Dump Collection

Cornish China Clay Dumps
China Clay dumps and flooded disused workings, near Bugle, Cornwall, England

Douglas a-26 Invader bombers close to Bonn, Germany
Vintage World War II photograph - official US military photo: Douglas a-26 Invader bombers dropping their munitions on an ammunition dump close to Bonn, Germany

Burrell Devonshire General Purpose Traction Engine TA1849 Jellicoe (msn 3368), with Coeur De Lion 5nhp Engine, built 1913, at a 1959 Walford Cross auction. With Aveling & Barford Steam Roller YA2197

Families picking coal from a dump Scranton Pennsylvania USA early 1900s

Hope munitions dump at Ypres during the First World War

Polikarpov I-16 Rata fighters, in a scrap dump captured by German forces. Date: 1941

Attre ammunition dump after a bombing raid on 9 March 1918. Date: 1918

English Electric Canberra B. 2 WJ730
English Electric Canberra B.2 WJ730, on the RAE Farnborough dump in June 1962, after being withdrawn from use by the Empire Test Pilot's School

Piper PA-34 Seneca G-BBLU
Piper PA-34-200 Seneca G-BBLU (msn 34-7350271), on the scrap dump at Southend Airport, in October 1977.. Date: 1977

Alon A2 Aircoupe G-ATWP (msn A-188), on the scrap dump at Southend Airport, in October 1977.. Date: 1977

de Havilland DH. 104 Dove 5 G-AZPG
de Havilland DH.104 Dove 5 G-AZPG (msn 04462), of Land-Surcon(Air Survey) Ltrd, , on the scrap dump at Southend Airport, in October 1977. Date: 1977

Aermacchi MB. 326A MM54165 / 6-62
Aeronautica Militaire Italiano - Aermacchi MB.326A MM54165 / 6-62 (msn 6141/14), formerly of 6 Stormo, on the dump / battle-damage repair training airframe, note the bullet holes

Aermacchi MB. 326E MM54194 - 6-74
Aeronautica Militaire Italiano - Aermacchi MB.326E MM54194 / 6-74 (msn 6199/44), formerly of 6 Stormo, on the dump / battle-damage repair training airframe, note the bullet holes

Douglas DC-1 NR223Y of Transcontinental & Western Air (TWA) Flown by TWA as a flying laboratory and for occasional scheduled passenger flights

Sherman tank Memorial, Leopoldsburg Railway Station
Leopoldsburg is in Belgium and it was directly behind the start line of Operation Market Garden. Here was a huge engineer dump built up to support the XXX Corps ground forces whose job it was to

Official Municipal Rubbish Tip, 1980s England. Date: 1980s

Petrol dump in Hyde Park, London during the railway strike - large quantities of petrol were distributed throughout the UK. 1919

Ryan XFR-1 Fireball 48233 (2nd prototype), languishing on the dump at Naval Air Station Ptuxent River. Date: circa 1949

United States Navy - McDonnell F-4J Phantom 153773
United States Navy - McDonnell F-4J-28-MC Phantom 153773 (msn 1759, base code AC, call-sign 110 ) of VF-31 from USS Saratoga, visiting USS Nimitz

Blackburn YA. 7 WB781
Blackburn YA.7 WB781 (msn 5615), on the Royal Aircraft Establishment Farnborough fire dump (struck off charge on 18 May 1955)

Man Drives Dump Truck Date: 1947

Aveling-Barford General-Purpose Steam Tractor KO6739 Lorna (msn 11997), at the 1959 Crystal Palace Steam Rally. (Aveling-Barford was a large engineering company making road rollers, motorgraders)

English electric Canberra B I. 8 WT330
English electric Canberra B(I).8 WT330 (c-n 71459) delivered 4 February 1956, written off 10 November 1965, remains to RAF Akrotiri dump. Date: circa 1956

From the Western Front To Willie with compliments 1916
Sergeant seen lying down beside a large shell bearing the message To Willie with compliments on the side. During WWI gunners often sent massages etched in chalk on shells. Date: 1916

