Effort Collection (page 9)

Florence Parbury, traveller and war worker
Florence Parbury, described by the Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News as one of our most versatile and accomplished women, and a great traveller

Women working in Army Remount Depot by Cecil Aldin, WW1
Sketch by Cecil Aldin for his painting of women working at one of the Army Remount Depots under his command in Berkshire during the First World War

WW1 - Conscription in Britain
WW1 - Britannia holding her trident and the National Register, in front of civilians and industrial factory. The patriotic scenario

Messerschmitt Me 410A -a belated effort to rectify the shortcomings of the Bf 110 and Me 210 day fighters

Saunders Roe Lerwick -an ill fated effort to expand the RAFs anti-submarine capability that had to be withdrawn early

Bristol 142M Blenheim IF-in an effort to counter the German Blitz on England of 1940-41, a number of Blenheim Is were converted to radar-carrying night fighters

Female lift attendant at a West End business, WW1
" Men must fight, and women must work." A woman lift attendant at a business in London in 1915. 1915

Womens Emergency Corps making toys, WW1
Members of the Womens Emergency Corps learning to make toys in September 1914. Before the war, Germany was the main exporter of toys to Britain but a number of voluntary organisations

Care of the Bus Conductress, WW1
A female bus conductor working for the London General Omnibus Company during the First World War, pictured seated on a special platform installed to allow for a rest on long journeys about the city

Women ambulance attendants and drivers, WW1
Women acting as attendants and drivers at the new London County Council Ambulance station in Bloomsbury, wearing a special uniform adapted to the special needs of their employment when on duty

WW1 - German women make blankets out of newspapers at the Palace of the German Princess in Berlin. Date: 1915

Lord Norbury as a munition worker
Well-known peer doing his " bit" as a fitter in an aeroplane factory. The Earl of Norbury pictured in overalls, who, at the age of fifty three years

Schoolboys help in shell making
Boys of the Acton and Chiswick Polytechnic School spending a holiday making shell caps at an engineering works at Willesden during the First World War. Date: 1915

Messrs Kynochs War Munition Factory
A page from the Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News with pictures reporting on the work being done at Kynochs war munitions factory at Witton, Birmingham. Date: 1915

Girls at work making ammunition boxes, WW1
Young women manufacturing ammunition boxes, fixing together the dovetailed pieces at an unidentified British factory during the First World War. Date: 1915

WW1 - French Women working in Munitions Factory Date: 1916

Tatler letter to its readers, outbreak of First World War
Page from the Tatler magazine, 12 August 1914 - its first issue dedicated to reporting on the war - appealing to its prosperous readers to do all it can to help the various societies which have

WW1 - Eastern Front - Church service at Red Square, Moscow to blessRussian soldiers serving at the front. Date: circa 1917

WW2 Christmas card from home (inside). Date: circa 1942

WW2 greetings card, OHMS, showing a soldier picking up litter from a lawn -- his contribution to the war effort! Date: circa 1942

WW2 Christmas card with farming scene of ploughing in a field, with the motto Carry On! Date: circa 1942

WW1 - Patriotic Demonstrations in Russia in support of the Tsar and the war effort against Germany. The caption states that war has united the whole population of Russia - this was to prove far

WW1 - Tank used in Trafagar Square to sell War Bonds
WW1 - Mk.1 Tank used in Trafagar Square to sell National War Bonds. The sign visible at rear details which British city had sold the most war bonds. Date: 1917

Needlework for the war effort, Claridges Hotel, WW1
Women making woollen shirts for the war effort at Claridges Hotel, London, at the start of the First World War. The garments are destined for Lord Tredegars yacht

WWI Poster, Go! Its Your Duty Lad, Join Today
Go! Its your duty lad. Join today. British WWI recruitment poster depicting a mother persuading her son to join the war effort. Date: 1915

WW1 knitting song music sheet - I m Knitting a Rosary
Front cover of a music sheet for a knitting-themed song - I m Knitting a Rosary, - words by Robert Levenson and music by Vincent Plunkett

