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LCC-LFB enclosed pump at Lambeth fire stationPictured at Brigade Headquarters, Lambeth SE1, an example of an 1930 enclosed London pump with carried breathing apparatus
LCC-LFB Woolwich fire station, SE LondonThe crew of Woolwich fire station, Sunbury Street, on parade on the station forecourt. WW2 is pending and an Auxiliary Fire Service fire engine is standing in the station next to the LFB pump escape
Growth of the submarine by G. H. DavisThe growth of the submarine from 1901 to 1912. In chronological order, they are: 1901-2 Holland Class, 1903-5 A Class, 1904-6 B Class, 1906-9 C Class, 1911 D Class and 1912 E Class
Election poster, The Great Naval Eclipse 1900 to 1910, a vote for the radicals is a vote against the British Navy. circa 1910s
Army airship Beta in shed at OTC camp, FarnboroughArmy airship Beta in a shed at an Officers Training Corps camp in Farnborough, July 1910. Date: 1910
Captain H H Berners, Irish GuardsCaptain Hamilton Hugh Berners, Irish Guards, seen here on horseback at the Officer Training Corps, Mytchett, Surrey. Date: circa 1913
Two men at the controls of a Sunderland flying boatTwo men (second fitter and rigger) at the controls of a Sunderland Mark I flying boat and bomber, used by RAF 230 Squadron during the Second World War. Date: circa 1938
Volley firing by Scott Method by G. H. DavisThe gunnery experiment of which all the naval world is talking: the six-to-one superiority of volley firing by the Scott Method
Naval manoeuvres on East Coast by G. H. DavisThe naval manoeuvres of 1913: the varying fortunes of the East Coast raiding parties. How the Humber Ports were raided last week by the Red fleet
1st British-Australian Scout Troop (Madame Melbas Own), group photo taken in Dulwich, South London, May 1913. Date: 1913
Kaiser Wilhelm II in military uniform. 1910
Cartoon, The Goose Step, Berlin, 1 January 1914, pre-WW1 cartoon by Harry Furniss. 1914
Alls Well! A British Bulldog, dedicated to the officers and men of the Royal Navy. Date: 1914
Coventry Cathedral (old), Warwickshire, viewed from the east - Painted by landscape artist Alfred Robert Quinton for the Sevenoaks based publishing and printing company J
Tank manoeuvres, WW2 preparations Date: 1939
Army relaxation, WW2 preparations Date: 1939
Army recruit learns to fire machine gun, WW2 preparationsArmy recruit learning to fire a machine gun, WW2 preparations Date: 1939
Army Radio Operators, WW2 preparations Date: 1939
Army Physical Exercises, WW2 preparations Date: 1939
Army manoeuvres in the sand, WW2 preparations Date: 1939
Seachlight and Anti-Aircraft Gun Crew, WW2 preparations Date: 1939
The Bijenkorf building, Rotterdam, NetherlandsThe iconic prewar Bijenkorf building in Rotterdam, Netherlands, badly damaged during the second world war, and finally demolished in 1960. Date: circa 1937
Market Square, Grindelwald, Germany. Date: circa 1930s
Poster, German motorcycle racing successes on DKWPoster, German motorcycle racing successes in four out of five classes on DKW Auto Union cycles (later part of Audi). 1936
Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain, Heston AerodromePrime Minister Neville Chamberlain at Heston Aerodrome, returning from the Munich Conference, 30 September 1938, on a Lockheed Super Electra aircraft. 1938
French Caudron biplane after beach landingFrench Caudron single-seater biplane after a beach landing, with the pilot and a large crowd of onlookers, with a Grand Hotel in the top right. Date: circa 1912
Group of people at a table, Austria. circa 1934
Royal Navy sailors riding on donkeys, Tangier, MoroccoRoyal Navy sailors riding on donkeys during a sightseeing tour of the Tangier bazaar, Morocco, January 1937. 1937
At Middleburg: The Kermis, by Charles PearsAt Middleburg: The Kermis, painting by Charles Pears, a peaceful August scene at the annual religious festival in the Netherlands before the First World War began. 1913
