Office Collection (page 30)

Growing food in Chancery Lane, WW1
Mr Hubert Hall, resident officer of the Public Record Office in Chancery Lane, pictured hard at work in the gardens of the old Rolls House, where

The Lady Land Leaguers at work, 1881
The Lady Land Leaguers at work: women of the Irish Land League pictured at their Dublin office in 1881. Whilst their male counterparts were imprisoned, the women continued the Land Leagues work

Land League Office name plate removed, 1881
Removing the name plate from the Irish National Land League Office at 39 Sackville Street, Dublin, by order of the government. Date: 1881

British Information Poster, WW1
Turn Your Silver into Bullets at the Post Office, 1915. Chromolithograph poster, artist unknown, published by the Parliamentary War Savings Committee as Poster No

?Join the Anti-Aircraft Units of the Territorial Army?, 1938
Join the Anti-Aircraft Units of the Territorial Army and make Britain a stronghold of freedom, 1938. Colour lithograph recruitment poster after Lance Cattermole

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

Mr Attlee attending hosepipe tests at Wimbledon, WW2
Mr Clement Attlee (Lord Privy Seal in Winston Churchills wartime coalition government, later Deputy Prime Minister 1942-1945 and Prime Minister 1945-1951)

British troops arrive from the trenches at Waterloo Station
Troops just arrived at Waterloo Station from the trenches buying tickets at the booking office for travel to their suburban homes. A typical scene at London train stations during the First World War

Fire at GPO Stores, Tabernacle Street, London
Fire at GPO Stores, Tabernacle Street, City of London, 28 March 1955. Showing a firefighter in action with a hosepipe at the top of a turntable ladder. Date: 1955

Enlisting in Kitcheners Army at the start of World War I
On 6th August 1914 the House of Commons unanimously sanctioned an increase of the Army by 500, 000 men and recruiting for the first 100, 000 men of Kitcheners army began on 7th August

The Prince of Wales Fund: a room in the head office
On 6th August 1914, the Prince of Wales announced the formation of a National Fund for the relief of the inevitable distress consequent on war

Major-General R. Hutchinson, Director of Organisation at the War Office from 1916 to 1918. Date: 1918

Major-General Sir George Macdonogh by Percival Anderson
Lieutenant General Sir George Mark Watson Macdonogh GBE, KCB, KCMG (4 March 1865 10 July 1942), British Army general officer

Kitchener as war minister: one of his last public acts, 1916
Horatio Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl of Khartoum and Broome (1850-1916), going to face his critics as war minister: leaving the war office on 2nd June 1916

Lord Kitchener and Lord Haldane arriving at the War Office
Mr Asquiths departure from precedent in calling Lord Kitchener, a soldier and member of the opposite party, to the office of Secretary for War met with enthusiastic approval

Field Service Pocket Book - 1914
Book entitled Field Service Pocket Book - 1914. Published by His Majestys Stationery Office. Reprinted 1917. Book

Infantry Training (4-Company Organization) 1914
Book entitled Infantry Training (4-Company Organization) 1914. Published by His Majestys Stationery Office. Purchased from Wyman & Sons Ltd. Fetter Lane, London, EC4. Book

War Sites of the 1914-1918 Campaign
Booklet entitled War Sites of the 1914-1918 Campaign, Belgian Army, Booklet No. 2. Sold by the War Sites Department for the Disabled Soldiers and War Orphans Funds

Demobilisation - pivotal and slip men in Whitehall
Demobilised men at the Demobilisation Office in Whitehall waiting to get their papers. The group here are captioned as pivotal (the job creators)

Canada in Khaki No 2
Book entitled Canada in Khaki No. 2 - A Tribute to the Officers and Men now serving in the Overseas Military Forces of Canada

Post Office telegraph from OMHS Buckingham Palace
A Post Office telegraph from O.M.H.S. Buckingham Palace, dated 15th August 14. To E. D. Towse, Esq. Swanley Village, Kent

Collection of ephemera relating to the Wilfrid J Jenkins
A collection of ephemera relating to the Wilfrid J. Jenkins - H.M.S. Mersey, 1915. Copy of Naval Signal, dated 11.11.18 sent at 10.56 a.m

Sunset somewhere in. WWI drawing
Sunset somewhere in. On verso - Dearest Ciss, Just a few lines hoping you are in the best of health. I wrote you a few days ago and expect you will have received some ere this. Love. Yours always. B

