Headquarters Collection (page 5)

Spain. Civil War. The courtyard of the Cuartel de la Montaa (headquarters) the 20th July 1936 after the repression

Royal Aeronautical Society staff, probably in 8 or 9 Hamilton Place circa 1960. Date: circa 1960

Florence Barwood, Norman Deaton and E C ?Betty? Pike
From left: Miss Florence Barwood, Mr Norman Deaton and Miss E.C. ?Betty? Pike, probably in 8 or 9 Hamilton Place circa 1960. Date: circa 1960

Dr Archie Merton Ballantyne, OBE, HonFRAeS, 1908-1977, Secretary of the Royal Aeronautical Society 1951-1973, circa 1960. Date: circa 1960

Mr Norman Deaton (?) in his office on the third floor of No.4 Hamilton Place circa 1960. Date: circa 1960

Wall panelling in the new Lecture Theatre c. 1960
Wall panelling in the new Lecture Theatre circa 1960. Date: circa 1960

The gents? cloakrooms during construction c. 1960
The gents? cloakrooms during construction circa 1960. Date: circa 1960

The rear of No. 4 Hamilton Place from the park
The rear of No.4 Hamilton Place from the park during the final stages of completing the Lecture Theatre circa 1960. Date: circa 1960

No. 4 Hamilton Place during final stages of Lecture Theatre
The rear of No.4 Hamilton Place during the final stages of completing the Lecture Theatre circa 1960. Date: circa 1960

The rear of No. 4 Hamilton Place from Apsley House
The rear of No.4 Hamilton Place from Apsley House during the final stages of completing the Lecture Theatre circa 1960. Date: circa 1960

144 Piccadilly c. 1960
144 Piccadilly circa 1960. Date: circa 1960

No. 4 Hamilton Place - new fifth floor c. 1960
No.4 Hamilton Place during the final stages of completing the new fifth floor circa 1960. Date: circa 1960

Projection window and rear exit in the new Lecture Theatre circa 1960. Date: circa 1960

The Girl Guides Association - Imperial Headquarters - 17-19 Buckingham Palace Road, London. Date: 1931

Italo-Turkish War - Raffaele Borea Ricci d Olmo, Admiral
Italo-Turkish War - Raffaele Borea Ricci d Olmo, an Italian naval officer with the rank of Counter Admiral. He was the first Italian governor of Tripolitania

The Wolfs Lair, the Fuhrers Western HQ
Photograph of the Wolfs Lair, the Fuhrers Western Hq, attendant Generals and Admiral are also pictured. Photograph taken by Fritz Schulz

Thames Embankment - Old Scotland Yard and Boudicca Statue
Thames Embankment, London - Old Scotland Yard and Boudicca Statue - sculpted in 1850 by Thomas Thornycroft. Date: 1909

Russo-Japanese War (1904-1905). Russian headquarters at Port Arthur. Engraving. Colored

Poster by Wlodzimierz Zakrzewski. Poland
Polish postwar communist propaganda poster showing soldier of communist Armia Ludowa resistance and soldier of Armia Krajowa. Made by Wlodzimierz Zakrzewski. Poland. Krakow. Gestapo Museum

Imperial Chemical House, Millbank, London - the headquarters of Imperial Chemical Industries (ICI) Date: 1930

East India House, headquarters of the East India Company in Leadenhall Street, London ca.1830. The building was demolished in 1861 and the site is now occupied by the Lloyds building. Engraving

W. S. P. U Flag Bristol Arson 1913
The original W.S.P.U flag in purple, white and green cloth which was stolen from the offices and shop, Queens Road, Bristol, October 1913

Scout headquarters, Tuvalu, Gilbert Islands, Pacific. Date: 1977

Suffragette Grace Roe Arrest 1914. Grace Watney Rose (1885-1979) was arrested in May 1914 when police raided the W.S.P.Us headquarters Lincolns Inn House

Millbank Tower under construction, London SW1
Millbank Tower under construction in March 1961, London SW1. Originally known as Vickers Tower, it was completed in 1963. It is located opposite LFB Headquarters. Date: 1961

Turnout of vehicles from Lambeth HQ, with the River Thames and Houses of Parliament in the background. Date: circa 1937

