Munitions Collection (page 5)

Womens War Work WW1 Munitions
A painting of a munitions worker by Edith Harwood (1894-C1916) wearing the blue uniform of overalls and bonnet, the woman holds, with gloved hands, a shell

Women Workers WW1 Y. W. C. A Womens Day
Poster commemorating Womens Day, a fund-raising event on behalf of the Womens Wartime Workers Fund. The Young Womens Christian Association (Y.W.C.A) set up centres for munitions workers, W.A.A.C s

Munitions workers waiting for the tea hooter, WW1
Women munitions workers outside the National Control Canteen, run by female volunteers, waiting for the tea hooter to sound

Tea Time in Dining Hall of National Control Canteen, WW1
Female munitions workers in the dining hall of the National Control Canteen, run by voluntary lady workers to provide cheap, nutritious meals for employees. Date: 1916

Training munition workers at Shoreditch Technical Institute
Scenes showing the training of munition workers at Shoreditch Technical Institute (run by London County Council) during the First World War

Munitions Factory 1915
A scene in a British munitions factory, owned by Vickers Ltd. Shown here is the process of nosing a shell. Metal cylinders are heated in a furnace by the man shown in the foreground

Munitions output during 1915 and 1916, WW1
Graph demonstrating the rise in munitions output in the UK from September 1915 to July 1916 with dips in production visible due to public holidays. Date: 1916

Soldiers as munitions workers
Having enlisted early in the war, and been sent back from the front, many British soldiers found work in factories producing war munitions. Date: 1915

Munitions Workers WW1. Man and woman workers in Munitions factory, captioned, The only kind of matches allowed in a munition factory. Referring to safety notice on wall. Date: circa 1916

Women Munitions Workers WW1. A trio of women munitions workers, one holding 2 shell cases. The rhyme reads, Fron Sunday morning to Saturday night, munitions are going strong

Chicken Munitions Shells WW1. A brown hen is proudly Doing her bit! by producing more shells for the war effort. Date: circa 1916

Woman Munition Worker 18 Pounder Gun. Drawing of a munitions worker, designed by Miss A.D. Wargent, a worker in factory Five, in aid of the 18 pdr gun fund, June 1918

Women War Work WW1 Munitions. Woman Munition Worker tuining shells in a munitions factory Date: 1918

Womens Work WW1 Munitions. With Fond greetings from a Munition worker helping to Carry on This badge proves I m a Worker, who can ne er be dubbed a Shirker Date: circa 1916

Women Munitions Worker WW1. Woman in munitions factory proudly points to a large bomb and exclaims, Thats the stuff to give em! Date: circa 1916

Women Munitions Work WW1. Rather glamourous munitions worker in purple dungarees standing next to 2 shells, with caption, You should see how the girls fill them! Date: circa 1916

Lady Colebrooke Munitions Worker WW1. Lady Alexandra Colebrooke in working garb worn by her in munitions plant in Great Britain Date: circa 1916

Woman in Munitions Factory O. H. M.s WW1
Woman in Munitions Factory O.H.M.S WW1. Munitions worker holding a shell case with caption, O.H.M.S shells for Jack and Tommy Date: circa 1916

Munitions Worker and Tommy WW1. The British Tommy the greatest Blue and the Blue Belle The New Britannia, Together, soldier and munition worker will make the Hun Squeal. Date: circa 1916

Munition workers watch Royal Investiture on Clydeside, WW1
Female munitions workers of the National Projectile Factory on Clydeside, dressed in their work clothes, fill the stands at the Ibrox Stadium in Glasgow where they watched King George V carry out a

Royal Vinolia Cream advertisement, munition worker, WW1
Advertisement for Royal Vinolia Cream from 1917 featuring a female munition worker - the ideal candidate for as dirty and rough work may be in your service for the nation...but Royal Vinolia cream is

Signing on for Munition Work, WW1
Women signing up for work in munitions factories during the First World War. Date: 1914-18

A Munitionette, Munition worker, WW1
A woman operating an automatic cartridge machine in a munition factory during the First World War. Date: 1917

Royal Vinolia Cream advertisement, 1918
Advertisement for Royal Vinolia Cream from the First World War period, the ideal toilet cream for munition workers. Date: 1918

