterThe fire started after the IRA planted an explosive device in Westminster Hall, Houses of Parliament, 17 June 1974. The 20 lb explosive device caused extensive damage
Blitz in London -- warehouses, Surrey Docks, WW2Warehouses ablaze following heavy bombing raids on the Surrey Commercial Docks in Rotherhithe, SE London. This raid took place on 7 September 1940
Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church, Berlin, GermanyThe Protestant Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church (Kaiser-Wilhelm-Gedachtniskirche) on the Kurfurstendamm in Berlin, Germany. It was badly damaged in a bombing raid in 1943
Bomb damaged building, West India Docks, WW2A warehouse building with its top floor and roof damaged by an incendiary bomb, North Quay, West India Docks, East London, during the Second World War. Date: 1940s
Scene with ships during the Spanish Armada, when the expedition sent by King Philip II of Spain was met by the Royal Navy and out-manoeuvred. The surviving Spanish ships were badly damaged in storms
Piper J3 Cub - OY-ECTPiper J3C-65 Cub - OY-ECT (msn 22617 f/n 16485) Manufactured 1946. Previous regns NC4492M, N4492M, D-EDAP, OY-ECT. Damaged 12.12.1979, rebuilt with parts from D-ELAT( c/n 12881 f/n 8644)
Warships in a Heavy Storm, c. 1695, by Ludolf Bakhuysen (163Ludolf Bakhuysen (1631-1708). Dutch painter. Warships in a Heavy Storm, c. 1695. Rijksmuseum. Amsterdam. Holland
Blitz in London -- Winkleys Wharf, Millwall, WW2Blitz in London -- Winkleys Wharf, Millwall, 22 March 1944. Showing firefighters in action on barrels of paraffin wax. Date: 1944
Blitz in London -- warehouses, Surrey Docks, WW2Warehouses in a smoky atmosphere following heavy bombing raids on the Surrey Commercial Docks in Rotherhithe, SE London. This raid took place on 7 September 1940
Bomb damage in Sidney Street, East London, WW2. Both sides of the entire street were shattered by two bombs. Date: 1940
Breakdown lorry from Lambeth fire station in actionThe breakdown lorry, from Lambeth fire station, being deployed to move a lorry involved in a serious accident with the OXO lorry in the distance
Croydon Airport - de Havilland DH. 84 Dragon G-ACIUde Havilland DH.84 Dragon G-ACIU (msn 3041) of Surrey Flying Services Ltd. approaching to land at Croydon Airport. First registered on 25.07.33 was previously owned by Marmaduke Furness (Lord Furness)
LCC-LFB Aftermath of a major school fire, HackneyA major fire destroyed over 50% of the school roof and a quarter of the first floor classrooms at the Hackney Downs School in East London
LFB and the Blitz - Queen Victoria StreetThe moment that an unsupported front wall of a building, severely damaged by fire, dramatically collapsed into the street
Blitz in London -- rescue workers in bombed street, WW2Blitz in London -- rescue teams and building workers (not firefighters) searching and making safe houses in Sydney Street, East London, after a bombing raid in the East End
Blitz in London -- Greenwich fire station, WW2Blitz in London -- Greenwich fire station, SE London, suffered extensive bomb damage during the early days of the bombing campaign
Pile of old cars in a junk yardA pile of old cars in a junk yard, with an appropriate road sign pointing upwards: One Way Street
Royal Opera House in Valletta, Malta - RuinsRuins of the Royal Opera House in Valletta, Malta - severely damaged in 1942 following German bombing raids during World War Two and pulled down following the war
German cruiser SMS Emden, WW1The German light cruiser SMS Emden after being attacked by HMAS Sydney on 9 November 1914, at the Battle of Cocos. Escaping crew can be seen in a boat in the foreground. 1914
Blitz in London -- Glengall Road, Peckham, WW2Blitz in London -- Glengall Road, Peckham, SE London, 12 September 1940. Date: 1940
Blitz in London -- Saffron Hill, WW2Blitz in London -- men at work in Saffron Hill, City of London, 26 October 1940. Date: 1940
Blitz in London, ship at Surrey Commercial Docks, WW2A badly damaged cargo ship at the Surrey Commercial Docks complex after being engulfed by the fires caused by heavy bombing raids during the Second World War
Blitz in London -- damage to tanks, Thames Haven, WW2Blitz in London -- damage to tanks, Thames Haven, near Thurrock, Essex, 7 September 1940. Firefighters trying to push a fire appliance (open topped pump)
Goddess Sekhmet, Sculpture. Medinet Habu. EgyptGoddess Sekhmet, goddess of war, represented with head of a lioness and the human body and crowned with the solar disk. Sculpture in the mortuary temple of Ramses III (1187-1156 BC). New Kingdom
Blitz in London -- damage to tanks, Thames Haven, WW2Blitz in London -- damage to tanks and pipelines at Thames Haven, near Thurrock, Essex, 7 September 1940. The ground was covered with spilt oil which was subsequently ignited during an attack
Handley Page V / 1500 F7140 Atlantic after the crashHandley Page V/1500, F7140, Atlantic, after the crash at Parrsboro, NS, showing the damaged pilots seat from which Brackles had a narrow escape
Foam applied at oil tank fire, Thames Haven, WW2Fire crews applying foam to a fire at the Thames Haven oil tank fire, near Thurrock, Essex
Fighting fires at Thames Haven oil tanks, WW2Fighting fires at Thames Haven oil tanks during the Second World War
HMS Arethusa, British light cruiser, WW1HMS Arethusa, British light cruiser, launched 1913, served in various locations during the early part of the First World War, damaged by a mine off Felixstowe and wrecked 1916
Bethune 1918One of the less damaged streets in Bethune on the Western Front in France during World War I in May 1918
King and Queen tour West London raid damageKing George VI and Queen Elizabeth talking to Mrs Eals who was saved by taking cover in an Anderson shelter when her house was bombed during an air raid in September 1940
Cutty Sark Passes CimbaThe tea clipper Cutty Sark under full sail passes the Cimba - th Cutty Sark wasa badly damaged whilst under restoration in dry dock in Greenwich on 21st May 2007
WW1 - Allies use gas, October 1915WW1 - The British army charging under cover a cloud of gas smoke, using the German Infantrys battle tactics against them. In the war-damaged battle ground landscape between Loos and LA Bassee
Salvage operation in Victoria Park Road, East London, WW2Salvage operation in Victoria Park Road, East London, following a flying bomb explosion, 19 June 1944. Date: 1944
Bomb damage in PlymouthThe morning after the raid - Plymouth. Mr Widdicombe walks through the bombed streets to salvage what he can of his belongings
Baptist chapel in Hartlepool hit by German east coast raid - WWIThe Baptist Chapel in Hartlepool (now situated in an area called The Headland and sometimes known as Old Hartlepool), located on the corner of Baptist Street and Regent Street
Victoria / Camperdown 4Error and obstinacy on Admiral Tryons part lead to his flagship Victoria and the Camperdown colliding : Victoria sinks, Camperdown is damaged, 300+ drown