Effort Collection (page 13)

The British Empire at War: The growth between 1914 - 1916
An Illustration attempting to reflect the growth of the British Army, Navy, overseas and the industrial forces, during the years 1914 - 1916

Good Cheers, Women war work, World War II by Helen McKie
Jolly illustration by Helen McKie showing a female ATS worker serving cups of tea to a sailor, an airman and a soldier during World War II. Date: c.1940

Peter F. Dailey in John J. McNallys happiest effort, The night clerk. Date c1895

You re Splendid Dad by Helen McKie - World War II
A young woman on a motorbike stops to offer her admiration to her father (or just an older male acquaintance) who twiddles his moustache while in Home Guard uniform

Advert for The Ministry of Food 1941
Don t waste it, advert during the Second World War for not wasting food. Cheap and nourishing, ways of cooking potatoes in a varity of appetising

Japanese Imperial Princesses making bandages during the Russo-Japanese War. Date: circa 1905

Women at Army Cookery School, 1939
A merry moment during peeling onions with the new Army cooks at an Army cookery school in the south of England in the early weeks of World War II. Date: 1939

Land Army Girls carry milk pails, 1939
Two women at the Cheshire School of Agriculture pictured carrying milk pails to the dairy. Here, Womens Land Army volunteers learnt all classes of farm work from feeding pigs to milking the cows

The Supply Council, Second World War, 1939
The first meeting of the Supply Council, set up on 21 September 1939. When the ministry was set up under the Ministry of Supply Act 1939 it became responsible for the administration of the Royal

Trainee milkmaids, Womens Land Army, 1939
Trainee milkmaids working at Plumpton Agricultural College as recruits to the Womenss Land Army, some of whom previously worked in London stores. Date: 1939

Children collecting paper to aid war effort, Walton, Essex
This group of children at Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex, have collected paper and cardboard for salvage to support the war effort. circa 1940

Women transport drivers, World War Two, 1939
A female driver handling a big Army Service Corps lorry during World War II. Date: 1939

Wartime toddlers at Taplow Court, 1939
In a room hung with family portraits and valuable paintings, small children are given a morning meal in the early weeks of World War II at Taplow Court in Buckinghamshire. Date: 1939

Resounding message of Allied female solidarity
" Vanities of Valdes: The Munitioneers" This resounding message of Allied female solidarity shows " Mary" of Britain and " Marianne" of France, who

Silhouette of an ATS officer
Silhouette of an ATS (Auxiliary Territorial Service) officer

Poster: You can help to build me a ship
Poster: a British sailor says You can help to build me a ship. You can learn quickly and you will be working to win. Ask at any Employment Exchange for advice and full details

Silhouette of an ATS woman
Silhouette of a young ATS (Auxiliary Territorial Service) woman, head and shoulders, in profile, with hair and uniform details sketched in

Poster: I need your Rags. A man in uniform explains that rags are needed for salvage, to make engine wipers, blankets, uniforms, overcoats, etc as part of the War Effort. circa 1940s

Poster requesting Rags for salvage
Poster: request for Rags for salvage. Rags are needed to make engine wipers, blankets, uniforms, overcoats, gun wadding, charts, roofing felt, maps, etc

Poster: Save More Fuel This Winter
Poster encouraging people to Save More Fuel This Winter as part of the War Effort. circa 1940s

Messina Earthquake - Victor Emmanuel III
Messina Earthquake - Visit of the King of Italy, Victor Emmanuel III (1869-1947), who assisted the First Aid relief effort

Poster: Buses give way to tanks. Pleasure travellers must give way to war workers! Avoid rush hours. 1940s

Poster: Simple jobs that girls can do to help win the war. 1940s

Poster advertising the Territorial Army. Lets be prepared to defend the peace we re working to win. Volunteer with me for the Territorial Army, 9 divisions strong, with modern equipment

