Evacuation Collection (page 4)

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

Policewoman with evacuee children
A policewoman helping evacuee children find their train out of London during the Second World War

British officers at Gallipoli WWI
Commodore Keyes walking on the beach on the morning of the final day of the evacuation at Gallipoli during World War I

Suvla Evacuation at Gallipoli WWI
Evacuating guns and personnel from Suvla Point on rafts in daylight during World War I at Gallipoli

Anzac evacuation WWI
Anzac Cove evacuation from from Gallipoli during World War I

French prisoners at Dunkirk WWII
French prisoners surrender to the Germans at Dunkirk during World War II

Dunkirk retreat WWII
Much was left behind as a consequence of the Dunkirk retreat during World War II

Dunkirk evacuation WWII
Photo shows British troops on a beach near Dunkirk forming into long winding queues ready to take their turn to board the small boats which took them to larger vessels

Dunkirk defeat WWII
Beaches of defeat at Dunkirk during World War II

Paris evacuation WWII
Parisians leaving the city for safer havens. Here a poor family is using all possible means of locomotion to leave, wheeling their grandmother in a pram

Evacuation from Ireland WWII
The Pola family now aboard leaving to America, waving tender farewell over the rails for the last view of Galway

Armetieres 1918
A British shell bursting in Armentieres and a soldier running to evacuate the town on the Western Front in France during World War I in April 1918

Children being Evacuated
The photograph shows a group of children from Sherborne Nursey School in Kentish Town being evacuated during the Blitz

Island of Samos - Turkish Troops evacuating
Island of Samos - Turkish troops called to evacuate island after the Revolution of September 1912 - the infantry is seen boarding Samos sailing vessels

Palestine Gendarmerie
A Palestine gendarmerie cavalry patrol fording the river Hisbani near Khasas; emergency suspension bridge being completed to assist in evacuation during floods

Evacuation during the Blitz; Second World War, 1940
Illustration showing the evacuation of civilians by the Womens Voluntary Service during one of the German air-raids on the East End of London, 1940

General Monro
General Charles Carmichael Monro, sent as replacement to Sir Ian Hamilton in the Dardanelles. After a disastrous campaign, Hamilton was recalled to England

Illustrations of the American Civil war. Federal flotilla on
Position of the Federal flotilla on the Missippi River, off Fort Pillow, shortly before its evacuation

Zulu war evacuation. The 21st Royal Scots Fusiliers
Scottish bagpipers in kilts and playing the pipes, lead the troops over a river as they leave Zululand. Date: 1879

The Zulu war. The military evacuation of Zululand, a block o
British troops, wagon and cattle stuck trying to get through the difficult terrain of Zululand to the coast at the conclusion of the Zulu war

The Evacuation of Children from London
The evacuation of Britains cities at the start of World War Two was the biggest and most concentrated mass movement of people in Britains history

EVACUATION
A comment on the final departure of soldiers from occupied territories

Evacuation / Mother & Son
A young mother and her son hold one another apprehensively as they wait for him to be evacuated

Happy Evacuees 1940S
Not all evacuees were sad to leave the city for the country. Here are two boys (brothers), grinning with excitement in anticipation of the adventures to come

Evacuee Kisses Mother
A young boy, about to be evacuated, gives his pretty mother a goodbye kiss on her cheek

Evacuees / Station 1940
Children enter Catford station, southeast London, prior to boarding the train which will take them to where they will be safe from German bombs

Young Evacuees
Two young evacuees with their belongings

Evacuees on Corner
A group of evacuee children standing on a street corner

British Flee Lucknow
The evacuation of the women & children as the British flee Lucknow

Evacuation Hotel
A nurse playing with a group of children on the lawn of the garden of The Toddlers Evacuation Hotel

Evacuees and Matron
Young children carrying their own suitcases and belongings down steps. They are leaving the kindly matron who has been their temporary carer, for evacuation to the countryside

Waiting to Evacuate
A matron who has temporarily looked after a group of young children watches over them as they sit on steps with their belongings packed, ready to be evacuated to the country

Matron & Evacuees
Young children carrying their own suitcases and belongings down steps. They are leaving the kindly matron who has been their temporary carer, for evacuation to the countryside

Wwi / Refugees / Evacuation
Refugees struggle through harsh weather, their belongings carried in a horse- drawn wagon

Evacuees & W. V. s. Nurse
A Womens Voluntary Service (W.V.S.) nurse looking after two little boys at an evacuation hotel

Spanish Quit Dunkirk
Commentary on the evacuation of Dunkirk (then in the Spanish Netherlands) by the Spanish garrison, leaving it to be argued over between the Dutch and the French

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