Ferdinand Jean Marie Foch, by Andre de ChastenetPortrait of Ferdinand Jean Marie Foch, by Andre de Chastenet, bronze, 3 April 1912. 1912
HMS torpedo boat destroyer, Earnest, at full speed off Plymouth. Date: circa 1900
HMS Amphibian and HMS Lion, Spithead, July 1912HMS Amphibian (naval aero-hydrople or seaplane) flying over the battle cruiser HMS Lion at Spithead, July 1912. Date: 1912
HMS Queen, London or Queen class pre-dreadnought battleship. Date: circa 1910
HMS Illustrious, Majestic class pre-dreadnought battleship. Date: circa 1908
Tree-lined Avenue Sully, FranceThe tree-lined Avenue Sully, somewhere in France. Date: circa 1910
River Seine at Rouen, Northern France -- the quays towards Bon-Secours. Date: circa 1910
La Place Gambetta, Le Havre, Northern FranceView of La Place Gambetta, Le Havre, Normandy, Northern France. Date: circa 1910
River Somme at Amiens, Northern FranceView of the River Somme at Amiens, Northern France. Date: circa 1910
Rue Grand Pont, Rouen, Northern FranceView of the Rue Grand Pont, Rouen, Northern France, before the First World War. Date: circa 1910
The King and his fleet, Spithead, July 1914 -- some 400 ships assembled in the Solent. Date: 1914
8th Battery RFA Camp, Bangalore, India8th Battery, 13th Brigade, RFA Camp, with field guns and ammunition carts, Bangalore, India. Date: 1912
Poster advertising Kodak cameras, featuring the Kodak Girl -- Lifes a joy, 2645 for happy moments with a Kodak. Printed by Hill Sifken. Date: 1913
Diamond mining in German south west Africa (now Namibia). Date: circa 1910
RAF aircraft of 1935 by G. H. DavisThe Royal Air Force. Representative types of the latest fighting and bombing machines used in a service now undergoing great expansion and likely to become eventually Britains first line of defence
Demonstration of Britains sea power, Spithead, July 1914The finest demonstration of Britains sea power ever seen, Spithead, July 1914. Date: 1914
SMS Bussard, Imperial German Navy Cruiser Date: circa 1908
Arab forces, Elleri Station, Nuba Mountains, SudanThe Arab Camel Corps (left) mounted infantry (centre) and Sudanese infantry (right), at Elleri Station, Nuba Mountains, in Anglo-Egyptian Sudan. Date: circa 1913
Royal Aircraft Factory SE 4 scout, front (on the ground). It made its debut in June 1914, and is seen here in August 1914, shortly after being fitted with more conventional landing gear
Works by Charles Sargeant Jagger, British sculptorThree works by Charles Sargeant Jagger (1885-1934), British sculptor. At the top: Music, the design which won him the Prix de Rome in 1914. Lower left: Prometheus Bound
British submarine A7 which failed to come to the surfaceDiagram of British submarine A7 which failed to come to the surface while exercising in Whitsand Bay, Cornwall, was one of the oldest submarines left (at the time)
AFS car and trailer pump at LCC-LFB HQ, LambethBeresford Stork light-trailer pump with saloon car
Britains Royal Naval Air Service, aircraft and airmen -- Lieutenant Longmore RN, Flight Commander Samson RN, Lieutenants Grey RN, with a seaplane on the water behind them
Three latest naval types at Spithead, July 1914 -- HMS Iron Duke flagship, with airship and seaplane above. Date: 1914
Young men from Marlborough College in OTC camp, FarnboroughYoung men from Marlborough College in an Officers Training Corps camp, Farnborough, August 1910. Albert Auerbach (1894-1918) is 3rd from left, in profile. 1910
Young men at Hanger Hill Tennis Club, Ealing, West LondonTwo young men (Harold Auerbach and Raymond Squire) at Hanger Hill Tennis Club, Ealing, West London, with people playing tennis in the background. Date: 1914
Young couple at Hanger Hill Tennis Club, Ealing, West LondonYoung couple (Albert Auerbach and Dorothy Hay) at Hanger Hill Tennis Club, Ealing, West London. Date: 1914
