Raid Collection (page 9)

WW1 - The Cuxhaven Action - aerial and naval combat
WW1 - Aerial and naval combat at Cuxhaven, a German North Sea Port. During the First World War. Nordholz Airbase with its airship hangars, near Nordholz to the south of Cuxhaven

Germany. Berlin. Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church. 1891-1895. Built by Franz Heinrich Schwechten (1841-1924). Bombed during World War II

Queen Elizabeth with Superintendent Peto, WW2
Queen Elizabeth accompanied by Superintendent D.O.G. Peto of the Metropolitan Police, taking part in a visit to Pembridge Hall Section House during the Second World War

Zeebrugge, landing on the mole, 1918
" The men were magnificent" : landing on the mole from HMS Vindictive. The story of the landing on Zeebrugge Mole was vividly told in the account issued by the Admiralty

Zeebrugge mole fight: marines charging along the mole, 1918
The Zeebrugge mole fight: HMS Vindictives marines charging along the mole, bomb a German destroyer. After escalating the parapet and dropping down to the mole itself

British in Italy, WW1, night exploit on the Piave 1918
The British in Italy: a night-exploit on the Piave. Wading in ice-cold water, a British raiding party crossing the River Piave by night, 1918, First World War. Date: 1918

Three women police officers in a dormitory, London, WW2
Three women police officers, one of them in uniform, sitting in a dormitory (possibly also an air raid shelter) in London during the Second World War, having a cup of tea. Date: 1940s

Woman police officer in London, WW2
Woman police officer on duty wearing an air raid helmet on a London street during the Second World War. Date: 1940s

Two women police officers with children, London, WW2
Two women police officers in air raid helmets, on duty in London during the Second World War, seen here on a railway station platform with a group of child evacuees with labels on their coats

Woman police officer Elsie Houghton, London, WW2
Woman police officer Elsie Houghton (married name Makin, joined November 1939), on duty in London during the Second World War

Aftermath of a Blitz Raid
All thats left of a home after an air raid on Bristol, the house was completely demolished, just a few items of furniture were visible

Plymouth after a Blitz raid.. The Corps of Canadian Fire-fighters (also known as the Volunteer Corps of Canadian Fire-fighters and simply as CCCF) were stationed in England between 1942 and 1945

Illegal Still Raided
Authorities raid an illegal liquor still in prohibition America. Date: 1922

Cartoon, Blackout regulations, WW1
Cartoon, Blackout regulations -- Keep your curtains drawn to avoid air raid warnings! Showing a young girl drawing the curtains at night so that enemy aircraft do not see any light from her home

Cartoon, Parisian air raid shelter, WW1
Cartoon showing Parisian women in an air raid shelter during the First World War. Date: 1918

Zeppelin Downed Over Sea WWI
A Zeppelin raid is intercepted and terminated over the North Sea. Date: 5 August 1918

Wwi / Air Raid on Paris
L HEURE DU TAUBE French civilians in the Jardins du Luxembourg watch the skies for German air raiders in the dreaded Taube monoplane Date: 1916

Air Raid Shelter Items
Various types of equipment which would be useful for using in an shelter during an air raid, including cutlery, pots and pans and a travel case with drawers in it, Date: 1939 - 1945

Jameson Raid / Crossing
THE JAMESON RAID Dr Jameson and his escort cross the frontier into the Transvaal, hoping to trigger a rising of the Uitlanders against the Boers : vainly. Date: 29 December 1895

Children Raid Larder 19C
Naughty Victorian children raiding the larder; and getting caught Date: 1860

The Plunger by D H Higgins
Promotional flyer for The Plunger by D. H. Higgins. First produced at the Opera House, Burnley, 5th August and Elephant & Castle Theatre, 2nd October 1893

Wartime fashion photograph, Britannia and Eve magazine, 1939
A woman dressed up in a one-piece trouser suit by Lillywhites searches the night sky for enemy airplanes. Behind her, a sign invites her to the safety of the air raid shelter. Date: 1939

Cartoon, During the bombardment, WW1
Cartoon, During the bombardment. A British soldier eats from a hamper during a bombing raid. He tells another soldier, Jim, that when he eats quickly he gets the hiccups -- can he suggest a remedy

