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D-Day invasion ration packThe contents of the 24-hour ration pack which was to be carried by every combatant in the anticipated Allied invasion of the continent. These were to be carried in a small waterproof box
British soldier eating rations at the Front, WW1Tommys Salle A Manger at the Front. Dinner-time in a British trench where the soldiers dining room with tapestried with mud and carpeted with muddy water. Date: 1915
Down at the Ration Dump by Bruce BairnsfatherDown at the Ration Dump " Call me a Tank again, my lad, and I ll knock yer - - ead off!" A cartoon by Captain Bruce Bairnsfather in The Bystander Date: 1917
British officers relaxing, Western Front, WW1Four British army officers relaxing behind the lines on the Western Front during World War One. Their chairs are made from ration boxes. Date: circa 1916
WW2 - Shortage of Potatoes in Britain during the WarSorry No Potatoes - a British housewife has limited choice for her vegetable purchasing, as potato stocks dry up due to tight rationing control over supply - December, 1941. Date: 1941
WW1 - League of National Safety - set up to promote the value of rationing, the efforts to avoid wastage, to further the objects of the Food Economy Campaign
Howitzer shell, Iron Ration, WW1A 15 inch Howitzer shell on the ground, during the First World War, with the ironic words Iron Ration painted on it. Date: 1914-1918
German ration card WWIGerman bread ration card from Munich, Germany during World War I
Milk for school children, 1955Before Margaret Thatcher the milk snatcher put and end to free school milk for the over sevens, all primary school children would enjoy their daily third pint ration at school
Victorian Scrap - army meat rations. late 19th century
British Food Rationing, First World War, 1918Diagram showing the weekly butchers meat ration allowed for an adult (with children receiving half the amount). Rationing was introduced at the end of World War One when ships carrying food
Compo ration dump and men carrying more suppliesLantern slide showing a compo ration dump and men carrying more supplies to it, March 1943.From a collection of British official war photographs relating to the 78th Division that were given to
Meat ration distribution, Bura Camp, Kenya, WW1Personnel gather round to share out the meat ration at Bura Camp, Kenya, East Africa, during WW1. 1915
WW2 poster, British Rail catering information, with a cartoon by Fougasse. Food was rationed for British Rail, as for everyone else, and Refreshment Baskets were discontinued. circa 1940s
British and enemy civilian food supplies during WWIDiagram showing the food rations and supplies in Britain compared with that in Germany and Austria during WW1. Date: 1918
Mesopotamia. Record of food supplies. Iraq. Late PrehistoricEarly writing. Pictographs drawn. Mesopotamia. Record of food supplies. From Iraq. Late Prehistoric period. About 3000BC. Early administrative text. Cuneiform tablet. British Museum. London. England
Latvia. Second Soviet occupation (1944-1991). Ration cardsHistory. Latvia. Second Soviet occupation (1944-1991). Ration cards. Some dated 10.29.1944. Occupation Museum. Riga. Latvia
Cartoon, The meat card, WW1Cartoon, The meat card. When a cook is unable to obtain seven cutlets for her employers seven dinner guests, they are all instructed to bring their own cutlet. Date: 1917
Cartoon, Playing cards, WW1Cartoon, Playing cards. Two old men at a table in a cafe play a game of cards (piquet) with their food rationing cards, which are normally used for buying meat, bread, coal and sugar. Date: 1917
Cartoon, French street market, WW1Cartoon, French street market. A woman and stallholder chat about the war and food rationing while a stray dog steals a fish. Date: 1917
After a meal in a British trench 1915A peaceful pipe before another spell of duty. 1915
South Africa - Siege of Kimberley, KimberleySiege of Kimberley, Kimberley, near Bloemfontein, Frances Baard, Northern Cape, South Africa. Showing ration noticeboard Date: 1900
Ration cards belonging to the King and Queen during WWIRation cards belonging to King George V and Queen Mary during World War One Date: 1914-18
WW2 Christmas card, clothes rationingWW2 Christmas card, comment on clothes rationing. Date: circa 1942
WW2 Christmas card, The Weeks RationWW2 Christmas card, showing a butcher in his shop, a reproduction of a painting entitled The Weeks Ration. The verse inside reads: When we queue for our chop in the butchers shop