Wotten bore! - WWI humour
Wotten bore ! The War Office wouldn t have me - said my chest wouldn t be large enough to hold all the bally medals I should win

A dream of the past - A large glass of beer
A dream of the past. A large glass of beer. Dear C, Going gradually to a great spot. Somewhere in France. Verso - Field Post Office TN, dated 11th May 15. Censor stamp 1560 and signed E. B. Kitching

A roaring lion and Union Jack with nervous looking Kaiser
Roused. A roaring lion and Union Jack with a rather nervous looking Kaiser. On a card stamped Fiield Post Office, T50, 12th June 1915. Censor stamp No. 1569 and signed E. P. Kitching

War Work at Westwood Works, Peterborough
Folio of 12 drawings showing War Work at Westwood Works, Peterborough, incorporating Perkins Engineers Limited and Joseph Baker and Sons Limited. Rudolph Ihlee, Neac, (1883-1968), Exhib. 1910-1955

INFANTRY TRAINING (4-Company Organization)
Book : 40/War Office/2052 - Official Copy - INFANTRY TRAINING (4-Company Organization) - 1914 - General Staff, War Office.. Book

The War Office, WW1
A view from the top of the War Office, down Whitehall towards Westminster, looking suitably ominous in September 1914 with the Great War underway

Senior Scout helping during Coronation
One of the Senior Scouts who helped during the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II on 2 June 1953, carrying out Messenger duties for the Lord Chamberlains Office. Date: 1953

The Sinn Fein rising as it affected property
The devastating affects of the Easter Rebellion in Ireland in 1916. The main picture shows the burnt-out imperial hotel and post-office on Sackville Street in Dublin

Young woman with notebook and pen
Young woman with shorthand notebook and pen -- a typical secretary. circa 1960s

Office girls drawn by Fish, WW1
Uncle Fred, a character in the Letters of Eve in The Tatler, drawn by Annie Fish, is pictured njoying his time in the office now that girls are taking on wartime clerical roles. Date: 1917

Keith Prowse advertisement, WW1
Advertisement for ticket agent for concerts, theatre and entertainment featuring a small illustration of an officer and lady purchasing their tickets from a box office. Date: 1918

Cricketer Archibald Maclaren as a recruiting officer
English cricketer who captained the England cricket team at various times between 1898 and 1909. A right-handed batsman, he played 35 Test matches for England

Derby recruiters sleeping at a recruiting office, WW1
Worn out Derby recruiters snatching some sleep at their offices after a busy night dealing with the final rush of recruits under Lord Derbys group system

The onset of World War One in England
Events at the beginning of the First World War in England. Clockwise from top left: the Archbishop of Canterburys Faculty for marriage licenses

Post Office savings bank girls in Womens Reserve Ambulance
Girls of the Post Office Savings Bank in Blythe Road, West Kensington as part of the Womens Reserve Ambulance, with one of their number, Lieutenant Yates

Soldiers released by the War Office for land 1917
Helping to feed the nation: Convalescents ploughing hospital ground; a farm party. Upper photograph, shows convalescent soldiers at a hospital in one of the home countries

A Post Office for Canadian troops, WW1
A covered wagon converted into a temporary post office for Canadian troops on the Western Front in 1916. Date: 1916

Soldiers sorting military post, WW1
Men of the Royal Engineers sorting out letters at the G.P.O in 1915. The ever-increasing volume of letters and parcels to troops in various parts of the world necessitated experienced men who

Civilian internment camp at Ruhleben
Incidents in the life at the civilian internment camp at Ruhleben, showing an engravers kiosk and the office for distributing the eagerly-awaited parcels from England

Women with spinning wheel, Scotland
Two women and a girl sitting outside the Post Office with a spinning wheel and other equipment, Scotland. Date: late 19th century

Chief Secretarys Office, Sydney, Australia. Date: circa 1890s

Post Office, Yokohama, Japan. Date: circa 1890s

Street scene near St Pauls Cathedral, London. Date: 20th century

Lord Esher
Reginald Baliol Brett, Viscount Esher (1852-1930), historian, courtier and Liberal politician. He held a number of influential posts in the diplomatic and military spheres

Inauguration of the Palace of Peace, The Hague
Inauguration of the Palace of Peace at The Hague (Den Haag), Netherlands, headquarters of the International Court of Justice

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