Meal Collection (page 11)

French boy scouts enjoying meal at camp
French boy scouts enjoying a meal at camp

Armenian boy scouts at refugee camp, Egypt
Armenian boy scouts blowing cook house at the Armenian refugee camp, Heliopolis, near Cairo, Egypt. The camp was formed during the Egyptian Riots of June 1919

Suffragette, Simple Life - Dinner-Time. Sandal wearing couple enjoying the Simple Life - fresh air and a frugal meal sat at the dinner table

WW2 Poster -- the ATS wants Cooks
The ATS wants Cooks. Recruitment poster, Auxiliary Territorial Service. Colour photolithograph, artist unknown, published by HMSO

WRAF Mess Hut at Cranwell, WW1
Scene inside the WRAF (Womens Royal Air Force) Mess Hut at Cranwell, probably during the First World War. The Royal Naval Air Service Central Training Establishment Cranwell was commissioned on 1

Fire station staff in meal break, London, WW2
Fire station staff having a meal supplied from a mobile canteen van in a school playground in London during the Second World War. Date: 1940s

The first National Kitchen, WW1
The first National Kitchen in Britain, opened on 21 May 1917 by Queen Mary. The National Kitchens were opened during the First World War to provide one solution to food shortages

First mobile kitchen donation, WW2
The Home Secretary, Herbert Morrison, receiving the keys to the first mobile kitchen from Lord Bennett (Richard Bedford Bennett)

AFS firefighters being served from mobile kitchen, WW2
AFS firefighters being served hot meals from a mobile kitchen presented by the Junior Red Cross of Saskatchewan, Canada. Date: 1940s

Society dinner party in wartime, WW1
Illustration to accompany the Letters of Eve gossip column in The Tatler, showing a society dinner party, with guests wrapped in furs against the cold

Boy scouts in a tent, Australia
A group of boy scouts from Victoria, sitting inside a tent in Australia, at the 8th Australian Scout Jamboree. They are having their lunch and drinking from bottles of Coca Cola. Date: 1967

The Kaisers Motor Kitchen, WW1
To Cook Williams rations - May We Cook His Goose! The elaborate motor field kitchen and mess tent following Kaiser Wilhelm II around at the Front to ensure the Emperor could eat in comfort. Date: 1914

Scouts in Antigua having a meal

Waitress in a gentlemens club by Fish, WW1
Uncle Fred, one of the characters in The Tatler magazine s, Letters of Eve, drawn by Annie Fish is pictured enjoying having his lunch at his club

Royal Artillery soldiers eating dinner, WW1
Four soldiers of the Royal Artillery enjoy some lunch during the First World War. Date: c.1916

A momentary rest with Belgian artillerymen 1914
Belgian artillerymen (they wear a red cap with a small tassel in front) having a meal from a captured German kitchen. Date: 1914

Zena Dare working at the front during WW1
Mrs Maurice Brett, formerly the theatre and music hall star, Zena Dare pictured waiting on soldiers in a cellar at the front while she was working in France during the First World War

War Time Pudding with Oxo, 1918
Advertisement for Oxo from the First World War, suggesting that the versatile stock cube could help out your meat ration. A new Oxo dish prepared by an unidentified celebrated chef

Gong Soups advertisement, WW1
Advertisement for Gong soups, the instant packet soup variety of choice during the First World War, both on the home front and in the trenches

Buffet for soldiers at Victoria Station, WW1
Various scenes at the free buffet for soldiers and sailors at Victoria railway station in London. The buffet, staffed by volunteers

Biscuits & Beef, British soldiers rations, WW1
A humorous cartoon by a serving soldier, Sapper E. G. Eschini showing a British soldier gnawing at the tough and unpalatable biscuits and beef, typical rations during the First World War. Date: 1917

British soldier cooks dinner on a brazier in trench
Somewhere in France, a British soldier cooks his dinner on a brazier in the trenches while his comrades keep a look out. Date: 1915

Three women preparing a meal, Japan. Date: circa 1890s

Christmas dinner at the Front 1916
Soldiers eating a hot meal during Christmas at the front, in World War I. 1916

