Destroyed Collection (page 10)

Destruction by fire of Collards Piano Factory
Destruction by fire of Collards Piano-forte Manufactory - Oval Road, Camden, London on 19th December 1851. Date: 1851

Corner store ablaze - Blitz on London - WW2 Date: circa 1941

The Temporary London Bridge on fire on the night of 11th April 1758. Intended improvements to the main medieval stone bridge didnt go down too well with the ferrymen who made their living

Old St. Pauls Cathedral burns - The Great Fire of London
Old St. Pauls Cathedral burns during The Great Fire of London of 1666. Date: 1666

Blitz in London -- house in Carew Street, WW2
Blitz in London -- a house in Carew Street, SE5, hit by a high explosive bomb on 29 August 1940. Three people were removed from the debris. Date: 1940

Destruction of the bridge at Li觥, Belgium at the beginning of World War I. So rapidly were the Belgians forced to retreat that they had no time to blow up the twelve Meuse bridges

Vis頂ridge destroyed
The wreck of the iron bridge across the Meuse at the Belgian town of Vis鬠 blown up by the Belgian defenders in an attempt to hinder the German advance Date: 1914

German shop wrecked at the outbreak of World War I
Anti-German feeling had long smouldered in France, manifesting itself at the start of the war with the wrecking of German shops in Paris. Date: 1914

Cambrai, 1917 by Captain Bryan de Grineau, Royal Field Artillery - Commissioned 26.5.16. (1883-1957). Date: 1917

The Salient - destroyed German bunker on the high ground, by William Lionel Wyllie, RA RI RE (1851-1931)

Attrition - or the Driver Who Was Tired by H. M. Bateman
Humorous, sequential cartoon by H. M. Bateman, showing an army driver oblivious to the shell fire that gradually entirely obliterates the truck he is driving on the Western Front. Date: 1918

Russo-German naval action in the Baltic, WW1
Russo-German naval action in the Baltic during the First World War which led to the destruction of a German destroyer and mine layer and the torpedoing of a German pre-dreadnought battleship

German gun destroyed by British firing, Western Front, WW1
A German gun destroyed by British firing on the Western Front during World War One. Date: circa 1916

Naval engagement off Heligoland by G. H. Davis
The smart naval engagement off Heligoland: the destruction of German light cruisers and torpedo boats, shown in a series of drawings made from sketches by an eye witness. 1

Truk naval base by G. H. Davis
A pictorial map of Truk, Japans main naval base, severely bombed by Admiral Nimitz, Commander-in-Chief of the US Navy in the Pacific

German losses in Gulf of Tunis by G. H. Davis
German convoy of giant transports wiped out: 31 Messerschmitt ME323s shot down in the Gulf of Tunis, Second World War. The large six-engined aircraft were carrying personnel

British naval action in Narvik harbour by G. H. Davis
The Royal Navys first heroic dash into Narvik harbour in face of tremendous odds: German destroyers and store ships sunk. Captain Warburton-Lee led the second destroyer flotilla in to attack greatly

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

Dramatic air battle off Malaya by G. H. Davis
The destruction of HMS Prince of Wales and HMS Repulse: phases in the dramatic air battle off Malaya during the Second World War, when British ships were attacked by Japanese planes. Date: 1941

Vis頤estroyed
The devastated Avenue de Mstricht, main street of the Belgian town of Vis鬠 through which the German advance passed. Date: August 1914

German army at Fort Douaumont, France, WW1
Artists impression of the German army by night at Fort Douaumont, north eastern France, during the First World War. The village of Douaumont was destroyed during the Battle of Verdun

Aftermath of Mino-Owari Earthquake
Bleak and devastated landscapes such as this made up most of the area hit by the 1891 Mino-Owari Earthquake. Date: 1891

Mahdis Tomb - Omdurman, Sudan
The Mahdis Tomb - Omdurman, Sudan. Tomb of Muhammad Ahmad, self- declared Mahdi in 1881. In his reform of Islam he replaced the pilgrimage to Mecca with the obligation to serve in the holy war

The Bonus Army Camp Destroyed: Use of Tear Gas
Use of tear gas bombs by United States troops against war veterans in the clearnance of the Bonus Army encampment at Washington

