Defence Collection (page 14)

Marshal Joseph Jacques Cesaire Joffre
There were various different types of sllk cards - woven, embroidered and machine woven. Joffre created Plan 17 - the French defence against a German invasion. WW1 Date: circa 1915

Civil Defence Centre, UK
Civil Defence Centre, somewhere in the UK. They were built during the Cold War, in case of emergency. Date: 1950s

Makeshift Home Guard Tank
This jerry-built armoured car, fitted with a Sunbeam chassis and three machine guns, was the pride of the Berkshire Home Guard. 1940

Machine Gun, Light, Arisaka, 6. 5 Mm Type 96
Type 96 (1936) 6. 5 mm light machine gun, 1936-1945. Introduced in 1936 as a replacement for the 11th Year Model, this gun was little better than the earlier type

Lambeth Cavalry. Aquatint by and after Thomas Rowlandson, 1799 (c). From a volume of 86 aquatints entitled ?Loyal Volunteers of London and Environs

Clerkenwell Cavalry. Aquatint by and after Thomas Rowlandson, 1799 (c). From a volume of 86 aquatints entitled ?Loyal Volunteers of London and Environs

Heist-aan-Zee, Belgium - Waterfront villas
Villa San Domenico, Paolo et Elisa at Heist-aan-Zee, or Heist, a town in Knokke-Heist, West Flanders, Belgium. Until 1971 it was a municipality in its own right. Date: circa 1910s

Certificate, The Home Guard -- to R A E Parsons, who served from 21 June 1940 until 26 June 1944 in the countrys defence, signed by King George VI. Date: 1940s

Rorkes Drift, Natal, South Africa, site of a battle on 22-23 January 1879 during the Anglo-Zulu War. Date: circa 1905

Civil Defence Handbook, preparing the house
Civil Defence Handbook provides instructions on preparing the house in the event of an attack

The Prime Minister with his war cabinet
The eight men who control the war machine: left to right (standing): Mr Arthur Greenwood, Minister without Portfolio; Mr Ernest Bevin, Minister of Labour and National Service; Lord Beaverbrook

Poster, Indian Air Force jets with elephant
Poster, Indian Air Force jets (Folland Gnats) with elephant in the foreground, design by Laurence Fish, original artwork for a magazine advertisement. Date: circa 1950

WW2 poster, In an air raid, what motorists must do
WW2 Civil Defence poster, In an air raid, what motorists must do, by day, at night. Date: early 1940s

WW1 - Zeppelins raiding over Paris, France, 1915
WW1 - An illustration depicting the terror of zeppelins dominating the sky in an air raid at night over Paris, France. Searchlights beam from the city below, marking the zeppelins

Albatros W 4 German single-seat floatplane fighter used by the German Navy to defend its shore bases. It entered service in late 1916. Seen here is serial no

WW2 Christmas card, patriotic dogs sheltering behind sandbags. Date: circa 1942

World War I. Invasion of Belgium (1914). Detachment defending Belgian village fo Lombaertayde, NE of Niewpoort

Spain. Peninsular War. Siege of Girona (1809). Defence of Torre Gironella. Painting by G. Montserrat. Oil on canvas. SPAIN. CASTILE-LA MANCHA. Toledo. Army Museum

Young Cheetah - Fighting with a Wild Cat (Felis silvestris) (Acinonyx jubatus). Serengeti - Tanzania - Africa. Latin also Felis sylvestris

Secret Toad-Headed Agama - dispays its collar when being disturbed - sand dunes - desert (Phrynocephalus mystaceus Pallas). Caspian sea shore - Turkmenistan. April

Secret Toad-Headed Agama - dispays being disturbed - sand dunes - desert (Phrynocephalus mystaceus Pallas). Caspian sea shore - Turkmenistan. Spring - April

Giant Pill Millipede rolls into a ball in danger. lowland rainforest floor in Kinabatangan river floodplain; Sabah, Borneo, Malaysia; June. Class Diplopoda

Barbed wire party freeze under enemy star shell, WW1
A detachment of British soldiers, busy setting up barbed wire defences freeze momentarily as the area is lit up by an enemy star-shell

Aerial view, the Pentagon, Washington DC, USA
Aerial view of the Pentagon, Washington DC, USA. Date: circa 1940s

