Prewar Collection (page 2)

SMS Bussard, Imperial German Navy Cruiser Date: circa 1908

AFS car and trailer pump at LCC-LFB HQ, Lambeth
Beresford Stork light-trailer pump with saloon car. Such combinations were utilised by the Auxiliary Fire Service in London to supplement the full time force in preparations for the forthcoming

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, Farnborough
Young 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 London
Two 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 London
Young 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 London
Two 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 London
Young 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 France
View 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 uniform
Young 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, India
Group 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 E75
Group photo, men (possibly chauffeurs, managers and owners) of the MED Garage E75. Date: circa 1914

Natives with clock, Swakopmund, south west Africa
Natives 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 Africa
Rascher & Thieleckers Store, Swakopmund, German south west Africa (now Namibia). Date: circa 1900

Old wooden jetty, Swakopmund, south west Africa
Old wooden jetty with three railway tracks, Swakopmund, German south west Africa (now Namibia). Date: circa 1910

General view of Swakopmund, south west Africa
General 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 Africa
Lutheran church in Swakopmund, German south west Africa (now Namibia). Date: circa 1912

Barracks in Swakopmund, south west Africa
Barracks in Swakopmund, German south west Africa (now Namibia). Date: circa 1912

Hotel Rosemann, Usakos, south west Africa
Hotel Rosemann, Usakos, in German South West Africa (now Namibia). Date: circa 1910

Group photo, German soldiers, Cottbus, East Germany
Group photo of German soldiers at Cottbus, near Brandenburg, East Germany. Date: 1910

Arab forces, Elleri Station, Nuba Mountains, Sudan
The Arab Camel Corps (left) mounted infantry (centre) and Sudanese infantry (right), at Elleri Station, Nuba Mountains, in Anglo-Egyptian Sudan. Date: circa 1913

Advertisement for Redline super petrol, famous since pre-war days for punch, power and pep. Date: circa early 1940s

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

Avro 503 or Type H sold to German Navy
Avro 503 or Type H, a two-seater floatplane which made its first flight on 28 May 1913. Ironically it was sold to the German Navy, and is seen here undergoing their acceptance trials at Worthing

Group photo, Territorial Army on a course
Group 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, India
Group photo, 69 Battery RFA (Royal Field Artillery) Remount Riders, Rawalpindi, India. 1906

HMS Berwick, British cruiser, Newfoundland
HMS 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, Mauritius
Boy scouts and rovers on an inter-group hike, Mauritius, before the outbreak of WW2. Date: circa 1930s

Gas explosion, Godliman Street, City of London
Results 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?, 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

Man taking a call in a fire station control room, May 1939. Date: 1939

New element in British Navy by G. H. Davis
The new element in the British Navy: how the four corners of the Empire are combining to support the central Home Navy. Showing how Canada, Australia

Big fighting ships auxiliaries by G. H. Davis
Navy notes of the week. A big fighting ships auxiliaries: some little-known members of the British fleet. 1912

Sectional view of gun-house and decks by G. H. Davis
From the Fleet: naval notes of the week. Showing a sectional view through a gun-house of a ship and the decks below. Date: 1914

Aeroplane types required by the army by G. H. Davis
Five aeroplane types required by the army. They are, from top to bottom: two fighting aeroplanes, two reconnaissance aeroplanes, and a light scout. Date: 1914

Battleship v. destroyer by G. H. Davis
Battleship versus destroyer: an important question explained. Should a destroyer attack a battleship from astern or ahead

Accident to submarine A7 by G. H. Davis
The accident to the British submarine A7, embedded in soft sand and mud at the bottom of Whitsand Bay, Cornwall, with her nose raised at an angle

Mines and torpedoes by G. H. Davis
Navy Notes of the Week: the question of mines and torpedoes. Showing naval minesweepers at work, sweeping a wire across an underwater mine field; a modern high-speed long-range torpedo;

Naval manoeuvres at Grimsby Docks by G. H. Davis
The naval manoeuvres of 1913 -- the raid of the Reds upon Grimsby Docks. As described by the artist who was there to witness it

Ship-building record of 1912 by G. H. Davis
The ship-building record of 1912: ships under construction in the UK, and vessels being built overseas. Both categories are from 1909 to 1912

Our ever-ready battleships by G. H. Davis
Naval notes of the week. Held in leash -- our ever-ready battleships. Date: 1913

Hidden lesson of the Mauretanias record by G. H. Davis
The hidden lesson of the Mauretanias record. Showing the Cunard liner Mauretania in grey war paint, being convoyed across the Atlantic by a battleship cruiser

Winter work in the Royal Navy by G. H. Davis
Winter work in the Royal Navy: taking a disabled submarine in tow. Showing a submarine in the foreground, hailing the parent ship. 1910

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