Young women at Hanger Hill Tennis Club, Ealing, West LondonTwo young women (Dorothy and Madge Hay) at Hanger Hill Tennis Club, Ealing, West London, with people playing tennis in the background. Date: circa 1914
Young man at Hanger Hill Tennis Club, Ealing, West LondonYoung man (Albert Auerbach) in a stripy blazer and straw boater, with his bicycle, at Hanger Hill Tennis Club, Ealing, West London. Date: 1914
Town Hall, Bailleul, Nord, Northern FranceView of the Town Hall and square at Bailleul, Nord, Northern France, before the First World War. Date: circa 1910
Young man from Marlborough College in OTC uniformYoung man in Officers Training Corps uniform -- Albert Auerbach (1894-1918), when he was a pupil at Marlborough College. Date: 1910
Group photo, 8th Battery RFA Camp, Bangalore, IndiaGroup photo, 8th Battery, 13th Brigade, Travelling Field Forge, RFA Camp, Bangalore, India, including a farrier sergeant and four shoeing smiths. Date: 1912
Christmas and New Year printed greetings card, from Olive of Daneswood Avenue, Catford, SE London. Date: 1938
Group photo, men of the MED Garage E75Group photo, men (possibly chauffeurs, managers and owners) of the MED Garage E75. Date: circa 1914
Natives with clock, Swakopmund, south west AfricaNatives with New Year clock and mud huts in the background, Swakopmund, German south west Africa (now Namibia). Date: circa 1910
Rascher & Thieleckers Store, Swakopmund, south west AfricaRascher & Thieleckers Store, Swakopmund, German south west Africa (now Namibia). Date: circa 1900
Old wooden jetty, Swakopmund, south west AfricaOld wooden jetty with three railway tracks, Swakopmund, German south west Africa (now Namibia). Date: circa 1910
General view of Swakopmund, south west AfricaGeneral view of Swakopmund, German south west Africa (now Namibia), including the Lutheran church and the Hansa Hotel, with the sea in the distance. Date: circa 1910
Lutheran church in Swakopmund, south west AfricaLutheran church in Swakopmund, German south west Africa (now Namibia). Date: circa 1912
Barracks in Swakopmund, south west AfricaBarracks in Swakopmund, German south west Africa (now Namibia). Date: circa 1912
Hotel Rosemann, Usakos, south west AfricaHotel Rosemann, Usakos, in German South West Africa (now Namibia). Date: circa 1910
Group photo, German soldiers, Cottbus, East GermanyGroup photo of German soldiers at Cottbus, near Brandenburg, East Germany. Date: 1910
Advertisement for Redline super petrol, famous since pre-war days for punch, power and pep. Date: circa early 1940s
Avro 503 or Type H sold to German NavyAvro 503 or Type H, a two-seater floatplane which made its first flight on 28 May 1913
Group photo, Territorial Army on a courseGroup photo, Territorial Army on 7th MC course. Date: 1938
Group photo, St Johns Ambulance Brigade. Date: circa 1908
Group of boy scouts, Cyclists Rifles Brigade, in a field. Date: circa 1910
Mounted troops in camp, with rows of tents. Date: circa 1910
Group photo, 69 Battery RFA Remount Riders, IndiaGroup photo, 69 Battery RFA (Royal Field Artillery) Remount Riders, Rawalpindi, India. 1906
HMS Berwick, British cruiser, NewfoundlandHMS Berwick, British County class heavy cruiser, seen here in the harbour at St John s, Newfoundland, August 1939, just before the outbreak of the Second World War. Date: 1939
Boy scouts and rovers on a hike, MauritiusBoy scouts and rovers on an inter-group hike, Mauritius, before the outbreak of WW2. Date: circa 1930s
Gas explosion, Godliman Street, City of LondonResults of a gas explosion in Godliman Street, City of London, on 4 August 1939, with firefighters in action with hosepipes. Date: 1939
?Join the Anti-Aircraft Units of the Territorial Army?, 1938Join the Anti-Aircraft Units of the Territorial Army and make Britain a stronghold of freedom, 1938
Man taking a call in a fire station control room, May 1939. Date: 1939
New element in British Navy by G. H. DavisThe new element in the British Navy: how the four corners of the Empire are combining to support the central Home Navy