Baldwins knitting leaflet, WW1, winter at the front
Field & Hospital Comforts in Knitting and Crochet. Great War knitting booklet published by J & J Baldwins of Halifax featuring two British soldiers in a snowy trench on the Western Front

Leachs knitting booklet - garments for scouts, WW1
Front cover of a Leachs knitting booklet from the Great War period. This issue focuses on making clothing for scouts who were an important part of the war effort at home. Date: c.1915

Leachs WW1 knitting booklet - Comforts for Men
Front cover of a Leachs Comforts for Men booklet, part of their Home Needlework Series, featuring a number of woollen comforts including a helmet or balaclava, fingerless gloves and socks

The Knitting Club Meets - WW1 American knitting play
Front cover of a short play, The Knitting Club Meets in which a group of American women knit comforts for the troops during the First World War. Date: c.1917

Comforts for troops, WW1 knitting from Sunlight yarns
Page from a booklet published by Sunlight Yarns during the First World War with patterns and instructions to make a variety of garments or comforts for troops at the front

WWI Poster, Crush the Germans
WWI Parliamentary War Savings Committee Poster, Lend Your Five Shillings to your Country and Crush The Germans. Date: circa 1916

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

Dolly Goes Back to the Land, land girl, WW1
An attractive young woman posed with a spade on a farm, part of the female agricultural workforce during the First World War - though her outfit does not suggest shes a member of the Womens Land

A Revolution in Sock Knitting, WW1 Australian leaflet
Front cover of a leaflet issued by Parmer & Company of Sydney, Australia, instructing knitters on how to knit two socks at the same time on a single set of knitting needles

Weldons paper patterns for our troops, WW1
Page of items that could be made from Weldons paper patterns for soldiers during the First World War. Garments include night shirts, a bed jacket and a flannel helmet in a balaclava style. Date: c

WW1 knitting, woollen belts - gift to the troops from Queen
Gift to the Troops at the Front from the Queen and the Women of the Empire. Leaflet giving instructions on how to knit woollen belts for troops during the First World War

American WW1 knitting booklet
Front and back cover of a knitting booklet produced by the C. T. Sherer Company of Worcester, Massachussetts, with patterns inside for the boys of the U. S. Army & Navy. Date: 1917

Patons Khaki knitting wools advertisement, WW1
Advertisement for Patons Khaki knitting wools during the First World War, specifically for knitting comforts for troops at the front

Sphere cover - British gunners turning German gun on enemy
A British artillery team with a captured German gun (a 77), using all their strength to turn it upon the fleeing enemy. 1918

Sphere cover - Italy receiving shield of gold by Matania
Front cover illustration by Sphere special artist Fortunino Matania showing Italy in allegorical human form (with an impressive chest plate protecting her bosoms)

Sweaters for Troops postcards, WW1 knitting
A printed postcard with words of thanks from Mr John Penoyre who organised large-scale donations of knitted sweaters for solders and sailors during the First World War

Countess Zia and Nada Torby packing mittens for troops, WW1
Countess Zia Torby (later Lady Zia Wernher) and Countess Nada Torby (later Mountbatten), daughters of Grand Duke Michael and prominent figures in society organised this group of society ladies who

Cast of The Country Girl at Dalys knitting, WW1
Girls rehearsing " The Country Girl" at Dalys Theatre, pose for a publicity photograph during an interval engaged in making mittens and mufflers for soldiers. Date: 1914

Lady Sclaters Hospital Supply Depot, WW1
Four photographs in the Sphere magazine reporting on the War Hospital Supply Dept opened in August 1915 by Lady Sclater, wife of Lieut.-General Sir H

Chicken Munitions Shells WW1. A brown hen is proudly Doing her bit! by producing more shells for the war effort. Date: circa 1916

WW1 knitting - patriotic postcard
" We Must All Do Something for Our Country!" Two children sit on a doorstep knitting comforts for soldiers out of khaki wool

German school girls knitting socks for soldiers, WW1
German school girls knitting socks for soldiers in 1914. Date: 1914

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