Raid Collection (page 18)

Barrage Balloon in Regents Park, London 1939

Taking cover in Piccadily underground
A photograph of Londoners using an underground station as bomb shelter during an air raid in 1940. Date: 1940

Prohibition Raid
Customs officials of the motor boat Marjorie seizing bottles of contraband champagne off Mont Auk Point, Long Island, New York, U.S.A. during the Prohibition. Date: 16 December 1929

Paris Riot Church Raid
The church of Saint-Joseph in Paris is sacked by anarchist rioters: alters were smashed, pictures trampled under foot & a bonfire made of the chairs. Date: 1899

German Gotha G. V heavy bomber, WW1
A German Gotha G.V heavy bomber, introduced in 1917 and used during the latter part of the First World War, mostly for night bombing. Seen here on an airfield. Date: 1917-1918

Temporary bridge at Zeebrugge, Belgium, WW1
The temporary bridge across the gap in the viaduct at the landward end of the mile-long Zeebrugge Mole, at the sea port of Zeebrugge, Belgium, during the First World War

Wreck of HMS Vindictive at Ostend, Belgium, WW1
View of the wreck of HMS Vindictive, an Arrogant-class protected cruiser, after the Second Ostend Raid (10 May 1918), during the First World War

Aerial view of damaged Zeebrugge Mole, Belgium, WW1
German aerial photograph of the gap in the viaduct at the landward end of the mile-long Zeebrugge Mole, at the sea port of Zeebrugge, Belgium, after the Zeebrugge Raid (23 April 1918)

Sergeant Alvin C York, American soldier, WW1
Sergeant Alvin Cullum York (1887-1964), American soldier, one of the most decorated of the First World War. Seen here on the hill in the Argonne Forest, near Cornay, France

HMS Vindictive at Ostend, Belgium, WW1
View of HMS Vindictive, an Arrogant-class protected cruiser, after the Zeebrugge Raid (23 April 1918), Belgium, when her upperworks were badly damaged by gunfire

View of Bruges Canal, Zeebrugge, Belgium, WW1
View of the Bruges Canal at the sea port of Zeebrugge, Belgium, during the First World War, around the time of the Zeebrugge Raid (23 April 1918)

69th Squadron AFC setting out for night bombing, WW1
The crew of the 69th Squadron AFC (Australian Flying Corps) setting out in their RE8 biplane for night bombing from their hangar at Savy, northern France, during the First World War

Aerial view of Cuxhaven, Germany, WW1
Aerial view of Cuxhaven, a German naval base, during the First World War. Photo taken from one of the British aircraft taking part in the raid. Date: 25 December 1914

Aircraft preparing to depart for night bombardment, WW1
A British aircraft preparing to depart for a night bombardment during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

German poster giving air raid instructions, WW1
A German poster giving air raid instructions, warning of danger from enemy aircraft, and telling vehicles not to stop in this location. Date: 1914-1918

SMS Yorck mined near Wilhelmshaven, WW1
The German armoured cruiser, SMS Yorck, mined near Wilhelmshaven during the First World War, and lying on her side with a few survivors standing on top

Mother searching for nits in boys hair
" Another Air Raid - Many Casulaties...!" A Mother searching for headlice in a boys hair with a large comb. The lad seems to be finding the whole experience singularly unpleasant

Japanese raid on Singapore
Singapore residents assess the damage done by a Japanese air raid the previous night. Date: January 1942

Singapore after air raid
The pall of smoke over Singapore after a Japanese air raid. The Battle for Singapore lasted sixteen days until surrender to the Japanese on 15 February 1942. Date: February 1942

Train robbers in America
Train robbers steal $12000 in New Mexico

Aerial photograph of Zeebrugge, Belgium, during WW1
Aerial photograph (British) of the sea port of Zeebrugge, Belgium, taken from a height of 17, 000 feet in a DHA (De Havilland)

Basuto Gun War, 1880 - village attacked
Basutos repulsed when attacking a village during the Basuto Gun War, 1880. Date: 1880

Mexican raid in Texas
The town of Collins, near Corpus Christi, Texas, is surprised and stood up by a desperate anf cowardly gang of greaser horse-thieves. Date: 1886

