Destruction Collection (page 12)

Ruins of Arras 1917
Ruins of the Town Hall and Belfrey in Arras on the Western Front in France during World War I in 1917

Ruins of Arras 1917
Soldiers walking through the ruins of Arras, past the Hotel de Ville on the Western Front in France during World War I in May 1917

Arras 1917
Soldiers of the Black Watch Wancourt-Hensel Sector amongst the ruins of a smashed German strongpoint near Arras on the Western Front in France during World War I in October 1917

Arras Cathedral ruins 1917
Remains of the altar in the ruins of Arras Cathedral in France on the Western Front during World War I in March 1917

A Capital Levy by George Studdy
Bonzo finds that Labour policy is worth following on occasion, and makes Capital Levy on his little mistresss presents. A rather tragic scene showing a little girl weeping after her naughty dog

Hebuterne 1917
A captured British tank in the village of Hebuterne on the British Front in France during World War I in 1917

Housebreaking Gommecourt 1917
Soldiers demolishing a house recycling bricks in the ruins of Gommecourt on the British Front in France during World War I in March 1917

Ruins of Serre 1917
A ruined sugar factory in Serre near Ancre on the British Front in France during World War I in 1917

Ruins of Peronne in 1917
Ruins of the town of Peronne on the British Front in France during World War I in 1917

Chaulners Peronne Line 1917
Ruins of the Peronne Bridge over the Somme looking towards Flamincourt on the Chaulners Peronne Line on the British Front in France during World War I on 3rd April 1917

Operation Ancre 1917
Wreckage in Serre after operation Ancre on the British Front in France during World War I in March 1917

Ruined Village 1917
Ruins of the village of Serre near Ancre in France on the British front during World War I in 1917

Contalmaison Chateau 1917
A contrast of war, the ruins of Contalmaison Chateau, Somme, with sign saying hotel for sale in France on the British front during World War I in 1917. It was never rebuilt

Boesinghe 1917
British soldiers leave their billet in a bady shelled village near Boesinghe in Belgium on the British front during World War I in 1917

Nero
A rather drunk looking man smoking a pipe and playing an accordian sits ignoring the British pound note beside him going up in flames

Loos 1915

Battle of Neuve Chapelle 1915
The ruins of Neuve Chapelle after it was taken in the battle by 25th Brigade on the Western Front in France during World War I in March 1915

World War I 1915
Damage inflicted on the Cameronians at Neuve Chapelle by the German guns on the Western Front in France during World War I on 10th March 1915

Battle of Ypres 1918
Ruins of the Cloth Hall in Ypres with the remains of limbers and horses caught in shell fire in the foreground on the Western Front in Belgium during World War I on 29th September 1918

Ypres, World War I
Soldiers entering and underground billet in Ypres on the Western Front in Belgium during World War I in 1917

St Pauls Cathedral - London
A painting by Malcolm Greensmith of St Pauls Cathedral. This fine example of post-medieval architecture, built following the destruction of the medieval church in the Great Fire of 1666

Statue in the ruins
A statue of the Virgin Mary in the ruins of what is probably a church after the Battle of Passchendale during World War I in November 1917

The Alexander Nevsky Cathedral, Baku, Azerbaijan
The Alexander Nevsky Cathedral (often referred to as The Gilt Church ) was the main Russian Orthodox cathedral in Baku, Azerbaijan from 1898

House destroyed by bombing - Shkoder, Albania
House destroyed by bombing at Shkoder, Albania during the Balkan Wars

Bomb Damage - Vietnam
The destruction caused by US bombing in North Vietnam (Tan Hoa) in 1972. *UNAVAILABLE FOR USE IN ASIA AT PRESENT*

Crash site of a German Night Raider
A house completely flattened by a crashed German Bomber on an air raid over the capital

Air Raid damage off Piccadilly during the Blitz
Air Raid damage off Piccadilly, London on 19th September 1940. A lampost and parked car have been heavily damaged by falling masonry from bombed buildings

Bomb damage by County Hall during the Blitz
The Southbank terrace alongside City Hall, showing fallen masonry attesting to bomb damage following a German Air Raid during the Blitz

Lone soldier guards crossroads in Delhi - Partition in India
A lone soldier defends the cross-roads near the entrance to the Parharganj Bazaar, scene of some of the heaviest rioting in Delhi and where great destruction had been done to Muslim property

Partition - burning towns and villages in East Punjab
Aerial view above the East Punjab showing towns and village inhabited by Muslims which have been burned by Sikh Jathas (warriors) seeking to rid the area of Muslims

Dog Tears Things Up
Towser is very naughty, tearing things to pieces

Dog with Red Slippers
Towser wrestles with his masters nice red slippers

Floods in Norwich 1912
Series of photographs showing the flooded area in Norfolk following excessive rain fall in August 1912. Houses are damaged, train tracks & bridges impassable

Storm at Dover 1881
The seafront at Dover, Kent being battered by storm of 18th January 1881. Wreckage of the pier and parade visible

Air Raid damage during World War I

Battle of Rheims, 1918
French women sitting in the ruins of Paissey after the Battle of Rheims on the Western Front in France during World War I in May 1918

Scarborough air raid, 1914
Interior of the ruined house where five of the Bennett family were killed during the German air raid on Scarborough during World War i in 1914

Results of a Gotha air raid on London, 1917
Result of a Gotha air raid on a workhouse laundry in St. Johns Road, Islington, London during the First World War on 4th-5th September 1917

Air raid on Hull, June 1915
Destruction in Hull by the cathedral after a Zeppelin air raid during World War I in June 1915

Air Raid damage in London, 1915
Damage to a house in Leman Street, East London, after a Zeppelin air raid during the First World War on 14th October 1915

Battle of Amiens 1918
A fire in a quarter of Amiens much damaged by the bombardment during the battle on the Western Front in France during World War I in April 1918

The Burning of the Alexandra Palace, London, 1873
Engraving showing the destruction, by fire, of the Alexandra Palace, viewed from the South-West, in 1873. In the foreground a large number of people can be seen removing paintings

A scene of the destruction of the German east coast raid in a house at Scarborough

Evacuation during the Blitz; Second World War, 1940
Illustration showing the evacuation of civilians by the Womens Voluntary Service during one of the German air-raids on the East End of London, 1940

German Bomber Shot Down over Victoria; Second World War, 194
Illustration showing the destruction of a German bomber mid-air, after it had been shot up by an RAF fighter, over Victoria in London, 1940

The Demolition of Heligoland, Germany, 1947
Aerial photograph showing the destruction of the former naval base on Heligoland, Germany, on 18th April 1947. Heligoland had been a stronghold for German military forces during both World Wars

Baedeker Updating 1915
Karl Baedeker takes notes on the changing landscape for an upto date guide to France. If I were him I d wait three years or so

Terrorism in Sofia
A terrorist bomb causes massive destruction in Sofia cathedral

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