Belgian Air Force 1
Jean Olieslagers (1883-1942) Belgian aviator, joins in war effort in World War One, becomes leading ace, winning many aerial victories over the Germans. Date: 1916+

Portuguese soldiers disembarking from train, WW1
Portuguese soldiers disembarking from an English train, First World War. They are probably arriving in Hampshire, to work in the New Forest to help produce timber for the war effort. Date: 1917-1918

Italian Patriotic Card - Brothers Save me! Underwrite the effort and save your future! The powerful message of a card encouraging Italians to financially aid the war effort

Heading off to war accompanied by the spirits of soldiers pa
In 1915, Italy was persuded to join the allied cause against the German Empire and Austria-Hungary and made some unsuccessful attempts to invade across the border in June 1915

At home with the Bristlewoods - Coronation effort. 1937
Mr Bristlewoods is putting up bunting outside his home, for the celebration of the Coronation of King George VI, while his wife peers through the window in horror. 1937

Recruiting his health 1917
The healthy manpower was simply not there, and in 1917 only 36% of men examined were suitable for full military duties. 1917

Italian Patriotic Card - Bank Loans / Savings
Italian Patriotic Card - Bank Loans/Savings encouraged during World War One. The text mentions connecting savers to the national effort, which " you help underwrite". Date: circa 1910s

Italian Patriotic Card - Do your Duty, do your best! - extolling the national virtue of contributing to a bank savings scheme to aid the underwriting of the Italian war effort. Date: circa 1910s

Australians Check Planes
Australian ground staff working on a new twin engined bomber aeroplane. Even when the machine has just arrived from the manufacturer it is always throughly checked. Date: early 1940s

British Victory Loan advertisement, WW1
A British advertisement, encouraging people to invest in war bonds just after the First World War has ended -- Join the Rush to buy Victory Loan

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

Members of the W. A. A. F. cooking
Members of the W.A.A.F. cooking Date: circa 1941

Ten per cent more poster, 1948
Large poster with a personal message from Prime Minister Clement Attlee, asking the British public to put in maximum effort in to increase industrial production output by ten per cent

Wartime poster, Buy Savings Certificates
Wartime poster, Back them up! Buy Savings Certificates. Showing three soldiers going into battle. 1940s

Booklet, Springboks during Second World War
Pages from a booklet, A Picture Story of the Union of South Africa, produced by the Ministry of Information. Showing South African troops, nicknamed Springboks, during the Second World War. 1940s

Mary Churchill supporting Russian flag day, 1944
Miss Mary Churchill, the youngest daughter of Winston Churchill, supporting her mothers Russian flag day, and bought her emblem from Nurse Glover of University College London Hospital. 1944

Poster, Keep on Saving, Salute the Soldier. Encouraging people to save money and help the war effort. 1940s

Poster seeking women for the ATS and WaF
Poster seeking women to join the ATS (Auxiliary Territorial Service) and WaF (Womens Auxiliary Air Force) -- full information at the nearest recruiting centre or your employment exchange

Poster advertising wartime savings -- Salute the Soldier -- to help support the war effort. The soldier is given a movable arm to indicate the total raised to date. 1940s

Women War Work - WWI
A nurse cares for a wounded soldier - WWI. A card series examining the role women played during the war. Doing their Date: circa 1916

Wartime poster, conservation of wheat for war effort
Wartime poster recommending the conservation of wheat. Think!! For every 100, 000 tons of wheat saved by economy 28, 000 troops can be rationed and transported from America. Eat one loaf a week less

Wartime poster, War Savings Are Warships, encouraging people to save more to help the war effort. Showing four warships at sea. 1940s

Wartime poster, Keep On Saving
Wartime poster, Our Part for Victory, Keep On Saving. Showing how peoples savings help support the war effort. 1940s

Cycling in Lakeland If you cycle in Lakeland you ll find on the whole its a mixture of pushing and losing control !! circa 1920s

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