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Harrogate Ladies CollegeA girls school in a castle: Harrogate Colleges pleasant retreat at Lord Swintons residence near Ripon, Yorkshire at the beginning of World War II
Catford EvacueesA group of excited evacuee schoolchildren wait with their nurses on the platform of Catford train station in south east London. (Note the barrage balloon behind them)
Barnardo Evacuees at Comlongon Castle, DumfriesA group of Barnardos sit on a wall at Comlongon Castle, Dumfries. The property was used a an evacuation home during the Second World War. Date: circa 1942
Small boats used in the Dunkirk evacuation, WW2A convoy of small boats which had been used in the Dunkirk evacuation, seen here on 9 June passing Lambeth Bridge, on the River Thames in London. Date: 1940
Evacuation - World War Two - Children Safer in the CountryEvacuation - World War Two - Children are Safer in the Country.... leave them there. Governement advice recommending children stay away from the big cities and targets of the bombers. circa 1942
Union Workhouse, Dursley, GloucestershireA distant view of the Dursley Union workhouse (left) from the road at Stinchcombe, Gloucestershire. The workhouse, designed by a Mr Fulljames, was erected in 1838-9
Evacuees on a TrainIts goodbye to the little tots who are bound for new homes with new parents in the safe country districts of Britain - evacuees looking out of the window of a train
Newspaper front cover: evacuation of Dunkirk, 1940" Through an inferno of bombs and shells, the B.E.F is crossing the Channel from Dunkirk-in historys strangest armada
Paddle steamer Medway Queen, Sheerness, KentPaddle steamer Medway Queen, arriving at Sheerness-on-Sea, Kent. During the Second World War she acted as a minesweeper, and made seven evacuation trips from Dunkirk in 1940, rescuing 7000 men
Roedean School Moved to the Keswick HotelThis article from The Bystander reports the evacuation of Roedean Girls School from its old site in Brighton to the Keswick Hotel in the Lake District
Evacuation as a National Service - PosterIt Might by You! Caring for Evacuees is a National Service circa 1942
Croydon Airport - de Havilland DH. 84 Dragon G-ACIUde Havilland DH.84 Dragon G-ACIU (msn 3041) of Surrey Flying Services Ltd. approaching to land at Croydon Airport. First registered on 25.07.33 was previously owned by Marmaduke Furness (Lord Furness)
Dunkirk evacuation in World War TwoLike a Regatta: the embarkation of the British Expeditionary Force by small boats from the Dunkirk beaches. Swarms of light craft taking off Allied troops to larger ships
Dunkirk EvacuationFRANCE : Beaten back by the German advance, the British evacuate mainland Europe via the beaches of DUNKIRK, under heavy attacks from the enemy
Woman police officer Kathleen Saville, London, WW2Woman police officer Kathleen Saville (joined January 1940), on duty in London during the Second World War, seen here at a railway station helping a group of child evacuees find their train
Castle Milk, LockerbieCastle Milk, near Lockerbie, Dumfriesshire. The house was one of several in the area used by Barnardos as an evacuation home during the Second World War
Queen Mother visiting London evacuees at Horsted Keynes, 1939The Queen Mother(1900-2002) with evacuated children from Battersea. A little four year old girl called Shirely here is playing " mothers"
Earls Court WheelThe Giant Ferris Wheel at Earls Court, London, showing the emergency evacuation procedure - a picture which was no doubt intended to reassure nervous passengers Date: 1894
Gallipoli evacuation WWICaptain Davidson of the HMS Cornwallis (last ship to leave Suvla Bay) meets General Byng on the gangway after the evacuation
Map of Dunkirk area during the evacuation, WW2Map of the Dunkirk area in northern France during the evacuation, showing two flooded areas of low-lying meadow land which assisted in the Allied retreat. Date: 1940
Mabel Lucie Attwell - WWII Successful Evacuation of SchoolMabel Lucie Attwell - W.W.II Successful Evacuation of School Children August 1939 Date: 1939
Aerial view of Dunkirk during the evacuation, WW2Aerial view of Dunkirk and harbour during the evacuation, with surrounding countryside. Date: 1940
