Defence Collection (page 19)

Dial 999 display in an LFB exhibition
A Dial 999 display in a London Fire Brigade exhibition with details on either side of the services available

AFS exercise, Hyde Park, London
Attending an AFS exercise in Hyde Park, London, on 27 October 1957 -- the Director General of Civil Defence, Sir Sidney Kirkman (1895-1982), the Chief Inspector of Fire Services, Mr H M Smith

Sir Ernest Gowers watching rescue operations, WW2
Sir Ernest Gowers (1880-1966), civil servant in charge of Civil Defence in London, watching rescue operations during the Second World War. Date: 1940s

Estellences, Mallorca, Spain - Mirador Des Ses Animes
Estellences, Mallorca, Spain. In the municipality of Banyalbufar is the splendid Viewpoint of Ses Animes, crowned by a defence tower, the Torre des Verger, de Ses Animes or sa Talaia

Trailer water pump at Dulwich Fire Station, WW2
The latest trailer water pump, presented in September 1940, seen here at Dulwich Fire Station, south London. Date: 1940

Scammell 45 gallon water pump, WW2
A Scammell 45 gallon water pump in position on a trolley during the Second World War (17 September 1942). Date: 1942

Fortified costal towns, 1915
A few hints to the enemy: fortified costal towns which are likely next to be attacked. Bexhill, Blackpool, Bognor, Clacton

The Watchers by Dudley Tennant, WW1 floodlights
A mother tucks her young child up in bed while looking at the lights projected across the sky by searchlights searching for enemy aircraft during the First World War. Date: 1917

Poster, French National Defence
Poster, Emprunt de la Defense Nationale (French war bonds) -- subscribe to save the peace and your freedom. Date: circa 1930

General Sir Francis Lloyd
Lieutenant General Sir Francis Lloyd GCVO KCB DSO (12 August 1853 26 February 1926), British army officer. He rose to become Major-General commanding the Brigade of Guards

Attack and Defence in the air
Various arcs of fire by which German machines are protected and the blind spots which results from interfence of the structure of the aeroplane

British refashioning a German trench, WW1
Illustration showing British soldiers working hard to put a German first line trench, just taken at Hulluch, into a proper state of defence for their purposes

Admiral Sir Percy Scott, WW1
Admiral Sir Percy Moreton Scott, 1st Baronet (10 July 1853 18 October 1924) was a British Royal Navy officer and a pioneer in modern naval gunnery

Just my D- - D Luck! 1915
Our B Hoys :- Put on Home Defence. 1915

The Coming Raid, Notes from the East Coast by Will Owen
A page of humorous sketches on the subject of the East Coast bombardment of Britain during the First World War, from confused landladies not knowing what to do with their potential guests to old

Gun battery, Gibraltar, Mediterranean
Gun battery on Gibraltar, Mediterranean. Date: late 19th century

Enemy aeroplanes attack British steamer by G. H. Davis
Enemy aeroplanes attacking a British steamer. Bombs and bullets from above -- the Avocet attacked by three German planes during the First World War

Zeppelin raids -- dangers to avoid. Showing how important it is to avoid falling glass (left), and the importance of taking cover behind walls (right). Date: 1915

Aeroplane gunner working in mid-air by G. H. Davis
The aeroplane gunner and his work in mid-air. How biplanes meet and attack enemy aircraft and how the attack may be warded off. Date: 1915

French mine crater WWI
View of French soldiers working at the mine face in the tunnel in darkness, and a diagram showing two branches stretching to the right and left where tons of explosive are to be placed. Date: 1916

Hong Kong Defence
A site in Hong Kong is blasted so that it may be redeveloped with new fortifications and facilities for military reinforcements in anticipation of Japanese attack

British soldiers with anti-aircraft gun, Western Front, WW1
British soldiers with an anti-aircraft gun camouflaged by bales of hay at harvest time, on the Western Front in France during World War One. Date: circa 1916

Guarding the mouth of the Humber by G. H. Davis
The war: naval and military happenings of the week. Guarding the mouth of the Humber -- an incoming trawler in the glare of a destroyers searchlight. Date: 1914