Watchroom at Fire Brigade HQ, Southwark
Watchroom at Metropolitan Fire Brigade headquarters in Southwark Bridge Road, with men manning the switchboard and monitoring the fire alarm control board where calls for assistance were received

Cabinet War Rooms by G. H. Davis
A drawing by G.H.Davis of the Cabinet War Rooms, the underground Headquarters of the Cabinet during World War II. These were situated 70 ft below Whitehall, London

The Cocoa Tree Club
The exterior of the Cocoa Tree Club building, of which Lord Byron was a member. It was originally a Tory chocolate house and also famous for once being the Jacobite Party H.Q. Date: early 1930s

Casa de la Vall - HQ of the General Council of Andorra
Casa de la Vall - a historical house in Andorra la Vella, Andorra. It is the headquarters of the General Council of Andorra. Now extensively restored. Date: circa 1940

Hindu Temple at Thanjavur, India
Hindu Temple at Thanjavur, formerly Tanjore, a municipality and the headquarters of the Thanjavur District in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Date: circa 1910s

Aucklands advance from its battalion headquarters
This drawing relates to an incident on the 14th/15th September 1916 and is described in a book entitled A Saga of the Sword by Austin F. Britten, published by Arrowsmith, London 1928

LCC-LFB Merryweather Hatfield pump at Southwark HQ
A chain-driven Hatfield type pump at LFB Southwark headquarters. Note the connected hard suction hose to the rear mounted pump

LCC-LFB Metz 100 foot turntable ladder at drills
A Metz-Leyland 85 foot turntable ladder at drill at the Headquarters station, Southwark SE1

LCC-LFB rescue drills at Brigade HQ
Two escape ladders and two hook ladders at work on the Headquarters main drill tower and firefighters performing rescues by carrying down and lowering by line using live casualties

LFB - a Shand Mason MFB steam pump and crew
Lambeth LFB headquarters hosted regular annual displays and reviews. A popular feature was the inclusion of the working Victorian horse-drawn steam fire pump with the crew in period dress

Queen Elizabeth IIs Bentley state limousine, LFB HQ
Queen Elizabeth IIs Bentley state limousine during the opening of the new London Fire Brigade Headquarters at 169 Union Street, London SE1

Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip at Lambeth Pier
Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip standing outside Lambeth Pier during their visit to the headquarters of the London Fire Brigade, Lambeth

London Fire Brigade vehicle repair workshops, Lambeth HQ
Located in the Brigade headquarters complex, the extensive workshops built, maintained and repaired most of the London fire brigades fire appliances, staff cars

Merryweather Fire King steam pump and crew, Southwark HQ. In 1899 Merryweather modified its steamer pumps to also propel the vehicle, and thus Londons first non-horse-drawn fire engines arrived

LCC-LFB Brigade HQ Annual Review hook ladder drill
These coordinated hook ladders drills were a popular feature during the annual displays at Lambeth Headquarters. With one firefighter on each side of the drill tower and at every window

London Fire Brigade control room at headquarters. Officers work at computer stations to coordinate fire and rescue operations

LCC-LFB 100 foot turntable ladder at Lambeth HQ
An AEC/Magirus all steel turntable ladder with its own fire pump at the Brigade headquarters station, Lambeth SE1. These open type TL were still operational in the mid 1960s although they were only

LFDCA-LFB Mercedes Command Support Unit
Pictured at Battersea Park, the CSU from the Southern Command headquarters at Croydon was staffed by two junior officers and attended incidents that required four pumps or more

LCC-MFB Royal visit to Brigade Headquarters
A rare picture of the Chief Officer, Captain Eyre Massey Shaw, as he waits to greet the Prince of Wales (the future King Edward VII)

LCC-MFB Escape cart stands ready in station
A picture of an MFB headquarters station showing the escape cart, designed by Chief Officer Captain Wells, carrying the 50 foot wheeled escape

GLC-LFB Headquarters, Lambeth fire station
The pump-escape, pump and turntable ladder from Lambeth fire station stand on the forecourt of the Brigade Headquarters. Lambeth fire station occupied the ground and first floor of the main building

GLC-LFB HQ Major Control Unit
The GLC-LFB was created on 1 April 1965. A series of photos was commissioned of each type of fire engine, either within or absorbed into the enlarged London Fire Brigade

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