British troops repelling a German liquid fire attack, WW1
Fighting the flames on the battlefield - British troops repelling a German liquid fire attack. German soldiers, armed with flame throwers

Map showing distant early warning line for defence
Distant early warning line (DEW line) of all-round radar defence. A map of North America, showing the various systems and devices of Conad

The British fleet at Spithead
The British Fleet was concentrated at Spithead a fortnight before the outbreak of World War I. Twenty-two miles of warships ranging from Dreadnoughts to Destroyers passed in procession before King

Imperial Army Series Drill and Field Training. - WWI
Imperial Army Series Drill and Field Training - Attack, Defence, Outposts, Scouting, Bayonet Fighting, Field Sketching, Night Operations - based on Infantry Training 1914 (4-Company Organisation)

Plate design - Heads of State and flags of the Allies - WWI
Unmarked plate. Transfer shows portraits of Heads of State and flags of the Allies, and reads 1914 - THE ALLIES - HONOUR - DEFENCE - PEACE. Good condition. Commemorative Ware

Searchlights looking for Zeppelins over London, WW1
Searchlights throwing up shafts of light over the London skyline in September 1914, on the look out for German Zeppelin aircraft

Recruitment poster, Enlist Now in the US Army, WW1
First World War recruitment poster, Enlist Now in the United States Army. Showing Uncle Sam rolling up his sleeves, ready to defend his country. Date: 1917-1918

Laager adapted for modern warfare by G. H. Davis
Night defence: a Zareba or Laager -- old words with new meanings during the Second World War. Once a defensive enclosure against enemy attack

Combined Civil Defence exercise, WW2
Civil defence rescue workers carrying a casualty from the exercise site. A policewoman and a nurse are with the rescue team

Kurdish soldiers in Turkish army, WW1
Kurdish soldiers in the Turkish army, defenders of Trabzon (Trebizond) on the Black Sea during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

German trench defences, WW1 1915
Example of a German trench defences employed in World War One: caltrops, chevaux des frise, shields, barbed wire and deep dug outs(some as much as 25 to 30 feet below the surface). Date: 1915

Austrian soldier with defence shield, Galicia, WW1
An Austro-Hungarian soldier holding a defence shield in front of him in Galicia, on the Eastern Front, during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

Lieutenant-General Ioannis Pitsikas, Greek army officer
Lieutenant-General Ioannis Pitsikas (1881-1975), Greek army officer, seen here in Albania while advancing against the army of Fascist Italy during the Greco-Italian War of 1940-1941

WW2 - 90cm A. A. Searchlight
WW2 British Home Front - a 90cm Anti Aircraft Searchlight. Date: circa 1940

French patriotism
An innocent looking little boy in French soldiers uniform poses with a rifle and a bull dog

Rome saved from Gauls by geese
Rome is saved from the Gauls when the alarm is given by the Geese of the Capitol (the Sacred Geese of Juno)

Hungarian wolves attack a wedding party
A pack of hungry Hungarian wolves attack a wedding party at Hidos (Hidas, Hidasch)

Blowing up old radar station, Beachy Head, Sussex
Blowing up an old radar station at Beachy Head, near Eastbourne, Sussex. In 1950 an underground Air Ministry Radio Station was constructed on the cliff top at Beachy Head

Diagram of electric searchlight 1916
Diagram of electric searchlight for defence for night-time attack from Germans. Date: 1916

Germany - Bayern - nr. Weissenburg - Wurzburg: Defence wall. Date: 2016

George Allison on River Patrol
George Allison, manager of Arsenal Football Club, carrying out a river patrol for the Home Guard. Note that he wears the armband of the LDV (Local Defence Volunteers)

The Home Guard Protecting the Thames
Two members of the Home Guard chat to Colonel Burnell on a pleasure boat, now converted into a Thames patrol boat. Note that the men are wearing LDV armbands

Walter Monckton at the Civil Service
Walter Monckton, future Viscount Monckton, was brought in to the propaganda department of the Civil Service during the War

The Cavalry Corps of the L. D. V
Member of the Local Defence Volunteers watching on horseback for an enemy attack in Charlwood, Surrey. The L.D.V. (later renamed the Home Guard)

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