Evacuation Collection (page 3)

Belgian war orphans with Father Syoens WWI
Group photograph of Belgian war orphan children brought to Detroit, U.S.A during World War One. Father Syoens, pastor of Our Lady of Sorrows, Roman Catholic Church

Final evacuation of British troops from Ireland, 1922
Good-bye to Erin! Irish Crowds cheer departing British troops on the quay at North Wall, Dublin. The last of the British army leaving the Irish Free State via steam boat. Date: December 1922

Stapleton Towers, Annan
Stapleton Towers, near Annan, Dumfriesshire, was one of the wartime evacuation centres that Barnardos established in large country houses in Scotland. Date: circa 1923

WW2 - Prams with possessions return with Evacuees going home
WW2 - Prams containing possessions return to Euston, London, following Evacuees heading home after the passing of the V1 and V2 rocket attack scare - September 1944. Date: 1944

Fireman from Massey Shaw reunited with family, WW2
A London fireman, who volunteered to crew the London Fire Brigades fireboat Massey Shaw, is reunited with his daughter after returning from the Dunkirk evacuations of late May and early June 1940

Armed London fireman reunited with family, WW2
A London fireman, who volunteered to crew the London Fire Brigades fireboat Massey Shaw, is reunited with his wife and daughter after returning from the Dunkirk evacuations in which the Massey Shaw

Fireboat Massey Shaw returning after Dunkirk, WW2
Crowds on the Albert Embankment greeting the returning London Fire Brigade fireboat Massey Shaw after it took part in the Dunkirk evacuation of Allied forces

Poster - Ministry of Health Evacuation Scheme
Mothers - let them go - give them a chance of greater safety and health. Public Information poster issued by the Ministry of Health Evacuation Scheme circa 1942

American Revolutionary War (1775-1783). Two favorite songs made on the evacuation of the town of Boston by the British troops on the 17th of March, 1776 after the Siege of Boston Engraving

A Country House School for Evacuated Architects
Mount House in Hadley Common, Barnet, home to the Architectural Association School during the Second World War. 1940

Bricklaying at the Architectural Association School
Mount House in Hadley Common, Barnet, home to the Architectural Association School during the Second World War

Alexinatz evacuation. Serbia. 19th century. Engraving by Rico. Colored

Arthur J. M. Jepshon reading the letter of the Khedive to off
Arthur J.M. Jepshon reading the letter of the Khedive to officials council, authorizing Stanleys mission and the evacuation of provinces of the Sudan on the part of the Egyptian authorities

Two women police officers with children, London, WW2
Two women police officers in air raid helmets, on duty in London during the Second World War, seen here on a railway station platform with a group of child evacuees with labels on their coats

Evacuees on a Farm
Evacuees harvesting in a hayfield in Pangbourne, Berkshire. Date: 1940

Evacuees in Africa
Sir Geoffrey Shakespeare, M.P. organiser of the scheme to send British evacuees to the Dominions, talks to Ian and Patricia Allen of Portsmouth at a Durban YMCA. Date: early 1940s

Springkell, Eaglesfield
Springkell, at Eaglesfield, near Lockerbie, Dumfriesshire, was one of the wartime evacuation centres that Barnardos established in large country houses in Scotland

Barnardo boys in London during evacuation
Barnardo boys in transit through London during a pre-war evacuation operation in September 1938. Date: 1938

WW1 - Extrication of the Belgian Army from Antwerp - a packed trainload of troops at Maldeghem on the railway between Ghent and Bruges

Sphere cover - evacuation of civilians in France, WW1
A Knight-Errant on wheels - an incident in the evacuation of civilians in France. A British motor cyclists helps an old French lady

Blind Frenchwoman helped from home by British soldiers, WW1
British soldiers helping a blind Frenchwoman out of her house in the village of Masnieres as it was being heavily shelled by the Germans. Date: 1918

NFS personnel helping evacuees, St Pancras, WW2
NFS personnel helping evacuees board a train at St Pancras railway station, 14 July 1944, as part of an evacuation exercise during a period of bombing. Date: 1944

NFS personnel unloading luggage, St Pancras, WW2
NFS personnel helping to unload luggage from buses onto trolleys outside St Pancras railway station, 14 July 1944, as part of an evacuation exercise during a period of bombing. Date: 1944