Sir Vincent Raven
Sir Vincent Litchfield Raven KBE (3 December 1859 14 February 1934), chief mechanical engineer of the North Eastern Railway from 1910 to 1922

Munitions scandal, cartoon, WW1
Cartoon from London Opinion reproduced in The Tatler in their Pictorial Politics, column, showing a British officer, representing the Army, talking to a shopkeeper, representing John Bull

Vinolia for war workers advertisement, WW1
Advertisement for Royal Vinolia Talcum Powder, ideal for factory and munitions workers during the First World War. According to the advert

WW1 advertisement, Rover Company making munitions
A simple and direct advertisement placed in The Tatler magazine in 1915 by the Rover Company of Coventry advising readers that the 12 hp Rover car was unavailable due to the company turning its

Miss Margot Park, actress and war worker
Miss Margot Park, an actress, who, according to The Sketch, had left the stage during the war to work at the Ministry of Munitions. Whether this was in a factory or office setting is unclear

Engaged in Making Progress, WW1
Engaged in Making Progress, three British Gunners at work on the Western Front during the First World War, loading shells into a field gun. The man on the left is setting a time fuse. Date: 1914

Church bells saved from becoming enemy shells, Russia, 1915
Placed together for safety in the Nikolsky Monastery near Moscow, some of the 300 Russian church bells removed to prevent invading Germans re-using them as metal for shells

Pomeroy day cream advertisement for munitions workers, WW1
Advertisement for Pomeroy day cream, ideal for restoring freshness and beauty after a hard days work in the munitions factory. Date: 1918

Lady Lawrence, founder of the Munition Makers Canteen Committee in 1915, designed to maintain the good health of muntions workers with the provision of regular meals at canteens established at

Overheard by George Belcher
My daughter wants to go into one of those munition works. Do you think they re injurious to the eath, Mrs Green? Two ladies discuss the dangers of working at munitions factories

Fashionable ladies consider munitions work
Cartoon depicting two fashionably dressed ladies chatting about what they will contribute towards the war effort. First Maiden: Are you doing any war work

War Women in the guise of men, WW1
A page of various photographs showing women taking on traditionally male roles during the First World War. As well as working as recruiters and munitions workers, there is also a lady barber

Lloyd Georges car mascot in shape of a shell, WW1
A symbolic winged shell fitted to the motor car of David Lloyd George, Minister of Munitions during 1915. It was presented to him by a manufacturer as a mark of appreciation for his work in speeding

Viscountess Charlemont, munitions worker
Viscountess Charlemont, formerly Evelyn Fanny Charlotte Hull, daughter of Edmund Charles Pendleton Hull. She married James Edward Geale Caulfeild, 8th Viscount Charlemont, son of Hon

Society munition-workers, lady volunteers making shells, WW1
A double page spread from The Sketch magazine showing several pictures to report on the involvement of high-born and titled women in the national drive for increasing munitions manufacture during

Lloyd George & daughter on French Flag Day, WW1
David Lloyd George, Minister for Munitions and future Prime Minister, pictured on the front cover of The Sketch magazine being waylaid by his daughter

Patriotic slogan on a London Zoo tortoise, WW1
A tortoise, Methuselah, at London Zoo using his shell to advertise the need for more shells (of a different kind), during the First World War

French shells used on Land and Sea WWI
In Toulon arsenal: Finished projectiles after " passing the doctor" ; the necessary wash. Upper photograph: showing big-gun shells

Shortage of ammunitions 1916
During the early months of World War One the British force suffered greatly through shortage of ammunitions. A tremendous drive by Mr

Shells in thousands in a recently converted factory 1939
A factory converted into an ammunition production for bomb shells, during the rearmament programme, in a secret location somewhere in the Black Country. 1939

Munitions being loaded onto battleship, WW1
A dockyard scene during the First World War showing munitions being hoisted aboard a battleship. Date: 1915

Training men in munition work, WW1
Men of the later Derby groups being trained in munition work. The Derby groups were men who had attested before the end of 1915, putting themselves forward for joining up if required

Assembling fuses 1916
Munition workers in World War One, packing fuse heads. 1916

Abdulla Cigarette advert featuring Maisie the Munition Worke
One of a series of advertisements for Abdulla cigarettes featuring various girls in typical roles during World War One. Here is Maisie the Munitions Worker. Date: 1918

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