Depot Collection (page 5)

HMS Vulcan and C-class submarines, Newport, Fife
HMS Vulcan, a British torpedo boat depot ship converted to a submarine tender, seen here with C-class submarines C21, C26, C27, etc, at Newport-on-Tay, Fife, Scotland. Date: circa 1910

American warships coaling, Honolulu, Hawaii. Date: circa 1909

Corona vans and drivers, Chadwell Heath, East London
Corona vans and their drivers in a depot at Chadwell Heath, East London. Corona was a popular brand of soft drinks, delivered regularly to peoples homes. Date: 20th century

HMS Titania, British submarine depot ship, WW1
HMS Titania, British submarine depot ship, with six submarines alongside. Date: circa 1916

HMS Cyclops, British submarine depot ship, seen here in the Mediterranean. Date: circa 1924

HMS Forth in Devonport with submarines
Depot ship HMS Forth in Devonport, with seven submarines moored alongside. Date: circa 1910

Lady Sclaters Hospital Supply Depot, WW1
Four photographs in the Sphere magazine reporting on the War Hospital Supply Dept opened in August 1915 by Lady Sclater, wife of Lieut.-General Sir H

Paris, France - Arsenal and its shipyard. Date: circa 1600

Fire at supply depot, Limmer Wharf, Barking, Essex
Panoramic view of a fire which broke out at a Ministry of Supply depot, Limmer Wharf, Barking, Essex, on 27 October 1947. Seen here is the fire in its early stages

NFS recruiting van at Olympia
A National Fire Service recruiting van at Olympia, West London, 14 February 1946, possibly aiming to recruit soldiers returning from the war and visiting to the RAOC (Royal Army Ordnance Corps)

Blitz in London -- Blackfriars Goods Depot, WW2
Blitz in London -- fire at the Blackfriars Goods Depot on 16 October 1940. Date: 1940

Blitz in London -- firefighters at work, Blackfriars, WW2
Blitz in London -- firefighters at work with hosepipes at the Blackfriars Goods Depot on 16 October 1940. Date: 1940

Boys scouts at the outbreak of World War I
A London troop of Boy Scouts assist in the transport of baggage from barracks to railway station, at the beginning of World War I. Date: 1914

Hand carved oak plaque entitled Unconquerable showing portraits of King Albert and Kaiser Wilhelm II. The Kaiser - So you ve lost all. King Albert - Not my Soul. Carved by Sergeant G

Recruitment poster for the Public Schools Brigade, Royal Fusiliers, 118th Infantry Brigade. Hurry up, boys. Fill the ranks. Apply Central Recruiting Depot, Great Scotland Yard, Whitehall, SW

Lady Herbert Davis-Goff in nursing uniform, WW1
Lady (Herbert) David-Goff of Glenville, Waterford pictured in uniform in 1918, when she was working at the Waterford branch of the Irish War Hospital Supply Depot where all kinds of bandages

Coal depot and railways, Laraquete, Chile

Kitchener inspecting troops at Mudros, WW1
Sketches at the advanced base depot in Lemnos. Lord Kitchener making a surprise inspection of reinforcements at the Advanced Base Depot in Mudros on the Island of Lemnos

Staff & female motor drivers of Balloon Training Depot, RFC
The staff and lady motor drivers and clerks of the balloon training depot of the Royal Flying Corps during the First World War. Date: 1917

French artillery ammunition field depot 1917
Carrying shells forward to the batteries, 155mm and 220mm projectiles. In a short distances of the battle line in Oise on the French front, French soldier carry on their shoulders a battery

Women working at Army Remount Depot, WW1
Soldiers places taken up by ladies from the hunting field at an Army Remount Depot. Two girls here shown mucking out the stables. Date: 1916

Monday morning exercise, Army Remount Depot, WW1
Unruly mules proving hard to control during a Monday morning exercise at an Army Remount Depot with mounted N.C.Os rounding them up. Date: 1916

Women working at convalescent remount depot, WW1
Scenes at a convalescent army remount, where forty to fifty hunting women were employed. The depot was under the District Remount Officer for Berkshire

Naval Depot, Garden Island, Sydney Harbour, Australia. Date: circa 1890s

Our Women in War Time - ladies looking after army remounts
Page from The Tatler reporting on the ladies of Berkshire who, under the generalship of Mr Cecil Aldin, South Berks (famous sporting & animal artist as well as Master of the Foxhounds)

Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition 1914 -1917
The Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition: how and whence the expedition proposes to start. Showing the proposed methods of transport from the Weddell Sea Base to the South Pole. Date: 1914

Storage of shells, France, WW1
Storage of shells for use on the Western Front in France during World War One. Date: circa 1917

Large water depot, Western Front, WW1
A large water depot on the British Western Front during World War One. Date: circa 1916

Captured German plane, Western Front, WW1
A captured German plane on its way to a British aviation depot on the Western Front in France during World War One. Date: circa 1916

Newly captured German aircraft, Western Front, WW1
British airmen with a newly captured German aircraft at a Flying Corps depot on the Western Front in France during World War One. Date: circa 1916

Suggested site for London University
A suggested site for London University: how another fine building might be placed next to the new LCC Hall (later known as County Hall)

Allied troops in Burma by G. H. Davis
How the Allied troops in Burma are kept fit: fresh meat and vegetables carried great distances in refrigerators. Showing the system of transport of fresh supplies by rail

British submarine depot ship by G. H. Davis
A home from home for underwater sailors during the Second World War: details of a typical British submarine depot ship. These mother ships were floating workshops and supply depots

Rush to recruit, Central London Recruiting Depot, WW1
The rush to recruit at the Central London Recruiting Depot. Men gather outside the doorway, eager to enlist on the outbreak of the First World War

Motor transport work, Western Front, France, WW1
British troops engaged in motor transport work near the Western Front in France during World War One. They are packing parts at a depot ready for despatch. Date: circa 1916

Cured horses leaving a depot, Western Front, WW1
Cured horses leaving a depot after hospital treatment on the Western Front in France during World War One. Date: circa 1916

Liverpool Road Station, Manchester, Lancashire, England, the original terminus for the Liverpool to Manchester Railway, which was opened in 1830. Date: 1960s

A Tramway Depot, Belfast. Conor, William 1881-1968

Advertisement for National Derv transport fuel -- group of bus conductors and drivers enjoying a tea break. 1959

Murree, Pakistan - The Depot
The depot, Murree (a hill station, summer resort and the administrative centre of Murree Tehsil, Pakistan). Date: circa 1910s

Army Depot (later the Justice Building) at Izmit, Turkey Date: circa 1910

British Commissariat Wagons in Belgium - WWI Date: circa 1915

Miss May Mitchell of Pontypridd, crankshaft polisher
Miss May Mitchell of Pontypridd, formerly a vacuum cleaner supervisor, polishes a crankshaft from a damaged engine at the BOAC Depot in South Wales in 1942. Date: 1942

Men Cutting Wood at a Church Army Relief Depot
Unemployed men queue for work at a relief depot run by the Church Army. Location unknown. Date: Early 1900s

Men Queue at a Church Army Relief Depot
Unemployed men queue for work at a relief depot run by the Church Army. Location unknown. Date: Early 1900s

Washroom at Merxplas Labour Colony, Belgium
Washroom and showers at the Merxplas (or Merksplas) labour colony and beggars depot, Belgium Date: 1934

Tailoring Workshop at Merxplas Labour Colony, Belgium

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