NFS firefighter helping evacuees, St Pancras, WW2
NFS firefighter handing a baby to its mother after she is safely installed in a railway carriage at St Pancras railway station, 14 July 1944

NFS personnel loading luggage, St Pancras, WW2
NFS personnel helping to load luggage from a trolley onto a train at St Pancras railway station, 14 July 1944, as part of an evacuation exercise during a period of bombing. Date: 1944

Evacuating hospital patients in World War Two
Evacuating hospital patients from Westminster Hospital under the threat of air raids in World War Two. In accordance with the government evacuation scheme at the start of the war

Parents visit evacuated children, WWII
A little girl, an evacuee in a Sussex village, runs delightedly towards her mother, who has come to visit her daughter on a coach trip from Peckham, South East London. Date: 1939

DUNKERQUE
An important Channel port, Dunkerque (as Dunkirk) is best known as the scene of the crucial evacuation of Allied forces in the summer of 1940. Date: circa 1825

Evacuation of Children, Great Northern Railway Station, Belfast c.1941. Conor, William 1881-1968. Date: 1941 (circa)

WW2 - Evacuation
Young Boys in temporary accommodation having been evacuated from a British city. Date: circa 1941

Franco-Turkish War - Evacuation of Sile in June, 1920
Turkey - Black Sea Coast - Evacuation of the French population Sile - 17th June 1920, during the Franco-Turkish War. Known as the Cilicia Campaign

WW2 - Comic Postcard - Evacuee Son returns home
Evacuee Son (who has had a growth spurt!) returns home to a surprised Mother!! Date: circa 1940s

WW2 - Little girl searching for her home
This charming comic social commentary card from WW2 is either a little girl pondering where her new home will be (following her evacuation from the big city) or (potentially)

Basel, Germany - The Strasbourg statue
The Strasbourg statue in Basel at the Centralbahnplatz. Created by Frederic Auguste Bartholdi in 1895, the statue was donated by the French Baron Herve de Gruyer

WWII - General Lord Gort - Patriotic Postcard sold in aid of the Daily Sketch War Relief Fund, with one penny from every card sold being donated to the fund

Fireboat Massey Shaw returning to London after Dunkirk, WW2
Return of the LCC-LFB fireboat Massey Shaw to London after evacuation of Allied forces at Dunkirk

Armed London firemen at Lambeth fireboat pontoon, WW2
Firemen, carrying rifles, disembarking from the Massey Shaw fireboat and marching from the pontoon gangway at Lambeth. Armed firemen crewed the Massey Shaw when she took part in the evacuation of

Caring for Evacuated Mothers and babies
Public Information poster issued by the Ministry of Health relating to the caring of evacuated babies during the bombing of Britain

Port Royal, Va. Transports being loaded from a pontoon bridge during the evacuation. Photograph from the main eastern theater of war, Grants Wilderness Campaign, May-June 1864. Date 1864 May 30

Evacuation of New York by the British, November 25, 1783. Print showing a man on a flagpole replacing the British flag with an American flag as the British fleet departs New York Harbor

The evacuation day. New York Nov. 25 1783

Evacuation day and Washingtons triumphal entry in New York City, Nov. 25th, 1783. Print showing George Washington and other military officers riding on horseback along street

Parents attending an evacuation party, 1939
Scene when 1000 parents from Tottenham went by coach to see their evacuated children at Saffon Walden in Essex. Picture shows the reunion of some of the children

Belgian gunners during evacuation of Antwerp, WW1
Belgian gunners during the evacuation of Antwerp, First World War. Date: circa 1914

Petrol tanks burning, Constanza Harbour, Romania, WW1
Petrol tanks burning in Constanza Harbour, Romania, during the First World War. The harbour was evacuated by the Romanians on 22 October 1916. Date: October 1916

Air Scouts learning aircraft recognition
One Air Scout from St Pauls School draws a picture of a Spitfire on a blackboard for a group of other Air Scouts to learn aircraft recognition

Aerial photograph of Noyon, France, WW1
Aerial photograph (German) taken at the time of the evacuation of Noyon, northern France, during the First World War. Date: March 1917

H. M.s Glorious
Originally commissioned as a light cruiser, HMS GLORIOUS was later converted into an aircraft carrier. Destroyed by SCHARNHORST after she aided in the evacuation of Norway, 1940 Date: 1930s

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