Coiners detected
Police apprehend a gang of counterfeiters forging money, while their children play innocently in the foreground. Date: 1838

Raid on Scarborough - 1914
Damage caused to the Grand Restaurant during the raid on Scarborough, which took place on December 16th, 1914. The raid was an attack by the German navy on the British seaport resulting in 137

Black Magic Marks
A paranormal investigator discovers Black Magic chalk marks on a grave cross, following a Black Magic raid on a country church at Alfriston, Sussex, England. Date: 1960s

Start of Flight
The start of a Grand Raid (long-distance flight) by a French monoplane (possibly a Bleriot). Date: 1936

Events / Britain 1510
Scottish hero Sir Andrew Wood defeats English insurgents in his ships " The Yellow Carvel" and " The Flower". The English vessels were in the Firth of Forth to raid the area

Jameson Raid / Captured
THE JAMESON RAID - Dr Jameson and his party fail to trigger an Uitlander rising in the Transvaal : captured at Doornkop, they are handed over to the British authorities 2 January 1896

Children Raid Dessert
Six children in their night clothes raid the dessert in the dining room while no adults are around. Date: 1885

1820 / Cato Street Escape
As the police raid their base in Cato Street, four conspirators escape from a rear window. All are later arrested. Date: 23 February 1820

Pupils with tuck boxes, Marlborough School
Pupils raid their tuck boxes at Marlborough School. Date: 1962

RAF navigators map of Frankfurt
Ordance survey map of Germany around Frankfurt, showing the location of Cologne (Koln), Koblenz, Frankfurt and other towns and cities in the area, compiled and drawn at the War Office

Incendiary by W. Heath Robinson
Sequential cartoon by Heath Robinson showing some rather over exuberant ARP wardens spraying a hose into the window of a house where they see smoke

Bones Make Explosives - World War II poster
World War Two poster encouraging civilians on the Home Front to save all bones for salvage as they can be made into bombs for the war effort

Evening dress Police uniform / W H Robinson
A Mr Heath Robinson designed evening dress uniform for Policemen in Londons West End, allowing raids to take place and the tone of the premises not be prejudiced by conspicuous uniforms

German raid WWI
German troops leaving their trenches for a raid on the British lines during World War I on the Western Front

Lieutenant Rex Warneford - WWI Ace Hero
On 7 June 1915 at Ghent, Belgium, Reginald ( Rex ) Alexander John Warneford, VC (1891- 1915), a Royal Naval Air Service (RNAS) officer, flying a Morane-Saulnier Type L

Warneford attacks Zeppelin at Ghent
On 7 June 1915 at Ghent, Belgium, Reginald Alexander John Warneford, VC (1891- 1915), a Royal Naval Air Service (RNAS) officer, flying a Morane-Saulnier Type L

RAF bombing German warship
An RAF biplane bombs a german warship off the coast of Africa during World War One. Painting by Raymond Sheppard

Searchlights over St Pauls Cathedral
Searchlights pick out the menacing shape of a German Zeppelin flying a bombing raid over the capital during World War One

Air raid damage WWII
Finnish tradesmans van has become a Russian air raid casualty in Helsinki, Finland, during World War II

Extinguishing a fire WWII
The Fire has been put out by plunger-men who have extinguished the fire caused by an air raid bombing during World War II

Battered cruiser HMS Vindictive after Zeebrugge Raid
The damaged Cruiser HMS Vindictive (much repaired!) after the Zeebrugge Raid. Early in 1918 she was fitted out for the Zeebrugge Raid

The Jameson Raid: A Courtroom scene
A court room scene in the trial of Doctor Jameson and his officers at Bow Street, February 25th 1896. The prisoners from left to right are as follows: H.N Grenfell, K.J.F Smith, C.H Villiers, J

Firefighters in gas masks
ARP Firefighters in gas masks during World War II during decontamination exercise

Gas Mask fitting
Mothers leave an Ilford school with their children after a gas mask fitting. All the schools in Ilford, Essex (London) were opened to enable residents to be fitted with gas masks under the Air Raid

ARPs World War II
ARPs in gas masks during World War II during decontamination exercise in London

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