Bray Dunes, near Dunkirk, during the evacuation, WW2Members of the British Expeditionary Force at Bray Dunes, to the east of Dunkirk, northern France, during the evacuation, with men making their way into the water ready to embark onto vessels
Map of France and Belgium, evacuation from Dunkirk, WW2Map of the northern French and Belgian coast, showing the evacuation from Dunkirk and other points, and the evacuation triangle through which the Allied army retreated
Sunset off Dunkirk during the evacuation, WW2Sunset off Dunkirk, on the northern French coast, during the evacuation, with Junkers dive-bombers attacking shipping, and a paddle steamer hit and beached
Young boy alone on a playground swing 1939Photograph showing a young boy on a swing in Geraldine May Harmsworth Park. The park is empty following the evacuation of thousands of children in the first few weeks following the outbreak of war
Convair C-131A Samaritan O-52-5805 (msn 53-25) casualty evacuation aircraft of Miltary Airlift Command somewhere in Germany
WW2 - Home Front - children from the Buckingham Gate Central School, evacuated to Handcross, West Sussex, lay out herbs in Drying shed (a converted boiler house) at Nyman s, Handcross
MV Royal Daffodil, Eagle SteamerM.V Royal Daffodil Eagle Steamer, WW2 service including Operation Dynamo, Dunkirk evacuation
WW2 - It Was Them Who Cheered Us UpA photograph of a joyful woman pouring drinks for some troops, leaning out the windows of a Dunkirk evacuation train. Date: circa 1944
WW2 Railway, Kids FirstA photograph which shows a bustling British railway platform, filled almost entirely with children who have been given priority during evacuation. Date: circa 1944
RMS Titanic, Charles Lightoller summonsRMS Titanic - Second Officer Charles Lightoller. An official summons to appear before the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia
Spanish Civil War (1936-1939). Evacuacion de Refugiados Espanoles a los Paises de America (Evacuation of Spanish Refugees to American Countries)
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Spanish Civil War (1936-1939). Evacuation of 4000 Basque children to England (May 1937), operation made with the cooperation of the British Catholic Church
London's children evacuated at the beginning of World War Two: a first wave of 400000 children went on 1st September 1939, in the charge of 22000 teachers
Children bearing tags on their luggage standing on the platform station. Being evacuated from London to the countryside. Date: June 1940
Satirical cartoon, Evacuation of Holland and Brabant. Showing General Charles-Francois Dumouriez retreating with the French army (in blue)
The Evacuation of Greeks from Gallipoli, Turkey - November 18, 1922. Date: 1922
Troops wading out to embark at Dunkirk, WW2Men of the British Expeditionary Force at Dunkirk, northern France, wading out to sea to a rescuing vessel during the evacuation. Date: 1940
Scenes during the evacuation of Dunkirk, WW2Scenes during the evacuation of Dunkirk, in northern France, showing the beach with debris, the embarkation of British troops onto various rescue ships and boats
Final phases during the evacuation of Dunkirk, WW2Scene from the final phases of the evacuation of Dunkirk, northern France, showing a British anti-tank post at the Menin Gate
British Expeditionary Force evacuating from Dunkirk, WW2Men of the British Expeditionary Force embarking onto a destroyer in mid-Channel after the evacuation from Dunkirk, for their safe return to England. Date: 1940
Troops near Dunkirk during the evacuation, WW2Troops near Dunkirk, northern France, wading out to sea to a rescuing vessel (a Clyde river steamer) during the evacuation. Date: 1940
Street scene during the evacuation of Dunkirk, WW2Street scene during the evacuation of Dunkirk, northern France, showing a burning lorry with billowing black smoke, and debris littering the ground after an intensive German air attack. Date: 1940
British artillery covering the evacuation of Dunkirk, WW2British artillery (25-pounders) firing over open sights, while French and British infantry use their machine guns, to cover the evacuation of Dunkirk, northern France
Bray, near Dunkirk, during the evacuation, WW2The British Expeditionary Force lining up on a beach near Bray, to the east of Dunkirk, northern France, during the evacuation, with men making their way into the water ready to embark onto vessels