Zeebrugge raid reconstruction at Wembley
A page from The Illustrated London News, 18 October 1924, showing two pictures of a reconstruction of the Zeebrugge raid carried out by the Royal Navy towards the end of World War One (23 April 1918)

Zeebrugge film stills
A page from The Illustrated London News, 18 October 1924, with twelve stills from a newly released film reconstruction of the raid on Zeebrugge by the Royal Navy on 23 April 1918

Am Tag, Heath Robinson 4. A masked raid on Yarmouth Beach
Am Tag! Die Deutschen kommen! Incidents of the Coming German Invasion of England, by Heath Robinson. 4. A masked raid on Yarmouth Beach

Royal Naval Air Service in Great War Deeds, WW1
Flight Commander Hewlett of the Royal Naval Air Service (before the RAF was formed) almost colliding with a mast of a German warship during the air raid on Cuxhaven on Christmas Day 1914

WW1 - Announcing a zeppelin raid
WW1 - A scene illustrating two ladies seated in the lounge of their wealthy house. A maid at the household walks into the room to announce to the ladies of the arrival of a zeppelin air raid

WW1 - Successful Zeppelin raid
WW1 - The achievement and success of a recent zeppelin raid. The zeppelin is characterised as the child, that has returned, weeping to its Father the emperor

WW1 - The repulse of a Zeppelin raid in Poland
WW1 - The army on the ground are seen positioned by a slope running down a railway track. Soldiers on foot and on horses, aim their rifles attack the enemy above

WW1 - Zeppelins raid over Paris, France, 1915
WW1 - A failed night raid attack over Paris, where enemy airships are under attack from shells and searchlights from below

WW1 - News of an air raid, 1917
WW1 - Drawn by an observer is a scene of a British air station in England as the air force are in preparation after news of an air raid

WW1 - A scene at night on a British airfield
WW1 - A scene at a British flying-ground on the night of an air raid. Lit up by surrounding lights, the airmen and mechanics prepare the two aircrafts for the midnight call. Date: 1916

WW1 - British seaplanes in action, Cuxhaven, Germany, 1915
WW1 - Seven British seaplanes flying towards their first real oversea air raid. The British naval pilots on a mission to bomb various enemy naval works in Cuxhaven, Germany, 1915. Date: 1915

Bombardment of Scarborough - German navy gun-crew
The raid on Scarborough took place on 16th December 1914. It was an attack by the Imperial German Navy on the British seaport town. German gun-crew are pictured in action from their warship

North American B-25 departing USS Hornet on Tokyo raid, April 1942

North American B-25B Mitchell -seen ranged on USS Hornet prio to Jimmy Doolittles daring Tokyo raid of April 1942

Liore 70 -only 8 of these built for the French Navy, with all but one destroyed in an air raid during June 1940

Consolidated B-24, 4299949, on Freidrichshafen raid

Boeing B-29 Enola Gay landing back on Tinian-Marianas after Hiroshima raid, 5 Aug 1945

Special Constables in tin hats, Illustrated War News, WW1
Ready for air raid duty, three special constables on the home front pose for a photograph in " tin hats." Date: 1917

Sphere cover - Air Raid over London
Front cover of The Sphere showing civilians in London during the air raid of 7 July 1917, taking shelter in what looks like a church doorway as a police officer looks skyward to check on whether

Reopening of the Little Theatre, 1920
Feature in The Sphere reporting on the reopening of the Little Theatre, Adelphi, London which opened its doors in 1920 after it had been destroyed in a bombing raid on 4 September 1917

Digging an air raid shelter Date: 1936

Air raid shelter Date: 1936

Ruined houses at Bury St Edmunds following air raid, 1915
Firemen on the ruins of houses destroyed at Bury St Edmunds in Suffolk by incendiary bombs dropped in an air raid in 1915. Date: 1915

Take Cover warning the sign during World War I
A car with the sign, Take Cover warning the public of an imminent air raid attack. Date: 1914-18

WW2 Christmas card, Tin Hats and the different people who wear them. Date: 1939

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