Hot dinner for men in the trenches, WW1
A ration party of the Kings Liverpool Regiment preparing to take to the trenches a hot dinner cooked in a travelling kitchen. Date: 1915

Pug Peter -- mice on a boat
Pug Peter -- A Water-Picnic in Mousiland. Mice on a boat at sunset. Date: 1905

British soldiers keeping warm, Western Front, WW1
British soldiers keeping warm round an oven on the Western Front during World War One. Tins of food are being heated up ready for their meal. Date: circa 1916

Men of the Black Watch having breakfast, WW1
Men of the Black Watch having breakfast after delivering a counterattack on the Western Front during World War One. Date: circa 1916

British officers dining in trench, Western Front, WW1
British officers dining in a reserve trench on the Western Front before moving up the line during World War One. Date: circa 1916

British doctors sitting at a table, Western Front, WW1
British doctors (Medical Officers) attached to a dressing station, sitting at a table complete with a white tablecloth, near the Western Front in France during World War One. Date: circa 1916

Soldiers of Black Watch after counterattack, WW1
Soldiers of the Black Watch having breakfast after delivering a counterattack on the Western Front during World War One. Date: circa 1916

Cook preparing food for British troops, Western Front, WW1
A cook preparing food for British troops near the Western Front during World War One. Date: circa 1916

Advert for Freemans Turtlekon soup 1919
Turtlekon delicious real turtle soup. A cup of hot Turtlekon is a feast for an epicure - each little cube - ample for one person - provides in a highly concentrated form all the rich nourishment

Cartoon, The Kaisers Christmas Dinner in London, WW1
Cartoon, The Kaisers Coming Christmas Dinner in London: Our Illustrated Menu. The Kaiser had announced his intention of eating his Christmas dinner in London

Three scenes in German occupied Vise, Belgium, WW1
Three scenes in German occupied Vise, Belgium, at the start of the First World War. Top left: a damaged house, with German soldiers in the street

Pug Peter -- dog with mice and cheese
Pug Peter -- The Cheese Banquet. A dog surrounded by mice eating cheese. Date: 1905

Dinner time out West. American frontiersmen enjoying a well earned break on their travels. The midday dinner is variable as to time

Mealtime in British reserve trench, Western Front, WW1
Mealtime in a British reserve trench on the Western Front during World War One. Date: circa 1916

South African officers eating meal, Western Front, WW1
South African officers eating a meal in the snow on the Western Front in France during World War One. Date: circa 1916

British and French soldiers sharing food, WW1
British and French soldiers sitting side by side sharing food on the Western Front in France during World War One. Date: circa 1916

Advert for the Ministry of Food 1945
Something new in salad. Salad making gives full scope to your powers of invention. For almost all vegetables are at home in the salad bowl, and you can try them in almost endless combinations

Dolls, teddy and rabbit enjoying a tea party
Four dolls, a teddy bear with a parasol, and a rabbit, enjoying a tea party. The table is set with miniature cups, saucers, teapot and kettle, a vase of flowers, and some cakes and biscuits

Tea party at Tabithas house, showing Tabitha the cat and two rabbits (Humpty and Dumpty) at the table, with Hungry Peter the pig asleep on the left

Two dogs not invited to Tabithas for tea
Two dogs, Rags and Forager, not invited to Tabithas for tea, smell delicious food and decide to investigate. Date: 1914

Russian Aristocracy Enjoying a Luncheon
Ten Wealthy Russians enjoying a spot of luncheon in 1913. Date: 1913

From the Manger to the Cross, the Last Supper
Scene from the silent movie, From the Manger to the Cross, or Jesus of Nazareth, showing Jesus and his disciples at the Last Supper. Date: 1912

Pinocchio -- gold coins and food
Pinocchio -- The poor boy had got in anticipation an indigestion of gold pieces. Date: 1911

Nursery Rhymes -- Knave and Queen of Hearts
Nursery Rhymes -- two illustrations. Above -- the Knave of Hearts takes a tart. Below -- the Queen of Hearts making her tarts. Date: early 20th century

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