Goodbye - A dapper gent breaks the bad news to his partner
Adieu - A dapper gent breaks the bad news to his partner. Painting by the Czech artist Alexander Jakesch (1862 - 1934). He appears to have tried to soften the blow with a bunch of flowers - now

Postcard commemorating the Boston Tea Party. December 16th, 1773. Americans dressed as American Indians, dumping tea into Boston Harbour

Ypres - The Dump - Hill 60, Zillebeke
Ypres - The Dump. Hill 60, Zillebeke. Map References - I 29c : 28NW4/NE3. Captain Edward Handley-Read, Rba - Machine Gun Corps (1869-1935)

Down at the Ration Dump by Bruce Bairnsfather
Down at the Ration Dump " Call me a Tank again, my lad, and I ll knock yer - - ead off!" A cartoon by Captain Bruce Bairnsfather in The Bystander Date: 1917

Supply dump of trench mortar ammunition, France, WW1
Men of the RAOC (Royal Army Ordnance Corps) on a supply dump of trench mortar ammunition (nicknamed toffee apples), at Acheux, northern France, during the First World War. Date: July 1916

Supply dump near Beaurainville, France, WW1
A supply dump behind British lines at Beaurainville, northern France, during the First World War. Date: 1917

Empty shell cases and boxes, Battle of Albert, France, WW1
A dump of empty 18 pounder shell cases and boxes, part of those used by one British Division during the bombardment of Fricourt, northern France, during the Battle of Albert, First World War

Compo ration dump and men carrying more supplies
Lantern slide showing a compo ration dump and men carrying more supplies to it, March 1943.From a collection of British official war photographs relating to the 78th Division that were given to

The Reef, Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa
The Reef (looking west), Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa, with mining dumps (Robinson Deep) in the middle distance. Date: circa 1930

Cyanide dumps, Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa
Cyanide dumps from mining, Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa. Date: circa 1930

Mine dumps, Witwatersrand, Transvaal, South Africa. circa 1930s

Supply dump, Maktau Camp, Kenya, WW1
One of the supply dumps at Maktau Camp, Kenya, East Africa, during WW1. 1916

General view of Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa, around the time of the Empire Exhibition, showing a football ground, the offices of British General Electric

WW1 - Trench warfare and ammunition transportation at night
WW1 - Ammuntion is brought by the regimental transport section to the dump during the night for the trenches. Working fatigue parties run carrying the boxes from the dump to the firing trenches

Granite power house, Barre, Vermont, USA
Granite power house and dump piles belonging to Barclay Brothers, Barre, Vermont, USA. Date: circa 1908

British destroyer at ammunition dump, Malta
British destroyer at an ammunition dump, Malta. Date: early 20th century

Major blaze at waste tyre dump, Mitcham, Surrey
Even though WW2 was over, the NFS continued until 1948. The London Region covered the Greater London including Mitcham, Surrey

Firefighters in action, Mitre Wharf, Scrubs Lane, NW10
Firefighters in action with hosepipes at a rubber dump fire, Mitre Wharf, Scrubs Lane, NW10, on 5 June 1958. Date: 1958

The Dump - XXIII Division magazine, Volume 1, No. 1. Dated Xmas 1915. Book

This B load has got suddenly heavy since I lifted it
This B------- load has got suddenly ------- heavy since I lifted it on the dump. 386202 Acting Sergeant Herbert Gibson, Mm, 1St Northumbrian Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps

When Fritz puts a machine gun on the Dump. 386202 Acting Sergeant Herbert Gibson, Mm, 1St Northumbrian Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps. Born September 1889

Comic wartime scene, Western Front, WW1
Comic wartime scene on the Western Front, showing a happy soldier going on leave (left), and an unhappy soldier returning (right). Date: December 1915

British engineering dump, Western Front, WW1
Scene at a British engineering dump on the Western Front during World War One. Date: circa 1916

Major blaze at waste tyre dump, Mitcham, Surrey
Even though WW2 was over, the NFS continued until 1948. The London Region covered the Greater London including Mitcham, Surrey

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