Protecting shipping against submarines by G. H. Davis
Fighting the U-boat with depth charges: the principal method of protecting shipping against submarines. How the Navy is hunting U-boats with depth charges: detecting and attacking submarines

Britains acoustic shell by G. H. Davis
The acoustic shell: Britains ace killer of flying bombs during the Second World War. The British-invented radio proximity shell, which explodes itself when in lethal range of its target. 1945

Use of radar in the air war by G. H. Davis
Radar: how the most important secret weapon of offence and defence was applied to the air war. Its vital contribution to all the fighting services during the Second World War. Date: 1945

Anti-invasion ring of fire by G. H. Davis
Britains wall of flame: the ordeal by fire prepared for German invaders on sea, land, and in the air. Showing the details and layout of an anti-invasion ring of fire: devices for converting beaches

Searchlight command by G. H. Davis
Searchlight command: the men who point the way for Britains anti-aircraft guns and night fighters during the Second World War

Hong Kong Torpedo
A torpedo being fished out of the water in Hong Kong Harbour after being fired during defence practice exercises. Date: February 1940

El Agheilas defence positions by G. H. Davis
El Agheilas powerful defence positions abandoned by Rommel. A contour map of the El Agheila area in North Africa from which Rommel was driven out by Montgomery during the Second World War. Date: 1942

Fortified port of Dakar by G. H. Davis
The fortified port of Dakar, French West Africa, bristling with defences during the Second World War. It was formerly a German stronghold, full of U-boats. Date: 1942

Lancasters use low-flying tactics by G. H. Davis
Lancasters use low-flying tactics in the Le Creusot (Schneider Works, 17 October) and Milan raids (military targets, 24 October) during the Second World War: new problems set for the enemy

Merchant Ship Fighter Unit by G. H. Davis
The Merchant Ship Fighter Unit (MSFU) at work during the Second World War: a system which was able to defeat the long-range bomber

Singapore besieged by Japan, by G. H. Davis
Singapore island besieged by Japan during the Second World War: a relief map from Johore to the beleaguered fortress in the Far East where the defending British forces retreated on 31 January 1942

Defence of British aerodromes by G. H. Davis
The defence of British aerodromes: methods of defence above and under the ground during the Second World War. Date: 1942

Measures for foiling troop carriers by G. H. Davis
Meeting the threat of airborne invasion in Britain during the Second World War: suggested measures for foiling German troop carriers

Flying Fortresses by G. H. Davis
The deadly teamwork of the Flying Fortresses: massed precision bombing and defence gunnery during the Second World War. Flying in a tight formation designed to give the closest cooperation in attack

Air attack and defence at sea by G. H. Davis
Methods of air attack and defence at sea explained: showing how the Navy has countered the bomber. The main forms of air attack on warships: height-bombing and dive-bombing

Map of Low Countries by G. H. Davis
Defence by inundation: the Low Countries bar against invasion. A pictorial map drawn in the early weeks of the Second World War

Belgian troops defending Antwerp, WW1
Three scenes showing Belgian troops defending Antwerp in the early days of the First World War. Top: soldiers preparing to fire from a railway engine near Malines

Cartoon, One Who Might Have Helped, WW1
Cartoon, One Who Might Have Helped. Showing Lord Kitchener and General Pau, defenders of France at the start of the First World War, sitting at a desk with books and maps

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

Cartoon and portraits, Kluck! Kluck!, WW1
Cartoon and portraits, Kluck! Kluck! A comment on the defeat of General Alexander von Kluck in the Battle of the Marne, turning the German invaders away from Paris in the early days of the First

Cartoon, Holidays as Usual, WW1
Cartoon, Holidays as Usual. Mr Jones goes bathing at a seaside resort in the early days of the First World War, not heeding the warnings about submarines being on the lookout for the enemy

An air raid warden for Kingston setting the blackout time for the day. London

German air raiders caught out by G. H. Davis
How German air raiders are caught in the toils of British defence during the Second World War. The effect of the anti-aircraft barrage on raiding bombers

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