Effort Collection (page 6)

WW2 poster, Your planes and your work defend our Empire, with a newspaper article dated 22 January 1942, Hurricanes Fight At Singapore. Date: 1942

Certificate presented by The Overseas Club - Empire Day 1916
WW1 - Home Front - Certificate presented by The Overseas Club (now ROSL, the Royal Over-seas League) on Empire Day 1916 to Gertrude Knight

WW2 poster, Warship Week, Winston Churchill
WW2 poster, Warship Week, A message from the Prime Minister, with a portrait of Winston Churchill and a letter from him in support of the National Savings Movement and the Warship Week Campaign

Mrs Lakin as master of Wexford foxhounds during WWI
Mrs Lakin, acting in the absence of her husband, Captain M. L. Lakin D.S.O, who is at the front with the Hussars. Mrs Lakin was the daughter of the late Lord Maurice Fitzgerald of Johnstown Castle

WW1 - What did you do in the Great War, Daddy?
Child: " And is the War really over, Daddy? Father: " Practically, My Boy." Child: " Then may I ask you a question about it which I couldn t ask till it WAS over

WWI Poster, Appeal to cotton operatives
Appeal to Cotton Operatives. WWI Recruitment poster aimed at the men of the cotton industry to join up or make munitions, and for women to take their place in the mills. Date: circa 1916

Mittens and body belt, WW1 knitting, comforts for troops
Patterns for mittens and a body belt (designed to keep the midriff warm), two items of clothing which could be knitted for soldiers at the front featured in a Great War era knitting booklet published

Helmet with cape pieces by Marjory Tillotson, WW1 knitting
Pattern from a Baldwins knitting booklet during the First World War for a wool helmet with cape pieces to protect the neck and chest designed by the leading knitting expert

Weldons garments & hospital comforts, knitting booklet, WW1
Be useful in this time of war. Front cover of a Weldons booklet with instructions on how to make a variety of garments for soldiers and hospital comforts for wounded men

WWI Poster, The Key to the Situation
WWI Parliamentary Recruiting Committee Poster, The Key to the Situation, Munitions, Men and Money, are YOU helping to turn it? Date: 1915

WWI Poster, letter from King George V
To My People, letter from King George V, asking for more men to join the British army. Date: 1915

Sentinel knitting booklet, socks, WW1
Front cover of the Sentinel Knitting Booklet published by Charles Sykes and Co, of St. Andrews Mills, Bradford during the First World War

Man in Khaki WW1 sock knitting kit box and instructions
The Man in Khaki sock knitting kit, designed to make the knitting of socks for troops as simple and efficient as possible

WW1 knitting - comic postcard, Naughty Netta
Naughty Nettas Knitting Knickers for the Seat of War. Humorous postcard inspired by the national effort of knitting comforts for soldiers during the First World War

The Bystander cover - March to War
An illustration on the front cover of the magazine the Bystander, showing the recruitment effort by the British during WW1. It shows a soldier demanding a civilian man to MARCH! to war

Mrs H. J. Tennant
Front cover of The Sketch magazine featuring Mrs H. J. Tennant, formerly May Edith Abraham (1869-1946) wife of Harold John Tennant, the ex-Under-Secretary for War

Advert for recruitment of nurses 1943
How you can become a nurse. You receive free training - with pay. On passing the exams State Registration follows and opens the door to a career full of happy service and opportunity

Sale at Selfridges in aid of Belgian refugees
Famous actors and actresses selling chocolate in Selfridges department store on Oxford Street, London, to raise funds for King Alberts Belgium Relief Fund during World War One

Advert from the National Savings Committee 1945
Rhyme and reason. Sing a song of spare cash, a song to make you sigh; Four and twenty shillings spent on a buy. When the buy was open the bug began to sing Wasn t that a lot to pay for such a foolish

James Bausch in the decathlon, 1932 Olympic Games
James Aloysius Bernard Bausch (1906 1974), a.k.a. " Jarring Jim", American athlete who competed mainly in the Decathlon pictured throwing the discus

American poster advertising Liberty Loans, WW1
American poster urging people to invest in victory liberty loans during the First World War. Showing how the American navy are helping to keep the sea lanes open for normal traffic. Date: 1917-1918

Advert from the National Savings Committee 1943
Go on, buy it! Its not worth quarter the price. When he whispers in your ear, Go on, buy it ! be firm. Say No, I m going to have a little nest-egg for the time when money will buy something worth

Poster, Beat Back the Hun with Liberty Bonds, WW1
American poster, Beat Back the Hun with Liberty Bonds, designed to raise money for the war effort during the First World War. Showing a menacing German with bloody fingers and bayonet. Date: 1917-1918

