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Incendiary Collection

Background imageIncendiary Collection: Damage to Canterbury Cathedral Library, WW2 - Baedeker Blitz

Damage to Canterbury Cathedral Library, WW2 - Baedeker Blitz
" Canterbury under fire" - Damage sustained to the Cathedal LIbrary examined by Dr. Hewlett Johnson, Dean of Canterbury, by bombing on the city by German planes of the luftwaffe during WW2

Background imageIncendiary Collection: Bomb damaged building, West India Docks, WW2

Bomb damaged building, West India Docks, WW2
A warehouse building with its top floor and roof damaged by an incendiary bomb, North Quay, West India Docks, East London, during the Second World War. Date: 1940s

Background imageIncendiary Collection: Blitz in London -- Turnmill Street, Clerkenwell, WW2

Blitz in London -- Turnmill Street, Clerkenwell, WW2
Blitz in London -- Turnmill Street, Clerkenwell. General view showing the fire damage caused by incendiary bombs on 21 February 1944, including the top floor of the Steam Pipe Company. Date: 1944

Background imageIncendiary Collection: City of London handcart with scrap bomb metal, WW2

City of London handcart with scrap bomb metal, WW2
WW2 - City of London Corporation handcart containing scrap metal, including bomb ordinance, Southwark Bridge, London. The cart also contains iron railings and general household metalwork

Background imageIncendiary Collection: New German incendiary bomb by G. H. Davis

New German incendiary bomb by G. H. Davis
Details of the new German explosive incendiary bomb produced during the Second World War. Explanatory drawings showing how the bomb is constructed, and the proper methods of tackling it. Date: 1942

Background imageIncendiary Collection: Types of war bombs in use by G. H. Davis

Types of war bombs in use by G. H. Davis
Instruments of destruction: types of war bombs in use during the Second World War. A comparative chart showing the various types, including the incendiary, the high explosive, the armour piercing

Background imageIncendiary Collection: Blitz in London -- burnt-out incendiary device, WW2

Blitz in London -- burnt-out incendiary device, WW2
Blitz in London -- incendiary device which burnt itself out on an asphalt roof. Date: 1940s

Background imageIncendiary Collection: Surgeons Hall

Surgeons Hall
The Company of Surgeons moved from Surgeons Hall in Old Bailey to a site at 41 Lincolns Inn Fields in 1797. Construction of the first College building, to a design by George Dance the Younger

Background imageIncendiary Collection: Incendiary devices, ARP training exercise during WW2

Incendiary devices, ARP training exercise during WW2

Background imageIncendiary Collection: Removing an unexploded incendiary bomb, ARP training

Removing an unexploded incendiary bomb, ARP training exercise during WW2

Background imageIncendiary Collection: R. A. F. Airman Loading Incendiary Bombs

R. A. F. Airman Loading Incendiary Bombs
An illustration which portrays a Royal Air Force airman loading incendiary bombs into his plane. Date: 1941

Background imageIncendiary Collection: Couples ingenious device so they don't wake up the baby. A makeshift pump that extinguishes

Couples ingenious device so they don't wake up the baby. A makeshift pump that extinguishes incendiary bombs that have landed in your home without leaving the comfort of your bed. Date: 1941

Background imageIncendiary Collection: World War II B-29 Superfortress bombers, Yokohama

World War II B-29 Superfortress bombers, Yokohama
Vintage World War II photograph - incendiary bombs shower from B-29 Superfortress aircraft over the Japanese city of Yokohama

Background imageIncendiary Collection: Fighting incendiary bombs in the street

Fighting incendiary bombs in the street. Date: circa 1941

Background imageIncendiary Collection: Aftermath of an incendiary bomb in Poland 1939

Aftermath of an incendiary bomb in Poland 1939
Polish civilians as they deal with a fire caused by an incendiary bomb in Poland. The Sphere contextualises the man on the left; describing him as a butcher whose daughter had been injured in an

Background imageIncendiary Collection: WW1 - Incendiary dropped in Zeppelin raid on Bury St Edmunds

WW1 - Incendiary dropped in Zeppelin raid on Bury St Edmunds
WW1 - Home Front - The remains of an incendiary bomb which was dropped during a Zeppelin raid on Bury St Edmunds in April 1915. Date: 1915