Westminster Parliament
The old Parliament buildings seen from Old Palace Yard : they will be destroyed by fire in 1834, giving place to the present magnificent edifice. Date: 1829

London Watling Street
The church of saint Antholin, considered one of Wrens finest, will be destroyed in 1875 and the spire sold for 5. Date: 1829

Newgate before 1666
The original Chamberlains Gate (known as Newgate) will be destroyed by the Great Fire in 1666, but will be rebuilt with reasonable fidelity in 1672. Date: before 1666

Holywell Street
Known as Booksellers Row, but alas, long since destroyed... Date: 1901

CHEAPSIDE
The church of St Mary-le-Bow, on the left, houses Bow Bells but will be destroyed by bombs in 1941. Date: 1895

A German kite-balloon shot down by an Allied pilot
Allied aircraft having destroyed a German kite-balloon. Such gas-filled balloons were tethered to the ground and used to observe the surrounding area. Date: 1916

Paris Tuileries
The garden front of the royal palais which will be completely destroyed during the Commune in a few years time. Date: circa 1860

Siege of Gibraltar - 4
British boats rescue enemy casualties when the attacking French and Spanish fleet is destroyed by the garrison. Date: 13 September 1782

Bury St. Edmunds Abbey
The Abbey Gate, Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, England, is all that remans of the once great 11th - 12th century abbey. The gate was destroyed in 1327 and later rebuilt. Date: 14th century

Georges Farm at Grendon Underwood, formerly The Ship Inn, where Shakespeare stopped on his journeys between Stratford and London. Sadly, it was destroyed in 1848. Date: 1564 - 1616

GEORGEs FARM - 2
Georges Farm at Grendon Underwood, formerly The Ship Inn, where Shakespeare stopped on his journeys between Stratford and London. Sadly, it was destroyed in 1848. Date: 1564 - 1616

Chinese Cig. Poster
A charming poster of an innocent Chinese girl whose health is being destroyed by the fiendish British Cigarette Company - a typical example of ruthless consumerism. Date: 1930s

WW1 - Palestine - Destruction of Nebi Samuel Mosque by Turks
WW1 - Palestine - Destruction of Nebi Samuel Mosque (An-Nabi Samwil also al-Nabi Samuil - The Tomb of Samuel) by Turks in 1917 - this act of sacrilege allegedly cost the lives of many Muslims

Damage to Exeter during WW2 - Baedeker Blitz
" Exeter under fire" - Damage sustained by bombing on the city by German planes of the luftwaffe during WW2. The Baedeker Blitz (or Baedeker raids) were targetted raids

Moscow, Russia - Sukharev Tower - a well know landmark prior to being destroyed by the Soviet authorities in 1934. Date: circa 1905

Thessaloniki, Greece - Saatli Mosque
Thessaloniki, Greece - the elegant Saatli Mosque - destroyed in the Great Fire of 1917. Date: circa 1910

WW1 - Loos - Tower Bridge - pithead gear towers
WW1, Loos Tower Bridge - the name given to a pair of pithead gear towers here (also sometimes known as Crystal Palace ). Men from the Black Watch

Great Fire at Thessaloniki - General View of Destroyed Town
The Great Fire that raged between 18th-20th August 1917 at Thessaloniki, Greece. In 72 hours, 9500 houses were destroyed which left more than 70000 people homeless

Thessaloniki aflame - 1917
A view of the Great Fire at Salonica, Greece, that raged between 18th-19th August 1917. In 32 hours 9500 houses were destroyed.which left more than 70000 people homeless

Homeless citizens assess damge to property - Thessaloniki. The Great Fire at Salonica, Greece, raged between 18th-19th August 1917

The Great Fire at Istanbul - 23rd August, 1908. Date: 1908

WWI - Battle of the Marne - Destroyed bridge & fallen train
WWI - First Battle of the Marne (Miracle of the Marne) - Destroyed bridge & fallen train. The battle of the Marne was an immense strategic victory for the Allies

Armentieres - Le Pont de Nieppe. During World War I, in April 1918, German forces shelled Armentieres with mustard gas. British troops were forced to evacuate the area but German troops could not

WW2 - Paris Liberation - Damage at the Hotel Crillon. Date: 1945

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