WW2 - London Auxiliary Ambulance Service Driver on the farm
WW2 - British Home front, October 1941 - Mrs John Steel, daughter of Sir Bernard Spilsbury, British Pathologist, lends her hand to the war effort

Allied Flags - Hawker Hurricane - WWII Propaganda. Never was so much owed by so many to so few - Winston Churchill. The flags of Great Britain, Free France, South Africa, Australia, United States

Volunteer firefighters help the war effort in London, WW2
With a Heavy Unit donated by a private company, volunteer firefighters are greeted by a VIP and congratulated for their contribution to the War Effort

Women in the Auxiliary Fire Service, WW2
Formed in 1933, the Auxiliary Fire Service played a vital part in the London Fire Brigades efforts to deal with the bombing, and resultant Blitz, upon London

NFS mobile kitchen / canteen unit, WW2
A mobile kitchen used by the National Fire Service (NFS), donated to the British home front war effort by the Canadian Red Cross, seen here on display at Regional (London) headquarters, Lambeth. SE1

WW1 recruitment poster with silhouette
World War One recruitment poster with silhouette -- The Thin Khaki Line Keeps the Fate of Belgium from Your Hearth and Home, Get into Khaki Now! Showing a determined soldier with a bayoneted rifle

Lord Kitchener at peace conference that ended Boer War
Lord Kitchener (1850-1916) seated at the peace conference that brought the Boer War of 1899-1902 to an end. Kitchener became Commander-in-Chief of the British war effort in South Africa from 1900

1970S Boys Kite Flying
Three boys run to keep their kites in the air, the effort showing on their faces. Date: circa 1970 s

Parachute factory WWII
Women in a parachute factory sewing silk to make parachutes during World War II

Third Liberty Loan - Buy War Bonds
Poster design by Howard Chandler Christy. The beauties of these posters became known as " Christy Girls." This poster for the Third Liberty Loan was the largest fundraising effort in

Grand Pier at Weston-Super-Mare burns down in 1930
The Grand Pier at Weston-Super-Mare burns down on 13th January 1930. The pavilion was completely destroyed with surrounding amusement booths and part of the pier itself

Are YOU in this? A poster designed by Robert Baden-Powell during the First World War showing British citizens joining in the war effort

Red Cross volunteer nurse, WW1
A Red Cross volunteer nurse during the First World War (Ellen Auerbach). circa 1916

Woman helping with the harvest, WW1
Woman helping with the harvest during the First World War, 31 July 1916. Date: 1916

Young woman, Madresfield, Worcestershire, WW1
Young woman (Lucy Auerbach) at an open-air swimming pool in the village of Madresfield, near Malvern, Worcestershire, where she spent three months doing agricultural

Cottage in Madresfield, Worcestershire, WW1
Cottage (belonging to Mrs Hart) in the village of Madresfield, near Malvern, Worcestershire, during the First World War, where Lucy Auerbach spent three months doing agricultural work. Date: 1915

Milkmaid and cow, Madresfield, Worcestershire, WW1
Milkmaid (D Pentreath) and Midget the Jersey cow, in the village of Madresfield, near Malvern, Worcestershire, during the First World War. Date: 1915

Cartoon, Randolph Churchill, British politician
Cartoon, Lord Randolph Henry Spencer Churchill (1849-1895), British politician - Little Randolph and the greasy pole of politics

Group photo of nurses, WW1
Group photo of nurses during the First World War, including Ellen Auerbach. circa 1916

British toys during WW1 - drums in a British toy factory
A girl making drums at an English toy factory. Stronger articles than the German variety. Before the war, Germany had been the premier supplier of toys to Britain

The National Gallerys Wartime Canteen
Volunteers prepare food for their customers at The National Gallery canteen, established during the Second World War in order to raise money for the war effort. 1940

Land Girl cartoon, WWII
" But you don t understand, you silly man? - There was a wasp!" An indignant member of the Womens Land Army argues with an irate farmer after going somewhat off course in a field she is

Y. M. C. A. Canteen in Surrey
Two voluntary workers chat outside the Y.M.C.A. canteen in Pirbright, Surrey. 1940

Laying the Tables at the Gordon Services Club
A volunteer lays the tables at the Gordon Services Club, based at the former Gordon Hospital in London. The Club, established in June 1940 by the Canadian Red Cross

The Gordon Services Club, 1940
Margerie Doutie writing up the menu for the Gordon Services Club, based at the former Gordon Hospital in London. The Club, established in June 1940 by the Canadian Red Cross

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