Background imageIncendiary Collection: Destruction of Rouen WWII

Destruction of Rouen WWII
Conflageration of Rouen evident as houses are destroyed by incendiary projectiles. Date: 23 July 1940

Background imageIncendiary Collection: Sacheverell Cards

Sacheverell Cards
Henry Sacheverell (1674-1724) was an English high church Anglican clergyman who achieved nationwide fame in 1709 after preaching an incendiary 5 November sermon denouncing the Whig government

Background imageIncendiary Collection: Blitz in London -- Tyler Street, Greenwich, WW2

Blitz in London -- Tyler Street, Greenwich, WW2
Blitz in London -- drapers shop in Tyler Street, near Trafalgar Road, East Greenwich, SE10, damaged by an incendiary bomb on 7 September 1940. Date: 1940

Background imageIncendiary Collection: Damage to Canterbury during WW2 - Baedeker Blitz

Damage to Canterbury during WW2 - Baedeker Blitz
" Canterbury under fire" - Damage sustained by bombing on the city by German planes of the luftwaffe during WW2

Background imageIncendiary Collection: Blitz in the City of London - Queen Victoria Street, WW2

Blitz in the City of London - Queen Victoria Street, WW2
London firemen getting some respite from the intense heat generated from a fire burning out of control in Queen Victoria Street following a bombing raid and incendiary attack, 10-11 May 1941

Background imageIncendiary Collection: Blitz in London -- Cobbs Corner, Sydenham, WW2

Blitz in London -- Cobbs Corner, Sydenham, WW2
Blitz in London -- firefighters damping down the remains of shops and dwellings in the aftermath of an incendiary bomb attack at Cobbs Corner, Sydenham, SE London

Background imageIncendiary Collection: Blitz in London -- Chiesmans, Lewisham High Street, WW2

Blitz in London -- Chiesmans, Lewisham High Street, WW2
Blitz in London -- a firefighter, wearing an oilskin coat, damping down the aftermath of an incendiary bomb attack on Chiesmans depository in Lewisham High Street, SE13

Background imageIncendiary Collection: Southern Railway Firemen

Southern Railway Firemen
Firefighters working for Southern Railway spray water onto the roof of a train. Southern Railway employed eighty A.F.S. men in order to fight fires caused by Luftwaffe incendiary bombs. 1940

Background imageIncendiary Collection: Suffragette Arson Teddington

Suffragette Arson Teddington. Suffragette militants were blamed for an arson attack on a railway train at Teddington, Middlesex on 26th April 1913

Background imageIncendiary Collection: Blitz in London -- John Lewis, Oxford Street, WW2

Blitz in London -- John Lewis, Oxford Street, WW2
Firefighters at work in in Londons main shopping district, Oxford Street, W1, after high explosive and incendiary bombs caused widespread damage

Background imageIncendiary Collection: C. J. Purnell Holding an Incendiary Bomb

C. J. Purnell Holding an Incendiary Bomb
C.J. Purnell, librarian and secretary of the London Library, slept on the premises throughout the Blitz. He here holds up an incendiary bomb that he was able to extinguish before it set light to

Background imageIncendiary Collection: Boeing B-29s dropping incendiary bombs on Japan

Boeing B-29s dropping incendiary bombs on Japan

Background imageIncendiary Collection: Ruined houses at Bury St Edmunds following air raid, 1915

Ruined houses at Bury St Edmunds following air raid, 1915
Firemen on the ruins of houses destroyed at Bury St Edmunds in Suffolk by incendiary bombs dropped in an air raid in 1915. Date: 1915

Background imageIncendiary Collection: WW2 Christmas card, Civil Defence scene

WW2 Christmas card, Civil Defence scene with policeman. Date: circa 1942

Background imageIncendiary Collection: Blitz in City of London -- Bonhill Street

Blitz in City of London -- Bonhill Street
Blitz in the City of London -- fire damage due to an incendiary bomb in Bonhill Street, 15 October 1940, with firefighters in action with a hosepipe. Date: 1940

Background imageIncendiary Collection: Blitz in London -- Merchant Taylors Hall, WW2

Blitz in London -- Merchant Taylors Hall, WW2
Blitz in the City of London -- Merchant Taylors Hall, part of the premises of the livery company, dating back to the 14th century, hit by a number of incendiary bombs, 18 September 1940

Background imageIncendiary Collection: Blitz in London -- Garford Street, East London, WW2

