Defence Collection (page 23)

Queens Crown Civil Defence Corps button badge
A Queens Crown Civil Defence Corps button badge in brass and enamel. late 1940s-1950s

Wartime poster advertising Post Office Savings Bank, encouraging people to Save for Defence during the Second World War. 1940s

Trench in Suez Canal defences, Egypt, WW1
A trench in the Suez Canal defences, Egypt, during the First World War. It was probably at Muhammadiya, where the Scottish Horse dug a new line of trenches. Date: spring 1916

Allied soldiers awaiting orders, Egypt, WW1
Allied soldiers awaiting orders for the defence of the Nile, Egypt, during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

Camel transport, Suez Canal defences, Egypt, WW1
Camel transport (Somali camels) for Suez Canal defences at El Kubri, Egypt, during the First World War. Date: November 1916

Italian soldiers in action near Piave River, Italy, WW1
Italian soldiers (marines) in action, defending their position near the Piave River, northern Italy, during the First World War. Date: 1917

SMS Monarch, Austrian battleship, WW1
SMS Monarch, an Austrian pre-dreadnought Monarch class battleship and coastal defence ship, launched 1895, served during the early part of the First World War in the Adriatic

Italian armoured train for coastal defence
An Italian armoured train used for coastal defence, probably during the First World War. Date: circa 1915-1918

Allied action at Arsuf, Middle East, WW1
Allied action on the Mediterranean coast at Arsuf in the Middle East (now in Israel) during the First World War. Sandbag defences are being held by the 2nd Battalion Black Watch

Housesteads Fort on Hadrians Wall, Northumberland
The North Gate at Housesteads Roman Fort (Vercovicium) on Hadrians Wall, Northumberland. Date: circa 1910s

WVS Civil Defence poster, Incident Enquiry Point
WVS (Womens Voluntary Service) Civil Defence poster, Incident Enquiry Point. 1940s

Manchester Regiment in Malaya
Three members of the 1st Battalion Manchester Regiment, stationed in the Far East, part of the British and Commonwealth defence force of Malaya and Singapore

Leaflet, A Defence of the Army Pay Corps
Opening page of a printed leaflet entitled: Non-Combatants in Khaki: A Defence of the Army Pay Corps. circa 1919

Defending German officials house, Windhoek, SW Africa
Five men (three white and two black) ready to defend a German officials house at Windhoek, in German South West Africa (now Namibia)

Vaclav Klofac, Czechoslovak politician
Vaclav Jaroslav Klofac (1868-1942), Czechoslovak politician, one of the founders of the Czech National Social Party. He was Minister of Defence of Czechoslovakia from 1918-1920. Date: circa 1920s

Woolwich hulks - convicts chapel onboard Defence
The Woolwich hulks (prison ships) - the convicts chapel onboard Defence.. Date: 1862

Woolwich hulks - deck plan of Defence
The Woolwich hulks (prison ships) - plans of decks of Defence. Date: 1862

Woolwich hulks - interior view of Defence
The Woolwich hulks (prison ships) - interior sectional view of the Defence. Date: 1862

World War One humorous postcard by George Ranstead
Humorous illustration on a postcard by George Ranstead, an amateur artist of the Great War who served in the Army Pay Corps and produced a large number of hand drawn postcards during the period

WW2 policeman dressed for the Blitz
A Metropolitan Police officer dressed for the London Blitz during World War II, with a tin helmet and a canvas bag containing his gas mask

Policemen with gas masks
A group of London policemen kitted up with gas masks and respirators (in canvas bags), prior to the outbreak of World War Two

War Reserve policemen, London
A group of War Reserve policemen in London pose for their photograph during the Second World War. They are wearing tin helmets and striped armbands

Two policemen on a war damaged street
Two policemen with a man in uniform (possibly a civil defence worker) on a war damaged street in London

Reconstructed Maori village, Rotorua, North Island, New Zeal
Part of the defence stockade of Tamaki, a reconstructed Maori village south of Rotorua, North Island, New Zealand. The village has won awards, and visitors can experience some of the traditions

A Minesweeper by George Ranstead
Original pen and ink drawing of a British minesweeper trawling the seas for mines during World War One

German pillbox WWI
Destroyed German pillbox near Lens in Pas de Calais, France, during World War I

Manonviller fort WWI
A small for on the railway east of Luneville, close to the German border. IT had been improved shortly before World War I, when the concrete defences were thickened

French front line at Gallipoli WWI
French troops at the front line on Gallipoli during World War I

Prince Andrew at RNAS Culdrose for training
Prince Andrew arriving at RNAS (Royal Naval Air Station) Culdrose at Helston in Cornwall for the start of his helicopter training. RNAS Culdrose is one of Europes largest helicopter bases

French defences WWI
Inside a French defensive bunker with a machine gun in action during World War I

Defence of Egypt WWI
French Naval Nieuport seaplane at Port Said during the defence of Egypt during World War I

French defences
French dug out on the Aisne canal at Berry du Bac in France during World War I Date: 5 December 1917

Artillery placements WWI
The 2nd Divisional Artillery strengthening the Suez Canal defences. The men are seen here making two gun emplacements behind the desert lines

Hill 60 WWI
Hill 60 in the Ypres Salient after the battles for its possession in France during World War I

Mannerheim line anti-tank defences WWII
Rapidly improvised anti-tank devices are constructed by sawing down trees at a height of 10 feet and banking them up with timber and rock during World War II

Helsinki fortifications WWII
Soldiers constructing fortifications in Helsinki during World War II

Defensive positions WWII
Soldiers wearing camouflage rendering themselves invisible in the snow mount a vigilant guard during the Winter War in Finland during World War II

Aircraft Observer Post, WWII
Aircraft Observer Post, during World War II. Two observers with direction and height finders ready to broadcast directions to head observer command

General de Gaulle in London
Tatler front cover with the headline Petain Answered- General de Gaulle in London. The caption reads Head of the French National Committee formed in London to carry on the war

The Sforza Tower - Milan, Italy, part of the Castello Sforzesco. In the 14th Century a huge defensive castle was built by Galeazzo Visconti II

The art of Bartitsu - weapon in a crowd
Two photographs illustrating How to use a walking-stick as a weapon in a crowd from Self-Defence with a Walking-Stick, an article by Edward William Barton-Wright (1860 - 1951)

The art of Bartitsu - taller man
A sequence of two photographs illustrating A very serviceable way to disable a taller man than yourself when opposed to him under unequal conditions from Self-Defence with a Walking-Stick an article

Workers Defence Force
German Workers Defence Force probably in Munich, Germany in 1921

a Searchlight Battery
SLC radar equipment on an anti-aircraft searchlight battery on the Home Front in England during World War II in 1945

Battles of Arras 1917
Part of the barbed wire entanglement in front of the Hindenburg Line during the Battle of Arras on the Western Front in France during World War I in May 1917

Achiet Marcoing Line 1917
Pioneers constructing a slope on the Achiet Marcoing Line on the Western Front in France during World War I in November 1917

Barbed Wire 1917
German barbed wire entanglement near Arras on the Western Front in France during World War I in June 1917

Digging trenches
British soldiers digging reserve trenches in Oudezeele Nord on the Western Front in Belgium during World War I on 1st June 1918

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