WW2 Christmas card, wartime restrictionsWW2 Christmas card. Whats in the Post this Morning? Rationing and other wartime restrictions. Date: circa 1942
A Ministry of Food National Ration Book - WWIA Ministry of Food National Ration Book, dated 2/11/18 in the name William Fyffe of Rose Cottage, Kirk Street, Lochee. Book
A Ration Wagon going up to the Trenches. 386202 Acting Sergeant Herbert Gibson, Mm, 1St Northumbrian Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps. Born September 1889
Private A C Crapper bringing up a limber of supplies, WW1Private A C Crapper bringing up a limber of supplies to the trenches under heavy fire. After the horses had bolted, 670 Private Crapper of the 1/4th (Hallamshire) Battalion
A week of food required for the German Army, WW1A scale drawing giving an impression of the volume of food needed to feed the German Army for one week during the First World War compared to the spires of Cologne Cathedral. Date: 1914
War Time Pudding with Oxo, 1918Advertisement for Oxo from the First World War, suggesting that the versatile stock cube could help out your meat ration. A new Oxo dish prepared by an unidentified celebrated chef
Winter rations for British troops in the trenches 1917British commissariat methods: Army ration corps supplying hot food to the men in the trenches at the Battle of Arras on the Western Front in France; serving hot stew in bad weather often added very
Advert for Kooksjoie range cooker 1918Kooksjoie range cooker, from the London Warming and Ventilating Co. Ltd, a behemoth of a thing, whose manufacturers promise it consumes just half a ton of coal per month
Weekly food ration for one person 1946Weekly rationed food post Second World War in Britain. Bread and vegetables where unrationed, tins where obtained by points. Date: 1946
Hot dinner for men in the trenches, WW1A ration party of the Kings Liverpool Regiment preparing to take to the trenches a hot dinner cooked in a travelling kitchen. Date: 1915
Gordon Highlanders in trench, Western Front, WW1Gordon Highlanders cutting up rations in a reserve trench before moving up to the front line on the Western Front during World War One. Date: circa 1916
Fuel for domestic appliances by G. H. DavisYour fuel target: details that will help in planning economy during the Second World War, so that fuel rationing can be avoided
Petrol rations and oil tankers by G. H. DavisPetrol rations and oil tankers: an analysis for car owners during the Second World War. A diagrammatic explanation setting out the relative basic petrol allowances for private cars for August
Food rationing comparison by G. H. DavisFood rationing in Great Britain during the two World Wars: a comparison of the periods 1917-1920 and 1940-1946. The chief topic of conversation today -- food
Knitting pattern 1943Warm wool lies... Vest and pants for the long winter evenings. A 1940s knitting pattern providing instructions on how to make a womans vest and pants
Healthcare for children under five years 1947If your child is under five. Issued by the Ministry of Food. It isn t only the tiny baby, but the child right up to five years, who needs cod liver oil and orange juice every day
Knitting pattern 1945A 1940s knitting pattern providing instructions on how to make a step in slip. With the onset of World War Two and the introduction of rationing
Dried eggs and bacon for breakfast 1945Eggs and bacon for breakfast. What is the favourite British breakfast? Why, eggs and bacon, of course! Well, now that the allowance of dried eggs is two packets every four weeks for every grown-up
Dried egg recipes 1945Dried egg recipes: Scrambled omelet eggs, curried eggs, rissoles, meat vegetable cakes, cabbage rissoles and Spanish bread. Date: 1945
Advert for the Ministry of Food 1944Eggs are plentiful. Thanks to dried eggs, you can have at least three nourishing egg dishes every weeks. Small children can havemore
Filling in ration booksGirls employed to fill in ration books with names and other information before being distributed to the British population in 1939. Date: 1939
Knitting pattern 1944A 1940s knitting pattern providing instructions on how to make a tuck in blouse and three-toned jacket. With the onset of World War Two and the introduction of rationing
Advert for the Ministry of Food 1943Twice as good with egg. What a blessing it is that you now use almost as many eggs as you want. Thanks to the success of dried egg in this country