Blitz in London -- Garford Street, East London, WW2
Blitz in London -- damage following an incendiary bomb at a cabinet makers in Garford Street, East London (E14), 26 August 1940. Date: 1940

Background imageIncendiary Collection: Blitz in the City of London - Snow Hill, WW2

Blitz in the City of London - Snow Hill, WW2
Scene in Snow Hill, looking towards King Street, following a bombing raid and incendiary attack, 11 May 1941. Date: 1941

Background imageIncendiary Collection: Blitz in the City of London - Eastcheap, WW2

Blitz in the City of London - Eastcheap, WW2
Scene in Eastcheap, following a bombing raid and incendiary attack, 11 May 1941. Date: 1941

Background imageIncendiary Collection: Blitz in the City of London - St Andrews Street, WW2

Blitz in the City of London - St Andrews Street, WW2
Scene in St Andrews Street, Holborn, following a bombing raid and incendiary attack, 11 May 1941. Date: 1941

Background imageIncendiary Collection: Blitz in the City of London - Queen Street, WW2

Blitz in the City of London - Queen Street, WW2
Scene in Queen Street, with trailer pumps at work, following a bombing raid and incendiary attack, 11 May 1941. Date: 1941

Background imageIncendiary Collection: Blitz in the City of London - Queen Victoria Street, WW2

Blitz in the City of London - Queen Victoria Street, WW2
Aerial view of London firemen at work with hoses in Queen Victoria Street (looking towards Blackfriars) following a bombing raid and incendiary attack, 11 May 1941. Date: 1941

Background imageIncendiary Collection: Blitz in the City of London, WW2

Blitz in the City of London, WW2
Scene in Queen Victoria Street and Upper Thames Street following a bombing raid and incendiary attack, 10-11 May 1941, with firemen at work in the distance. Date: 1941

Background imageIncendiary Collection: Blitz in London -- training office workers, WW2

Blitz in London -- training office workers, WW2
Blitz in London -- LFS personnel training office workers in firefighting, 7 June 1941, with a diagram of a typical kilo magnesium electron incendiary bomb pinned to a blackboard. Date: 1941

Background imageIncendiary Collection: Blitz on London -- Oxford Street, WW2

Blitz on London -- Oxford Street, WW2
Fire crews, using radial branches, extinguishing fires in Londons main shopping district of Oxford Street, W1, after high explosive and incendiary bombs caused widespread damage

Background imageIncendiary Collection: Incendiary bomb attack on Great Scotland Yard, WW2

Incendiary bomb attack on Great Scotland Yard, WW2
Blitz in London -- LFB tackling a blaze following an incendiary bomb attack on Great Scotland Yard on 13th September 1940, next to the LCC-MFB Scotland Yard Fire Station. Date: 1940

Background imageIncendiary Collection: Blitz in London - High Holborn, WW2

Blitz in London - High Holborn, WW2
Blitz in London -- scene at the premises of Ensign Ltd in High Holborn, following a bombing raid and incendiary attack, 11 May 1941. Date: 1941

Background imageIncendiary Collection: British science and ingenuity in war by G. H. Davis

British science and ingenuity in war by G. H. Davis
How British science and ingenuity contributed to the defeat of the Germans at sea, on land, and in the air. A few of the many weapons, devices and tactics, both offensive and defensive

Background imageIncendiary Collection: German incendiary bombs by G. H. Davis

German incendiary bombs by G. H. Davis
German incendiary bombs: clockwork and electric types in use during the Second World War. Date: 1941

Background imageIncendiary Collection: Fire fighting on the Home Front by G. H. Davis

Fire fighting on the Home Front by G. H. Davis
Fire fighting on the Home Front during the Second World War. Fighting the incendiary bomb menace in office buildings (left) and in residential districts (right). Date: 1941

Background imageIncendiary Collection: Finns v. Russian tanks by G. H. Davis

Finns v. Russian tanks by G. H. Davis
Finns v. Russian tanks: bombing from pits under the snow during the Second World War. How Finnish bombers get to close quarters with tanks by hiding in camouflaged pits

Background imageIncendiary Collection: British night bombers by G. H. Davis

British night bombers by G. H. Davis
British night bombers encounter flaming onions, as in the raid on Sylt -- a type of incendiary anti-aircraft shell used in the First World War, reintroduced by the Germans in the Second World War



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